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chrisley024:
It's the reason I don't like Eth tactics. Why is Mainoo's pair, who's supposed to help in transitioning the ball to our forwards, far away from him.

Makes more sense why he wanted McTom to remain.

eph12:
There is a reason I have not even mentioned Casemiro name at all or any player. Slot and his team came with a game plan. Close down Case and Mainoo very fast with as many players as possible. What was ETH's plan? Anybody?

eph12:
I'm not sure what Mctom is supposed to do in this situation? The same mctom that always hide behind players? He will most likely be getting ready to run into the LFC 18

Mrviktor:
Why attack only rashford and case while leaving out the other 9 player's.

Rashford as bad as we were created 2 chances for us to score.

Garnacho + Bruno + mainoo + the other players on d pitch didn't produce anything...

Amad tried but nothing to show for it..

We are always quick to blame individuals and not the team.

Fred is the problem.
Fred left.

Maguire is the problem.
Maguire was dropped

Degea is the problem
Degea left.

Sancho is the problem
Sancho left.

Mac is the problem
Mac has left.

Wan bisaka is the problem
Aaron has left

Now rashford and case are the problem remaining.
Case would leave by the end of the season or January

Lemme see who they would blame next...

Jamiuokolaa:
I think his point is that it could take quite a while before Mctom's replacement (Ugarte) reaches suitable fitness levels...

The man don dey take style dey use that one as excuse already

maik99:
Only the third goal is a close down tho , no?
Easy to praise Slot for having a gameplan when we were making mistakes all over the place

chrisley024:
you're right. My point is about his tactics, where most of the players go forward includng CM which suits McTom well, instead of transitioning forward as a team. One of the major issues of this is lack of passing options.

eph12:
Its confusing. Does he want to build play from the back or he wants to play quick transition football?

MRTA7:
He wants to build from the back but with his fullbacks high and wide. Problem is those teams who build from the back invert their full backs into midfield. Eth wants his to remain high and wide to help outnumber the other teams defence. The problem is that is a terrible idea and for it to work you need the best press resistant ball carrier to pickup the ball from the defence and get it forward to either wide areas or progress it and pass it through the lines. Casemiro is the opposite of such ball carrier. Its the reason he wants Frenkie so much.

eph12:
But Slot is bad. See as the players surrounded Mainoo. Even the ones they said he should be able to see and pass too behind him have players close to them and will dispossess them before the ball even gets to them

Jodera:
See as the round Mainoo like theif wey dem wan do am jungle justice

I was one of those who felt Mainoo was at fault for the 3rd goal but after seeing that pix, omorr, I no blame am one bit. No even valid support near him at all.

Na only elite midfielder fit escape for that situation.

Jamiuokolaa:
His decision making in scenarios like that would determine to a reasonable extent, the heights he would attain in his career...

There would always be situations like that and as a controlling midfielder, being press resistant is an attribute that cannot be overemphasized.

What happened to "drawing a foul"?

Are we saying there was no "safe pass" available?

MRTA7:
He wants to build from the back but with his fullbacks high and wide. Problem is those teams who build from the back invert their full backs into midfield. Eth wants his to remain high and wide to help outnumber the other teams defence. The problem is that is a terrible idea and for it to work you need the best press resistant ball carrier to pickup the ball from the defence and get it forward to either wide areas or progress it and pass it through the lines. Casemiro is the opposite of such ball carrier. Its the reason he wants Frenkie so much.

Jodera:
See as the round Mainoo like theif wey dem wan do am jungle justice

I was one of those who felt Mainoo was at fault for the 3rd goal but after seeing that pix, omorr, I no blame am one bit. No even valid support near him at all.

Na only elite midfielder fit escape for that situation.

Jamiuokolaa:
His decision making in scenarios like that would determine to a reasonable extent, the heights he would attain in his career...

There would always be situations like that and as a controlling midfielder, being press resistant is an attribute that cannot be overemphasized.

What happened to "drawing a foul"?

Are we saying there was no "safe pass" available?

eph12:
Maybe I have forgotten how the first goal happened. I remember Case had to pass and he chose to pass forward, which was intercepted.

I have not praised Slot gameplan. I only mentioned it because he spoke about it and we saw it happen. What can you say about your ETH's game plan?

eph12:
At 19 years old, in a rubbish team and midfield? You go need wake up o

Jodera:
We seem to forget that he's 19 playing DM who just start playing at top level just half a season ago.

