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The race

It didn’t look like it but I am speculating. Think back to when we had penalty specialists come in 2022 to help us win both cups on Penos.

We looked super confident and super prepared.

Flash forward to this year - Jones and Nunez looked like lambs to the slaughter. And I’m pretty sure no plan should have Darwain taking them.

I've just seen quite a few people on here say that so I thought maybe there'd been something admitted by Slot.
 
Slot is doing exactly what we wanted from our previous managers when we didn't have a squad to compete on all fronts - prioritize the league over cup competitions.
That's not exactly true though because if had have done that then he wouldn't have played his preferred XI (to XV) in all competitions and would have rotated far more in the CL for example.
 
I've just seen quite a few people on here say that so I thought maybe there'd been something admitted by Slot.
Didn't Klopp (all managers) say everyone took them in practice but on the day he asked who wanted to take them (as not everyone wanted to)? I would hazard a guess Slot was no different or maybe based his selection on who had performed best in practice - which obviously doesn't always translate to match day when faced with a giant in goal.
 
Doesn’t Nunez take penalties for his country and have a good record?

I remember a discussion a while back when we decided Mo was shite at penalties after he missed a couple and, at the time, Nunez had the best conversion rate.

Mind you… that might have been Frogfish desperately trying to find any stat he could to make Darwin not look completely gash. 😉
 
I don't know why. We are close to winning the league, which is a much bigger deal for us I think, but I still pissed off about losing to PSG. Being out played over two legs AND being unprepared for penos really concerns me. I would have thought Arne was captain preparation.
You can’t account for having weaknesses in the two positions where your opponents are arguably the best in the world.
 
The Champions League was always a bonus this year. By February, I had already lost most hope, as it was clear that Slot was running the first eleven into the ground. Competing seriously in three competitions—one being the toughest in Europe—with so little rotation just isn’t realistic. I had expected us to reach the semi-finals before Madrid shithoused their way past us, but here we are, still well and truly in dreamland compared to our aspirations at the start of the year.
This. I just wanted the league while others said we could win the lot.

Thank fuck we went out of the fa cup when we did.

If we won the lot this year the squad would have no hunger next year.

Now they’ll want big ears to go along with back to back titles!
 
This. I just wanted the league while others said we could win the lot.

Thank fuck we went out of the fa cup when we did.

If we won the lot this year the squad would have no hunger next year.

Now they’ll want big ears to go along with back to back titles!
Well I'd have happily taken the quad this year and failed to qualify for the CL next whilst we're rebuilding !
 
I wouldn't. Failing to qualify would have had an impact, quite possibly a big one, on our prospects of attracting top replacements.
If we'd won the CL this season we'd automatically qualify for next season ... so finishing 6-7th during a rebuild wouldn't affect anything 😉
 
Hmmmm. Let’s see how the loss affects the players. They didn’t deserve to win, so maybe it’ll be a kick in the pants.
Maybe morale will drop and nerves will kick in.
Everton home is huge
 
It’s not losing the final km bothered about. It’s the manner in which it happened. That display was very very poor. If that was nerves, then what gonna happen if we drop points at the start of the run in? Won’t be easy. Thankfully Arsenal have more games than us with the champions league still a distraction for them.
 
Well limp over the line to the title and this team will be seen as a team who took advantage of everyone else dropping off.

I couldn’t give a fuck though. No20 and nobody expected that for a few more years if at all.

I hope we get 5m lining the streets of Liverpool.
 
It’s not losing the final km bothered about. It’s the manner in which it happened. That display was very very poor. If that was nerves, then what gonna happen if we drop points at the start of the run in? Won’t be easy. Thankfully Arsenal have more games than us with the champions league still a distraction for them.
It didn't look like nerves in the slightest. No-one looked nervous - it was glaringly obvious fatigue.
 
The true test of Arne/Hughes/Edwards is how they reimagine the squad in the summer.

I feel like we need a clearout.

This season we have enough to get over the line.
 
Well I said at the start of the week, the league game was the most important of the three and I’m still glad we won that vs either of the other two.

A 9 pt lead with Arsenal to come to Anfield would have been a worry.

12 pts with 9 games to go should be more than enough after a break.
No disagree, we have 3 away games that I think we will lose all 3, and Arsenal at home. Thats not enough, I need Arsenal to start droppimg points, and after today Slot is definitely fucking up big time with his selections.
 
No disagree, we have 3 away games that I think we will lose all 3, and Arsenal at home. Thats not enough, I need Arsenal to start droppimg points, and after today Slot is definitely fucking up big time with his selections.
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The upcoming fixtures look a whole lot scarier now than they used to.
If we the fans are getting nervous, imagine how the players feel?
You know who don't seem to be bothered by it?
Our bench. They just want to go out there and prove themselves and Slot isn't allowing it.

Also you better believe that Arsenal are starting to think that we might fuck it up.
So we better hope that Real gives them the beating of all beatings.
 
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