Post Match EPL Sunderland (H) 1-1 Wednesday 3rd Dec - 20:15
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It's more that they all know it too. We were so fucking stupid to keep him on.
One way to find out
Defence are dogshit.
Konate is and always has been woeful.
VVD is now moving into Konate territory, he won't close down, block or tackle. Useless and his fault tonight.
Less said about the full backs the better, even Slot would prefer to use midfielders and centerbacks than the full backs we have at the club.
Midfield is as bad as the defence.
The myth around MacAllister is baffling, he's shit, small and SLOW.
Slob has an engine but no brain. Make the wrong decisions so many times.
Jones, slow on the ball, slow in the head.
Grav I'd keep as a DM
Forwards, keep Eketike and fuck the rest off. Salah is done, how long do we persist.
We have no bite
We don't have angry lovers
We have no pace
We have no presence anywhere
Our only hope of a goal is a header by VVD from a set piece.
Konate is and always has been woeful.
VVD is now moving into Konate territory, he won't close down, block or tackle. Useless and his fault tonight.
Less said about the full backs the better, even Slot would prefer to use midfielders and centerbacks than the full backs we have at the club.
Midfield is as bad as the defence.
The myth around MacAllister is baffling, he's shit, small and SLOW.
Slob has an engine but no brain. Make the wrong decisions so many times.
Jones, slow on the ball, slow in the head.
Grav I'd keep as a DM
Forwards, keep Eketike and fuck the rest off. Salah is done, how long do we persist.
We have no bite
We don't have angry lovers
We have no pace
We have no presence anywhere
Our only hope of a goal is a header by VVD from a set piece.
Fuck off you tight arse cunt
Fuck off you tight arse cunt
I’ll be more positive than most. I thought Sunderland genuinely defended well - it’s no great surprise we had problems breaking down a well-executed low block; how many versions of this game have we seen over the years, under different managers? Sure, a world-class team that’s full of confidence will find a way to break it down more often then not, but we’re clearly not a world-class team at the moment. We were unlucky with a deflected goal and slightly lucky with a deflection for Wirtz’s goal, which was a brilliant piece of individual skill. To win, we needed at least one more similar individual goal or to avoid conceding, draw was probably fair.
On a less positive note, I didn’t like the familiar signs of frailty at the back - Konate’s usual fuck-up, almost conceding from a corner and the insane 1 on 1 (was it really onside?) saved by Chiesa. Every week we seem to be finding new and exotic ways to shoot ourselves in the foot and while we didn’t fully disintegrate here, signs of defensive malaise are still present.
On a less positive note, I didn’t like the familiar signs of frailty at the back - Konate’s usual fuck-up, almost conceding from a corner and the insane 1 on 1 (was it really onside?) saved by Chiesa. Every week we seem to be finding new and exotic ways to shoot ourselves in the foot and while we didn’t fully disintegrate here, signs of defensive malaise are still present.
You've missed about 10 comments from the first page you tit.
If you say you're going to do something, at least do it properly......you're starting to sound a lot like Slot.
Tom forgot to mention that hes reserving his replies to cunts only.
Dont be a balloon head
Then he's missed about 40.
Those were the days
I’ll see if I can make your star a Marshall one
I'm absolutely done with Slot and his useless tactics and people making excuses..don't know what game he was watching.. We created fuck all bar the wirtz chance and the mac header..the worst was after we conceded and never looked like creating anything until the wirtz/og and then the last 10 minutes we did actually try get at them which really had fuck all to do with slot and just how games get frantic after a late goal.. Truth is this is how we should have been pushing them after at least going behind..
There is no fucking way our attackers are that shit..we just need a proper manager to use them
SLOT OUT NOW
There is no fucking way our attackers are that shit..we just need a proper manager to use them
SLOT OUT NOW
I went the game, it was worse seeing them in the flesh than on TV.. that was abysmal
People slating Isak genuinely have no idea how he plays.
He’s a striker who needs service—not a wizard who can magically dribble past nine defenders, do his own commentary, and finish the move himself.
