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6 minutes ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

I'm happy to have Klopp's back but he needs to throw us a fricking bone. We need to attack and create chances and score goals. Period. We can't be the team that recycles the ball, does fuck all with it and gives up chances due to our pointless high line when we aren't even pressing that hard. 

 

Klopp needs to show everyone that he hasn't been "found out" tactically and he needs to show that in the next premier league game. 

Why do we persist with the high line, whats the point in making the pitch smaller to make it easier to press if we can't or won't press. We lay traps for ourselves. We're like sideshow Bob walking on the garden rakes. Because it's the same shit all our responses are the same repeated shit, look at fan forums, podcasts YouTube videos they're all tired of having to repeat the same shit because what else can they do we are repeating the same mistakes over and over again.  We can still be 100 percent behind klopp and say come on pull your fucking finger out we need something here. We're desperate for a reaction.

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20 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Why do we persist with the high line, whats the point in making the pitch smaller to make it easier to press if we can't or won't press. We lay traps for ourselves. We're like sideshow Bob walking on the garden rakes. Because it's the same shit all our responses are the same repeated shit, look at fan forums, podcasts YouTube videos they're all tired of having to repeat the same shit because what else can they do we are repeating the same mistakes over and over again.  We can still be 100 percent behind klopp and say come on pull your fucking finger out we need something here. We're desperate for a reaction.

That is certainly what our recent run of games has felt like. 

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Doesnt matter what Jurgen does if some players are no longer doing as he and the coaching staff tells them.

 

I simply dont believe Jurgen says to the players in team meetings or at half time 'Listen boys. I want you to play a really high line. Never drop back, never vary your positional play. Do it my way and only may way or else' etc.

 

But if some players are just going through the motions and not giving 110% or are physically and mentally burnt out, any team plan is going tits up.

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Part of his job is to make sure players follow instruction and if they are purposefully ignoring him he needs to sort that shit out. I honestly don't see these deputy defenders defying instruction though. If players are physically and mentally burnt out then its absurd to play the high risk high reward football because it just leaves us high risk and nothing else. There's obviously loads of factors involved but these results and performances are nowhere near acceptable we can pussyfoot about it because we love Klopp but that's the truth this is shit, everyone is doing shit, honestly just going again must burn the players heads out too and the players not being up to it burning Klopps head out. Change shit up give players something to focus on rather than just go through the motions. 

 

Frustrating to fuck, we've nothing to lose by changing our play because we are losing to shite teams almost everytime we play now anyway, it's almost like self sabotage at this point.

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Maybe he did do something about it yesterday but then all you hear is this 'what the fuck shit team is that?' 'Dont ever play Fabinho at CB ever again oh and Rhys and Nat are fucking Championship plays' blah, blah, fucking blah.

 

All some people do is keep blabbing on about fucking 'high lines' and 'drop back 10 yards' like there's some magic fucking line drawn on the pitch that moves with the play.

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Saw some shit on BBC sport about Klopp making 7 changes to try and end our poor run. We have a game in the Campions League that he was likely saving players for but that didn’t get mentioned. Just that his changes failed. Then Guardiola making a comment that great teams challenge the season after they have won the league, like his has in the last 5 years, conveniently leaving out the fact they were nowhere in sight last season.

We are going through a poor time and have been since before Christmas, even though we were top, but the one thing I detest is all the sniping at Klopp and this team, who not so long ago were so far in front of the pack that it was embarrassing, for them not us.

We could do with a bit of siege mentality both in the dressing room and amongst us all and start telling them all to fuck off, because all I believe they’re trying to do is cause Klopp to leave one way or the other, before we get back on the bike and start riding off again.

 

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13 minutes ago, coachpotato said:

Saw some shit on BBC sport about Klopp making 7 changes to try and end our poor run. We have a game in the Campions League that he was likely saving players for but that didn’t get mentioned. Just that his changes failed. Then Guardiola making a comment that great teams challenge the season after they have won the league, like his has in the last 5 years, conveniently leaving out the fact they were nowhere in sight last season.

