Liverpool Match Posts

18 Apr 2024 23:05:03
I appreciate all that Klopp has done for us but, if he wanted to make it so we wouldn't miss him when he leaves, these last few games have reinforced that.

Tactically outclassed again and very little urgency shown with our players simply passing around the backline and Goalkeeper. Klopp selecting players whose performance have dropped rather than those that would feel better suited to the occasion, Jones instead of Elliott, again, for instance. Pigeonholing players into roles they are simply not suited to, i. e. Szobo as Hendo 2.0 and Gakpo as everything but the LW he came as.

It has been a bizarre season and, honestly, I am looking forward to a change. Time to have a manager at the helm that has the desire and motivation to achieve more, leave sentimentality at the door as it has blinded Klopp's decision making far too often. We need to be critical now, recognize flaws and address them rather than allow them to stagnate.

I think this group of players need a refresh, defence and offensive units especially. Rotational players, such as Tsimikas need to be sold. And, once integral players, such as Salah, moved on before they are allowed to become free agents. We need to be ruthless with our decisions now, if a player is past it, no matter the contributions they have made in the past, they need to be sold to build funds. Same goes for free agency, if Van Dijk will not sign a new contract, that all parties can agree on, get what you can now, rather than allow him to leave on a free, like many before him have.

No idea who the next manager will be, mind you. But, I feel honestly hopeful for the future. Of course, be careful what you wish for and all that, but I honestly don't think I could sit through this version of Klopp's football for another season. His greatest strength was the press and occupying / utilizing the wide areas, and he has gone completely against it.

Mind boggling.

18 Apr 2024 23:04:04
Feel like that match resembled the beautiful flaw of our football under Klopp.

Just weren’t technical or brave enough on the ball to pass the ball through their press.

Shame to go out that way but was watching and thinking that it was almost an appropriate reflection of Klopp’s tenure where we’ve been so good yet fallen short so often.

Well, PL run to come and maybe some more good times before this chapter closes.

18 Apr 2024 22:36:12
Didn't really understand tonight. Was scratching my head a lot.
I think it was clear that we could not play a passing game and credit to Atalanta for that. However, why then did we not understand that it wasn't possibly to play that way. Why didn't we play longerand get players closer toegtwr to win the 2nd and 3rd and 4th balls. Why not try to force the issue abit because we were not going to score goals with passages of play.
Very confused tonight.

18 Apr 2024 22:52:34
We simply didn’t go for it. Could not for the life of me understand why Jones was picked after he was woeful in the first leg and not much better at the weekend against palace as he looked off the pace and may as well not have been there. Even when time was slipping away we didn’t try anything different (why not try to go 424 and be more direct? ), just the same insipid sideways and backwards passing. Awful end to the season. Only hope we have enough to get a champions league place.

18 Apr 2024 22:57:55
Our exits at the moment are so slow and basic.

Exiting is one of the key components of football and right now ours are slow, pondourous and lacking ideas. We are playing around at the back against set defences. Today was the worst yet.

18 Apr 2024 23:05:52
Atalanta were very frustrating to watch. Lots of little cynical fouls and shirt pulling, tackling from behind and snide trips. The ref was letting them get away with it though so fair play to them.

We just needed to fight fire with fire and not allow ourselves to be bullied. We needed a Carra or a Stevie G crunching tackle just to show them we meant business.

In truth they physically bullied us over both games and we just didn’t stand up for ourselves. Whenever they got close and roughed us up we just gave them the ball back until in the end we were scared to get on the ball because we didn’t want the physical battle.

It was the same against Palace in the first half on Sunday. Too weak and too submissive.

Normally that points to a lack of confidence and judging by our finishing that’s exactly what we are experiencing. Let’s hope Klopp can get them up for Fulham on Sunday because that won’t be easy.

18 Apr 2024 22:32:55
Is Szoboszlai a midfield 3 player?

18 Apr 2024 23:12:55
He has the tools to play there that's for sure.

18 Apr 2024 22:29:12
Absolutely pesh yet again lijnders tatics is a joke. And Klopp just keeps playing same old crap tatics. Where's the high octain football gone? Not winning naff all this season now. Roll on next season new manager new tatics. Goodbye Klopp you was good but now you've lost it. And see ya sh@t lijnders who's destroying us.

18 Apr 2024 22:52:15
Do me a favour. When it’s good Klopp gets praise when it goes tits up it’s Pep’s fault. Yeah that makes perfect sense.

18 Apr 2024 22:28:52
Cant believe I've just seen us score early like we needed and then instead of throwing the kitchen sink at then we've spent the rest of the game passing the ball back to Alisson. What was that all about?

{Ed025's Note - very frustrating Will..

18 Apr 2024 22:27:08
What has happened these past 6 weeks? The players look so lethargic it’s ridiculous!

Some of klopps decisions tonight were bordering on certifiable! First there is the tactics, we started well and then once we got the goal, the press disappeared and we were back to playing the ball around the back and pumping it hopelessly long!

Starting gakpo when we needed to come out the blocks firing was the wrong call. Starting jones, who has looked so rusty since his injury, was the wrong call.

Then there were the substitutions. Taking off diaz and salah when you’re chasing goals is ridiculous, regardless of how they’re playing! And then to top it all off, he throws gakpo left back! I genuinely don’t know how a season which showed so much promise has derailed so quickly!