Watched the Madrid game to catch up on the Scouse lads in Curtis and Trent and man, oh man, the fall-off from Trent is actually sad to see. I think hes checked out mentally from the game of football imo, he actually looks washed. A stone overweight and just no effort whatsoever. Shows how important the mental aspect of football is. Curtis, well that was a Curtis game if i ever saw one. He held onto the ball for way too long and cost his team a goal, but he also played excellently, progressing the ball and being press-resistant. If the lad had a brain and just moved the ball on a tad quicker, he would be world-class.
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They said wait 10 mins for peak Iraola ball but we witnessed that tonight. **** how unlucky is Wirtz? In a game of multiple MOTM he was outstanding. P.s Jacquet looks like the real deal, a young defender who can actually defend? I told you Scouse he wasn't coming to be backup; the kid is unreal.
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Yesterday’s admin-
Current total game unbeaten run:
P 5 W 2 D 3 F 9 A 6 CS: 1
2 Straight Wins.
Current unbeaten home total games run:
P 5 W 2 D 3 F 9 A 6
1 Straight Win.
First test in Europe, against one of the hardest sides on the Continent to play and beat, passed.
Not too shabby that Basque lad aye? First ever European game. Against an absolute master of the dark arts with more experience at the highest of all levels than pretty much anyone. Who lived up to his brand of horrible S/housery perfectly in a typical Atletico ‘performance.’ (I just laugh at them now whilst everyone around me last night was losing their collective bleep with them. It’s just pantomime watching the theatrics and rule bending to the point of breaking, at this point.). And walks away with a massive win to start the, hopefully, road to Madrid and #7 in fine fashion.
In so doing making L’pool the first team to ever have 4 successive wins against Atleti in UCL history. And giving L’pool their first come from behind victory since last October!!!!! Another massive, early box ticked off in the Andoni Iraola era.
Really, really good performance, in context of the stage, the opposition, and where we are in our development under Andoni that. That brought the best out of Anfield. That started on a slow burn as L’pool were slow out of the blocks first half. Very reminiscent of last season. Slow paced. Side-to-side. With the shape all wrong and big gaps all over which the Spaniards exploited the opening goal. Great from them. Shocking for ourselves to concede. But in amongst that, L’pool never stopped grafting and competing for everything. And when it did click, we continued to carry a real threat going forward. Then the equaliser comes. Which isn’t so much a great footballing goals as a great battling, forced goal with bodies everywhere the build up willing it to happen. And the next 15 turns that slow burn up a few notches to the Anfield European nights you live for. I thought they were superb after HT when Andoni had made the necessary tweaks. With the main thing that had Atleti’s heads go was the shear pace we went at them. And the relentless pressing to win it back. They just couldn’t cope. So composed on the ball playing out first half when we were in slow motion. But when we went I to fast forward, all out Iraola style, the couldn’t cope and were suitably humbled.
Outstanding individual performances all over the park. Not least from the CH, playing right full, who was everywhere and had the most South American assist for the chaotic opener imaginable. He’s gonna’ be an absolute bargain signing next summer if he continues his outstanding start in Red. AllyMac had his second superb game in a row. Back to the Mac Allister we all love and not the sham disgrace of last season who saved himself the WC. The pace from both Rio and Barcola wide scared the living bleep out of Atleti. Still not sure how Bradley managed to miss like. But it was beautiful watching him stream through knowing nobody had a chance of catching him. And Alex ran himself into the ground. This absolute myth that he doesn’t work for the team, isn’t a high presser, and lacks movement, was put to bed once more under the European lights. Isolated on his own up front, he gave that Atleti back line as hard a physical time as they’ll have all year. Another massive in his return to being one of the very, very best out there with another massive game of non-stop graft.
And talking of myths, people really need to stop adding to the jealous opposition narrative by narking at Wirtz. When you look behind the white noise, he’s been superb this season. Not only does no L’pool player work harder. His stats have been right up there. Football at the highest level comes down to such fine, fine margins. And he’s been exceptionally unlucky not to be sat today with something like 4 goals and 4 assists already this season. Which is seemingly all the weirdly narking voices at him look at when they try infer he’s not a growing influence/ difference make on this team. Again last night he should have been walking away with two assists and a MOTM performance. He’s doing absolutely everything right on the pitch. And when his luck turns, he’ll be unplayable. We’ve absolutely NO worries of Flo going forward.