We are going through a poor time and have been since before Christmas, even though we were top, but the one thing I detest is all the sniping at Klopp and this team, who not so long ago were so far in front of the pack that it was embarrassing, for them not us.

We could do with a bit of siege mentality both in the dressing room and amongst us all and start telling them all to fuck off, because all I believe they’re trying to do is cause Klopp to leave one way or the other, before we get back on the bike and start riding off again.

 

that team selection suggested we have given up on top 4, it didn't indicate winning the game on the day was important. but i remember a similar thing people slagging us earlier in the season when we got beat by atalanta despite us smashing them a week or so before meaning klopp could play a league cup team (which that was pretty much yesterday) 

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2 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Maybe he did do something about it yesterday but then all you hear is this 'what the fuck shit team is that?' 'Dont ever play Fabinho at CB ever again oh and Rhys and Nat are fucking Championship plays' blah, blah, fucking blah.

 

All some people do is keep blabbing on about fucking 'high lines' and 'drop back 10 yards' like there's some magic fucking line drawn on the pitch that moves with the play.

I wonder why that's all people are doing when we've watched the same game play out for months on end . There essentially is a line on the pitch that moves with play its made up of players.

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3 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Maybe he did do something about it yesterday but then all you hear is this 'what the fuck shit team is that?' 'Dont ever play Fabinho at CB ever again oh and Rhys and Nat are fucking Championship plays' blah, blah, fucking blah.

 

All some people do is keep blabbing on about fucking 'high lines' and 'drop back 10 yards' like there's some magic fucking line drawn on the pitch that moves with the play.

You do realise that this is a thing? and a very important thing to the way we play? We compress the pitch so teams give up chances from sustained pressure. We are still playing that way but without the pressure and the right personnel. So it makes sense to tweak the game plan doesn't it, as teams keep picking us off on the break because they get time on the ball.

 

I wouldn't have played Neco Williams yesterday. I would have stuck with Trent, Robbo, two centre backs.

 

Fine for Rhys and Nat, at least they are centre halves. But I would have put Fabinho in midfield and not sub if you were gonna go with that.

 

Hendo and Fabinho should never touch centre back ever again.

 

 

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13 minutes ago, BeefStroganoff said:



Hendo and Fabinho should never touch centre back ever again.

 

 

Fabinho, next to another senior centre back (one of the three, ideally VVD or Matip), with Henderson in front, is fine. 

 

We still need a permanent fourth to hopefully avoid it happening though.

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2 hours ago, Pidge said:

Fabinho, next to another senior centre back (one of the three, ideally VVD or Matip), with Henderson in front, is fine. 

 

We still need a permanent fourth to hopefully avoid it happening though.

That set up sent us 5 points clear at the top, 6 clear of City.

 

Everything went to shit the second Matip got injured versus West Brom.

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46 minutes ago, m0e said:

That set up sent us 5 points clear at the top, 6 clear of City.

 

Everything went to shit the second Matip got injured versus West Brom.

Seemed to be the straw that broke the camels back in the players minds. 

 

We could easily have gone in 3 or 4 up at half-time in that game and that was the deepest lying defence I've ever seen come to Anfield. But that's when we played with pace and tempo. 

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8 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Maybe he did do something about it yesterday but then all you hear is this 'what the fuck shit team is that?' 'Dont ever play Fabinho at CB ever again oh and Rhys and Nat are fucking Championship plays' blah, blah, fucking blah.

 

All some people do is keep blabbing on about fucking 'high lines' and 'drop back 10 yards' like there's some magic fucking line drawn on the pitch that moves with the play.

Klopp even went 442 yesterday in the 2nd half. He also tweaked the formation vs Sheffield Utd which prompted some good analysis on MNF by Carragher. Trent played from right back similar to the way Cancelo does for City, joining up occasionally with midfield and then forming a back 3 when needed.

 

We also played a 442 diamond vs West Ham and 442 vs City earlier in the season. But these things get ignored by the "Klopp never tries any thing different" mob.

