Lush Vlad

Not going to get a better chance than that.

After a good first half overall. This is abject stuff. Subs have somehow made us worse again.

Honestly. Can’t get over how fucking soft we have been at the back. It’s embarrassing.

We really cannot defend. Shambolic all game.

It’s off Livescore and their one seems incredibly stingey. So I’d imagine it is higher. Wasn’t really the point I was making. More that it was sloppy from us, ruthless great finishes from them and we’ve had the better of it chances wise.

Sloppy defending from us. But just seen they have an xG of 0.13 and have bagged 2. We’re only 0.89. But then Isak’s chance wasn’t even a shot. So won’t be accounted for. Really need to press on and win this.

Strange game. Best away half all season. Wasteful with some chances and openings. Great finishes from them, but terrible, weak as piss defending/errors in the middle. Should be ahead for sure. I’d take Joelinton off. Looks miles off it.

Made up for it the fucker

Schar’s passing has been so iffy this season.

Pull the fucking trigger FFS. Chelsea all over again. Stop fucking about and JUST PUT IT IN THE NET

That’s fine. But if Tonali isn’t good to start and Willock is injured. Then we can’t do that. Joelinton played there against Palace and was at fault for their goal. So not an exact science.

Nice comeback. Wasn’t like we were playing badly, anyway. Hall is going to get isolated a lot by the looks of it, though.

Hall has had a rough couple of games defensively and he’s in for another hard day here.

Schar doing his best to get out the way of the ball.

Oh well

Didn’t they go off with cramp/tightness? Did we know they needed rotating or they were going to perhaps get a slight niggle before they played the Liverpool game? Damned, either way. Imagine if we started Murphy, Longstaff and Barnes on Wednesday and didn’t get a result

Meltdown when Longstaff started against Arsenal and we won. Meltdown when Murphy was brought in against Liverpool. Best performance of the season and unlucky not to win. Hopefully more of the same today. I really don’t like the look of our right hand side. But I think it’s probably best to at least wait until we’ve kicked off before we collectively piss the bed. In Howe we (sort of) trust

That is the most concerning thing about the lineup. None of that side are particularly creative and their passing and vision is often lacking. It’s been tragic those 3 on that side together this season, like you say. I suppose. If it ends up an open game. Then they’re all good getting forward. Tino with the ball, the other two making runs off it.

Willock injured again? I wouldn’t mind the rotation so much. If it meant Bruno could still play further forward and we had someone who could come in to play the deeper role. Strong bench.

Yeah. I’m reading posts that seem to be half implying Liverpool have got this called off on purpose or something

Never been more fucked off with a result. Obviously we have had far worse beatings and ones that meant more. But I’d had a gutful of Peroni, stood in a bar full of plastic Liverpool fans and one scouser (who was actually dead sound) watching on me own. Whilst away on our anniversary weekend. What made it worse was. In a whatsapp group full of Liverpool supporting mates. When Nuñez came on, I said he’d cause us problems and I’m going to back Liverpool to win and draw. Was like 50/1 and 10s, from memory. Got caught up chatting, ordered another beer. Then he scored. Then he scored again…. I don’t think I said a word for about 3 hours after Actually getting annoyed typing all that out and reliving it all

He did for the second game. St Maximin seems very keen to defend him and assume what he meant. The same as the people wanting him punished for being anti-gay or however they see it are making their own mind up. It’s all just a bit odd. I still think he knew exactly what he was doing and the connotations of writing that on there. Sounds like his Dad is a bit of a zealot, anyway. So it’s easier to understand why he’s being like this with an upbringing like that.

Thanks. I’d erased that game from my memory. Well, I tried to.

Merseyside Derby called off. Shame. I was looking forward to that as the early KO.

It is still annoying we failed to beat them. Not had a win over them since what, 2016 or 2017, something like that? That was our best chance for a long while and the performance matched the scoreline. It wasn’t like we were hanging on bar a few spells in the game. I think that’s the next step for this team. The nous to win a game like that and kill them off or see it out.