3 Stacks

The GOAT is back.

Was that post really not laced with enough sarcasm for you?

Agreed. Absolute miles better than that clown Alisson. The answer to our goalkeeping issues was right under our noses but we'll have to settle for the best keeper in Serie A and Champions League semi-finalist.

Pellegrini has taken his finger out, it seems.

As a pace threat on the counter, Vardy's as good as it gets but he's never played for a club whose opponents defend deep against them almost every match. I don't think he has the attributes to help in those situations. He's better off at a club like Leicester and it's too late for him anyways. He should've left for Arsenal when he had the chance.

Absolute shite attempt by Knockaert.

I don't think I've ever seen that lineswoman get a major offside decision wrong.

Oh what a signing he was supposed to be. Except to those who knew better.

We're a steamroller right now, grinding teams down. Less entertaining than last season so far but even more effective.

He's the perfect forward for a top club. A class player who also makes other class players better. He'd be brilliant at Real Madrid, Barca, Bayern, etc. but thankfully he's at Liverpool.

Pickford (Alisson) Kenny (TAA) Keane (VVD) Holgate (Gomez) Baines (Robertson) Schneiderlin (Hendo) Gueye (Wijnaldum) Sigurdsson (Milner) Richarlison (Mane) Cenk Tosun (Firmino) Walcott (Salah)

Congrats @Carvalho Diablo

It's less fluid than the 4-3-3 variants in terms of interchanging and attacking play, so the big teams that don't exclusively play on the counter (basically everyone except Atletico) usually stay away from it. And also if you're a small side, you need two good strikers for it to be worth it (which is definitely not a given for most sides) or you need someone like Okazaki at Leicester who will work as hard as a midfielder would, which again is rare. It worked for Lyon because they had two ultra talented forwards but small teams will normally just settle for an extra midfielder instead as they don't have that type of quality which would make it worthwhile. But as most formations, if you have the players that are right for it, it will work. The two banks of four are brilliant for defending deep and if you have good strikers and quick wide players you can spring really good counters. I don't think anyone who knows anything actually thinks that 4-4-2 is inherently archaic.

It's very Dejan Lovren to compete for the two biggest trophies in the sport only to lose them both, injure himself bizarrely, lose his place at Liverpool and then be convicted of a serious crime all in the matter of a few months.

Tonight shows how small a club City still are. Nowhere near filling their stadium, no atmosphere besides groaning when their billion dollar squad doesn't perform for a single match, another loss in the premier European competition making it their 4th in a row. Tiny club no matter how rich they are.