The Bigfooty Liverpool Thread
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I remember thinking 4th would be a good result before this season started.
Would've bitten someone's hand off to be sitting where we are after the usual January slump.
Diaz was the bigger issue than Gakpo.
Starting Jota as striker is the main thing (in an ideal world), who plays on the left is irrelevant. But I guess Slot is paranoid about breaking him. And therein lies the bittersweet nature of having Jota as an important part of your squad.
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I do prefer Diaz wide left over Gakpo if im honest. I also love getting Gakpo on late in games to run at players and cut inside and score bangers. But Diaz for me has to be the starter with Jota obviously through the middle.
Gakpo pinch hitting off the bench on the left makes more sense, he just doesn't offer enough in general play otherwise
Diaz is the opposite on the left, all the running front and back but not as big a goal threat. Sub him off for Gakpo later in the game if we need a goal makes more sense
Diaz is the opposite on the left, all the running front and back but not as big a goal threat. Sub him off for Gakpo later in the game if we need a goal makes more sense
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Yeah we need to tighten back up. Before Konate's injury we quite clearly had the best defensive record in the league, since then TAA has been hot and cold, Robbo's form has been poor and Konate being out and then coming back not at his best has hurt us.
We need to find that defensive solidity we had early in the season.
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Also and this is probably wide of the mark but are we seeing Gakpo preferred because of the Dutch connection? I'd like to think that has nothing to do with it though.
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He has just gone on a scoring run hence why he has been starting. If the goals dry up and Lucho starts scoring then he will start. Simple.
Konate going down was underestimated. Haven’t been the same since.
Robertson hasn’t been that bad. Just not the fast fit player he was.
Largely Gakpo has been fantastic this season. Diaz has also been good but been charged to play in a different position at times.
We got punished for a single mistake yesterday and slowly dominated the game more and more as it went on. If we can't get a result at Brentford I'd be more concerned.
We got punished for a single mistake yesterday and slowly dominated the game more and more as it went on. If we can't get a result at Brentford I'd be more concerned.
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Beat them at Anfield and we win the league.
We keep opening the door ajar for Arsenal despite their patchy form so they will capitalize eventually
4 draws in 7 games with a tougher fixture than theirs coming up, Arsenal can probably close the gap more. We need to start showing we're serious about winning the league
4 draws in 7 games with a tougher fixture than theirs coming up, Arsenal can probably close the gap more. We need to start showing we're serious about winning the league
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Grav I believe is being played too much. Shades of last season where we flogged Szo to death, broke down and struggled to get going again. Slot just does not trust anyone else in his possie.
We desperately need that quality #6 right now.
In what way other than results are we showing we aren't serious about winning the league? It's a a good team currently acting above expectations right now. The 2019-20 team would handle this team comfortably, and understandably so.
Before visiting City at the end of February, our EPL fixture looks like this:
@ Brentford
v Ipswich
@ Bournemouth
@ Everton
v Wolves
While the away fixtures will probably be tricky, we should be winning all those games. If we can get one of the genuine CFs going, more so. UCL fixtures in January will probably be strong teams selected with no risks taken on injuries (like Klopp tended do to in dead UCL fixtures). Heavy rotation in the FA Cup. Tottenham in the EFL Cup will be taken seriously.
Much rather be in our situation than anyone else's right now.
4 draws in 7 games with a lot of those games we should've gotten 3 points out of isn't good, with Brentford Bournemouth Everton City and Villa away all coming up very shortly, we have to show up to those games, no more of that 1st half against Forest kind of performance. Seems like a pretty reasonable comment to make
We've also conceded like 15 goals in 10 games and kept only 2 clean sheets, you don't win titles defending like that, we need to improve
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5 wins 1 draw is needed.
Every team needs to improve - no argument there. I just don't think the "getting serious" or "showing up" comments are fair because they completely disregard the fact that the games are contests and the other team is out there to win too. Forest are very good and completely confident right now in their game plan, which is half the battle for them. Man U is always up for grabs. Newcastle lost immediately after playing us then won 9 in a row. Fulham we had a man sent off.
Konate was our best defender before he got injured and that injury has been the main contributing factor to our defensive frailty of late. Hopefully he can get back to top form soon.
Forest Man Utd and Spurs in the league cup game have out fought us the past 3 games, and those are the recent ones. We definitely haven't shown up to those for at least the 1st half. Fulham was just a bad first 15 minutes that came with Robbo's error. We've started games too slowly and only turn up in the 2nd half when we're behind the 8 ball
We've also conceded the 1st goal in 5 of the past 7 league games, we need to show up in more than just the 2nd half
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Maybe we over-performed prior to this…fact is we’re still more than a game in front of everyone, with a game in hand. Win that and we’re more than two in front of everyone.
