The Bigfooty Liverpool Thread

[gaskin]

Brentford away a couple of months ago would have been a lot harder. They have fallen off a bit the last few weeks.

 

[jod23]

Just keep winning, just keep winning, just keep winning.

 

[RossFC]

Beat them at Anfield and we win the league.

At this stage, if we beat Arsenal, that gives us room to draw 5 of the other 17 games. Assuming Arsenal win every other game.

 

[Mr Meow]

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.

Spot on.

It's a long season and earlier on results were outdoing performances. Lately you could almost say the opposite - because despite some dodgy defending, we are creating enough that we should be scoring 3 or more each game.

Then the overarching point is that this is a very good side but not as exceptional as at least 3 of Klopp's while he was there. Full back areas are a weakness rather than strength now. And our starting attackers as a collective were more reliable when we had prime Bobby and Mane. Diaz, Gakpo, Jota and Nunez all offer us something but are flawed for either efficiency or durability.

Despite all that we are having a great season and the frustrating run was inevitable. The title race will be fairly close and I felt that way a month ago. We remain in an enviable position.