Pre Match - Man City (H) - Sunday 16:30
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But he did so he shouldn’t have. He’s not a striker, that heavy touch in that situation is perfectly normal when a keeper surprisingly misses the ball.
That's ridiculous. He was responsible for a poor first touch so it was on him that he didn't score.
There are loads of mitigating factors for why he didn't and people aren't getting on his case or blaming him for not winning but the fact remains it was an open goal and he should have scored.
yeh it was …
At half time by the bar in the lower Kenny...
Actually we need to talk about the bar at the lower Kenny. It was built 21 years ago and it's all small and packed and this new method of getting in means everyone gets in early and has to queue for pints, effectively stealing from all the local pubs with much worse choice and service, but apart from all that, what about covid? Everyone is rammed in together for ages, you can't take your drink to your seat, it's fucking madness. I digress.
At half time in this virus pit I was talking to my mates and they were of the opinion that Mane should be hooked for Firmino and I was the only one saying fuck that, he's got goals in him. Crazy goals. Goals you don't expect. But I did hundred percent think we'd see Gomez on for Milner when the second half kicked off, it was obvious that he was going to keep getting rinsed and sent off, which he should have been.
The worst thing about half time yesterday is that words like Keita and Ox started coming into my head. That's never happened before. On that basis I'll settle for the point.
Actually we need to talk about the bar at the lower Kenny. It was built 21 years ago and it's all small and packed and this new method of getting in means everyone gets in early and has to queue for pints, effectively stealing from all the local pubs with much worse choice and service, but apart from all that, what about covid? Everyone is rammed in together for ages, you can't take your drink to your seat, it's fucking madness. I digress.
At half time in this virus pit I was talking to my mates and they were of the opinion that Mane should be hooked for Firmino and I was the only one saying fuck that, he's got goals in him. Crazy goals. Goals you don't expect. But I did hundred percent think we'd see Gomez on for Milner when the second half kicked off, it was obvious that he was going to keep getting rinsed and sent off, which he should have been.
The worst thing about half time yesterday is that words like Keita and Ox started coming into my head. That's never happened before. On that basis I'll settle for the point.
Not for me. He should have done better for their opening goal. Now that I can get behind.
I posted an article from the Athletic, not sure if you read it, which said that many local pubs are suspicious about the new admission practices which is forcing fans into the ground earlier. Pints are meant to be cheaper in the ground as well and the suspicion is that the club are deliberately trying to get fans to buy their pints in Anfield rather than in a local pub.
Are you backtracking from saying his first touch was poor?
Potential yellow aside I thought Milner had a good second half.
Pretty shit for the local pubs.
Not at all. IMO in that situation anyone bar Mo and Firmino would have had a poor first touch there.
To argue our DM should have scored there I think is a big stretch.
What’s suspicious about that? It’s an obvious tactic.
Soz, I can't handle those athletic articles. They seem to go on forever, but it's a point I raised on the first day of the season. It's obvious what they're up to and it stinks. A minor point in this is that until yesterday at least you could get San Miguel. They've even fucked that off so it's only Carling. Carling is like sucking on the change in your jeans pocket. I guess it's a price thing, going by what you've said.
And another fucking thing. They pour a can into your cup. Who does that anywhere ever now? They should have them things that do ten pints at once if they actually want to be useful.
So we agree that he is a D/M and he took a poor first touch. Are we agreeing that the same poor touch contributed to him not scoring?
People are being ridiculously harsh on Fabinho for that chance. The touch was fine, it was just magnificent defending by Rodri. Every other time that cunt looks like he's towing a caravan, but he sprang out of nowhere to stop that
I don't think the day is too far away when a match ticket for non members and season ticket holders is double the price but includes gifts like programmes scarfs etc and comes with credit to be spent in the ground.
Every aspect of the passage of play contributed. The vast majority being Rodri’s rapid recovery. Incredible. Made up for how poor he was for our first.
I don't think I or anyone else is being a harsh on Fabinho.
He had an open goal and he or any other player regardless of their position should have scored.
And yes, he was unfortunate that Rodri put in a great block
Yep watched the highlights on that one. Fabinho had to stretch to get the ball under control, and then regain his balance and try and score. By that time, Rodri had got the tackle in. Simply nothing Fabinho could have done there, except to try and score on that first stretch touch itself. Maybe a brilliantly instinctive striker would have stretched and simply scored with that first touch, but that was about the only option.
My points is that the only way you win titles is to win more games than your rivals.Had we won two more of those games we drew...
Completely agree. Not to mention the fact he would never have expected the ball to reach him.
Yeah, but no one would have expected Ederson to miss this, so the decision to hit it first time would have to be made in a millisecond - I don’t think anyone outside of maybe Gerd Muller would have pulled it off. Salah wouldn’t hit it first time either. Maybe a brilliant in-form finisher would have anticipated the block with some kind of sixth sense and lifted the ball rather than hit it on the ground.
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No they are not - but both are progressive going forward from what I have observed. It's what @rurikbird said the other day - Fabinho is a stopper that lacks the dynamic lateral movement of the other types of players I have mentioned. But you are right that there is an element of tiredness creeping into his game which is understandable but fucking dumb on our part by not replacing Gini. It's a shame that Klopp now thinks twice about bringing in a youngster from the academy when we are short on a certain type of skill, I remember when he introduced TAA against Man United all those years ago, was hoping he may consider Morton to at least try and give Fabinho a rest.
Agreed, very difficult chance
[article]They relied on moments of genius from two world-class players - Salah combined with Mane to put them 1-0 up, before scoring that absolutely phenomenal solo goal himself. They were both goals out of nothing, goals out of dreams.
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Does anyone agree with Jenas?
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Does anyone agree with Jenas?
He's exaggerating IMO. They were streets ahead of us in the first half but they didn't score, and the second half was much better balanced.
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