Topic: FT - Leicester 3 vs Liverpool 1 (27' 60' Vardy; 39' D'water, 67' - Phil)

[mersey_paradiso]

Seeing this interview from Vardy and Albrighton - what a fucking bunch of c*nts.  A reaction?  Played like wankers for 6 months and all of a sudden "a reaction"?

Want decking the little wankers

Hope the c*nts go down and back into oblivion.

[JustDan]

Came into the game at the end, but too little, too late.

Frustrating as fuck.. was waiting forever to watch us play again.. & that is what we got? 

Also, well done to the Leicester players, proving they downed tools until Ranieri, the manager who inspired them to do the impossible, was out the door. What utter fuckers. Fuck off & get relegated you twats.

[Upinsmoke]

We've got worse in 12 months. At least we showed determination against the likes of Norwich away and Dortmund. Now we just surrender.

Fucked. Top to bottom.

Time out for me. Not good for your health this shite.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Firmino is not a striker. He's scored in six games, that's inexcusable.

I wouldn't care if we spent our entire £20m net spend on just a striker who's clinical.

[KillieRed]

So when does Klopp start coming under pressure?  Showing no signs of turning this around and thats massively worrying

You need to do one.

Players to blame here all night long


ATTITUDE.

[goalspaytherent]

At this rate, I'm not even sure if we will qualify for the Europa League next season.

With this squad , we would be in danger of dropping out if the PL

[sms1986]

Quote from: Theatre of Screams on February 25, 2017, 06:54:36 PM
Liverpool are made for Leicester.

Will soak up all the pressure and hit you on the break.

3-1
(Vardy 2, Huth)
(Mane)

Hmm... that from a Manc...

And? He doesn't have the same biases for Liverpool as we do, his perspective was one of a "neutral".

[Kennys from heaven]

The Summer will see a fuckload of changes. That was not even up to Div 1 standard tonight.

After so long out and the circumstances around the game, it was pretty obvious that something like this was going to happen. We looked rusty and lethargic, Leicester's bunch of c*nts, now they'd got what they wanted, were obviously going to be at it.

Gotta be at it for the weekend though. Have a feeling we will be.

Anyway, let the whining and moaning begin...

[rkgriffin]

The worse part is that I fully expect us to run Arsenal off the pitch, draw against Burnley, eek out a win against City and then lose to the shite.

[Red Viper]

Well in lads. This is all great and FSG are fucking brilliant. Nothing to see here, just all part of the progress.

[Gerry83]

Shambles - based on that display the season is over and Europa league spots are only thing left to fight for.

-What happened to that pressing style? I think we need to change to 4-5-1 and just pack the midfield. At this stage i'd rather at least make it difficult for teams to beat us instead of going out with a whimper. If we continue to play this formation with no pressing we'll not get many points between now and May.

-We need new faces - we've all said and seen it - square pegs/round holes. Not working as it is.

-We reap what we sow.. okay i dont know the ins and outs of the transfers/target behind the scene...but i do know our squad is poor. Our first 11s purple patch is over, thats a given. However regardless of all that we were playing Lucas and CB and have been playing Milner at left back all season. The most frustrating thing is Klopps stubbornness is to blame for that.

 

[gazzam1963]

So when does Klopp start coming under pressure?  Showing no signs of turning this around and thats massively worrying

Certainly not after what ? 16 months ...

[stockdam]

I dont even know were to begin. That was one insipid, gutless, spineless and shameful effort. This team has no backbone whatsorver and they have capitulated big time. There is a lack of winners in this team; players who raise their game when backs are against the wall are seriously lacking in numbers. A team littered with players clearly not good enough, coupled with a shithouse mentality.

it's the mentality of a relegation team. No it's worse than that as a relegation team would fight. There is nobody in the squad who shows any determination when the chips are down. As Clive Dunne would have said...."we don't like it up us"

[BOBSCOUSE]

Midfield, forwards and Klopp to blame for that one.  Shit tactics, shit passing, shit control, lack of composure near their box, gutless.  Why the fuck Jurgen is so loyal to Can and Firmino I don't know because so often they are ineffective.

