Consigliere Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 You don't need big blokes the way we defend set pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Man how is Rhys Williams so slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Remember when I said pre-season that Gladbach are one of the teams that can beat Bayern in a game. They are on course. They went down 0-2 after 26 minutes, but turned things around and are now in the lead with less than 10 minutes to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 I see that Villa were very concerned about winning their third-round FA Cup game against Liverpool yesterday. And by reports the academy kids still gave Liverpool's first team a workout before they pulled away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Meh, Schalke managed to win a game again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Meh, Schalke managed to win a game again. That might have been the strangest thing to happen in the world all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Filthy goal by Dortmund earlier. Also poor Eric Bailly, off after smacking his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'm sure Haaland will be just desperate to play on the wing for Super Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 1/8/2021 at 7:52 AM, Mark Antony said: Fabinho been fine. It’s not a panic buy at all. We have needed a CB since summer when Lovren left and never replaced him. Lovren leaving was like a new signing. That being said, I agree we do need a new CB. I don't even think we need a world class CB, just someone to fill in the gaping hole in our defense. The new CB wouldn't have to reach the bar set by VVD, being as good or better than Matip would be enough. It's good to give Williams and Phillips a run-out every once in a while but we do need someone with a bit more experience who could fit with Fabinho or Matip (on rare occasion he's not injured) and let Fabinho move to midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 In fairness to Matip, he's really very good. When he's fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Not trying to say he's not good, just that he's not at the level of VVD and that signing a defender of Matip's level is much easier than signing VVD's equal. It doesn't mean that it's easy to sign someone of Matip's level, just that it's not mission impossible either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Signing someone of Matip's level should be eminently doable but signing someone of his quality in January is really unlikely. In-form CBs are probably the guys least likely to be let go mid-season even if they're not a team's star player, coz no-one wants to break up a functioning pairing mid-flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 So you are not parting with Maguire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 They can have Rojo if they want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 What happened to Rojo? I know he had plenty of injuries, but did United just give up on him? I was never a fan. Maguire is by no means a bad player, but I wouldn't want him at Liverpool, given how high Klopp likes the line to be. (In an alternate universe where that would even by a consideration, obvs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: What happened to Rojo? I know he had plenty of injuries, but did United just give up on him? I was never a fan. Yeah it was a combination of injuries and I think his continued penchant for a reckless one just dropped him out of favour. Especially with Bailly around - you could never play them together as a CB pairing- and he's not really attacking enough to play LB in this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Wait, Crawley Town beat Leeds 3-0? Bloody hell. Looking at the teams it's the strongest possible Leeds side but it's not like Leeds put out the under 18s or anything either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 12/20/2020 at 2:01 AM, Consigliere said: This is why nobody will pull a Leicester this season. Liverpool are simply head and shoulders above the rest of the league even with the injuries. The injuries might prevent them threatening 100 points or more but they will hit at least 90 points. This hasn't aged well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, ants said: This hasn't aged well..... Disagree. I still don't see 81 points as being enough to win the league this season. Liverpool's defence has held up better than expected but their attack has struggled more than expected - that should improve now that Thiago is back and will improve further once Jota returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I also think City's recent form would make them title challengers, where they would have been discounted a couple of weeks ago. Leicesters winning season coincided with a number of top teams being in transition and have problems. Even with injuries I'd still say City and Liverpool will be duking it out. I'm strangely discounting Utd because I just suspect they will hit a rocky period again and the tide will turn against Ole, and Spurs really don't have strength in depth for a title bid, if Kane gets injured it's over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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