Mind you, wouldn’t you take an extra touch if you knew you was going to get hacked down with no repercussions to them?
Doesn’t excuse why it seems to happen when playing other teams…
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Doesn’t excuse why it seems to happen when playing other teams…
There's definitely progress. We are just still shit.
Resultwise there's progress, but that bar wasn't high. Otherwise I don't see much progress. As you said, we're still shit.
Our forwards make forward darting runs in good positions only for the player with the ball recycling the ball backwards or sideways . The only time a forward pass was made to a forward was the assist by wirtz to Isak . So is it the six a side practice where they are asked to do the side passes and pass to the next player beside you a part of the problem . Over coaching and erasing of any instincts or thinking by the player. Do they ever play 11 vs 11 in practice during the week ?
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They watch Kojak. Arne is a fan.
The local ice-cream man's been found lying on the floor of his van covered in hundreds and thousands. Police say he topped himself.
The serious answer though is that I'm more optimistic than you. When we bought so many big name, big money players all at one go in the summer, I knew we weren't winning the league this season anyway. We've slipped a lot further off the top than I thought we would, and questions have to be asked about Arne Slot now, but I don't expect the situation to continue indefinitely because FSG just won't allow it.
The serious answer though is that I'm more optimistic than you. When we bought so many big name, big money players all at one go in the summer, I knew we weren't winning the league this season anyway. We've slipped a lot further off the top than I thought we would, and questions have to be asked about Arne Slot now, but I don't expect the situation to continue indefinitely because FSG just won't allow it.
I'm in no way more silenced or convinced of Slot than I was during our shitstorm of results. I do credit him for handling the Salah situation well, the Inter result, as well as making some tactical changes. But really all we've done is start four or five CMs for some solidility in circumstances that forced our hand. I fear we would have lost against Spurs had they kept eleven men and started Richarlison or brought him on earlier. We looked awful when the numbers were level and somehow even worse when we were two men up.
If he can get us third or fourth and a decent CL run then I'm up for giving him another year, but I'll always maintain that run of results is sackable, especially in the context of a longer term decline in both performances and results.
I'm absolutely fine for a muddling, traditional year. It's disappointing but understandable. But I'd like to see some process that were on the right path beyond just results. That includes some clear structure to our play, clear attacking patterns that our opposition struggle to maintain, a balanced midfield that matches the aggression and work ethic of the opponents a defense that can better handle set pieces, and a side that generally stop looking so fragile. And that's all before you get to better use it squad management and maintaining morale. We've made some marginal progress on some it the above, but there's still a long way to go.
If he can get us third or fourth and a decent CL run then I'm up for giving him another year, but I'll always maintain that run of results is sackable, especially in the context of a longer term decline in both performances and results.
I'm absolutely fine for a muddling, traditional year. It's disappointing but understandable. But I'd like to see some process that were on the right path beyond just results. That includes some clear structure to our play, clear attacking patterns that our opposition struggle to maintain, a balanced midfield that matches the aggression and work ethic of the opponents a defense that can better handle set pieces, and a side that generally stop looking so fragile. And that's all before you get to better use it squad management and maintaining morale. We've made some marginal progress on some it the above, but there's still a long way to go.
With Klopp it was always clear what he wanted on the pitch. Ditto most other good managers.
I expected a transitional season given the level of churn in the summer (and the type of signings) but I didn’t expect a complete breakdown. The downward trend at the end of last season should’ve been addressed in the summer but it wasn’t.
I don’t think the board want to sack Slot if they can avoid it but we need progress and clear sight of what we’re progressing towards. Right now we have neither.
I expected a transitional season given the level of churn in the summer (and the type of signings) but I didn’t expect a complete breakdown. The downward trend at the end of last season should’ve been addressed in the summer but it wasn’t.
I don’t think the board want to sack Slot if they can avoid it but we need progress and clear sight of what we’re progressing towards. Right now we have neither.
This used to be a real strength of ours as the 'inside forwards' made space for peak Trent and Robbo to get to the byline, with Fab mopping up behind if needs be. It's where countless goals came from.
Now our FBs don't get forward - don't know if that's by design or not. Imo a massive factor is not having an out and out DM to mop up and so we are too easily carved open.
We have very little width, particularly with umpteen CMs on the pitch. Together with slow, tentative passing, I'm surprised we're scoring as many as we are.
Or Baldy Man.
Stop being a dick
If people didn't ask others to help donate for the upkeep there wouldn't be a forum - it'd be just another one of those "do you remember" places. So no I won't stop 'being a dick'.
If you've been on here for years (I've obviously not asked newbies, they're just getting their feet wet) then it's more than fair to give a little something back, and it's just a little. Maybe they meant to but at this time of year just forgot - it's never going to be high priority so a gentle nudge is fair. So unless my response went over your head somehow ... that'll be a no.
The right people to ask for money have already done so, in the right way, without pressuring anyone. And if they need more, I'm sure they'll ask for it.
This isn't a subscription site, donations are optional.
This isn't a subscription site, donations are optional.
Sure, but singling people out and shaming is shit. There´s a lot of pressure to spend money and donate money this time of year and no one can do it all, if enough money has gone in this time maybe some people will do it next time. You have no idea what the situation is. Shit is expensive.
Bah humbug. You're scratching for an excuse (which I knew was coming when I posted that above). Everybody on here is reading this on a phone/computer of sorts they can easily find a fiver.
Nah, it's a bit of a dick thing to do.
I don't really give a shit. So is not contributing. Pay your dues.
I'll pay some more if you piss off the site for a while. Deal?
Fair enough. Put your money where your mouth is.
When I see you've been gone a month.
This is an interesting spite-based finance model.
We're going to have to explore it in detail though, because if I know anything, Frogfish isn't just going to be like "actually, I was wrong, my bad."
We're going to have to explore it in detail though, because if I know anything, Frogfish isn't just going to be like "actually, I was wrong, my bad."
This is a far more interesting way to get donations. You get a star for every tenner you donate and you can trade each star to get anyone banned for a week.
3 new signings in the starting line up (two of which scored). No Mo to depend on (don’t underestimate this) Bradley in and out. An out of form Konate. We’ve been shipping goals for fun. Heaps of pressure on the team after the start we’ve and after having won the league. Away from home to team that would rather fuck us than play football. I could go on. Another injury to Isak.
Great/massive 3 points when we needed it most.
Some of the expectations in this thread are fucking wild 🫠
Great/massive 3 points when we needed it most.
Some of the expectations in this thread are fucking wild 🫠
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