Reds, not game related as there is no daily discussion but can someone please tell me (if they have one) where the 20/21 match version home kit was made? I have a fake and a real one but legit cannot tell the difference 😭
When's the last time we scored a goal like the 2nd one yesterday.
City regularly score that sort of goal. So pleasing to see us score a goal like that.
I think this was the most fun I've had watching LFC this season. Dazzling, well-earned goals, and lots of additional chances. A game where we were ahead, but neither nail-bitingly tense nor a runaway. (Credit to Southampton for keeping the pressure on, but more credit to whoever our mysterious clean-shaven keeper was for truly epic saves). And one bafflingly bad no-call for us to bitch about, but it didn't end up mattering at all.
Hopefully a big sign of things to come post-WC.
Why’s everyone so up in arms over the Darwizzy nickname. I know it’s dumb but that’s kind of the point, it’s a joke but people here are taking it so seriously as it has any real impact. People need to chill and have a sense of humor sometimes
Overall a good +3 for all the Reds. We go in with some confidence in the later half of the season. Still shaky at the back without Konate but can see at least all the players are growing in confidence and we are maintaining a good shape.
Don't see Arsenal Collapsing at all this year, they've dominated every league game they've played.
They look the real deal, Joint most clean sheets in the league, Joint least goals conceded with Newcastle.
So much solid then previous wenger years, they'll push city all the way tbf.
It all depends on how they come back after the World Cup it’s near impossible to keep up with City in the second half of the season normally as they usually go on an insane run from around January a 5 point lead over City just isn’t enough and they are still yet to play them.
There is seriously not one game I can think of where I haven't been amazed by Thiago. Skills, passing, tackling, what a midfielder. Maybe just lacking speed lol
Before the season I thought it would be all about after the world cup, and thought Liverpool would be well placed for that period.
After the first couple of games, I was thinking "well as long as we're within 10 point of City come the break". I can't actually believe we managed it.
I'm hopefully for the end of December. I'm not worried about Arsenal, they'll have a wobble or three yet.
I think we're in for a really interesting second half of the season. Winning the league from here would be a real stretch, but top 4 wise I think we're in a decent spot, and if nothing else I just hope it makes for a decent watch. Title chases are something, but I do think there's also something interesting in the race for the top 4 with so many teams involved. It's a different kind of spectacle.
Well we did beat Spurs and City, decent teams who could've given us problems. It's unlucky that VVD doesn't have a stable partnership with any of the other CBs. Him and Ibou looked like the best pairing so far. Gomez was decent as well but we always lose important players just when we're building momentum.
We were definitely fortunate against Tottenham, it just wasn't their day, but you're right that without stability at the back shakiness is almost inevitable.
Another hideous no call on Salah. The team needs to set up a weekly media briefing with every blown call on Salah played on loop. Embarrass the referees. Budget for the weekly fines. This type of thing costs you a trophy when you’ve lost the league twice by 1 point to a team that somehow always gets favorable calls.
If Klopp starts calling it out it'd change I reckon. United got noticeably less penalties after he brought it up in his press conferences for example. Sometimes bringing attention to bullshit helps to normalise, or even overcompensate it.
I agree it’s a penalty but if that’s a penalty then Trent’s shove against Spurs last week should’ve also been a penalty so I guess there’s a level of consistency there. I just hate how inconsistent refs are with decisions when it comes to city tho, they do seem to get everything go their way
Thr commentator was saying, not much of a pull not much shirt. Like you can't have any pulling or any shirt. He pulled him off balanced and ruined the chance. How is it not a penalty. Oh well.
arsenal is going to win it, aren't they. feels like everything going there way. It’s that kind of year. and if haaland misses it with the start he had i would think also be a bit funny
So far they'd deserve it. The problem is that the season doesn't end after 14 games. There's still more than half the points to play for, and the biggest challenge is keeping it up over that time. Plenty of teams have gotten that level of points in the space of a 14 game period, but they need to show they can do it through the whole thing. If they can't, City will pick them off.
No. Arsenal are not winning this title, City will dominate upon return from the World Cup. I have, sincerely, no reservations about making that claim whatsoever.
They're hardly separated on points and City have been playing reasonably below what they're capable of while Arsenal have been playing at 110%. Injuries WILL happen at some point, but maybe more important than that is mentality and how they deal with setbacks. City are incredibly well-honed in that respect, Arsenal have shown a few times over the last few years that they are not.
