Toulouse (H) - EL Grp E, Thurs 26th Oct 2023 (8:00pm)

[halewood pete]

Job done 

[Pidge]

30 minutes ago, Elite said:

Ladies and gentlemen, the best and worst of Darwin Nunez.

If anything, he caught it a bit too full moon. Needed a touch more crescent. 

[Code]

Mo Salah, my favourite human being. 

[Tarwater]

So nice to be able to watch pretty much the whole game without being nervous all the time. A big part of that is, I guess, that you never feel the ref is out to get us. Sure, he makes mistakes, but that is all they are. In the premier league, you feel as if the hammer will fall on us at any moment, with intent.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Joe Cole going on about how we find ourselves in this competition.

 

That's easy really, all down to shit players who couldn't run, pass, create and score.

[bossy]

29 minutes ago, Elite said:

I'm not quite sure striker is the best position for Nunez. Can we not turn him into a left back or some shit, he has everything apart from being able to shoot.

Not like he shot and scored earlier 

[3 Stacks]

3 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

They need to get Sakho back, the #23 has had a mare all night

Sakho plays for Montpellier.

[Elite]

Just now, bossy said:

Not like he shot and scored earlier 

Doesn't take away the fact that he misses countless sitters.

[Jordy Brouwer]

I loved the first goal. 

 

It looked like a FIFA goal or a football console game in general where you just press the sprint button and run through their defence. 

[stringvest]

1 hour ago, Elite said:

Endo looks like a championship player. There's zero about him. Should have stayed at Stuttgart.

 

I thought his performance was better than anything we've seen from MacAllister so far.

[3 Stacks]

No matter how much Nunez improves there will probably always be something in the back of his brain that will short circuit at a bad time. What a weird player.

 

 

[Jordy Brouwer]

1 minute ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Joe Cole going on about how we find ourselves in this competition.

 

That's easy really, all down to shit players who couldn't run, pass, create and score.

 

What is the point of Joe Cole?

 

That is one of life's great philosophical musings. 

 

I was asking it when he played for us and I'm still asking it. 

 

Forget the meaning of life I want to know what the point of Joe Cole is. 

[TheHowieLama]

2 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Sakho plays for Montpellier.

 

They need to bring Sakho in - the number #23 had a mare tonight.

[Razoray]

4 minutes ago, Code said:

Mo Salah, my favourite human being. 

Xabi Alonso does not like this

[bossy]

2 minutes ago, Elite said:

Doesn't take away the fact that he misses countless sitters.

Or the fact that he’s there for them and makes the opportunities. Silly to slag him off tonight, he was great. 

[Tarwater]

Endo was quite good today, I felt. And I may have to hold my hands up on Gravenberch and admit he is much better than I thought/feared.

[Razoray]

1 minute ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

 

What is the point of Joe Cole?

 

That is one of life's great philosophical musings. 

 

I was asking it when he played for us and I'm still asking it. 

 

Forget the meaning of life I want to know what the point of Joe Cole is. 

I always forget he "played" for us

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

Decent performance and of course an excellent result. We allowed them too many chances, but with this line up I guess you have to expect that.

 

Very good going forwards, and plenty of good performances attacking wise.

 

Bit disappointed with Elliott and Jones, apart from that the front six were very good. Gravenberch our best player I thought, closely followed by Jota.

 

The two lads at left back both looked well out of their depth, but dont think that’s a big worry. If Tsimikas got injured now I’m pretty sure we’d play Gomez there, or perhaps Quansah, if it was a PL match.

 

Good to see we have a completely new midfield and a lot more depth overall compared to last season.

[bossy]

How about My Boy Gravenberch du du du du ti the tune of My Boy Lollipop? Had a beer or two tonight so it might be shite, but I think we have a player. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

2 minutes ago, bossy said:

Or the fact that he’s there for them and makes the opportunities. Silly to slag him off tonight, he was great. 

Agree.

[Code]

4 minutes ago, Razoray said:

Xabi Alonso does not like this

Haha good point. 

[Mook]

That was more like a derby than the game on Saturday, really enjoyed most of that & nice to see lots of tackles flying in.

 

Big Ryan looks a great signing, Nunez adds a madness to our play that you just can't help but enjoy and I thought Endo was really good tonight.

 

Also nice to see Klopp bring some under 8s on for late cameos.

[stringvest]

Good performance from the experienced players tonight.  4 great goals, 1 great sitter missed, and excellent performances from Endo, Gravenbach and Jota.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

6 minutes ago, stringvest said:

 

I thought his performance was better than anything we've seen from MacAllister so far.

Agree with that, but I think you have to take the quality of the opposition into account. 
 

Also we allowed Toulouse far more space and time on the break than we should at times, and Endo has to take some of the responsibilty for that.

 

A good performance, but hard to judge exactly how good.

[sir roger]

13 minutes ago, Code said:

Mo Salah, my favourite human being. 

 

Made up to see  him with the armband.