Shak

I mean, I'll stand next to you and run into battle on that one. Just feels like there's nothing really happening on the RW front... I think it's a mistake but Ashworth and Howe have thought about this more than me.

Would love another option on the RW. Miggy gets too much grief on here but our options for the left are so much better than what we have on the right, another left footed RW would be a massive addition IMO. Hasn't been much indication that it's a priority for us though, seems it'll be a CB if we make any more moves.

Anyone maybe seeing why some people really wanted the Maddison thing to happen? Big concern for the rest of the season is that once Liverpool basically decided to sit back and invite us to break them down we were pretty clueless. A Liverpool team who were without one starting CB and had the other sent off, no less. And who are generally not thought as being very good defensively, anyway. It's the big concern I have with the team we've built. There's a real lack of quality final ball in our team and I do worry we're in for a few frustrating afternoons. Our group of wingers are all high energy and direct but is there much in the way of craft there? Joelinton and Willock both offer a lot as LCMs but neither of them are who you want getting on the ball in the final third and trying to unpick a well organised deep defense.

He'll be furious with himself looking back on this, I think. Approach in the second half was exactly what Liverpool would have wanted, and then his subs were terrible. I'd generally never support Isak being taken off but he wasn't really firing today so fair enough. But Gordon was absolutely on one today, taking him off was mental. And Tonali off for Longstaff was arguably worse. Perhaps it's a fitness issue, those two are still Tonali is new and Gordon had the Euros, maybe he doesn't feel they can do 90 minutes yet? Given we had so little chasing to do though I can't imagine either was spent physically, Gordon still looked full of burst. Feels a bit like once we were a goal and a man up we basically bottled it today Today was bad from him, anyone getting aggro with people pointing that out are as tedious as the people saying we need to start thinking about a new manager IMO. All that said, Eddie has earned a very long leash. He'll know today was bad and will want to learn from it and ensure we're more ruthless the next time we find ourselves in this situation. I have every faith in him.

Useless. Absolutely useless.

ACL a real fear there, awkward landing and you could hear him screaming

We've been complete wank since the red, fucking shite. At least we took off our best player today though.

Barnes so indecisive there, very poor.

Fucking mental going off before Almiron, absolutely mental

Wake the fuck up, lads.

Will be fucking fuming if we don't see this out, we've not really threatened enough.

I mean, if it's a guy who has shown they can shoot it makes sense We don't really have any great threats from range IMO. Maybe Schar?

Isak looking sluggish today, just a bit off it.

Man, Miggy stands out like a sore thumb in terms of quality today. Wouldn't mind seeing Barnes on for him, Gordon on the right perhaps.

We've been quite poor since the goal. Christ Tonali is the ejaculate of God himself.

Classy team those Liverpool lot.

Haha, the fucking poetic justice of that.

Straight up corruption.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10192591/amp/Steven-Gerrard-Aston-Villa-perfect-fit-Newcastle-blew-chance-appointing-him.html

Are there any rumours as regards his fitness? Went off last week. We're very good at keeping injuries quiet until the next game, is there any doubt around him? If he's fit, he'll start.

He's more of an Irish Gattuso IMO.

Aye, I've thought about little else all week personally.

How do people think he'd do in Turkey? I currently have a student from Turkey who's a big Besiktas fan and is asking me about Lascelles. Says they need a CB urgently. Would he do well at that level, do we think?

Ashworth gonna move on all the deadwood this week and land us someone quality on deadline day

Important to remember that we've the Adidas deal to come, not to mention a year in the CL and all the extra revenue that will bring. If we can get 5 million for Lascelles and get his and Fraser's wages off the books that would go a long way towards paying for the first year of a big money CB in terms of FFP for this season. Yes, that's cost down the line that we have to account for... but we're gonna have a lot more money and fewer holes in the squad in the very near future. If we can make the numbers work on bringing in a new CB or RW right now, it'd be fantastic.