The Mailbox reacts to the Prem weekend by calling for the heads of Antonio Conte and Jesse Marsch. Sacking a manager certainly seems to have worked for Villa.
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Midfield misery
Quick transition from an opposition mistake…long ball over the top to Salah…1-0
Salah shot ricochets off a defender for a corner. Van Dijk rises…2-0
In the alternate (for instance Ancelotti/Real Madrid/Champions League) universe, the opposition doesn’t play a suicidal high line and give Salah the freedom of Liverpool (Hi Pep), they set up a low block with a couple of fast guys hanging around waiting to pounce on Salah and prepare themselves for the dead ball assault.
This has been coming for a few years, and it’s quite simple. Liverpool has no creativity in midfield – just runners and blockers. Henderson manages a goal every year or so, Thiago has always had laughable goals/assist/key pass stats, Fabinho has an occasional rocket in him, and that’s about it. Compared to, for instance, Man City (De Bruyne, Silva, Gungodan, Foden, etc) – it’s like night and day. Same even for ManU and Arsenal. Even Chelsea and Spurs score from midfield occasionally.
Liverpool don’t score or create from midfield. They’re a one-trick pony and now they’re in transition. Maybe Harvey Elliott can be that creative guy, but at the moment he seems more focused on winning those all-so-important free kicks from 40 yards out.
Bellingham can’t come quick enough.
Matthew (ITFC)
Last-chance saloon for Sancho
Great result and made ever sweeter by how we snatched that at the end. Casemiro’s passion is glorious to witness and that roar in to the crowd while celebrating was primal! I think we were well worth the point at the bare minumum and possibly even 3.
This has been a very promising start to the season in many ways (improved defence, Ten Hags system gradually being implemented, getting points from games we lost last season) but a lingering disappointment that remains is Sancho. I’ve defended him fiercely since he signed but am now resigned to the fact that maybe it is just not meant to be. There is simply no drive or conviction in his play and he doesn’t seem to have the type of personality to enforce himself upon games.
And I don’t want to hear a word about his age. Haaland who is the same age is a freak sure, but even if you look at other clubs, Kulusevski came in last year mid season and hit the ground running. Diogo Jota…
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