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UvS xR4GEx » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:33 pm wrote: I knew putting nothing but our first 11 out tonight was gonna be a bad night. Chelsea still have the players to turn up in big games, especially at home.

Same here.

Klopp can't play the same 11 every game, but the goalkeeper mistake and none appearances from some of our squad players has sunk our night.

Another insipid, shyte performance tonight. Don't know what's got into this squad the past few weeks. Yet another defeat and we can't buy a goal. Pi$$ poor.

Very, very poor. Not the sort of response I was expecting after losing against Watford

Just lacking that bit of quality again. They played well in fairness but we couldn't hit the target second half and they capitalised with their second.

If we want to genuinely go at these cups then we really need to improve the squad in the summer.

Where is Shaquiri and Keita? Are they injured?.

Fabinho also hasn't looked the same since his injury. I don't think he's match fit TBH, always half a yard behind the pace. 

red till i die!! » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:48 pm wrote:Just lacking that bit of quality again. They played well in fairness but we couldn't hit the target second half and they capitalised with their second.

If we want to genuinely go at these cups then we really need to improve the squad in the summer.

Where is Shaquiri and Keita? Are they injured?.

Both have bedsores from being on the treatment table.

The way we set up we are very, very reliant on our front 3 for creativity/goals and the 3 of them look shattered. To be fair they’ve played a hell of a lot of football over the last 2 years and I just think they’ve hit the wall. They look a million miles away from that unit that tore teams to shreds 18 months ago.

The team seems just done. I have a hard time seeing they'll do anything until the season is over now.
They were fantastic, won the league in February and went on a break.
It's like they thought the season was over...

Oh well - no big issues , hopefully the fans won’t overreact and understand where we are right now but no doubt there will be the odd nuggets who can mental

Penguins » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:04 pm wrote:The team seems just done. I have a hard time seeing they'll do anything until the season is over now.
They were fantastic, won the league in February and went on a break.
It's like they thought the season was over...

They’ve been fantastic for 2 years, what was it? 100 points out of a possible 104 or something like that? Ridiculous form, you can throw back to back CL finals into the mix as well. We haven’t got the biggest squad either so something has got to give at some point.

Yup, I agree. Still sucks when it happens though :-)

This is the exact point that you need Adama Traore and Werner to add some spice to the party.  Liverpool are very good, but equally very predictable. Traore would bring chaos to a team running out of steam.

I just hope that the team can pick themselves up and go on and secure the league quickly and then the CL.

I've no doubt at all that Klopp isn't too fussed we haven't progressed in the FA cup. He knows as soon as that Premier League is wrapped up he's got hero status and will go down as one of the best in our history. He's after the big prizes and more fixtures isn't what he wants at all. So he picks a team of mixed youth and experience and he's give it a shot. If we'd of won then great, if we lose then that is OK too. Honestly, you can read far too much into this. Gary Linkiker said last night "That 3 losses in the last 4 games" - wow, yeah your right. Losing 0-1 to A.Madrid away in the first leg is not a disaster, Losing 0-3 to Watford was a disaster! Then again last night, Chelsea went for it because that's all they have left.

3 things stood out for me last night...
1. fabinho didn't have a clue where he was or what he was doing
2. Minimino offers nothing! I know it's early in his time here but he's showing nothing of whats to come from him.
3. Williams look decent, he's got a future here !

we take the hit, we move on. Let Chelsea dine out on those scraps for a while, we're eating at the top table this season.

Did you really think Minamino offers nothing - I suggest you didn’t watch him well enough because he was involved in all our good stuff - remember that superb ball threaded through to Mane ? It was superb