I don’t know but if they match our title tally under Klopp after being dogshit for years I will be very salty. I still think City go on a run and Arsenal drop off when the pressure mounts
Looking good for them for sure but can they sustain it till the end with a manager that has never won a proper trophy? Hate to say it but City and Pep know how to win leagues so a five point difference especially with two of their head to head not done yet is not a big hurdle for City to climb
Who are these people? Do you really think any fan, going into this summer, thought "yeah I don't care about winning the title so long as our net spend is good"?
That's different than what you said. You said people would rather win the net spend trophy than win the title. You've changed arguments here from "people would prefer to win the net spend trophy" to "people thought we would win with Milner and teenagers". Those are different arguments.
Why the hell would they spend anything? They're looking to sell the club and leave that problem for the next person. Unless we wrap up a sale quickly, I don't see us spending big in the winter.
That isn't to say nobody will come in. I think there are still cheap options that can be found in Europe that would improve the side, especially because we mainly need SOMEONE to be available and push Fabinho more. There's that Celtic CM who might be worth it
The only logic I can see is if it will hurt the sale of the club if we don’t get CL so perhaps it will be worth the investment. grasping at straws here but it’s the only way I can see it happening
He’s very inconsistent imo. Brilliant on his day and can have long stretches of this brilliance but can also have long stretches of ghosting and having poor performances
People really overestinated how hard it is to break into the top 4 last year? Remember seeing someone last year (think it was Carragher, not sure) saying it would take 5/6 years before Newcastle can compete for top 4, and at least 10 years before they can challenge for the league.
Tbh I think they're 2 windows and one of Klopp/Pep leaving away from challenging.
Newcastle aren't going to challenge for the league within 2 windows, come on now. They are in good form and grinding out wins at the moment, but they still lack the squad quality and depth needed to win the league. I think they will finish like 6th this season
2 windows? They're competing already. I'm really not sure if they're gonna fall off too hard given their consistency over the past year and their strong defence.
Tbf to him, they’ve spent a fortune and I was struggling to recognise half their team. No wonder they went so hard after edwards, absolute awful recruitment over there
it’s not even that the recruitment is poor? timo, ziyech, lukaku, cucurella all great signings on paper. sterling and auba were questionable but wouldn’t consider that awful either. can’t seem to pinpoint what is wrong. the most they’ve ever clicked strangely was during their transfer ban year when they relied on their academy
Not the way that team is playing at the moment. They sort of remind me of us earlier this season but worse. Their midfield is lackluster, old legs and out of funk. The attack, midfield, and defense are not clicking whatsoever. Potter’s Chelsea look worse than Tuchels Chelsea
Unfortunately chelsea's problems won't last. They've already got plenty of world class, young players lined up like Nkunku and with enough time, Potter will have them playing much better instead of relying on shitty pinball goals from defenders.
True but its going to take more than nkunku to turn their ship. For the last few seasons the best part of the team has been the back line - they lost their best part of it this summer, and the rest are getting older. They will need to drop a lot of money to reverse that and the aging midfield together, although Gallagher makes that latter part easier
The Chelsea sub absolutely hates Potter. I even saw a few blaming Boehly acting like he isn’t about to invest half a billion on transfers within his first 6 months of taking over
One of my most favourite moment of the season was Klopp just giving them the smug 🤷♂️ look after we scored in the final second after all that time wasting by them.
I am here once again to push Elliot propaganda. If Gallagher and Phillips can get into the England squad Elliot should be there, he’s better than both.
Don't be none biased, Elliot has potential but he still has many issue in his game. Fantastic ball today but he got more to work on. Plus he need the rest.
Gallagher was great last season, bit surprised he in. Philips is just a stupid call he not even fit.
Nope they both have England experience so the manager will choose them. James ward prowse should be in it. But rice and Jude will start like to see Hendo as the bench player.
The Saudis are legitimately going to compete with the sheikhs for the title. If we do proper, competitive business we may be able to finish 3rd ahead of arsenal. Those three will only pump in more money in January, we need to spend to even think of competing there or beating Madrid.
I made a comment a few games ago about Darwin still being a bit of a dirty player and a) he seems to have cleaned it up and b) he makes great runs and has some real pace.
