Topic: HT v Burnley, 1-1

[stockdam]

Have to say, that is a beautiful cross for their goal by Lowton.

Yep, not much we really could have done about the cross.

[kgb]

Cout is for change and Can. Bring Lallana back to midfield. Release Wilson and Woodburn.

[alvaro]

I don't see us winning this to be honest , look at our bench, is awful. Only way we win this is with an individual performance of our players that stand out.

Edit: I have nothing against the kids btw. But that bench is not midtable let alone top 4.

[Caligula?]

Agree

Hope he meant that metaphorically rather than literally

[robertobaggio37]

Worked 8 days ago tbf

Well if he wants full time wage he needs to start playing full time and not part time.

[Phil M]

Apologies for the moment of madness re Neville but fucking hell his bias is doing my head in. Theres commentating on mistakes then just a Manc relentlessly ripping our team.

Pretty obvious advice is to mute the fucking telly. Why are you listening to him?

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Not gonna blame the players as I think it is obvious that there is something tactically wrong with how we set up agains these teams.

Fair play to Burnley, they haven't parked the bus, they've just outplayed us.

[Macphisto80]

No fucking way is Can "chief suspect" in that.  Coutinho, Mane, Clyne, Lallana all have been absolutely horrendous. 

Lallana's running his balls off at the very least. Mane? Seriously? Coutinho, yep, been soft, but not as soft as Can has. Bottled tackles, and didn't nearly get close enough to close down that pass that lead to the goal.

We should win this, but only if all of the above decide to give their heads a bit of a wobble.

[Broad Spectrum]

We need to switch to 3 at the back. Just put Can to the left of Klavan and tell Clyne and Milner to push up and provide width.

[Clint Eastwood]

What about the players who are already on that much, or who just signed big new contracts, who have been just as bad if not worse?

Lallana? He's having an off day. Emre Can however, is playing at the standard he's been all season.

[sms1986]

Burnley haven't led at half time away from home in the Premier League since May 2015 apparently, our goal must have hurt!

[Mighty_Red]

Despite the equaliser I hope Klopp puts the rocket under their arses. Some havent played to day at all. Can - what is he doing ?

That's one issue, as Neville n Co pointed out, he's coming back to help out the defenders cos they are looking clueless so we are being pulled apart.

[Kekule]

...and can we dispense with the fucking floaty diagonal ball to the penalty spot where we have one player surrounded by three of theirs. It's, rather unsurprisingly, not worked all season.

[Marcel]

because that's like saying that someone can't judge someone's singing ability if they themselves can't sing

I know, you're right. It just grated on me.

[lgvkarlos]

What about the players who are already on that much, or who just signed big new contracts, who have been just as bad if not worse?

Give over, these other players spend most of the season at a top level. He's showing nothing to be getting a new contract, hence he hasn't been given one.

[robertobaggio37]

think we have to get Coutinho more central and maybe its a chance for Wilson to come on the left where he is a natural winger and a natural left footer.
I'd make that change take Can off and move Wijnaldum slightly deeper because we have to get Coutinho on the ball in more central areas.

Would do the same.

[RK7]

We have to take advantage of the fact we got away with that half.

[Caligula?]

Apologies for the moment of madness re Neville but fucking hell his bias is doing my head in. Theres commentating on mistakes then just a Manc relentlessly ripping our team.

Why are you putting yourself through that? ignore the c*nt

[stockdam]

Coutinho is playing poorly, but he is not getting on the ball in good positions. When taking it out wide he seems to be moving slower and getting caught (and pulled back), he needs to move it quicker. in fact they all do.

We've been very slow and nobody is having a good game in midfield. We need our midfield to be stronger and get stuck stuck in.

The game is there to be won and let's see who wants it more.

[JackWard33]

That's was absolutely fucking disgusting from each and every one of them except Mane.
They're lucky fuckers to be level.
Can't remember being so angry during a game - my god that was shambolic

[NaivetyinBlack]

Also, Milner's middle name should be changed to 'Sideways'.

[UntouchableLuis]

Only Mane, Coutinho and Milner are consistently good enough to start next season at this stage. (even if Cou has been poor recently). Lallana, Matip and Winalj need to add more at times but probably start. The rest aren't good enough. A lot to do this summer.

