Premier League Matchweek 22 (Jan 21-22)

Looking forward to the Anfield crowd screaming HANDBALL every time a Swansea player touches it in the second half.
 
Can off for Origi or Sturridge please. Not enough happening in their box.
 
duffer said:
Snape? Was he called Slur in Norway? This nugget of information is more interesting than this 1st half has been.
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Pretty sure it was a typo :lol:

Rubbish atmosphere and first half, Henderson has been muck too.
 
Nice one Swansea!

Now this'll only finish 3-0, and not the 6-0 we all feared :lol:
 
Swansea are atrocious. Not only are they bad individually and as a team, but they even go out of their way to be worse than they could be by wanting to play from the back with short passes. And they have Fernando Llorente as their CF! It's mental
 
Burrow said:
I honestly dont understand why more teams dont go long against Liverpool. They are flooding the opposition half, packing nearly every player bar the defenders in the bang middle of the Swansea half and a long ball would nullify the pressure at once.
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Because a long ball is still a lotto to control it and gain possession.

If you're just pumping longer balls and not keeping them, you're no better off than them just winning it off you
 
Sandikan said:
Because a long ball is still a lotto to control it and gain possession.

If you're just pumping longer balls and not keeping them, you're no better off than them just winning it off you
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But surely it's better that the opposition win the ball in their own half rather than in the middle of your own?
 
Burrow said:
But surely it's better that the opposition win the ball in their own half rather than in the middle of your own?
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Depends on the quality of the long balls/rushed hoofs.
As they wear you down, you'll find less and less distance on them, and Liverpool getting more and more momentum, and the end result is the same.
 
Sandikan said:
Because a long ball is still a lotto to control it and gain possession.

If you're just pumping longer balls and not keeping them, you're no better off than them just winning it off you
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But you're pushing the ball out of your own half. Better they win it back in their own half then yours. You play from the back if you have to quality for it, otherwise it's suicide. Also, swansea have fernando llorente upfront, ffs. A guy who's 2 meters tall, dominant in the air and great at protecting the ball and bringing others into play with his link-ups. What swansea did in the first half was insanity
 
Sandikan said:
Depends on the quality of the long balls/rushed hoofs.
As they wear you down, you'll find less and less distance on them, and Liverpool getting more and more momentum, and the end result is the same.
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I'd argue that it takes a whole less energy to hoof it up rather than try to pass your way out of an immense pressure. If you can deal with the pressure, it'll get easier as the opposition would get tired but in this purely hypotethical I'd say hoofing long balls is much more energy conserving than trying to outsmart the pressure.
 
Burrow said:
I honestly dont understand why more teams dont go long against Liverpool. They are flooding the opposition half, packing nearly every player bar the defenders in the bang middle of the Swansea half and a long ball would nullify the pressure at once.
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They don't want to offend poor Klopp.

If we meet them in the cup final , I hope that's exactly how we play.
 
They're battering City on Soccer Saturday - Bluemoon won't be happy!

"Why does everyone hate us?! Damn rag media."
 
giorno said:
But you're pushing the ball out of your own half. Better they win it back in their own half then yours. You play from the back if you have to quality for it, otherwise it's suicide. Also, swansea have fernando llorente upfront, ffs. A guy who's 2 meters tall, dominant in the air and great at protecting the ball and bringing others into play with his link-ups. What swansea did in the first half was insanity
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There's always a balance to find a way to keep possession. As you ain't scoring without some, unless Stuart Pearce v San Marino occurs.

I haven't been watching, as I know the second I turn it on Pool will smash them by loads.
 
They rename everyone in cartoons, but not movies with real people.

We have some brilliant cartoon names in Noggieland.
 
Long balls are not a very good tactic against good possession sides who will wear you down as they'll keep the ball for long periods, and you're left chasing shadows and hoofing the ball back to them when you do get it. Against Liverpool you have a chance because they are so lousy at the back that the thought of any kind of defending terrifies them.
 
Peanut Butter said:
They're battering City on Soccer Saturday - Bluemoon won't be happy!

"Why does everyone hate us?! Damn rag media."
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Harsh on Everton in my opinion. Hardly anything has been said about how good they were last week.
 
The problem for Swansea is that they can only keep the 0-0 draw, as they aren't capable of scoring.
 
themoyesboy said:
Long balls are not a very good tactic against good possession sides who will wear you down as they'll keep the ball for long periods, and you're left chasing shadows and hoofing the ball back to them when you do get it. Against Liverpool you have a chance because they are so lousy at the back that the thought of any kind of defending terrifies them.
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You get it.
It's like other people seem to think not making any passes in your own half is the way to beat them
 
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