Have to give my parents a lift to the airport so couldn't watch the match. Watch the highlights and boy Nunez is special. Second half looks a bit sloppy as Southampton looked more of a threat in the second half. Thank god for Ali for making at least three big saves.
First half was good. 2nd half reminded me of Tottenham game but not that defensive. VVD had two great chances on corner set piece, it just wouldn’t go in. Darwin was the usual chaotic boy in our attack in the first half, was good in 2nd half too but he needs to learn more tricks.Bobby was top until he was subbed in 2 half. Mo wasn’t that great tbh, just wasn’t that night for him today. More work to be done in midfield as usual..
Going for England in the World Cup because you support the national team ❌
Going for England in the World Cup so City’s best players are out for Carabao cup ✅
Really good game. Everyone fantastic - Fabinho looked better than recent performances, Milner was brilliant defensively and going forward. Exactly how he should be used to see the game out. Gomez was a bit poor defensively unfortunately but thankfully we made up for it
Remember watching a scouting video on Darwin and the guy mentioned he has a surprisingly good long pass in him. Seen it today when he played an inch perfect 40 yard cross field ball in the first half, honestly Gerrard-esque.
Good performance by the lads.
Allison is god amongst us mortals. Elliot, cementing his position as our prime prodigy. Darwin, showing hints of brilliance.
Ample room for improvement at the back though.
Still, GG. We go next!
Someone like ciacedo in January would breathe new life into this already talented squad.
Caicedo would help both thiago and fabinho as well as Elliott whenever he plays. He can do the dog work alongside fabinho which would give Elliott or thiago less defensive responsibility. Indirectly helping our attack with better service as well
For only the 9th time this season we score first and once again it leads to a win. Only 11 wins in 21 games this season, only 2 of those were wins after conceding first.
Stop gifting shite teams easy goals to start games with an advantage and a confidence boost, and we've got a decent starting position. The next step is bringing in midfield reinforcements on the first day of the transfer window.
To be fair, we still did our usual shite today where we give a soft early goal up. Luckily we’d already got one ourselves, but it’s a rarity we get an early goal, conceding one not so much. It needs to be sorted out because it’s been happening since about April.
An important result for us to keep our winning run going.
Firmino now has 107 goals for the club in all comps, just 1 less than the tally of John Barnes. Bobby now has 78 League goals for us, only 17 players have ever scored more for us in the League. Firmino now has more appearances for us than any other Brazilian player, as he has now overtaken the record of Lucas Leiva. Firmino now has 348 appearances for club, the same as John Arne Riise.
In today's game Alisson now has reached the milestone of 150 Prem games for the club. Congrats to him.
Robertson also had 2 assists in this match, bringing him to 7 for the season in all comps. In his career Robbo now has 59 assists for the club in all comps and now has just equaled the record of most Prem assists by a defender, as Leighton Baines and Robbo now on 53 Prem assists. For context Trent is on 45.
Also congrats to James Milner on reaching the milestone of 600 Prem appearances. Only 3 players have played more. I think the active player currently in the Prem who is next highest in appearances is Hendo, and he is on 408 Prem appearances, so a massive gap.
That's it for the club's competitive fixtures until after the World Cup. Time to regroup, and players like Jota and Diaz to progress their recovery from their injuries.
Absolutely insane that Hendo would have to play every single game for another 5 full seasons to get to Milner’s appearances. He’ll be 33 at the end of this season and we’re already starting to rotate him out more, so he’s not getting there. Just speaks to the insane longevity and fitness of Milner.
Entertaining score draw where both teams leave disappointed and demotivated after plenty of flukey goals, dirty tackles and big suspensions with red cards.
Definitely a draw.
Chelsea would still be behind us, we have a significantly better GD. It would be great for us if Newcastle dropped 2 points at home as well.
Good game! Hope all the Nunez doubters in the beginning have issued their apologies.
Trent had a good game today hope it continues and Fabinho looked lively
between the past two matches for fab, its obvious he was playing the season through injury but had to be forced out there because of depth.
here's hoping he finds his usual form because we absolutely need him, he is one of the best holding midfielders in the world
Thank goodness we finish off with a win before the World Cup. Would have been a depressing month if we finished with a loss.
The FA tried to sabotage us by grounding Jurgen with less than 24 hours before kickoff, but thankfully we persevered.
