The Bigfooty Liverpool Thread - Champions of England

[GOALden Hawk]

Unbelievable that Isak finally buries a chance and looks to be seriously injured in the process.

Was a woeful game in terms of quality - Spurs must have put the ball out of play under no pressure at least 10 times. Somehow we completely lost the plot in the last 15 after dominating the 30 minutes before it.

Szobo getting a suspension for Wolves probably the best possible game to miss.

Anyway, you take 3 points on the road any time the way we have been going.

 

[JLC]

Terrible - to look so panicked against 9 men is absolutely embarrassing.

Jones has been so good on previous matches but was trash at the end. Held onto the ball too long.

Injuries are piling up.

 

[RossFC]

Predicted side vs Wolves

-------------Ekitike
---Wirtz-Mac Allister-Frimpong
---------Jones-Gravenberch
Robertson-VVD-Konate-Bradley
-------------Alisson

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Lucky, Kerkez, Ramsay, Nyoni, Morrison, Ngumoha, Chiesa

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Endo is injured somehow as well? Tripped over the bench?

 

[jod23]

Terrible performance but good result. We certainly havent turned any kind of corner despite the results getting better. We're still pretty garbage defensively, we're garbage offensively.

 

[Lebbo73]

Reddit is saying most likely an ACL or ACL tear for Isak. Geez this season is getting depressing if true.

 

[jod23]

Reddit is saying most likely an ACL or ACL tear for Isak. Geez this season is getting depressing if true.

Yeah when it happened I was like, well that's Isak done for the season.

 

[Zidane98]

At least he's able to put some weight on that ankle

Hopefully just an ankle roll and no ligaments done

It looked more ankle to me. Got trapped by the VDV scissor motion when lunging.

 

[Zidane98]

Reddit is saying most likely an ACL or ACL tear for Isak. Geez this season is getting depressing if true.

Impossible at this stage to know with swelling. Would be pure speculation.

 

[RossFC]

 

[QuietB]

Horrible first half full stop.

Clean sheet at half time - I will take horrible over being 1-0 down after 10 minutes every day.

Slot has stopped the rot defensively - he deserves credit for that.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Cooldude]

Not a knee is already a win, worst it could be is ankle ligaments?

 

[largebus]

Isak getting seriously injured feels like a loss. Just end the season now.

 

[Jars458]

Clean sheet at half time - I will take horrible over being 1-0 down after 10 minutes every day.

Slot has stopped the rot defensively - he deserves credit for that.

True but our standards should be higher. City score five if we play that way.

 

[foxdog50]

Predicted side vs Wolves

-------------Ekitike
---Wirtz-Mac Allister-Frimpong
---------Jones-Gravenberch
Robertson-VVD-Konate-Bradley
-------------Alisson

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Lucky, Kerkez, Ramsay, Nyoni, Morrison, Ngumoha, Chiesa

I personally would rest Allison, as his getting injured prone. Id put Mama in , as id trust we can get the job done.
Plus and surely Chiesa can start this time... has to be his turn

 

[peternorth]

We have terrible, horrible luck when signing up newcastle players

 

[gaskin]

Surely Bradley is just a rolled ankle. He stood on Jones's foot.

 

[FreoRicci]

Terrible - to look so panicked against 9 men is absolutely embarrassing.

Jones has been so good on previous matches but was trash at the end. Held onto the ball too long.

Injuries are piling up.

So weird tactically to just shut up shop.
I mean, attack Spurs and keep possession?
Nope, Spurs actually came close to equalising

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

No definitive Isak update

High ankle sprain, 8-10 weeks would be my guess

 

[Cooldude]

If it's an ankle sprain then it's the best outcome it could've been, everyone thought it was far far worse

 

[Mr Meow]

Although it was disappointing not to win both games, Leeds recent results (smashing Chelsea and Palace, drawing at Brentford away, pushing City all the way) and Sunderland's season so far suggests drawing against them wasn't the end of the world. Throw in away wins against West Ham, Inter, Tottenham and a home win against Brighton - at least we have stopped the bleeding.

Obviously performances need to improve and we must address the worrying periods of games where we appear to enter meltdown mode. But when coming back from a crisis it isn't all going to just click overnight. Especially since we are basically figuring out how to play without the man who carried us so many seasons, while the squad also grieves the loss of Jota.

Conceding 5 goals in the last 6 games is an improvement on conceding 10 in 3 games leading up to that. We're now goal difference off 4th rather than being stuck around 12th. Somewhat bizarrely, only 3 clubs in the PL have won more games. For a "complete disaster" season, that's not as bad as it could be.

 

[jod23]

That last 15 minutes were god awful. 11 v 9 and they bossed us. Completely lost our heads. Like win the ball, pass it around. Easy.

Then instead of pressing them to win it back which would have been easy because they have two less options to pass to to escape a press, we put all 11 players behind the ball and in the box inviting pressure. Was awful.

We were lucky to win in the end.

 

[RossFC]

Luca Stephenson with a goal for Dundee United.
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[RossFC]

Sounds like he's avoided an ACL injury. Possible leg fracture is 3 months.