25 Apr 2024 08:20:04
This is one of the only times in Klopp's tenure, barring the very early days, were the players can be accused of fight, effort, or drive. Shirking challenges is unacceptable and Salah and Szobo were 2 of numerous players guilty. Getting beat is fine, getting completely outfought and out worked isn't. Don't think it will just be Klopp leaving at the end of the season.

1.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 08:40:59
Seano, you took these words right out of my keyboard. Absolutely spot on. Our guys didn't want anything to do wth Everton last night. The lack of fight was already palpable from the off. It seemed like someone forgot to tell them they were going into ai Merseyside derby with all the blood and thunder that goes into it. Not good, at all. I can accept that we lost. I can't accept that we did not fight.

2.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 08:45:50
Folks I have seen so many opinions here
Peps book
Klopp announcement etc etc

The simple fact is
Everton have been so poor this season
A few good games

But Liverpool are not playing well since jota and jones got injured in that game … remember when someone fell on jota knee

Also szbos is a strange one I feel he’s not playing in his right position

The defence tactic is not good we ship goals

We always concede first

It feel like a very new team that’s not drilled and wil be hit and miss

So that’s why I have to give them a break

Next season I won’t

But for this game I can’t understand why they didn’t feel like it was a must win game in effort

That part is inexcusable.

3.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 08:49:13
Agree with you there, Seano. I was there last night and Salah and Szob were getting pelters. Szob in particular doesn't have enough brownie points to prance about like a show pony, and that was made clear by people around me. At the moment he doesn't offer any more than a poor Henderson, and he needs to step up next season under our new manager. And I know that can be levelled at many more players. In fact, apart from Alisson, I don't know any player who escapes criticism.

4.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 09:07:33
It is very concerning going forward that some players have down tools to the point of embarrassment. just because the going has got hard they have let the club and fans down. I understand that with Klopp leaving there’s going to a reaction weather it’s good or bad but there is no excuse for what has happened! What a very sad way for Klopp to leave.

5.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 09:32:43
I don't think they've downed tools.
It's a combination of not being good enough, loss of confidence, tiredness and tactics.
I think the best example is TAA.
He's told to drift infield which leaves us exposed at the back. He bottles out of header which leads to their first goal, does nothing for their second, jibbed out of a tackle in the second half and jogged back.
But that's Trent. He'll never be Tommy Smith but he played some delightful balls in the first half, three of which should have led to goals. He needs to play but not in a dodgy defence with a flaky midfield in front of it.
The team tried but it was a team without the physicality or mentality to match Everton. They also don't have those attributes to play like City or the great Barcelona side.
The only positive is that we should have enough points to get top four and that was my aim at the start of the season.

6.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 10:55:36
We need two wins to be comfortable Rigsby, two of our games are against Villa and Spurs who are competing for those positions too, Villa look in decent form but spurs are blowing hot and cold. So could easily turn up and be as bad as we are or somehow be just as bad. After the United, Atalanta, Palace and Everton matches it is hard to see how we’re going to get wins against teams who are either motivated to beat us and have something to play for.

7.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 11:15:16
I really do hope that the next manager can work on our corners because when we win one it is no advantage what so ever. The ball comes in so slow the pace can’t be generated or it’s totally in the wrong place or doesn’t get passed the first man. If Salah does leave we will struggle to make up the goal he scores but this is one area we can make a difference getting the corners right. Not playing the ball backwards all the time is another issue I would like sorting as it drives me crazy the amount of ball that go back to the keeper.

8.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 12:00:23
Spot on, Rigsby. It's a combo of all those things hence, the team has hit a wall completely and the oppo. can see ans smell that. Everton certainly did.

9.) 25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024 12:07:00
Absolutely no chance spurs are catching us, they are 14 points behind. They have 2 games in hand, let's say they win both. That makes 8 points with 4 games left. They have to play City and Arsenal, both they would need to win against at least one of them. In the mean time we need to lose pretty much every game, which yes we are playing badly but it probably 20 years since we lost 4 in a row.

Spurs will finish on something like 72 points, we will probably finish on around 80 points.