 

Granted, maybe he needs to change it up more often, but when he does change it up, these cunts here then moan about too many changes or that he didnt make the specific changes they are 100% guaranteed would have worked. Ridiculous behaviour. 

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My only contribution to this debate is to say to everyone - it doesn’t fucking matter and none of this is real.

 

The old philosophical question “if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound” springs to mind.

 

if footballs being played but you can’t go to a match, can’t watch it in the pub, and don’t get to socialise with friends or chat to people at work about it, did it fucking matter?

 

I found myself getting pissed off at how we were playing earlier on in this run, but I’ve found it very, very easy to not give a fuck these last 3 or 4 weeks or more because it’s literally only myself that I have to convince.
 

so with that, I’ll get back to enjoying the match when I’m able to start going again - or at least going to the pub with my old man, my missus or my mates.

 

and if anyone gets their knickers so much in a twist that Klopp gets booted before I’ve had chance to sing his name from my seat on the Kop they can fucking do one.

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Klopp was widely considered one of the top two or three managers in the world before this nose dive we're having. He couldn't have turned crap overnight. I would give him the rest of the season plus next season to turn it around, along with the funds he needs.

 

 If the stupid tight pussies, FSG---who I hold more responsible for our sudden decline than Klopp---  cannot make any exception and give this manager money, then they should sell up. I don't care, after this, who owns us as long as we are enabled to compete with the best in this league.

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Klopp is still one of the best 2-3 managers in world football, he just can't coach his way out of a mid-table Championship defense.

 

To be fair to him, it's a totally impossible task that no one could possibly do.

 

The most disappointing thing about all of this has been people seemingly getting tired of blaming our results on all our injuries, and moving on to other things, Klopp included ... despite the huge problem with all our defensive injuries still being there.

 

The problem is not Klopp, the problem is not the front 3, it's not the midfield, it's not the lack of fans. The main problem, responsible for at least 80% of our problems, is that we don't have any fit central defenders who are Premier League-level players.

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I think the vast majority of fan see this, it doesn't mean we agree that we've handled it well. Different fans will have different theories and solutions and they're allowed to discuss them whether they're bullshit or not. As for changing the formations yeah we've seen tweaks, certain players holding positions instead of running on, minor changes but we haven't at any point seen a systemic change, were still trying to make the pitch smaller but barely pressing taking away any advantage it gives us. It's perfectly normal for fans to say why dont we try something we haven't and it could end up being tried and be a disaster the point is whenever there are problems people will throw forward solutions even ridiculous ones. 

 

If we had no injuries none of this would be getting discussed but we have got injuries and we have been shite not just a bit shite but extraordinarily shite by how predictable we are, that's been the death of us the predictability opposition managers are basically saying before a game how they will beat us. Dont tell  me that before a game people haven't thought this is how this game will go or 20 minutes into a game thinking we ain't scoring today.  People aren't just going be like that dog meme sitting in a burning house. Everything isn't fine so people are talking about it.

 

100 percent behind Klopp. Its a season where we've been dealt the shittiest hand though I think we've played it and dealt with it badly especially some of the players but for klopp I dont expect flawless perfection but I've no doubts he's the perfect manager for us. 

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3 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

Klopp is still one of the best 2-3 managers in world football, he just can't coach his way out of a mid-table Championship defense.

 

To be fair to him, it's a totally impossible task that no one could possibly do.

 

The most disappointing thing about all of this has been people seemingly getting tired of blaming our results on all our injuries, and moving on to other things, Klopp included ... despite the huge problem with all our defensive injuries still being there.

 

The problem is not Klopp, the problem is not the front 3, it's not the midfield, it's not the lack of fans. The main problem, responsible for at least 80% of our problems, is that we don't have any fit central defenders who are Premier League-level players.


