Liverpool Match Posts

11 Mar 2026 04:50:24
After watching the game this morning (I’m in NZ and wake up at stupid times to watch). So disappointed to see this tired team play the same every time.
The last decent performance I saw was away at Sunderland, which was not great, but was a solid game and one of the only games we controlled.
I agree with other posters on here that our midfield is shocking and can’t see how this same midfield trio has got so bad this season.
Alexis Mac was rubbish and has been for a while. How Jones did not come on at half time blows my mind. Szboz should be playing higher up and was shouting at his teammates to press, which they done great at for 7 mins.

Grav is a great player in there and is so good at turning a player but then can’t find a winger when pushing forward with sloppy passing. He needs to play with a holder (Nyoni) and drop Mac as his head is gone.
Ibou was terrible and needs to be dropped. I thought Gomez was ok and should play cb with VVD.
Players are so unfit and have been run in to the ground. It blows my mind that the coaches can’t see this!
Still YNWA forever and there is always hope.

10 Mar 2026 20:51:49
Another game another dreadful performance.
Central defender at right back. Attacking Midfielder at Left Wing. Right Back at Right Wing.

Why still, after an entire season, can’t Arne Slot see the squad doesn’t suit the formation?

We go away to the San Siro in a hostile away game, play a 442 diamond, and control the entire game.

So why go to Turkey, again, and use the exact same terrible tactics that didn’t work last time vs the same team? Do we not learn anything? Months and Months of the same dross, learning nothing, changing nothing, embarrassing the badge.

10 Mar 2026 21:23:35
Because he is stubborn and out of his depth and should have been sacked months ago.

10 Mar 2026 22:12:10
I don't think you can say that the formation had anything to do with it. It doesn't matter what formation you play if the players can't pass to each other, miss a hatful of chances, can't defend a cross and one of your centre backs is basically playing for the other team.

We had enough to beat that team tonight but the players didn't perform.

Ultimately that's on Slot as he's obviously not coaching the team well enough. They're like strangers on the pitch there's no connection or team structure they just blindly run about or in Ekitike's case, walk about with no idea where they are supposed to be.



It's all reactionary. The players react to what's going on rather than being in the right positions to allow them to be proactive. We always seem to be chasing the ball and getting to players a yard too late. That's down to team structure. The players are too far away from each other so they have to play as individuals rather than a structured team.

No team structure can make even the best players look crap. You can't do anything on your own in this game.

10 Mar 2026 23:14:38
I don't know if it's an instruction or just a lack of fitness, but Ekitike is so poor at pressing. He doesn't even try most of the time.

11 Mar 2026 00:08:22
I know, thekoparmy, it's infuriating. It just allows the defender to take all the time he wants to pick a pass through us or just run through the middle of the pitch unchallenged.

It's all great getting on the ball and making things happen, but we need the other side of the game too, the ugly side, and he's just not bothered about doing it.

10 Mar 2026 20:19:35
So many things wrong: tactics, player fitness, coaching, youngsters not being given opportunities, no urgency, no creativity, strangulation of players talents. I could go on.

10 Mar 2026 20:12:02
I can' remember a player who played as bad as Konate tonight.

At one point, he gave the ball

away. got it back then fell over after miskicking the ball. He was stretched out on the floor but headed the ball to one of their players.

As for their disallowed goal, the less said the better.

No player will be as bad as that this season. and that's against some pretty shocking performances.

Truly, truly awful.

Wasn't just Konate Wiltshire, everyone was substantially pathetic, it's annoying because we should been 3-0 up before they scored, too many players strolled around the pitch, we can't press, we shirk challenges & the manager believes that slow possession based football is better than results, it's just baffling.

10 Mar 2026 22:31:04
Slot has never said slow possession based football is better than results, you've been reading too much social media.

He needs to go for the performances and results, but don't put words in his mouth.

10 Mar 2026 22:40:46
Dont miss out Gomez he was awful a yard slow in his head and his legs.

10 Mar 2026 19:55:59
If they give konate a new contract, I'm buying a United shirt. Dire.

10 Mar 2026 20:07:49
When he came back after his compassionate leave he looked like a different player for a couple of games and I was willing to give him another chance. No more. He is abysmal. Right now I'd be happy to put Szobo back to RB just so that Gomez can replace him at CB.

I do believe Finglas that is the worst performance from a LFC cb that I've ever seen. what was he doing 2nite. Gomez not much better at rb, Salah awful. Difficult place to go and 1 goal loss isn't end of world but thought defensively we a complete mess.

