BullyDogs

They dont spend as much as City,Chelsea or Man United to be fair. Klopp identifies what he needs and who will do it and goes out and gets them. Allison and VVD were a huge outlay from the Coutinho money but they were the catalyst for their success. Salah,Firmino,Mane and more were all bought for decent fees comparatively

Difference with Klopp is that hes more ruthless and doesnt have time for sentiment as far as his team goes if its not working he fixes it. Youve reshaped your whole midfield over the summer and you dont look any worse for it at all

i disagree ask a Villa fan if losing to Birmingham away is the same as losing to West Brom or Coventry

Who are these fans, Pardew was only a fannys hair away from being as bad as Bruce for me

i never said hed be sacked what i said is that sections of our fanbase may lose faith a big emphasis on the word MAY, losing to sunderland is absolutely not the same as if we lost to Bristol City or Preston.

Nonsense the 2 most important players on the pitch are your goalkeeper and centre forward. The guy who puts the ball in the net and the guy who keeps it out. An excellent keeper behind an average defence concedes less than a poor keeper behind a good defence

We have all seen enough of Dubravka to know that hes an absolutely turgid keeper with very little ability or strengths to his game. is it any co incidence that in 2 games hes started weve let in 7 goals i think not. This trend will continue and id be amazed if he kept 6 clean sheets if he played from now until the end of the season

i feel a portion of the fanbase will not forgive for losing that game and the subsequent fall out from it. All of us as football fans are fickle and things can change in the game very quickly you can go from hero to zero in a quick time. Mourinho at Chelsea being an example of it Im not by any means saying it will happen im just saying that if we did somehow lose the game the fallout could be massive

i just feel last 8 is about our ceiling for champions league at the moment and progression beyond that is a good few years off, remember Man City not being able to progress beyond that for a good few years. These teams may not be elite as you have stated but they are seasoned champions league competitors. The 2 games against Dortmund showed that we dont have that savvy about us yet and even though we had chances in both games we were well beaten in them by the more experienced side

Do you consider PSG an elite club amongst the other ones in the competition still?, the same PSG that Milan twatted 3-0?

Thats a bit of a fantasy really i expect us to win with ease and score 3 or 4 with a full strength 11 out...............any more than 4 on their own patch would be fucking outrageous and something theyd never be able to forget

Well come on its beaing realistic if we finish 2nd then its likely Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico,Bayern or Sociedad/Inter over 2 legs

Then why on earth not rest 2 of our first 11 for them in either of these games weve just been absolutely dogshit in, it doesnt make any logical sense at all

Lets be honest if we qualify 2nd we arent getting to the last 8 anyway

6 assists in 5 years for a winger is absolutely pathetic really and he should be absolutely embarrassed about it

I said this the other day to a friend that if we somehow lose this all the foundations that Howe has built up could come crashing down. This is an absolute must not lose and if we do it could be an absolute disaster for him, lets be honest if we somehow did lose wed never live the fucker down. We should be going absolute full strength and looking to smash them with no remorse really

lets be honest weve just been well and truly spanked in the last 2 games only the 3rd and 4th times in the last 18 months weve conceded 3 goals and the first since the back end of 21/22 since weve conceded 4. Do any of us really think the results would have been any different if wed played the likes of Dummet, Krafth,Ritchie,Hall and Murphy and brought on Parkinson and Diallo Yes wed have still been beaten but at least the regulars wouldnt have had to play these games and would have been fresh for Milan which now takes on massive importance. Howe is either too stubborn or just has no inclination to rotate and both could be the absolute downfall and derailment of our season. in 3 weeks time we could be sitting mid table out of Europe and out of the Carabao cup and with a huge Banana skin derby on the horizon Rotating in certain games with what we had left could and would have been the better option, yes wed have still lost these games but our away form has been piss poor all season anyway regardless of fatigue or team selection

We absolutely need a RW and a CM a keeper on a 6 month loan or short term deal for a free agent too, our goalkeeping options are appaling and we will leak goals like a sieve if Dubravka plays for 6 months

Eventually all our midfield bar Bruno and Tonali need upgrading if we are wanting to compete at the top. Joelinton is a bruiser in midfield but is techincally pretty poor and his goal return is not the best from a midfield standpoint. Willock is far better technically and longstaff isnt of the level required for an elite team. We need to have 2 elite midfielders on the pitch at all times just like the rest of the top teams have and in reserve folks that are not only technically good but tactically astute

That's because trippier is doing what he should be doing with his right foot. No coincidence that trippiers assists and chances created are so high he's basically doing the creativity of 2 players

Come on man Ederson is better than pope too and so too is Emi Martinez and as much as we hate to admit it theres a couple of English keepers ahead of him who get picked in the squad

Losing to the mackems could shake them foundations

Pope like had been discussed on here has a ceiling and ultimately will need replaced. His shot stopping is excellent but with the ball at his feet he's a heart in mouth keeper

Those 2 played on their strong side and were whipping balls into the box for Shearer,Sutton and Newell And are you seriously comparing Almiron to Arjen Robben come on man

For me we need to be looking at getting in a number 1 goalkeeper putting pope as backup and binning the other 3 useless fuckers You can't under estimate the importance of having a top drawer keeper all of the top teams have one and always have in days gone past. Not having a Schmeichel or a Seaman or a Flowers was the reason we didn't win the league in 96 with any of them 3 we would have