Smal

Jonjo, Geremi and Nicky Butt immediately come to mind

definitely up there with the slowest PL players I've seen. Konate just jogged past him with the ball at twice the speed the other night to the extent I got a bit of second hand embarrassment. There was one time that sticks in my head from last season where he and Longstaff were making a recovery run to challenge for the ball. Longstaff had almost twice the distance to cover and he just breezed past Bruno

we did get Murphy in behind them with a couple of really good positions for a cross tbf, should’ve done better one those. Again you feel like if Isak had been on the pitch it would’ve been different.

thought Tonali was fine/good tbh. One of our better performers.

yeah, honestly it wasn’t terrible but it was frustrating that neither side ever really seemed to try very hard. Felt like the game could’ve been there for us really. Letting in a cheap goal first was a killer as well. I really don’t think liverpool are very good at all. Everyone else is just either shite or really inconsistent. There is an absolutely honking Forest team in 3rd ffs

came into the game thinking a big part of our game plan would be getting him to run at Trent and we played him through the middle with Willock out wide instead? Was really, really weird tbh. Honestly feel like Howe just did something different to keep them guessing ahead of the final really

it’s a bit concerning that Barnes looks like he’s running in treacle in his sub appearances so far. Doesn’t appear to have any stamina either.

yep, think it has to be him, Tonali and Bruno atm. Ideally Bruno would get a rest but not sure Willock has done enough and Longstaff is not an option.

thought he was fine tbh. He’s not Isak and he’s barely played for like a year or something.

I think Dubs goes back in now surely. Can’t have a keeper throwing a goal in every game and who can’t kick or dive to his left at all.

in fact Salah had 11 attempts at dribbles and only completed one. Hall is goat

ended on 8/11 and 4/15 respectively. ground duels champion, you’ll never sing that

Hall has been as good as any full back in the league against Salah this season really

should just never give the ball to Murph in our own half. Almost always gets turned over.

just been a proper pre-season vibe, neither team left second gear. Pretty frustrating.

think he needs some time out of the team really. He’s even slower than usual and he’s really struggling to have any positive impact on games.

Hall has won 5/8 duels and Salah 2/9

5 fouls for Mac Allister without a yellow now

perfect tackle

Liverpool have actually been pretty passive out of possession. The game is there tbh, just a shame we’re missing the guy who scores all our goals

retire Pope

given them way too much respect really. They are really not that good. Feels like we’ve just set up in an unusual way so they don’t know how we’re going to play the final tbh.

he was always much slower than Longstaff

any even semi-pro keeper should save that easily

Pope is criminally shit, man.