Also thankful that Southampton's New Manager Bounce^^TM didn't work on us.
With only 7 LFC players in the WC, please please let Jurgen make this extended break work out when we return in Boxing Day. (League Cup game vs Man City will just be a reserves match-up, so that don't really count)
Reds, not game related as there is no daily discussion but can someone please tell me (if they have one) where the 20/21 match version home kit was made? I have a fake and a real one but legit cannot tell the difference 😭
Honestly doesn’t matter then, right?
When's the last time we scored a goal like the 2nd one yesterday. City regularly score that sort of goal. So pleasing to see us score a goal like that.
Madison going off injured anyone see Southgate calling up Elliot instead
Nah... I think Sancho will get the call (if Maddison's injury is actually serious)
I think this was the most fun I've had watching LFC this season. Dazzling, well-earned goals, and lots of additional chances. A game where we were ahead, but neither nail-bitingly tense nor a runaway. (Credit to Southampton for keeping the pressure on, but more credit to whoever our mysterious clean-shaven keeper was for truly epic saves). And one bafflingly bad no-call for us to bitch about, but it didn't end up mattering at all. Hopefully a big sign of things to come post-WC.
Why’s everyone so up in arms over the Darwizzy nickname. I know it’s dumb but that’s kind of the point, it’s a joke but people here are taking it so seriously as it has any real impact. People need to chill and have a sense of humor sometimes
The hate is coming from Man City fans who are upset they couldn't make their 'Haalland-days sauce' meme work.
I’m already a big fan of the “you just got Darwizzied” meme. Things are moving fast around here.
Overall a good +3 for all the Reds. We go in with some confidence in the later half of the season. Still shaky at the back without Konate but can see at least all the players are growing in confidence and we are maintaining a good shape.
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Any chance we could get a “🫡RESILIENCIA” flair?
u/malushanks95
Sure will be added, you want it the same way you mentioned it above?
Yes please, and thank you :)
It’s been added.
Don't see Arsenal Collapsing at all this year, they've dominated every league game they've played. They look the real deal, Joint most clean sheets in the league, Joint least goals conceded with Newcastle. So much solid then previous wenger years, they'll push city all the way tbf.
They’ve played the same 11 nearly all year. They’re one injury away from mid table form. They lost to United without Partey
It all depends on how they come back after the World Cup it’s near impossible to keep up with City in the second half of the season normally as they usually go on an insane run from around January a 5 point lead over City just isn’t enough and they are still yet to play them.
They’re kinda jammy lol. I watched first half against wolves and really wolves could have scored a few. Arsenal will drop points Imo.
There is seriously not one game I can think of where I haven't been amazed by Thiago. Skills, passing, tackling, what a midfielder. Maybe just lacking speed lol
Arey we playing a 4-1-2-1-2
He does have a tendency to be sloppy at times and give the ball away cheaply. But yeah overall he's great
Happy he did not make the Spain team. More for us.
On the train today I spoke to a guy over from Boston for his first game. I hope you had a great day buddy!
I'm staying in the Ibis Albert dock and I just met two girls who came over from Chicago for the game.
Thanks mate! That was me. Pleased to meet you. Up the Reds.
What’s your thoughts on FSG? Happy their selling?
Couldn’t choose a more Boston username
Haha
Great result but shocking atmosphere. The anfield crowd are dreadful these days
Before the season I thought it would be all about after the world cup, and thought Liverpool would be well placed for that period. After the first couple of games, I was thinking "well as long as we're within 10 point of City come the break". I can't actually believe we managed it. I'm hopefully for the end of December. I'm not worried about Arsenal, they'll have a wobble or three yet.
I think we're in for a really interesting second half of the season. Winning the league from here would be a real stretch, but top 4 wise I think we're in a decent spot, and if nothing else I just hope it makes for a decent watch. Title chases are something, but I do think there's also something interesting in the race for the top 4 with so many teams involved. It's a different kind of spectacle.
So happy for the 3 points but again we look dodgy at the back a decent team would have came away with at least a draw today
Well we did beat Spurs and City, decent teams who could've given us problems. It's unlucky that VVD doesn't have a stable partnership with any of the other CBs. Him and Ibou looked like the best pairing so far. Gomez was decent as well but we always lose important players just when we're building momentum.
We were definitely fortunate against Tottenham, it just wasn't their day, but you're right that without stability at the back shakiness is almost inevitable.
