Chelsea vs Liverpool - 4 April at 20.00

[joe_fishfish]

Considering we’re missing our only two Premier League quality midfielders we did alright.

[Captain Howdy]

Arsenal will bum us so hard we’ll need surgery 

[Em City]

For all the talk of legs and lack of physicality, our passing and general use of the ball is piss poor and has been for months. 

[gkmacca]

8 minutes ago, waddy78 said:

Always looks like that lately, says things need to change and we've reacted in training yet we play that midfield and play the same way as the previous 20 odd games teams done needs a complete overhaul.

 What the fuck do you WANT him top say? I'd really love to know.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

We always knew that if @Creator Supreme started a match thread we'd get something like that.

[Mark M]

Hopefully Jude hasn’t paid his sky bill & didn’t get to see that tonight 

[Captain Howdy]

80 large for Nunez by the way. My word 

[Baltar]

3 minutes ago, Code said:

God bless the day Thiago is back. 

What's the point? He'll be injured again soon enough. Can't keep pinning our hopes on our injured to return and save us. We'll be waiting forever.

[stringvest]

Just now, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

We have a captain that hasnt won a tackle this season. What the fuck is going on????

 

dunno.

[an tha]

Arsenal despite their abysmal Anfield record in recent times will be licking their lips to get at us at weekend.

 

No doubt Hendo and Fabinho will have to play for a 3rd time in a week and will be unable to move after about 50 mins....Jones will be back in traction after playing about 3 months worth of football for him tonight and whoever we bring in to make up our 3 in the black hole, Odergaard et al will likely destroy and bully, and then their really lively forwards will get a glut of chances that they won't waste like Chelsea did tonight.

 

 

 

[ZonkoVille77]

2 drunks fighting over a can of Stella 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Absolutely awful, that. 
 

Created next to nothing, gave up the usual 2 or more good chances to the opposition, passed the ball awfully, saw the midfield bypassed with regular ease by anybody who can break out into any sort of run with the ball that is faster than a jog and we just looked to get it forward as fast as we could, with fizzed, rushed balls meaning that the hold up and link up play was practically nonexistent. 
 

What do we do in training? The whole team looked like they were playing football for the first time ever. Falling over, sloppy passing, easily controllable balls bouncing off them. 
 

A real sloppy, half arsed performance. 

[El Rojo]

3 minutes ago, Code said:

God bless the day Thiago is back. 

He may improve us a bit, but we’ve had plenty of awful defeats with him in the middle this season too.

 

It’s telling enough that we’re not being bombarded with stats on how many games we win when he’s available any more like the ones doing the rounds last year.

 

I’m just happy that we’re another game towards the end of the season. 

[TD_LFC]

2 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

 What the fuck do you WANT him top say? I'd really love to know.

 

If nothing else he can stop saying whatever he's been saying to the team at half time because that clearly isn't working.

[stringvest]

We did get a point.  We have to be careful if we are trying to avoid that conference nonsense,.

[TheHowieLama]

Had this on the screen in the background for awhile. Thought Enzo Fernandez was Jorginho for most of it, then thought, man Jorginho looks terrible, then realised it was Fernandez the whole time.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Really looking forward to Dave's match report.

[Colt Seavers]

1 minute ago, stringvest said:

We did get a point.  We have to be careful if we are trying to avoid that conference nonsense,.

One point closer to safety though

[Red Shift]

16 minutes ago, waddy78 said:

Always looks like that lately, says things need to change and we've reacted in training yet we play that midfield and play the same way as the previous 20 odd games teams done needs a complete overhaul.

The problem with training is the complete lack of realistic competition. Players may well look sharp, but its impossible to really compare.

It’s the difference between playing the A.I. and playing another human in FIFA. In training, it’s too predictable.

 

Owen just made some fair comments. The standards reached in recent seasons are so out there, that it’s so easy to criticise what’s on display.

 

The two biggest drop-offs for me, are in unforced buildup errors, and a massive drop in overturning possession in the press at the front. Shocking.

 

One other gripe I have, is a poor throw-in set piece attitude. Nobody wants the ball, nobody moves into space, no urgency and we usually lose possession. It’s pathetic.

[Colt Seavers]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

Had this on the screen in the background for awhile. Thought Enzo Fernandez was Jorginho for most of it, then thought, man Jorginho looks terrible, then realised it was Fernandez the whole time.

That's man of the match Enzo Fernandez to you 

[johnsusername]

5 minutes ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

2 drunks fighting over a can of Stella 

 

Where?? Sounds better than watching us! 

[Mook]

Trying to look at the positives:-

 

Gomez should keep the RB spot for the remainder of the season.

 

Nunez looked good, my heart always sinks when he comes off.

 

They looked like tits celebrating their 'goal'.

 

Our support were good.

 

Maggie Thatcher is dead.

[stringvest]

6 minutes ago, an tha said:

Arsenal despite their abysmal Anfield record in recent times will be licking their lips to get at us at weekend.

 

No doubt Hendo and Fabinho will have to play for a 3rd time in a week and will be unable to move after about 50 mins....Jones will be back in traction after playing about 3 months worth of football for him tonight and whoever we bring in to make up our 3 in the black hole, Odergaard et al will likely destroy and bully, and then their really lively forwards will get a glut of chances that they won't waste like Chelsea did tonight.

 

 

 

 

Henderson and Fabinho never have to play.  It's a choice.

[El Rojo]

3 minutes ago, stringvest said:

We did get a point.  We have to be careful if we are trying to avoid that conference nonsense,.

 

The way this season has gone, we’re definitely ending up in that. Well deserved too. 

[an tha]

If we'd have parked the bus tonight and come away with a 0-0 and restricted them to very few chances and looked solid and hard to break down, then actually that might have felt better and felt like maybe we had found a way to stop the rot away from home.

 

But what actually happened is we played the same way we always play, were carved open often, looked fragile and there for the taking and could and maybe should have got another good hiding.