themanupstairs

This. I keep banging on about it but if I supported them I would be furious with the ludicrous way they handled 2 key decisions during the transfer window: 1- Choosing not to bring Keita in immediately and instead wasting money on OxC, and 2- Failing to move on from Van Dijk in time to bring someone competent if only to beef up a squad playing in the CL.

It's quite good going forward but found wanting in defensive transition and often leave the back 4 exposed. They really needed Keita this season far more than they needed to blow their load on Oxlade-Chamberlain. I disagree like, I think their midfield has a very good balance to it, but that the back four and 'keeper are all pretty bad, particularly Lovren, Moreno and whichever 'keeper they play. Their own fans don't seem to rate their captain (neither do I), and see him as the weak link. The defence and keeper situation is mind-boggling. Apart from Matip and Clyne, they're all average players at best and seem to have no cohesion playing together which is a far bigger problem for them.

It's quite good going forward but found wanting in defensive transition and often leave the back 4 exposed. They really needed Keita this season far more than they needed to blow their load on Oxlade-Chamberlain.

This cunt started yet?

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Aye. Fuck 6 points man, it's so passé.

If Leicester can do it, then Liverpool can with the right investment. Leicester had a lot more balance to their main side than Liverpool do currently.

Dafuq's the point of that? Their home kit is lush. This is quite....meh.

Hopefully they'll see a tiny flicker at the end of the tunnel, and as they look up with hope, the flicker dies out and they smash into a massive stone wall.

They have the talent, its just not being utilised correctly. They don't have the actual talent to win the league agreed, but to compete, I believe they do. It is indeed Klopp's fault because he has spent a huge wedge on basically staying still. the football is good though... until they run out of stamina, however. They are kind of like Arsenal, too many samey samey players. Did they really need Oxlaide-Chamberlain? Salah even? Salah is decent and done well for them, not sure spunking 40m on the Ox was wise. That money could have landed two quality defensive signings would have been better for them. They should have paid 15m more and landed Keita now rather than wait for next season. He's exactly what they need in midfield.

They have the talent, its just not being utilised correctly. They don't have the actual talent to win the league agreed, but to compete, I believe they do. It is indeed Klopp's fault because he has spent a huge wedge on basically staying still. the football is good though... until they run out of stamina, however. They are kind of like Arsenal, too many samey samey players. Did they really need Oxlaide-Chamberlain? Salah even? They needed to significantly strengthen their backbone. Their keepers, CB's (maybe apart from Matip), and central midfielders apart from Can aren't up to scratch. Jordan Henderson as captain of Liverpool makes me laugh every time.

Yup. Joe fucking Allen got an assist for Shaqiri's goal the other day. He did fuck all but pass sideways and Shaqiri did everything else.

Rafa Benitez ladies and gents

Even if it's not the fact most of us would believe it was says it all.

If this is true then it confirms what we all know tbh.

Don't think they took assists very seriously back then did they? Feels like a relatively new thing.

Precisely. Good for him IMO. Not enough people in this world trying to excel at different things.

Amen brother

If crumpy stays I'm off

Accurate.

High level prediction stuff right there.

Harsh Not at all. Wonder what happened to that shit (and only) song they wouldn't stop singing last season and the one before. It's been replaced by another shit song that drones on and on but with less intensity.

Same here. He talks like he's Alex Ferguson, in reality his teams look like a poor man's version of Tony Pulis. At least Pulis doesn't try and pretend he's anything other than an old fashioned British manager. Nothing wrong with it either if you get the basics right, it's not pretty but it will keep you in the division. Yup. Listening to his interview he erms and stutters when talking about the technical side of the game, the same way pardew did. Pseudo-intellectual guff.

Leaning towards 4 pts from this and Liverpool at home. This one more likely to be the draw.