01 Sep 2024 21:33:57
Good evening all well what a performance that was. 3 zip against the mancs in there own back yard. Should have been more. Ed001 wanted your opinion please mate on how we seem to be set up differently this season? Both full backs inverted and not booming towards the corner flag is what I notice. Also regarding Gravenberch all of a sudden he looks a beast as DM? Not someone who looks like has been shoehorned in there as there is no one else he looks natural and his first thought is to pass forward.
{Ed001's Note - the thing is that the set up alters, depending on the game. Usually it is only Trent who inverts though and moves up alongside Gravenberch, to free up Macca to get further forward and apply pressure up the pitch. Robertson tends to sit and make a three at the back - something he is getting much better at that - though he will also get forward sometimes still. I think it is the flexibility of the play that is the main improvement, the players are adjusting themselves to suit the game, rather than just continuing to do the same things regardless.}
02 Sep 2024 04:26:33
Gravenberch wouldn’t need to be shoehorned in there because playing with a partner in a deep lying midfield position is exactly the position he was trained to play in Ajax, it’s the position he has played the most in his career. Of course under slot and in the premier league he might have specific responsibilities that are a bit different but positionally that is very much his most natural position.
02 Sep 2024 07:32:23
What I liked about slot was his interview at the end explaining his tactics of how he watched how utd play and how he new they would change at half time, Annie slot tactical genius . the players look better in this system to the way pep had them playing.
02 Sep 2024 08:25:46
Not sure the boss would like being called Annie.
02 Sep 2024 08:36:32
All these people clamouring to say Gravenburgh was Liverpool’s man of the match. Did nobody notice Casemiro’s performance?
02 Sep 2024 08:48:05
Faith, not sure he would appreciate being called "Arnee" or "Arnée" either with the way people esp. the media seem to not be bothered nor want to learn how to pronounce his first name correctly whereas it is a very simple name to pronounce.
02 Sep 2024 10:23:30
@ Oli but you failed to tell us how to actually say it.
02 Sep 2024 10:38:38
Amazing a coach improving the players and introducing a system that the team understand and buy into. You couldn’t write this stuff could you.
02 Sep 2024 10:54:00
@Negatve as I speak a decent amount of Dutch (been living in Brussels almost a decade and have a couple of Dutch friends) and since you asked, the pronunciation is "Are-nuh" as in, the "e" at the end is silent while the "n" is pronounced all the way (the Dutch way) hence, the "nuh" you see there.
Just let it roll of your tongue, mate.
02 Sep 2024 11:00:48
Thanks for the clarification Oli, I only call him Mr slot out of respect for his position at the club.
{Ed025's Note - i just call him EggHead.. :)
02 Sep 2024 12:19:32
What’s weird is, the pronunciations were spot on for John “Arne” Risse.
02 Sep 2024 12:21:32
Casemiro is finished - he was last season. The best winning of the ball for a goal was Macca taking the ball from Marino like he was a kiddie. Really e joyed that.
02 Sep 2024 12:26:10
@Ed25, Can't blame you for that. That is a well-shaped head, Slot has on him right there, lol. Oh, and "Egghead" was a nickname we used to call smart kids in primary school as a kid, as well.
@Negative, well played, my guy. Personally, it's a pet-peev of mind when people simply either cannot or don't feel bothered to pronounce someone's name correctly.
For me, it is a sign of disrespect esp. if you can learn to do so yet people choose not and pronounce it any way they like.
02 Sep 2024 12:43:57
Don’t you call Ten Hag, Seven hag or ten 7 though.
02 Sep 2024 12:45:14
Do you think if Mr Slott goes on to have a fantastic career will they rename Anfield road end Arne road stand?
02 Sep 2024 14:14:44
JK23 now there, I DID say his name right, lol.
02 Sep 2024 15:02:30
Lovely place Brussels ?
Slots been brilliant so far.
Not like Klopp.
Not trying to be like Klopp.
Doing it his way and proving his class.
02 Sep 2024 15:35:30
7 Hag the klootzak!
02 Sep 2024 16:10:21
Should it not be Mr Shlott, Walter? Arnuhhhh Shlott has a Shmoke and a pancake.
02 Sep 2024 16:48:00
@Flash come on, now. Watch your language, lol.
@Ron, Brussels is amazing however it can be quite expensive at times.
02 Sep 2024 17:05:19
Brussels will be better when it’s finished!
SO much traffic and construction - it’s mental.
02 Sep 2024 17:48:46
Quality Rughby!
Gave me a mental image of Arne sitting chilling in the Bluebird with his eyes glazed over.
02 Sep 2024 19:01:22
It's interesting that Oli speaks a decent amount of Dutch because he lives in Brussels.
I can speak twice as much Dutch as most Dutch people. Double Dutch and I don't even live in Belgium.
02 Sep 2024 19:52:37
Always fancied a city break to Brussels however I was told not to bother now as it’s getting rough and run down…. is it?
02 Sep 2024 20:15:34
Ron and Magico hate to break this to you but Brussels esp. the downtown parts of it always seem to be under renovation.
{Ed025's Note - i thought it was very nice, but not as nice as Bruges..
02 Sep 2024 22:32:24
as someone of pacific island heritage living in a british colonized nation, it grinds my guts when commentators appear to not even make an effort to pronounce a samoan name properly. It's all about effort, then 9/ 10 out of time you'll get right.