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Azpi playing in midfield/#10 😂😂😂

My god. Lukaku could be done for a while now.

Fuck me, I thought that was an ankle snapper. Terrible.

Can we at least get some aggressive, attacking play here? Maybe carry some good vibes back into the PL.

Saul can’t get a look in against probably the worst opponent we’ll be playing in a while. Goddamn was I wrong in thinking he was a brilliant addition. I would’ve at least liked to see him get good minutes in his legs so he can gel with the team by now. We have a run of games against cannon fodder and he still isn’t ready. With Kante or Jorginho beside him we could’ve eased him in with that extra security.

You joke, but have you seen the silly quote for TT going around about us still being interested? 😂😂😂

If Rom was missing loads of sitters and easy chances like Werner I’d be concerned. Or if he was being fed good through balls repeatedly and having the ball bounce off him like a donkey. But that’s not what’s happening. He’s not even getting opportunities. For me the much bigger annoyance and concern is the players behind him. We see nearly every time he plays for Belgium what happens when you feed the beast. But much like last season we’re currently getting ZERO from our midfielders. On paper the likes of Ziyech, Havertz, Pulisic, and Mount behind a world class goal scorer should be ridiculously lethal. But Ziyech and Werner have forgotten how to play football since joining Chelsea, Pulisic is made of the most delicate porcelain known to man, and Mount is woefully out of form at the worst possible time. Havertz has also yet to put together a consistent run of games where he looks amazing. Combine all that with the fact that Jorginho and Kova offer nothing going forward creatively AND that Azpi keeps playing as the RWB and there’s no wonder Lukaku is struggling. Also, I heard the commentator during our game yesterday say that we are 19th in the league so far at winning the ball back in the opposition half. Ahead of only rock bottom Norwich. Meaning we don’t press high AT ALL anymore. That’s pretty much the hallmark of every top attacking team these days. Press like maniacs, win the ball, and blitz the opposition box. We just aren’t doing that this season. We kind of just sit off teams and when we get the ball the opponents are already set deep to negate Lukaku. We need to have a run of games with Chilly and Reece as wingbacks, Mount back in form and working his socks off pressing, and a more attacking mentality overall.

Spot on. Sarr and Mendy were ace individually but we were all over the shop collectively. We allowed them chances over and over again in our box. They hit the post multiple times. Mendy saved our skin like 4 times. Another day and we concede several. That thought combined with our horrendous looking attacking play is concerning. Yes, 3 points is 3 points, but there are quite a few worrying signs. Every attacking player looking gash is chief amongst them. Our defenders are more clinical than our expensive attackers.

I don’t fucking get it. We came out of the half time talk and dominated the first 15 minutes. Then just completely stopped playing. We were also HORRIBLE defensively and could’ve conceded 3-4 on another day. We looked like Burnley defending against City for the last 25 minutes, ffs. Embarrassing. Chalobah and Sarr were decent individually but our overall defensive organization was all over the shop. I pray Rüdiger and Silva are back ASAP.

Toney is infuriating to watch. Dives to the ground with ANY contact.

We didn’t play poorly overall. Though if we had an in form Mount or Havertz around the box we’d be much more incisive.

Once again there is zero link between midfield and our strikers. Can’t get Rom even a sniff of the ball in any sort of dangerous area.

I assume Brentford are going to try to blitz us early and be super physical. Hopefully our midfield are prepared.

Imagine someone telling us just a couple months ago that the likes of Sarr, RLC, Barkley, Chalobah etc would be getting quality minutes for us this season. I mean, they’ve earned it, but still. Crazy. Let’s hope they at least work their socks off today since we’re a bit short on quality.

That is an ugly looking XI. 😂 Where is the service to Werner and Rom coming from?

Looks like all our rivals will win today, then.

Tbf, they had a lot of question marks heading into the season. It wasn’t a given that all their injured defenders would look like their best selves again. Mané, by his standards, was really poor last season. They only signed 1 player who isn’t even a starter. And Klopp was talking about his post Liverpool life and about burning out. I think it was right to wonder whether a team that goes 120mph at all times could recapture their form of a couple years ago. Annoyingly for all non-Liverpool fans they have. Only thing that really makes me envious of them is the sheer variety of ways they can kill teams compared to us. In any given match one of Salah or Mané can be totally unplayable and world class. Sometimes they both will be. BOTH of their fullbacks can slaughter you going forward or on set pieces. Their damn keeper can launch attacks from the back. For us it seems like we either get goals from Rom or random defenders. None of our midfielders score, none of our wide players score, and our attacking fullback play has been poor overall, few flashes apart.

One thing that could mess their season up is the African Cup which could see Salah and Mané miss almost a month. They’re a lot less scary with Minamino, Firmino, and Jota as their front 3. Still decent but not scary.

It’s why I didn’t even bother watching this game. Soon as I looked at the fixture list early this morning I knew Liverpool would absolutely better Watford. If Salah remains fit for the whole season they’ll be right there at the very end in the title fight. Liverpool’s first XI is still as good as anyone’s in the world. It’ll come down to the big games for them and fitness of 2-3 key players. Because they’re likely going to annihilate all the small teams like they are today. Back to their best attacking wise.

Our best 2 CB’s both injured. That’s terrible news coming out of an international break against a team that will be extremely well prepared and is already tough to deal with. Silva and Toni are also huge factors on set plays and corners at both ends as well so these are huge losses. And Pulisic, man. He’s injured like 90% of the time. He’s been injured so long I don’t even remember what’s wrong with him.

Yeah, watching wide strikers like they have is much more exciting than having a lone #9 for me. Werner was one of the best around in Germany but we see how that’s going…

Salah back to his ridiculous best, sadly. Clear favorite for Player of the Season by the look of it.

Imagine if City are able to sign Haaland next summer, btw. They’re probably thanking their lucky starts that Kane didn’t happen because he looks a shadow of himself now. They’ll walk the PL for the next 5 years with Haaland.

City are still comfortably the best side in the league. It’s not really close when they’re in form. Like last season, they just needed a few matches to play themselves into shape. Their ability to suffocate even the very best teams like ourselves and Liverpool away from home is insane. Now watch Liverpool pip this in the second half 😂

Quite a few of our lads should feel extremely relieved that they went down to 10 men. Some shockers out there today before that.