Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [5th - 7th October 2018]
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Poor game, midfield of henderson and Wijnaldum yet again gave us sweet **** all.
Dijk giving away pen was just daft had no need to try tackle way he did, we got let off.
Front three no click yet again, Shaqiri unused again yet another dumb choice.
Yet got a point so not all bad, though klopp needs to decide who to drop or have some morale boosting meeting cause something isn't working
Dijk giving away pen was just daft had no need to try tackle way he did, we got let off.
Front three no click yet again, Shaqiri unused again yet another dumb choice.
Yet got a point so not all bad, though klopp needs to decide who to drop or have some morale boosting meeting cause something isn't working
I'd be lying if I said I expected that sort of game but it wasn't a massive surprise either - the games vs City in Pep's first season were very similar with both sides not over committing. City weren't going to give us many opportunities to smother them and we weren't going to over commit and allow City to play through us - if ever there was a game that needed a goal to open things up it was today. All things considered I'm happy with a point - to be unbeaten, level on points at the top of the table despite not our attack still not clicking and having a harder start to the season fixture wise, isn't a bad situation to be in. I usually hate International breaks too but I think it's come at a good time for us to regroup and then end the month with Huddersfield, Red Star and Cardiff.
I agree mostly with what you have said there.
My concern for your lot is you should not take the foot off the pedal. If that makes sense!?
As in running out of steam? We've got plenty of cover and options in midfield and to an extent defence too, and while our biggest strength in the biggest games is our high tempo game, we're no longer a side that relies on steam rolling teams, scoring 3 or 4 to win. We're a much more complete, controlled side this season - even away to Chelsea, a side that's set-up to dominate possession, it was a relatively controlled performance, on the front foot with more possession than Chelsea rather than counter-pressing/counter attacking way we typically play in bigger games. I personally think we're still an attacking/creative player short to really give ourself the luxury of resting/rotating the front 3 a bit more but Sturridge looking half useful and Shaqiri give us more options than we had last season.
Steam no.
I think that you are, if, you are going to win the title you do it. And without a break.
Basically. You have momentum or you don't. You can't recreate it!
Point is, don't take the foot off the pedal if you want to win anything Baz.
Oh. Not that I'm thinking of the title right now but your point about momentum is great, if you're playing well. Had we just come off the back of 2 great performances then the last thing I'd want is the international break. We're not playing close to the top of our game right now though and don't have that momentum in our performances right now - to say we've ground out results might be a bit of an exaggeration but we've come through the opening 8 games without hitting close to top gear. And while you'd rather not have half the squad flying away to play pointless internationals, psychologically it does offer us a bit of a break from an intense period and an opportunity to start to try and build that momentum in 2 weeks, with a run of games against lesser opposition than PSG, Chelsea, Napoli and City.
Iwobi is playing with more confidence and direct runs, but his passing in midfield is still terrible. No way should he be getting picked regularly.
Just looked at the stats to make sure I wasn't doing him a disservice, and they are mediocre at best, 71.6% pass completion in the EPL. Worse than literally Arsenal every player I looked at - Laca/Auba/Wellbeck/Ozil/Mkhi/Ramsey/Xhaka/Torreira/Guendouzi all better on that front.
edit: Looking at full squad stats, the only player with worse completion is Petr Cech.
Just looked at the stats to make sure I wasn't doing him a disservice, and they are mediocre at best, 71.6% pass completion in the EPL. Worse than literally Arsenal every player I looked at - Laca/Auba/Wellbeck/Ozil/Mkhi/Ramsey/Xhaka/Torreira/Guendouzi all better on that front.
edit: Looking at full squad stats, the only player with worse completion is Petr Cech.
I begin to wonder if Mahrez didn't do it intentionally and if he isn't a hidden enemy in the squad. Like sabotaging their own results and performance.
Why did they even give the penalty to him?
Why did they even give the penalty to him?
One of the City players said that he had been taking them in training all week and was looking really good I think. Just choked.
Yeah I'm not impressed with him at all, can't believe he got a new contract and is getting so much game time.