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Southampton is a tough game.  They're in great form since their new manager arrived, growing in confidence as results improved.  Plus they are desperate for points and have a great opportunity to climb the table after midweek results really favored them.

Liverpool need good focus tonight, and hopefully everyone is on their game.

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5 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said:

Only if we play terribly.Besides, Soton missing players - Ings, Vestergaard (unfit), Lemina.

Shane Long will replace Ings and he's scored just 1 goal in 19 this season.

Jack Stephens (in place of Vestergaard) - he will have to stop Mane,Firmino, Salah

Vestergaard is playing.  Long replacing Ings is a downgrade, but Long still has the pace and fitness to press, harry and offer an outball.  Redmond and Ward-Prowse are the real goal threat, plus you've had some long range hits from other MF players.  And Bertrand against TAA will be a close battle.

I'm taking nothing for granted.  Liverpool have a very bad record at St. Mary's.  And The Dell was a notorious bogey ground for us for a long time.

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Soylent -- you seriously sound like my dad.  Feel free to support City, or follow darts/snooker/cricket instead, or just play Football Manager or FIFA.

This is the best ever league campaign by Liverpool.  The best ever.  We're punching well above their financial weight and we're neck-and-neck with the greatest English club team of all time.  And we got here with a manager who has rebuilt the team, squad, playing style, etc.  If you're still miserable and frustrated, then you need to take a look at your own expectations.

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22 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said:

I think if we're to stand any chance of winning something before this group breaks up, we need to get rid of Klopp and get someone in who isn't entirely hopeless.

We've assembled a great group of attackers and defenders, but then we've gone and lost Buvac and it's fucked us.

Get a grip man. 

We’re almost certainly going to get a points total that would’ve won the league the for the vast majority of the history of the Premier League and make the Champions League semifinals. Short of getting bought by a shady petrostate we aren’t going to get any better than that.

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@Soylent BrownI have not at all ignored the drop-off in our attacking play.  I've mentioned it in nearly every post.  But we don't have 10 world class attacking players like City.  We have a handful of top players and then a drop off to their back-ups.  So it's not a simple question to stick or twist.  We play almost the same team every week, with a MF or two being rotated usually.  We don't realistically have good alternatives in attack or defense, so players get tired/jaded and opponents can plan for their style of play.  Trent and Robertson were poor tonight, but we've relied very heavily on them in other games.

We're basically betting each game that enough players will deliver a good performance to get the win, while knowing that some will be below par that day.  There are nearly always some having an off day.  Only Messi doesn't have off  days.

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5 minutes ago, Mark Antony said:

Hendo is much better playing in front of a holding mid like Fab instead of playing as the furthest lying midfielder. He’s changed the game since coming on. So happy he got a goal

This should always have been his position, or possibly as a right WB for Trent.  He's not a DM but always looked better a little further forward, making crosses from an inside right channel.

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1 minute ago, Iskaral Pust said:

  Only Messi doesn't have off  days. 



You say that, but his performance against PSG a few years ago was one of top three worst I've ever seen from a professional footballer (it was fucking hilarious).

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