Topic: Half time: Liverpool 0-1 Newcastle

[slotmachine]

Newcastle have done exactly the same as fulham and manu. Press our full backs because they cant play on the half turn and cant beat the press. TAA attitude stinks when this happens to him he just starts playing stupid passes inside to Gomez and Fab when they have players tight on them. He needs a rocket up is arse from the gaffer. The stupid pass for their goal summed up Trent's attitude and his season.

[J-Mc-]

Genuine question but does Mo ever not cut in anymore? I was watching his game's back and he used to be confident on his weaker side, scored good goals etc but for whatever reason doesn't bother too much with it anymore

Few times tonight he could have slipped Elliot in and gave Newcastle a decision to make in the box, but instead he keeps cutting inside.

Fully expecting him to score a worldie in the second half though.

[stockdam]

Think we will take them 3-1 in the second half

Hope so. Some major over-reactions in here.

[[new username under construction]]

We can still win it, need take our chances though

and Bobby needs to stay the **** up front :/

[Caps4444]

Season reminds me of 2009/10….missing Alonso in midfield….and too inconsistent and falling far behind top 4 and playing catch-up and eventually missing out.

[jooneyisdagod]

When have we ever?

Early in Klopp's reign. We have doubled down on the fullbacks, don't get me wrong but we weren't as insipid from the centre as we are now.

[Cesar]

Think we will take them 3-1 in the second half

Getting one on target would be a start

[Geezer08]

Fuck me Bournemouth are shite!!

[Butcher Knife Roberto]

Kostas and Carvalho on please🙏

The worst thing about that is Harvey will most likely get pulled to accommodate, and he's been our best player by an absolute mile tonight.

[MPowerYNWA]

Oh well, at least FSG have made a ton of money from us - maybe we can sell Diaz, Nunez, Elliot, Trent and Virgil to raise some funds to buy a player…

[Rahul21]

Groundhog day.

[cdav]

Would be a dream to see 25 minutes of ball in play action during a half

[StL-Dono]

Half time threads - where seasons have been written off since 2001.

Half time threads in 2022-2023...   with the lowest point total at this point in the season in Klopp's tenure. 

But it's okay to pretend everything is just fine I suppose. 

[Gaz123456]

Carvalho has to come on to create a bit of a spark.

[Magz50]

We don;t look lie scoring 1 never mind 3.

Get carvalho on for hendo and we got this!

[decosabute]

I must be in the minority as I thought that we played well. Gomez, Firmino, Henderson, Diaz and Elliott played well up until they scored.

One poor collective lapse and we go behind yet again. It’s becoming a habit.

The only worry for me is our lack of being able to create good chances. I’m happy with the display and I think we will wear them down.

100% agree. This performance is nothing like as bad as Fulham or Man United. The opponent are killing themselves to stop us, but I'd be amazed if they can maintain it.

[wemmick]

Need a third CB in there. The midfield isn’t holding the defensive shape this season. All opponents need to do is pull one of our CBs out of position right now and we can hardly cope with it.

[plura]

Getting frustrated at Newcastle is just falling into the same old trap though isn't it. It's why Mourinho set his team out to time waste from the first minute in 2014. When we're not at it, especially at Anfield, too often we just lose composure and it doesn't end well.

The issue isn't Newcastle diving, timewasting or the ref being corrupt. The problem is that at the moment we are miles off being good enough. Too many cloggers in the team who need multiple touches and can't turn quick enough. Legends who are past their best and need help. There's no pace, no intricacy, just huff puff play it wide and then back into midfield again. It's a mirror image of the year we didn't sign a centre back and played the same fixture every single week.

Yep.

I don’t doubt we can make too 4, or even 2nd behind City. But this isn’t the accelerating and thrilling Liverpool. The pace isn’t there, sure the big NFT et isn’t there at the moment but the lack of youthful pace and skills isn’t there. And we are not using our experience to control the game successfully either.

[meady1981]

Half time threads in 2022-2023...   with the lowest point total at this point in the season in Klopp's tenure. 

But it's okay to pretend everything is just fine I suppose.

It’s not fine. But it’s possible to still not be a twat.

