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Hopefully we can retain our place in the top 4, That's honestly the best we can hope for this season but even that is in serious doubt because the manager refuses to change. I love Klopp but he's gotta start taking a lot of the blame at some point. I might be overreacting a bit here but his stubbornness has gone on long enough.

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11 minutes ago, shut up said:

Liverpool won't be achieving anything again this season. Had a poor window but bcos they smashed us people were making out it was class.

City's title to lose I guess.

We might of scored 15 goals in 7 days but a loooong way to go before we can talk about the title

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19 minutes ago, Happy Blue said:

We might of scored 15 goals in 7 days but a loooong way to go before we can talk about the title

Are you okay? 

@topic

Don't really know what to say.  We weren't terrible,  but the manager needs to have a plan b against sides like these. It's same old same old. If this was Rodgers then he would have been criticised like hell. 

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We should have been out of sight at half time. Second half was a lot more even but we should have had a penalty not long before we scored, thought we would lose at that point until big Jamaal nodded home. 

Mikel Merino is fucking quality, Matt Ritchie is quality and the rest of them are all grafters who put in a shift every week. 

9 points after 5 games with a winnable game next week. Shows what having a good manager and a good system does.

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Lost my voice shouting abuse at the ref :ph34r: wouldn't mind seeing some replays to see if it is justified.

Thought until we scored 19 minutes in we looked like we were struggling to cope with Stoke's formation. Our goal gave a boost and Stoke looked a bit rattled for a while. We sussed out how to create and should have made it a comfortable win. Got away with missing a lot of sitters. Joselu should have had a hattrick, no excuse for why he didn't even manage 1. Rob Elliott made some very good saves for us as well. 

In the top 4! At least until Spurs score.

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given Huddersfield's good start to the season, it sounds weird that I'd take a point from there. We started slow and couldn't get going until well in to the first half. We always seem to set up poorly and start slowly when away from home. We seem reluctant to have a proper go at teams and it's one reason why we may fail to pull up any trees this season. 

Vardy scores the first Premier League goal for an away side at Huddersfield though. Another record broken :ph34r: 

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Not going to praise Carrillo after Watford's defeat. I didn't watch the game but according to some people he was the best of the worst. Hopefully he keeps this rhythm up as that's just what he needs in order to become a top winger of any sort at club level.

If I were to have a guess, the whole team was awful, but if he's the best in the team even when the whole team is bad on a day, its a good sign I'd say.

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If Spurs continue to slip up, it wouldn't be a bad idea for them to focus on Europe.

They may not have the quality on paper to win it, and personally I don't think they will. I do however, believe that on their day they can match any team. I've seen them a couple times last season and they are a class side. Its a matter of staying consistent, which in Europe you can get away with.

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In starting to lose a bit of faith in Klopp to be honest. I love the man, his passion and personality are infectious but We can't just ignore the problems because of that. We don't have a plan B. We go our every week with the mentality of "fast attacks, press high and play one touch football" which in theory works against the bigger teams but sides like Burnley are never going to play an open game against us. It's shocking how effecting the 11 men behind the ball is against us. Not only that but today we had everything but against the run of play we conceded the first goal. Sick to fucking death of it now. SEVEN changes to the team, including Klavan returning to the back four...why? As dodgy as Lovren can be, he at least has some ability which Klavan does not. Klopp can't keep rotating these keepers like this either, it's laughable. Give the starting spot to somebody and let them prove themselves, and if they don't then drop them. Can't rotate by the fucking game. 

 

No plan b, horrible defence, goalkeeping situation. All these are things that Klopp needs to sort out or else we will never get anywhere.

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Wouldn't be too disappointed with a draw but a win tomorrow away to a big team will feel fucking great. Will go above media darlings Liverpool and Tottenham as well. Little chance of it happening though as our record away from home against the top sides is shit.

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1 hour ago, 6666 said:

Would be too disappointed with a draw but a win tomorrow away to a big team will feel fucking great. Will go above media darlings Liverpool and Tottenham as well. Little chance of it happening though as our record away from home against the top sides is shit.

Its because you are shit against every other big team that you fuckers will jam a result against us.. 

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Thought we were shite today. Second best for me and worrying signs given that we can't play the "we were against a top side" excuse either. The general inability to hold onto the ball is ridiculous. I totally get that we're a direct side but we've gone so far in that way that it's terrible to watch at times. That first half was a laughable display. Thought we showed them far too much respect from the off.

But then again Vardy taps in that complete sitter and we've probably won the game.

Not encouraged. Only plus from today is it looks like we may be getting Silva after all, and having seen our midfield so far he could be an enormous boost - as in quite literally could transform this side.

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6 hours ago, Stan said:

given Huddersfield's good start to the season, it sounds weird that I'd take a point from there. We started slow and couldn't get going until well in to the first half. We always seem to set up poorly and start slowly when away from home. We seem reluctant to have a proper go at teams and it's one reason why we may fail to pull up any trees this season. 

Vardy scores the first Premier League goal for an away side at Huddersfield though. Another record broken :ph34r: 

I'm not particularly enamoured with a point in that fixture. They have started well but they've had a very favourable opening few games and for all I thought there was a lot about them to respect, they made so many silly basic errors. A positive Leicester could've definitely turned Huddersfield over and yet I think we were probably lucky to get a point.

Shakespeare's really concerned me today. Given him the benefit of the doubt this season but saying he'd snap your hand off for a point at half time against fucking Huddersfield? Totally contradicts this supposed ambition we had put it that way.

I think it's time to seriously look at working on a new system as well. We can't cling onto something that worked so well mainly because it had a top class player in it perfectly suited to it. We are so bad at holding onto the ball it's beyond belief. Most Championship sides can knock it around better than us. That first half was some of the lowest quality football I've seen from a Leicester side. Couldn't believe how awful we were. Second was definitely better but I'm in favour of a bit of experimenting.

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6 hours ago, Cicero said:

Ozil rumored to be injured

 

Thankfully there's been an update on that injury mate... The club medical staff have checked it out again and got a second opinion by a Harley Street specialist... Thakfully the injury has been reduced a level to just a serious bout of laziness. Should be back sooner than first thought. 

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3 hours ago, SirBalon said:

Thankfully there's been an update on that injury mate... The club medical staff have checked it out again and got a second opinion by a Harley Street specialist... Thakfully the injury has been reduced a level to just a serious bout of laziness. Should be back sooner than first thought. 

Will he be available for today?

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