growler

I think teams are letting konate and gakpo have the ball.

No way. we haven’t had 2 touches of the ball in their box.

That was a resignation letter from Arne. im fuming. and feel for the players. hes got a long way to go to win the fans back. we’ll be lucky to finish top half in league and top 24 in cl. Season over by Feb unless something drastic changes.

What odds we get the ball from the corner and kill last minute to half time.

I’d settle for 3 passes close to their goal. Not greedy at this stage. Don’t even need a shot, just some passes near their area. or maybe a pass forward?

Maybe it’s a hold the line first half, stay in it. Then attack in second half?

I feel sorry for the lads. its clearly instruction.

Can we sub the manager? this has to be coaching. Subbing players changes nothing.

The best shot of the game and we made it for Sunderland. not sure what Arne whining about. He coached and instructed this. Looks so unnatural to the players.

38th minute. Thats when we’ll concede. 40th minute. Someone will move fast in our team. 44-49 minutes. We’ll pass it around at the back killing time to halftime. 45-55, same as first half. 55 mins salah and chiesa for mac and Gomez. 68 minutes we are 2-0 down.

More celine Dion

Almost like everything that was good or greenshooting from last game has been coached out.

Nah it’ll be chiesa for konate once we go a goal down just before half time. still zero touches in their box, only ‘shot’ is dom’s pass back to their keeper.

It’s one of those games… may as well come back for second half. fatigue management maybe?

No idea what this is. What’s the plan? we’ve forgotten we are at home. And it’s Sunderland. Move the ball forward, move forward, with intent and purpose. Not that hard ffs.

Play like a Liverpool team. Not the crap we have had to watch.

that is the big if. Was west ham the blip or the norm?

Only 6 minutes but we seem off it again. hopefully we get some energy

Different, unusual, out of character, but I like it.

Wirtz is our 10. That is settled. Isak our 9. Grav and Mac are double pivot. Kerkez, Virgil and konate 3 of 4. Ali in goal. if we add Frimpong to right back and etikite to left forward and Dom to right forward, I think that puts the right players on the pitch. you then have mama, robbo, Bradley, Gomez, Endo, jones, salah, gakpo, chiesa and Rio who can sub in. key things for me: 1. We either need to relearn how to press, like we used to (as a unit) or plan around it may not be a primary function of our team anymore. 2. stop being so passive. Hate the moving between the back players, especially when there is a break on. 3. we seem to go down easy and stay down now. Not a fan of it. Not us. Either I have to adapt because it serves a purpose or team needs to stop it. 4. Need to have that formation and structure and ensure players get minutes. Endo and Rio not gotten on for a while. I know he is adapting to rotation, but adapt faster. 5. need to work on finishing and final ball. Yes we scored 2, but my Nan could get some of those on target and she’s been dead 10 years.

Check the odds on a red. Bizarre

More games coming

Why do we always hide and retreat after scoring

Gakpo for etikite and we would be up.

This change in pressing is telling. We are closing which is good. But our pressing was distinctive.