Swansea (A) Monday Eve Build-up

[Norbs]

We had 72% possession

https://twitter.com/dankennett/statu...61958631198722

What's the solution, give them the ball and demand them to play? Serious question, not a dig at you

[Snigger]

What a difference a few days makes - knee jerk reactions all round - Swansea played well tonight and executed their managers game plan well - first loss in what, 14 games? And its all doom and gloom. We weren't world beaters because we beat City and we're not suddenly **** because we lost to a resurgent Swansea. The team as a whole didn't' do it tonight, it happens - move on

[Kenneth]

What's the solution, give them the ball and demand them to play? Serious question, not a dig at you

Movement, quick accurate passes and instant control.

[danperkins]

Right, yeah, that bit is frustrating for sure. We are hovering around 4th position, which is about where we expect to be right now.

We need to regroup from this, next up in the League is away at Huddersfield, we need to get three points big time, then we've got Spurs at home. Win against Huddersfield and avoid defeat v Spurs and we are in decent shape.

I know mate it's just s frustrating though as bob said we do have history. These types of games happen and will happen. IMO this type of game it showed the lack of guile in that midfield and without Phil more so. IMO firstly huge mistake to sell Sturridge and so short sighted not going all out to get some sort of creativity in thst midfield. What a chance we have this season... hate to think we could throw that away because of the no value in Jan market spiel.

[Exiled_red]

You clearly aren't getting what I mean. Dropping points when have a great opportunity to take advantage of other results and leaving ourselves short in the market. It's a common trend.

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[Snigger]

Been a bugbear for me for awhile for me. At times we don't play through midfield quick enough

Against lesser teams you need to be quicker with your passing and running at times we can be one paced

Lack of width was the issue for me - trying to constantly thread an impossible ball through a congested defence, we needed to go wide more often and try to stretch them and create space.

[BigChief]

Has anyone said the C word yet? C name, even?

Countless Cases of Coutinho Chickening games like the Current Crap we just witnessed.

He would have made zero difference today. It's picking Wini and then everything going through him that was ridiculous. Keita can't come quick enough. Partner him with that Ndembolo fella please.

[Kenneth]

What a difference a few days makes - knee jerk reactions all round - Swansea played well tonight and executed their managers game plan well - first loss in what, 14 games? And its all doom and gloom. We weren't world beaters because we beat City and we're not suddenly **** because we lost to a resurgent Swansea. The team as a whole didn't' do it tonight, it happens - move on

Well yes, we win against the side top of the league and then lose to the team bottom of the league, what on earth would you expect? Nobody said we were world beaters after the city game and nobody says we're going down because of this game. Your righteousness is misplaced.

[Buzzo]

What a difference a few days makes - knee jerk reactions all round - Swansea played well tonight and executed their managers game plan well - first loss in what, 14 games? And its all doom and gloom. We weren't world beaters because we beat City and we're not suddenly **** because we lost to a resurgent Swansea. The team as a whole didn't' do it tonight, it happens - move on

This type of big picture optimism isn't going down well tonight

First loss in 19.

[Snigger]

Well yes, we win against the side top of the league and then lose to the team bottom of the league, what on earth would you expect? Nobody said we were world beaters after the city game and nobody says we're going down because of this game. Your righteousness is misplaced.

Not being righteous, apart from City it's happened to all the top clubs this season. should we beat Swansea, yes - is it massively disappointing, yes - is it because we sold Coutinho, no - we have been **** plenty of times with him in the team and lost to **** teams with him in the team - it's all the "if we don't replace Coutinho we won't make CL" that wind me up - there is no one like him anywhere - you can't replace him - he's gone, let's move on - we had a bad day across the board but it's not the end of the world.

[Snigger]

This type of big picture optimism isn't going down well tonight

First loss in 19.

19 is it - Christ we're ****! Can we lose the xmas hats on the emojis now.

[calvoboy]

Has anyone said the C word yet? C name, even?

Can? Yeah, ****ing useless in this sort of game. Offers nothing.

[Exiled_red]

What a difference a few days makes - knee jerk reactions all round - Swansea played well tonight and executed their managers game plan well - first loss in what, 14 games? And its all doom and gloom. We weren't world beaters because we beat City and we're not suddenly **** because we lost to a resurgent Swansea. The team as a whole didn't' do it tonight, it happens - move on

It's not a one off it's a consistent theme through the season (and last few years), the vulnerability was visible in the city win, from 4-1 up we tried our best to throw that away. And there have been lots of other times in the season that it has been clear as day. I don't feel that the reaction is knee-jerk, the poor result magnifies the cracks but they have always been there.

We drop too many points, it's not about the games that you lose it's about the games that you fail to win that are costly, despite only losing 3 games we have failed to win 11 times

[danperkins]

It's not a one off it's a consistent theme through the season (and last few years), the vulnerability was visible in the city win, from 4-1 up we tried our best to throw that away. And there have been lots of other times in the season that it has been clear as day. I don't feel that the reaction is knee-jerk, the poor result magnifies the cracks but they have always been there.

We drop too many points, it's not about the games that you lose it's about the games that you fail to win that are costly, despite only losing 3 games we have failed to win 11 times

[BobTheCharmer]

This type of big picture optimism isn't going down well tonight

First loss in 19.

Stop banging the drum about 19 undefeated. We have drawn a fair number. It's still impressive but most of us would have been angry had we drawn tonight. When we need to step up we come up short, this season, last season and every ****ing season.

We can play great football. Utd are **** I'm told. 6 clear now. Yet they are on the down. Right course they are.

On a positive, I like klopps interview. He's angry with the players. That gives me some relief.