But playing Szoboszlai and Salah for 90 minutes in the Sparta match when we visit Old Toilet in a few days time, and then managing their minutes in a huge FA cup tie with an international break looming sounds logical to you?
The result is disappointing, but they got lucky with our mistakes and pretty much we let them back into the game. They game out of the gate gun blazing but we pretty much took over as soon as we started to actually play football.
Not piling it on Gakpo, but when he came on for Mo, there was nothing from him. The intensity was gone, our attack down the right side was gone. The worst for me is Gakpoās decision making.
Too many miss opportunities from us to seal the game. Iām not worry to play them again in the league in a few weeks. We prove that when we actually play, they have no answer for us. When we let the foot off the gas, then thatās when they get lucky.
I would like to see Elliott play with Macca and Endo, I think Elliot offers way more in terms of workrate and vision then Szbo at the moment.
I suppose on the good side of this loss is we have one less tournament to worry about and more recovery time to go all out for the league and Europa.
Weāll come back strong in 2 weeks, theyāll all have fire in their bellies now when they return.
YNWA
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Agree totally, the emotion is part of the game
its his dayā¦let him have itā¦
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Salah wasnāt supposed to play the full 90. Szoboszlai and Robertson on the other hand really should have been taken off if they werenāt going to be in a position to get through this one.
In any case, it was obvious from the start that we werenāt at our usual levels energy-wise. I donāt know how that can be disputed. It was a massive advantage for them, which ultimately made the difference.
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I concur with your view. I donāt get the game management for the sparta match and this oneā¦Itās just so bizarreā¦
Who knows. Weāre not there. recovery is not linear so isnāt that predictable. Had a player trying to build his fitness only played 60 in midweek there is no guarantee heād have had it in him today to go the whole game.
But you donāt care you just have complaints, and your bar for airing them is pathetically low
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Nah, youāre looking for excuses. We should have put the game to bed in the second half. We didnāt and shit happens.
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They scored more against us tonight than the last 4 years combined.
Now, I donāt know if thatās trueā¦ but it feels about right.
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Regarding Gakpo, Salah was far worse with numerous good opportunities to play a player in and made bad decisions trying to be too cute
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Was pathetic in that second half of extra time.
Looked like we couldnāt be arsed. Got exactly what we deserved.
Anyhow we move on, we have to make those chances count in the league game.
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I would go with the exact opposite question. I wonder why we havenāt gone with the same formula thatās been winning us games the last few weeks. Fresh legs on at 60ā and 75ā, keep the rhythm going.
3 subs used out of 5 in normal time. 1 more 10 minutes into extra time, and the last one 6 minutes before the end.
Fans are fickle. Gakpo will hit some form and theyāll start singing his praises.
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No point sitting in hope with him, heās just not very good. How many more examples do fans want? Could well be gone in the summer unless heās happy being restricted to cup games.
Heās a 7/10 on his best day but that comes like once every month, nowhere near good enough Iām afraid.
Yes, recovery might not be linear but it does make sense if Salah and Szoboszlai is gonna play today, the minutes management should be in the Sparta match where the aggregate score went into the double digits for us, not this one.
If I was Jurgen Klopp Iād be fucking raging and some of those players would be walking home.
A clinical team would have won that 7-1. But not us, we have to waste chance after chance as we try and walk the ball into the fucking net. Fucking diabolical from Salah. Gakpo no better.
McAllister, Endo and Quansah my MOTM. Robbo, VVD and Diaz did ok.
Every fucking time we go there they destroy us down our right hand side and today was no different. Itās a joke.
Beaten by fucking shite who didnāt look like they wanted to be on the pitch 2nd half.
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I see Gakpo as an advanced midfielder at best.
he was about to change salah in the last game but clark got hurt
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Xabi is 5 wins from announcing heās our new manager and we have two more trophies to collect.
There is lots to look forward to.
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Yes, but it was hilarious. Didnāt Richarlison also get sent off for a celebrationā¦ Only for the goal to be ruled out by VAR?
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