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They’ve got a great midfield to be fair. I’ve woken up quite nervous about this one and strangely down on our forwards. Mo looks tired. Gakpo looks miles away from fitness judging from the other night. Jota just hasn’t recovered. Chiesa a waste of time and Darwin is probably in even worse shape after the peno miss. Diaz is the only one either legs so it’s a worry. We can let this one go to extra time. Exactly this. If Newcastle decide to not play football which would be what I’d do if I were them and play the long game and drag a tired Liverpool to extra time then I worry a little.

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I do get that doing tricks doesn't equate to being great at football but there have been times where his touch looks completly gone and my point was that he like all top footballers has obviously got a good touch.

Dom, Mac and Darwin have insane shots in warm up before a game. Dom is one of the best strikers of a ball I've ever seen. In fact weirdly Mo is often all over the place but once it matters he switches on.

Warming up v Ipswich he was booting the ball 50 yards straight up in the air and then when it came down he'd catch it on his head and 3 or 4 headers later when the ball was dead he was walking around with it on his head like Maradona. He's got the ability but like you said it might just be a mental thing which is a shame.

Unless they do a complete 180 for the first time then no. It's why the idea of losing Mo Virg and Trent in one summer is terrifying. We need about 4-5 players with them all staying never mind whats needed if they go. CB, RB, MF and forward. Maybe two forwards and maybe 2 mids. We'll probably get 2-3 players at a push.

Robbo was brilliant last night. Arguably our best player.

We go through if we were fresher. They are a great team but we are a little better and more experienced. It's all about the numbers once again. Same as always. Our squad is brilliant until around March April time and then the wear and tear begins to show. This version of Liverpool (Klopp/Slot) should have 2 if not potentially 3 champs leagues to it's name come the end of the season.

Btw if you were Chiesa and saw Gakpo come on instead of you knowing he’s got the fitness of a 60 year old heavy smoker you’d be disappointed wouldn’t you.

Be absolutely amazed if Trent is anywhere near this. Think he properly hurt himself. Luckily the international break is coming and Bradley will be back.

Agreed. He probably feels like you need to earn the right to field a weakened team. As for rotation though. He rotates the 6 forwards bar Mo. I believe if he had another 2/3midfielders of the quality of the first 3 he’d have no problem doing the same. But he doesn’t so he doesn’t rotate. Simple as that. Give him another max or Dom and they don’t sit on the bench for 40 games in a row.

Thats fair.

I think Slot has been really cautious this season. It’s fair enough as it’s his first season and he doesn’t want to take any chances and that’s understandable. And correct as we are looking like league champions so he made the right calls. The loss earlier in the season rattled him. I think it was a moment where he decided that every game was hard fought and he’d play the best 11 and figure it out as he went along. Klopp was good at keeping more players cooking and ready during the season and it’s kinda got to the point where players might be a little cold to step in from the start. Anyways win the league and it’s an absolutely amazing season.

Full quote “ “It feels a bit unfair to go out in this round already if you were top of the table and face a team like PSG. Last week we had a bit of luck, we didn't have it today. Now if only I had a bigger squad to compete we would have been in for the treble instead of falling short in march. Sort it out FSG or I’ll go mental ”

Yeah Trent did either his ankle or knee. Wasn’t it his knee before?

This is true. But a bigger squad would mean we could have rested the team tonight like PSG did at the weekend. Not all of them but….

Thats annoying me already.

It’s frustrating to come up short every season due to numbers. Not skill. Not tactics. Not ability. Just too small a pool of players to compete on all fronts. Anyways fingers crossed we win the league. Happy to play the kids again if needed to protect the league. Thats the big one.

That’s a fair point.

Exactly. A reasonable size squad but only a quality 13/14 players. Same as always.

We might have numbers but not quality in the managers eyes. If he had another Dom would he leave him on the bench? The answer is no. We have 6 strikers and use them all because they are mostly good enough. We should have 6 quality midfielders.