The Run In - 2016-17

Some nervous posters on this thread.  were certainly making you guys/girls think if nothing else. 

I'm not nervous, some may be. I think I was being VERY gracious to your boys giving them the points tally I did. If they get all those and we only win 3, then congratulations. But you still play boring, ugly football and have a knob as a manager.

Some nervous posters on this thread.  were certainly making you guys/girls think if nothing else. 

Yes well I just noticed that you guys have to play Crystal Palace as well, they are the form team at the moment along with yourselves and Spurs. I just hope they don't take the foot off the gas now that they are safe but sods law says that they play their B-team against you guys just to feck us up even more.

Yes well I just noticed that you guys have to play Crystal Palace as well, they are the form team at the moment along with yourselves and Spurs. I just hope they don't take the foot off the gas now that they are safe but sods law says that they play their B-team against you guys just to feck us up even more.

Sods law says Sakho will give away a penalty.

I'm not nervous, some may be. I think I was being VERY gracious to your boys giving them the points tally I did. If they get all those and we only win 3, then congratulations. But you still play boring, ugly football and have a knob as a manager.

I'm not nervous either, FFS we lost a game where we had zero luck against a very good Crystal Palace team who scored on their only 2 attempts, its not like we got our arses kicked and we played like we did in January.

Its very important we bounce back against Watford though, lose that one and I'll start to get nervous.

Sods law says Sakho will give away a penalty.

Then go do the secret handshake with Mourinho.

Some nervous posters on this thread.  were certainly making you guys/girls think if nothing else. 

Not as much as we are making you think

Not as much as we are making you think

Just me who saw that story in the Sunday Mirror about their players driving through a red light by their training ground and been praying for them to have a pile-up?

Real gutted about that result. Cannot believe we fu**ed it up against that fat b***ard!

I think we need to win all our games now due to the inevitability of other teams bending over for the Mancs and refs caving in to the pressure.

Will be a big disappointment if we don't finish ahead of that bunch of wankers.

Still gutted

And Benteke scoring twice against us? Embarrassed

End of the day though, we lost because we do not have enough quality or quantity.

Lovren is an average defender
Clyne is an average fullback (especially going forward)
Lucas is an average midfielder
Wijnaldum consistently goes missing
Origi is an average striker
Milner isn't a left back

But most of all, we lost because our bench had two 17 year-olds, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old on it

Summer transfer window is going to be massive

Massive window?

Only if CL spot is achieved, otherwise forget those priority signings...

I'm not nervous either, FFS we lost a game where we had zero luck against a very good Crystal Palace team who scored on their only 2 attempts, its not like we got our arses kicked and we played like we did in January.

Its very important we bounce back against Watford though, lose that one and I'll start to get nervous.

Zero luck? Are you joking? We were sh*te and you know it. As for luck, well you make your own...

If we really do miss out, it will be down to Crystal "bogey" Palace again.

So not Burnley, or Swansea, or Leicester or Hull, or draws with Bournemouth, West Ham etc..?

We're too inconsistent still, after how many years of the same defensive woes?

Some nervous posters on this thread.  were certainly making you guys/girls think if nothing else. 

... and you can be quiet Keith.

Speak when you're spoken to .


 

So not Burnley, or Swansea, or Leicester or Hull, or draws with Bournemouth, West Ham etc..?

We're too inconsistent still, after how many years of the same defensive woes?

Or going ahead at Bournemouth and collapsing down there and getting beat 4-3

We're far too inconsistent and the way we try to defend set-pieces is starting to get embarrassing.

Or going ahead at Bournemouth and collapsing down there and getting beat 4-3

We're far too inconsistent and the way we try to defend set-pieces is starting to get embarrassing.

Our defending has been embarrassing for years now. To think in the past we had the likes of Hansen, Lawro, Nichol, et al, to what we have now is just a joke.

Defending is an art. Solid at the back, you don't lose. It's not rocket science and the best teams always has this quality.

To think we've had those greats mentioned before, then followed up with the likes of Konchesky, Klavan, even Skrtel to a lesser extent should actually be illegal.

Looking at our losses and draws, I think these games we should have won or drawn.

