Nowhere near as good
Yeah but I mean is having 2 holding midfielders the way to go?
Early days for Byers. He will get sharper.
It's really pissed me off all season; as has hoofing the ball up to Lavery/Dembele against 6 foot+ defenders, absolutely ridiculous. And as for 10 back at corners, what the fuck are those little ones going to do, leave one up front ffs!
3 in the middle definitely helped 2nd half. We won the midfield battle and controlled it.
We're just lucky that one amongst us realised that inverted wing backs are a duff ideaThink it was all down to Phil why we won today Neil must read this board cheers Phil
Tony Parks style e
Brilliant.
One of my early hero’s
We were still shit in the first half though.
We weren't but they were very good, we did well to change it in the second half.
We weren't at all. We pressed well & both Lavery & Joseph had chances. The opposition were at home & top end of the division plus league 1 top scorers so were always going to be under pressure. Goal was slightly disappointing.
Away from home against a good side, lacking in confidence and with a changed line up, I wouldn't say we were shit at all. We weren't great either but had a couple of good moments and didn't get overrun. 2nd half was very impressive. A stonewall penalty not awarded and great chances for Byers, Joseph, Lavery and Dembele. I feared the worst when we conceded first, so it really is a massive boost for the players and fans to know we can turn around a game away from Bloomfield Road.
We were shit in the 2nd half of the 1st half. We started off ok. The team appears to lose its way every time the opposition scores. Luckily for us Peterborough scored in the 1st half and didn't get a second, we cleared our heads at half time and regrouped and did a good job 2nd half.
But he has badges. Therefore he thinks he is capable of outthinking the opposition with his over complicated nonsense. Get the basics right and you are onto a winner Critch
Away from home very much so.
He is capable of outthinking the opposition - he's also capable of being out thought and the fact that you can't grasp it doesn't make it 'overcomplicated - nonsense'.. To most Coaches, Managers and Players it will all be pretty straightforward stuff. That's why they are playing, coaching and managing professionally and we are posting tripe on an internet forum
It could be if you get 4 good players in front of them and make one of them a 6/8 that can join in (which I think Morgan can)
Byers will get forward more from what I've seen of him.
There are times when our defence is as solid as marshmallow. We just seem to have no confidence on the ball and move it too slowly leading to errors which happened repeatedly in the first half. The transformation in the second was stark and the passing was crisper and there was always an outlet.
liverpool have done it on and off for a few years - playing 2 solid, functional types who get it and give it (recycle it in the modern parlance i suppose), and generally just anchor the middle of the park, allowing creativity to flourish around them. it can work, for sure, but it's obviously heavily dependent on the creative personnel you are relying on to take advantage.
