Liverpool v Villa PL (Home)

[fabinho]

Ermmm why? Are you judging him after his 5th game with Villa or something else?

I’m not advocating he manages us after Klopp unless he’s the best available option.

Curious….

I don't want him here as he has all of the charisma of a dead fish.

[Kenneth]

I’m going to be honest, I’m not sure about any of the penalties awarded today, including ours.

[fidget]

Ermmm why? Are you judging him after his 5th game with Villa or something else?

I’m not advocating he manages us after Klopp unless he’s the best available option.

Curious….

No - I've said I don't want him since the first time it was discussed here.
Aside from the fact away fans would sing that song all game and do my head in I think he'd be a ****ing disaster.

[SB]

Glad we’ve got through that with the 3 points. I’d hoped it wouldn’t be a distraction that cost us & we got through it.

[Irishnev]

Who was the villa midfielder with the dyed white hair, he was very good.

Douglas Luiz - was playing for Brazil pre Covid and he was one of the guys who have a bad dose of it. Only getting back to his fitness now again

I thought Gerrard was pure Fat Sam, Pulis type tactics today...... his post match comments backed it up. We didn’t play well but we won - all that matters

[Harv]

Manes first touch has been dreadful.

It always has been

[Fredo]

We didn’t play well but we won - all that matters

We didn’t play well the last 15 mins or so, we kind of become sloppy and lost our focus a little bit. But before that, I thought we were good, especially for 15 mins in that second half when we built up the pressure on them and it was relentless.

I think we’re a better team now that when we won the title and the football I’m seeing is sensational at times. I’ll even go as far as saying we’re playing the best football in Europe at the moment. We’re so fluid when we have our full team and Thiago has added that extra level from midfield. At times it’s too easy we can become sloppy.

[Doc_Piptorious]

We didn’t play well the last 15 mins or so, we kind of become sloppy and lost our focus a little bit. But before that, I thought we were good, especially for 15 mins in that second half when we built up the pressure on them and it was relentless.

I think we’re a better team now that when we won the title and the football I’m seeing is sensational at times. I’ll even go as far as saying we’re playing the best football in Europe at the moment. We’re so fluid when we have our full team and Thiago has added that extra level from midfield. At times it’s too easy we can become sloppy.

We might well be. It would be easy to throw back a counter point or two to your claim and say well we have drawn more games than we did at this point of the title season and that we have already lost a game, but I think the league is much stronger now than that season, certainly in the case of City and Chelsea.


We do play some very fluid football at times, especially when we have Fabinho and Thiago starting ahead of VVD and Matip, and our attack is firing again for the most part.

[Irishnev]

We didn’t play well the last 15 mins or so, we kind of become sloppy and lost our focus a little bit. But before that, I thought we were good, especially for 15 mins in that second half when we built up the pressure on them and it was relentless.

I think we’re a better team now that when we won the title and the football I’m seeing is sensational at times. I’ll even go as far as saying we’re playing the best football in Europe at the moment. We’re so fluid when we have our full team and Thiago has added that extra level from midfield. At times it’s too easy we can become sloppy.

I hear where you are coming from but us playing well also means we are more ruthless. Having said that the ref was atrocious and tried single handily to stop us winning

The last 15 mins we lost our shape and composure

[BG1973]

It always has been

You really hate him don't you.

[Maxiedge]

We didn’t play well the last 15 mins or so, we kind of become sloppy and lost our focus a little bit. But before that, I thought we were good, especially for 15 mins in that second half when we built up the pressure on them and it was relentless.

I think we’re a better team now that when we won the title and the football I’m seeing is sensational at times. I’ll even go as far as saying we’re playing the best football in Europe at the moment. We’re so fluid when we have our full team and Thiago has added that extra level from midfield. At times it’s too easy we can become sloppy.

Our first XI is the best team in the world at the moment, no doubt. I think even Pep would admit that. But, being honest, we have so many players that are a perfect fit, that if one or two are missing, we can drop a level into the best of the rest.
However we deserve an injury free run. Mad to think Thiago, Fab and Hendo have hardly started together.

[Buzzo]

We didn’t play well the last 15 mins or so, we kind of become sloppy and lost our focus a little bit. But before that, I thought we were good, especially for 15 mins in that second half when we built up the pressure on them and it was relentless.

I think we’re a better team now that when we won the title and the football I’m seeing is sensational at times. I’ll even go as far as saying we’re playing the best football in Europe at the moment. We’re so fluid when we have our full team and Thiago has added that extra level from midfield. At times it’s too easy we can become sloppy.

[spud_gun]

I think we’re a better team now that when we won the title and the football I’m seeing is sensational at times. I’ll even go as far as saying we’re playing the best football in Europe at the moment. We’re so fluid when we have our full team and Thiago has added that extra level from midfield. At times it’s too easy we can become sloppy.

That's a pretty bold claim.

The team that won the title controlled games and closed games out better than we have been going this season.

Several more grinding 1-0's and i may reconsider

[Fredo]

That's a pretty bold claim.

The team that won the title controlled games and closed games out better than we have been going this season.

Several more grinding 1-0's and i may reconsider

That title winning season a lot of these games were nail biting stuff. We never had the same control IMO, and a lot of these games we were lucky to win them. Last night's 1-0 win was a comfortable one. Game got a bit 50/50 in the last 10 mins, when we switched off, but before that it was total domination.

This season, we've been destroying teams, not always on the scoreline, but the gulf in class in level of play is clear. It's a logical conclusion of 2 more years of the same team playing together and having learned through a rough patch of injuries last year.

[Fredo]

We might well be. It would be easy to throw back a counter point or two to your claim and say well we have drawn more games than we did at this point of the title season and that we have already lost a game, but I think the league is much stronger now than that season, certainly in the case of City and Chelsea.


We do play some very fluid football at times, especially when we have Fabinho and Thiago starting ahead of VVD and Matip, and our attack is firing again for the most part.

True that. Results wise, that team was horribly efficient and winning games when not playing well and relying on our effectiveness upfront. But our level of football has gone up a notch or two. Salah is in his prime and Jota an increasing influence adding to the depth upfront. If you look at individuals throughout the current team, we can arguably say that we have 5 or 6 players who are the best in their positions at the moment, which takes some beating.