Turkish Delight

One big observation for me is the number of times he deliberately lets his man go when the other team is attacking. You can see him actively gambling on the other team losing the ball by holding a slightly more advanced position. No other full back does it so I don't think it's by instruction. His long balls piss me off too. One in ten looks incredible and the rest just give the ball away. It's great for YouTube compilations or Match of the Day highlights but it's not a productive way of attacking or playing.

The Turtle's long gone mate. I only moved down here last year but knew of it. I'll make sure I'm free for it!

Thought his attitude was absolutely terrible last night. Spent the whole game sulking because they were being physical and didn't seem up for it at all. Proper shithouse performance.

Haha my name was picked when I joined the site just after Istanbul. It's a long way to get over from Netherley so just give me a bit of notice for your first event.

I think building our team around him would be a big mistake for this reason.

Same finish as against Palace and numerous others. Just fucking leather it and hope for the best.

You're probably right. It could have just been how I read it.

I thought that too. What a man and what a manager but it's definitely time. Interesting that it reads like he loves Carra and just respects Stevie. Although I suppose he could have meant it the other way round.

On the idea that ref's allegiances mean less when they reach the top level. This is Michael Oliver watching Newcastle play United in a Premier League match two years ago.

I suppose we'll see next year. Hope that you're the one that is right.

The first half was poor but even in that we missed chances. Endo, Diaz, Jones, Salah, Jota and Nunez all had chances you'd expect them to score in the match and some of the finishing was criminal. That should be enough to win a game like that. Is that a tactical error that we didn't or a tactical error that Nunez didn't give Szoboszlai a tap in at Old Trafford? I get the point about who signs the players but we've still got a title challenge out of it until at least now with their limitations. It's way beyond what most expected past year. There's a good chance we'll come up short but we'll still probably do it with a points total in the top half a dozen in our history. The three highest of which have already come under Klopp despite all our greats usually having 42 game seasons. If the new manager tries to play anything other than high energy football we will seriously struggle though next sesson.

Lots of talk of Klopp's tactics being responsible for recent performances. It's not him who failed to score the dozen or so easy chances against United and Palace. These same players won't suddenly become clinical when he's not there. Last night was a tricky game against big, organised opposition. To win by 3 was always unlikely but we could have managed it by being clinical and would have been in the tie had we been clinical in the first game. I think recent results are far more on the lack of quality and intelligence of the players than on Klopp's tactics.

If we score early (instead of conceding) I reckon these will shit themselves. They've just come off the best result in their history where they feel the tie is won against a team they know are better than them. Psychologically they'll have an awful lot to lose if they come under pressure.

He's 8 yards out and just leathered it at him. Roll it to the side of him with a bit of composure and the keeper has no chance. Smash it at his knee and it's going to bounce away. As a very average goalie in my youth I made loads like that. Just make yourself big and hope the forward belts it at you. His decision making first half was a mess too. Nobody can knock his work rate and I'm in agreement on Salah as well but when it's really mattered he hasn't delivered. We won't win the league because despite the effort we put in we lack the quality and composure of the top two. That's not just on Nunez but he's a notable part of it.

It's either people who know nothing about football or unfunny banter merchants. Possibly both.