Prematch - FA Cup 4th Round - Plymouth Argyle vs Liverpool FC - 15.00 - 9th February

Sounds like you are watching CNN then

He’s done from minute 1…

Mo hasn’t done shit today!

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In short……this is shit!!

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well… we are just spoilt tbf

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I don’t know, it is a bit hard to criticise Arne given where we are at the table. perhaps we would not be where we are had we played more of our squad in the premier league like Klopp used to. Even so, it’s worth mentioning that with so little matching, our reserves suck and it is unlikely that we will play in form new rising stars (under klopp, many came from our reserves, but they got matching).

But we are set to win the Premier league, so I don’t know if I can criticise. Our squad is not as big as City etc. But yes, our reserves are pretty mediocre these days.

More worrisome perhaps, is that many playing here now, are not truly reserves. They belong on the first team but are bench players. But they too, don’t get that much matching under Arne.
But I don’t know if I should criticise it or not, given where we are at the table.

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Biggest problem is in midfield, especially on the right with Harvey. He needs to connect play better and is not supporting Fede at all

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Get Curtis in midfield. Unfortunate (again) for Gomez. The rejig meant that our midfield was inexperienced. Nyoni picking up a card didn’t help

Mabaya is no where near first team level, and it shows.

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Lads, it’s Plymouth.

They’re fighting hard in a cup tie against our reserves, but in the second half their lack of relative fitness will show and we’ll roll over them.

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He needs Konate and Virgil back there to guide him.

I think losing Gomez has thrown Arne’s plans. I suspect he will give it 15 minutes and bring on Jones. We did play better as the half progressed, but the midfield isn’t working as intended.

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Nunez warming up.

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In fairness to Mabaya he has played less than 500 minutes across 10 games at any level in the last two years due to injury.

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I forgot Jota played that half. :joy:

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The worst performance that half, for me, was ITV Player.

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Not seeing enough from anyone. Need more of a team effort.

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That 45 mins (well, 35 because I missed the first 10 due to not having a stream) reminded that the ā€œmagic of the cupā€ is that it is secretly shite but everyone pretends otherwise.

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When was the last time TAN put in a collaborative showing?

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Wipe the grin out of the Plymouth manger guys

The real magic of the cup is the friends we made along the way.

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