2020/2021 English Premier League

[devo22]

Alisson has gone full Karius. You never go full Karius.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Lol and then follows it up with the save of the year, because of course.

[Senator Clay Davis]

All started with that terrible foul by Thiago. He's been shocking again.

[The Big Chill]

Another ugly game. Played well for 70 mins and then completely fell apart. The confidence is just so low that anything goes wrong and we’re unable to deal with it. We’ll have to find a way to pull out of this tailspin soon or this season will be gone.

It might be time to just throw Kabak and Davies in there together and get the midfield back to normal. It’s not like it could get much worse.

[VladtheImpaler]

Liverpool did look in control, BUT if we go by actual high danger scoring chances (and Vardy puts things away like he normally does), that's a 6-1 scoreline...

[d_phaneuf]

I know it's been said, but it's so obvious Thiago just does not fit the style the team plays

He's a pep guy, he gets the ball, slows the game down and makes a pass. He's a great player, but Liverpool are used to pushing the ball forward so much quicker

It maybe makes them a bit better vs a team sitting back and allowing them to pass the ball around outside their box, but it hurts their counters or fast break attack so much more.

[The Big Chill]

Thiago hasn’t looked great, but I don’t think it’s much to worry about. He’ll look a lot better with Fabinho and Henderson in midfield with him. Plus he’s far from a guaranteed starter anyway, I’d still have Wijnaldum ahead of him. Although it seems as though this is likely Wijnaldum’s last season here, unfortunately.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Liverpool were also very reliant last year on TAA and Robertson to create their scoring chances. TAA is having a terrible season and Robertson has fallen off too, not surprising their attack has looked so toothless.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Even though that went in it wasn't a great penalty. Let Ederson take them!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Gundogan is absolutely scorching right now.

[Slava]

It’s too bad we won at West Brom, otherwise we might get rid of Mourinho. Nothing quite like a team down three that’s still going to sit back and not try to score.

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Slava

It’s too bad we won at West Brom, otherwise we might get rid of Mourinho. Nothing quite like a team down three that’s still going to sit back and not try to score.

you're not even in year 3 yet! There's no escaping this hell early!

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm not sure what the best part of this is, Ederson's pass is amazing, Gundogan's take is great, and Sanchez's tumble is masterful.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1360664514589569031

[Slava]

Originally Posted by devo22

you're not even in year 3 yet! There's no escaping this hell early!

We don’t need two more seasons of this. He’s not beating City like this in a couple months, so unless something miraculous happens in the Europa League, that’s no silverware. He’s not making top four, and maybe not Europe at all, so I can’t see why we’d hold on.

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by Slava

We don’t need two more seasons of this. He’s not beating City like this in a couple months, so unless something miraculous happens in the Europa League, that’s no silverware. He’s not making top four, and maybe not Europe at all, so I can’t see why we’d hold on.

You hold on for the rest of us. Don’t put us through two seasons of Mourinho ball and take away the fun of the third season.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

You hold on for the rest of us. Don’t put us through two seasons of Mourinho ball and take away the fun of the third season.

I know. The meltdown when he pushes Son, Kane and everyone else out is what you all want to see. I don’t blame you, but next thing you know we end up like Arsenal or West Ham and we’re a laughing stock.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Mourinho is making it to year three, Spurs will do well enough to get Europa and it's gonna be costly to fire him in a pandemic. Need that money for the transfer market, even if it wasn't his type already Mourinho would have to set up to defend with how crappy that back line is.

[The Big Chill]

I don’t actually want to see Son and Kane go. Spurs were really good to watch a few years back, and i think it’s good for the league to have them stay. It’s not good to see them stand around at half for 80 minutes waiting for the ball though.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Irregardless

Don’t ever do that again.

Originally Posted by d_phaneuf

I know it's been said, but it's so obvious Thiago just does not fit the style the team plays

He's a pep guy, he gets the ball, slows the game down and makes a pass. He's a great player, but Liverpool are used to pushing the ball forward so much quicker

It maybe makes them a bit better vs a team sitting back and allowing them to pass the ball around outside their box, but it hurts their counters or fast break attack so much more.

He’d do much better at City.

He’s got vision, and talent to do so — but he’s of the possession, short-pass, exhaust your opponent school, tika-taka.. such as evident from his success at his previous two clubs.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Liverpool were also very reliant last year on TAA and Robertson to create their scoring chances. TAA is having a terrible season and Robertson has fallen off too, not surprising their attack has looked so toothless.

They could essentially play as wing backs because with fabinho as the DM and VVD setting the high line they weren't worried so much about their defensive responsibilities when getting countered

They cant play as further forward this year, so their creativity is way down