Liverpool 4-1 West Ham Utd (24/02/18)

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Re: Liverpool v West Ham Utd: match thread

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Straight back down to earth.

Came for the t shirts, we only came for the t shirts.

We were poor today, all over. Very bad day at the office. Expected a bit more tbh, don’t think they broke into much of a sweat.
No one much kop today, Mário not at his best, Cresswell gave a goal away with a terrible aimless pass into the middle. Arnie on his own.
I like Moyes but please 100% better next week. COYI
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Liverpool fans still defending Suarez after what he did to Evra. Clowns.
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Have we signed any defenders for more than we signed Fonte? Ogbonna possibly, anyone else?

So we have just sold our second most expensive defender ever (if I got that right). Didn't work out for him and with injuries it is hard to imagine that we will notice he has gone. But that shows how woefully under-invested our defence is.

When you come up against an attack like Liverpool's, who can cause problems for any team in the league, our defence needs to be on top form. It wasn't and the result is no surprise.

Other results don't look too bad today, so need to pick ourselves up quickly and get ready for the next game.
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Iron Mark wrote:Other results don't look too bad today, so need to pick ourselves up quickly and get ready for the next game.
We were lucky Bournemouth got that last minute equaliser, shame about the Southampton one though
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Colours never run wrote:Dropping 1 of our most in form players and only giving Hernandez a little token run out once the games long gone! :lol:
In hindsight sure Mario should have probably started on the bench but I can see why he didnt
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I may be old fashioned but why change a winning team, especially if Evra is one of the players coming in? I'm afraid I also struggle to see Lanzini and Mario in the same team. Too lightweight and likely to get overrun
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kevino wrote:I may be old fashioned but why change a winning team, especially if Evra is one of the players coming in? I'm afraid I also struggle to see Lanzini and Mario in the same team. Too lightweight and likely to get overrun
Lanzini and Arnie are our best players. If they're available they play. Simple as that really
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Yea Why Not wrote:In hindsight sure Mario should have probably started on the bench but I can see why he didnt
That game required us to be a more determined.

Mario+Lanzini was obviously a bit lightweight.

The fact we brought on Antonio and were straight in behind their AWOL full backs to score just highlighted what we should have done from the outset.
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I didn’t expect anything less. Anyone watching the way the respective sides have been performing couldn’t really have called it any other way.

Say what you like about Slav he never lost at Anfield.

We reverted to type. Went for damage limitation, came away with a shoeing and let’s be fair it could and should have been far worse.

We go again
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bubbles1966 wrote: That game required us to be a more determined.

Mario+Lanzini was obviously a bit lightweight.

The fact we brought on Antonio and were straight in behind their AWOL full backs to score just highlighted what we should have done from the outset.
A midfield 2 of Noble and Kouyate should have provided some steel surely. Esspecially with 5 out and out defenders behind them. You're right in hindsight it didnt work but id like to see Mario and Lanzini given another chance together next week personally. If Antonio had a bit more upstairs im sure he would have started today in place of Evra but based on previous I can see why he didnt
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Yea Why Not wrote:A midfield 2 of Noble and Kouyate should have provided some steel surely. Esspecially with 5 out and out defenders behind them.
It's more case of not getting at them rather than our defending.
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Evra was pointless.
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Hernandez and Arnoutovic are the only players in our team who score semi regularly
Dropping one of them was an awful decision

Moyes is lucky he has Arnoutivic as his tactics in most games seem to be try and shut up shop and let him do something at the other end
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Baffling team selection
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bubbles1966 wrote: It's more case of not getting at them rather than our defending.
Ive seen much worse at Anfield personally. First half when the game was alive their keeper made 2 top saves from Arnie and Zabaleta had a chance he should have done much better with. Give me todays showing over a typical 2-0 Allardyce loss with no intention any day

End of the day Liverpool these days are a top team. Billic did well against the club but he faced nothing anywhere near as good as that an Anfield. Quite how theyre below man utd in the league I dont know iffy defence or not that attack is lethal
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The team selection was largely understandable, imo.

The only questions he had was whether he brought in Reid or Evra because there was no way Antonio would do the defensive side of the game at wing back, and who the 'third man' is with Arnautovic and Lanzini (he has this question most weeks).

The goals conceded were a poor set play with Adrian being weak, then a couple of poor turnovers from Cresswell and Mario.
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Yea Why Not wrote: Ive seen much worse at Anfield personally. First half when the game was alive their keeper made 2 top saves from Arnie and Zabaleta had a chance he should have done much better with. Give me todays showing over a typical 2-0 Allardyce loss with no intention any day
I agree on that. I just think that Liverpool are a bang average team at the back and being a little bit quicker and more forceful might have done the trick. They looked well iffy at times and they concede a lot of goals for a team that enjoys so much possession.
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I had been getting behind Noble lately as he seemed to have improved, Today he proved me right , he really doesn't warrant his place as a starter.

Slowing the game down . giving the ball away , and very lucky to not have been red carded for a first half tackle ( studs up ) on Milner.

Thank you for you loyalty Mr Noble but enough is enough,
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Commentary game on 5 live. Sounded like one way traffic. Disappointed and slightly surprised at proceedings but in the end it sounded like even at 4 we got away with it somewhat.

Next 3 need winning.
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Listened on the radio. Funnily enough we sounded ok. They just stuck 5 past Porto. We’re old and slow at the back. Zab & Evra wing backs is never going to work at anfield.
Onto Swansea as anything today would have been a bonus
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