The magic word. 
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Im not ignoring, I am saying that I dont agree the list you provided is all there was. Personally I think a new striker trying to fit in who got himself involved and got himself 3 gilt edged chances is something to view as a positive, even if he scored none of them and now is out for 3 games ( 
) But yes, his finishing was shit on 2 of them, and on the one made to look so because his first touch was weak enough that he allowed a defender to get in a leg. Lots to still improve on, but I saw a player who looks exciting and will be a handful. To me that is a positive.
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Been saying it for years. Any disrespect from the players and theyāre sent off. Problem ends right there. Captains can have discussions but finger pointing, shouting, swearing etc, getting in their face should be an early bath and big fine. Would be a better example for kids too.
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Argh! Iām very concerned at our training in kirkby. What is going on there???How is our team getting so many niggles now? What is our forwards training for Nunez like?
Our CM dept has a big problem. Our midfielders are either chronic sick notes, untrusted, too young or too old or a combination of the above few factors. How I wish we have a 2018-2019 Kevin De Bryune-like player in our ranks.
Just my thoughts on VVD on their goal, he was looking along the line and I thought he should have recognized the danger and moved across earlier to cover Phillips, who was taken out with a great pass, I say great but I should say a well timed as there was too much space to play the pass in to.
Iāll not get into my thoughts of Fab on their goal!
Nat will never be first choice with Jurgenās style of playing. He lacks the most important ingredient to our CB requirements - pace.
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Good post about the mentality needed from Darwin, but Milnerās the wrong example to use. If Nunez did that in the Benfica game last year to Milner, Milner wouldāve stayed on his feet and laughed in his face.
The ref wouldāve come over and told Nunez to cut it out, show maybe a yellow (as no theatrics from Milner), and the game wouldāve continued with this incident just being a footnote. Milner is a throwback to 1970s type.
More apt would be Luis Diaz, who gets chopped down in the opening 20 mins of each game (as no yellows allowed apparently in this period), but just gets up and continues all game.
Or Salah, who sprints to the touchline trying to keep the ball in play, gets two handed pushed into the sideboards, but then immediately accepts the handshake from Clyne (whereas you can bet had Zaha been pushed into the crowd, he wouldāve milked it for a yellow).
Early on in Aliās career with us, he got done with doing something fancy with the ball but got disposessed and conceded, then pretty much removed that needless flamboyancy from his game, and now only pulls out those nifty moves when it is actually required.
Klopp will expect the same from Darwin.
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On footballing abilities, I think Darwin needs to calm down and be composed, because for some reason, he had a number of miscues already in a number of games when in goalscoring position. Also I think we are trying too hard to involve Darwin. And we need to be more ruthless and precise when the opposition is overwhelmed in the first 30 minutes. I hate to say this but Man City has been alot more ruthless than us when they create opportunities, we can come across as too casual at times.
And I hope we get it right nx Monday because I would hate to lose at old Trafford and give those shit a reason to celebrate and call it thatās when their season startsā¦
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There are some who think the performance was ok or good, but I really think we have a serious issue in the forward half at this point, and not because Nunez is out. Its extremely disjointed. Even in that second half where we turned up the intensity dial after Nunez saw red, the movement into the penalty area is so fucking scrappy. The fact that it required a worldy to provide a threat says it all.
We certainly need time for the forward players to gel, and I feel our season may actually hinge on Jotaās fitness. I feel he has the experience and intelligence that we are missing in sewing up some of the movement in the forward half that players like Nunez and Diaz donāt provide at this stage. Those guys need time. Jota needs to help us in the meantime.
I would be surprised if anybody outside of Elliott and Diaz gets votes from this game.
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I was only listening on the radio but sounded like we dominated, got hit with a sucker punch, then had our CF sent off but still got the goal and a point.
Not a great result by any means but, from how they made it sound on TalkSport, then if Zaha puts his shot wide then the only question would have been how we didnāt score 5.
Weāll be fine.
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Skipped the last 100 posts on this thread. Whatās the main theme?
We have to decide who our playmaker is and quick. Too many players slowing down play (only Elliot seems to keep the rhythm). Got to get neater and slicker!
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hope youāre rightā¦but im seeing some red flagsā¦
and thats ignoring the red card.
Geez that part made me wince.
Sorry
Misquoted post.
The arms around Diaz that got a free kick?
Replica of at least one such incident in the box, which received no attention.
@Worgan and @Mascot discussed already, but the inconsistency is dreadful.
Tierney is beyond a joke.
Nunez was awful, and we improved when he went off because the lazy pumping high balls had to stop.
I thought Elliot was superb.
With the chances we had in the first 20 minutes, their goal should have counted for nought.
Had we taken our chances we could have been up by 3 or 4-0 by that point
Milner to the rescue, the seen it all Spanish speaking leader in our team.
At Ā£25 a pic, and for a small agent fee - say Ā£15 a pic, if you need representation to get your modelling career to the peaks of featering the cover of Striker magazine, do let me know 
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Pass completion stats are pointless with Trent because he has licence to try riskier, low percentage passes
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