Liverpool Banter

18 Apr 2024 01:03:29
Glad city n Arsenal are out of champs league . I know there english teams . but let's face it they wouldn't want us to win it . so we're still 6 ahead of arsenal n 5 ahead of city . that will do me.

18 Apr 2024 20:57:17
Good first half, Mo great from. the spot but missed a golden chance, story of his performances since his injury return. I would bring Elliott on for Jones sooner rather than later and Jota on for Gakpo.

18 Apr 2024 21:27:12
Simply not going to be good enough. To many passengers again. Aside from the penalty, there have been zero shots that needed saves by the Atalanta goal keeper. There's no threat, all in front of the well organised defence. A quadruple went to a treble that will be a double after tonight. And that's a long way away now. Not sure what's going on with Zob but he's a shadow of the player he was in the first half of the season. Jones looks bang average and Mo looks like he's ready for a new challenge. Sad way to end the season.

18 Apr 2024 21:53:49
Fair play to Atalanta. Kudos where it's warranted.

Taking the positives, I'd have 1-0 wins to the end of the season, all day long. Big ask, but hey ho, we can dream.

Keep the faith.

YNWA.

17 Apr 2024 09:36:53
I think Klopp's replacement has to be someone experienced, mature and able to handle the pressure. Amorim may not be ready yet. I really hope we look at the likes of Simone Inzaghi.

16 Apr 2024 12:39:26
I don't know about anyone else, but I have a funny feeling that the Europa tie with Atalanta isn't over.

There's just something in the back of my mind that keeps telling me we can still get through, far fetched as that might seem.

I guess it's because there has to be some semblance of hope, otherwise no point in turning up.

We could be like a firework that didn't go off, and when you approach it, it explodes. Here's hoping we explode and don't implode.

16 Apr 2024 00:56:47
No wonder this team is looking fatigued we have had to come back from teams scoring first in 27 games 21 in the Premier league . The mental fatigue I feel is catching up with us now going behind missing loads of chances when we should be scoring is really caught up to us to the point its drying up.

15 Apr 2024 09:50:22
I'm absolutely gutted right now. To think that our season could be over by the end of this week, when only 6 weeks ago we had a legitimate chance at finishing the season with 4 trophies, is just sickening.

Feels like the players and Klopp all took their eye off the ball after that one crazy game against United in the FA Cup before the international break. I think sadly that game may have been the catalyst. The emotional bubble we were floating on after Klopp said he's leaving seems to have well and truly burst and nobody looks like they have the foggiest idea how to stop the downward spiral.

Tactics have been questionable for at least a couple of years admittedly ever since Lijnders took on more responsibility and we started down the road of this inverted full back that we then never signed the right left centre back to execute properly. We've gone behind in 21 out of 32 games this season so Robertson can come out and moan at the forwards if he wants but the back 4 has been an absolute disgrace at times. We're the top scorers in Europe in all competitions but going behind early every bloody time allows the opposition to park the bus and then closes out the space for our attackers and piles pressure on them to score.

I'm really pleased we got to share that moment with Klopp and the u21 lads who won the Carabao Cup final at least, because on the balance of his whole tenure, Klopp deserved to go out with some silverware this season. It's just a crying shame that we've ran out of steam for all the bigger trophies. I'm praying to Fowler that somehow we can find another famous European comeback on Thursday as that would be another beautiful moment if we turned it around and went on to win the trophy. I've not given up on that happening as we've come back from worse. However I honestly don't expect City and Arsenal to drop the points we need to win the league from here so I'm not even going to dare to dream of that. Europa League is still in our hands even though we need a miracle. One last dance please lads!

15 Apr 2024 12:26:45
We were flying even with the kids onboard playing exciting football. Then came the Utd FA cup tie, a boxing game we should have won but thrown away. That after a bizarre decision to ditch the youngsters and play a near full strength team in the 2nd leg against Sparta Prague.

That seems like the turning point of our season. Perhaps over the international break the coaching staff have too much time to over complicate things, trying to regain control of games by playing the slow and laboured build up way.

But that just does not suit us at all. I was screaming at the TV during the first half of Atlanta game. The backline drops so deep trying to draw Atlanta to press, but when they press, we have no movement or courage to play out from the back. Kelleher would just launch the ball long. The gap between the defence and forward is so big, every single time Atlanta is winning the second ball.

The rot seems to then spread. During the Palace game, simple 5-10 yards passes are going out of play under no pressure. When being pressured, we were trying to make 2 yard passes to teammates that resulted in them being pressed and the loss in possession.

It is just so frustrating and unbelievable that the team is unrecognisable, now that we have the senior players returning from the injury crisis.

A season that had promised so much, seems to have completely collapsed in the past couple of weeks.

3-0 down in the Europa league QF.
City with 2 points lead in the lead. They don't drop points at the home straight do they.

Klopp turned us from doubters to believers.
I choose to believe we have 10 games remaining, and treble is still on. Let's go red.

14 Apr 2024 16:08:47
That's realistically the prem gone. Still a possibility of course but realistically given the competition that's game over.

I see a lot more possiblity of coming back in the Europa league. And that's what I'm hoping on now.

Hopefully Gakpo starts. He looks really sharp.

Alisson
Trent Konate Van Dijk Robertson
Mac Allaister
Szobozlai Jones
Diaz Jota Gakpo


I'd go with that against Atalanta.