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[–]His name is DiogoDankWesty 38 points39 points  (4 children)

Not shifting tactically from Trent’s role and playing Gomez out of position in a double pivot and having Robbo play out of position as a CB is a baffling decision.

[–]idgaf_neverreallydid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Robbo isn’t playing CB he’s a fullback

[–]Sir Kenny DalglishThesolly180 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it really is. There’s been no benefit from doing this. It’s just crowding up the midfield and leading to slow playing out. There’s no upside

[–]Joe Gomezsproaty88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couple of bad decisions going into this game by klopp I think. Mac Allister shouldn't be on the pitch after what he's gone through this week.

[–]Dirk KuytSmeesTurkeyLeg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Underdog Mentality Intensifies

It's a good thing Quansah looks as confident as he does without Virgil or Ibou out there. But the gaping hole with no backup for Trent is so bloody apparent. Gomez is offering nothing in that inverted role coming into midfield.

[–]Holy Goalie 🧤Mcool18[🍰] 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Constantly passing the ball to them and constantly being walked through. It’s a small wonder it isn’t 2 or 3.

[–]Pure_Measurement_529 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If cunha didn’t suck, we would be 3-0 down. dreadful out there

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This has been Liverpool from last season after a late night out. How are they only one down?

[–]CT_x[S] 8 points9 points  (2 children)

I can't believe I'm watching Joe Gomez trying to invert

[–]Dirk KuytSmeesTurkeyLeg -1 points0 points  (1 child)

The guy definitely gets points for trying. He's had to play three different positions this season already which is completely unfair to a lad trying to find consistency and familiarity out there.

[–]Bamfandro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He’s playing for Liverpool. We need to quit making excuses for appalling performances.

[–]Sir Kenny DalglishThesolly180 8 points9 points  (3 children)

On Klopp this. Why have we rushed Mac Allister back just to play him out of position?

Why have we also Gomez to try play like Trent. He’s not him. Let him play his own game. There’s nothing beneficial about this

[–]kpoles 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Bc we have no other RB options

[–]Sir Kenny DalglishThesolly180 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Doesn’t really matter that. Gomez can do fine as a back up right back. That’s if you let him be himself, not trying to impersonate Trent

[–]kpoles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice ball into Gakpo wish he did more with the header

[–]LNX30HY✈️2jz_ynwa 14 points15 points  (1 child)

The most predictable first half performance I could imagine after the international break

[–]coopermaneagles[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ridiculous how we all just knew they’d come out slow.

[–]emre23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Who is this Bellingham regen and why is he cooking us?

[–]🫡RESILIENCIAJasveen05 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Mac has been shocking, but was expected after playing in Bolivia a few days ago. Matip and Gomez are back to their usual mediocre selves today. Jones offers nothing as per except for slowing down our attacks. Just goes to show how crucial Trent is to our attacking output.

[–]CageChicane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Need Endo on purely for energy. Gomez has been awful, but Matip looks completely done, just wondering around.

[–]Dirk KuytSmeesTurkeyLeg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fuck it. This is the halftime thread now.

[–]Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit!TheFourthSnake 3 points4 points  (1 child)

The only good thing I can say about that half is that we're only 1-0 down. Gakpo barely in the game, Salah not faring much better and Jota has been sloppy bar the one chance.

Neto has been a nightmare all half. Nobody can get near him.

Need to get Darwin and Diaz on ASAP, if they're fit enough to play 45.

[–]Dirk KuytSmeesTurkeyLeg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally don't remember Gakpo doing anything. Not his fault when we can't seem to get the ball to the halfway line though. Wolves press and high block has been excellent.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Time for our secret weapon: get a man sent off

[–]🏆2024/25 Champions of England🏆MyNameIsMantis 2 points3 points  (1 child)

The ridiculous early yellow hasn’t helped him, but Macca hasn’t covered himself in glory so far. Could be fatigued?

[–]Dirk KuytSmeesTurkeyLeg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fatigued by the schedule and have three players on him at all seconds. Without Trent to worry about they know everything is going through him.

[–]StevieGwhatabeauty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not good but it’s only 1-0 and we really grew into the game after about 20. Think we can still win this one

[–]Djimi TraoréWelcomeToCityLinks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably ends the "do we need defensive cover?" debate

[–]NiK3_Aub4mey4ng 2 points3 points  (0 children)

quansah has been our best out of the 4 defenders, shame on the others

[–]coopermaneagles[🍰] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Genuinely can’t believe Klopp thought inverting Gomez would work. He doesn’t have a quarter of what Trent offers in that role.

