Topic: FT: Liverpool 1 - 0 Crystal Palace (Mane' 73')

[sms1986]

The scoreline really flattered Palace there.

Yeah, if the score was more reflective of how we were, it would have been easily 3 or 4 nil.

[Johns_Barn]

I think he'll be a good player now that he will be getting first team experience.

Lofty apparently sees his long term future back at the bridge. It'd be South American footballer <3 top2 Spanish club #4lyf #yolo ratchet drama all over again. Less sangria and more daily mail, I guess?

[sms1986]

Lofty apparently sees his long term future back at the bridge. It'd be South American footballer <3 top2 Spanish club #4lyf #yolo ratchet drama all over again. Less sangria and more daily mail, I guess?

Who is Lofty?

[Alan_X]

Who is Lofty?

He means Cheeky

[Johns_Barn]

*as a side note, it's interesting that all three of this window's buys played and all looked like great additions who will play their part in key games - not just squad players.

Absolutely this^ and not a marquee price tag on sight (technically).


Despite winning da possesion stats, not until the end was I comfortable. 'Cos LFC... But if that was us make shift, this early on in thd season and dealing with internal creative turmoil then happy days because that team will get better as the games come.

I really do don't  expect the club to think what we have now- even with Phil staying is going to be enough and that now we're hoping for cl qualification to push through deals.

[SP]

San Marino have 1 win against a national team in official matches. Which national team have Liverpool ever defeated?

http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/FriendlyGame/8184

[Purple Red]

No. I was sitting behind the goal in the Kop and from where I was sitting all the action was at the far end for forty-five minutes. They did fuck all in the first half. And in the second half the action was all in front of me - there was the Benteke chance but little else. There were a couple of corners which they hilariously decided to take short.

When I'm watching a game, the first thing I do is try and get a sense of whether we are the better team. If we're the better team it's going to come down to a set piece or a lack of concentration (Watford last week) but yesterday it was clear we were the better team throughout. The opposite is when a team is ripping the arse out of us (Watford away two seasons ago) when we get beat and it's fully deserved. Yesterday it was obvious early on that we were far better, especially in attack. I was sure we'd score and the worst result I could see was a draw with us committing a clanger at some point.

But Robertson was very impressive, Klavan was solid and so was Matip. Gomez was good if not great going forward and Mignolet made a couple of decent saves. The longer the game went on the less I thought we'd fuck it up and that proved to be the case.

I don't think Palace are destined for the drop. They missed Zaha badly but they aren't mugs. I was drinking pre-match with a friend and his family who were Palace fans up for the match and very knowledgeable. They're a bit worried that they don't have the players for his three at the back but they're still getting used to a new manager.

Of course we need to improve but it's the second game of the season, key players aren't available and we're bringing in new signings in Salah, Solanke and Robertson*.

You said we were 'crap'. That's bollocks. If you were thinking 'here we go again' then it's probably more about your preconceptions than an objective view of the match.

Essentially, you've taken a  bog-standard, but enjoyable Premier League game in teh August sunshine with good performances by our newcomers and players coming back from injury... and teased out problems that might have happened - a goal that Benteke didn't score, defensive mistakes that we didn't make, a midfield that didn't go missing, a slow start that had no impact on the game (we won)... if that's your idea of 'happy' we have very different standards.

And I celebrate every win. Fuck me, are you so entitled that you can pick and choose which games to celebrate?

*as a side note, it's interesting that all three of this window's buys played and all looked like great additions who will play their part in key games - not just squad players.

Belter of a post.

Couldn't agree more.

[Marty McFly]

Robertson and Klavan must start for me, as per my previous post. Can or Milner? Ideally none. Should be 2 out of Gini, Hendo and those two but then who takes the other spot is a sticking point. Trent? Grujic? Woodburn? Or maybe a change of formation and go 4-2-3-1. I genuinely don't know but we can't carry on with a midfield which is inept at creating but doesn't even have the defensive nous to counter that.

Thanks mate, surprised Klavan looking better than Lovren but I still need up watch it in full

4-2-3-1 definitely sounds more potent in the absence of a Lallana / Coutinho in the midfield 3

Hope we go for it on Wednesday and put the Hoffmeisters to the sword.

[BabuYagu]

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=336318.0

Roundtable is up for the Palace game if anybody is interested. Have at it RAWK