The less said about the absolutely clueless officials the better. It takes a special breed of referee to make PL refs look competent. But last nights absolute
managed that spectacularly. Unbelievable how he was just making new rules up his went. UEFA will probably give him the final now ….:
Another really enjoyable night out with Andoni’s Reds. Loved the Atleti lad walking on the ground by the way who had black marketed out ‘Alvarez’ with a cross, and wrote ‘El Mercenario’ above it! To say they don’t like him is an understatement.
Onto Fulham and three-in-row for Andoni’s fast developing gang.
Up the European Royalty Reds!
Yesterday’s admin-
Current total game unbeaten run:
P 5 W 2 D 3 F 9 A 6 CS: 1
2 Straight Wins.
Current unbeaten home total games run:
P 5 W 2 D 3 F 9 A 6
1 Straight Win.
First test in Europe, against one of the hardest sides on the Continent to play and beat, passed.
Not too shabby that Basque lad aye? First ever European game. Against an absolute master of the dark arts with more experience at the highest of all levels than pretty much anyone. Who lived up to his brand of horrible S/housery perfectly in a typical Atletico ‘performance.’ (I just laugh at them now whilst everyone around me last night was losing their collective bleep with them. It’s just pantomime watching the theatrics and rule bending to the point of breaking, at this point.). And walks away with a massive win to start the, hopefully, road to Madrid and #7 in fine fashion.
In so doing making L’pool the first team to ever have 4 successive wins against Atleti in UCL history. And giving L’pool their first come from behind victory since last October!!!!! Another massive, early box ticked off in the Andoni Iraola era.
Really, really good performance, in context of the stage, the opposition, and where we are in our development under Andoni that. That brought the best out of Anfield. That started on a slow burn as L’pool were slow out of the blocks first half. Very reminiscent of last season. Slow paced. Side-to-side. With the shape all wrong and big gaps all over which the Spaniards exploited the opening goal. Great from them. Shocking for ourselves to concede. But in amongst that, L’pool never stopped grafting and competing for everything. And when it did click, we continued to carry a real threat going forward. Then the equaliser comes. Which isn’t so much a great footballing goals as a great battling, forced goal with bodies everywhere the build up willing it to happen. And the next 15 turns that slow burn up a few notches to the Anfield European nights you live for. I thought they were superb after HT when Andoni had made the necessary tweaks. With the main thing that had Atleti’s heads go was the shear pace we went at them. And the relentless pressing to win it back. They just couldn’t cope. So composed on the ball playing out first half when we were in slow motion. But when we went I to fast forward, all out Iraola style, the couldn’t cope and were suitably humbled.
Outstanding individual performances all over the park. Not least from the CH, playing right full, who was everywhere and had the most South American assist for the chaotic opener imaginable. He’s gonna’ be an absolute bargain signing next summer if he continues his outstanding start in Red. AllyMac had his second superb game in a row. Back to the Mac Allister we all love and not the sham disgrace of last season who saved himself the WC. The pace from both Rio and Barcola wide scared the living bleep out of Atleti. Still not sure how Bradley managed to miss like. But it was beautiful watching him stream through knowing nobody had a chance of catching him. And Alex ran himself into the ground. This absolute myth that he doesn’t work for the team, isn’t a high presser, and lacks movement, was put to bed once more under the European lights. Isolated on his own up front, he gave that Atleti back line as hard a physical time as they’ll have all year. Another massive
in his return to being one of the very, very best out there with another massive game of non-stop graft.And talking of myths, people really need to stop adding to the jealous opposition narrative by narking at Wirtz. When you look behind the white noise, he’s been superb this season. Not only does no L’pool player work harder. His stats have been right up there. Football at the highest level comes down to such fine, fine margins. And he’s been exceptionally unlucky not to be sat today with something like 4 goals and 4 assists already this season. Which is seemingly all the weirdly narking voices at him look at when they try infer he’s not a growing influence/ difference make on this team. Again last night he should have been walking away with two assists and a MOTM performance. He’s doing absolutely everything right on the pitch. And when his luck turns, he’ll be unplayable. We’ve absolutely NO worries of Flo going forward.
The less said about the absolutely clueless officials the better. It takes a special breed of referee to make PL refs look competent. But last nights absolute
managed that spectacularly. Unbelievable how he was just making new rules up his went. UEFA will probably give him the final now ….:Another really enjoyable night out with Andoni’s Reds. Loved the Atleti lad walking on the ground by the way who had black marketed out ‘Alvarez’ with a cross, and wrote ‘El Mercenario’ above it! To say they don’t like him is an understatement.
Onto Fulham and three-in-row for Andoni’s fast developing gang.
Up the European Royalty Reds!