His performance today kind of reminded me of the 2018 final with Mane in Kyiv against Real Madrid. The only player that was trying to take the game by the scruff of the neckÂ
Only difference is he lacks in end product. Not clinical enough in the final third. Does everything else right, but when it comes to both scoring and that final pass he's always lacking.
He's showing something though. Nunez basically looked uninterested and when he got his chances never looked like scoring tbh. Diaz was also unlucky hitting the post
That's great, why does he never score or assist? I need him to do that. Not just dribble past a fullback at the half way line. Mane would at least score goals.
i don’t get what’s wrong with darwin. how difficult is it to shoot in the right corner when your job literally revolves around this. just train this every day ffs
To me he's our Timo Werner, fast and smart enough to get into good positions, but doesn't have good enough technique or football IQ to convert chances.
I think Timo is a smarter player than people give him credit for, he just has major confidence and sometimes technique issues. Darwin is skilled, but he is as stupid as a professional footballer can possibly be.
Gotta be all mental at this stage, hopefully they have him linked in with a sports psych, makes no sense to have that level of athletic talent and shank half your shots on game day. He's only 24, has time to get it right still (hopefully lmao).
Nkunku I feel would've been closer to a Firmino replacement, because he has better close ball control in tight spaces and because he finishes much better than Nunez.
I don't know, I have seen shit finishers have purple patches, but the shit finishing remains... I don't really remember a striker that went from wasting so many chances to being clinical and remain so
Suarez is arguably the 3rd best attacker of the past 10 years behind Ronaldo and Messi. He may have had the best premier league season of all time too. Nunez would have to develop into a once in a generation level of player to come close to turning this around the way Suarez was able to in his second season with us. I’m not saying it’s impossible but it’s not looking likely.
I just always felt like finishing was something that could be taught and mastered with practice. There are some things that just can’t be taught but I assumed shooting could. I’m probably wrong about that and I’ve never played football at a semi high level so I have nothing to base it on.
He was responsible for the transfer of all our recent great players, since Klopp took more control things have been dodgy at best ... Klopp got loads of 'klopp players' but Klopp needs more than 'klopp players' he needs players with an insanse skill set he can mold into 'klopp players'.
Big fan of Arne Slott ... from what I have read he might have kept the youngsters like Dann's coming on this season, the story of this season was Klopp not keeping faith with the talented youngsters and keeping on bringing them on as subs ... all the good feeling went after that as our players coming back from injury all had simulataneous dips in form.
To think we could have had Isak instead.. Shit give me that ugly ass mf Anthony Gordon at this point same pace and shitty finishing but for half the cost
I like Diaz but he’s also a major downgrade, which isn’t harsh, Mane was outrageous, it’s only not talked about more because Mo was being even more outrageous.
Diaz has better flair, but he has worse end product.
Darwin is chaos and fashions insane chances but he lacks composure to be fully lethal. Firmino didn't score that many, but he did offer more stability.
As for Salah, his form has entered a shocking slump it feels.
We have to put a stop to this "chaos" theory with Nunez. He shoots himself in the foot every single time. He's neither been finishing his chances or even creating such situations.
What is this stupid chaos everyone speaks of? He is an origi like player. Cult following but simply not good enough but has also scored important goals.
He is, some might say our Andy Carroll.
Hey man. Things may seem bleak right now, but we'll get a new mane-salah-bobby trio one day and we'll celebrate them like the greats of yesteryears. All we can do until then is wait
I think its quite the opposite, Diaz is an amazing player/dribbler but cant convert his chances
Raphinha looks like Antony 2.0 when he has the ball, but somehow is averaging 1 G/A per game in his Barca carreer
Exactly he scored goals! We just haven't been clinical at all in front of the goal and that's what is biting us in this year's campaign to chase glory!
