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Brendn said:
I've never understood the obsession with having men on the posts. You're taking two players out of the marking system on the assumption that you'll loose the contest in the air. You won't need men on the posts if you win the ball since the ball won't go goalwards if you don't loose the contest in the air.

I guess it's just a difference in coaching methods.
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I guess that there are so many loose cannons around these days, they just don't want to lose the game.
 
Brendn said:
I've never understood the obsession with having men on the posts. You're taking two players out of the marking system on the assumption that you'll loose the contest in the air. You won't need men on the posts if you win the ball since the ball won't go goalwards if you don't loose the contest in the air.

I guess it's just a difference in coaching methods.
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The majority of teams have their entire team defending corners. Usually shorter players or full backs stand on the posts, while more proficient aerial competitors actually mark. One example is Arsenal who usually have Cazorla and Bellerin on the posts. They are unlikely to have a sizeable effect in the air, therefore marking the posts can arguably be put down as a common sense decision.
 
I'm pulling this out of my ***, but having markers on post might be down to goalkeeper's preference.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
On the plus side we avoid defeat at City, and that's the run of top aways negotiated with only one defeat at Utd. Set's things up nicely.
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Yep, the fixture list is certainly better in the second part of the season - I just hope it's not too late before it gets to that!

ajt09 said:
If City play the way they did today against you you'll have nothing to worry about. They were poor against Villa
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Tbh, they just lacked that finishing touch today and Aguero and Silva will likely be back unfortunately
 
Mike. said:
Klopp pretty unhappy with the home crowd tonight.
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Yeah, bizzare comments from him really. On every ground there are people leaving early regardless of result. Football is fun, being stuck in traffic for 3 hours is not.
 
Mike. said:
Klopp pretty unhappy with the home crowd tonight.
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He did go onto clarify that he puts that on him and the team and for it not to be blown out of proportion.

That said, I feel his frustration. I've never understood leaving a game so early to try jump the traffic. Particularly at the scandalous prices we pay these days in England. The adult prices for today ranged from £41 to £53. Why would you not want to get your money's worth out of that? Particularly watching a pretty good game that was just a 1 goal difference the last 8 minutes?

If you had say a tight train I could understand. But most people just trying to get a jump on the traffic I'll never get.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
If you had say a tight train I could understand. But most people just trying to get a jump on the traffic I'll never get.
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Whether we get it or not is another story. The point is this is normal and happens everywhere, on the TV I've seen groups of people leaving during CL finals. No idea why would he get worked up about it.
 
Is the Klopp love in over?
I thought you were going to win the Ashes and everything.
 
What a day, what a glorious day! Sorry Liverpool. The pace and power of Palace were too much. When Zaha and Bolasie are motivated they are difference makers. Not happy that Sako missed a chance and that Palace just sat back an allowed the Reds to come on them for large portions of the match. I was wondering why Gayle was not selected today, but in the end he was not needed. Is he still suspended?
 
Disappointing result but we actually played really well for the most part, it was a great game to watch. Just have to hope that Sakho is okay
 
Mike. said:
Klopp pretty unhappy with the home crowd tonight.
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To be ****** Klopp should try getting out of Anfield right after a game. It's frustrating and takes the **** if you're up early the next morning. Well, if it's a night game like!
 
Easy access to coverage of foreign leagues killed live games for me. Its hard to justify losing 4-5 hours out of my weekend to watch people who seem to barely qualify as footballers, when I can watch Messi with a flip of a switch.

Football is funny that way. Professionals seem completely unimpressive unless they're at the highest level. If you'd play against them they would destroy you, but if you just watch them, they seem ****. We probably all have a story of random guy joining our pub team, destroying everybody, you think he is at the very least in national youth team, and it turns out he plays in reserves in the 5th-league and works half-time as a baker.
 
Some individual's are just beyond hope:

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/anger-journalist-claims-liverpool-fc-10409932#rlabs=2%20rt$sitewide%20p$4
 
Using Hillsborough as example is moronic beyond belief. I kind of get where the guy is was coming from though.

All these displays of grief get out of hand lately. I watch sports to relax and forget about the ****** world around me, and suddenly its stand up against war, stand up against terrorism, stand up against colon cancer, stand up to remember the guy who choked on a Burrito in 1975. If you do it all the time it just because an empty gesture.
 
Tyton said:
Using Hillsborough as example is moronic beyond belief. I kind of get where the guy is was coming from though.

All these displays of grief get out of hand lately. I watch sports to relax and forget about the ****** world around me, and suddenly its stand up against war, stand up against terrorism, stand up against colon cancer, stand up to remember the guy who choked on a Burrito in 1975. If you do it all the time it just because an empty gesture.
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That's a separate debate and I wouldn't wholly disagree.

But that lowlife cretin clearly had agenda's. Both football related ( ..... After the presenter interrupts to point out that Liverpool did go through an “horrendous event”, Mr O’Doherty attempted to justify his comments by saying that, as a Manchester United fan, he “is not going to pass on the opportunity to have a go at them [Liverpool'); and in attempting to denigrate what has become the symbol of a National day of Remembrance for those who lost their lives serving the Country. Publicity seek much ********?

Again, some people are just beyond hope. 'Moronic beyond belief' is being polite.
 
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