Andrew Robertson

[ronanm]

Like a new signing

[danperkins]

Like a new signing

beat me to it.

[danperkins]

We weren’t buying a replacement, Tsimi was supposed to come back and thd feeling is that this was being driven from the players side. I posted that because it seems like the deal was agreed in the proviso that Tsimikas was able to return but Roma didn’t agree. Maybe they asked for a nominal fee to end the loan and we said no

I’d like to think common sense kicked in and we realized letting Robbo go is just a bad idea

Yeah Kerkez is not there yet, whatever about Robbo's legs, he still can put in some good performances now and again and has that experience.

[5europeancups]

Yeah Kerkez is not there yet, whatever about Robbo's legs, he still can put in some good performances now and again and has that experience.

what I dont get i that why did he bring on Robbo at half time?? He said because Kerkez had played toom uch then why even start with Kerkez???

Its stuff like this that makes me realise that Slot needs to be replaced.

[danperkins]

what I dont get i that why did he bring on Robbo at half time?? He said because Kerkez had played toom uch then why even start with Kerkez???

Its stuff like this that makes me realise that Slot needs to be replaced.

yeah had the same conversation this morning and someone said exactly that to me. Personally I think it was more Kerkez wasn't playing very well & that was the excuse but yeah t doesn't make sense.

[Buzzo]

what I dont get i that why did he bring on Robbo at half time?? He said because Kerkez had played toom uch then why even start with Kerkez???

Its stuff like this that makes me realise that Slot needs to be replaced.

All the ‘red zone’ sports science stuff can do one. I can see why it has importance but not to this level where it looks random, and ultimately looks like we are correcting mistakes. Who knows.

Just makes subs and ****ing own it. If you hook someone at HT because they are struggling- own it. This football by percentage is soul destroying XG yada yada. **** off.

[Mark79]

I suspect the real reason was performance related and Slot used the tiredness reason as cover.

Remember on previous occasions that he's made early substitutions, Slot has been very up front about why and then been accused of undermining the player. One of those occasions also happened to be Kerkez.

There may have been some truth in it, in that it could have been one of the planned subs for around the 60 min mark. Then Slot felt he needed to make it earlier for performance reasons.

[Kenneth]

All the ‘red zone’ sports science stuff can do one. I can see why it has importance but not to this level where it looks random, and ultimately looks like we are correcting mistakes. Who knows.

Just makes subs and ****ing own it. If you hook someone at HT because they are struggling- own it. This football by percentage is soul destroying XG yada yada. **** off.

The Frimpong sub did my head in. He's a bit fatigued so he's taken off after an hour. It's is all very well on paper before the match, but he was one of our best outlets and we're losing 2-1, crucial points are in the balance; you play the guy until he stops being effective and worry about it later. No, but it's a planned sub based on the science saying he'll explode at 61mins, so we need to put Szobo in defence (to add to the other midfielder at CB) and reshape the entire team. Focus on the game ffs.

[peterbread]

The Frimpong sub did my head in. He's a bit fatigued so he's taken off after an hour. It's is all very well on paper before the match, but he was one of our best outlets and we're losing 2-1, crucial points are in the balance; you play the guy until he stops being effective and worry about it later. No, but it's a planned sub based on the science saying he'll explode at 61mins, so we need to put Szobo in defence (to add to the other midfielder at CB) and reshape the entire team. Focus on the game ffs.

Worry about then next game when we’ve done the job in the current game.

[peterbread]

All the ‘red zone’ sports science stuff can do one. I can see why it has importance but not to this level where it looks random, and ultimately looks like we are correcting mistakes. Who knows.

Just makes subs and ****ing own it. If you hook someone at HT because they are struggling- own it. This football by percentage is soul destroying XG yada yada. **** off.

I’m sick of XG. Maybe it’s overly simplified but if you watch a match you can tell what type of chances the team creates. Did the keeper have to actually make any saves, did you think oh he should have scored there or is it just a half chance or a hit and hope which seems to be a lot of what the team is doing right now.

It’s the same obsession with possession for the sake of it. I don’t care if the team has 20% it’s what you do with it. Make it count. We aren’t blind we’ve watched football for a while and we know what real chances are.

In the end only one stat matters.

[ChesterDave]

I have no idea why Xg has become such a thing in the last few years

[Buzzo]

The Frimpong sub did my head in. He's a bit fatigued so he's taken off after an hour. It's is all very well on paper before the match, but he was one of our best outlets and we're losing 2-1, crucial points are in the balance; you play the guy until he stops being effective and worry about it later. No, but it's a planned sub based on the science saying he'll explode at 61mins, so we need to put Szobo in defence (to add to the other midfielder at CB) and reshape the entire team. Focus on the game ffs.

Yep. It’s trying to be too clever, turning real football into a simulation. I absolutely hate it. I have zero faith in it and suspect the players feel exactly the same. Getting subbed for a probability chance of injury, it’s not what any of us signed up for.

Fair enough if we are 3 nil up, but we are never three nil up.

[Mark79]

Yep. It’s trying to be too clever, turning real football into a simulation. I absolutely hate it. I have zero faith in it and suspect the players feel exactly the same. Getting subbed for a probability chance of injury, it’s not what any of us signed up for.

Fair enough if we are 3 nil up, but we are never three nil up.

It's not trying to be too clever. It's simply trying to protect players from fatigue related injury and maintain their availability beyond any given game.

We're chasing results almost every game this season. If we threw playing times to the wind everytime we needed to rescue a result, we'd have broken half the squad by now.

We've seen it go the other way too. When the manager has pushed the player beyond the advised amount of minutes for a game and they've suffered a fatigue injury as a result.

Can't remember if it was Slot or Klopp who admitted to it after a Jota injury.

How can you 'have zero faith in it'? Surely you accept that players have a limit to how many minutes they can play from week to week, month to month without breaking down? So how else are they supposed to manage it?

I hate the way football is increasingly a logistical exercise as much as a sport.

But the problem is the increasingly out of control schedule that teams/players are expected to navigate. Not the coaches/medical/fitness teams that are forced to find solutions to mange it.

[Mark79]

Dupe

[Harv]

I have no idea why Xg has become such a thing in the last few years

It is the biggest load of **** in football