Sunderland at home Wednesday 3rd December at 815pm

[BG1973]

Really? The first half was fine, it was the second that was a ****ing mess.

[Tatterdemalion]

What is so different from last season? I mean obviously the personnel have changed a lot, but we seem so low energy in comparison? Why?

[Slinky Skills]

Awful performance again and an awful result. We look so leggy and lazy and lethargic. What the hell is going on!? Brilliant from Chiesa at the end, saved the game and saved us from total embarrassment.

[Tatterdemalion]

Should have tried chiesa or ekitike on the left for gakpo and left the rest alone.

totally agree. I'm sure at this stage Chiesa would step in at right back.

[BG1973]

@slinky
And possibly saved Slot's job ironically

[Irishnev]

Well at least it is not a loss I suppose.

Win at the weekend and this week becomes a seven from nine week which is something that looked beyond us the past few months.

Vs a Leeds side who just beat Chelsea - we’ve 4 wins in 14 games Jaco, there is no future for Slot. We looked such a poorly organized side

[peterbread]

It’s the same desperate tactics late on again of throwing everyone upfront and hoping.

Dom looked absolutely done at the end. He’s going to be run into the ground this season having to play every position possible.

You have an amazing creative player who was bought to open these teams up and a great finisher to put the chances away but you don’t know who to use them and get the best out of them. What a waste they are right now.

[Tatterdemalion]

Key thing for me is that Salah and Gakpo should not be the players providing width and I think that penny is beginning to drop with Slot. Frimpong will be fine on the right but who performs that role on the left is open to debate. Personally, until an obvious option comes about I would give it to Chiesa and I'm sure he would relish it. We ****ed up not signing Guehi in the summer and it was terrible luck to lose Leoni, but both VvD and Konate are issues at the back. Replace the wingers, or at least switch them and get a new CH and I think things will improve once a few players come back from injury, namely at right back. But that won't change the low energy and the lack of pressing - that's the bigger concern for me.

[BG1973]

Who overlapped on the ledt towards the end? Couldn't believe what i was seeing.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Vs a Leeds side who just beat Chelsea - we’ve 4 wins in 14 games Jaco, there is no future for Slot. We looked such a poorly organized side

I'm not talking about Slot and whether he stays or goes.

Just trying to take a positive from a night of plodding football.

[danperkins]

I'd be surprised if the board aren't looking for replacements, we look shot to ****, Slot looks awful tactically this season and seems like we are delaying the inevitable.

[Slinky Skills]

Salah and Gakpo must practise the cut-in-and-fire-it-at-a-defender-2-inches-away a thousand times in training, they've both got it down to perfection.

[Tatterdemalion]

I'd be surprised if the board aren't looking for replacements, we look shot to ****, Slot looks awful tactically this season and seems like we are delaying the inevitable.

But what is so different from last season?

[Irishnev]

I'm not talking about Slot and whether he stays or goes.

Just trying to take a positive from a night of plodding football.

You can add we moved ahead of the Ev and United in the table as well

[peterbread]

I'd be surprised if the board aren't looking for replacements, we look shot to ****, Slot looks awful tactically this season and seems like we are delaying the inevitable.

I’ve no doubt talks are going on behind the scenes to see who would be available. When they want to keep things quiet they will.

I miss high tempo, pressing and aggressive attacking football. Not this slow motion football then throw everyone upfront for the final 10 and hope you score. Where is the middle ground we saw last season with a bit more balance and control but all the good things the squad thrived on that Klopp built.

Why don’t they come out and stamp their authority on a game from the start and not let teams settle and build any confidence.