Pre Match Pre Match - Lille (CL) - Tues 20:00

[Frogfish]

C'mon man, this sort of post has to stop, "utterly shite"? A few bad decisions,a few misplaced passes over what, 94 mins and still a goal. You and others on here need stop agonising and nit picking over ever single shot or pass or tackle or whatever. Enjoy the game and where we are.

Oh I enjoy where we are - I don't enjoy utterly shite player performances (3 on the bounce) that have me throwing stuff at the TV and waking my wife up with expletives echoing around the house because a player over-hits it not once, not twice but every bloody time!
He wasted so many attacking situations, where we had great positions, with his poor passing, being dispossessed or over hit crosses (pretty much every commentator said the same thing). If he does that I'll call him out, he doesn't get a free ride, I'm not a Salah-apologist or a Mo-hater. And when he does well I'll praise him.

 

[Frogfish]

Salah was excellent. That way he shielded the ball for one of his chances was just forward play of sublime quality. And that goal was excellently finished. And he had other chances but he won't ever score them all. I can't fathom how he could be described as absolutely shite.

Oh dear mate. You as well?

He was awful bar the two breakaway chances (one ending in a poor miss). You can say 'but he scored'. Well the counter to that would be 'what may have happened if he hadn't wasted every one of those other attacking chances' (I counted at least 11).

Great goal as I said but I'll quote the BBC here :

with the 32-year-old attacker seeing multiple passes go astray as well as wasting a number of decent chances in the final third.

 

[Frogfish]

Salah got MOTM by the way.

Ha ha.

Score a goal .. get MotM. He was being lambasted before that !

 

[Frogfish]

He was heavily involved throughout and scored the goal of the game, had another wonderful moment but ya even I was a little surprised.

Can't find his full stats yet but the second half was more in the same vein so more or less double this (bar the goal of course).

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Salah might be the hero once again on Merseyside for the Reds having put Liverpool ahead at the break, yet the numbers from the winger’s performance in the opening 45 minutes show that the forward did indeed struggle against Lille.

Mohamed Salah’s first-half stats vs Lille
Goals scored	1
Chances created	0
xG	1.23
Accurate passes	7/12 (58%)
Shot accuracy	2/4 (50%)

Salah’s passing has been way below par compared to what Liverpool fans are used to from the former Chelsea man, with the 32-year-old yet to create a chance against the French side despite seeing plenty of the ball for Liverpool.

 

[Frogfish]

Telegraph:

Peerless Virgil van Dijk must be front-runner for the Ballon d’Or.

 

[Athens]

Chiesa had only one thing one his mind when he got the ball.

His ugly wife?

 

[rubans]

Summary of Salah in this game, same as his Jan performances so far with him being unable to find other players and a bit wasteful. But this time, scoring a brilliant opening goal. Season so far, well it ain’t been bad has it. It’s pointless to keep picking out things not working and when bigger context on what’s been achieved so far.
Weird we are not doing that with other players though, it seems Salah needs a perfect game every game. Maybe he should just take a leaf out of Jota’s book and sit at home being available 20% of the season.

 

[Brizzle]

If it’s just Jones out, then we have seen that we can be fine with Szobo and Elliot in that AM role. I just hope it’s not too long. Happy for Elliot if it means he gets a chance to step up.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Score a goal .. get MotM. He was being lambasted before that !

Scoring goals is the hardest and most important thing to do in a game and Salah is hardly a tsp in merchant.

 

[Fabio]

I didnt think Salah was all that tbh. Standard few opportunities where a lay off would have been better (and I think earlier in the season Salah would have laid them off), and a couple of wasted opportunities.

He wasnt terrible, but he by no means was the best performer yesterday.

In fact a lot of the side seemed to be in 2nd gear that game and thankfully it was enough.

 

[Fabio]

If it’s just Jones out, then we have seen that we can be fine with Szobo and Elliot in that AM role. I just hope it’s not too long. Happy for Elliot if it means he gets a chance to step up.

Sad for Jones, elated for Elliott. I don't know what's changed for slot be he's actually using him now. Even post Brentford slot was quick to praise Elliott when the focus was on Nunez.

Not complaining in the slightest mind

 

[Brizzle]

I think the quality of Elliot & Chiesa will be exactly what we need to get us over the line this season.

I really hope we get to see more of Chiesa. Last night Slot was happy with him on the left. I wonder if Jota out means he’ll use Diaz more centrally again and Chiesa on the left as a back up to Gakpo

 

[Fabio]

I think the quality of Elliot & Chiesa will be exactly what we need to get us over the line this season.

I really hope we get to see more of Chiesa. Last night Slot was happy with him on the left. I wonder if Jota out means he’ll use Diaz more centrally again and Chiesa on the left as a back up to Gakpo

I clicked "like" on this half way through; then saw the Diaz at 9 part and quickly unliked.

I would rather put chiesa at the 9 and see what he can do than persist with Diaz. It doesn't work for him, it doesn't work for us.

I'm sick of square pegs in round holes.

Our options ATM should be:

LW: Diaz, Gakpo, chiesa
Rw: Salah, chiesa, Elliott
9: Nunez, chiesa, Danns

He'll play Diaz at the 9 again, possibly against Ipswich. And it might work, as they're not the best. I just don't get it, and feel it restricts our movement and leaves gaps, as Diaz doesn't know how to play the 9. False or otherwise.

 

[dogboy]

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Oh I enjoy where we are - I don't enjoy utterly shite player performances (3 on the bounce) that have me throwing stuff at the TV and waking my wife up with expletives echoing around the house because a player over-hits it not once, not twice but every bloody time!
He wasted so many attacking situations, where we had great positions, with his poor passing, being dispossessed or over hit crosses (pretty much every commentator said the same thing). If he does that I'll call him out, he doesn't get a free ride, I'm not a Salah-apologist or a Mo-hater. And when he does well I'll praise him.