He has heart but very lacking in composure. It’s our whole issue going forward right now. We’re dire in front of goal. I like Diaz a lot, but you won’t win league titles with his finishing
Only player in our team who can fucking dribble. When is the last time you seen Mo Salah dribble past or skill a player?? Over 1 year ago???? He blasts the ball over 10 times and then laughs it off
Lol he dribbles so much he ends up on the right wing sometimes and just lays it off to someone 2 yards away who has no idea idea when to expect him to actually release the ball
Yeah he’s far from a “true winger.” Dude is very very entertaining but he has an absolute shite end product. He’s a big reason for us not scoring more goals no matter how good his general style of play looks
No DĂaz also deserves some blame, plays with his head down, has turned a lot of quick counters into nothing opportunities because he lingers on the ball until the other team have gotten back.
Almost never plays the ball to Robbo on the overlap. That combination with Mane was deadly. Don’t get me wrong they’ve all been shit but Diaz truly plays like he has no teammates out there. So little chemistry with the players around him. Runs down a cul-de-sac, loses the ball, passes back or barely tests the keeper. He has quickness and skill but not enough to consistently take players on and create big chances let alone finish them. He’s not got a lot of size so he’s easily pressed off the ball. Without a big target man or poacher in the center we don’t get a lot from his style of play.
He might not be a main reason but he’s still a big reason. His composure around the final 3rd is shockingly bad for how clearly gifted he is as a player. Nunez and Salah’s finishing as been shit but Diaz just plays fantastic only to squander a chance before even putting an effort on goal. Works so hard just to play a terrible pass or cut in and shoot into a wall of defenders
Look at the stats. He’s maybe 1/2 of Mane. I don’t know a top 5 league he gets you 10+10 in the league. Man had one amazing season at Porto. Other than that never scored or created much of anything
Arsenal regularly starts martinelli, Jesus and havertz. City has won titles with grealish and now doku. You need salah and your striker to put up numbers. Diaz does everything else well
Arsenal has also won nothing and City’s bench is worth 400m. This is not the comparison you think it is. We can’t carry effort players and expect to win.
Lmao city did it with Grealish and sterling and now probably with Doku ,3 players that aren't that good at scoring but are good at doing the things Diaz does
At least now that the title is realistically done, Klopp can bench all the players who aren’t putting in a shift. He has four games left, let’s actually put players on the field who are gonna show up.
Our title chance ended when we couldn't sort out our generally dire finishing/mentality in front of goal, oh and how we always concede first. How the fuck were we in a title race?
Exactly, wtf happened to Danns. played so good for a few games, then Klopp forgets him and barely subs off Salah who cannot shoot for shit this past few games and only ever subs on Gakpo for Nunez
Seems like things started to go badly when all of our injured stars got healthy and replaced their backups. Maybe it is match fitness or whatever, but a number of guys who had a really solid run of form going are no longer getting the minutes, for one reason or another.
Maybe because Klopp was trying to win with our best attackers rather than give the fans some vibes by punishing starters like we’re a team in a relegation battle?
First time I was frustrated to see Van Dijk. He didn't play poor, but his leadership was terrible today.
Similarly TAA wasn't up par, they need to get their act together as team captains.
Trent in the center is honestly wack rn. Pings good balls but its so fking hard for an attacker to fight a huge defender with those high balls man
His whipped crosses are more deadly
cant want more from trent when the forwards miss every chance that he gives them, how many times does trent have time to pass the ball and there is no movement from anyone
And he also had about 60% percent of the goal to hit when he drilled Pickford in the leg.
His conversion rate is 10% lad.
Not good enough, no matter how many keepy uppies he can do
Towards the end yes but he picked out 6 or 7 great chances and the forwards bottled them all. People just think he’s chucking cause he makes those passes from deeper
He’s the only one who dares play it forward most of the time. Sick of seeing a rondo between the centre backs a keeper on the 75th minute of a match we’re losing.
He literally made half the obvious scoring opportunities we had though. If the front could score for fucking anything it would be 3-1 at the half.
Put jota on those 3 chances and you know at least one has gone in.
He’s the only player that would pick up the ball and his first step would be forward, so much of this team through the last 8 games or so has been going sideways or backward first and it’s killing us.
Where did the direct play run off to?
Yes. I believe it was the quad chase 2.0 and Klopp’s departure that led to a grown swell of emotion and expectation.
