Huddersfield(a) PL- match thread

[Ginny]

I know Fabinho only played 20 mins but I thought he looked decent. Played a few good passes and read the game well. 

[TheHowieLama]

I agree mate and while the midfield is a part of the issue a bigger part - especially yesterday - is a lack of any strength up top. We simply cannot find an out ball that sticks.

[Elite]

It's the advanced position of the midfield 3 that's the issue, we have plenty of good players in the 2 less advanced positions but lack that player can that open up defences and break from midfield. Shaqiri's an option but he's not good enough, I don't mind him as a versatile squad player but he's not going to win you titles.

[aRdja]

1 hour ago, Elite said:

It's the advanced position of the midfield 3 that's the issue, we have plenty of good players in the 2 less advanced positions but lack that player can that open up defences and break from midfield. Shaqiri's an option but he's not good enough, I don't mind him as a versatile squad player but he's not going to win you titles.

Yep, we’re really missing Ox IMO.

[mgw100]

Chamberlain was starting to look very promising but he was nowhere near consistent enough to say we are missing him overly. He made a significant contribution in a handful of games. 

[KMD7]

6 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Did their keeper make a save yesterday?

 Not for the goal anyway

[Luckyhillkop]

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We do what we do to win football games. I’m 100 per cent fine with that. But if I was to say ‘that’s enough for me, if we can have 20 games in a row like this I will take it,’ that would be a lie.

Klopp is a good man. 

[TheHowieLama]

Well to put how good City was last year into perspective we have set club records for points and golas allowed over this initial 9 game stretch.

 

If we were able to continue at this record pace for a whole season we finish behind them by 4 points -- sheesh.

[liverpoolsno9]

Superfan here. Is the midfield is a massive problem? Level on points with the all conquering City. 7 wins 2 draws. Whilst we’ve not been at our best, especially with the front 3 not being ‘at it’ the emphasis is on the midfield, but we’re winning. Problem? I’m just a superfan on his high horse though. 

[Luckyhillkop]

Yup, and according to you, Klopp is just another self entitled, sky generation, dummy spitter. 

[moof]

1 hour ago, liverpoolsno9 said:

Superfan here. Is the midfield is a massive problem? Level on points with the all conquering City. 7 wins 2 draws. Whilst we’ve not been at our best, especially with the front 3 not being ‘at it’ the emphasis is on the midfield, but we’re winning. Problem? I’m just a superfan on his high horse though. 

I think it’s just a case of a few small adjustments needed. The midfield is at its best when the pitch is compressed and I’ve noticed in some of our more questionable performances there has been huge gaps between the lines. Teams are sitting deeper but simultaneously pressing higher so the distance between the front 3 and the defence is leaving huge spaces for the midfield to cover. It’s something we’ll adapt to over time. 

 

We've shifted the focus to a stronger, more robust defensive effort, and that’s bound to cause a few teething issues. The good thing is we’re undefeated, level with city and still have enormous room for growth. When everything comes together we are going to be fucking frightening. 

[moof]

30 minutes ago, Luckyhillkop said:

Yup, and according to you, Klopp is just another self entitled, sky generation, dummy spitter. 

 

 

“Here our midfield press wasn’t the problem, it was that we could have done better with the ball. It was really just the last ball – one touch. Everything was fine apart from that.”

 

“Everything was fine” not really a classic hysterical fanny phrase, is it?

[Luckyhillkop]

1 hour ago, moof said:

“Here our midfield press wasn’t the problem, it was that we could have done better with the ball. It was really just the last ball – one touch. Everything was fine apart from that.”

 

“Everything was fine” not really a classic hysterical fanny phrase, is it?

Huh? I was referring to below. 

 

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We do what we do to win football games. I’m 100 per cent fine with that. But if I was to say ‘that’s enough for me, if we can have 20 games in a row like this I will take it,’ that would be a lie.

 

 

[Anubis]

5 hours ago, liverpoolsno9 said:

Superfan here. Is the midfield is a massive problem? Level on points with the all conquering City. 7 wins 2 draws. Whilst we’ve not been at our best, especially with the front 3 not being ‘at it’ the emphasis is on the midfield, but we’re winning. Problem? I’m just a superfan on his high horse though. 

 

Nobody is bemoaning where we are. Well, except Creator Supreme, and we’ll come to him in a bit.

 

Its quite clear people are happy to be top, and for the most part this season, although not playing well we’ve controlled the majority of games and the defence have been excellent. But yesterday the whole team, bar a couple of players, was poor.  Defence (bar Gomez) included. And there is nothing wrong with pointing that out on an Internet forum for discussing football.

 

Sometimed the criticism in match threads is over the top, but for once, yesterday, I thought it was quite tempered. Except for the aforementioned post from CS, born, no doubt, out of his irrational dislike for Klopp.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I missed CS’s post. What did he say?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

6 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I missed CS’s post. What did he say?

“ oh woe, the time for reckoning is near my friends. The man from the Black Forest   will come and lead us to disaster upon the field of battle. Many victories will be gained but it is all a ruse, the man Klopp is a deceiver, he wants to ruin the Kingdom with his army of Gegenpress. He has cast out the Undead One (Buvac) and now all reason is gone. Doom, Doooooooooom!!!  “

 

You get get the drift.

[Bjornebye]

9 games, joint top of the league, no losses, 3 conceded. Yet still we have fucking bushwhackers moaning. 

[Anubis]

On 10/20/2018 at 7:30 PM, Creator Supreme said:

Can't last being that lucky, and the difference in GD with City's is a chasm now.

 

Despite the results it's a step back from last season even!

 

CS in all of his glory.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Oh. Not actually as bad as I thought. I think we are holding on a little bit. Nothing seems to be flowing, and City are really starting to flourish. They’re just so good at destroying teams. That comes with huge spending. I just want us back to ripping teams and scoring loads. 

[Anubis]

10 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

9 games, joint top of the league, no losses, 3 conceded. Yet still we have fucking bushwhackers moaning. 

 

Yes. Yes, we do....

 

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2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

 

Yeah Sturbridge was woeful yesterday. Dropping too deep as well.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Anubis said:

 

Yes. Yes, we do....

 

 

Hahaha fair point. 

 

Playing badly and winning is title territory. 

[Manny]

Fuck City.

[Nolongerathletic]

25 minutes ago, Manny said:

Fuck City.

Agree, had a quick look at their game and if john Moss had done his job 1 minute in, that clown Kompany would have seen red. Around same time last year he got away with one v Leicester away with scoreline at 0-0.

 

 

[Creator Supreme]

Why is my dislike of Klopp irrational? I didn't want him when he got the job, and I've never taken to him since! What's irrational about that? I just don't like the guy!

 

Oh and my point about the GD stands, a deficit of of 10 after 9 games is a chasm! If it carries on in a similar vein we could go the season unbeaten (we won't) matching City result for result and still end up losing the title by over 40 goals.

 

The last point about Kompany is bang on, horrible tackle and he should have walked! The injuries have caught up with him, and he's going to hurt somebody by being that late! In saying that, I still think City would have won with 10.

[El Rojo]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

9 games, joint top of the league, no losses, 3 conceded. Yet still we have fucking bushwhackers moaning. 

Another Klopp apologist.