Author Topic: Half time: Norwich 0-1 Liverpool (Read 2984 times)

TheShanklyGates · « **on:** September 21, 2021, 08:35:55 pm »

Good in patches, poor in others, about what you'd expect from a mix of kids and reserves. Gordon looks promising and Bradley was decent until the penalty incident. Glad Minamino got himself on the scoresheet and great for Kelleher's confidence to save the pen.

Hopefully we can see this one out, would be nice to see the likes of Morton and Balagizi get off the bench too.

tubby · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:36:22 pm »

Curtis is on a completely different planet to the Norwich midfield. Just strolling around, casually twirling his cane and doing whatever the hell he wants. Great showing so far.

AOC not so much.

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #2 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:36:51 pm »

Curtis quietly doing bits.

Coolie High · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:36:54 pm »

Jones looks good.

naYoRHa2b · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:36:57 pm »

Decent half that. Lots of promising signs with Kelleher, Konate and Gordon

stonty · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:37:10 pm »

Ox & Keita haven't been at the races

Clint Eastwood · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:37:28 pm »

Decent half. Fringe players and youngsters putting a shift in. Some really good individual performances. Kelleher and Jones in particular.

[new username under construction] · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:37:29 pm »

Shame the right is so inexperienced, would like to see Gordon get forward a bit more

StevoHimself · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:37:31 pm »

I like Kelleher. Looks fairly assured. Poorly given away, but hopefully that penalty wakes them up a bit because it came at a time when things were starting to get a little stale.

disgraced cake · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:37:40 pm »

Some good stuff there. Nice to get the early goal and if we can get the next one it should be enough, but there's no guarantees Norwich will score. They ended well but we saw them out, bit clumsy from the young lad Bradley but he's only 18. Centre halves have looked very solid, as has Kelleher. Big moment for him that save.

Come on reds, put this one to bed

Fromola · « **Reply #10 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:37:59 pm »

Good result so far. Performance patchy which you'd expect. Really struggling in midfield as expected without a ball winner and the forwards struggling to really get in the game.

Centre halves playing well and keeper solid. Need to defend well as they're easily playing through us when they drive forward. We'll likely need Hendo on.

Schmidt · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:01 pm »

Jones has had an excellent half, playing quite deep but seems to be handling it well, a few gaps have appeared but the midfield is so attacking it's not a huge shock.

Our passing seemed to fall apart a bit after the first 20 though, every attack seeming to break down because a 5 yard pass was misplaced.

Nick110581 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:11 pm »

Ox will be alright - just needs to relax

A-Bomb · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:15 pm »

Kelleher's a bit good ain't he, I hope he's patient enough to stay with us being Allison's understudy.

A real talent is that boy.

sminp · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:16 pm »

Pleased with the younger players and Gomez is looking better and better each game he gains more match fitness. Ox needs to do much better if he wants to play more regularly.

stockdam · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:28 pm »

Quite good.

Gordon and Bradley were good apart from the penalty which Conor will learn from.

I’d like to see a bit more quality and effort from Keita and Ox.

Good header from Origi for the goal and a good strike by Minamino.

Konate just brilliant.

Zizou · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:30 pm »

Ox looking more and more like a perma-passenger nowadays. It's a shame to see. He always seems to be on the way back, or out of position, or something else. It's a real pity because he's incredible at full chat.

Ghost Town · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:36 pm »

Someone check on Al!

Far as I can see players are passing to Taki fine.

ToneLa · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:42 pm »

Looking good. Need more goals though.

Kelleher impressive!

Fitzy. · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:44 pm »

Thought we controlled the game brilliantly…

…for the opening 200 seconds.

palimpsest · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:44 pm »

Kelleher has been excellent, even without the penalty save. Alert, quick, assured. And Jones is absolutely boss.

vicar · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:38:56 pm »

Bradley played very well, silly challenge in the box, but the attacker leaned in to get the pen - but he will learn. Hope it doesn't knock his confidence as he has been great.

Lack of cohesion at times, but its a bit of a mixed team. I think Curtis could run this game if he got involved a bit more.
Ox is not having a good game, some poor passes and running into trouble.

Gomez looks imperious!

RyanBabel19 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:01 pm »

Decent half, need a few players to put their stamp on the game a bit more though

Gomez, Kelleher and Jones have been outstanding. Good showing from Bradley too, missed the pen incident but read it was a challenge from him but other than that everythings been really good.

Konates positioning is a little strange at times, caught ballwatching too often.