[JCM]

Season over by February, but there is nothing wrong with our mega sized squad, we don't need transfer windows, indeed we can actually afford to offload decent defenders to other teams.

[benn25]

and you just know Hull are going to turn them over next game and Arsenal the same the following game just to rub salt into the wound. Just to prove ohow utter shite we are right now.

[RedForeverTT]

How come no one wacked Vardy with a good kick? We just accepted getting outbattled. Matip and Lucas should have at least shown some needle and kicked him a bit.

Fucking shite bunch of weak players in this squad.

I have noticed this for some time now. Our players were so afraid of breaking their own toe nails. Spineless from front to back when it comes to defending.

[Number 7]

I actually felt sorry for Klopp standing there on the sidelines. If they can't play for him they'll play for no one.

[smicer07]

Season over by February, but there is nothing wrong with our mega sized squad, we don't need transfer windows, indeed we can actually afford to offload decent defenders to other teams.

If you mean Sakho, it's Sakho's fault and nobody else.

[Rush 82]

Those bastards (Leicester) actually played for the first time in a long time - running and chasing the ball like terriers.


Showed their intentions by crunching Mane in the first 30s.


Vardy put in the most number of sprints (71) that he has the whole season.

[Motty]

5 points out of 18 this calendar year. Bedwetting. 

Oh ffs READ the fucking post properly ffs lad!!

[Joe Public]

He's infinitely better than Lucas. Then again, there was some lad rotting in our reserves who isn't too bad either.

He's gone. Get over it.

[sms1986]

OK, next time we're losing at half time I'll say some of the shit being posted in the half time thread, should I?

[dramared]

Swamped by bellends that only post when we get beaten.

they must have a decent post count atleast

[JustDan]

Absolute shite - from Klopp to FSG.

[BobPaisley3]

Sick to death of this shit. Bullied, outmuscled and nowhere near the same commitment or desire against the dross of the league leads to shit like that. The attitude of this squad and the club as a whole stinks.

This is the key, we're fucking weak. Pussies who don't like getting stuck in when the going gets tough like it invariably does at places like Leicester, Burnley, Hull. Not since Mascherano have we had a nasty fucker in the middle who'll kick people and put in a tackle to set the tone. Rodgers didn't want one, Klopp hasn't prioritised one yet, Hodgson got Poulsen. Its all very well buying ball players but every couple of weeks you come up against hard fuckers and we need some of our own. We're desperately short in about five positions but this is the most telling for me.

[Sarge]

I don't think so, not that Klopp wanted long term anyway. And that's a problem, I don't doubt he'll be backed but it'd finding and convincing the right players to come.

Completly agree and top 4 is huge if we want to improve this squad.

[Gazza-LFC]

Absolute lack of leaders...not one player in that team which started tonight. Infuriating.

[KiNki]

2 wins in 12 since xmas.

Who would have thought that with 2 weeks off, a chance to re-charge the batteries, them losing their manager, us losing our status as most successful side...that we'd actually have some fire in our collective bellies.

[Lycan]

He's infinitely better than Lucas.

That's not an excuse to sign an average CB though.

[GreatEx]

It is bedwetting when people are throwing their toys out of the pram at half-time because the other team are winning by two goals, teams have come back from bigger deficits before.

This Liverpool team doesn't. The game was over at half time, you knew it, I knew it, we all knew it.

[Fruity]

All too familiar.

Firstly we have something like 13 games left just after a nice break. Where is the energy and desire. Come on there are 13 games to seal top 4 and we are playing like a midtable side who is happy that we have reached our 40 point target and we are safe. Lallana must be injured because he has been shocking recently. Firminio same. Why take off Mane when he looked like our only real threat.

Anyway the bigger concern is our style of play. It wasn't like Leicester sat back - they did come out and give us a game. So what is our style of play at the moment. We hardly press. I see lots of chipped swervy crosses into the box for our big target man firminio. Though funnily enough they sort of stopped when Origi come on. I don't want to make comparisons with Brendan Rodgers but a similar thing is happening at the moment. Under Brendan we had the same sort of attacking intent to get at teams early and hunt them down. But as time went on we stopped doing that and suddenly became a team that was blunt in attack. Ponderous and slow with no idea how to break sides down. Why is the same happening again? Apart from the goal which was a nice move the rest is aimless, sideways, lobbing balls in at no one football. 
We are no good at chasing games so why not attack and get at teams from the off. We should be pumped up going onto that pitch not fannying around.

