Pre Match - Fulham (H) - Sun 14:00

[Red Astaire]

I hate to say it, but this is so. At least we've got the unbreakable Gomez in reserve. Oh.

LOL..... Sobs ......

 

[binomial]

Go find me 4 better goals in a single game than this....go on, you won't.

 

[dee]

He's injury susceptible I would say
Injury prone, that's Matip, Thiago and Konate.
You can count on them three getting injured.

A human hair is about 90 microns thick, I takes some doing to split it into two

 

[moron]

I would start Jones and not because I desperately want to earn @moron ’s “Like” (which of course I do!), but because he always looks better at LCM and Gravvy can be a bit inconsistent. Jones was rusty in his first game back and mostly out of position in the 2nd, but he has enough credit in the bank to persist with him.

Its Ok @rurikbird , no need to cover the shameless, you had me at "I would start Jones"

 

[Dreambeliever]

What a result hahahahaha.

Endo for mayor!

 

[Donavan Ried]

And spend it on?

Need a LB, a RB, a CB, DM and another Striker

 

[Modo]

Need a LB, a RB, a CB, DM and another Striker

that list is too long for £150 mill.

 

[binomial]

Need a LB, a RB, a CB, DM and another Striker

We don't need a LB and we sure don't need another striker.

Kostas is doing just fine and Robbo is on the way back.

I'd make a DM and RB priority in Jan. £20-25m on a cover RB and £30-35m on a starting DM.

Or better yet start Endo and use that money on a CB seeing as we're gonna need at least 1 in the summer anyway.

 

[Red Bird]

that list is too long for £150 mill.

Not if we bypass the middlemen called BHA or The Portuguese League

 

[Fabio]

We don't need a LB and we sure don't need another striker.

I suppose the argument for a striker is that we don't really have anyone consistent at putting the ball in the net other than Salah

In finishing ability across our main 5 forwards it's probably:
Salah
Jota
Gakpo
Nunez
Diaz

3 out of the 5 I can't say I'd overly rely on for a prolonged period (and I love Nunez). You could argue we need either 1) a young striker (like 18) chomping at the bit, or 2) a journeyman but consistent goalscorer.

 

[Donavan Ried]

that list is too long for £150 mill.

IF we could get all of the for £150m it would be great, but just ment that we need players in those positions...
Our priority should be a LB and a CB

 

[binomial]

I suppose the argument for a striker is that we don't really have anyone consistent at putting the ball in the net other than Salah

In finishing ability across our main 5 forwards it's probably:
Salah
Jota
Gakpo
Nunez
Diaz

3 out of the 5 I can't say I'd overly rely on for a prolonged period (and I love Nunez). You could argue we need either 1) a young striker (like 18) chomping at the bit, or 2) a journeyman but consistent goalscorer.

What striker are we gonna sign now that'll score more than any of them and isn't gonna cost the world?

If we had problems putting the ball in the net collectively then ok but we score enough and we're constantly creating a shed load to be able to score 3-4 goals and not necessarily be clinical. Our midfielders are chipping in with goals when needed, which is partly their job too.

Sorry but after today no one is convincing me we don't need a RB and DM (if we're not gonna play Endo). We have huge problems back there.

 

[Modo]

We're gonna have to make due with what we have I'm afraid. No chance we buy a striker.

 

[Donavan Ried]

We don't need a LB and we sure don't need another striker.

Kostas is doing just fine and Robbo is on the way back.

I'd make a DM and RB priority in Jan. £20-25m on a cover RB and £30-35m on a starting DM.

Or better yet start Endo and use that money on a CB seeing as we're gonna need at least 1 in the summer anyway.

Robbo is out til when..? Tsimikas could pick up a injury at and time...

We have cover at RB with Gomez and If we sell Salah we will need another striker

 

[Modo]

IF we could get all of the for £150m it would be great, but just ment that we need players in those positions...
Our priority should be a LB and a CB

We just gave Tsimikas a new contract. Don't see it happening.
The money we get from Salah should go to signing a RW

 

[binomial]

Robbo is out til when..? Tsimikas could pick up a injury at and time...

We have cover at RB with Gomez and If we sell Salah we will need another striker

Not sure we've put a timescale on it yet but probably not before the start of Feb.

Then when Robbo comes back, & Kostas hasn't picked up an injury.....guess what? We'll have 3 LB's with no use for the one we just signed.

Better to sign for a position you're short in, which for us is at RB. We have problems to fix at RB right now.....we don't have a problem at LB right now.

 

[Modo]

unpopular opinion maybe...but I think it was a foul by Tsimikas and I was expecting the refs to chalk it off

 

[binomial]

unpopular opinion maybe...but I think it was a foul by Tsimikas and I was expecting the refs to chalk it off

Yeah he could've done but then remembered it's a contact sport as well.

It looks more of a foul because Kostas has the run on Reid but really it's just 2 players contesting for a ball to be won & both end up on their backsides.

 

[Shay_K]

Btw, never seen us score 4 with all goals coming from shots outside the box.

Lots of (smaller clubs ) play with packed defence against us, so shooting from range is a logical tatic.

 

[Shay_K]

Don't trust Spurs to get a point here. You're setting yourself up for disappointment

Errhhm
Clears throat..

 

[Modo]

Errhhm
Clears throat..

it was a reverse jinx

 

[Modo]

Yeah he could've done but then remembered it's a contact sport as well.

It looks more of a foul because Kostas has the run on Reid but really it's just 2 players contesting for a ball to be won & both end up on their backsides.

Yeah I feel like we would have said foul if the situation was reversed

 

[tomasjj]

all in all, a good day for us this

proper belters for goals

 

[Modo]

Lots of (smaller clubs ) play with packed defence against us, so shooting from range is a logical tatic.

True, why didn't we think of this before...
Seriously, it's really rare to score 4 goals like that in one game

 

[Modo]

I don't think so.

We were never in control of the game, but we created enough chances to score 6 or 7.

Fulham maybe could have scored 1 more, but 2 of their goals were soft. Keheller should have done better. It's a worry having him goal these days. He's regressed.

As for Darwin, well, I don't think we'll ever win anything with him as our CF. When Salah leaves, we're behind both Arsenal and City's front 3, possibly Spurs and Villa's too. Diaz is very wasteful. Flatters to deceive.

And for all those questioning Klopp's subs, I mean, Endo did pretty damn good in the end. Goes to show why he'd paid the big bucks to manage us.

Now I'm off to go drink some Redcafe tears.

at 2:40.

Your move...

 

[Shay_K]

I reckon Fun Cody starts ahead of Darwin next time out.

 

[Modo]

I reckon Fun Cody starts ahead of Darwin next time out.

I reckon you're right

 

[darkstarexodus]

I suppose the argument for a striker is that we don't really have anyone consistent at putting the ball in the net other than Salah

In finishing ability across our main 5 forwards it's probably:
Salah
Jota
Gakpo
Nunez
Diaz

3 out of the 5 I can't say I'd overly rely on for a prolonged period (and I love Nunez). You could argue we need either 1) a young striker (like 18) chomping at the bit, or 2) a journeyman but consistent goalscorer.

Gotta sell one to buy one IMO.

 

[Shay_K]

Gotta sell one to buy one IMO.

I'm happy with our forward line, if one is not on form the bring in one the options.
It's not so long since our only option was Divock.

 

[rubans]

Gotta sell one to buy one IMO.

I think Jota or Diaz, not convinced by Doak either. We may just buy a RW this Jan to bed in over next 6 months I reckon.