System is suppose to help players(esp of his age) and Mainoo wasn't helped there at all. I won't judge Mainoo on this cos he hasn't got that experience that comes with more game time

If Eth wants to play out from the back and transition to front, then he needs his midfielders to be close to one another and move in tandem. This structure from that picture will expose your midfieders more tbh

maik99:
First goal was a wrong pass
Second goal was Case bundled off the ball like a sack of sawdust, from behind
The third goal is the one that can be really called a close down from pressing
Slot can go on and on about a gameplan but that game was open until Casemiro decided to gift two whole goals.

Casemiro aside we were constantly in a 4 vs 2 when Liverpool won the ball higher up the pitch. We also had opportunities to and even did outnumber them like that a few times but did Bleep all with it

Jamiuokolaa:
I am not disputing the fact that there are tactical gaps that need to be closed by the manager. However, we still cannot dispute the fact that a midfield controller needs to be press-resistant..

We keep on talking about Mainoo's age while we deliberately ignore the fact that he is a senior player with the 3 Lions already. I am not sure he would be in the team if he was synonymous with getting dispossessed every now and then thereby gifting the opposition with Goal scoring opportunities. He cannot be praised for being more mature than his age, then when he makes mistakes that should be corrected to aid and fastrack his development, we remember he is only 19 years old.

Like I said earlier, his decision making in scenarios like that would determine wether he would be compared to the likes of Xavi, Scholes etc or wether na them Blessing Kaku or Christian Obodo calibre 5 years for now....

eph12:
I will even say he is at fault, but that system is criminal and will always have punishable errors. Most teams are aware of this already. ETH has continued to play with a big hole in his midfield

Jamiuokolaa:
I am not disputing the fact that there are tactical gaps that need to be closed by the manager. However, we still cannot dispute the fact that a midfield controller needs to be press-resistant..

We keep on talking about Mainoo's age while we deliberately ignore the fact that he is a senior player with the 3 Lions already. I am not sure he would be in the team if he was synonymous with getting dispossessed every now and then thereby gifting the opposition with Goal scoring opportunities. He cannot be praised for being more mature than his age, then when he makes mistakes that should be pointed out and corrected to further aid and fastrack his development, we remember he is only 19 years old.

Like I said earlier, his decision making in scenarios like that would determine wether he would be compared to the likes of Xavi, Scholes etc or wether na them Blessing Kaku or Christian Obodo calibre 5 years for now....

Jodera:
That's the issue and it's because of the system. Imagine Mainoo being pressed like 10 times in a match, it's either he always passes back or he looks to beat press(which he's expected to do). How many times will he do that without being caught out once or twice?

Even the England setup sef doesn't alienate players like this (as scrap as Southgate was).

Mainoo na better player but make this system no go turn am to Blessing Kaku oo.

Why are we not talking about what the referee is doing during the Manchester United vs Liverpool game?

I provided Some analysis with @MikeLahoud & @AdrianGarciaMqz on Scoreline for you to help me understand, feel free to share your opinion! #HAVEIT pic.twitter.com/iBCJrlStFh

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Why are we not talking about what the referee is doing during the Manchester United vs Liverpool game?

I provided Some analysis with @MikeLahoud & @AdrianGarciaMqz on Scoreline for you to help me understand, feel free to share your opinion! #HAVEIT pic.twitter.com/iBCJrlStFh

— 𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋 𝐉𝐎𝐘 (@JOYPAULIAN) September 3, 2024

patrickmuf:
Anthony Taylor's positioning was bad for the first and second goal we conceded. I didn't even notice this during the game...

afrodoc2:
Bad positioning, but then again, those EPL referees are generally incompetent.

The blame though lies on the players.

chrisley024:
It's the reason I don't like Eth tactics. Why is Mainoo's pair, who's supposed to help in transitioning the ball to our forwards, far away from him.

Makes more sense why he wanted McTom to remain.

afrodoc2:
Meanwhile. Onana should just retire. Goalkeeping is not his calling.

His positioning for that Salah goal is the latest wonder of the world.

afrodoc2:
Meanwhile. Onana should just retire. Goalkeeping is not his calling.

His positioning for that Salah goal is the latest wonder of the world.

afrodoc2:
Meanwhile. Onana should just retire. Goalkeeping is not his calling.

His positioning for that Salah goal is the latest wonder of the world.