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The Footie Thread

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Watching Liverpool recently I seem to have noticed that the opposition seem to be pressing TAA higher up the pitch in an attempt to counter his attacking threat.

This is also putting him under more pressure defensively and I am afraid that has never been a strength of his game.

The difficulties at CB are not helping as he is sometimes left more exposed when a more experienced player inside him might give him more cover.
 
Liverbirdie said:
Meow back.

You come on talking about fickle and do the exact same yourself, why not comment on that instead?
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Think you need to untwist your knickers a bit, i had you down as one of the more sensible supporters. The ones I'm referring to as fickle are the idiots who are callong for Klopps head, which is a patently ridiculous suggestion. Much the same as the Leicester lot who turned on Ranieri when it became obvious they wouldnt win the league a second time, strangely enough.
Not sure how not commenting on a thread very often makes me fickle but if you say it does so be it. So thanks for reminding me why i dont comment on here very often, ill get back in my box now (until the next time we beat Liverpool at least ;))
 
Tashyboy said:
strange you should mention that. City had a few first teamers missing v Chelsea and it’s the best Ave seen them this season. saints have a couple ? missing and played excellent. Where as Liverpool didn’t play well.

A few thoughts on where and why Liverpool are struggling appreciated.
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In my view its a mixture of reasons. Very similar to City last season.

Losing 3 CB's, 1 for 25 games a season and 2 the whole season.

Losing possibly our best CM to play CB.
Fullbacks just not on their game, Trent more so has been shocking by his own standards.

A weakened midfield. Losing Fabinho to play further back has definitely had an affect.

Front 3 not firing and going through a bit of a bad spell. It's not as easy to drop one of them when you're bringing Origi on etc. Slightly different if Jota is available, klopp could rotate the 3.

I can't fault the effort, we're just hitting a bit of poor form. It's very easy to slag and blame players but after the last 2 and a half years if anyone deserves a bit of slack, it's these boys.

10yrs ago we had to endure the Hodgson era, some of these cryarsing virgins on twitter and social need to remember that.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Perhaps I am turning into a cynic. A new chairman making bold statements makes me nervous https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55551717
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Quote from the BBC piece
Pace won't say exactly how much he has borrowed from Michael Dell's MSD UK Holdings but it is clearly a significant sum, which brings back uncomfortable memories of how the Glazer family funded their purchase of Manchester United, plunging the club into a huge amount of debt.

and this statement alone makes it a squeaky bum moment for me and one as a Burnley fan I would not be happy about. He has borrowed money which will come from profits the club makes To repay the money.

Also in the article it goes on to say he wanted to buy Sheff Utd but that went tits up. So Burnley is sloppy seconds. Nowt wrong with that as am sure Sheik Mansoor wanted to buy Arsenal before he turned his sights on Citeh. But there’s a difference between someone who is worth Billions and someone who needs to borrow a couple of quid to Buy Burnley.
 
It really annoys me when refs do what Mike Dean has just done in the Spurs v Brentford game. A Spurs player went down with Spurs in possession. They chose to continue attacking rather than put the ball out for their player to get treatment. They lost the ball and Brentford started going forward with Spurs players wanting the ball put out. And then Dean blows the whistle to stop the game.

If Spurs want the ball put out then they should have done it while they were attacking. And if Dean thinks the game needs to be stopped then he should stop it rather than waiting for Brentford to win the ball back.
 
SaintHacker said:
Think you need to untwist your knickers a bit, i had you down as one of the more sensible supporters. The ones I'm referring to as fickle are the idiots who are callong for Klopps head, which is a patently ridiculous suggestion. Much the same as the Leicester lot who turned on Ranieri when it became obvious they wouldnt win the league a second time, strangely enough.
Not sure how not commenting on a thread very often makes me fickle but if you say it does so be it. So thanks for reminding me why i dont comment on here very often, ill get back in my box now (until the next time we beat Liverpool at least ;))
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I dont wear knickers, more a camisole type of guy.

Totally agree, they are the divvies who inhabit social media, mostly followers more than supporters, I find they aren't a litmus test of true supporters, but does depend on the subject. I'm also sure that at certain points over the last 40 years some saints fans called for McMenemy's head and some others of your more successful managers, it goes with the territory in all fanbases but sadly they have more of an outlet and presence due to SM, these days.

You also have many fans who you dont hear nothing about until they win something, then suddenly you find out they support a certain team after they get to a final or they deride your team, as a rival, even though they have kept their head down when your team is enjoying success. Maybe you looked more fairweather than fickle. ;)
 
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Liverbirdie said:
I dont wear knickers, more a camisole type of guy.

Totally agree, they are the divvies who inhabit social media, mostly followers more than supporters, I find they aren't a litmus test of true supporters, but does depend on the subject. I'm also sure that at certain points over the last 40 years some saints fans called for McMenemy's head and some others of your more successful managers, it goes with the territory in all fanbases but sadly they have more of an outlet and presence due to SM, these days.

You also have many fans who you dont hear nothing about until they win something, then suddenly you find out they support a certain team after they get to a final or they deride your team, as a rival, even though they have kept their head down when your team is enjoying success. Maybe you looked more more fairweather than fickle. ;)
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Well ya know. The Johnstone paint trophy is a big deal!!
 
The ref's set the bar for bookings by not taking action for that foul by Fernandino on Fernandes. Be interesting to see if he sticks to that for the rest of the match.
 
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