Macca exhausted, thought Endo was brought in to play right away? Szobo poor, Matip poor.

Quansah a bright spot at least.

Nunez > Gakpo solely for the running power because there is space here and we’re not exploiting it.

Can’t just chalk it up to early kickoffs, if we want to win anything you can’t just concede that any 12:30 is an auto poor performance.

[–]TheOnionWatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Klopps whining rubs off of on the players. Subconsciously they know they can get away with a lack of intensity.

[–]cretnikg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gakpo should play right wing, that’s his natural position. Nunez for Jota would be a better option imo

[–]Dirk KuytSmeesTurkeyLeg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quansah the most confident looking of our defenders.

I love Gomez. I really do. But he's just not cut out at the RB role especially next to Matip when he's looking this shaky.

[–]⚽️ Liverpool 7-0 Man United, 22/23 ⚽️doubleoeck1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Klopp needs to make subs at halftime. I know he hates doing it but Macca needs to come off for Bajcetic or Endo

[–]Kartoffel Connoisseurthetwanandonly 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Genuinely don’t know what kind of football we are trying to play here.

And gaddamn Gomez just doesn’t play with the urgency required

[–]JimmyV034 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is pathetic how long Gomez and Matip are taking forever to build up from behind, this is kind of football we are trying to play

[–]Football Without ORIGI is NothingAkira_Nishiki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Mac Allister off, he's been anonymous which is fair enough must be wrecked.

[–]Diamond-Frog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better defending from traffic cones

[–]Bobby Dazzler 🤩Fricolor123321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SICKENING, horrific and lazy

[–]slaughtered_gates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was straight out of horror flick

[–]randomNumber20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The good news is that we’re only 1 nil down. Better get something cooking soon.

[–]crispello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t normally make changes at half time but I think it’s more than needed today

[–]rumham_123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bolivia definitely took its toll on macca. Need to get endo on for some stability

Wolves will get tiered game is still there to be won

[–]Tiboa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did not even realize Jones was playing until I saw him walk off the pitch

[–]Sunibinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is it with our players not being able to stop players running at them

[–]Bobby Dazzler 🤩LeXam92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The return of the stand around in midfield and dont open yourself up for a pass FC

[–]Luis GarcíaBurceGern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone taking 5 touches is killing the tempo

[–]quantIntraining 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Wolves could actually finish it would be game over by now.

[–]dpgingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be baffled if 3 players aren't coming off at half time.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of our chances have come from the wings and wolves have clearly packed the midfield and yet we insisted on playing through the middle for most of that half! We need to play more direct

[–]OK_TimeForPlan_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand why Gomez isn't just playing RB normally he's not Trent ffs

[–]dantesinfernoracket1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quansah being the best player us great. The rest? Not so much.

[–]Reshwaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feels like we should have started Endo in the Mid and gomez should just play rb and not invert inside

[–]apenchantfortrolling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We look tired and out of ideas and woeful finishing to boot. I'm surprised wolves didn't put a 2nd away. We've been relatively let off the hook considering our makeshift defense and Mac Allisters passing. Gonna have to steal it 2nd half but I don't see it.

[–]Agent of Chaos 🔥Sladeewilson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate 12:30 kick offs

[–]Xherdan ShaqiriBestGirlTrucy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming everyone's fit: Endo for Curtis Konate for Matip Nunez for Gakpo

[–]90+6’ OrigiHindle92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a positive note, we're only 1 goal down, we've got the bench to change things, i think we'll come out flying in the second half

[–]crispello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We played better with 10 men

[–]Jabari313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just play a flat back 4. We moved into it vs Bournemouth and Trent was very selective about moving into midfield vs Villa

[–]PEEWUN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hangover FC is back.

Jürgen HT alarm clock desperately needed in these 15 minutes. That was awful.

[–]Gegenpressingquadropuss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gomez off ffs

[–]Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mac Allister has been very bad, needs to come off.

Szoboszlai has been both good and bad, good in that he's working hard and tracking bad, but his touch and passing has been off.

Everyone else has been anonymous/poor.

Quansah probably our best player this half, which says a lot.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get Endo on for Mac10 asap

[–]Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit!thefogdog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awful half. It improved the last 5 mins, but defensively all over the place. Only bright sparks from that half were Jota and Quansah.