[Number 7]

Not really sure how the 9-0 happened but apart from that game we’ve been utter garbage in every game. End of an era looming?

[cormorant]

Said it before, will say it again.

All stems from the (lack of) midfield breaking the flow of the team up massively. Not really pressing high, strangling the opposition, winning the ball in the final third and letting us play short, precise passes at the top end of the pitch. Midfield is then late to the party arriving in Newcastle's half, leaving huge gaps in front of the defence and exposed to their attacks. Plus point is that Allison has mopped up most things well so far.

Big picture...worried

[Mighty_Red]

Can't expect to collect points when we are slow and ponderous with the ball and half-arsed in defence. Lazy play from Trent and Hendo for the goal, the fact this keeps happening proves we have major issues at the back, and it's not about quality, but our concentration levels.

Need bring an intensity to our play, it's our identity, and we're nothing without it. Lots of time to turn this around but it will take 10x more effort.

[Tonyh8su]

Not much to say. Watching the same game on repeat over and over and over again is so frustrating. At least we got a reprieve on Saturday.

We don’t half love hammering it into the legs of a standing defender. Is there any mention of a solve for that in Pep’s book?

[OkieRedman]

When have we ever?

A lot? We used to do 1-2s around the box quite often.

[MULLENEDWINE]

At what point do we start to sub Mo off for Carvallho this season you think?

[GBF]

We look like it is the first time we are playing professional football. Totally naive

[Judge Red]

Think Virgil needs to lube up at half time as these fuckers are trying to grab his shirt off him. And why was that shove on Elliott not punished? Disgraceful

[Macphisto80]

And again, the opposition have one chance and score, while we need multiple opportunities and still can't. Why is it such hard work for us to score in games like this? Obviously I'm not including the Bournemouth game in this!

Moving the ball too slow in transition. No one willing to break the lines apart from Elliot. There was an attack on where Firmino wanted a ball chipped in over the line into the box. What does Henderson do? Slows it down and passes it sideways.

[Lastrador]

People like to put the blame on the midfield every time for our lack of creativity, but how many runs behind the lines you see from Firmino, Diaz or even Salah? They are so static and deep in every single play. I'm begging to worry about Diaz's tunnel vision and lack of end-of-product.

[fallenhd]

You can't blame a team for cheating?, who do you blame then?

Is it cheating? Where is it written as cheating. I give you til the end of the year to find it. Should be enough time right?

[MPowerYNWA]

Klopp knows we need new players - his hands are tied and mouth bound so as not to undermine FSG.

They are taking the piss now - they need to give Klopp something to work with.

They haven’t put any sizeable amount of their money into the club, bar the original purchase - everything is being funded by LFC.

[vivabobbygraham]

These are a good team. But that's it for them, now. We've got their measure. We get 3 this half

[Caps4444]

Annoying that spurs and Arsenal keep winning…..this is also the problem.

[d.arn]

How have we gone from a team that basically won every game to this in one summer? The whole team look like the have aged 5 years in 3 months.

[Judge Red]

Fabinho went out to press and Henderson needed to cover Isak. Fabinho definitely wasn't blameless, but then neither was Henderson.

Sorry mate, that wasn’t pressing. Was a token gesture

[Andy82lfc]

Need to get it to Diaz more, he’s a threat but needs to see more of it. Hopefully they will start to lag and we can take advantage.

[decosabute]

Henderson has been so poor, slows everything down.

Playing on the wrong side. It renders him totally ineffective, and was the same at the start of last season. Bournemouth being appalling meant people didn't notice last game. Elliott is good, but I don't think he's always good enough to throw the rest of our shape, which I think he does sometimes.

[Lycan]

Salah needs to play through the middle more. He's far too wide.

[TALBERT]

How have we gone from a team that basically won every game to this in one summer? The whole team look like the have aged 5 testa in 3 months.

We haven’t refreshed

Arsenal have

Man City have

Chelsea are completely refreshing

[TepidT2O]

These are a good team. But that's it for them, now. We've got their measure. We get 3 this half

Is the right approach!

Piss off the rest of you moaning Minnie’s!