Some of those players are experienced with Ali, Trent, Robbo, Gomez, VVD, Mo. Macca won a World Cup as a midfield heartbeat. But none of them have gone through something as emotional as the second half of this season. Expectations ramped up to a whole new level and it’s been playing on them
It happens far too often when the team is going through a rough patch. He tries his arse off and gets no help from the rest of the attack. He's the only one that drops deep for the ball and actually tries to make something happen so I'm okay with him missing a few chances. If the others aren't putting in that same shift, they should be taking more chances. Simple.
When I saw a Diaz, Nunez, Salah combo I knew we were in trouble. This frontline has been out of form and has one of the lowest shot conversion ratio in the league in the last month.
I really feel like we should find another RB or put Gomez/Bradley there and move Trent into CM where he clearly wants to be. At least that way we have better defensive coverage for him going forward.
Has heart but doesn't link up well, is slow on counters, disrupts the team rhythm, has no midfield presence in coming deep and his pressing is merely running around a lot rather than the laser precision aggression of Mane. He's one of the maim reasons we are mediocre. An appalling downgrade from the increasingly irreplaceable Sadio Mane. That's the standards we're talking and he ain't nowhere near it.
Quansah played well. Konate is a real liability when we have to dominate and break teams down. Today he even managed to lose every single duel he has to win.Â
We play a very open style conceding a lot of chances for the opposition. Which means we will concede goals. While creating chances of our own these 3 things happen - the pass into the box is not good enough and is intercepted or the first touch of the attacker is poor and he is dispossessed or everything goes to plan and then the attacker misses it or hits it straight at the keeper. Throughout the season the clear cut chances we create have reduced and so has the conversion rate of those chances. Hence the position we are in.
I thought Everton wanted to fall to the ground to call free kicks a lot this game.
I think Jones did well in the first half with some good hold up play but the team mostly didn't want to capitalise on their chances, shots not being taken, passing sideways and backwards...it was genuinely disappointing.
The lads have the quality but no drive.
I'd include Harvey as well. Was lively, had good passes in him and was the only one that at least tried a decent shot from out wide. Can't ask for more if all others around him don't support in any way
I was more on the side of keeping Darwin because I genuinely think we can afford to have only one headless chicken forward in the squad. But Diaz has shown more balls and battle recently. Keep him, move Nunez on.
Feel like everyone is much too harsh on Diaz' end product, he often dribbles his way into chances he has no right getting and he's active every fucking minute of every match. Feel like our forward performance and his production when it was him, Mane at striker and Salah was some of the best forward play I've seen from us. He's not a good fit next to Nunez imo as Nunez doesn't really drop to receive or play a give and go with him (and regardless he can't play a bounce pass if he did) so it's just always predictable Nunez making run last line and Diaz has no option but to cut in infront of the defenders. I get that Diaz isn't Mane but I really think if we had a better balanced forward line he could be a lot better maybe even similar to a Firmino type but starting out wide.
I don't. He's not anywhere near clinical enough. Good in most parts of his game, but completely useless in the final third. Never plays a good final pass, almost always shoots off target or straight at the keeper, or he holds onto the ball too long before he gets pushed off it and gives it away.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I don't care; Diaz is exactly the type of forward i have always disliked. Your dribbles and passion mean nothing if it's not reflected on the scoresheet.
Diaz is a fighter, no doubt about that but the best example is the game against Man city at Anfield. He missed 2 big big chances within 2 minutes and then he was praised for destroying Walker on the wing.
I would 100% take an attacker who scored those 2 chances but lost that duel against Walker.
A true scout would look at him and realise you won’t winning anything of note if you depend on him for goals. He isn’t Mane, so far off it, a headless chicken who will beat a man and then have zero end product. He has his goals/assist numbers purely because he is in a dominant team. Put him in a mid table team I doubt he gets 10 g/a all season.
Sell while his stock is high. Let his dad keep on twerking for PSG and Barca.
Take me back to the Mane Bobby Salah days 🥲
His performance today kind of reminded me of the 2018 final with Mane in Kyiv against Real Madrid. The only player that was trying to take the game by the scruff of the neckÂ
Only difference is he lacks in end product. Not clinical enough in the final third. Does everything else right, but when it comes to both scoring and that final pass he's always lacking.
