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He is usually good with his tactics when he needs to change things but he didn’t change anything tactically when Liverpool went a man down nor in the second half when we needed to step up the intensity to put the game to bed, just the same subs.

 

I think he’s also making a mistake with the midfield he has built; the current set up of having three players that can interchange is  the reason Isak looks so isolated at times, compare that to Man City who go with a traditional holding man and then an attacking midfielder who can get forward to support.

 

Maybe that will change when Willock comes back as he wants to break and get forward but we are crying out for a Maddison type player to pull the strings and knit the attack together.

 

EDIT - He should have brought Wilson on and dropped Isak in behind him early in the second half.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Big Geordie said:

Almost seems that today Klopp used the 'rope a dope' tactic - Newcastle (and Howe) had no answer for it 2nd half.

 

As I said in match thread - no panic. Learn the lessons and move on. Trust in the manager - he has taken us this far (top 4 and back into the CL)

 

Bedwetters can get to fuck.

Spot on....it hurts today but done now...learn our lessons and move on...CL draw Thursday...HWTFL....

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11 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

He is usually good with his tactics when he needs to change things but he didn’t change anything tactically when Liverpool went a man down nor in the second half when we needed to step up the intensity to put the game to bed, just the same subs.

 

I think he’s also making a mistake with the midfield he has built; the current set up of having three players that can interchange is  the reason Isak looks so isolated at times, compare that to Man City who go with a traditional holding man and then an attacking midfielder who can get forward to support.

 

Maybe that will change when Willock comes back as he wants to break and get forward but we are crying out for a Maddison type player to pull the strings and knit the attack together.

 

EDIT - He should have brought Wilson on and dropped Isak in behind him early in the second half.

 

 

 

Great and honest analysis.

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Three of our five losses last season came from the two sides we just played. The manner of it wasn't pleasant, but it's reality. 

 

Each season we will gradually get closer, right now we're not there yet.

 

Eddie is the best manager we've had in a long long time, and apart from today, the football and our approach to games is hardworking and exciting most of the time. 

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15 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

He is usually good with his tactics when he needs to change things but he didn’t change anything tactically when Liverpool went a man down nor in the second half when we needed to step up the intensity to put the game to bed, just the same subs.

 

I think he’s also making a mistake with the midfield he has built; the current set up of having three players that can interchange is  the reason Isak looks so isolated at times, compare that to Man City who go with a traditional holding man and then an attacking midfielder who can get forward to support.

 

Maybe that will change when Willock comes back as he wants to break and get forward but we are crying out for a Maddison type player to pull the strings and knit the attack together.

 

EDIT - He should have brought Wilson on and dropped Isak in behind him early in the second half.

 

 

 

Absolutely 100 percent. This midfield is crying out for someone who can pick a pass like Maddison can. 

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25 minutes ago, Big Geordie said:

Almost seems that today Klopp used the 'rope a dope' tactic - Newcastle (and Howe) had no answer for it 2nd half.

 

As I said in match thread - no panic. Learn the lessons and move on. Trust in the manager - he has taken us this far (top 4 and back into the CL)

 

Bedwetters can get to fuck.

It was a classic keep it tight and go for broke late on tactic that paid off. Sir Bobby with Glass, Lua-Lua and Cordone introduced against Man U when it was 0-1 springs to mind. Unlike then they could easily have been long since beaten by that point.

Keegan lost to ten men at home to Arsenal. Shit happens. Some of our fans reactions to any setback remain the most disappointing thing for me.

Were going to lose on average six-ten games a season even as a good team - so will everybody else bar Man City.

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I think what is most disappointing is that when they went down to 10 men we didn’t put Trent under any pressure. He was 1 foul away from a 2nd yellow (albeit he should have been sent off before VVD). I’d have pinged everything to Gordon and looked to have used out extra man in and around Trent at every opportunity.

 

Poor day at the office, Howe had his head in his hands when the winner went in. Have to learn from this. 

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3 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Thought the setup was fine, as were most of the subs. Potentially could have done with Tonali's quality later in the game, but no idea how he was doing fitness wise.

 

The subs cost us the game

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Mostly OTT takes in a game where we weren’t great but were still unlucky not to win. That said, we have doubled down on Eddie – hired his family and gone to the limit FFP in pursuit of his style. I hope it does not become relevant to ask whether we could have hedged our advantageous position better.   

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There will be crackerjacks among our lot who expect us to go and challenge for the PL, this season - that's really unlikely to happen. It's more about targeting a top 8 finish and having a right fucking go at the cups and the CL, IMO.  Nothing to lose on the latter.

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2 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

I think what is most disappointing is that when they went down to 10 men we didn’t put Trent under any pressure. He was 1 foul away from a 2nd yellow (albeit he should have been sent off before VVD). I’d have pinged everything to Gordon and looked to have used out extra man in and around Trent at every opportunity.

 

Poor day at the office, Howe had his head in his hands when the winner went in. Have to learn from this. 

 

It helps TAA when they go down to 10 men as if changes his role completely.  Instead of being an attacking RB he's there's simply to defend.

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4 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

The subs cost us the game

 

Gordon had just pulled up with cramp and was blowing out his arse and Isak was anonymous. The Tonali seemed strange though, he was playing well.

 

Individual errors cost us the game though.

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10 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Thought the setup was fine, as were most of the subs. Potentially could have done with Tonali's quality later in the game, but no idea how he was doing fitness wise.


Madness. 

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I don't think there was any need for us to make 3 subs all in one go.

 

Before they introduced the new 5 subs rule you'd never see a manager do that unless they wanted to completely alter everything about the game's flow. And any flow we did have was compeltely lost with that triple change

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