Rousseau

I'm gutted.

If only Goldson had used his left foot to clear, and the linesman had his contacts in, that would've been a stupendous half-time score.

1 minute ago, craig said:

Damnit.... My Fotmob showed it as 4-2.... then back to 3-2.... I assume offside as you say Rousseau

Aye, but it was onside, for me.

Beautiful goal too.

That was a stunning (offside) goal.

Edit: Which, wasn't offside, for me. 

This is mental. 

The defending is abysmal.

2 minutes ago, DMAA said:

Don’t accept that, he has been the poorer of the two whatever the two has been for a few games imo. 

 

Flanagan was caught out of position there too. 

Yes, everyone was calling for Katic to return for Worral, but for me, Worral has been fine and it should be Goldson that gets dropped. 

Both teams look really poor defensively. 

Goldson was at fault ultimately for the 2nd, and although Flanagan shouldn't be getting caught in the outside like that, isn't it Middleton's man?

There's so much preparation that goes into a game's tactical plan that it can be very difficult to change it within a match when it's not quite working. If it's a one-off match, then it's just a case of the plan being wrong; move on. If it's a pattern, it means the plan is being worked out, not working or the coach is not able to pass on his ideas -- or the players are no longer concentrating at 100%.

Gary Neville made a point on MNF that Man Utd played possession, played defensively, played on the counter-attack whenever it was required; a mix of plans for whatever the game needed in the moment.

That's OK when every team is doing the same, but teams/coaches specialise now in one philosophy. A team that is dipping into a variety of plans will always be inferior to a team that specialises in one plan. 

I don't think it makes the game sterile; quite the opposite. I think the contest of varying 'philosophies' makes it a very exciting time. I'd much rather see a team go all-out to specialise in one philosophy, becoming the best they can possibly be, rather than a team play a variety of half-baked styles, specialists in nothing.  

I thought Arsenal were the better side, but Liverpool had the better chances. 

Unspectacular progress it may be, but it is progress, IMO. They usually get slaughtered against the 'big teams', so this was an improvement; they were solid. 

First half was brutal. 

Second half was a lot better, but we still weren't clicking. 

But, we got the job done.

And Walker is gutted...  

Clinical from Morelos.

0-2.

3 minutes extra time...

1 minute ago, buster. said:

Looked an attempt on goal to me.

Really? Maybe. It looked like a cross, with the shape of it. 

I'm not complaining either way.

1 minute ago, buster. said:

Whit ?

 

To be fair to @BlackSocksRedTops, it was a cross, so he's not wrong...

CANDEIAS WITH A BEAUTY!!!

It's a cross isn't it?

What is happening with Tavernier at the moment?

Gerrard is disgusted.

10 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Who hasn't? We've got more of the ball so we need players that can make things happen

Yes, but we've only got 3 subs. He'd be the first to come off, for me.

How the f*ck does that not go in?!

That sums us up. 

Just now, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Why take Grezda off? Don't get that one?

He's been poor. 

Saying that, he did look brighter there when we upped the tempo, hitting the post, but he's had a poor game.

Grezda has been poor, and is about to be replaced by Candeias.

His movement is good, but we've not found him in good positions; it's always with back to goal. And, then he losses the ball when he does get to stand up his man. Still lacking match fitness?

He hits the post! 

It's a lot better, but it's still not quite clicking!!

This is better; we've upped the tempo a wee bit.

Ooh, a wee bit of penetration from an Arfield and Morelos one-two and it bobbles away from us...