For all the attacking players or defenders what i would really like to see is a Kante or even just a plain old momo sissoko. Someone who is going to put it about and show the opposition that we are going to get stuck in. At the moment we are as lame as Arsenal but without even nice football.

Fully expect us to beat the arse at the weekend as well because todays match was obviously just friendly and not important.

[ScubaSteve]

Season over, let's move on! europa places looking hopeful right now

[Gerry Attrick]

OK, next time we're losing at half time I'll say some of the shit being posted in the half time thread, should I?

Did you not watch the first half? There was absolutely no indication whatsoever that we were getting a positive result from this game. None.

[mariov77]

It is bedwetting when people are throwing their toys out of the pram at half-time because the other team are winning by two goals, teams have come back from bigger deficits before.

When will people STOP bringing up 2005 !

[Studgotelli]

We were top like 3 fucking months ago fucking shambles this club

[Kekule]

Disgusting. Nobody comes out of that with any credit.

I was being optimistic but there is a very worrying downward trend in results since the start off the year, and in performances since the end of November, and seemingly it's not down to fitness. It's unrealistic to expect that this isn't going to happen again this season. Top 4 is still possible, but it's looking less and less likely with every game. The worry is that we need top 4 to get attract the players Klopp wants/needs in order to turn us around quicker. Without Champions League it's going to be a much slower process, and we all know that sections of the fan base aren't going to give him that time. 

The staff are going to take an almighty kicking for taking them away. It might have been needed but we all know how fans and media react to seeing underachievers being given 2 week holidays. It certainly doesn't look like any good has been done.

Leicester players don't get any credit. Where has that been all season? If I was a Leicester fan I'd be happy with the result tonight, but in a couple of days time I'd start questioning it. Of course they could just do what every other shit side has done against us and return to not giving a toss in the next game.

Finally, no fucker on here is coming out of tonight with any credit either. It is and will be an utter shit show. Bollocks we'll be talked both in accusation and defence of the team and staff. I don't think they really know what's wrong. I doubt any bugger on here does either.

[zx12arrgh]

Same old same old

Turned the c*nt off when we went 3 down, sick of these heartless, and let's be brutally honest inept players FUCKIN MY DAY/WEEK UP!!!!!!!!!!! 

[norecat]

Very interesting match from both perspectives. Leicester sack their manager and we beat Tottenham 2-0 at home provides the backdrop to this game.

From our perspective I wonder whether we need to look beyond simply blaming the manager. Our stated objective, as Bill Shankly said our bread and butter is to win the league. In order to do that you need to be consistent almost robotic in getting results. You need players of the right mental strength and attitude when if you are not playing well you can nick a goal, keep things mean at the back and win the game. It shouldn't matter that it's the champions in their home patch or the fact that they have a temp manager in charge. Leicester are in all reality a mediocre side. We are so fragile defensively that sides don't need to play brilliantly to cut us open. I think we need to have a radical rethink at how the side goes on the pitch.

1 The first objective should be to become defensively solid. Forget playing entertaining football for the minute. Let's first make ourselves hard to beat.
2. We need a proper defensive midfielder Ala Kante. We need a left back and centre back.
3. We need Mane to get in around the back of teams. Far too much of our play is pedestrian and in front of the opposition. The one move we put together with a bit of zip and we score.
4. We need an out and out fox in the box, one who isn't injured every three games. Also has the ability to make the ball stick.
5. Klopp needs to from now until season end have a good long think about whether this group has the mentality to be medals winners.

I feel sorry for Ranieri watching Leicester tonight. If that was them playing well they must have been piss poor all season. Something rotten in the game when player's have no reason to play for their manager.

Ultimately their is no point in panicking. The problem is I just see more and more seasons of mediocrity until the mindset is changed among the playing staff no matter who they are. It isn't always the manager's fault.

[Chief Brody]

And? He doesn't have the same biases for Liverpool as we do

Speak for yourself.