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Rio Ngumoha has signed his first professional contract with the Reds

Congratulations, Rio

 

[dilakh2]

Now that ive calmed down a bit I want to officially apologize to you scouse because I remember in the summer you saying that we could upgrade on Konate and that he wasn't all that. It feels like deja Vu and watching peak Martin Skrtel with the fake physicality be bullied and spend half the game fighting the striker instead of just focusing on the ball.

Konate currently is Skrtel reincarnated because for someone so huge he gets bullied so easily. He wasnt even the worst on the pitch that could easily have been Salah who had a stinker and the manager who fell into Palace trap with the lack of width in the 1st half. Anyway rant over. New contract my ***. Without Virgil holding his hand he is bambi on ice.

 

[dilakh2]

International break couldn't have come quicker. Slot has to figure it out otherwise we could be on a bit of a spiral. 3 losses in a row.

 

[Theatre of Dreams83]

International break couldn't have come quicker. Slot has to figure it out otherwise we could be on a bit of a spiral. 3 losses in a row.

I know he’s a new signing but he needs to start getting a tune out of Wirtz. Hes looked like a 10m signing since joining not 100m +. You don’t look as balanced or fluid since he’s joined at all

 

[dilakh2]

I know he’s a new signing but he needs to start getting a tune out of Wirtz. Hes looked like a 10m signing since joining not 100m +. You don’t look as balanced or fluid since he’s joined at all

Its lazy talk to point the finger at wirtz as we look objectively better whenever he plays. Not saying he is great but my god when he is taking the ball the off Konate that deep then something is clearly wrong. For me its a combo of a slow laboured tactics from Slot that doesn't suit the players and a lack of chemistry as expected. I have faith he can turn it around but **** its not a good watch.

 

[Theatre of Dreams83]

Its lazy talk to point the finger at wirtz as we look objectively better whenever he plays. Not saying he is great but my god when he is taking the ball the off Konate that deep then something is clearly wrong. For me its a combo of a slow laboured tactics from Slot that doesn't suit the players and a lack of chemistry as expected. I have faith he can turn it around but **** its not a good watch.

I’m not pointing the finger. He’s just been pretty average and there’s no denying that. Barca few nice passes and touches here and there. He’s not influencing matches or anything. I’m sure he will gel better after some time. But like I said the balance isn’t there from last season after you 3 big signings. The players are not suiting the tactics.

 

[Scouseinthehouse]

*A different match missive this week more of reflection and perspective.

Football supports funny isn’t it? On the one hand, L’pool’s had a terrible week on the pitch. On the other, I’ve had a brilliant, if excessively tiring travel week with boss mates,that I would never have had without L’pool being the reason to do that. Swings and roundabouts that gives you a completely different perspective on things.

Yesterday’s admin-

Title Defence Countdown:
5 wins down/ 22 to go.
15 points down/ 74 to go.

I reckon all told, we must have done somewhere between 2-2.5 k miles the past 7 days. Travelling by car, train, plane, boat (although was an optimal choice), metro and tube. Getting up at silly o’clock for early rattlers to that there London bookending a similarly early start last Sunday for a flight to that wondrous, if now mad silly expensive, City by the Bosporus. To say I’m goosed is an understatement and this mornings lazy lie-in was heaven. (Side-note- Apologies for no match missive after Palace. <I rarely do on when away in Europe.>. Too busy last Sunday to think about that. ). This International break honestly is really welcome from all standpoints. WE need it as much as the players and manager do to refresh and replenish finances. They need it to get away to a different environment and forget the current dip. Perfect timing for once and real welcome.

But it’s the different perspective actually going through that gives you to being at home and ONLY having the Reds to focus on, that strikes me reading across SM as I lie in bed typing this. IE, you are on the road with yer mates, and once the games done, you are back on it and having a laugh and making the most of the rest of your day together. Even more so In Europe when you are on holiday experiencing different cultures with great food and beverages. The actual football is the very last thing that is ever going to spoil your trip. Were we P off and confused by a lot of things during the game yesterday? Absolutely. Did it ruin a convoluted , and very late, trip home? (Thank you Aviva! Useless bleeps! .). Not one jot.

Your perspective and, for want of a better word, tolerance, of things is markedly different when you are watching and support them live.

Now let’s not get this skewed. We have a lot of issues going on back-to-front right now. Some self inflicted. And we’ve just come off a really poor week. Although I thought there were some positive green shoots on display yesterday amongst the dross. Particularly Wirtz who had his best league game by some distance when he came on. You’ve been able to see just what he’s trying to do most games. Just things haven’t quite been coming off for him as the other lads aren’t quite up to his ‘couple of steps ahead’ wavelength. But that second half yesterday, it was far more coming together for him and he was finding pockets of space all over. Just they never found him enough to cause the havoc he did when he was on the ball. And having a defender that can actually pass out from the back and break lines coming forward, when the continued farce that Konate currently is, went off and Ryan dropped back there, made a massive difference to the balance of the side. The major thing that has really narked me Palace and Chelsea is, after being absolute dogin both games, to then get back in them, take the point and move on. To throw both away so late is ridiculous and proper frustrating. Play the percentages when things aren’t quite firing and take the point.

But then most of the current issues anyone realistic had to be expecting with the turnover of players/ Isaac not having a pre-season/ the slight tweak in style to the set-up to now accommodate the best #10 bar none in World football/ AllyMacs fitness issues (Although he was far better yesterday which was another positive to take forward)/ Mo missing Trent (Nobody had more combinations in any PL team than those two) et al. And not least the lad we continue to remember on 20 every game. That can NEVER be understated how they they are still dealing with that loss.

So as poor a week as this one has been, I really aren’t that concerned that it will affect the overall season and retaining our title. It’s just natural, initial teething problems to work through. We know how good the existing players are. We know the best in class quality we’ve added this past summer to a squad that was already well ahead of anyone else. And we know we have one of the best coaches leading us in World football with what he’s shown in his young career to date. He just needs to tweak a few things, which he’s consistently shown to be his forte, and work out the best combo of players to currently get best out of what we are trying to evolve into. To continue to keep us right up there whilst everything else works itself out.

Again, this International break is coming at the perfect time. And we come out of it with the perfect game. To have them at half 4 Sunday avvy, after a week like this, guarantees a wild, European atmosphere at the arl’ place. With the majority in the ground on a 4/5 drink minimum haha. We’ll play our part. And I fully expect the team to play there’s and get out of their current funk.

A lot to work on and rectify going forward. But to be doing that from the brilliant position the early results have left us in is to be doing it from a position of real strength.

We’ll be sound.

Up the Reds!

 

[Scouseinthehouse]

Oh yeah, I’d be remiss to not note what a continued, absolute disgrace Anthony Taylor is. He takes base incompetence to a whole other level. The Isak elbow was shocking enough to miss. But the later stonewall foul on Gakpo, Slot got booked for, was even worse.

Shockingly bad officiating display.

 

[Scouseinthehouse]