closed Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

8 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

Was surprised how mobile he looked, I thought he is a slow player like Cesc. 

I wonder how Fabregas - Kante - Drinkwater midfield would work out. If that doesn't work then let's put Luiz in that Bakayoko-role since Bakayoko himself just doesn't have enough qualities to play at this level.

Definitely worth a try.

Glad people are staying open minded about Drinky. As I said previously, I think those who are not yet convinced about Danny D will be pleasantly surprised once he's over the injury and into his stride.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

10 hours ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

(Despite having the squad to do so)

Simply don't agree with you. In fact I'd go so far as to say this is nonsense.

We see the same performances by the same players but we clearly assess them differently. We'll get nowhere arguing the point therefore.

I have never subscribed to the idea that football professionals automatically know the game better than non-professionals do. When several multi-trophy winning coaches/managers ALL disagree with you however, it might be sensible to examine your ideas and consider whether you want to revise them.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

9 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

Yup Conte could always throw Eden, Pedro, Willian, Morata and Cesc in starting eleven to play fancy football. But we would then have no bench and defense. And the moaners would start moaning about lack of tactical awarness by Conte.

The negative posts in thread are pathetic. 

First half we were equal, second not so until after we conceded. We created quite a few chances but we couldnt finish. And thats a big big problem, but not on Conte. Its not his fault Morata or Drinkwater lack confidence 1v1. Its not his fault we have shit bench either. 

Cesc comments tho. Every fucking time people complain why he plays against pressing sides because we get skinned as result. Today when he was benched for Drinkwater for that same reason, people cry why he didnt play and call for Conte head. 

Unbelievable.

And for the record, all fans calling Conte out for his defending, and how Pep is playing super footy, if Pep was here he would buy 10 attackers by now. But with current team we have, he would done fuck all. So stop comparing those two. City is splashing the cash left and right and all we do is selling good players with no backup clauses and then we are forced to buy their replacements, which results in millions spend, very little squad improvement and no depth on bench. 

Conte makes allright work, but the fact he cant rely on 40m Bakayoko, 60m Morata, 25m Zappacosta etc while having no quality backup options on bench is simply not his problem. For bigger picture look up to the board, there are Matic, Mata and Lukaku in united, Sturridge, Salah in Pool, De Bruyne in city, Cech in Arsenal...they are doing great work in selling player for profit instead of creating good depth. 

Exactly. Conte was spot on with his tactics. People forget We got back to England on Thursday morning after a long trip to Azerbaijan (Quarabag) and had only Friday to train before Saturday. 

We had to conserve energy for a while, while showing threat on the counter ( we should have scored in the first half, hazard, Morata, drinkwater all had clear chances while Courtois didn't have a save to make) In the 2nd half we then had the energy levels to go on (instead of collapsing physically in the 2nd half like we did against mancity). This was actually our best performance at Anfield for years and people everywhere have given us credit for going at Liverpool for a large portion of the game and our own fans here are negative as ever instead of being realistic. To say we parked the bus like the Mourinho days is just

What more do they want Conte to do when zappacosta, Alonso Bakayoko and drinkwater are the type of reinforcements the board offers for improvement nowadays. 

 

[Special Juan 27,429]

This was a good performance, we should of won it. Liverpool are quite a few levels behind us in terms of quality and considering the long distanced travelled to Baku this was a very good outing for us.

Next game start Drinkwater in a midfield 3 with Kante and Cesc.

[gdlk 272]

if Conte want to play 3-5-2 then he need 2 technicaly CMs like Saul, Kovacic, Modric and etc.. With woods like Baka and Drink(what u wish ) cant happen.. Also 2 wingbacks are necesary.. 

[gadget 126]

Just reading through the match thread and most of you had a complete meltdown. Decent result decent performance for me.

3rd in the league with all our first round matches against other top 6 out the way

[Leif 6,006]

Shame those who actually feel when watching their team, lunatics!

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2017/11/statement-supporters-delayed-liverpool.html

We will be jointly refunding each supporter who missed the train £200, plus the cost of their match ticket.