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Thread: Match Thread: Newcastle v Liverpool

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    Quote Originally Posted by ianlfc View Post
    Gravenberch looked well off it tonight. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't well with flu or the like, by the way he played.
    Agree. There were a few. At times we were slow and ponderous. Got robbed of possession quite a lot.
    Get the Derby out the way and hopefully some may get a bit of rest with the fixtures we have coming up. Saying that Fulham won't be easy. They're playing well.

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    Had a discussion the other day with Sid about having to play grab every game, he’s the only one who hasn’t been rested.

    Must knackered

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    Quote Originally Posted by miller0863 View Post
    Had a discussion the other day with Sid about having to play grab every game, he’s the only one who hasn’t been rested.

    Must knackered
    Insidious has 10 different opinions. he'll disagree then agree.. no real stance on anything. at least you can see we need another DM and have for some time (that'll be years).. Gravenberch was not even bought for that position.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ianlfc View Post
    Gravenberch looked well off it tonight. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't well with flu or the like, by the way he played.
    A rest will help him at some stage - he is getting a lot of minutes.

    At some stage Endo will need to be trusted with a game - something like 20 minutes under his belt in the League this season. I totally understand he doesn't have the first-touch or the recovery pace that people would want and he certainly isn't the "solution" to the issue - but squad management certainly is.

    Endo is there and Elliott is just getting back into things, so Slot will have to use them at the right moments. Morton also an option. I think you always have to play two of the Mac Allister/Gravenberch/Jones/Szoboszlai cluster in terms of quality, but there will be times when we can't use all 3 simultaneously if we wish to prevent burnout.

    Hopefully in January we will see Chiesa fit to contribute to bolster the attacking options as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Insidious View Post
    That's one way of framing it - though I just can't get my head around feeling quite that negative about it.

    If the League starts now we have 24 matches to play and have a 7-point lead over Chelsea and Arsenal and a 9-point lead over Man City.

    Those 3 sides would absolutely love to be in our shoes rather than theirs and let's not forget that they will be taking points off each other.

    It's December - early December at that.

    March is when it really gets intense, not now.
    I’ve been mentally scarred since 1989 when Michael Thomas won the title for Arsenal. Also drawing 3-3 at Palace in 2013 was another game what cost us. Apologies for my negativity when it comes to Liverpool Fc.

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    No real formation works all the time..Newcastle set out to over load our midfield.. in other games teams will sit of them and squeeze them when they press forward and over commit. and do what they did to us..and they'll struggle.
    As long as we get back to defending better , we have goals in the team. Our midfield has offered us more in recent times..
    Like i say. I doubt Everton will be able to transition as well as Newcastle. so either they gonna defend deep and allow us possession and that will mean we have a better chance of keeping a clean sheet.. or they;ll press and leave us space to counter. #
    Hopefully Trent is fully fit for Saturday..he will be a massive bonus for us.. Quansah tried his best but hes not a fullback
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    Quote Originally Posted by justme View Post
    No real formation works all the time..Newcastle set out to over load our midfield.. in other games teams will sit of them and squeeze them when they press forward and over commit. and do what they did to us..and they'll struggle.
    As long as we get back to defending better , we have goals in the team. Our midfield has offered us more in recent times..
    Like i say. I doubt Everton will be able to transition as well as Newcastle. so either they gonna defend deep and allow us possession and that will mean we have a better chance of keeping a clean sheet.. or they;ll press and leave us space to counter. #
    Hopefully Trent is fully fit for Saturday..he will be a massive bonus for us.. Quansah tried his best but hes not a fullback


    Where do we reckon he copied that from? Reddit or RAWK?
    VOTE JOCKY tae fix this fiasco.

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    Meh wasn't going to walk the league

    Still think we need at least 1 player in January if we want to go all the way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenson78 View Post
    I’ve been mentally scarred since 1989 when Michael Thomas won the title for Arsenal. Also drawing 3-3 at Palace in 2013 was another game what cost us. Apologies for my negativity when it comes to Liverpool Fc.
    No need to apologise Jenson. Look, I "get" PTSD - I could foresee people getting flashbacks to missing out by a point twice against Man City or thinking back to the 0-0 against Fulham in 08/09 (booed when we went top of the League!!!!!!) followed up by the 0-0 against West Ham that season - but I personally can't imagine watching football and thinking about football with a constant cloud of dread hanging over it, especially when we still have a points cushion and even moreso after Klopp's "doubters to believers" mission statement.

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    Everton will simply try to kick us off the park. Something that worries me hugely -

    Apologies to the overly sensitive tribe who only want positivity

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