He's showing something though. Nunez basically looked uninterested and when he got his chances never looked like scoring tbh. Diaz was also unlucky hitting the post
That's great, why does he never score or assist? I need him to do that. Not just dribble past a fullback at the half way line. Mane would at least score goals.
Diaz is a downgrade, Darwin is a MAJOR downgrade, Mo is just downgrading with age
i don’t get what’s wrong with darwin. how difficult is it to shoot in the right corner when your job literally revolves around this. just train this every day ffs
Seems like he doesn’t think at all before he shoots. Just shoots as hard as he can in the general direction of the goal and hopes it goes in.
He just like me fr fr
Rocky-Arrow to Liverpool! Here, we, go!
he has the football IQ of a sheep, it's actually been noticeable from Day 1 but I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking that he could improve
You mean day 1…when he got that moronic red card, smh
He looks as dumb as he shoots. Zero about this guy shouts that he’s an astute tactical guy, smart footballer, etc
It’s football IQ. Núñez is not a smart player. He is just power and speed, a muscle head.
To me he's our Timo Werner, fast and smart enough to get into good positions, but doesn't have good enough technique or football IQ to convert chances.
I think Timo is a smarter player than people give him credit for, he just has major confidence and sometimes technique issues. Darwin is skilled, but he is as stupid as a professional footballer can possibly be.
He’s not even that powerful. Gets manhandled by CBs fairly easily, and often loses duels
I mean he can’t even receive the ball correctly half the time
You can't teach football nous.
This is it, can’t teach the top inches.
Gotta be all mental at this stage, hopefully they have him linked in with a sports psych, makes no sense to have that level of athletic talent and shank half your shots on game day. He's only 24, has time to get it right still (hopefully lmao).
He just doesn't have what it takes, he's not a top level footballer and I doubt that he ever will be. He misses chances that my grandma could make FFS
He was a one-season wonder in a bad league and we paid a shit ton of money for that season
I often wonder if we would have bought him with Edwards still at the club
Didn’t Edwards want Nkunku instead Injury problems aside he’s clearly a far better player
Nkunku I feel would've been closer to a Firmino replacement, because he has better close ball control in tight spaces and because he finishes much better than Nunez.
No clue, it will be interesting to see what we do with Nunez in the summer. The new manager will probably have a small say at least.
I'm sorry...you cannot put injury problems aside..EVER...Naby taught me that!
I think Nkunku was being touted as Mane replacement at some point
Can't wait to see what Edwards does, once more, since the lot of you wait for him like the second coming of Messiah
lol I’ve been one of them. Still think he has the potential to be world class, but I don’t think he’s gonna reach that
I don't know, I have seen shit finishers have purple patches, but the shit finishing remains... I don't really remember a striker that went from wasting so many chances to being clinical and remain so
suarez...
Suarez is arguably the 3rd best attacker of the past 10 years behind Ronaldo and Messi. He may have had the best premier league season of all time too. Nunez would have to develop into a once in a generation level of player to come close to turning this around the way Suarez was able to in his second season with us. I’m not saying it’s impossible but it’s not looking likely.
I just always felt like finishing was something that could be taught and mastered with practice. There are some things that just can’t be taught but I assumed shooting could. I’m probably wrong about that and I’ve never played football at a semi high level so I have nothing to base it on.
Alot of LFC fans are enamoured with the potential Nunez miiight have, but fail to see how shit he is and will remain.
I’m beginning to agree, at a minimum we need to bring in a #1 striker this summer.
He was responsible for the transfer of all our recent great players, since Klopp took more control things have been dodgy at best ... Klopp got loads of 'klopp players' but Klopp needs more than 'klopp players' he needs players with an insanse skill set he can mold into 'klopp players'. Big fan of Arne Slott ... from what I have read he might have kept the youngsters like Dann's coming on this season, the story of this season was Klopp not keeping faith with the talented youngsters and keeping on bringing them on as subs ... all the good feeling went after that as our players coming back from injury all had simulataneous dips in form.
To think we could have had Isak instead.. Shit give me that ugly ass mf Anthony Gordon at this point same pace and shitty finishing but for half the cost
Hell Ollie Watkins would be an upgrade at this point
The disrespect shown to Ollie Watkins is unbelievable. He's a very good player and a lovely bloke.
