West Ham v Liverpool Match Thread

[rurikbird]

I spoke too soon about this being our usual 4-3-3. The best I can tell it was actually a 4-2-3-1 (or 4-2-1-3) with Gini and Can both sitting deep and Ox playing in Klopp-esque variation of the #10 role, which is nothing like the traditional #10 at all - running all over the place and having nothing to do with playmaking duties. Maybe this will be our "away system."

 

[doctor_mac]

I spoke too soon about this being our usual 4-3-3. The best I can tell it was actually a 4-2-3-1 (or 4-2-1-3) with Gini and Can both sitting deep and Ox playing in Klopp-esque variation of the #10 role, which is nothing like the traditional #10 at all - running all over the place and having nothing to do with playmaking duties. Maybe this will be our "away system."

I can't get my head around the system at all. Has Salah ever been on the left wing at any point?

 

[KopRed]

We aren't looking great today but the pace up front is palpably dangerous... Can is having a mare and repeatedly giving the ball away and I hate the fact that Mignoley is still a patently dozy cunt...

But 2 nil...

No idea why Ming was given the armband. There must have been lots of eyes rolling by our own players when he once again fuck up what is surely a routine clearance.

 

[rurikbird]

I can't get my head around the system at all. Has Salah ever been on the left wing at any point?

Why should he? He's on the right, Mane on the left.

 

[tombrown]

442 aoc on right, Salah & Frim through middle

 

[keniget]

I'm becoming increasingly worried about Matip. Some of his decision making is just really poor and doesn't make you think "great defender".

Hopefully he ends up being better than he's showing of late.

 

[doctor_mac]

Why should he? He's on the right, Mane on the left.

Sorry, I meant the right wing.

 

[KopRed]

Here comes Carroll.

 

[manwithnoname]

Really? It feels like a home away from home. In fact, the support sounds louder here than Anfield on a Saturday afternoon.

Too big and open, the crowd is too away from the pitch. And that horrible swathe of green around the pitch

It's shite

 

[manwithnoname]

I'm becoming increasingly worried about Matip. Some of his decision making is just really poor and doesn't make you think "great defender".

Hopefully he ends up being better than he's showing of late.

Of late? He's fucking terrible

 

[Woland]

Sorry, I meant the right wing.

Oh shit, right wing... Bilic has just fed all these kids Brain Force Plus at half time.

 

[KopRed]

Another 40 mins of defending long balls.

 

[Shay_K]

Oxy doing some good defensive work

 

[FoxForceFive]

Of late? He's fucking terrible

The only reason a faction of our support seem to rate him is because he was marginally better than the muppets round him.

He is very young though, & as I eulogise about so regularly, a young cb is never a good cb.

 

[KopRed]

Fucking hell.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Oh fucking great.

 

[DHSC]

Very poor defending from Gomez.

 

[darkstarexodus]

I'm becoming increasingly worried about Matip. Some of his decision making is just really poor and doesn't make you think "great defender".

Hopefully he ends up being better than he's showing of late.

He's balls. Not as hoped for or advertised

 

[KopRed]

AOC!!!

 

[manwithnoname]

And there's the expected goal. More comical defending, Gomez made to look a cunt and Mignolet nowhere.

And Chamberpot scores

 

[DHSC]

Haha @ Hart.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Took him two attempts, but at least he got it eventually.

 

[Raz]

Schoolboy Gomez. Look at that......... get in Chamberlain.

 

[KopRed]

Great work by Firmino. Fed AOC who needed 2 stabs at it to score.

 

[Shay_K]

Great response

 

[manwithnoname]

Hart has conceded two goals from saves he has made being smashed back past him

He's got no protection in the box

 

[Markeh]

Didn't even have time to comment on their goal

 

[FoxForceFive]

I was gonna slag Chamberlain off but tbh that first shot was almost exactly where you should put it so hard to complain, esp when he followed up by slotting the rebound.

 

[Shay_K]

We should be peppering Hart's goal he is really useless

 

[DHSC]

The pass to Ox aside Firmino's passing has been shit.