Topic: Full Time: Liverpool 0 - 0 Plymouth Argyle

[FernandoTourettes]

Not fussed really.
Play the kids again in the replay.

It's not just the kids though is it?

It's Klopp and Co taken the time out to prepare for an extra game, travel and the first teamers he'll bring along again playing on a dodgy hostile pitch between Utd and Swansea league games.

It is what it is but that's why I am fussed.

[Malcolm Night]

That's a pathetic post 

I said almost but not quite - I'd never want our team to lose, especially at home but we have an insanely congested fixture list and the FA cup shouldn't be a priority really.

[Caligula?]

People saying play the kids again in the replay, I don't Klopp will want to take any chances and will probably field a stronger squad in that one. It's a trophy and I'm sure he'd like us to win it.

[goalspaytherent]

As someone who lived through many games in the 90s , I don't I'm exaggerating too much to say that was possibly one of the worst games I've ever seen ......

[pyroparty]

The highest fee they've paid for a player is £15k pal.

What does that have to do with making judgements on one game? If so surely our squad is incredible because we beat Spurs and Leeds?

[cornishscouser92]

You mean a team of mainly kids for most of the match?

Which is our second team ? Argyle's highest fee is £15k, should beat these comfortably.

[Caston]

The highest fee they've paid for a player is £15k pal.

So?

[Sarge]

That's a pathetic post 

Very very.

[classycarra]

while i'm no great fan of moreno on corners, though i understand why the manager wants our shortest player taking them, i think there is more to it than that. we had about twenty today, and plenty of them offered us a chance. it's just that without lovren and matip, we don't have anyone that looks like winning contested headers

[killer-heels]

People saying play the kids again in the replay, I don't Klopp will want to take any chances and will probably field a stronger squad in that one. It's a trophy and I'm sure he'd like us to win it.

Surely decisions like that are made in context. I.e what happens after Utd will play a part.

[clinical]

Ojo is also not ready to replace Mane. Huge error if we don't buy in Jan.

[Kop307]

Stuck £100 on a draw at Half time.

You could see from fucking Mars we were never scoring today. Far too slow and ponderous with the ball . Horrendous result.

Special mention for Origi - worst player on the pitch by a mile.

[Butcher Knife Roberto]

There's also the argument that Plymouth should really be able to beat a team of teenagers. Got to credit our lads for being good enough to hold their own against a bunch of negative alehouse players. Experiences like this will help shape their game moving forward, it's just the inevitable headlines that the result will generate that will do my head in rather than any form of praise for some really talented teenagers being visible in the press.

[Gili Gulu]

Liverpool never moved the ball forward quickly enough, and dwelt on the ball. Far too slow reacting to the second ball. Stupid fouls being given away around the Plymouth box, and I think we had about two dozen corners plus I don't know how many crosses and managed to get a decent header on a sum total of none.

[Gerry83]

Which kids let you down today ?

not one of them. I dont mean i was let down by any of them. What i meant was that you cant trust them in the sense to play like first team players. One or two may show real quality at times and other times they will show their inexperience.

All in all the point im trying to make is you can expect a walk over against lower league opposition when you play the younger lads.

[lessthanmatt]

I also thought the referee was one of those "Magic of the FA cup" referees. Every time we touched them it was a "push". If they wanted a free kick they got it. Not that you can talk too much about the referee against a team in the fourth tier

[Yevgeny]

Let's hope Phil is ready to start against Utd. We miss his creativity. More likely he'll be on the bench though, given Jurgen's cautiousness with players coming back from injury. Today was a shit game, but he was right to rest his main men after the brutal xmas schedule.

[Caston]

People saying play the kids again in the replay, I don't Klopp will want to take any chances and will probably field a stronger squad in that one. It's a trophy and I'm sure he'd like us to win it.

He'll play the kids

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

most entertaining part of the match

[bodhisattva]

chance to give young players / fringe first team players another game and more match sharpness, we dominated the game and just couldn't get
the goal which would have forced them to open up a bit.

[Crosby Nick]

That's a pathetic post 

Can never understand that logic! I can understand why we played the team we did. It should have been strong enough to do the job...it wasn't but it's no disaster,  we can play a similar team for the replay. Think it's midweek before we play Swansea at home? Not the end of the world.

Now it's ended I've got to make small talk to the dullard parents at a birthday party my daughter's at. Now that's real frustration!

[Rattleduser]

replay is unhelpful, play the same team again see if it can put in a better performance

[JackWard33]

Ojo is also not ready to replace Mane. Huge error if we don't buy in Jan.

