Liverpool Match Posts

05 Oct 2024 15:07:10
A wins always a great time result but i remained unconvinced as games go on. I'll wait until Christmas before really judging slot. The midfield can certainly improve with the exception of grav. Mac/ jones and sob can all be top drawer when they want to be. Maybe it's a combination of them being played out of their favoured position plus opposition. Endos not favoured atall by slot which is unfortunate as the Premier league requires an endo type imo. Glad to see a few players getting game time today. Still disappointed i didn't see bradley even get a run out. Allison i jury is a minor blow but there's the international break for 2 week plus we have kelleher who's a very good goalie. I look forward to elliot returning and hopefully get ting a chance to fight for a midfield spot.

05 Oct 2024 15:25:52
We can't really argue with these results . but sometimes teams can get at us a bit easy. happened against a few teams, not blatant chances but half chances. but still early days . players n coaching staff still figuring each other out etc. but very very happy with our pts tally. horrible international break now.

05 Oct 2024 15:27:45
We had enough chances to win two games it's going to be our downfall again if it doesn't improve.

05 Oct 2024 15:32:28
Strange isn’t it Mizer because the performances of late have been average at best. Yet we’re winning and not conceding so no complaints over here.

05 Oct 2024 15:57:23
Great defence again I would say and showing our strength in depth, but I would say it's missing chances that is making for these nervy endings. Jota could and probably should have had a hat trick today and killed the game off before they got back in it.

05 Oct 2024 16:45:44
Wow, new manager, new league, no new players signed apart from 1, winning 9 out of 10, the only real issues i see are giving the ball away and making silly mistakes, stuff that is easily ironed out, plus we are top of the league for creating big chances, a bit more concertation and composure and we could have won 3 or 4-1 today and against wolves f. eks. Alisson made some saves today, but non that you wouldn't expect a PL keeper to make. The best part about all this is that Slot himself said the performances are not the best and need improvement and that he won't accept mediocrity. Which is very very promising.

05 Oct 2024 21:06:13
Today’s game was an absolute stroll. We were dominant from start to finish but we needed the second goal to kill them off.

Any team that’s only 1 goal down with 15 minutes left will give it a go and they did. They got a couple of half chances but nothing we couldn’t handle.

I actually like these types of games because we’ve seen so often in the past it’s a game we could’ve easily drawn but we managed it well and saw it through. Even when they started to push we always kept them at arms length and still had a decent treat ourselves which makes them think before pushing forward.

All in all a comfortable away win which is not that easy to do in the premier league.

05 Oct 2024 21:35:11
I mean arsenal conceded one and city 2 today, the other team is there to play and will have chances.

06 Oct 2024 00:15:45
My thoughts exactly Waqas and they were both at home against teams you’d expect them to walk all over.

Both had a tough time, especially City. If Traore could finish they’d have lost that game comfortably.

Southampton hit the bar against Arsenal at 2-1 and had other chances. That one could’ve gone the other way too.

There are no easy games and we have to expect that every team we play will have chances. What we are doing well is we are limiting the quality of the chances and making them snatch at things.

06 Oct 2024 02:06:58
I wouldn't say it was a stroll for us though BP. Palace made us work hard in the latter part of the second half and there was a period where I felt that we lost control of the game a bit and it seemed like a Palace equaliser was coming. Still, we won and kept a clean sheet so can't complain too much about that.

06 Oct 2024 04:42:51
Absolute stroll hahaha hahaha. Stop talking nonsense.

06 Oct 2024 11:13:52
It was a stroll as much as you can have a stroll away in the PL. The only reason they had any chance is because we didn’t finish our chances to kill them off so inevitably they gave it a go towards the end.

Yes it could’ve ended up as a draw with a mistake here or a good finish there but that’s football in the PL. That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t an extremely easy game for 75 minutes. We barely broke a sweat.

06 Oct 2024 12:04:56
We'd have to agree to disagree, BP. We have had much easier games that the one yesterday this season itself so to call it a stroll is a bit far-fetched for me, especially in the second half where, like I said, it felt like we were losing control a bit. I was relieved when the final whistle was blown actually.

I have been thinking about it and one thing I thought Slot did well was to bring Endo on when it looked like we were losing control of the game. That stabilised things and it does show that Slot is learning from his mistakes since that is one contributing factor to our only loss this season to Forest. Hopefully that bodes well for the future too.

06 Oct 2024 13:08:32
We put in a superb away performance for most of the game. didn't kill them off with a deserved second goal and shock horror Palace came into it last quarter as they played with less caution. People have to get real, we deservedly won again and have only had just over 3 months with Slot, less for most of the 1st team. People bang on about our favourable fixtures yet forget that we will keep improving massively as we get used to the managers way of playing.

02 Oct 2024 22:24:50
A v tough game that and we probably lucky enough to get the win. V difficult team to play against with there man marking game. they Bit like atlanta the way they play, who we struggled against as well.
Szobo played much better 2nite I thought, vvd v good as well. Salah 2 moments of brilliance the difference between the 2 teams.
Great 2 get the 3pts all in all.