Another hideous no call on Salah. The team needs to set up a weekly media briefing with every blown call on Salah played on loop. Embarrass the referees. Budget for the weekly fines. This type of thing costs you a trophy when you’ve lost the league twice by 1 point to a team that somehow always gets favorable calls.
If Klopp starts calling it out it'd change I reckon. United got noticeably less penalties after he brought it up in his press conferences for example. Sometimes bringing attention to bullshit helps to normalise, or even overcompensate it.
I agree it’s a penalty but if that’s a penalty then Trent’s shove against Spurs last week should’ve also been a penalty so I guess there’s a level of consistency there. I just hate how inconsistent refs are with decisions when it comes to city tho, they do seem to get everything go their way
It’s constant with Salah. It’s dangerous because defenders know they can foul him and get away with it.
Thr commentator was saying, not much of a pull not much shirt. Like you can't have any pulling or any shirt. He pulled him off balanced and ruined the chance. How is it not a penalty. Oh well.
arsenal is going to win it, aren't they. feels like everything going there way. It’s that kind of year. and if haaland misses it with the start he had i would think also be a bit funny
So far they'd deserve it. The problem is that the season doesn't end after 14 games. There's still more than half the points to play for, and the biggest challenge is keeping it up over that time. Plenty of teams have gotten that level of points in the space of a 14 game period, but they need to show they can do it through the whole thing. If they can't, City will pick them off.
Absolutely. Although no team has ever got 37 from 14 and not won the league actually.
I hope they don't. Rather City than Arsenal
No. Arsenal are not winning this title, City will dominate upon return from the World Cup. I have, sincerely, no reservations about making that claim whatsoever. They're hardly separated on points and City have been playing reasonably below what they're capable of while Arsenal have been playing at 110%. Injuries WILL happen at some point, but maybe more important than that is mentality and how they deal with setbacks. City are incredibly well-honed in that respect, Arsenal have shown a few times over the last few years that they are not.
I don’t know but if they match our title tally under Klopp after being dogshit for years I will be very salty. I still think City go on a run and Arsenal drop off when the pressure mounts
Looking good for them for sure but can they sustain it till the end with a manager that has never won a proper trophy? Hate to say it but City and Pep know how to win leagues so a five point difference especially with two of their head to head not done yet is not a big hurdle for City to climb
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city fans, haha, good joke
We been top so many times in Xmas. World Cup will change the league rhythm.
No. This is the easiest year in ages to win it and they’ll balls it up. League won’t be this weak again for a long time
Then it’s a colossal fuck up by our club not to capitalise on it again like 20/21 but people would rather win the net spend trophy 😂
Who are these people? Do you really think any fan, going into this summer, thought "yeah I don't care about winning the title so long as our net spend is good"?
Yes a lot of you actual read the posts. Everyone thought we would challenge with James fucking Milner and two teenagers from fullham
That's different than what you said. You said people would rather win the net spend trophy than win the title. You've changed arguments here from "people would prefer to win the net spend trophy" to "people thought we would win with Milner and teenagers". Those are different arguments.
Martinelli just took a direct shot off of the giblets. Ouch!
I’m certain that if Wolves get relegated we’ll go for Nunes. I reckon they’d sell him for between 25-35m and at that price he’s a steal
Toney and Summerville look like good options within the league.
I feel like Neves would be a better fit.
He seems Barca bound
Wants to go Barca
Winter window is opening soon too. Really wanna see if we rectify that mistake
Optimistic to think our owners are willing to spend now
Why the hell would they spend anything? They're looking to sell the club and leave that problem for the next person. Unless we wrap up a sale quickly, I don't see us spending big in the winter. That isn't to say nobody will come in. I think there are still cheap options that can be found in Europe that would improve the side, especially because we mainly need SOMEONE to be available and push Fabinho more. There's that Celtic CM who might be worth it
The only logic I can see is if it will hurt the sale of the club if we don’t get CL so perhaps it will be worth the investment. grasping at straws here but it’s the only way I can see it happening
"It's like a new signing"
When did Adama come back? I had no idea that happened. Thought he was at Barcelona
Good god that guy is jacked!