We now have 10 games in 34 days leading up to a crucial title related game vs Chelsea at anfield - buying in Jan was always a must if were serious about the league

That said one kid in a senior side has got more chance of doing well than a team of kids

[El Lobo]

Stuck £100 on a draw at Half time.

You could see from fucking Mars we were never scoring today. Far too slow and ponderous with the ball . Horrendous result.

Special mention for Origi - worst player on the pitch by a mile.

Well in mate.

Betting against your team always goes down well on here

[tmaloney]

Very annoying having to play a replay with the tough games we have coming up.  Think Alexander Armstrong and Woodburn did okay, hard to see any of the other youngsters getting anywhere near the first team any time soon

[JustDan]

Basically our second team didn't beat a league 2 team. Utterly embarrassing, asks questions about squad depth

Yeah, those teenagers should be ashamed shouldn't they..

[Clayton Bigsby]

no big deal. we didnt lose and we will slap them about at their place

hopefully on tv and full gate for them to help them financially

[TravisBickle]

Replays need jibbing off big time.

[cornishscouser92]

So?

The second team didn't beat a team who are vastly inferior and barely worked the keeper. It was embarrassing. Wasn't just a team of kids either

[sms1986]

There's also the argument that Plymouth should really be able to beat a team of teenagers. Got to credit our lads for being good enough to hold their own against a bunch of negative alehouse players. Experiences like this will help shape their game moving forward, it's just the inevitable headlines that the result will generate that will do my head in rather than any form of praise for some really talented teenagers being visible in the press.

Nope, sorry, our kids should be beating their first team 10-0, don't you know?

[RK7]

You mean a team of mainly kids for most of the match?

I think we've learnt that a number of them aren't ready. If Plymouth had had a go then we may have been looking at an early exit. We need to improve the depth of this squad.

[Djozer]

Not that bothered really. I thought the kids did ok generally, would have been much better if we'd won of course but it must be hard to play against a team that drop so deep and show very little ambition to get out of their own box, let alone their own half. That's not to take away from the opposition though, credit to Plymouth for solid and organised defending. I don't think they had any desires beyond getting it back to their place, so fair play to them for doing what they needed to do.

Play the kids again in the second leg and que sera, sera. Plymouth should be a bit more forward thinking so should leave more spaces at the back. If we lose, so be it; I'd rather concentrate on the league anyway and see what we can do there.

[So… Howard Philips]

Play the same team at Plymouth just so they get used to playing together. The only way the youngsters can be judged is by playing games. Thought Origi looked sluggish and a bit half-arsed and an overall lack of invention. Shows the need for improving the squad and maybe too many youngsters on the pitch.

[N0rnIr0nRed]

Resting players didn't pay off.

Now we have to play at least another 90mins in amongst 2 legs of the League Cup Semi-Final, United and then Chelsea.

Having to play a replay is maybe worse that crashing out.

[Ed]

Well played Plymouth. Very organised and committed in defense.
Good learning experience for our kids. They're still young, and this is a great teaching opportunity to show how to make better decisions individually. I hope they get another chance at the replay to prove their worth.

[Crosby Nick]

What a strange thing to say.

I prefer listening to his brother, Silent.

[red mongoose]

We treated that game with no respect whatsoever and got exactly everything we deserved.

We showed respect for the difficulty of our fixture congestion.
We showed respect to the spirit of developing our young players.
That's enough respect shown, I would think.
Respecting the magic of the FA Cup by playing a full-strength side isn't worth ignoring reality, in my opinion.

[Caston]

The second team didn't beat a team who are vastly inferior and barely worked the keeper. It was embarrassing. Wasn't just a team of kids either

You're embarrassing yourself mate. Not the first time we've had a result like this.

[pyroparty]

The second team didn't beat a team who are vastly inferior and barely worked the keeper. It was embarrassing. Wasn't just a team of kids either

You are easily embarrassed it seems. We drew with Exeter, Man Utd and Ronaldo drew with Burton, Man Utd drew at Old Trafford v Exeter, Chelsea lost at home to Bradford, it can happen, get over it.

[Gnurglan]

0-0. Naturally, we should have secured a win here. Credit to Plymouth. They did well and got a draw. Well done. Our mistake was we played too slow. We let them stay in their zones and I lost count of how many times they were two or even three against one when we had the ball down the flanks. All in all though, we shouldn't be too concerned. We have to play another game, but we'll manage.