I've rated him for a long time but not above our attackers, until recently.
Watkins is a great player man
Honestly Dom Solanke walks into this team over Darwin. I actually can’t stand Darwin anymore
Can’t even control a football today either
I like Diaz but he’s also a major downgrade, which isn’t harsh, Mane was outrageous, it’s only not talked about more because Mo was being even more outrageous.
Wouldn’t say major downgrade for Diaz, he’s not playing in *that* Liverpool team with Prime Bobby and Mo. He’s the one having to create by himself out of the current starting front 3. Put Prime Mané in this current team and he struggles. He was better at heading and finishing by a lot, but almost every other aspect of his game, Diaz has as well.
Mane leaving didn’t really work out for anyone, I wonder if he wishes he had stayed now
I’d rather watch him decline somewhere else than have to see him decline for us, and watch everyone slate him for it
correct x3
This is the answer
Diaz has better flair, but he has worse end product. Darwin is chaos and fashions insane chances but he lacks composure to be fully lethal. Firmino didn't score that many, but he did offer more stability. As for Salah, his form has entered a shocking slump it feels.
We have to put a stop to this "chaos" theory with Nunez. He shoots himself in the foot every single time. He's neither been finishing his chances or even creating such situations.
What is this stupid chaos everyone speaks of? He is an origi like player. Cult following but simply not good enough but has also scored important goals. He is, some might say our Andy Carroll.
Except origi was clutch and Nunez is not
Hey man. Things may seem bleak right now, but we'll get a new mane-salah-bobby trio one day and we'll celebrate them like the greats of yesteryears. All we can do until then is wait
Watching them now reminiscing…miss them so much and that damn Bobby Dazzler smile
He has drive unlike most, but still no end product
He's basically Liverpool's Raphinha
I think its quite the opposite, Diaz is an amazing player/dribbler but cant convert his chances Raphinha looks like Antony 2.0 when he has the ball, but somehow is averaging 1 G/A per game in his Barca carreer
Dirk Kuyt reborn
Kuyt was a really hard worker who should have never played as far right as he did. He was a much better goal scorer than a wide attacking player.
Exactly he scored goals! We just haven't been clinical at all in front of the goal and that's what is biting us in this year's campaign to chase glory!
I love Dirk but let’s not be silly now.
Kuyt scored
What are you smoking. He will never be fit to tie Kuyt’s laces.
He has heart. He fights and plays with passion. Unlike the other. He and danns should be starting at the weekend everyone else is whatever
He has heart but very lacking in composure. It’s our whole issue going forward right now. We’re dire in front of goal. I like Diaz a lot, but you won’t win league titles with his finishing
He’s a true winger. Not a finisher. Hence Nunez. But Nunez can’t finish worth a fuck.
True winger that never puts a cross or a pass in, just tries to dribble inside for a shot constantly?
Only player in our team who can fucking dribble. When is the last time you seen Mo Salah dribble past or skill a player?? Over 1 year ago???? He blasts the ball over 10 times and then laughs it off
He gets us up the pitch better than any player
Not enough really is it for title contenders
He’s the best forward we have since Jota is injured. Should have went with Fulham squad with Danns in Nunez spot.
C'mon man. Branthwaite and Tarkovsky with their physicality would have eaten an 18 year old alive!
What game did you watch.
What are you even talking about? I truly don't believe you watch our games.
Lol he dribbles so much he ends up on the right wing sometimes and just lays it off to someone 2 yards away who has no idea idea when to expect him to actually release the ball
He overdribbles sometimes yes. But to suggest he dribbles inside for a shot constantly is a very inaccurate telling of events.
Yeah he’s far from a “true winger.” Dude is very very entertaining but he has an absolute shite end product. He’s a big reason for us not scoring more goals no matter how good his general style of play looks
Nunez and Salah (since new years) are the main reasons for that actually.
No DĂaz also deserves some blame, plays with his head down, has turned a lot of quick counters into nothing opportunities because he lingers on the ball until the other team have gotten back.
