Sigh, if we got Arthur in earlier by a fortnight, we would have seen him play in this match.
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but surely u lose out on one player, there were many options… there is no perfect player, jus very good ones… could have easily got two… no top team with title aspirations rests its hopes on milly, baby and thiago. three of those above 30 with one closer to 40
Milner would have been gone last summer if Id had any influence, and I would still have Wijnaldum and Mane.
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Good point.
I was opining to someone the other day about how, contrary to what the haters say, Liverpool have actually overachieved in the last five years — every trophy available and the only team to win the PL other than City in the last five years — and saying that statistically they probably get around 90% of transfers “right” when other teams are lucky to get 50-60%, my hypothesized mean.
Totally making the numbers up, but the point is that as much as FSG wants to be smart, you can’t expect to always outperform the mean (the statistical concept regression towards the mean comes to mind). Edwards might have been that freak data point, and we have to give Ward some time, but if things don’t improve, then there should be some sort of change in strategy.
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Starting line up was like a fan forum pick. Carvalho started slowly – he was getting in our players way (he’d come to stand right next to VVD or Fab, or try to press Coady without getting near him). But he got more involved as time went on, only to pick up probably a dead leg.
Everton first good chance hitting the woodwork, before we had Darwin and Diaz in same play hitting the woodwork.
Klopp made changes, but it made us into what seemed like a new shape made up on the spot. Fab doing overtime in midfield, and we could’ve been caught out on counters at the breaks.
Trent did well defensively. When Milner replaced him, he tried to play like Trent, but kept getting caught out. He kept selling himself and taking himself out of the game. Everton targeted him and kept playing the ball wide to his area. He messed up in the offside build up as well.
Klopp had to fix it with the Gomez shuffle, which meant we couldn’t get Melo on (this game was crying out for some quick short passing in midfield). Was surprised Darwin starting with Bobby playing neatly lately. Darwin coming on at 60 min at 0-0 would’ve been helpful.
We need to get Salah more involved, being our most lethal scorer. The post kept out what would’ve been an injury time winner from him. Darwin on another day would’ve got them headers (especially the high hanging cross by Trent).
Sigh, there were a few but Klopp and FSG were way too confident.
well put… we have massively overachieved because of that crazy fellow on the sidelines… unfortunately it encouraged FSG not to spend as much
Very derivative. I think plagiarised?!
I saw in the thread that he hadn’t played since May. It will take him a few training sessions to adjust to our intensity and style of play.
they pulled that shit with the defense and almost cost us top 4… once bitten and all that
To be honest, I would have used Milner’s money just to get Arthur’s ass into our camp earlier…
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I said during the game that we look like a side without an identity…like a half way house between the first side Klopp put together and the more patient possession based side we turned into. The result is we’re neither taking care of the ball well enough, nor doing enough to keep pressure on it when we inevitably lose it. Robbie Earle on the US commentary summed it up well, at the moment we look more like the team Klopp inherited than one we’ve become used to seeing under him.
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Yes very much so, AND it seems we were competing with a Man C whom were then very much in transition.
But still better than seeing Carvalho get kicked around by the bitters and still better than seeing Milner getting skinned by the bitters at least 4 times!
And they repeated that shit again in Midfield.
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From the game, I noticed that we lost the ball upfield and got hit on the counter quite a few times. Our offside trap was not working resulting in our defence being all sixes and sevens when caught out.
Trent and Mo were not effective on the right. Bobby coming on was a big plus as his shots on target put them under a bit of pressure. Unfortunately we were not able to sustain that pressure.
Jurgen and his coaches need to analyze the game and come up with solutions. That’s why they are paid the big bucks.
exactly… always thinking they are smarter than everybody else
It’s 5 games in, Klopp needs to sort it fucking out. Start by getting Salah near their box, criminal asking him to stand on the touchline and deep.
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