The English Football Thread

[Alabama 1,992]

I find it hard to comprehend why members here overrate did united team...yes they have couple of quality players...but the coward and conservative approach of Mou will never yield them anything...City look the real deal...shout out to our incompetent board for making our start to the season this shambolic...had they recruited enough quality we could be behind city...

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[positivefootball 195]

Rooney que golazo

[different level 1,056]

1-3. Koeman will be sacked in the morning.

[Pizy 17,860]

I thought our defending was bad. This is criminally, comically bad! Does Klopp train defending at all?

[Milan 17,835]

Hope that Oxlade is enjoying his time in Liverpool.

[Pizy 17,860]

Thought this last season but it's even more apparent this season - Spuds have an unbelievable squad. So strong in every area of the pitch and don't really have a single weakness. Dominating Liverpool here without 3 of their best players in Rose, Wanyama, and Dembele. They have crazy depth and play great football.

It really highlights how inept our board have been when fucking Tottenham have a better squad than us.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Boom.

[Jase 43,479]

27 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Thought this last season but it's even more apparent this season - Spuds have an unbelievable squad. So strong in every area of the pitch and don't really have a single weakness. Dominating Liverpool here without 3 of their best players in Rose, Wanyama, and Dembele. They have crazy depth and play great football.

It really highlights how inept our board have been when fucking Tottenham have a better squad than us.

More than that, it highlights the reward of patience. Took Pochettino 2-3 seasons to clear out the dead woods and build a proper, solid team.

[Pizy 17,860]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

More than that, it highlights the reward of patience. Took Pochettino 2-3 seasons to clear out the dead woods and build a proper, solid team.

Yep. Also, they're yet another side where every single player is extremely comfortable on the ball even when pressed. Literally from keeper to striker. Something we don't have, sadly.

[Jase 43,479]

Compare to United, Spurs have barely spent much in last 2 years and yet, they are both level on points going into next week's match at Old Trafford.

On a different note, how has Klopp gotten a free pass from the media with the mess at Liverpool? He has barely improved the team since taking over from Rodgers. Defence is still as porous as ever, if not even worse, and no big difference in number of goals scored either.

[Pizy 17,860]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Compare to United, Spurs have barely spent much in last 2 years and yet, they are both level on points going into next week's match at Old Trafford.

On a different note, how has Klopp gotten a free pass from the media with the mess at Liverpool? He has barely improved the team since taking over from Rodgers. Defence is still as porous as ever, if not even worse, and no big difference in number of goals scored either.

Everyone loves his passion and seems to think he's a football genius. Even Liverpool fans give off that vibe that they're just glad and lucky to have him. Like he's blessing them with his mere presence.

 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[It's too big 625]

Liverpool defence (including the keeper) are terrible. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Everyone loves his passion and seems to think he's a football genius. Even Liverpool fans give off that vibe that they're just glad and lucky to have him. Like he's blessing them with his mere presence.

Even if we ignore the stats for a moment, is he actually building anything exciting for the future? All he has mostly done so far is buying a bunch of attackers and even then, none of them screams world class. It's even more incredible that he has not signed one player that actually improves the defence. Most of them have been there since Rodgers' regime.

[Pizy 17,860]

8 minutes ago, Jason said:

Even if we ignore the stats for a moment, is he actually building anything exciting for the future? All he has mostly done so far is buying a bunch of attackers and even then, none of them screams world class. It's even more incredible that he has not signed one player that actually improves the defence. Most of them have been there since Rodgers' regime.

I think he's still an elite manager of attacking football but simply doesn't have the resources or personell to compete with the other big boys. If he was here or one of the Manchester clubs where he can buy and attract almost any players he wants I think he'd be challenging for the title.

At Liverpool not only does he have to fight like hell to keep his best players, but he also has to shop in the 2nd and 3rd tier in the transfer market.

[Jase 43,479]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I think he's still an elite manager of attacking football but simply doesn't have the resources or personell to compete with the other big boys. If he was here or one of the Manchester clubs where he can buy and attract almost any players he wants I think he'd be challenging for the title.

At Liverpool not only does he have to fight like hell to keep his best players, but he also has to shop in the 2nd and 3rd tier in the transfer market.

But has he bought wisely? Did Liverpool really need Oxlade-Chamberlain? Is Andrew Robertson or Loris Karius actually good? Why hasn't he spent a penny on CBs?

[Jase 43,479]

Worth noting that the Benitez (and Newcastle) is currently above Liverpool in the table.