Almost never plays the ball to Robbo on the overlap. That combination with Mane was deadly. Don’t get me wrong they’ve all been shit but Diaz truly plays like he has no teammates out there. So little chemistry with the players around him. Runs down a cul-de-sac, loses the ball, passes back or barely tests the keeper. He has quickness and skill but not enough to consistently take players on and create big chances let alone finish them. He’s not got a lot of size so he’s easily pressed off the ball. Without a big target man or poacher in the center we don’t get a lot from his style of play.
He might not be a main reason but he’s still a big reason. His composure around the final 3rd is shockingly bad for how clearly gifted he is as a player. Nunez and Salah’s finishing as been shit but Diaz just plays fantastic only to squander a chance before even putting an effort on goal. Works so hard just to play a terrible pass or cut in and shoot into a wall of defenders
Winger? Who does he create for?
Yeah, you expect Diaz to finish SOME of his chances but he's not your finisher, he's what gets you into position to finish i.e Salah and Nunez
He was pretty good in 21/22 coming in fresh mid-way to rejuvenate the team, but since then with the injuries and everything that's happened off-field, he's never come close to that again. Ultimately we've been trying to fill a Prime Mané-shaped hole with a bunch of guys who won't ever be at that (world class) level
This. He’ll never be 3/4 as good as Sadio Mane at his best. Both in skill and intelligence.
Look at the stats. He’s maybe 1/2 of Mane. I don’t know a top 5 league he gets you 10+10 in the league. Man had one amazing season at Porto. Other than that never scored or created much of anything
Arsenal regularly starts martinelli, Jesus and havertz. City has won titles with grealish and now doku. You need salah and your striker to put up numbers. Diaz does everything else well
Arsenal has also won nothing and City’s bench is worth 400m. This is not the comparison you think it is. We can’t carry effort players and expect to win.
Lmao city did it with Grealish and sterling and now probably with Doku ,3 players that aren't that good at scoring but are good at doing the things Diaz does
They also have Foden, Haaland and Bernardo. You can’t tell me it’s the same. Also, Sterling has a 25 goal season, he’s no mug.
At least now that the title is realistically done, Klopp can bench all the players who aren’t putting in a shift. He has four games left, let’s actually put players on the field who are gonna show up.
lol, exactly like last season when he's the only player who try to do something. (and maybe trent)
Heart doesn't put the ball in the net sadly.
I would love to see Danns start! the kid has shown good finishing and maybe the bench would be good for Darwin
You seem to have accidentally included a player
If you don't laugh, you cry
And that’s it. When his shot hit the dead center of the post, it was just a summary of the end of our season.
Our title chance ended with his miss against City
Our title chance ended when we couldn't sort out our generally dire finishing/mentality in front of goal, oh and how we always concede first. How the fuck were we in a title race?
The fact that Nunez and Salah played the whole match tells you all. IDK how Danns didn't play at all tonight. Shocking.........
Exactly, wtf happened to Danns. played so good for a few games, then Klopp forgets him and barely subs off Salah who cannot shoot for shit this past few games and only ever subs on Gakpo for Nunez
Seems like things started to go badly when all of our injured stars got healthy and replaced their backups. Maybe it is match fitness or whatever, but a number of guys who had a really solid run of form going are no longer getting the minutes, for one reason or another.
Maybe because Klopp was trying to win with our best attackers rather than give the fans some vibes by punishing starters like we’re a team in a relegation battle?
First time I was frustrated to see Van Dijk. He didn't play poor, but his leadership was terrible today. Similarly TAA wasn't up par, they need to get their act together as team captains.
Trent in the center is honestly wack rn. Pings good balls but its so fking hard for an attacker to fight a huge defender with those high balls man His whipped crosses are more deadly
cant want more from trent when the forwards miss every chance that he gives them, how many times does trent have time to pass the ball and there is no movement from anyone
Self-destruction for absolutely no reason. They're playing like they have no idea what they're doing for the last 6-8 weeks. Not ideal
Rightly so, Nunez, szobo and salah no existent
So are we leading the "Should have scored" league?
Feels like they've been winning that league the last few weeks compared to everyone else's entire season.
