Preston North End 0-2 Liverpool: In game and Post Match discussion

The midfield is the issue here. Not covering the spaces and not creating much.

No space to create, though, less so if the front 3 aren't attempting runs behind the defense. The best run i remember seeing was by Ox into the box who just missed it.

Preston has been Pulis-esque in packing their defense but also very good at jumping into attack when they recover it.

I know it’s not easy for them to get much rhythm when they barely play…. But you’d hope for a bit more from some of the experienced players.

Front three doing nowhere near enough. Ox and Minamino hardly bashing down the door to the first team.

Big Nat coming on. For Gomez?

Front three doing nowhere near enough. Ox and Minamino hardly bashing down the door to the first team.

The first team has a hard time breaking down a parked bus as it is, but somehow this mix and match team is supposed to have shredded the mother of all parked buses in 45 minutes.

Big Nat coming on. For Gomez?

Big Nat coming on. For Gomez?

Nope, it's Joel

we should play a stronger line up for this game IMHO, then sub in the 2nd half if the game is comfortable

That was a chance

Phillips will be a threat from set pieces at least (if we get any).
It might be worth Jones and ox shooting from distance. They both have good shots and all it takes is a deflection.

I know Nat is never going to be Virgil but I have a soft spot for him after his efforts last season he at least will put in a shift this half.

Taki trying to one time that one when he hd time to bring it down and control it. Shame.

Looks like the winner of "who's today's scapegoat" is Ox.

Why is it when a player fails to deliver time and again to the standard expected the “scapegoat” card comes out to play. It’s not scapegoating, it’s saying how it is and I know for a fact he wouldn’t have been happy with that first half performance he put in.

Gomez complaing about his game time is laughable when he puts shifts like this in.

I know Nat is never going to be Virgil but I have a soft spot for him after his efforts last season he at least will put in a shift this half.

You & me both ,like his no nonsense approach

its not a team that has played together but they train together every day and the formations will not change or the patterns of play they need to show more

Andy hinchcliffe as a commentator is worse than Tyler

It's not very exciting if I'm being honest! 😃

Ox and Origi should be grabbing this game by the throat and dominating. They just dont seem capable though

A shot!

Think that sub tells you all you need to know about how much of a F**k Jürgen gives about tonight

How many subs?

Preston would love this to go to pens. We need one moment of magic or lucky deflection.

I don’t get it, why do we now have 2 right backs on the pitch?