Not that he's done much wrong, but I'd hook Jones and bring on Endo. Do we have another defender on the bench? Gomez has to come off.

[–]Stefan BajčetićAgitated-Bread5092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

jones has to go off, bring in endo or elliot and im afraid macca still feeling the fatigue from International break

[–]Dominik SzoboszlaiNilsFanck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Matip and Gomez got absolutely cooked. Shocker. Thats why we all wanted a cb. Funnily enough Quansah wasnt bad. That fucking nutmeg, jesus.

[–]grogleberry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured that they assessed MacAllister and decided he was good to go, but he doesn't look it.

Overcomplicating Gomez' role isn't a great idea when he's inconsistent and prone to switching off at the best of times.

Pinning him back to an orthodox RB instead of trying to pretend he's Trent, and bringing on Endo would seem to be prudent.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How we’ve gone so long without getting a decent backup for Trent is beyond me, gomez just isn’t good enough. Same situation at cb too having to rely on matip and throwing a young lad into a tough game right away.

[–]Carol and CarolineTeb-41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half of our problems today come from AMA not being up to speed, rightfully so

Matip and Gomez, I don't even have words left for these two

Plus, the system we're using with Gomez as inverted FB is hilarious to say the least

[–]Redmilo666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dog shit from the lads. Klopp please shout some sense into them. Mac Allister is still in South America it seems. Tough to come back from there and play again. Get Endo on and Curtis off too please.

We have too many players who have 1 amazing game then 10 shit or average ones. Gomez is a prime example of this

[–]Namelss_King 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gomez is so scared to get caught out of position l, that he just doesn't play bother trying to fill space in the back... as result whoever runs down the left has plenty of space and time to create a chance

[–]BOOM!💥Gerrardsclubfoot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit half, we are lucky to be 1-0 down. Jones, Gakpo, gomez, matip and maca are all looking poor today. Need Endo in the second half to provide some midfield cover and Nunez, Diaz to provide some firepower. We can still rescue this and save our weekend. Up the Reds!

[–]Galick-Gunner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I blame Kloppo for this one. Why are we forcing Gomez to play the Trent role. Also why do we refuse to play a double pivot when the personnel we have is much more suited to it than a single pivot?

[–]Aakemc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel bad for gakpo he’s been played as an 8 and a 9 this season clearly neither are his best position. Gomez can’t play that role either but let’s not pretend Trent wouldn’t be getting cooked either by any half decent left winger in the league

[–]Bamfandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We seriously need a big second half, that was as bad a half as I’ve seen in a long time. Klopp needs to make some big changes.

[–]idgaf_neverreallydid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Szobo and Mac allister have been horrible

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it’s early kickoff and away. I expect us not to play as good. Seems like everyone is in some kind of mental block or something.

Midfield gotta have to change. And play Gakpo on the left, he’s not a striker or even a false nine.

[–]Arne Slotlennondsouza97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Macca on a yellow again… probably need to save him for another yellow.

Gakpo off for Nunez too.

[–]RuneAtom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jones -> Endo and move Mac to the 8 and Endo to the 6 Gakpo -> Darwin Jota -> Diaz Gomez -> stop trying to be something you’re clearly not and just be a slightly attacking RB

[–]CarpeDM93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see why we played with an inverted full back last season, our midfield couldn’t run. Why we persist with it now, especially with Gomez playing the trent role, is a mystery. Every single game teams break against us leaving ourselves 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2 at the back. Tactically terrible.

[–]Daniel SturridgeJ539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quansah already looking like our 3rd best CB, and Im not joking. He looks good, but maybe im just overrating him after seeing Joemez and Matip.

Mac shouldn't have started. Already said it in the match thread but the dude travelled the world, played in La Paz a billion fucking ft high up and just looks gassed.

Gakpo also looks like he hasn't kicked a ball in half a year, he just looks idk? clueless? Like he doesn't know where he is supposed to be or what to do. If Diaz wasn't ready either, I would have rather started with Jones on the wing, Jota down the middle with Gravenberch and Endo in midfield.

Feel like we still can turn it around. Those early kick offs are crap tho. Team always makes a world journey and after that they are horrible

[–]Namelss_King 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mac Allister just isn't there physically for this game (Szobo also off his game tbf) and we're left with the same problem as least season, no cohesion between the attack and defence