11 Oct 2026 18:34:20
I really don't like this team. I really, really don't like this team.
Fairweather players. They need the perfect circumstances to operate, everything to go in their favour. Yet, when the going gets tough, and a situation calls for fighters, it is completely absent. They didn't up their levels, as a result of what happened, didn't use Grav's unfair dismissal as a means to fire each other up. They just accepted it and rolled over.
I understand the balance in the team is wrong, due to poor recruitment and squad balancing over the years, but an individual's own determination has to take affect. Maybe I am unfair, recalling how Mane, Salah, Hendo, Milner, etc, fought tooth and nail through adversity. But, with this lot, I already know they'll give up.
For me, the manager is the right man for the job. But these players will see him out of it, soon enough.
11 Oct 2026 18:55:19
We've only lost one game so that's a bit harsh.
We played a team that is a lot better than ours and we were holding our own until the sending off. The capitulation after their first goal was hard to watch though.
The squad is unbalanced and there are a couple of gaping holes in the the team at fullback but we won't be playing City* every week.
11 Oct 2026 18:57:54
Surely that's the captains job to get the players up for the fight?
11 Oct 2026 19:10:46
We were up for the fight. That wasn't the problem. We were, after the sending off, outplayed, not out-fought.
11 Oct 2026 19:11:15
ah c'mon fatwallet. He's a captain not a magician.
11 Oct 2026 19:12:55
Our collapse was almost a perfect storm, sending off happened and before we could even sub on Nyoni we were 1-0 down. City were smart and attacked our weakest area which was RB, first Araujo was on an early yellow and then Frimpong who can't defend. Hard defeat to swallow because we were well and truly in that fight up to the sending off.
3 starters also out didn't help! On a positive there were a few good performances in there today with Munoz, Kerkez, Koumas, Jacquet and Grav all playing well. Only real negative up to sending off was Barcola for me who seemed lost, Wirtz wasn't amazing but wasn't half as bad as some people are making out.
11 Oct 2026 19:16:31
I don't believe we've bought well atall in certain areas including a new player at over 120 million. I. Made my feelings clear before.
However, this team still has a season to judge. The red card changed the game. It also showed what I also stated we lack. Real characters when backs are against the wall.
{Ed025's Note - spot on Ron..
11 Oct 2026 19:19:42
Not won at Anfield in the league for 6 months
It's not good enough, yes we were cheated by the Ref again, but there's cowards in this squad.
11 Oct 2026 20:17:20
We were literally the better side by every statistic until the red card.
I get we're not the finished article yet but heaping doom on the squad at the moment makes little sense with a new manager etc. the key issue today was a referee clearly on a pay roll and in 10 years time I'll be proven right.
11 Oct 2026 20:36:41
Cowards is a strong way to put it LiverpoolFC8,
There just seems to be players who don't know each other s capabilities and therefore playing within themselves.
There doesn't seem to be allowances for settling into a team anymore. Whether it's a money thing or just so much social media information flying about.
I would say once Gravenberch went off we looked lost and no matter how much VVD shouts from the back we needed someone in the midfield to grab the game by the scruff. I think it was unfair to throw Nyoni in there we needed experience and our bench was found wanting.
11 Oct 2026 20:37:53
Are you counting the months when the World Cup was on and there were no PL matches because the season had finished?
11 Oct 2026 20:47:58
If you're going to say there's cowards in the team then at least name them! The biggest coward I seen today was the ref.
11 Oct 2026 21:06:05
Dow-ney. i think you need a visit to Specsavers my friend. The holes are obvious to see.
11 Oct 2026 21:29:59
Our winless streak of matches at Anfield in the league is a symptom of a mentality problem as well as a quality issue. It used to be the foundation of our success, now it's looking like the shirt is too heavy for quite a few of our players.
11 Oct 2026 21:54:42
WDW, was going to say the same thing re: the timeline.
Cowards? Nah, I din't see any of that. We were up for it from off and even upped the tempo in the second half where Grav was like poison to them.
If anyone was a coward, it was the ref who was already out of control from his first whistle.
{Ed666's Note - I agree mate in the circumstances of having 3 starters out that was a great effort. In fact had we had our full compliment of players we’d have crushed them and got 3 points
11 Oct 2026 22:09:05
I wouldn't call the ref a coward, going against 60, 000 screaming Lpool supporters. He was many things, but not a coward.
12 Oct 2026 00:17:51
All right, I'll call Wirtz a coward for bottling the challenge with Anderson and staying down after.