02 Oct 2024 22:41:11
They had some chances from set pieces and us playing out from the back. Trent had a dodgy 10 minutes defensively in the first half which presented them with a couple of chances too.

Thought we could’ve and probably should’ve scored more too. We allowed them to stay in the game.

Szob and Macca were much better tonight and Grav was imperious again. That guy just gets better and better each time I watch him.

I thought we deserved the win and we always had gears to go up if needed. On to Palace on Saturday.

03 Oct 2024 00:26:33
Pretty even game really. thought they had a few decent chances as we did, we were a bit wasteful up front, last pass was always not quite right . but also though our defenders were a bit hesitant because of there bookings . tricky tie now put to bed . onwards to the next one with confidence.

04 Oct 2024 14:27:34
I'm with BP. I never felt that they looked dangerous - they put in some good dead balls and the rest was sloppy play by us. As Digger says Salah has 2 moments of brilliance but in between them he could have had 2 or 3 assists had he played better passes.

To be honest I was just glad to finish with 11 men. I was very glad to see Slot reminding Konate to chill out because it felt like the ref was trying to make it about him and wanted to send somebody off. I didn't think he was biased in any way, just a really bad ref. I actually thought he made the PL referees look good and that is no easy feat!

02 Oct 2024 19:20:27
Full strength team tonight. Was hoping for a couple of changes as Palace is just 2 days away but Slot knows best.

03 Oct 2024 07:03:48
I thought the same thing.
We can't keep playing the same 11 every game. at some point we need to start thinking about rotation.

29 Sep 2024 22:35:12
What baffles me on here are all the fans moaning about a bad performance yet a convincing win…. It could be worse we could be UTD, yet the majority on there want to keep ten hag at the wheel. Slot has been great since he came in, professional good football, time to support the team without the negative nonsense despite us winning!

30 Sep 2024 12:25:56
It is what is mate, Salah has been carrying us for years but the knives come out every single bad game he has, I don't know if its because he's muslim or arabic or what it is but its beyond annoying. Same goes for Curtis Jones, no matter how well he plays he always gets butchered on here by many, it like he injures himself on purpose, now Its Szoboszlai too.

30 Sep 2024 13:40:44
I wouldn’t say Salah has been carrying us Fisk but he’s certainly been a brilliant servant and we should all be grateful we got to see him playing in red for so long. I still feel like he’s got a lot left in him too.

I really don’t understand the criticism of Szob, he gives everything out there and that’s all we can ask.

I criticised Macca on Saturday because I don’t think he did give his all which is the only time you’ll see me criticise any player. That being said Macca has also had some great games for us and I’m hoping the games against Forest and Wolves are exceptions for him rather than the rule. We can’t afford to carry any passengers and that’s exactly what he was in those 2 games.

Like the OP said though we won and are top of the league so there’s no need to dwell on the negative.

29 Sep 2024 14:56:02
A small Loan update:

Bajcetic (RB Salzburg) Played 68 minutes as his team won 2-0 at home, got an average rating of 7.5 indicating he had a good game.

Mamardashvili (Valencia) After keeping 2 cleen sheats in a row, Valencia lost 3-0 away to Real Sociedad. Nothing he could have done about the goals however.

Owen Beck (Blackburn) Started life really well at Blackburn but got a straight red card in his last game and is suspended for 3 games.

Ben Doak (Middlesbrough) Played 71 minutes in Boro's 2-0 Home win over Stoke, his 1st start for the club. He scored the 1st goal and was the best player
on the pitch getting the mom award. Average rating of 8.6 on his 1st start. Hopefully he proves his worth this season.

Lewis Koumas (Stoke City) Played against Doak, played for 79 minutes and created a good chance and was overall lively without
impressing too much. Average rating of 6.4. Have started 5 of stoke's games so far and got his international debut last break as well. Very good
progress so far this season for Koumas who has been one of Stoke's better offensive players despite their struggles.

K. Gordon (Norwich) Didn't play as Norwich beat Derby 3-2 away from home, has had a couple of cameo's so far this sesaon for Norwich but nothing of note yet.

N. Philipps (Derby) Didn't play for Derby either as they lost at home to Norwich. Has mainly been a bench warmer so far this season.

C. Scanlon (Millwall) Got an injury so he hasen't been in Millwall's squad in the last couple of games but was in the squad before that
and even made his debut for them in the Championship in a 15 minute cameo.

Luca Stephenson (Dundee Utd) Played the full 90 minutes away vs Kilmarnock in the Scottish PL, he had a very good game creating 2 of his teams goals
as the game ended 3-3. He got an average rating of 7.5 in this game, has played 6 full 90 minutes so far and has a goal and 2 assists from RWB.

Luke Chambers (Wigan) Missed his team's last game but was back in the starting line-up vs Exeter and played the full 90 and got the mom award with an
average rating of 8.0. He has been one of Wigan's stand out players so far this season despite it only being league 1.

