And still the ball won't go in. Sigh.
Liverpool v Plymouth - FA Cup - Match Thread
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This has draw written all over it.
It's obvious from the start, no amount of happy clapping was going to change that.
LUCAS. HAS. A. SHOT!
We did have ten minutes left when I wrote it like. I just won't write off a game that early.
Ps1?
I could've fucking scored there.
The game was written off with the team selection. It was the wrong decision
Nah, rise of the tomb raider on the xboxone.
No it wasn't.
We have bigger fish to fry and that team was easily good enough to beat Plymouth.
The decision making if the front 5 cost us from going through today.
Easy to say that in hindsight. However we have a cup semi final on Wednesday to think about. That has to take priority.
It was a poor decision to play Woodburn as anything other than an out and out striker, Yes, he's got plenty of potential as a wide and deep-lying player, but he's no right to be out there today, ahead of better and faster wide players, floating around doing little. His one claim to fame as far as his value here and now is his natural instinct as a striker, attacking space inside the area and finishing moves off. The rest of the roles he plays he's about two years off the first team.
As for Ejari and Ojo, I thought both were poor. Ojo has a bit of an excuse, coming back from a long lay off, but he didn't use his pace at all, and his crossing was wretched. Ejaria really needs to wake up and realise he won't get many more chances. He should have been all over this game and yet he looked insipid and slow and dazed.
Stewart did okay. That's about the one minor positive for me. Alexander Arnold is already proven as far as I'm concerned, he's on his way. The rest need to follow his example.
As for Ejari and Ojo, I thought both were poor. Ojo has a bit of an excuse, coming back from a long lay off, but he didn't use his pace at all, and his crossing was wretched. Ejaria really needs to wake up and realise he won't get many more chances. He should have been all over this game and yet he looked insipid and slow and dazed.
Stewart did okay. That's about the one minor positive for me. Alexander Arnold is already proven as far as I'm concerned, he's on his way. The rest need to follow his example.
Most of that starting team do play together though.
I thought TAA was as poor as the rest, his delivery was fucking woeful. You can't level the same criticism at Ojo and then say TAA has proven himself because of a couple of decent performances in the league cup. Ojo has proven himself as much with a goal in the FA Cup last season and a great assist in the league against Stoke, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other on that note. They've both done pretty well in previous outings, but they were both crap today, neither of them proved anything.
Yep. In complete agreement.
Not bothered at all by that result. In fact I think it's great Plymouth get another big pay day, these types of matches often make a huge difference to the bank balances of much smaller clubs, and existence or potential demise. And I get to watch another Liverpool reserve team game !
It means another runout for 5-6 of our U23s, and for our under-utilised squad fillers, and considering how weak the reserve/U23 schedules are they really do need competitive games, which could see us reap the benefit later if called upon for the first team. Good to see Gomez back, even though there was nothing for him to do in this match, should be a lot more at Plymouth.
For the first team this means almost nothing, a short flight down there and a 20 minute runout at worst.
Well done Plymouth, defensively very well organised.
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We knew it was going to be the kids - top and bottom of it is we had no cutting edge up top when we needed it - they defended quite well too it has to be said.
WE NEED A BIGGER SQUAD.
OTHER THAN OUR FIRST XI WE HAVE TO LOOK TO YOUNGSTERS FOR COVER WHICH ISN'T REASSURING.
THE ONLY EMBARRASSMENT FROM TODAY WAS OUR DUMBEST PLAYER ON SET PLAYS....20+ WE HAD AND NOT 1 WORTH MENTIONING.
BUY A SET PIECE TAKER AND BUY SOME POWERFUL TALL MIDFIELDERS, EVERY PLAYER LOOKED DULL, WEAK AND SHORT.
OTHER THAN OUR FIRST XI WE HAVE TO LOOK TO YOUNGSTERS FOR COVER WHICH ISN'T REASSURING.
THE ONLY EMBARRASSMENT FROM TODAY WAS OUR DUMBEST PLAYER ON SET PLAYS....20+ WE HAD AND NOT 1 WORTH MENTIONING.
BUY A SET PIECE TAKER AND BUY SOME POWERFUL TALL MIDFIELDERS, EVERY PLAYER LOOKED DULL, WEAK AND SHORT.
That was a dreadful game of football. The gamble of changing 10 players backfired, as a redoubtable Plymouth dug in and allowed Liverpool's youth/ reserves/ second string to have all of the ball, with which they did very little.
Nobody was overly impressive, or made a compelling new case for a place in the first XI.
Karius (6) almost nothing to do, so quite hard to rate
Alexander -Arnold (6) He looks the part, and will look even better around superior players, he was confident even if there was a bit of a dip in his level after halftime and some wayward deliveries
Lucas (6) left floundering once or twice, but largely untroubled as Plymouth allowed him to play almost in midfield
Gomez (6) Decent enough return, some decent passes, but looked a bit ponderous at times.
Moreno (5) very busy and worked hard, without having to do much defending, but he saw an awful lot of the ball and wasted almost every opportunity
Stewart (6) industrious and tried to produce opportunities with his passing, but it isn't his strength and he played too many aimless balls. Never going to be anything other than a squad player
Can (6) he was almost palpably thinking 'I should be bossing this' and at times he did. At other times, he was almost trying too hard to be that imperious Midfield General that he wasted opportunities and was too slow to move the ball, or himself.
Ejaria (5) bright start, but Plymouth's defence simply stood off him and invited him to do something. He couldn't.
Ojo (5) missed a decent chance and did little else. Mediocre
Woodburn (6) He showed a few nice touches, some good movement and is clearly a talented and confident footballer. Promising, but didn't create or threaten much.
Origi (4) nobody expects Origi to be any kind of world-beater, but this was grim. He's not a naturally gifted finisher as we all know, but he struggled to threaten a League Two defence in this game. His usual hard-running and power wasn't any use, given he had no space to run into, and that is is only attribute, so he was ineffective
Nobody was overly impressive, or made a compelling new case for a place in the first XI.
Karius (6) almost nothing to do, so quite hard to rate
Alexander -Arnold (6) He looks the part, and will look even better around superior players, he was confident even if there was a bit of a dip in his level after halftime and some wayward deliveries
Lucas (6) left floundering once or twice, but largely untroubled as Plymouth allowed him to play almost in midfield
Gomez (6) Decent enough return, some decent passes, but looked a bit ponderous at times.
Moreno (5) very busy and worked hard, without having to do much defending, but he saw an awful lot of the ball and wasted almost every opportunity
Stewart (6) industrious and tried to produce opportunities with his passing, but it isn't his strength and he played too many aimless balls. Never going to be anything other than a squad player
Can (6) he was almost palpably thinking 'I should be bossing this' and at times he did. At other times, he was almost trying too hard to be that imperious Midfield General that he wasted opportunities and was too slow to move the ball, or himself.
Ejaria (5) bright start, but Plymouth's defence simply stood off him and invited him to do something. He couldn't.
Ojo (5) missed a decent chance and did little else. Mediocre
Woodburn (6) He showed a few nice touches, some good movement and is clearly a talented and confident footballer. Promising, but didn't create or threaten much.
Origi (4) nobody expects Origi to be any kind of world-beater, but this was grim. He's not a naturally gifted finisher as we all know, but he struggled to threaten a League Two defence in this game. His usual hard-running and power wasn't any use, given he had no space to run into, and that is is only attribute, so he was ineffective
Origi is definitely what I would call a natural finisher but that's all he's good at. His all round game isn't great in tight spaces
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