Swansea (A) Monday Eve Build-up

[Kenneth]

No, that's the whole point.

[Roboklopp]

No, that's the whole point.

Haha. I was gonna reply summat similar for you on your behalf but didn’t have the energy or morale.

[BigChief]

Please spend some money.
As a positive Virgil is an excellent footballer.
Could have had a couple of assists easily tonight.

Loved Big Virg tonight. He's header down for the goal was not his fault but the 4 other Pool players coming in to 'attack' him while he was trying to head it clear. Thank God we finally have a proper footballer who is not part of our attack.

[Jaymo]

The goal we conceded was unfortunate. VVD should really head that clear but he did have 2 of our own players obstructing him.

But after that, a poor touch from Fernandez lays it on a plate for Mawson to shank it off his ankle into the bottom corner.

It's going to happen from time to time, just frustrating to lose in that manor. We had ample chances too with Salah blazing over and Mane putting one wide, hit the inside of the post and put the rebound over/wide. Danny Ings had a decent effort stopped.

Positives are there, we just need to bounce back with a win against Huddersfield and then we'll dick Spurs at home.

[Fosterbloke]

All teams have **** results, just need a positive result against West Brom and Huddersfield and we're buzzing again!

[ChesterDave]

All teams have **** results, just need a positive result against West Brom and Huddersfield and we're buzzing again!

Win our next 3 and that includes beating Spurs. 5 ahead of them and in the quarter finals of the cup would be a good start to February

[baitman]

Nice knock down by VvD though.

an assist at least.

[ChesterDave]

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.

We drew 5. Four of which were away to Arsenal and Sevilla, and at home v Chelsea and Everton. It's hardly hiding behind unbeaten to mask draw after draw ffs

[baitman]

dont blame ings, at least he moved around a bit and took defenders with him and opened up some space, every other player hardly moved...

the passing around our defence and midfield was always half a yard behind the man, who then had to turn and **** about taking a touch or three.

a very frustrating game to watch, i cant believe im still sober.

[Snigger]

No, that's the whole point.

No you're right reading it back - but I thought it

[breffniboy]

The small picture: We were ****e and lost against a ****e team.

The bigger picture: It's after a good run with some good performances especially where we beat the league leaders.

The bigger bigger picture: We're running to stand still and not moving the needle at all beyond challenging for fourth every year. That, IMO, is down to a collective of accountancy taking precedence over glory, our players (possibly our manager too) loving the glamour games but literally not up for a cold Monday night at Swansea, continued mind-boggling silly buggers in the transfer market and stomach-churning, toe-curlingly infuriating PR about 'like a new signing' and 'we can improve what we have already' (when continued, regular instances of results like this disprove it), and finally, a passive fanbase so accustomed to all of it/so taken in by FSG and club spin that there is no impetus from outside the club to change any of it.
We're in a self-perpetuating cycle of always looking to the next transfer window and when it arrives we're fed some well-worn flannel and hogwash about why it's better to wait for the next one, probably because we're in self-congratulatory mode about our most recent orgasmic performance while forgetting that another banana skin is always just around the corner we've codded ourselves into thinking we'd just turned.
We'll probably beat Spurs and everyone will exhale massively and there's the excuse why we don't need to spend the money that will be spun at the next available press conference opportunity.

[vlahka]

Woke up before the damn sun had risen for that ****fest

[Rich]

Firmino went on walkabout as well, so we had no central focal point for crosses even if we did create space outside.

Our system can be defeated with an ultra defensive, ultra disciplined performance.

[Irishnev]

Still raging over that - been a while since we had ‘one of those’ so I forgot the feeling. Still think we need to strengthen, selling Phil and likely letting Sturridge go without replacing them would be ridiculous

[Roboklopp]

Aye. Proper ****ed up my night’s sleep.