10, innit?
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10, innit?
This kind of game worries me - West Ham had really really good chances, just like Wolves 10 days ago.
So why worry?
Because it's going to be fucking hard to win 20 next year ... 🙂
So why worry?
Because it's going to be fucking hard to win 20 next year ... 🙂
Dropping 2 points by this stage is unacceptable I agree.
I think Alisson has 8, and Adrian has 2. But I am talking about Alisson here.
To be honest i don't think we are even that good anymore. We are just relentless and suffocating.
Also, we have some of the best individual players in the league.
Notably the best full back. The best GK. The best left wing forward player and the best DM when he sorts his brain out.
Oh and an all time great in Van Dijk. I can't even overstate how important he is for us. Head and shoulders above anyone in the league and in the team. Every single cross and corner that comes in is like a counter attack opportunity for us because he basically gets on the end of everything.
I still think we could blow this if he got injured. Watching Matip and Lovren struggle against Shrewsbury just highlighted his importance.
Also, we have some of the best individual players in the league.
Notably the best full back. The best GK. The best left wing forward player and the best DM when he sorts his brain out.
Oh and an all time great in Van Dijk. I can't even overstate how important he is for us. Head and shoulders above anyone in the league and in the team. Every single cross and corner that comes in is like a counter attack opportunity for us because he basically gets on the end of everything.
I still think we could blow this if he got injured. Watching Matip and Lovren struggle against Shrewsbury just highlighted his importance.
Against that embarrassment of a club too.
Good win that. Alisson and Van Dijk were unreal. Hendo a model of efficiency in all 3 positions he had to play. Salah and Firmino lively and Ox has notably improved after his goal.
Nice cameo by Jones - definitely put himself in Klopp’s good books by hurrying to win possession and also playing some sharp passes. He’ll get more than 5 minutes next time.
I don’t think Fabinho was all that poor - a couple of mistakes, but some good passes and touches too. Same for Keita. We need to play them into form for the 2nd half of the season.
Robbo and Trent quiet and wasteful again - they need to recharge batteries.
Nice cameo by Jones - definitely put himself in Klopp’s good books by hurrying to win possession and also playing some sharp passes. He’ll get more than 5 minutes next time.
I don’t think Fabinho was all that poor - a couple of mistakes, but some good passes and touches too. Same for Keita. We need to play them into form for the 2nd half of the season.
Robbo and Trent quiet and wasteful again - they need to recharge batteries.
Despite only starting 15 games this season, Alisson already caught up with the keepers with most clean sheets this season.
He has played nine games less than some of them also he didn't concede in the two games he couldn't finish due to injury and being sent off. So, it's basically 10 clean sheets in 15 starts.
He has played nine games less than some of them also he didn't concede in the two games he couldn't finish due to injury and being sent off. So, it's basically 10 clean sheets in 15 starts.
Yeah, it's really weird and I think it's part of the reason why other fans are struggling with the way we're running away with it.
We're not blowing teams away like we were a couple years ago or City at their best. We just seem to be dragging ourselves over the line each game.
Klopp has done amazingly well to get this team achieving in the way that it is.
I think next season will be different and we will need to do some work in the transfer window to reinvigorate the team / squad to ensure there isn't a big drop.
Typical Moyes tactics, make the pitch as narrow as possible and play 5 4 1 which denies our fullbacks the space they normally have to operate, it also hampers the use of long balls, either straight or diagonally.
I thought we were brilliant tonight, the off the ball running was out of this world.
Never mind poetry in motion. We were perpetual motion. Brilliant
I thought we were brilliant tonight, the off the ball running was out of this world.
Never mind poetry in motion. We were perpetual motion. Brilliant
Second half we were excellent. Virge, Bobby, Alisson and Hendo bossed their areas.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Very solid win. <br>Trent casually playing it off his own post to Virgil in his own box taking it to new levels... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/calmasyoulike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#calmasyoulike</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/greatpenMo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#greatpenMo</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OXpertfinishing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#OXpertfinishing</a> <a href="https://t.co/0p0A5dP9D0">pic.twitter.com/0p0A5dP9D0</a></p>— James Milner (@JamesMilner) <a href="">January 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
We were pretty amazing at Leicester but apart from that I agree.
Pretty fair re City at Anfield ?
We're amazing in a different way now. We manage the game perfectly not taking undue risks and stretching the game unless needed. When we need to (against the big teams) we still have more gears we can go through (man City this year, barca end of last)
Mentality monsters
Game management masterminds
Mentality monsters
Game management masterminds
Nah even if he got injured we could limp over the line.
City have lost 5 and drawn 3 I don’t seen them winning 14 in a row in any case.
If we lost 3 in a row, the motivation it would give them and momentum can't be under estimated.
Especially with a trip to the Etihad to come and the mounting pressure it would cause, it we lost there and the gap was down to 7pts with at least another 6 to play.
Thankfully, it's an extremely unlikely scenario, but to think a motivated City can't win all their remaining games, now they have Sane and Laporte back, and with all the shite teams in this league, is a little silly.
Yes - been looking at it that way myself. What lead do we need going into the City game to feel reasonably secure. 11 points was what I decided - though that's the low mark. I'm certainly not relaxing yet - but if we can win a few more we might also cause them to shift their focus.
Even without VVD there is no chance we lose 3 in a row. There simply isn’t good enough teams to beat us.
Also Sane will take 6 months to be back to his best.
City are nowhere near the level they have been in the last 2 years. I would say there is almost zero chance they win all 14, regardless of our form.
Their focus is already shifted.
Yeah City have given up imo. They're concentrating the CL.
Missed most of the game
Came in blind drunk, ordered a pizza, saw 15 mins and fell asleep.
Remember seeing the goals but not why it was a peno or anything. Does anyone have good highlights?
Up the reds.
PS. Wtf happened with Trent?
Came in blind drunk, ordered a pizza, saw 15 mins and fell asleep.
Remember seeing the goals but not why it was a peno or anything. Does anyone have good highlights?
Up the reds.
PS. Wtf happened with Trent?
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