Far too easy played threw and far too easy for them to create big chances. Shouldn't have started Wirtz, better finishing game with him on. Mama done well in goal I thought, 2 super saves after they scored. not easy your 1st start in ages out there.

10 Mar 2026 20:26:16
Not easy to defend when there's no midfield.

Virg is dog s*** take the ball from keeper hold it for 30 seconds whilst 3 defenders surround Mo then hit a long pass to him.

10 Mar 2026 20:28:23
The issue is the defenders are u def a lot of pressure as the side as a whole has too many passengers namely Gakpo Macca and Salah.

10 Mar 2026 20:28:30
The elephant in the room is that our defence is repeatedly exposed by Slot's pathetic midfield tactics. We're soft in the middle and it places our defence at repeated exposure as it has done all season and which Slot has stubbornly done nothing about. Again, another piss poor result which lies at Slot's feet.

He was never that good a defender anyway. Totally overrated and this is his level. It is not the first time he is like that rabbit in the headlights.

10 Mar 2026 20:37:13
@Vic. The midfield is not the reason that Konate drifts out of position, repeatedly completely misses the ball, plays the man instead of making simple clearances, passes the ball to the opposition, gets easily eased of the ball despite being built like a brick s*** house and can't head a football. The midfield can be blamed for many things this season but not that.

10 Mar 2026 21:48:18
Having zero protection in midfield means the defence is completely exposed, being completely exposed leads to defenders panicking. It's all on Slot. He needs to go and go now.

10 Mar 2026 23:21:33
But, Vik, we have zero protection from the midfield because the defence is dropping too deep, so they are too far away from the midfield. There's no point having a DM if there's 20 yards of space behind him.

I watched Villa the other night. You could see how well coached they are. They are never more than a third of the pitch from front to back, and they all move in unison.

They don't have enough good players to pull off the high line they use, as Watkins doesn't press aggressively enough and their CBs are slow, so they get done with balls over the top, but they have the right idea.

Without the ball, you have to be compact, connected. We leave so much space from front to back that the midfield have an impossible job. They just can't cover the space.

10 Mar 2026 19:50:38
Well that was the most frustrating game I think I've ever watched. An error strewn performance both in attack and defence and the officiating was abysmal.

I don't think I've ever seen a worse performance from a centre back at any level of the game than I saw from Konate tonight.

The most frustrating part was that they were there for the taking but we did our very best to miss every chance we had and gift them as many chances as possible.

There just seems to be no connections on the pitch, no togetherness, no leadership, no cohesion, no organisation.

The spaces between players are huge it just makes us so easy to get at. It was a pathetic performance to be honest.

10 Mar 2026 20:13:39 Agree Varry To be honest I've reached the point where I don't get disappointed anymore! Any sort of win or positive performance I take as a bonus I Can't see us getting any sort of form together to turn over the second leg & you can guarantee Spurs will put in a confidence boosting performance tonight and either snatch a point at least against us on the weekend!!

10 Mar 2026 20:31:04
Spurs might have another new manager by the weekend.

Could be worse. We could be Spurs supporters.

10 Mar 2026 20:43:58
Posted before the Spurs game kicked off Zippy but you might well be right !!

They'll have another new manager bounce against us !

I think we'll go through Bristol that Gala team are not very good. I'd be surprised if we don't beat them at home.

The problem is we keep throwing in these abject performances where literally nobody plays well.

Ekitike frustrates the hell out of me the guy needs to realise it's a team game and put a shift in off the ball. He drifts around until he gets the ball then comes to life.

I was watching the defensive line and we are 15 yards too deep with Virgil generally even deeper. It just leaves the pitch way too stretched and too much space to exploit. It's basic stuff you train into the players week in week out. Team shape, connections on the pitch, distances between players. We just have no idea we are so far apart we don't give ourselves a chance.

That was a game we should've won at a canter but instead we lost. As I said I still think we'll go through but we have to be better than that if we're going to do anything in this competition.

And Konate shouldn't play again this season and should be let go in the summer. I played non league and Sunday league football for years and I never saw a centre back ever play as bad as that. It was laughable. The worst individual performance I've ever seen.

10 Mar 2026 19:50:37
Can't wait get this season done with.

10 Mar 2026 20:09:25 It's clear whatever is going on behind the scenes is not elite enough The results all season are evident of this rubbish.

10 Mar 2026 19:49:45
Just when you think they can't play any worse, they somehow manage to prove you wrong.

I know it was loud in the stadium but.

10 Mar 2026 19:48:44
Another miserable performance to add to a miserable season.