joe_fishfish

Start the kids for the last four games, can't be any worse than the senior players

We've not been that bad in general, just absolutely fucking shite in both boxes, as per usual.

English managers especially.

De Zerbi isn't exactly risk free either

I think he’ll manage in Germany again. Hopefully not Bayern. English football seems to exacerbate everything he hates about the job and minimise the bits he actually enjoys.

And now he’s injured again. Who could have predicted that?

There’s loads of reasons a manager can fail, doesn’t mean they weren’t the best option at the time. You can’t deny our signings have got worse since Edwards left.

Thought it would be the other way round, he worked with Stevie when he was U18s manager

Is that because he constantly whinges about transfers and then brings in players like Eric Dier when he gets his way?

Ornstein is usually on the money with this stuff and has said De Zerbi is very unlikely. I'm really concerned that it could be Howe. Didn't mind him before he went to Newcastle but he has been a nasty little weasel the whole time he's been there and has gone from playing decent football at Bournemouth to snidey shithouse anti-football at Newcastle. But the real issue I have with him is the "joint management partnership" he has with that wanker Jason Tindall. In terms of personality Tindall is the polar opposite of anyone we should be considering working at Liverpool FC in any capacity. I had hoped that the "no dickheads" rule was bought into by Edwards as much as Klopp but if we're considering Howe & Tindall then it hasn't been, sadly.

A massive Man Utd fan though

He did a terrible job at Villa and they got noticeably even worse when his assistant left. He's managing in Saudi for a reason and it's not just the money.

Have mentioned him a few times, he's doing really well with Stuttgart. But the family connection with Bayern probably means he's going there.

Going 4-1-5 with two full backs who don’t really like defending is certainly attacking. Hopefully we’ve remembered how to press.

He’s been shit recently though.

From what I’ve read on him Slot seems like a really good coach at Eredivisie level. I have no idea whether that means he’d be a good coach in the Premier League. I doubt anyone could say for sure, same for Amorim. He’s quite similar to Amorim in some respects. He won the league with Feyenoord, who are basically the third club in the Netherlands, and his players absolutely love him. But he has won fewer trophies than Amorim, played less European football, and the Eredivisie is an even worse standard than the Primeira Liga.

Have you got next week’s lottery numbers as well please mate

What happens if they go into administration?

I want to see a performance where we move the ball quickly and actually fucking counter press when we lose it. And then regroup and press again if we don’t win it back straight away. Basically I want a performance where we look vaguely like a Jurgen Klopp team.

Sporting probably did better over the two legs against Atalanta than we did. On about a tenth of the budget.

I wanted to see that as well but Atalanta would likely have lapped that up. They clearly practice the full alehouse / Allardyce / LUMP IT UP TO SARGE tactic with Scamacca as the focal point, their defenders are probably well used to it. Needed something else last night though. Anything other than watching Alisson and Mac Allister slowly passing it to each other and getting nowhere.

Thought he was fine last night, did a lot better than Szoboszlai.

If they suddenly play free flowing pass and move sexy football against Serie A’s smaller teams then fair play to them, I’d find it hard to believe though. Can’t say I’ve watched Atalanta vs Frosinone recently. Or ever. And of course Atalanta fans won’t give a fuck. Doesn’t mean he’s a good manager just for knocking us out, I’d say us playing like absolute dickheads in the first leg had more to do with the outcome of the tie than anything else. He had them well drilled and all, not saying he did a shit job or anything, but it’s a clearly limited style of play that doesn’t tend to do well at bigger clubs. Hence him lasting eight games the one time he actually managed one!

Didn’t really see too many differences in style tonight from the first leg or the last time we played them. Fair play if that’s what you want to watch, I’m not disputing it can be effective, but the phrase “eye aids” has seldom felt more appropriate.

I doubt we’ll even catch Arsenal, let alone City.