He wasn't utterly shite though nor was he by any means excellent. I can't get the mindset of counting a player's bad passes, you said 11, are you sitting there with a pencil and notepad from the kickoff?

 

[Frogfish]

Summary of Salah in this game, same as his Jan performances so far with him being unable to find other players and a bit wasteful. But this time, scoring a brilliant opening goal. Season so far, well it ain’t been bad has it. It’s pointless to keep picking out things not working and when bigger context on what’s been achieved so far.
Weird we are not doing that with other players though, it seems Salah needs a perfect game every game. Maybe he should just take a leaf out of Jota’s book and sit at home being available 20% of the season.

Oh Rubans you are such a child. Because I put a laughing smilie on one of your posts you go back putting them on all my previous posts? Grow up, you're like a 10 year old on crack.

 

[Frogfish]

Scoring goals is the hardest and most important thing to do in a game and Salah is hardly a tsp in merchant.

Irrelevant though. You can appreciate his goal but also note how otherwise shite he was.

 

[Frogfish]

Sad for Jones, elated for Elliott. I don't know what's changed for slot be he's actually using him now. Even post Brentford slot was quick to praise Elliott when the focus was on Nunez.

Not complaining in the slightest mind

Maybe it's as simple as he hadn't fully recovered his sharpness.fitness in training.

 

[Fabio]

Maybe it's as simple as he hadn't fully recovered his sharpness.fitness in training.

Maybe, but its hard to regain sharpness without minutes, and slot did not want to give him any.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Irrelevant though. You can appreciate his goal but also note how otherwise shite he was.

Goals counterbalance shiteness every day of the week.

It’s why people want Salah to get another contract and Nunez moved on asap.

Goal outweigh everything else.

 

[rubans]

Oh Rubans you are such a child. Because I put a laughing smilie on one of your posts you go back putting them on all my previous posts? Grow up, you're like a 10 year old on crack.

The fact this bothered you shows where you are at. Let it go, you are totally mental. Seriously stop being such a pound shop bully, may work at home but not here. Do one...

It's not even worth arguing with, you want to push your agenda on Salah without any real objectivity or reason. He obviously wasn't shite, if there was one forward who was shite it was probably Nunez. For being offside again for an easy tap in, no need or his pointless fouls which risk sending off for yellows.

 

[darkstarexodus]

Couldn't watch the match because DAZN was giving me a tough time. How did Jonathan David look, goal aside? Is there something there, whether he's suitable for us or not?

 

[rubans]

Couldn't watch the match because DAZN was giving me a tough time. How did Jonathan David look, goal aside? Is there something there, whether he's suitable for us or not?

Meh. Busy forward but not sure he has total level of skills for us, we may have 3 Fwds but we do ask special set of skills. Don't think he has the base for it despite being a decent goal scorer was my impression so far.

 

[Fabio]

Couldn't watch the match because DAZN was giving me a tough time. How did Jonathan David look, goal aside? Is there something there, whether he's suitable for us or not?

Was a bit meh and post match says he doesn't like this Liverpool team

So fuck that guy

 

[Buddha]

I thought he was shite..

 

[Fabio]

I thought he was shite..

He made some runs, showed some strength, and in a better side might have done a bit more.

Overall though, it was a shite audition. But he doesn't like us. So fuck that hoser ey. No yeah for sure he can ride his moose to get his Timmy's and cry aboot it

 

[refugee]

He made some runs, showed some strength, and in a better side might have done a bit more.

Overall though, it was a shite audition. But he doesn't like us. So fuck that hoser ey. No yeah for sure he can ride his moose to get his Timmy's and cry aboot it

What did he say? I saw some quotes fom him saying we were the best team in the world or Europe (can't remember which)

 

[Modo]

I thought he was shite..

He was and got a lucky goal. Poor technique. He's just an athlete, pace, power and agility.

 

[doctor_mac]

What did he say? I saw some quotes fom him saying we were the best team in the world or Europe (can't remember which)

He said we were prolly the best team in the world after the game and how difficult we were as an opponent. It was before the match that he said something about not liking us.

I'm going to disagree with the majority and say there's a player there on the admittedly small sample size. We absolutely bossed the game last night and to say he was feeding on scraps is to greatly exaggerate his service. We fucking ate all the scraps. There was a solitary crumb that rolled off our table and boom. He snaffled it. One chance, one goal. Other than that he was mainly chasing our defenders all night, and he didn't stop doing that. We also saw a few signs that he has some real strength. He's probably a very good player.

 

[Sammy LFC]

Good win, however, our lads made it a tough game due to their awful finishing, they have missed easy chances, it was disappointed to give a sloppy goal away, Harvey was the saver, I just wish Chiesa remain fit for the rest of the season, He is a top quality striker, and will score goals, and the same apply for Harvey who needs more chances to be given in the first team.

 

[Frogfish]

The fact this bothered you shows where you are at. Let it go, you are totally mental. Seriously stop being such a pound shop bully, may work at home but not here. Do one...

It's not even worth arguing with, you want to push your agenda on Salah without any real objectivity or reason. He obviously wasn't shite, if there was one forward who was shite it was probably Nunez. For being offside again for an easy tap in, no need or his pointless fouls which risk sending off for yellows.

If I hadn't bothered you then why did go back and stick laughing Emojis on a few of my posts? Which you hadn't done earlier as my posts came before yours. Such a pathetic childish thing to do but definitely not out of character.

So STFU then?

I clearly don't have an agenda against Salah which, if you had half a brain, it would have been easy to check and see. What I do is tell it as it is, he's been shite for 3 games. Salah apologists will ignore that however as it doesn't suit their biased rhetoric.