13 May 2024 22:10:03
What a mess the defending is school boy defending. Arne Slot has a big job sorting the defence out and midfield. Too much room for villa to run at us. Like to see the lines in both our goals given offside, they looked very close to me especially the Diaz goal.
13 May 2024 22:33:03
If we had a few more players that can and want to defend it wouldn't be so bad.
But I thought we wanted heavy metal football?
13 May 2024 23:23:22
Midfield as porous as a sieve with a hole in it.
13 May 2024 23:39:16
I don't imagine Roy Keane would want to be in the trenches with any of them, Ron ?.
They are wetter than an Old Trafford stand.
14 May 2024 06:52:01
No physicality or athleticism in midfield. It's been like that since prime Fabinho.
14 May 2024 08:46:00
Need to buy a quality DM. I know Bajcetic is available again but he's still only a kid and we have no way of knowing how he's going to turn out. I'm actually starting to think that the DM position maybe the most crucial acquisition for next season.
14 May 2024 09:03:45
Guys, if we are honest, this is NOTHING new. This is the way we have been playing for the most part in the PL this season. Reality is hard to take BUT if anyone really and truly STILL thought/ thinks a team this inconsistent, this flawed and this much of a danger to itself more than a danger to the other team and awash with poor decision making on the pitch and on the touchline, was ever going to win the title then sorry, you did that all to yourself.
I too, thought we could win the league this season cos well, Im a fan and want my team to win. However, the chickens (as in all our problems) have come home to roost and now, it is now time to accept that this team had NO shot of winning the title. It's hard to take BUT that is the reality. it is what it is.
14 May 2024 09:05:35
I’m not massively confident we’re going to go and get a quality defensive midfielder. All the talk is that we’re looking at Koopmeiners, who isn’t a defensive midfielder at all.
14 May 2024 09:18:46
While a new DM won’t solve the tactical failures, we’ve been in need of one for 3 seasons now. Fabinho decline began during the 21/ 22 season.
14 May 2024 09:29:30
Agreed on the tactical side FPF and that will change soon enough but the way folk bypass our midfield needs to be addressed however we are setup to play next season. Klopp has been brilliant but the last few years have seen a few too many square pegs in round holes for my liking.
14 May 2024 14:08:23
Johnnyr1970, this is because we have eliminated the press that would happen as soon as we lose the ball. The square pegs in round holes are a prob BUT frankly, we don't press the way we used to right after we lose the ball hence, we get run thru in midfield and anywhere else. We do it in stages/ spurts BUT it ain't there, man. Is it because Klopp allowed himself to be convinced to abandon the press is this situation, something we did 4 years ago? Your guess is good as mine.
14 May 2024 15:18:54
Need to get the right bodies in to get the press working properly of course. A quality mobile DM will help though I think.
14 May 2024 16:19:19
We haven't abandoned the press but the pressers are not as good.
I could take or leave Firminho but he was great at pressing the opposition. Mane, too. He was quick, strong and got stuck in.
Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum and Milner all had their limitations but they were all big lads willing to put a foot in.
Can you say the same about the current crop?
14 May 2024 16:27:33
Rigsby agree on Firmino. His greatest asset was his ability to read the game.
He was already pressing defenders before the pass was even made to them. Almost like he was a step ahead.
15 May 2024 11:20:08
We create more chances than anyone, clearly the forwards are the problem, Diaz is an older Nunez who creates chaos but lacks finishing, I'd be holding onto Nunez for this as he is younger and does makes defences nervous, Salah has some value and should be sold, we know we always need to sell to buy players, Jota can't stay fit, Gakpo needs games o get going and in this league with such small margins for error we can't always afford that, we have to get a finisher to put these chances away, if we had Rice and Kane we would be level if not in front of City now, we all know the quality of our signings have been potential instead of ready made, it needs to change to challenge again, Bajectic being fit is going to be huge for us, a genuine top draw looking player.