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7_Kewell » Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:26 pm wrote:Has to be said that Konate has also struggled today, clearly not fit and shouldn’t be on the pitch.

Think it was a damned if you do damned if you don't decision from Slot, Konate may not have been fit enough but Quansah is an accident waiting to happen, difficult choice to make. Slot's mistake was letting Trent stay on for so long, he had a horrible game.

Anyway, it ends 2-2, could have lost it tbh so can't complain but ffs they're in the worst form they've been in a while and we still can't beat them.

shyte performance today from so many in red - TAA absolutely muck right from the start, head clearly nowhere near Anfield so he can fook right off to Madrid - should have been hooked at half time; Diaz was awful; Mo anonymous except for the peno but to be fair he did what he had to do; Konate looked like he's just off the operating table so i'll cut him some slack.....Jones - as shyte as ever
Ali saved our a$$ a couple of times

Not trying to slag Trent off tho he was utter shite today...but if you wants to come asking for 400K per week, then you better be performing like one at the highest level, especially for the big games like this. Instead he just put on a royal shit show and make Dalot look like a 100M winger

No way the club will give him that money...250K is highest I'll go. Virgil was massive holding the backline

Santa » Sun Jan 05, 2025 6:32 pm wrote:Not trying to slag Trent off tho he was utter shite today...but if you wants to come asking for 400K per week, then you better be performing like one at the highest level, especially for the big games like this. Instead he just put on a royal shit show

No way the club will give him that money...250K is highest I'll go. Virgil was massive holding the backline

Trent can’t defend very well. But today he didn’t do any of the other stuff, his tracking back and passing was league 2 stuff.

Trent was truly awful today, his head clearly wasn't on today and like someone said previously, he should have been hooked off at HT. You can't carry anyone in a game like this. The weather played a huge factor aswell, so many passes flying off of the surface. Lucky we came away with a point today, just glad slabhead skied the sitter at the end.

Imagine...if Maguire would have scored with the last kick. Just imagine

United deserved the draw they were up for it, we didn't play well. Considering how poor they have been I'd say they contained us and even created chances of their own, could've won it at the end.

Trent was a liability all game long...missed passes , giving the ball away..losing his man..Bradley is a way better orthodox RB than him.

Draw, fair result. TAA's head is clearly mashed trying to make a decision, similar to Gerard back in the day.

Not what we wanted. Could have been worse. We move on.

Roy Keane : "We talk about how brilliant Trent is going forward, but Trent’s defending today, my goodness, it’s like schoolboy stuff. There’s talk about him going to Real Madrid – the way he’s defending he’s going to Tranmere Rovers after this."
Summed up perfectly

That was really disappointing today for a number of reasons.

Defensively we where poor today and offered up so many silly chances it was criminal. Trent was poor but Salah isn't tracking back and helping out. Trents positioning is poor when we get caught out in possession. Konate didn't look fit at all but hopefully came through without agravating it. Virgil did well and unlucky not to score. Robbo was left wanting once or twice also but in general it was poor from our defence. Gifting Maguire that chance at the end summed it up.

Midfield struggled from the get go and it's weird because Grav and Mac where our best players. Jones on the other hand is a poor player. No physicality about him and he just circles lads before they run off. Because of him the other two got stretched. Jones is great when your dominating teams and he can lay off all the 5yd passes he wants but if they are willing to get stuck in he's not your man. If Szob isn't available then play Endo and push Mac up.

Salah was poor today. Didn't put the work rate in and was greedy at times but yet gets on the score sheet. I don't like the way we are bowing to him so much and on days like today he should be hooked. Chiesa or Elliot could play there but somehow Mo is untouchable. Fantastic goal from Gakpo but he lacks pace. Always a second or two too late into the mix. Diaz out of sorts as well today and maybe struggled against Maguire a bit. Nunez is just a pair of legs and is bringing nothing to the table. Can't blame opportunities either as he's had plenty of time and still looks a poor player.

I know form goes out the window in these games but it was sheer determination and grit that done us today. From the get go they got stuck in and we didn't match it especially in midfield.  That allowed them to get at our defence in numbers. Maybe it was the awful weather that didn't suit us but we need to put what ever it was behind us and get back at it on Wednesday at Spurs.

PS, How good was Bradley when he came on!! Proper old school RB he is.

bunglemark2 » Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:37 pm wrote:Roy Keane : "We talk about how brilliant Trent is going forward, but Trent’s defending today, my goodness, it’s like schoolboy stuff. There’s talk about him going to Real Madrid – the way he’s defending he’s going to Tranmere Rovers after this."
Summed up perfectly

"Trent Alexander-Arnold didn’t win a single duel for #LFC during the 86 minutes he was on the pitch vs Man United.

It took Conor Bradley less than a minute to win his first duel after coming on to replace him."

Trent's stats for the match (per Squawka)...

25x possession lost
8x possession won
4 interceptions
2 fouls conceded
1 chance created
1 shot
0/5 duels won

That's how bad he was yesterday...time for the club to put a bløødy end to this right now. Offer all 3 a contract immediately, get a final decision so we could move on. No more back and forth penny pinching. We have trophies to win and we absolutely cannot squander this type of lead that we have built up. Merely getting a draw and the wolfpacks are already smelling blood ffs

FWIW we are still 6 ahead with a game in hand from the next guy. The games are coming thick and fast and everyone wants a result against us. We cannot afford any distraction. Not this time. Not right now   

redshade » Sun Jan 05, 2025 11:52 pm wrote:

bunglemark2 » Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:37 pm wrote:Roy Keane : "We talk about how brilliant Trent is going forward, but Trent’s defending today, my goodness, it’s like schoolboy stuff. There’s talk about him going to Real Madrid – the way he’s defending he’s going to Tranmere Rovers after this."
Summed up perfectly

"Trent Alexander-Arnold didn’t win a single duel for #LFC during the 86 minutes he was on the pitch vs Man United.

It took Conor Bradley less than a minute to win his first duel after coming on to replace him."

Can't blame Slot for too much for today but not taking Trent off sooner was a big mistake and frankly it might have cost us 2 points.