Match thread Liverpool v Nottingham Forest

[jozza800]

Would be nice to see someone who can set up a midfield.

[fiordearg]

We never looked threatening. Forest were not afraid at Anfield. Can we sell Kerkez at Christmas. Mo looks a Saudi league player. We transitioned so slowly.

[teesred]

Is he any better though?

He plays good football but regardless of that the fact is he's (Slot) won 3/12. It's unacceptable and it's getting close to the worst we've seen in our lifetime.
Title win or not you have to act at some point when the shit hits the fan. Ice said a few times now if there was something that was looking like it was just unlucky or we were building towards something but we're not. Its absolutely directionless.

[Crimson Dynasty]

I was working so I missed the game, but I did check out the scoreline just before the third goal was scored and from the sounds of it, it seems like it was more of the same we've seen over the last several weeks - bar the Villa and Madrid games.

There used to be a time when losing 3-0 at home to a team placed 19th in the table at the start of play - and led by a manager known for negative football and parking the bus - would be a sackable offense for the manager.

That's 8 defeats in 11 games in all competitions (including the CL and League cup) - including a 7 game consecutive losing streak in that run.

Not to mention our inability to keep a clean sheet (the last one being the Arsenal game), coupled with shipping 6 goals in the last two games to the opposition.

But let's not fool ourselves.
This man is not going anywhere any time soon.
FSG will most likely just wait it out to the end of the season and see how things pan out.
In the meantime, they'll most likely withdraw their offer for a contract extension to him (to be expected), and maybe also hold back on spending any more money in the transfer window including bringing any badly needed players in January if we don't see any improvement before then - which means he's probably also going to cost us Guehi and Semenyo if they were available to be obtained in January.

Silver lining time:-

Ironically, Mo leaving for AFCON in January might actually see us improve rather than struggle without him.
The number of times our attacks died at his feet because he tries to dribble past a wall of defender or takes a weak shot right at an opposition defender's legs was beyond mind-numbingly frustrating.

[Jenson78]

What a day:
AM: I watch England who can’t play cricket
I Go to work for peanuts.
I return home.
PM: I watch Liverpool FC pretending to play football.
What have they both got in common ?.
Arrogant rich twits who don’t give a shit about losing, because they get paid regardless.

[jr81]

Also, not sure of mentioned previously. But that was forests 1st cléan sheet all season. At Anfield. With 200mil of new attacking 'talent' on the pitch.

[miller0863]

Certainly part of it Jenson

[Kev0909]

We never looked threatening. Forest were not afraid at Anfield. Can we sell Kerkez at Christmas. Mo looks a Saudi league player. We transitioned so slowly.

Don't we always, no pace just play direct against us, let us have the ball fuck around with it not having a clue hit us on the counter, you win, congrats 3pts

how did we beat real? jesus.

[Insidious]

Says a lot about the quality of the League that we can lose 4 of our last 5 and yet remain "just" -

- 5 points off second spot
- 4 points off third spot
- 2 points off fourth spot

That's not said to be hopeful or to find a silver lining, just an observation. The distance to Arsenal makes for very poor reading, but us being 2 points off 4th considering our malaise is wild.

The purple patch of form that we absolutely cannot seem to find right now (let's say 4 wins and a draw or 3 wins and 2 draws from a 5-game chunk of League) could really take the Disastrophe vibes away pretty quickly - but we are seemingly utterly bereft of solutions just now and will likely see it get worse before it gets better.

[Kev0909]

Quite hilarious so far this season we'd have been better off with Welbeck And either Hendo or Xhaka than Wirtz.... a lot cheaper too....no i'm not writing off Wirtz- just because of the way we play, they're more suited and probably more needed...and obviously isaks had his injury issues and when he has played... he's played like it's the worst decision he's ever made coming here, but blabla fitness blabla

I'm on about the present, first 12 games I generally think we'd be in a better position

It's somewhat hilarious actually it fucking is..... gotta laugh, probably should've sgined Walker whilst we're at, couldn't be much worse either and at least another option