LIVERPOOL, they build you up, they let you down, they turn you all around.
Joining Neil Atkinson this week are Gareth Roberts and Adam Smith to try and dissect Liverpool’s limp ‘performance’ at St James Park.
Were Liverpool crushed by expectation and other results, or did Newcastle finally put a performance in for a beleaguered Steve McClaren?
Did they trick themselves into making it harder than it needed to be?
Was a 5th game in 15 days too much of an ask?
Is Benteke/Firmino’s non existent partnership becoming a problem. Is it Benino? Or is it more Firmteke?
The midfield three of Allen, Lucas and Milner, maybe a little bit ploddy and in need of a bit of dynamism?
Finding themselves 1-0 down despite neither side having delivered a shot on target, the Red’s failed to respond in a fashion that we’ve become accustomed too of late with recent performers putting in distinctly sub-par performances.
Or was it a case of Liverpool, an own goal down and a legitimate disallowed worldy chalked off, simply unlucky?
Shades of grey, tons of grey.
And very little in the way of positives.
The Anfield Wrap, dogging it.
No shades of grey, that was black and white an odd game.
If they weren’t premier league professionals I’d say they were all just hungover.
I’ve also just seen that story – worst passing stats for 5 seasons ? Well at least that just wasn’t my beered up frustration.
I had to listen to the match on the radio and it didn’t seem very promising as I listened through the half. Turned it off after the first goal. Glad I could listen to you lads talk it over here.
Seems there’s a lot of tired legs catching up to the Reds right now, and maybe tired mentally too as a result of so much football. What I love though is the fire Klopp has and the feeling that he will make this right in the coming weeks, that he has a plan and can motivate. Like you guys were talking about in the excellent weekend preview, Klopp is the opposite of a Wenger-type, he doesn’t “accept” or get over a loss.
And if I needed to be more depressed, my local team Columbus Crew lost in the MLS Cup final. I was at the ground and had to watch the whole thing. Not a good football weekend!
Loved analysis on Skirt n Lov. I would like to see Joe Allen parachuted into Barca mid, just see how much Xavi, he has in him, really is a tidy footballer, but needs, top quality around him. If Allen was targeted like Lucas would of kept possession better, He has the ability to wriggle out of trouble with tight turns and cute angled passes, which the less mobile Lucas doesn’t, even we though we love him. Will he be targeted in future games?