Southampton (A) - EFL Cup SF, 1st leg, 7:45pm, 11/01/17 - Utah Saints, U-U-U-Utah Saints!

[Torvald Utne]

Month to 6 weeks... How long has coutinho been out I wonder...

[Torvald Utne]

Clyne has been quietly responsible for a lot of goals this season

[Bjornebye]

Origi wide right, Firmino through the middle and Coutinho on the left for the Mancs. I hope Hendo is fit.

 

Nah. I'd drop Firmino. I know Sturridge was shit tonight but i'd start him again through the middle. Fuck knows why I would but I reckon he can score against them. Firmino is well out of form and needs a kick up the arse. 

[Bjornebye]

Clyne has been quietly responsible for a lot of goals this season

 

Surely every goal we concede means someone is quietly responsible. he was blatantly responsible tonight like. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I nearly laughed when Dijk skinned him. Thought Clyne was poor overall tonight but was in good company. He is however one of our more consistently good players. 

[jimmycase]

Clyne has been quietly responsible for a lot of goals this season

 

What!?!

[Captain]

Over one game where everyone else was as bad if not worse than he was? Yeah sure.

 

It's not just one game. He's been jogging around in matches as if they were training sessions for a year now.

 

He's done at Liverpool.

[Trumo]

I nearly laughed when Dijk skinned him. Thought Clyne was poor overall tonight but was in good company. He is however one of our more consistently good players. 

 

Usher kiss of death to start a thread raving about Clyne and another saying we have no shit players.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I think the players are mentally tired more than physically, they had a decent rest but are probably feeling sorry for themselves having played so many games over the busy period. Hopefully Klopp will sort their heads out before Sunday. 

[Redder Lurtz]

How many managers / owners / signings / five year plans. And we're still wank.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

How many managers / owners / signings / five year plans. And we're still wank.

 

Well we haven't been wank for the majority of the season mate, looking a bit ropy at the moment though. 

[Gym Beglin]

Matip is a huge miss, sets the tone and exudes confidence.

[ben48]

We started to run out of steam against Sunderland, and with injuries and a small squad we are starting to pay for it now.

[billypilgrimnz]

What!?!

 

CLYNE HAS BEEN QUIETLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF GOALS THIS SEASON.

[magicrat]

Well it sets the scene for Sunday,  

Scum on a roll and we're slipping . 

Massive game and these players need to stand up be counted, 

Sturridge shouldn't start. He adds nothing when we don't have the ball and if the Southampton

defense shut him out completely then he will get tied up in knots by Utd,

Hope Henderson is back and if so I would drop Can and keep Lucas,    

[stringvest]

Well that was completely shit.  I've contracted pneumonia, some cunt in the pub confused me with my mates dad, Mick reckons that was one of the worst Liverpool performances he's ever seen, and I thought he was overreacting a bit until I reflected on it.  

 

It was fucking shit.  

 

The most depressing midfield three ever.  Henderson and Wijnaldum in a two would have had more about them than that.  

 

Karius MoM by a mile.  

[3 Stacks]

The centre backs bar Matip aren't good enough. Klopp's system is offering them good protection and making it so that we don't give up many chances, yet they're still consistently fucking up and making mistakes.  

[Ne Moe Imya]

Month to 6 weeks... How long has coutinho been out I wonder...

 

Ding! We have a winner.

 

We were lucky to get away with only one goal scored against us, giving us a chance going into the next leg.  And I think we'll win it, we're a completely different side with our first choice XI out.  The problem is we still have a dropoff in talent, especially when it's Coutinho who's the one injured.

 

Get Coutinho and Matip back and we'll beat the Mancs and confidence will be back.  Take those two out of our side and we are a shadow of the team we were back in October.

[stringvest]

good to see Coutinho back, even if he was doing his usual trick of firing the ball into row ZY from 25 yards out when better options were available.  He needs game time to get fit, and 60 minutes against United would be nice.  It's clear that Can and Lucas are not first team players anywhere good, and Wijnaldum continuing to do his emperor's new clothes act is getting quite tedious.  Given the personnel we have available, our midfield should be Henderson and Wijnaldum with Lallana controlling the attack and the press.  Coutinho, Firmino and Origi up front.  If we can get 60 minutes out of that line up on Sunday, we'll win.  

[Red House]

Well it sets the scene for Sunday,  

Scum on a roll and we're slipping . 

Massive game and these players need to stand up be counted, 

Sturridge shouldn't start. He adds nothing when we don't have the ball and if the Southampton

defense shut him out completely then he will get tied up in knots by Utd,

Hope Henderson is back and if so I would drop Can and keep Lucas,    

 

That doesn't even rhyme.

[jimmycase]

CLYNE HAS BEEN QUIETLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF GOALS THIS SEASON.

 

Which is patently incorrect.

[billypilgrimnz]

Which is patently incorrect.

I have no opinion. I was just repeating it for the hard of hearing.

[therevivalist]

These players have had a few days of rest and there should be no excuse of fatigue. If the thing is mental, Klopp has got before Sunday to deal with it.

[sixonway]

I thought it was meant to be our striker goes past the centre half

not the other way round

Van Dijk went past Sturridge way too easy

[3 Stacks]

That midfield tonight was worse than when Biscan was paired up with Diao. Can has been arguably even worse than Lucas this season which is absolutely incredible and Wijnaldum is still useless in about 75% of the matches he's involved in.