Topic: Liverpool 0 - 0 Plymouth Argyle Half time

[88_RED]

Not moving the ball quick enough..
Too ponderous in possession in the final third..
Only TAA looking to make runs in behind.. buts that's because others can't as they have 11 behind the ball and that too very deep.. Their CB's are literally defending on the toes of their keeper..

Most exciting moment was seeing Can getting felt up in their penalty box..

[El Lobo]

Woodburn and Can were very good. Stewart's shots were particularly awful though 

When?!

[Rush 82]

Good patience by the young kids.  Not easy breaking down 11 men camped inside 20 yards of their own goal.  Just need that 1 clear cut chance. 

That's an odd comment.  Ojo is a really strong kid.

He's looking a bit lightweight to me.....maybe I'm just sitting too far from the TV 

Couple of time he looked like he was being bullied off the ball.

[rafathegaffa83]

Plymouth have come with one idea: get a replay. Can't blame them or expect them to do anything but put everyone behind the ball. They are in League Two after all. I think we've been alright, we just need a break going our way. Plymouth's shape became a bit more disorganized towards the end of the half, so they are probably tiring. I don't think Klopp will panic and bring on someone straightaway.

[ToneLa]

Possession needs turned into goals. They're parking the bus a bit.

Wouldn't mind some of the subs having a go. But I like how our younger lads are playing.

Just need a result. Come on red men 

[stockdam]

Anyone got any stats please?

88% possession to us. No goals.

[Garnier]

When?!

In the second half

[Father Ted]

The 9-0-1 formation can be a tricky one to get the better of.

It's been an awful watch for the most part, Woodburn's shown some nice touches though.

[jooneyisdagod]

Just need to quicken the game a little and commit some of the Plymouth players to 1v1s before they get to organise and make it a 2v1. In other words, we need to trust our superior technical ability earlier in our attacking play.

[Gnurglan]

Too slow. We need to take more risks. Individually and with our passes. We use the time we get on the ball to take more touches and play it safe and sideways. Exactly what Plymouth want.

Expect the same players to get 10-15 minutes more and then we will start to introduce more senior players.

[Gerry Attrick]

When?!

Played a few nice balls in behind the Plymouth defence to aid crossing opportunities.

[red mongoose]

Anyone got any stats please?

Possession: 80/20 to us
Attempts: 12/0 to us

... fuck, they changed the screen - that's all I saw.   

[CornerFlag]

Forgot their keeper was the one who was drink-driving and killed two kids.  Now I want us to destroy them.

[Simplexity]

Match went about as expected so far, dull as dishwater with the onlookers having the collective decibel levels of a decrepit graveyard.

Kids done alright expect to see them off eventually.

[stockdam]

Nice to see Gomez back

[hesbighesred]

Think Ejaria's been really nice to watch, a lot of potential there. Too many weird floated crosses and chipped balls in and not enough quick one touch passing around the box - the latter is easy for Plymouth to deal with. I like Stewart's story, but think he's a pretty meh sort of player. He'll probably never let us down, but I don't think he'll ever reach a level to trouble the likes of Henderson or Can, either.

I think it's encouraging that the youngsters have coped very well with the physical side of it though, with a fairly lenient referee. (Do we ever get any other kind, by the way?)

[Durlmints]

When?!

Took his pinch like a champ.

[sms1986]

Anyone got any stats please?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38481646

[Robinred]

Fancy motoring up early on a Sunday morning from south Devon, for a "special" day, getting worked up about your team, and witnessing that.

Magic of the cup😤

[FaitAccompli]

Trent AA and Woodburn both look something special, don't they?

Need to up the tempo around the box a bit, and a few more passes inside their full back for our full backs to run into, which seemed to work pretty well.

As an aside, did all the Plymouth fans pick up some bad habits when they visited our bitter neighbours yesterday? Fucking handball shouts every time one of our player chests the ball. Just waiting for the boos to commence from them.

[JackWard33]

Nice to see Gomez back

Yeah he doesnt have anything to do but in a couple of moments you can see why they're all so excited about him

[Tobelius]

It's clear this second string is quite talented,also it's clear they've not played together much as a team.
Also, our set pieces need some serious work still.

[Butcher Knife Roberto]

Do they even want to play football?

No.

Reckon Klopp will make 2 changes at half time, perhaps Lallana to find the spaces? Of course they will say we had to put out our big guns to get rid of them, but then it's hardly surprising when it's possibly the most defensive display I've ever seen in a football match anywhere.

[classycarra]

obviously plymouth are welcome to do as they please, and they were aiming to hold on and then have a late period of aggression and going at us. so it's an important experience/lesson for this young side - you need to show teams like this that it's difficult to just suddenly up your game arbitrarily, they need to earn the right. and i think we will make sure the don't

[JackWard33]

Okay just read this thread - not sure why people aren't enjoying watching the kids more
Bit weird to fretting over this isn't it??!

[stockdam]

Youngest ever first team for us

[Anfield89]

Cant blame them for sitting back. We are very comfortable just keep it going we will get the break through.
Get a bit more out of Can, Woodburn closer to Origi let Moreno have that left hand side.

[classycarra]

As an aside, did all the Plymouth fans pick up some bad habits when they visited our bitter neighbours yesterday? Fucking handball shouts every time one of our player chests the ball. Just waiting for the boos to commence from them.

ha, was thinking the same! must have called handball about 15 times, all for bizarre ones. genuinely, none were even close.

[Yorkykopite]

It's like a training exercise.The kids are doing pretty well at it. Nothing a goal wouldn't solve.

[Caligula?]

Sturridge on for 15-20 minutes to win it.

[classycarra]

Okay just read this thread - not sure why people aren't enjoying watching the kids more
Bit weird to fretting over this isn't it??!

same mate. people are finding this boring?!

[Medellin]

Utd playing in green.

[gatcliffe]

Woodburn reminds me a lot of Fowler the way he shifts ball across his body.

[tubby]

What do people expect Plymouth to do, play an open game and get cut to pieces?

[Sarge]

well plymouth parked the bus, but disappointingly we have no idea how to take advantage of their reluctance to leave the penalty area.  We've got trent and moreno in behind but nothing to show for it.

More like a fucking Cruise Liner Kink.

[TepidT2O]

Woodburn reminds me a lot of Fowler the way he shifts ball across his body.

Best player on the pitch...

Such quality on the ball

[Gnurglan]

OK, here we go again. Players are about to get back out.

[88_RED]

2-0.. Woodburn and Ejaria..

[HeartAndSoul]

Bus passing wankers. We need to do more to pull them out though

[RK7]

We'll need that bit of magic or a mistake from the opposition if Plymouth continue how defend like this. Might be worth getting Sturridge on.