Liverpool v Doctor Villa Post Match Thread.

[villa for life]

The only good player was Martínez.

Just **** off.

Just ignore mate, it’s a boring, odd, routine.

I thought he played ok. Care to disagree? World no.1.

[john2710]

You could have written the match report before the game.

They didn't press us into errors, we gave them away with pure slopiness.

We need another option up front, who can hold the ball.

[usav]

I said in the preach thread, we need to go and have a go. We didn’t and the result was all so predictable. Anytime we roll into Old Trafford or Anfield, the result is etched in stone before we even get off the bus. Sure we may win once every decade or so but typically we all know what’s gonna happen. I’m so tired of it.

[SoccerHQ]

A few things:

First time in several games Liverpool played with a sensible structure, in part due to Gravenberch being back. So they weren’t the basket case that has been playing of late.

We played well for a good chunk of the first half, and were the better side. However, we were making the odd really bad error and then Martinez made his error just before half time and that stuffed us.

After halftime, even before the second, which we gifted, they were pretty comfortable.

We lacked  spark today, Rogers was largely left on his own to create. If Guessand is going to be anything more than a fill in he’s going to have to do so much more than he is.

The biggest thing we need to address is we have to start creating chances and scoring in the box - it takes absolutely wonder strikes/goals for us to score at the moment. We need some much more high frequency, scrappy type goals.

But all in all if you’d offered me 6 points from the last 3 games I’d have bitten your hand off. So in the round we’ve done well of late. Disappointing today, but hardly a disaster.

Yep. Six points is excellent and I thought we'd get four at the most.

People will probably kneejerk at us having a good run and still only being 11th but the table is ridiculously tight. Win tonight and we'd have gone 3rd.

Three of our next five are against Leeds, Wolves and West Ham and we usually do very well away to Brighton so it is there for us to be in the top 5 for Xmas period and we should be with the upturn in results in last month. Tielemans back will help also.

[kippaxvilla2]

I said in the preach thread, we need to go and have a go. We didn’t and the result was all so predictable. Anytime we roll into Old Trafford or Anfield, the result is etched in stone before we even get off the bus. Sure we may win once every decade or so but typically we all know what’s gonna happen. I’m so tired of it.

Amen brother.

[Villafirst]

I suppose given the last 3 games against Spurs, Man City and Liverpool, 6 points is a decent return. But, an opportunity missed tonight.

[Legion]

The only good player was Martínez.

Cut your trolling nonsense out or find somewhere else to post.

[villa for life]

The only good player was Martínez.

Cut your trolling nonsense out or find somewhere else to post.

So he was bad? What do you mean? He’s world no. 1. He’s ours? Let’s cherish him. Jeez cut him some slack.. he makes a few mistakes sometimes in the most important games. Because t he’s world no.1. He is. That’s what people say/

[Aldridge Villa]

Could have stomached losing somewhat more palatably if the shackles were unscrewed and we had given it a “bit of a go” . Too laboured and predictable tonight.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Piss poor performance against a nothing special Liverpool.
How can Martinez make such a stupid mistake?
Expect Guessland and Watkins to get new, improved contracts next week, assuming anybody can find them. Useless the pair of them.
Youri can't come back quick enough, Onana returned to playing Statues. Acres of space to move into to receive the ball from Martinez but he just stands there.Bogarde must be wondering what he needs to do to start right now.
We really missed McGinn today. Nice work, Unai.

Konsa was the only one who can hold his head up high after that shower of bollocks.

[Nev]

"Well deserved Liverpool victory"

Off we go with the bullshit, just what the sub editors want.

Unconvincing is the word I would use, and it was only our paucity that helped them over the line.

I hate losing  but tonight my frustration isn't that we lost, it's that we could've so easily won.

[Legion]

The only good player was Martínez.

Cut your trolling nonsense out or find somewhere else to post.

So he was bad? What do you mean? He’s world no. 1. He’s ours? Let’s cherish him. Jeez cut him some slack.. he makes a few mistakes sometimes in the most important games. Because t he’s world no.1. He is. That’s what people say/

Goodbye. You were asked relatively politely.

[SoccerHQ]

I suppose given the last 3 games against Spurs, Man City and Liverpool, 6 points is a decent return. But, an opportunity missed tonight.

Beat Bournemouth and we'll be on 18 points after 11 games. I think we were on 54 points after 33 last season so on track for another top 6 season.

For anyone who actually thinks we can finish 2nd or 3rd this season tonight's performance is a bit of a reality check which isn't a bad thing.

We lost 3-0 to Liverpool in September 2023 and still finished comfortably top 4 so a loss tonight dosen't rule out anything like that.

[brontebilly]

Thought Cash and Konsa were our best players.The rest? Meh.

They were both good, Konsa especially so. Cash crossing with his right foot still very poor, puts in a cracker then with his left late on. Rogers was very good in the first half too. Our subs were all ok but didn't understand putting Malen right wing and Barkley further forward. Should have gone with two up top then. Maatsen and Sancho could have come on earlier too on the left.

[oldhill_avfc]

Huffed and puffed but didn’t look like scoring once we went behind.

The worry is the that the cumulative goal threat from all our supposed attacking players doesn’t add up to enough.

Ollie, Malen, Guessand, Rogers, Sancho, Buendia - if you could play all 6 of them you wouldn’t get 30 goals a season.

Needs a rethink in January.