The amount of so called fans I see around the internet that are all too happy to stick the knife into Klopp and the team during this run is astounding. The logic of "can't blame the defensive injuries when we're not scoring goals" shows a pretty large lack of understanding the way we've played over the last 3 years whilst also ignoring the fact that just a month or so ago our preferred CB pairing was our two best midfielders, who got shifted there because of said defensive injuries. The entire spine of the side has been ripped out essentially except for Allison, Gini, and the front 3. Robbo and Trent aren't hurt but one is dead tired and Trent's probably had his worst season since becoming a mainstay. He's also always been a bit on the suspect side defensively but that's not been an issue when Hendo, Fab, and a premiership caliber CB are all around to cover for him. I'm not sure there's a team out there besides City, PSG, and maybe Bayern who could deal with such a ridiculous injury crisis and still hope to compete over the course of a league season, and I'm not sure PSG even counts as the french league is trash.

It's one thing to have a moan and suggest we try different things, expressing opinions is the point of having a discussion so that's fair enough. It's another thing entirely to give into the media bullshit and start insinuating Klopp is on the hot seat or has lost the dressing room.

The fact that professional pundits and journos are also largely ignoring the giant fucking elephant in the room now is another story entirely but not surprising. The vast majority of them are loving kicking us whilst we're down and it gives some of them the opportunity to come out with a "this is who Liverpool should buy" or "How I would fix Liverpool's problems" story. Nevermind that if they were competent enough to fix our problems they wouldn't be sitting in a fucking chair on the tele or writing stories for their respective websites either.

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1 minute ago, Saintslfc13 said:

The logic of "can't blame the defensive injuries when we're not scoring goals" 

You can't blame defensive injuries for Bobby and Mo missing clear cut chances. We're making fewer clear cut chances, yeah, the defensive injuries have something to do with that, as does missing proper ball winners in midfield.

 

But the front three are playing absolute shit at the moment and have been for a while. Salah has lost a yard of pace and most of his confidence. Bobby looks like he's running through treacle and the ball bounces off him when he gets it to feet. Mane has been jogging round, barely pressing, badly trying to buy free kicks since Crystal Palace away.

 

We don't have any depth at centre back and it's cost us hugely, but we didn't have any depth for the front three either until Jota came back this week, and that's cost us hugely too. Minamino was great against Palace and we never saw him again. Shaqiri's not a forward. Origi's not a footballer. 

 

For all the talk of Edwards doing great deals - and the ones he's got over the line really have been great, for the most part - the squad is massively unbalanced and needs significant signings at both ends of the pitch.

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11 hours ago, Supremolad said:

Klopp even went 442 yesterday in the 2nd half. He also tweaked the formation vs Sheffield Utd which prompted some good analysis on MNF by Carragher. Trent played from right back similar to the way Cancelo does for City, joining up occasionally with midfield and then forming a back 3 when needed.

 

We also played a 442 diamond vs West Ham and 442 vs City earlier in the season. But these things get ignored by the "Klopp never tries any thing different" mob.

 

Granted, maybe he needs to change it up more often, but when he does change it up, these cunts here then moan about too many changes or that he didnt make the specific changes they are 100% guaranteed would have worked. Ridiculous behaviour. 

to be honest, i think how klopp tweaks his tactics in general is greatly undervalued. however, a lot of what he has done tactically for years, is always little minor tweaks in his 433 frame work, with the odd mad formation thrown in. I think what we have seen this season and most notably since xmas in the main (and I agree the last 3 weeks games he has tried to change), is because of all of the changes in the line up (and perhaps because there's rarely a midweek to work on anything new), he has tried to keep the tactics pretty static as there was already enough variation in the line up. the problem i see it appears we're trying to play our most normal of tactics, but the players we have on the pitch are not capable of carrying it out. Perhaps we need a radical change to get us through the season, I don't know, but I think Klopp will be very reluctant to do that. But we have a bit of a break coming around the fa cup week, so we might well see something new on the back of that i think. 

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Get Fabinho back in midfield, protect our shit defense by winning balls higher up the pitch and attacking sharper, we had a 10 minute glimpse on Sunday and it looked instantly better. As shit as the injuries have been we can still field 8  of last years main 11 in their preferred positions and have Thiago in midfield instead of Hendo for a few weeks. 

 

Thats my take, Fab in midfield unless we have Hendo back, then it's acceptable but not preferred. 

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