Agreed, I didn’t spot that above! Wirtz for Macca
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Anyone know if Snot has found a manager to copy?
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Sorry, model by and orient towards not copy.
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He’s banned (pourquoi?) so forget this
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Sorry, model by and orient towards not copy.
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He’s banned (pourquoi?) so forget this
Get Klopp!!!!
It’s not them we need to worry about - it’s whatever newbie they’ve recently signed that looked absolutely shite so far - guaranteed to have a stormer against us, score a worldie and then revert to being shite for evermore!!!
Garnacho or Gittens - flip a coin… they’re the ones to fear!!!
They are mostly boring games against Chelsea.
I just hope we do up the intensity. We look so pedestrian and Wirtz isn’t unlocking defences yet like we hoped.
Maresca may look to Lavia against Liverpool
Roméo Lavia was excellent when Chelsea beat Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in May. The Belgium midfielder offers elegance on the ball and a fine ability to beat the press. But while he often makes Enzo Maresca’s system look smoother, Lavia’s fitness record remains a problem. The former Southampton midfielder was injured when Chelsea beat Benfica in the last 16 of the Club World Cup in June and has only just returned. Ideally Maresca would be able to ease Lavia back in and give him time to build his fitness. Chelsea, though, are struggling with injuries. Andrey Santos and Dário Essugo will be missing when Maresca’s side host Liverpool on Saturday, heaping the pressure on Enzo Fernández and Moisés Caicedo in midfield. Options to rotate are slim. Caicedo and Fernández could do with a rest but are both playing through niggles. It is probably too soon for Lavia to start – he has only made one brief substitute appearance this season – but he will be a useful option on the bench. Jacob Steinberg
Could indicate he doesn’t think he’s ready.
He trained.
I know, but did he survive?
Tbf has he done enough yet? He's started 1 game and had about 20 minutes max across other games.
True, but he picked Leoni last time around. The way Gattuso talked about Chiesa before the last international break made me think he'd bring him along this time.
I think for leoni it a more getting him on to the Italian setup and rewarding development. Chiesa has been there and done that, so you need a bigger performance to get that reward.
Im fine with it anyway. Long may he not get called up unfairly
Could indicate that Gattuso's an oaf whose appointment in the first place has left Italy fans deeply divided even now.
That said, like others I'm happy enough to see Chiesa swerve another potential source of injury.
The number one thing we can do against Chelsea (and anyone else for that matter) is stop unforced errors.
We aren't conceding because we're unorganized - individual errors gifting the ball to opponents.
We aren't conceding because we're unorganized - individual errors gifting the ball to opponents.
Pretty much the conclusion I came to with all these stats :
The BBC actually have a nice breakdown on their recent CFc vs LFC analysis. If any Mod wants to convert this into a new thread please do so.
BTW Hassekbaink had lots of love for Wirtz : "he's a brilliant, brilliant, player that will come good, he just needs time".
Fast Breaks Against - self explanatory and Arsenal by far the worst (though obviously it doesn't show the xG for each breakaway so these could be low value breaks?
This next one means support for a player breaking (so the man in possession plus two or...
BTW Hassekbaink had lots of love for Wirtz : "he's a brilliant, brilliant, player that will come good, he just needs time".
Fast Breaks Against - self explanatory and Arsenal by far the worst (though obviously it doesn't show the xG for each breakaway so these could be low value breaks?
This next one means support for a player breaking (so the man in possession plus two or...
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