Fruity · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:16 pm »

Not bad. We have done well in parts Overall Norwich playing the more fluent football and breaking quickly but that is to be expected. Would like to see more from AOC, Naby and Minamino (even though he scored).

Samie · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:17 pm »

Kaide Gordon has shown enough to show he's going to be an exciting prospect for us.Bradley seems good too bar the dodgy bit at the end.

Joe Gomez is looking good tonight.

Kekule · « **Reply #25 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:28 pm »

Your usual League Cup fayre. Good seeing the young uns having a go, Kelleher has been good, Chamberlain less so. They’ve all been a bit sleepy at times.

If I was Daniel Farke I’d be getting Andy “now I do not believe you wanted to do that” Hinchcliffe to do the half time team talk. If they’d followed his advice and not under hit/over hit/misplaced passes, and scored instead of letting Kelleher save it they’d be ahead.

Wullie160975 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:34 pm »

Midfield very loose - Keita looking like an AM playing as a DM and Ox looks lost.

Should be expected from a disjointed team, but think we could do with a bit more control in the middle though.

duvva 💅 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:39 pm »

A bit of The good the bad and the ugly, but only to be expected with the side we have.

Willing Ox to do well but keeps choosing the wrong option. Thought Curtis has done well.

Still the better side but somewhat unsurprisingly disjointed and look open at times but a little more quality in the final third and we’ll be fine.

OkieRedman · « **Reply #28 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:40 pm »

I do not understand why they must play the same 4-3-3 formation with this team. Do something that will get the best out of the players on the pitch. So odd.

Father Ted · « **Reply #29 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:48 pm »

Pretty comfortable, without being spectacular. Good penalty save, although it was a hopeless penalty. You wouldn't say Norwich fans were creating a cauldron of noise out there, but then I guess this competition is more of distraction to them.

Ox is having a nightmare so far.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #30 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:50 pm »

Quote from: vicar on September 21, 2021, 08:38:56 pm

Bradley played very well, silly challenge in the box, but the attacker leaned in to get the pen - but he will learn. Hope it doesn't knock his confidence as he has been great.

Lack of cohesion at times, but its a bit of a mixed team. I think Curtis could run this game if he got involved a bit more.
Ox is not having a good game, some poor passes and running into trouble.

Gomez looks imperious!

He is well motoring around the pitch.

thaddeus · « **Reply #31 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:50 pm »

For a mix side we're doing really well. It shows much we miss Fab though as they are picking the ball in in front of our back four with so much time and space.

Jones staking a claim for a start against Brentford!

Elmo! · « **Reply #32 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:39:59 pm »

Not sure what to make of that half, it's all been Greek to me.

Bend It Like Aurelio · « **Reply #33 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:40:01 pm »

Quote from: tubby pls. on September 21, 2021, 08:36:22 pm

Curtis is on a completely different planet to the Norwich midfield. Just strolling around, casually twirling his cane and doing whatever the hell he wants. Great showing so far.

AOC not so much.

I think our midfield in general isn’t clicking well. They all look like they don’t want anything to do with each other. I didn’t see many passes between Jones, Chamberlain or Keita. It’s hurting our possession quite a bit.

Love the Minamino goal though.

s_andrews89 · « **Reply #34 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:40:24 pm »

Curtis looking brilliant. Ox (and to a lesser extent) look like they badly need games but I'm just not sure when or where they get them, other than this one! Bradley and Gordon doing OK, until the pen for Bradley. But great save from Kelleher which will do his confidence no harm at all.

Overall, we look like a Mish-mash team of reserves and kids. But we're better than their ressies and kids. Absolutely no worries we won't be ahead in another 45

kennedy81 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:40:25 pm »

We lack a bit of cohesion which is to be expected. Need to up our game second half.

Entertaining fare though. Hopefully our quality will see us through.

Persephone · « **Reply #36 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:40:33 pm »

We're getting bullied a bit off the ball, expected when you've got 2 teenagers on the field, but we're going to have to find a way to move the ball around better than we have so far.

Some really good stuff from Kelleher, Konate and Gomez( real captains performance so far).

AndyMuller · « **Reply #37 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:41:37 pm »

Ox and Keita not up to much today, Jones the best of the bunch.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #38 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:41:40 pm »

Gordon has been very quiet…. A bit more thunder lad!

Magz50 · « **Reply #39 on:** September 21, 2021, 08:41:59 pm »

Pretty happy with that first half! Gordon looks like he’s gonna be a baller