31 Aug 2024 14:06:24
Thank god that's over hahaha
Thoughts on the we need a number 6 debate:Under Klopp we played "heavy metal football" and my biggest frustration watching the team under him was the amount of times both Robbo and Trent where upfield and we lost possesion,
31 Aug 2024 15:34:14
I’d sooner have heavy metal football than the 2 wins I’ve seen so far, 6 points fair enough but how boring as it been. We going to get done by United and you might change your mind. Be lucky to get top 4 this season.
31 Aug 2024 15:55:20
Heavy metal is so passe.
It is not sustainable in long term and got proved here.
The move away from heavy metal was right evolutuion but we got done by not the news of Klopp moving away and more importantly our forwards loosing sight of open goals.
In fact in the new system we were not that bad but as you can see from previous game review the way forward is a measured tactic in between heavy pressing and posession for the sake of it.
The defending was absolute dross in the prwvious regime and I expext that to improve because we will not go gung-ho all out attack but will pick and chose moments when to attack and when to hold posession.
We should do reasonably well if are lucky with injuries as the core is still there and with slightly better back-up.
31 Aug 2024 15:58:09
Has it really been boring? What if we beat Utd, will you change your mind?
31 Aug 2024 17:16:31
Boring my backside, we have created a ton of chances and limited the opposition to 1 or 2 shots on target in 180 minutes. Under Klopp teams would create a ton of chances against us and Alisson had to make 3-4 world class saves a game sometimes! no pleasing some people, or people just love talking nonsense.
31 Aug 2024 17:21:46
I really like the positive approach of grav as a 6. Slots sticking with it especially with the training clips and it's great to see. The lad is very young and will continue to improve. I'm very happy with the midfield selection.
31 Aug 2024 17:44:48
It’s not nonsense I’ve found it boring too . Some of the criticism last few years was we tried to walk the ball into the net with too many passes. This feels the same to me too many passes . Maybe it will get better but I prefer the heavy metal.
31 Aug 2024 18:16:01
Magico even with the so called heavy metal football, I've yet to see you post anything positive. Clearly a troll.
31 Aug 2024 18:34:59
No football will be as exciting as Jurgans. We are more like city and Arsenal now. that's okay because city obviously have won way more!
But if we’re talking purely on excitement. Jurgan Klopp made pep guardiolas and mikel Arteta’s football look like an absolute Snooze Fest.
31 Aug 2024 18:41:47
So that sequence of one touch passes where salah slithered into the box, got wide open in front of goal and narrowly missed was boring?
31 Aug 2024 19:19:24
Magico go and take a happy pill you’re so miserable you’ll become an Everton fan.
31 Aug 2024 19:26:21
Magico, scouse - I see what you’re saying, but I’m not sure boring is fair. At times a little bit more purposeless possession, but I think some of the passage of play have been a exceptional and beautiful to watch the 2nd half of the first game and then the, salah 1/ 2 ‘s and the the jota sitter he messed up. I see very promising times ahead. Obviously bigger tests to come than the first 2 games, but so far so good.
31 Aug 2024 20:06:45
Nah Magico ain't a troll. He posts some fine stuff.
He just needs to get his head back in the real world on this occasion.
31 Aug 2024 21:00:55
Footballs definitely been more controlled last two games.
Not quite the end to end that we were accustomed too but the aim of the games are to win them and we’ve won both quite comfortably.
31 Aug 2024 20:46:01
Samikewell - absolutely bang on. Tighten up defensively this season will see us closer to the top spot this year for sure. Last year at times was like watching absolute gung-ho, no shape football. Leagues too strong to give teams a free hit like that!
31 Aug 2024 21:43:19
I actually agree with mágico, for entertainment value I’d much rather have the heavy metal, I do however think that we can be more successful with this more measured approach. If only we had a director of football, or whatever it’s called, that actually made signings that are needed.
31 Aug 2024 22:13:30
Heavy metal was wonderfully entertaining and made for some crazy results.
It’s difficult to create consistency playing that way so credit for Klopp being able to do that.
The Normal One was actually a bit special.
I’m enjoying watching Slot so far.
31 Aug 2024 23:23:54
Magico has been a regular both on her and on the live chat and isn't a troll. He is right though. The football has been more boring at times compared to the gung-ho style that we used to play in Klopp's early years. But I prefer the measured approach. We seem more stable and controlled; we never seem to be in any real danger.
31 Aug 2024 23:42:28
Unless I've had a extra long nap we haven't played heavy metal football for the last two seasons.
As someone above mentioned the run of Salah across the box with intricate one twos could have been a goal to tell your grand kids about, if he'd scored of course.
01 Sep 2024 00:23:49
We're getting the right results, that's entertaining enough for me. I don't think we're boring it's just different to what we're used to, it was always going to happen and it's time to forget how we used to play and get used to a new way.
31 Aug 2024 23:01:13
Real Madrid snoozed their way to a bunch of champions league titles.
Anyways, it’s only been the first two games. It’s been a good start and the players are still figuring it out. I can’t believe I’m reading people complaining about 2 wins
Ed25 - you must be spinning in circles reading some of these comments from our fans.
{Ed025's Note - i have always frowned on your fans sense of entitlement Faith, 2 dominant comfortable wins and still you moan.. "unbelievable Jeff"..
01 Sep 2024 05:17:34
A lot of the games in the Klopp era were heart-attack material which was great entertainment when we won but riddled with errors in defence and in front of goal.
Slot seems to have a calm, measured and efficient style to suit his personality. We are only two games in but we already seem to be defending better and shooting more accurately instead of the panicky gung-ho approach of the past couple of years.
We’ll see how it pans out this season but so far im enjoying good solid wins without the need for a defibrillator nearby.
01 Sep 2024 09:37:27
Ed25 - we’ve had a season of fans turning on Mr. Intensity Pep Ljinders lol and I would hazard a guess that many of those same fans wanting us to go back to our gun-ho style lol
We were needing to find a middle ground. The games against Atalanta was striking to me in that after all those years of Klopp, we had no idea how to pass and move our way through a man to man press. The intensity and gun-ho football was completely nullified and we weren’t set-up to break them down.
01 Sep 2024 12:18:35
Im over the whole end to end footie that was as dangerous to the other as it was to us at the end of Klopp’s tenure. It was fun while it lasted as that is what we needed to do to win in those moments. Time to move on.
Saying the way we play now is boring is kinda weird cos even Klopp wanted some control so not sure why people are complaining when Slit plays you know, controlled footie. Weird, as heck.
01 Sep 2024 13:17:24
Perhaps it’s just me falling out of love with the game then lads, maybe a hangover from klopp leaving still and a absolute stinker of a transfer window…am looking forward to watching chiesa to be fair though. However the pace still needs upping. I agree some nice moves in each game so far, but take them moments away and it’s been boring apart from that. Atleast it’s not just me.
Still think United will do us today though if we don’t start fast and get into them early on. Beers on fridge let’s hope it’s a good 1.