12 Apr 2024 13:33:25
I think Klopp was right - he has run out of steam. Who knows what will happen next season, but I think the time is right for a more tactically aware manager. You can only go so far on man motivation, and he seems to be losing that now. His team selection last night was very poor. How many times does he have to see Elliot in Salah’s position to know it doesn’t work?
Why has Gomez suddenly become a ‘must play’ player? Because that clown Southgate included him in an England squad? Gomez is woeful on the ball, no creativity at all and slows the game down. His defending is even worse. He has no defensive awareness at all and just strolls back. Don’t get me started on Tsimikas. Although Kelleher was ultimately to blame for the first goal, it was really Tsimikas’s fault.
He dived in and actually tackled Gakpo on the touch line, leaving the Atalanta player acres of space to make the cross. I have always stuck up for Nunez because of his work rate and ability to always be involved, but he looks no more composed in front of goal now as he did when he first came. If he can’t sort that out, he needs replacing.
Diaz flatters to deceive and is not the same player since his injury. We need a lot of reconstruction in the back 4. VVD had been great but it getting older and can’t do it on his own. Konate is quite poor defensively and never stays fit Matip going at the end of the season. As previously mentioned, Gomez and Tsimikas are Championship standard.
12 Apr 2024 14:04:49
Give it a rest, joe has been one of our players of the season filling in at whatever role the team needs and performing admirably each time, it’s not his fault he was asked to invert to disastrous results…I do think he should probably relax with the long range shooting for the time being, though
As for Kostas, everybody was anxious about the fact that he got hurt earlier in the season, he was playing that well standing in for robbo, if they were championship standard how are we tied for points at the top of the premier league?
12 Apr 2024 14:37:12
What an absolute load of nonsense redjersey.
It was a very poor performance last night but we can’t let that undo the unbelievable work the team has done this season.
In reality, with the amount of injuries we’ve had plus losing Salah and Endo for January and half of February to internationals we have been nothing short of miraculous.
All players, including Tsimikas, Gomez, Nunez, Konate and Kelleher have contributed to that so to start saying they are not good enough after one poor performance is just pathetic.
It was a bad night, in my opinion that is largely due to us underestimating Atalanta but even more so the Anfield crowd underestimating Atalanta. Why would we decide to stage a no flag protest in a European quarter final? If that was the CL against Madrid would they have done that?
Absolutely not, they chose that game because they thought we’d win anyway. In my opinion the Anfield crowd are as much to blame as the players.
12 Apr 2024 15:24:50
I am with Beckers Pecker on this one about the no flag night. The atmosphere last night reminded me of the atmosphere at Everton when they played Man City a few years ago and the fans wanted them to lose, so that City would beat us to the title. And a little bit like when the fans wanted Benitez to lose so that he would get sacked. Never Ever Ever repeat that please, it had a profound effect on the players, they couldn't pass straight, couldn't anticipate what their team mates would do and couldn't concentrate on their shooting.
12 Apr 2024 16:14:20
Beckers pecker, awesome post. Also, I told you these people would be back on here, didn't I? So easy to predict.
12 Apr 2024 16:51:04
I see, blame the crowd.
The definition of apologism.
The players played rubbish and the manager was tactically schooled.
Pity the fans who paid to watch that garbage rather than say “they’re as much to blame as the players”.
Absolute nonsense.
12 Apr 2024 17:39:14
Agree with you, Ron. So it was my fault we put in the most inept display since Roy Hodgson.
12 Apr 2024 22:19:50
Fans who don’t go to games blaming the fans who do go to games
Welcome to football in 2024.