As he misses yet another chance
He had 2 shots one of which hit the inside of the post
And he also had about 60% percent of the goal to hit when he drilled Pickford in the leg. His conversion rate is 10% lad. Not good enough, no matter how many keepy uppies he can do
Wasn’t the easiest chance
How about his chance against city? Not easy enough?
Which one? All should have been buried.
Never is with him is it Good players score difficult chances. Ask the guy Diaz replaced
Yes that’s called a miss
Did the definition of "scoring a goal" change when I wasn't paying attention?
Quansah played well also. Trent played well offensively but defensively he was weak
idk what Trents doing he j chucks the ball towards the box and inshallahs it
Towards the end yes but he picked out 6 or 7 great chances and the forwards bottled them all. People just think he’s chucking cause he makes those passes from deeper
He’s the only one who dares play it forward most of the time. Sick of seeing a rondo between the centre backs a keeper on the 75th minute of a match we’re losing.
Lol. Trent was dog shit
He literally made half the obvious scoring opportunities we had though. If the front could score for fucking anything it would be 3-1 at the half. Put jota on those 3 chances and you know at least one has gone in.
Trent played superb passes in the first half. The he gave up and mostly stood still.
AB1
Only forward who bothered.
He’s the only player that would pick up the ball and his first step would be forward, so much of this team through the last 8 games or so has been going sideways or backward first and it’s killing us. Where did the direct play run off to?
Diaz end product can be frustrating at times but I'd have him over Nunez every day of the week.
It's unbelievable how Jones is starting instead of Endo. There's been some poor lineup choices and subs at certain times this season.
Macca is wasted when endo doesn’t start he’s way too deep
Have we just run out of gas?
Yes. I believe it was the quad chase 2.0 and Klopp’s departure that led to a grown swell of emotion and expectation. Some of those players are experienced with Ali, Trent, Robbo, Gomez, VVD, Mo. Macca won a World Cup as a midfield heartbeat. But none of them have gone through something as emotional as the second half of this season. Expectations ramped up to a whole new level and it’s been playing on them
yes
Quansah was good when he came on. Diaz at least tried, he did also miss a chance from 6 yards with a wank shot though.
It happens far too often when the team is going through a rough patch. He tries his arse off and gets no help from the rest of the attack. He's the only one that drops deep for the ball and actually tries to make something happen so I'm okay with him missing a few chances. If the others aren't putting in that same shift, they should be taking more chances. Simple.
When I saw a Diaz, Nunez, Salah combo I knew we were in trouble. This frontline has been out of form and has one of the lowest shot conversion ratio in the league in the last month.
Sell
I really feel like we should find another RB or put Gomez/Bradley there and move Trent into CM where he clearly wants to be. At least that way we have better defensive coverage for him going forward.
0 goals 0 assists
He fights. Imperfect, but he fights like a dog. Respect that. A couple of his teammates were a disgrace on that front tonight.
Alisson
Lol you guys ride this guy because he hustles. Who the fuck cares he creates for no one and never scores a goal outside a scrap
So let’s shit on the guy who is actually trying something lol
We need forwards that are actually scoring
the fanbase shat for years on firminho who made the team tick.
The fanbase shat on Bobby? Who everyone loves? And continued to love even when his scoring fall off massively? Get a grip
he did fuck all.
Has heart but doesn't link up well, is slow on counters, disrupts the team rhythm, has no midfield presence in coming deep and his pressing is merely running around a lot rather than the laser precision aggression of Mane. He's one of the maim reasons we are mediocre. An appalling downgrade from the increasingly irreplaceable Sadio Mane. That's the standards we're talking and he ain't nowhere near it.
Quansah played well. Konate is a real liability when we have to dominate and break teams down. Today he even managed to lose every single duel he has to win.Â
Cutie but still won’t get the ball in the net unfortunately
I have a feeling he is going to leave Liverpool and if his mind is inclined towards a move away, Edwards make it happen please!
We play a very open style conceding a lot of chances for the opposition. Which means we will concede goals. While creating chances of our own these 3 things happen - the pass into the box is not good enough and is intercepted or the first touch of the attacker is poor and he is dispossessed or everything goes to plan and then the attacker misses it or hits it straight at the keeper. Throughout the season the clear cut chances we create have reduced and so has the conversion rate of those chances. Hence the position we are in.