Last season setup would have been silver-service football for him.
In tis Current Liverpool Setup? They’re not even serving him up dry crackers, just telling him to make the best of it.
Liverpool right now play with all the urgency of a Sunday league team still hungover. Our “link-up play” is just everyone politely passing the ball backwards like they’re scared it might explode.
The front three couldn’t scare a traffic cone on a windy day.
Especially the wide lads—honestly, I’ve seen coat racks offer more threat. And the midfield behind them? Waddling around like toddlers who’ve had their nappies changed but aren’t entirely sure the job was done properly.
And the manager…
This is premium, high-definition, family-sized bore-fest football.
Not a clue how to get the team to gel—like he’s lost the instructions and refuses to admit it.
People slating Isak genuinely have no idea how he plays.
He’s a striker who needs service—not a wizard who can magically dribble past nine defenders, do his own commentary, and finish the move himself.
Last season setup would have been silver-service football for him.
In tis Current Liverpool Setup? They’re not even serving him up dry crackers, just telling him to make the best of it.
Liverpool right now play with all the urgency of a Sunday league team still hungover. Our “link-up play” is just everyone politely passing the ball backwards like they’re scared it might explode.
The front three couldn’t scare a traffic cone on a windy day.
Especially the wide lads—honestly, I’ve seen coat racks offer more threat. And the midfield behind them? Waddling around like toddlers who’ve had their nappies changed but aren’t entirely sure the job was done properly.
And the manager…
This is premium, high-definition, family-sized bore-fest football.
Not a clue how to get the team to gel—like he’s lost the instructions and refuses to admit it.
I didn't expect us to win. I expect us to lose against Leeds and Inter. I expect us to be up the wall at the back, and one dimensional in attack.
However, what I didn't expect, was that cowardly, shithouse set up in the first half. In some ways, that's worse than the dysfunctional, brainfarting displays we've seen all season. At least before, I got the sense he was going for a win, but was just incapable of constructing a plan of how to do it.
But today, that was unbelievable. I don't think I've seen a more scared, frightened showing from a Liverpool manager. Not since Hodgson anyway. And look at the players he had compared to this lot. You could almost hear the Sunderland players' confusion. "Oh. You're not going to press us or attack? Oh right, okay. We will then."
We camped in our own half, with no intention of pressing or winning the ball back; with no plan to attack with urgency or pace or desire. The plan was clearly: do not lose. If we do manage to get the ball, slow it right down and see out the half. Keep the ball at the back, don't worry about creating. That was our plan. Liverpool Football Club. At Anfield. Under the lights. Against Sunderland.
When they inevitably scored because we had invited pressure and didn't try to kill them, everything goes out the window and it's back to the mindless hoofing, throwing everything forward and hoping for the best. There's no style, tactical plan. No clever insight, no skill or strategy. Just mindless panic and sheer hope against hope.
As for the players, I'm cutting them some slack. When you approach games how we have in the past, and like we have today, you give teams hope. They grow in confidence and have a go. Remember when you'd actually see forwards turn and run away from Van Dijk? Well this is the opposite of that. This manager and his tactics are giving teams hope while draining our own. He exposes the defence and isolates the attack, then you create a snowball effect. Konate is a good defender, but he's isolated and targeted every game. His confidence wanes, his opponent's grows. Isak and Wirtz are isolated. They snatch at opportunities, the stop making runs. They become easier to mark. Their markers grow in confidence. The crowd get agitated, the players feed off that energy. Everything becomes more difficult.
I said it in the match thread, but there are certain intangible qualities about certain football teams. They have a certain DNA, an identity built into their very core. What resonates with this club and these fans is a never say die attitude, hard work and graft, coupled with bravery, flair, fast-paced aggression. It reflects the working class history of the city and its people. It mirrors the resilience the people of this region have shown for decades - maybe centuries - in the streets, in the docks etc... then the resilience they subsequently had to show in the stands. It's etched into the club. I might be being a bit melodramatic, but I don't think I am. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've believed senior, important figures at this club have been spineless and shirked away from adversity. Tonight was one of those occasions.