Bournemouth 4-3 Liverpool (Win)
Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool (Win)
Liverpool 2-3 Swansea (Draw)
Liverpool 2-2 Bournemouth (Win)
Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace (Win)

That's 11 points lost which puts us on 77 points. How depressing!

Looking at our losses and draws, I think these games we should have won or drawn.

Bournemouth 4-3 Liverpool (Win)
Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool (Win)
Liverpool 2-3 Swansea (Draw)
Liverpool 2-2 Bournemouth (Win)
Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace (Win)

That's 11 points lost which puts us on 77 points. How depressing!

Forgot Man Utd away. Should have won that...

I'm not nervous, some may be. I think I was being VERY gracious to your boys giving them the points tally I did. If they get all those and we only win 3, then congratulations. But you still play boring, ugly football and have a knob as a manager.

Nothing wrong with being gracious FL.  All too often we see the bad side of fans. I enjoy the rivalry and  banter that goes with it though. 

Yes well I just noticed that you guys have to play Crystal Palace as well, they are the form team at the moment along with yourselves and Spurs. I just hope they don't take the foot off the gas now that they are safe but sods law says that they play their B-team against you guys just to feck us up even more.

I can't see it getting to the Palace game mate. Think it will be over by then unless you really do blow up. Squeaky bum time if it does. 

... and you can be quiet Keith.

Speak when you're spoken to .


 

Opps, sorry Miro  Will only speak next time im spoken too  On a serious note it makes it a very exciting end to the season no matter who we support. 

Our defending has been embarrassing for years now. To think in the past we had the likes of Hansen, Lawro, Nichol, et al, to what we have now is just a joke.

Defending is an art. Solid at the back, you don't lose. It's not rocket science and the best teams always has this quality.

To think we've had those greats mentioned before, then followed up with the likes of Konchesky, Klavan, even Skrtel to a lesser extent should actually be illegal.

Mascherano  on his own was worth 10 times the last three mentioned.

Our defending has been embarrassing for years now. To think in the past we had the likes of Hansen, Lawro, Nichol, et al, to what we have now is just a joke.

Defending is an art. Solid at the back, you don't lose. It's not rocket science and the best teams always has this quality.

To think we've had those greats mentioned before, then followed up with the likes of Konchesky, Klavan, even Skrtel to a lesser extent should actually be illegal.

You are correct mate as of we've been sh*te defensively, but for me its the type of defence used that's the problem..... Zonal marking.... It just doesn't work not for me it doesn't and it's certainly not working for us..I think I'm right in saying only Watford & Hull have conceded more than us this season. .

In zonal marking players defend an area, if the ball by-passes that area/zone the player defending leaves responsibility to another defender in his area/zone, it also means defences are more static giving attacking players a advantage when running /jumping up to win the ball.   

I don't know why but Jürgen seems to prefer this method other than man to man marking, in man to man you have a better chance to defend your area or at the very least hamper /thwart attempts on goal...... and it's why in our past we had the best defences for years which included your...Ron Yates, Tommy Smith's, Phil Thompson, Alan Hansen etc etc etc
I honestly can't understand why, when a system that obviously doesn't work isn't changed, and in all honesty if we are to progress especially in Europe it Fookin needs to??


YNWA

You are correct mate as of we've been sh*te defensively, but for me its the type of defence used that's the problem..... Zonal marking.... It just doesn't work not for me it doesn't and it's certainly not working for us..I think I'm right in saying only Watford & Hull have conceded more than us this season. .

In zonal marking players defend an area, if the ball by-passes that area/zone the player defending leaves responsibility to another defender in his area/zone, it also means defences are more static giving attacking players a advantage when running /jumping up to win the ball.   

I don't know why but Jürgen seems to prefer this method other than man to man marking, in man to man you have a better chance to defend your area or at the very least hamper /thwart attempts on goal...... and it's why in our past we had the best defences for years which included your...Ron Yates, Tommy Smith's, Phil Thompson, Alan Hansen etc etc etc
I honestly can't understand why, when a system that obviously doesn't work isn't changed, and in all honesty if we are to progress especially in Europe it Fookin needs to??


YNWA

Rafa used zonal. We were not too bad then...

Some nervous posters on this thread.  were certainly making you guys/girls think if nothing else. 

No way is it your misfiring crew mate, our destiny is being juggled (precariously) in our own hands.