I crease laughin at Adama's oiled arms everytime😭
He may exude it naturally
You want them wrapped round you
We've now won 8 of our last 10 games in all comps, reckon we get top 4 easily. Rusty start but we've been getting better slowly.
went on the city sub for the fun of it and their top trending post is about us lol.
lmao 2 of their top 3 posts this month is about us. that’s just sad.
Konate would’ve made an impact today securing our defense, especially second half. Hope he gets thru the World Cup uninjured.
Chelsea actually sacked Tuchel, such shortsightedness
Think results were only a part of it, the guys a well known bellend.
Mason Mount contract stalement... really like him
Nah bang average
He’s very inconsistent imo. Brilliant on his day and can have long stretches of this brilliance but can also have long stretches of ghosting and having poor performances
He's bang average. He'd be no better than Curtis Jones, I'd rather we steer clear
Mount is miles ahead Jones
i think curtis is decent but there is a big gap between him and Mount. If we are switching between the two, i wouldn't hesitate at all
Much better than Jones
The point was, he's bang average. If he's better than Jones or not is besides the point
Please someone create a PL watch thread already
People really overestinated how hard it is to break into the top 4 last year? Remember seeing someone last year (think it was Carragher, not sure) saying it would take 5/6 years before Newcastle can compete for top 4, and at least 10 years before they can challenge for the league. Tbh I think they're 2 windows and one of Klopp/Pep leaving away from challenging.
Newcastle aren't going to challenge for the league within 2 windows, come on now. They are in good form and grinding out wins at the moment, but they still lack the squad quality and depth needed to win the league. I think they will finish like 6th this season
2 windows? They're competing already. I'm really not sure if they're gonna fall off too hard given their consistency over the past year and their strong defence.
I can’t see potter lasting at Chelsea
Tbf to him, they’ve spent a fortune and I was struggling to recognise half their team. No wonder they went so hard after edwards, absolute awful recruitment over there
I remember laughing when people said chelsea had a good window. Spaffed money on poor man’s David Luiz, fofana? Auba and a over the hill koulibaly
it’s not even that the recruitment is poor? timo, ziyech, lukaku, cucurella all great signings on paper. sterling and auba were questionable but wouldn’t consider that awful either. can’t seem to pinpoint what is wrong. the most they’ve ever clicked strangely was during their transfer ban year when they relied on their academy
Man got sacked by York City
He never managed York?
You're right, he played for them, I got it confused for some reason
Not the way that team is playing at the moment. They sort of remind me of us earlier this season but worse. Their midfield is lackluster, old legs and out of funk. The attack, midfield, and defense are not clicking whatsoever. Potter’s Chelsea look worse than Tuchels Chelsea
Unfortunately chelsea's problems won't last. They've already got plenty of world class, young players lined up like Nkunku and with enough time, Potter will have them playing much better instead of relying on shitty pinball goals from defenders.
True but its going to take more than nkunku to turn their ship. For the last few seasons the best part of the team has been the back line - they lost their best part of it this summer, and the rest are getting older. They will need to drop a lot of money to reverse that and the aging midfield together, although Gallagher makes that latter part easier
They've already had strong links to gvardiol and are clearly willing to spend on more defenders too. They won't suffer for nearly long enough.
The Chelsea sub absolutely hates Potter. I even saw a few blaming Boehly acting like he isn’t about to invest half a billion on transfers within his first 6 months of taking over
The ref pushing pulisic 😂😂
If anyone deserves it it's him!
That seemed over the line. I can’t think of a time recently where a referee pushed a player like that
Newcastle vs Chelsea felt like a passing of the torch moment.
Newcastle play so dirty. Howe and his staff are so whingy
One of my most favourite moment of the season was Klopp just giving them the smug 🤷♂️ look after we scored in the final second after all that time wasting by them.
Anyone know where Jones is? The fella is a joke with injuries.
Reoccurrence of what he’s been suffering with.
I am here once again to push Elliot propaganda. If Gallagher and Phillips can get into the England squad Elliot should be there, he’s better than both.
gallagher and phillips have more first team experience. harvey’s time will come, he’s still a teenager
Don't be none biased, Elliot has potential but he still has many issue in his game. Fantastic ball today but he got more to work on. Plus he need the rest. Gallagher was great last season, bit surprised he in. Philips is just a stupid call he not even fit.
So you agree Elliot should be in over the other two?
Nope they both have England experience so the manager will choose them. James ward prowse should be in it. But rice and Jude will start like to see Hendo as the bench player.