Before I just thought Slot was inept. I didn't think I could see anything worse tactically than the Forest and PSV games. Now, though, after that first half, and what I'm sure will be a load of excuses trying to deflect any responsibility or accountability, he's proven himself to be tactically clueless AND a coward. Unforgivable.
However, what I didn't expect, was that cowardly, shithouse set up in the first half. In some ways, that's worse than the dysfunctional, brainfarting displays we've seen all season. At least before, I got the sense he was going for a win, but was just incapable of constructing a plan of how to do it.
But today, that was unbelievable. I don't think I've seen a more scared, frightened showing from a Liverpool manager. Not since Hodgson anyway. And look at the players he had compared to this lot. You could almost hear the Sunderland players' confusion. "Oh. You're not going to press us or attack? Oh right, okay. We will then."
We camped in our own half, with no intention of pressing or winning the ball back; with no plan to attack with urgency or pace or desire. The plan was clearly: do not lose. If we do manage to get the ball, slow it right down and see out the half. Keep the ball at the back, don't worry about creating. That was our plan. Liverpool Football Club. At Anfield. Under the lights. Against Sunderland.
When they inevitably scored because we had invited pressure and didn't try to kill them, everything goes out the window and it's back to the mindless hoofing, throwing everything forward and hoping for the best. There's no style, tactical plan. No clever insight, no skill or strategy. Just mindless panic and sheer hope against hope.
As for the players, I'm cutting them some slack. When you approach games how we have in the past, and like we have today, you give teams hope. They grow in confidence and have a go. Remember when you'd actually see forwards turn and run away from Van Dijk? Well this is the opposite of that. This manager and his tactics are giving teams hope while draining our own. He exposes the defence and isolates the attack, then you create a snowball effect. Konate is a good defender, but he's isolated and targeted every game. His confidence wanes, his opponent's grows. Isak and Wirtz are isolated. They snatch at opportunities, the stop making runs. They become easier to mark. Their markers grow in confidence. The crowd get agitated, the players feed off that energy. Everything becomes more difficult.
I said it in the match thread, but there are certain intangible qualities about certain football teams. They have a certain DNA, an identity built into their very core. What resonates with this club and these fans is a never say die attitude, hard work and graft, coupled with bravery, flair, fast-paced aggression. It reflects the working class history of the city and its people. It mirrors the resilience the people of this region have shown for decades - maybe centuries - in the streets, in the docks etc... then the resilience they subsequently had to show in the stands. It's etched into the club. I might be being a bit melodramatic, but I don't think I am. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've believed senior, important figures at this club have been spineless and shirked away from adversity. Tonight was one of those occasions.
Before I just thought Slot was inept. I didn't think I could see anything worse tactically than the Forest and PSV games. Now, though, after that first half, and what I'm sure will be a load of excuses trying to deflect any responsibility or accountability, he's proven himself to be tactically clueless AND a coward. Unforgivable.
Sorry for the essay. That started off as a couple of sentences and turned into furious word vomit.
We are now approaching a full year of playing badly, whilst also continually somehow getting worse despite investing 400m.
There is absolutely no way all the new players can be terrible. The only one that looked good, was dropped and rotated until he lost his form.
There is absolutely no way all the old players will have become bad overnight. The lack of pressing; the inability to switch play or use the wide players; the unwillingness to play a direct pass or through ball; and the constant need to cut inside and whack a hopeless shot into the stand.
All this is coming from bad coaching.
For me, sticking with him is equivalent to hoping for a miracle. Praying something will click overnight and everything will magically become better.
There is absolutely no way all the new players can be terrible. The only one that looked good, was dropped and rotated until he lost his form.
There is absolutely no way all the old players will have become bad overnight. The lack of pressing; the inability to switch play or use the wide players; the unwillingness to play a direct pass or through ball; and the constant need to cut inside and whack a hopeless shot into the stand.
All this is coming from bad coaching.
For me, sticking with him is equivalent to hoping for a miracle. Praying something will click overnight and everything will magically become better.
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