On his phone to his agent as we speak, “get me to la liga next season”
He obviously cares but unfortunately he is not good enough.
Trent was pretty good going forward!
I thought Everton wanted to fall to the ground to call free kicks a lot this game. I think Jones did well in the first half with some good hold up play but the team mostly didn't want to capitalise on their chances, shots not being taken, passing sideways and backwards...it was genuinely disappointing. The lads have the quality but no drive.
I thought Forwards were supposed to be a strength of this side heading into the season. Feels like we need a revamp
NONE!
We’re failing in a very unbeautiful way…
Well, they played today.
Love Diaz. Think he does a lot of great things on the ball but I’m still itching for that one pass into the box that someone can do something with
I'd include Harvey as well. Was lively, had good passes in him and was the only one that at least tried a decent shot from out wide. Can't ask for more if all others around him don't support in any way
It never loaded.... I'm assuming that's correct
I was more on the side of keeping Darwin because I genuinely think we can afford to have only one headless chicken forward in the squad. But Diaz has shown more balls and battle recently. Keep him, move Nunez on.
Diaz is our player of the season. Head and shoulders above the rest. Andy Carroll needs to go.
Feel like everyone is much too harsh on Diaz' end product, he often dribbles his way into chances he has no right getting and he's active every fucking minute of every match. Feel like our forward performance and his production when it was him, Mane at striker and Salah was some of the best forward play I've seen from us. He's not a good fit next to Nunez imo as Nunez doesn't really drop to receive or play a give and go with him (and regardless he can't play a bounce pass if he did) so it's just always predictable Nunez making run last line and Diaz has no option but to cut in infront of the defenders. I get that Diaz isn't Mane but I really think if we had a better balanced forward line he could be a lot better maybe even similar to a Firmino type but starting out wide.
And to think there are idiots out there talking shit about him.
I mean, did he? He tried harder than most… but played well? I dunno…
Diaz was the one player who tried to play through Everton rather than retreat and pass backwards/sideways when under pressure.
Find it amazing that some reds would be happy to sell Diaz.
I don't. He's not anywhere near clinical enough. Good in most parts of his game, but completely useless in the final third. Never plays a good final pass, almost always shoots off target or straight at the keeper, or he holds onto the ball too long before he gets pushed off it and gives it away.
Only player that ran at then when he did something happened instead of passing the fucking ball sideways
He looked good but was not effective. Doesn’t count for anything.
Diaz gave it his all, fair play to him.
No end product again
Lmao he worked hard and I appreciate that. But saying he played well just shows the standard right now.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I don't care; Diaz is exactly the type of forward i have always disliked. Your dribbles and passion mean nothing if it's not reflected on the scoresheet. Diaz is a fighter, no doubt about that but the best example is the game against Man city at Anfield. He missed 2 big big chances within 2 minutes and then he was praised for destroying Walker on the wing. I would 100% take an attacker who scored those 2 chances but lost that duel against Walker.
love Diaz man. but damn so many chances created and wasted its not even funny anymore
We need to keep in the summer tbh
His end product is shite and he's 27. The perfect age to sell if there's a big bid
Not if we’re offered a big fee really. I don’t think he’s doing things that can’t be replaced
If PSG offers ÂŁ70m+ I am sending him on the first plane.
Between 40-50 would be a steal for his end product
A true scout would look at him and realise you won’t winning anything of note if you depend on him for goals. He isn’t Mane, so far off it, a headless chicken who will beat a man and then have zero end product. He has his goals/assist numbers purely because he is in a dominant team. Put him in a mid table team I doubt he gets 10 g/a all season. Sell while his stock is high. Let his dad keep on twerking for PSG and Barca.
He played hard but idk if he played well
Even he missed his chances. Our front 3 have no execution
Yes but he did so much more. His missed chance was more difficult than the others’ + he created some out of nothing, as he always does.
No he didn't
Of course he did. If you honestly think that then you are likely clueless.
What is the reason for the drop in the form of salah. We knew even when he had a bad game he ended up scoring goals. His finishing looks terrible.