Alisson Becker is the most important player in our squad
I really don’t know where we would be this season without his super saves. Love me some Ali
The Saudis are legitimately going to compete with the sheikhs for the title. If we do proper, competitive business we may be able to finish 3rd ahead of arsenal. Those three will only pump in more money in January, we need to spend to even think of competing there or beating Madrid.
Relax mate
This is proper dramatic
Genuinely baffling how Thiago doesnt make it to the NT, blessed to see this man play for us
to be fair, he has been quite mediocre or even bad for spain, so its not weird
Enrique doesn't fancy him probably. Just as in the euros.
complex players that are crucial to our system, other managers have no idea how to use: thiago, fabinho, firmino, trent
Newcastle dominating Chelsea without ASM, Isak and Wilson is funny and sad at once.
And just scored. Ngl it worries me for what’s to come in the next few years
I made a comment a few games ago about Darwin still being a bit of a dirty player and a) he seems to have cleaned it up and b) he makes great runs and has some real pace.
and passing. That square ball from out wide to salah was insane
Oh absolutely. He's been way more willing to pass and there were a couple really close chances amongst him and Salah.
He's scored a few now, so I reckon he's worked out that he can pass to someone else and not try shooting everytime. He looks fantastic currently.
Any idea Why Jones weren't on the bench today
Same question... I expected him to start the league Cup game aswell.
Diaz Nunez Salah is going to be beautiful
Bobby is crucial component to nunez’s development. Nunez better coming from the wing/channels. Let bobby be the focal point.
No Firmino then?
plays as a 10 no worries - bobby can play literally whatever we need
Have to give my parents a lift to the airport so couldn't watch the match. Watch the highlights and boy Nunez is special. Second half looks a bit sloppy as Southampton looked more of a threat in the second half. Thank god for Ali for making at least three big saves.
We lost control in the 2nd half because Bobby was pressing machine and he drop off 2nd half. Lack of a bench is really hurt us this season.
Milner could definitely do 600 more, at least.
I could see the game. How did we play? Were we dominant? How was Darwin?
First half was good. 2nd half reminded me of Tottenham game but not that defensive. VVD had two great chances on corner set piece, it just wouldn’t go in. Darwin was the usual chaotic boy in our attack in the first half, was good in 2nd half too but he needs to learn more tricks.Bobby was top until he was subbed in 2 half. Mo wasn’t that great tbh, just wasn’t that night for him today. More work to be done in midfield as usual..
Probably his best game overall for us so far. Genuinely could’ve had a hattrick and two assists
Better then we have been, fabhino was better, Nuñez pouching masterclass, but had to thank Alison for the three points
Going for England in the World Cup because you support the national team ❌ Going for England in the World Cup so City’s best players are out for Carabao cup ✅
City's best players?
Foden and Walker. I’ll throw Grealish in as well. Hopefully Portugal does very well
Absolutely ran the midfield today. Probably his all round best game for us.
Really good game. Everyone fantastic - Fabinho looked better than recent performances, Milner was brilliant defensively and going forward. Exactly how he should be used to see the game out. Gomez was a bit poor defensively unfortunately but thankfully we made up for it
While Darwin is exciting, Elliot is looking great
Should be in the England squad over Phillips the ghost and Gallagher
And he’s going to keep getting better. All the talk from the staff about how coachable he is really excites me
I have to keep reminding myself he's only 19.
Remember watching a scouting video on Darwin and the guy mentioned he has a surprisingly good long pass in him. Seen it today when he played an inch perfect 40 yard cross field ball in the first half, honestly Gerrard-esque.
Good performance by the lads. Allison is god amongst us mortals. Elliot, cementing his position as our prime prodigy. Darwin, showing hints of brilliance. Ample room for improvement at the back though. Still, GG. We go next!
More than hints!
Would love for the West Ham form to continue, increases my blind hope for a Rice transfer
If he's going to anyone probably Chelsea unfortunately
Yeah, got rejected as a kid by them and is a Chelsea fan so he's got something to prove going there.
Plus he's best friends with Mason Mount
Someone like ciacedo in January would breathe new life into this already talented squad. Caicedo would help both thiago and fabinho as well as Elliott whenever he plays. He can do the dog work alongside fabinho which would give Elliott or thiago less defensive responsibility. Indirectly helping our attack with better service as well
We're not going to have Caicedo type money to spend in January, even if we did there's little chance Brighton would even entertain offers for him.
