It’s last ditch stuff, and obviously you have to earn your luck. But my point is that with those four blocks I’m not sure what else we are meant to do. Carragher was saying on punditry that they have to score, as if the strikers did something wrong. They were all strong shots on target, exactly where they should put them and you do not expect the block to come in. It’s like saying Shevchenko should have done better with that chance in Istanbul. Sometime it’s just not your day.
Yesterday has nothing to do with creating chances. We did enough to win three games. The biggest problem is going behind again. When your having a day when it just won’t go in, it really helps if you aren’t a goal down early on.
Just saw the game on MOTD.
8 minutes, a simple square ball from Robertson to Salah, instead of to Nunez, and we’re probably one up.
Then we concede first, like we have done on multiple occasions this season.
Very lucky to not go 2 down, great clearance from Robertson.
Lots of subsequent huffing and puffing, but in the end not composed or clinical enough.
Definitely lucked out a couple of times, with Palace making some unbelievable blocks, but then Allison made a Dudek Istanbul esque save too.
100% penalty on Jones, was it reviewed by VAR?
Not even discussed on MOTD, no fucking surprise there.
Ultimately not good enough, awful defending for their goal, lacking composure and poor decision making going forward.
In such a short space of time, we’ve gone from just needing to beat beatable teams to win the league, to now praying for unlikely Man City losses.
I believe, as Jurgen hinted, the loss and draw to MU affected our players’ confidence and morale as we dominated them so much yet lost and drew. Jurgen needs to clear our boys’ minds of any doubts and focus them on getting the job done for the remaining matches both in the EL and PL. And don’t feel sorry for ourselves. Just hope for City to lose points, unlikely as it is.
Minds on the beach lads? Why should you try for JK when he won’t even be here next season? Saving your efforts for the new guy? Still getting your huge salaries no matter what half-arsed efforts you make?
You’re breaking millions of hearts but by all means carry on doing what you’re doing.
There will be repercussions though. It’s called Karma.
We are so slow to react to things. Palace only attacked down Bradleys side and had created some good chances before they scored from that side…yet we just let constantly happen.
Things we can control: come out of the walkway like wild men in Italy Thursday, and rain goals on them.
Then do the same at Fulham.
Things we can’t control: the Cheaters have a grueling time coming up this week. They get Real in CL on Wednesday, and the FA Cup semi against Chavs at Wembley 3 days later. Perhaps this will wear them out a bit—and even better if they drop out of 2 Cup chances. Maybe drop points at Brighton a week from Thursday?
Arse go to Germany on Wednesday. Turn around and go to Wolves on Saturday. Maybe get them behind us once and for all?
At this point, the simple facts are we need to win every match (and big on Thursday) and need lots of help.
Interesting comments from Klopp in one of his post-games calling out Jones, but in a good way completely at odds with the majority of comments. He commented on how bad our defensive shape and pressing was in the first half saying that Jones was really the only one doing what he was supposed to be doing. For those wanting an explanation for how he managed to avoid the half time cull, there you have it.
Perhaps the most striking aspect of the last couple of games has been exactly what Klopp mentioned; the bad defensive shape and the subsequent, complete breakdown of the counterpressing.
As for Jones, another reason that kept him on was that as bad as he was, Endo was even worse.
There was one moment towards the end of the first half where you got a sense that Endo was frazzled. He got the ball from one of the CBs in one of those typical DM spaces, the sort we have seen Endo open up from and spread the play. But this time he knocked it straight back to the FB, playing them into not a great situation, then saw the space he’d had to play in had he had the confidence and turn with the ball and was visibly upset with himself. It was one of his last touches of the half.
Thanks alot @Maria . I really appreciate your kind thoughts and wishes.
All office colleagues said you are making a mistake by living off on savings …and losing out on an IT job/career , but It meant nothing against my old man. Afterall, money isn’t everything in life.
Family means everything to me and I am blessed to have 3 of them. My biological family, people at TAN and everyone associated with this club through thick n thin.
I went part-time to care for my mum, my work was walking distance from home and all my free school time. Sure, i may have missed going up the career. I had some challenging times, but i would do it all over again.
I was busy all weekend and just caught the result. Go back to 12:00 and try to figure out WHY all of our midfielders were so woefully out of position.
for some reason they are being instructed to hunt the ball like a pack of dogs. Apparently nobody has told them the ball moves faster than the man. Our tactics have been exposed numerous times over the past month and for some reason Klopp et al are not changing tack.
Nothing good comes of this. I don’t see any further adjustments being made with only the remaining games left to play. It will be up to the players to salvage what’s remaining of this season.
the farther I get into this match, the worse it looks. passing is shit, players out of possession and running away from the ball. so many times I see the forwards turning their back to the their teammates when there is no clear opportunity for a quality through ball…
41min, even if Darwin is onsite I don’t know how Diaz doesn’t put that ball in the net. I remember when forwards knew how to head a ball into the net…
Credit to the back room analytics staff of the last four teams who have made some great assessments of our structure and found ways to counter it… the results speak for themselves
Even Sheffield were able to hold us off for 70min.
many things said and will be said about our club, but there’s one undeniable fact, we are a club that fills our emotions to the hilt (and in my lifetime, the positives outshine the negatives).
Practically a new/different midfield, many youngsters making a positive breakthrough, due to injuries to many senior players and we are in the top 3 of a very tough league, already one trophy in the cabinet and still something to look forward to before season end.
Every team suffers a dip in form, (except cheaters with the refs helping them along the way), and personally, I am hurting, but I want to remain optimistic about our club.
YNWA
Still can not understand why Klopp brought on Jota and Gakpo for two attackers instead of Gakpo in midfield like we successfully did a few times earlier this season. Actually even worked against Palace when we played them earlier this season (Gakpo on for Gravenberch at HT).
TBF its both.
As Klopp himself said years ago its the product of aligning unlimited funds with people who know how to use it, including allowing them the luxury of making mistakes without any consequences.
yeah, players famously don’t care about by their own honours.