Liverpool vs Man City - Sunday16th Oct @ 16:30 UK Time

[Charly]

Oh yeah a still image always shows it perfectly.



Yeah the scuffed shot was ****....but you do realise he was miles offside?

Who was offside?

Offside is only for a forward pass?

[danperkins]

Anyone else notice that we seemed to have a different approach when we are attacking but the opposition have got numbers back behind the ball? Instead of just punting in a hopeful cross we are passing the ball back (often all the way to the defence) to trigger a press and draw the opposition back out - we then look to move the ball forward quickly to exploit the gaps that have opened up.

This was working really well against Man City and we created some decent chances from it.

loved our counter attacking approach vs City, they had no idea how to handle it. Was so exciting to watch. You get so used to us dominating possession and not doing much with it that it was refreshing to us causing the best side the world so many problems. It really should have been 4 or 5 and that is not an exaggeration.

[Corndog]

But the problem is that most sides bar city deliberately allow us to have lots of possession and sit back.

It’s hard to play on the counter when the opposition have 10 men behind the ball and pack their own box out.

[Norbs]

But the problem is that most sides bar city deliberately allow us to have lots of possession and sit back.

It’s hard to play on the counter when the opposition have 10 men behind the ball and pack their own box out.

It's been something we have struggled with for decades. In Brendan's season where we kept scoring early and it forced our opponents out we often racked up a high score. But, we have a tendancy to choose a safe backwards pass in favour of keeping possession. At that point we may as well hoof it to their goalie and concede possession as getting through a wall of ten, condensed into the final third is nigh on impossible with midgets up front

[Buzzo]

Let's not let a poor run distort recent history We scored 94 League goals last season FFD - and we've not exactly struggled with scoring goals over the last 5 season.

18-19 - 89 Goals (2.3)
19-20 - 85 Goals (2.2)
20-21 - 68 Goals (1.8)
21-22 - 94 Goals (2.5)
22-23 - 21 Goals (9 games 2.3)

So nearly half a decade of games and over the 5 we average 2.2 goals per game. There will only be one team bettering than that.

And thats just in the PL.

[Fosterbloke]

I swear commentators have their eyes painted on. Not a single one commented that Fabinho had the ball under control and was turning the outside of his foot around the ball to move away from Haaland before he was dragged to the floor.

It's boils my piss when commentators fail to highlight a player's body movement and weight when talking about fouls.

[Exiled_red]

I swear commentators have their eyes painted on. Not a single one commented that Fabinho had the ball under control and was turning the outside of his foot around the ball to move away from Haaland before he was dragged to the floor.

It's boils my piss when commentators fail to highlight a player's body movement and weight when talking about fouls.

Micah Richards said that Fabimho was on his way to the ground before the shirt pull...

[Scratch]

https://twitter.com/jbulger97/status...84182983839744

I like the still pic, it looks like Haaland is celebrating with the rest of us

[Corndog]

Let's not let a poor run distort recent history We scored 94 League goals last season FFD - and we've not exactly struggled with scoring goals over the last 5 season.

18-19 - 89 Goals (2.3)
19-20 - 85 Goals (2.2)
20-21 - 68 Goals (1.8)
21-22 - 94 Goals (2.5)
22-23 - 21 Goals (9 games 2.3)

So nearly half a decade of games and over the 5 we average 2.2 goals per game. There will only be one team bettering than that.

And thats just in the PL.

Great point. I do get why the style of play is under question because the team have conceded too many times from counter attacks but going back to a counter attacking team ourselves is not a solution against most opponents.

[Fosterbloke]

Micah Richards said that Fabinho was on his way to the ground before the shirt pull...

His whole personality is painted on the ****ing bell-end.

[danperkins]

But the problem is that most sides bar city deliberately allow us to have lots of possession and sit back.

It’s hard to play on the counter when the opposition have 10 men behind the ball and pack their own box out.

true but against the really good teams that dominate possession, it could be very effective. A nice change up when needed. We won't revert back to it but it's good to have in the locker.