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Tough couple of games for the boss man. Think he'll be better for it though.

We need a new approach for these calibre of teams IMO.

Would like to see us setup to draw them onto us a bit more,with maybe more of a mid block instead of sitting deep, and look to then counter attack them from there.

We have a lot of players that could really punish these teams in more open space.

Sure we'll try something different next time around. Learning experience.

14 minutes ago, Rod said:

11 men against 10 men should have been a doddle to manage.  Eddie failed.  You know it.

If anything we struggled more against 10 men closing up space and sitting deeper. 

The whole situation was just awkward. Was more disappointed in the players not showing enough patience and composure to manage the whole situation.

50 minutes ago, KingArthur said:

We are lacking players who move to pockets and like to receive the ball between lines. Isak comes deep to collect sometimes, but it makes us predictable to play. Andersson wanted for the ball when he came on, but others are just hiding. Tonali and Bruno deep and Joelinton not showing for the ball or not calm with it.

Yes, this is exactly it for me.

Against better sides we are not slick enough to open them up consistently yet.

I actually think we should consider playing a more counter attacking style against them.

Think we'd have given Man City and Liverpool far more problems attacking them in transition.

9 minutes ago, toontownman said:

I don't think we panicked. Quite the opposite. We got lulled into a self sense of security and left increasingly massive gaps in the middle. We got too nonchalant in CM and defensively and let Liverpool do what they do best. Passive is exactly right. We thought we were managing the game and did what Klopp wanted us to do. 

100%

I kept thinking to myself why are these lot being so casual and slowing everything down?

The players were not looking to kill the game off, but instead see the game out like you said.

But with the forward players/options Liverpool have, that is never ever a given.

6 minutes ago, Rod said:

Definitely managerial f#ck up.  And I love Howe by the way.  He messed up big time and you know it.

No, I'm afraid I don't know it.

If I thought it was on him I would have said so.

5 minutes ago, worthy said:

Looking back, Almiron gets the chance to square it he has no pressure, and manages to just rocket it out. We need him out, he had so many chances yet nothing comes off it, and then always ALWAYS needing to turn cause he cant fucking use his other foot for anything, so it just slows down the whole.

A lot of our best opportunities to either score or open up teams in these tougher matches, tend to come down to Almiron making a play, and we know how that ends up.

Even when he plays well overall like he did today and against Man City. The key moments just don't come off for him.

I really think we need to now consider him as more of a backup and option against lesser teams. 

Need to look at starting Barnes on the left and Gordon on the right going forward. I just thin the pair of them are more likely to have something come off if they are on the pitch together for longer periods, like Almiron is.

7 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Indeed - which makes it even more difficult to explain why the manager instructed the players to stand off them let them have possession. 

Don't think the players were good enough today at all.

Not a managerial issue today for me. Regardless of the defensive approach, we did not execute in that regard or in finishing off the game with a man advantage.

The thing about this Liverpool team is they have such dangerous options further up the pitch.

Once we hadn't got a second, and I saw Jota and Nunez coming on, felt so uncomfortable.

Very painful day guys.

Please stay off social media the remainder of the day, get yourself a nice meal and drink, and sleep it off.

Crushing.

Just now, Holloway said:

Bit of guile missing in the big games, unfortunately 

Against teams with a decent press/ closing down, our passing just doesn't hold up.

Our passing is so poor. 

1 minute ago, Shak said:

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

 

Holding his ankle wasn't he? Looked like a bad sprain.

Bruno man .. my God.

We're so disappointing man. Never killed off the game, just so lax. 

Nothing like a potential result and performance like this to ruin the day.

Man ... this is painful.

Brilliant from Almiron. Deserved a goal.

Well this is going to be an uncomfortable 30 mins.

Gordon cutting inside is so dangerous.

Need to do more to kill this off. These lot have a jammy undeserved goal in them if we don't.

Almiron can be so deeply depressing man.

Great play by Gordon again. Cutting in and threading a great ball.

Good pressure to rattle TAA into the error.

So glad for him. Good calm finish.

15 hours ago, Kanji said:

because there’s an odd obsession on N-O with everything they do. It’s tiresome. 

It's fine to acknowledge other teams doing well.

I find a lot of fans can't bear to hear anything good being said about other teams and just always shit in what other teams do.

As if that validates their support or something, but it's really not necessary.

Also, saying good things about other teams doesn't mean that they are automatically better than Newcastle either, which seems to be another supposition some fans assume or run with.

What a goal Hernandez!