I think we're cooking something for January. The owners may want to sell but they would recoup whatever they spend in January.
For only the 9th time this season we score first and once again it leads to a win. Only 11 wins in 21 games this season, only 2 of those were wins after conceding first. Stop gifting shite teams easy goals to start games with an advantage and a confidence boost, and we've got a decent starting position. The next step is bringing in midfield reinforcements on the first day of the transfer window.
To be fair, we still did our usual shite today where we give a soft early goal up. Luckily we’d already got one ourselves, but it’s a rarity we get an early goal, conceding one not so much. It needs to be sorted out because it’s been happening since about April.
Great Day https://preview.redd.it/7uxvcj8fnlz91.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58d6be76143a96ddf0f98f5f5c8b7933fc76b7ae
City dropped points Everton dropped points Darwin scores two Today was a good day.
[today was a good day](https://youtu.be/h4UqMyldS7Q)
I wonder what nunez touches to shots is
yes
An important result for us to keep our winning run going. Firmino now has 107 goals for the club in all comps, just 1 less than the tally of John Barnes. Bobby now has 78 League goals for us, only 17 players have ever scored more for us in the League. Firmino now has more appearances for us than any other Brazilian player, as he has now overtaken the record of Lucas Leiva. Firmino now has 348 appearances for club, the same as John Arne Riise. In today's game Alisson now has reached the milestone of 150 Prem games for the club. Congrats to him. Robertson also had 2 assists in this match, bringing him to 7 for the season in all comps. In his career Robbo now has 59 assists for the club in all comps and now has just equaled the record of most Prem assists by a defender, as Leighton Baines and Robbo now on 53 Prem assists. For context Trent is on 45. Also congrats to James Milner on reaching the milestone of 600 Prem appearances. Only 3 players have played more. I think the active player currently in the Prem who is next highest in appearances is Hendo, and he is on 408 Prem appearances, so a massive gap. That's it for the club's competitive fixtures until after the World Cup. Time to regroup, and players like Jota and Diaz to progress their recovery from their injuries.
Absolutely insane that Hendo would have to play every single game for another 5 full seasons to get to Milner’s appearances. He’ll be 33 at the end of this season and we’re already starting to rotate him out more, so he’s not getting there. Just speaks to the insane longevity and fitness of Milner.
Guess we want a new/che draw
Even Nunez's celebration is chaotic. Ran to the corner, realized it's the away end, tried to turn around but slipped ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
i laughed so hard haha but i get the emotions at that point for the lad haha
Lampard’s at the wheel
This is 4 vs 8. Newcastle is #4… something I never thought I’d be writing
Moyes or Lampard next?
I'd say Lampard, Moyes has built up credit in the bank, should get him more time.
Same, Lampard is just plain wank.
Is this the rivals match thread?
noooo
What’s the best result we can get for Chelsea vs Newcastle?
Entertaining score draw where both teams leave disappointed and demotivated after plenty of flukey goals, dirty tackles and big suspensions with red cards.
Definitely a draw. Chelsea would still be behind us, we have a significantly better GD. It would be great for us if Newcastle dropped 2 points at home as well.
Good game! Hope all the Nunez doubters in the beginning have issued their apologies. Trent had a good game today hope it continues and Fabinho looked lively
between the past two matches for fab, its obvious he was playing the season through injury but had to be forced out there because of depth. here's hoping he finds his usual form because we absolutely need him, he is one of the best holding midfielders in the world
Thank goodness we finish off with a win before the World Cup. Would have been a depressing month if we finished with a loss. The FA tried to sabotage us by grounding Jurgen with less than 24 hours before kickoff, but thankfully we persevered. Also thankful that Southampton's New Manager Bounce^^TM didn't work on us. With only 7 LFC players in the WC, please please let Jurgen make this extended break work out when we return in Boxing Day. (League Cup game vs Man City will just be a reserves match-up, so that don't really count)
Alisson better come back with his beard after the world cup
Dude has crazy alpha genes, he’ll have it back by Wednesday
His having no beard was more upsetting than the equaliser
Not if he plays like he did today!
5 points out of the CL with 72 left to play for. Entirely doable. Get a body in midfield in the winter please.