Calvin Ramsay (Wigan) After returning from an injury and finally making his debut last week off the bench, he again missed the squad this week for a new injury!

29 Sep 2024 19:17:12
Scanlon has a serious stress fracture in the back mate, and he has returned to Liverpool for treatment. Don't expect him to feature before January again unfortunately.
Beck had been really impressive before the red, which was a reaction to a player biting him (i know xD) . We actually seemed to have gotten our best prospects (Beck, Bajcetic, Koumas, Doak, Chambers) some really good loans this time and hopefully they all return as better players.

29 Sep 2024 20:53:36
Cheers fiskesprett. Good to hear how them lads getting on.

29 Sep 2024 20:06:45
Nice one Fisk!

29 Sep 2024 23:30:48
Excellent @Fiskesprett, great to get an update on the loanees, will you be giving these regularly? If so, they're very much appreciated and I'm sure I speak for the majority on this site. There used to be a poster way back called 23Carragold who used to keep us updated with loans but seems to have been off the platform for some time now.

30 Sep 2024 02:05:01
Yes robbospress, I also remember him, a great poster. Shame he's no longer posting.

Thank you for the time to do this Disk. Sound mate.

30 Sep 2024 10:03:33
I can do it ofcourse, I love to check on our academy players on loan so it's no problem! Hopefully, they give me something to write about =)

30 Sep 2024 13:44:08
Crazy how Phillips can’t seem to get in any team he goes on loan too but if In charge some would have had him starting week in week out alongside Vvd for us.

03 Oct 2024 21:38:14
Exceptional @Fiskesprett, Always nice to know how all the LFC Family is going on!

28 Sep 2024 21:18:57
Can anyone tell me . what szbos does in a game? I'm not criticising I just don't know what his responsibilities are?

Is he supposed to be the player who goes unnoticed but does lots of running or tackles or presses

I just don't know if for example he wasn't there and another player took his place would there be a noticeable loss

Anyone?

28 Sep 2024 23:30:00
I am with you on this. He really needs to improve especially when with the ball.

If he is going to be the number 10 going forward then he needs to start contributing goals and assists. Otherwise, I think Slot may look to replace him.

29 Sep 2024 00:53:00
I thought Macca was worse than Szob by some distance. I can accept a bad day with the ball but I can’t accept the amount of missed tackles Macca was guilty of.

They were just walking through him at times.

That being said we won the game without breaking a sweat. Literally. We were standing around for most of the game and you could see at the end how much Wolves put into it, they were gutted.

One thing is for sure we won’t win too many games if we play like that every week.

29 Sep 2024 04:38:08
Macca was awful first half. Gave away or lost the ball 3 times in the first 15 minutes. Salah Szoboslai Macca all poor today.

29 Sep 2024 08:25:52
Agree with BP.

Not sure where this hate for Szobo has come from. do we not learn from past player bashings? With reference to Grav

Give Szobo time. everyone is still. learning their roles under Slot

We should rather be calling out Macca for his performance yesterday. Whilst few were at the levels that WE expect, Macca I feel was more guilty than anyone wrt effort. he simply strolled along for far too long.

29 Sep 2024 09:35:52
Where is anyone bashing any player I am just asking a simple question stop trying to cause an issue.

29 Sep 2024 10:28:13
There’s JLC jumping to bullsht no one was hating on anyone!

29 Sep 2024 18:31:20
Szob has been far worse the macca, so i think the shift is a bit odd in this sub.

we can be critical, its a forum.

but yeah szob has been pretty horrendous, and im surprised he is starting considering how quickly players like quansah got pulled.

29 Sep 2024 18:40:03
RR1, if you cannot figure out Szoboslai role, it means you are out of your depth when analysing tactics.

Its simple, he is presser in chief in midfield! U saw the way he pressed and robbed Casemiro to create our chances at Old Trafford?

1st pressing then 2nd role are late runs into penalty much like what Thomas Muller used to do. Simple.

30 Sep 2024 07:38:28
Szob seems to be the one organising the front press. Works hard (though he did look tired at the end of the wolves match) . Is trying more take on now (though his tiredness contributed to them not working as well as he wouldve hoped) . Good passing if a bit too much zip at times (making it hard on his teammates) . The encouraging thing is that he is not dropping his head and continuing to work hard. I would like slot to rotate more but he might well be trying to establish the culture first before doing this. Id agree that maccas lack of speed is causing issues - I notice he started to hang back more in the second half perhaps to counter this?

28 Sep 2024 21:10:36
Slot's post match interview so impressive. The guy oozes class and charisma. I don't think he's ruffled a feather during a match or in front of a microphone since he's joined us. Great human being.

He created opportunities to single out praise for Wolves and for O'Neill in particular. Classy move knowing he's a good manager that Wolves need to be patient with.

29 Sep 2024 18:29:57
I mean its only good if we fix our issues long term.

If he see and fixes issues then he does look good.