24 Apr 2017 16:38:35
Saw some posts yesterday slating our goal scoring ability an our defense. The goal scoring was mainly aimed at Firmino. Defense Jones mainly aimed at Lovren.
Saying we have not moved forward under Klopp.
Do these same people not realise we are the top scoring team in the Prem this season?
Do these same people not know that in the 14 games previous to Palace where Lovren and Matip had started together we were unbeaten?
Do these same people not see that we are on 66 points now, the same as was enough for City to finish 4th last year, and already more than the 60 points we finished with last season. We have also gone unbeaten against the rest of the top 6. Compare that to Everton a few places below us who have only taken a handful of points from the current top 6 in their past 100 games against them but are efficient againdt lower opposition. I would prefer to be looking for the answer to complacency against lower teams than figuring out how to compete against the other big boys.
With the likes of United, City, Tottenham, Arsenal all playing each other we are still in a very strong place to finish in top 4. Palace needed that last win to make sure they were safe of the drop. The rest of the teams were playing are all putting their flip flops and suncream on.
Our squad is nowhere near the quality of Chelsea, City, Tottenham. Arsenal and United have vast financial backing that we can't currently compete with. We are doing very well to compete at the level we are. Champions league qualification simply isn't as easy as it was 10 years ago.
Get behind the lads, some of you have opinions that swing more than saloon door with every performance.
On a side note, any news on Ings' progress? Any chance of minutes before the end of the season. Really think he could add something to tuck away some of the brilliant chances we create.
24 Apr 2017 17:37:32
Andy, you fail to mention that we have let more goals than any of the top eight, virtually the same amount as each season under Rogers. You also fail to say that all the same problems as we did under Rogers. We still have players having to play out of position. I'm all for Klopp but you cannot say that everything is Rosy, our winning games recently have hardly been stunning performances.
I'm not trying to be overly negative as I think there is still a reasonable chance we will get top three never mind top four but that will just paper over another inconsistent season. All of us will be cheering our team on come Monday but I think most are just venting their frustration not at the result so much but the performance.
24 Apr 2017 20:49:00
Problem up front isn't scoring a lot of goals it is scoring consistently rather than running up big scores then blanks. Against the teams that have played defensively the problem is a combination of not having many chances and not being able to take them. If we could score consistently the poor defence, which is way worse than the attack could be negated for the time being.
25 Apr 2017 14:48:30
Andy, did these same people give LFC a win V Palace, do these same people give us four wins from the last four games, I don't think that will happen, let's be realistic, we will concede more goals, we will be relying on other results .