18 Jan 2021 11:29:27
Quick question, do people think the 9 days Liverpool had to prepare for the match compared to the 4 days we had?


1.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 11:53:13
I think Bruno looked laboured and tired, Rashford looks jaded but has for a while. Is what it is when you are in competitions you play games regular, C.V. too, everything up in the air, not something to moan about imo.


2.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 12:21:14
Welsh I'm not moaning, its the way the fixture list fell. Liverpool were knocked out of the EFL cup, whereas we had to play an extra game against City.

I do wonder if we hadn't had that game against City would our players have been slightly fresher and maybe had enough legs to find a winner yesterday.

I've been shot down for suggesting that we need to prioritise which games we play our best 11 in, but the reality is that we don't have the quality in depth to rotate our squad without a significant drop off in quality and performance.

That leaves us with two options, either play our strongest 11 in every game until they burn out and hope they have enough fitness to play twice a week every week for 8 months. Or pick which games to rotate which invariably means sending out a weakened side.

We can either rotate against the likes of Fulham and Sheffield United and hope they don't spring a surprise on us, or we can rotate in the cup games and focus on a unusually winnable league this year.


3.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 12:34:24
If we had 1-2 more days to prepare then fine. But i don't knoq if its good for them either, Liverpool wasnt much sharp and it isn't coincidence that when they a lot of days (like when national teams play) they don't play well.


4.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 12:51:29
Shapps I feel the team setup was the problem.
This was a chance to make a statement.
Liverpool's forwards are on a dry run and they literally don't have Centre Backs.


5.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 12:53:53
Not really because even if we had a month to prepare for that game we would still struggle to keep the ball when pressed well which liverpool do in most games.

The only fix for that is coaching and better technical quality and bravery from the players. Not rest.


6.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 14:23:48
I don't think about it at all. it's the way the cards fell and you play the hand your dealt.


7.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 14:47:59
Massive Conspiracy.


8.) 18 Jan 2021
18 Jan 2021 15:21:37
TrueRedDevil, I think that's a bit of a false narrative.

While Liverpool haven't been great, the games in which they haven't scored they have had 45 shots in 3 games. They also smashed 7 past Palace just before the Christmas schedule. And 4 past Villa in the FA cup in their last game.

We made 33 clearances and blocked 8 goal bound shots from Liverpool yesterday. If we hadn't sat so deep and defended so resolutely they would have scored. If we opened ourselves up and commited more players forward they might have found more space in front of our goal.

While statically Fabinho has been Liverpool's best CB this season, his performances at CB have been better than VvD's have been this season before he got injured.

So him playing at CB was hardly a weakness for Liverpool yesterday.