Poorly timed and went studs up with his left foot. Just because he didn't break Lozano's leg doesn't make it not reckless.
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Don't get me wrong, I quite liked Davids, I think most fans did, but what effect are you talking about? I wouldn't attribute much of what he did as the standout. I always viewed him as a has been, the fact he came on a free and didn't complete 2 seasons with us kind of points to that. I don't like these type of signings to be honest, I think maybe there is some mileage in them if you are at the bottom of the league or are a team that's come up from the Championship with a load of young players e.g Steven Dafour for Burnley or Leicester signing Cambiasso but when you are already at the top of the league you need to look for players that are going to fight for a place in the starting eleven and remain there.
I think these types of signings are massive gambles and rarely work out, ask Sunderland, QPR and West Ham who I think have cornered the market in signing has-beens. Contrast that with Bournemouth, Wolves, Southampton to name but a few, they look at building a squads with an eye on the longer term.
The answer is clearly the money BUT remember the excitement from many supporters at the chance to watch Messi etc. Personally I would have prefered an easier group, qualify and go further in the competition. However it would be a massive retrograde step to fail to qualify for next season's CL after 3 consecutive years.
2017-18 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PAYMENTS TO CLUBS
1. Real Madrid - £78.5m
2. Roma - £74.2m
3. Liverpool - £72m
4. Juventus - £70.9m
5. Bayern Munich - £62.4m
6. Chelsea - £57.7m
7. Manchester City - £56.5m
8. PSG - £54.9m
9. Tottenham - £54.2m
10. Barcelona - £50.8m
11. Sevilla - £42.8m
12. Monaco - £41.2m
13. Besiktas - £38.3m
14. Manchester United - £35.7m
15. Napoli - £34.5m
16. RB Leipzig - £30.5m
17. Celtic - £28.7m
18. Atletico Madrid - £28.1m
Sweet Jesus. What the fuck have we done with it?
That last bit is what I am on about. I have little faith right now in our resolve. Squeezing out wins against opposition while playing ugly football is fine, but we haven’t shown a great deal of getting out of the funk.
It sounds like we played rather well last night, which is good to hear, but my sentiment going into the game was “I am not confident”
We can't really strip Hugo of being captain. But given how he's usually far from the action, and Harry has dropped deeper it might as well be an honorary title and have Harry as vice captain carry out the duties of screaming at everyone, because Poch is not a manager who jumps up and down in his area going nuts at the players like Klopp would.
Groundhog day - Constantly hearing alarm bells and reaching for the snooze button every time instead of opening one single gummed up bloodshot eye.
At this rate we won't roll out of bed and land face first in yesterday's soiled kecks until the place is on fire and the sprinklers come on.
At this rate we won't roll out of bed and land face first in yesterday's soiled kecks until the place is on fire and the sprinklers come on.
Klopp doesn't hammer the players; he just bafoons around like a performing monkey.
Karrius gate?
He shouldn’t have slagged off Poch in public so maybe he’s learned his lesson
No manager should do that and expect respect
Can’t recall SAF ever doing it
Winning mentality is a separate but valid argument
But you just knew the equaliser was imminent after Trippier conceded the free kick
What's this talk of Son/Poch beef?
This last night's presser or old news that i missed?
Re Lukaku.... Not sure what his strengths are apart from flat-trackin' weaker teams (also see Belgium), tbh.
Our midfield was brilliant when we had Sandro/Dembele and also in 15/16 and 16/17 with Dier/Dembele or Wanyama/Dembele. Also coincided with some of our strongest premier league finishes. In the recent times the only time we were shite with poch is when poch was infatuated with 'youf' and played Mason/Bentaleb as the main two. I hope he doesnt go for your suggestions of youth again with skipp,amos,marsh,winks in the middle. It will send us to the pre redknapp era.
Even last night when Dembele comes off we ended up with Winks (who is a hybrid of Mason and Paulinho without the attacking abilities) who has no awareness of where to be , running like a headless chicken. Our centre of midfield became flimsy as fuck , which screws up our defenders and then Lloris has to do retardedly difficult things to try to make up for it.
Studs up is what Snodgrass did to Moura last Saturday, not what our keeper did, look again mate that need to blame Lloris is making you look a fool. Maybe Hoddle agrees with you.
First part i totally agree with but think back... Mason & Bentaleb got their break because Capoue & Paulinho (+ Stambouli. lol ) were a bust and Dembele was patchy as fuck at the time, not cos Poch was on some moral crusade.
Even then M&B proved vital in helping us transition from the shitfest of the preceding 18 months.
You don't have to rate them as world beaters, but respect is definately due.
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The youth was his first year. We boxed above our weight. The first year of Dembele/Dier we more or less played a 3 at the back when going forward. The wingbacks surged forwArd and a great deal of midfield was handled by Dembele. He isn’t their anymore. The following year it became more of a CM2 of Dier and Dembele and again, the Wingbacks were our focal point offensively. Why it worked was because we pressed so much harder. Each year that dies off a bit more and thus we rely on more handling of the ball in midfield, which isn’t Dier’s or Dembele’s strength. They are good at winning it back and recycling quick. They are not good at building up play.
It's not my need to blame Lloris as much as it is my need to not look at things through Lilywhite colored glasses.
If an identical play happens with Kane coming in and Alisson/DeGea/Kepa making the challenge, every one of you saying that Lloris shouldn't have been sent off would be screaming that Alisson/DeGea/Kepa should be. Hugo was put into a bad situation by a shit pass from Eriksen and Dier standing still as a statue while it was intercepted and played forward, but the simple fact is he made a poorly timed attempt with his left studs showing. I'd also suggest he came out too fast to begin with, like others have pointed out... Toby and Dave were right there.
Old news I think
The premier league money is crazy. We can survive without champions league.