[Giono]

Burnley putting everything down the right against Milner. But Clyne on their goal let his man in for the finish.

[Always_A_Red]

Surely Clyne should have been covering the back post for their goal?

Yep. Clyne has been out of form now since the start of December but he seems to fall under the radar because of some truly pathetic performances from his teammates. Safe to say, he was partly to blame for today's goal and he has been for many of our goals recently. Glad someone has finally highlighted it

[didi]

3-1 Liverpool full time.

3 one to Burnley if we play like we did first half

[RedForeverTT]

Gini saved my pizza from landing on the TV.

The ponderous playing is back again. Those additional touches from Coutinho, Lallana and Milner and especially Can slows down the game considerably and allow Burnley to get back into their defensive shape to frustrate us.

I was also expecting Origi to be a bit more imposing with the physique that he has and he need to stop being so nice to the defenders. You are not taking them out on a date after the match is over.

[Titi Camara]

Think anyone who's quoted that pyroparty post should delete it sharpish. We don't need that sort of shit posted on this site!

[lessthanmatt]

Well if he wants full time wage he needs to start playing full time and not part time.

Part time is a stretch. You could count Emre Can's good performances this season on maybe 0 hands. Sure, he's played when we've won sometimes. I'd rather see Stewart or even Lucas every time.

[Sat1]

That was terrible and thank fuck we scored with our first shot on target

[Upinsmoke]

https://twitter.com/StatsSwearwords/status/840968773486153728

This is how much teams love targeting Milner

[Phil M]

Cout is for change and Can. Bring Lallana back to midfield. Release Wilson and Woodburn.

Have no idea what this means.

[Suareznumber7]

Lallana's running his balls off at the very least. Mane? Seriously? Coutinho, yep, been soft, but not as soft as Can has. Bottled tackles, and didn't nearly get close enough to close down that pass that lead to the goal.

Bullshit.  There isn't a player out there who is doing anything of note.  If we were playing a big team all of those players you mentioned would be playing great but have been absolutely awful today.  Big change in mentality needed from our "bigger" players if we are ever going to improve. 

[BazC]

No fucking way is Can "chief suspect" in that.  Coutinho, Mane, Clyne, Lallana all have been absolutely horrendous. 

Of course he is - he's the one who's supposed to be controlling the game for us - he can't even control the ball quickly these days. Our attackers aren't looking effective because by the time they get the ball, it's so slow coming, they're already marked by 2-3 players. Their quality shone through in our goal momentarily, but it won't happen in the 2nd half unless Can can get himself in the game and start moving that ball to them quicker.

It's not helping that Klavan has absolutely no handle on their long balls, but Can isn't exactly helping. I'd probably get Lucas in for one of them in the 2nd half. Just wish we had the players on the bench to hook them both.

[peachybum]

Absolutely gutless performance. If you didn't know better you'd think it was a preseason friendly. Really hard to explain how a coach like Klopp can't get fight or energy from this team consistently.

Mane is probably the only player coming out of that half with credit. He's actually tried to get involved and do something at least.

[sms1986]

Think anyone who's quoted that pyroparty post should delete it sharpish. We don't need that sort of shit posted on this site!

Yeah, he's apologised for it and deleted the post.

[JackWard33]

We need to switch to 3 at the back. Just put Can to the left of Klavan and tell Clyne and Milner to push up and provide width.

Fine but change at least one of the full backs - endless fucking crosses, punts and horrible decision making from them both on the ball .... again

[sminp]

What about the players who are already on that much, or who just signed big new contracts, who have been just as bad if not worse?

No one has been as bad as Can, worst performance I've ever seen from a Liverpool player

[TheShanklyGates]

I think I will break down I'm tears if Coutinho attempts another near post flick on corner, just get it on the penalty spot ffs.

He's had an absolute stinker of a game in general.

[liverpool185]

Apologies for the moment of madness re Neville but fucking hell his bias is doing my head in. Theres commentating on mistakes then just a Manc relentlessly ripping our team.

There's no bias atall, we were fucking awful that half as was Klavan...

[lgvkarlos]

Apologies for the moment of madness re Neville but fucking hell his bias is doing my head in. Theres commentating on mistakes then just a Manc relentlessly ripping our team.

Don't see how he was bias, I shouted twice as bad at the tv 😕