The more minutes and confidence he gets the better he’s gonna be. Can already see the problems he’s causing for teams after these short cameos he’s had
honestly had almost felt like there is a longer term strategy for Slot in bringing Chiesa in.....and saving him to build strength for more seasons.....hard to tell but I think he is still at LFC in August
My feeling: I almost wish we didn’t have some of these other storylines like Darwin scoring and Elliot, because I’m so happy to see Chiesa out there. You also didn’t mention Endo who, I thought, had a great performance and may be working himself into a long term member of the team.
I enjoyed this game a lot away from the pressure of the premier league. Lots of good performances from fringe players that showed they can come on and be effective for the key points this season.
Chisea in 10 mins prob showed the 2 best moments of exciting forward play , Darwin only 1 shot both our wide players created nothing for him, salah lovely finnish but was so so greedy loads times he shot wen he haf 3 or 4 players to pick out no idea why slit does not rest him late on in matches more
Overload the opposition in the 2nd half, that’s where you improve and implement the things from learning in first half from your own team and what the opposition do. He’s a quick learner and implements changes. I do think against Forrest he should have played Nunez. Cause confusion to them. Cause them problems. He’s learned fast. Jota injured, and chiesa getting up to speed means salah has to start, otherwise he’d be off more at 60-70 minutes. Result, win, is all important now and to improve.
Largely agree with your “feelings” except for Diaz: He has, it seems to me been turned into a fish out of water currently. Partly his own desperation to score, but also his extra work load which puts him in areas of the field during moves, where he can’t be as effective, can’t do what he does. I think in the hindsight of last night Cody was a better fit for that job - we will never know! However, when Frederico came on, he gave Diaz a lesson in how to move within that structure. Who’s to say if he would have been able to do that from the start, again we will never know.
I haven't watched lille over the past couple of years but after the game tonight I wouldn't mind us pushing to sign Jonathan David. He's a free agent in the summer and he looks like a proper striker. Obviously I have no clue if he would suit our system but that's for the club to figure out.
@TheAecke yes but that was against the best team in the tournament and he still managed to bag a goal despite having an off night. How players act and perform when things aren't going their way is much more important .
Don't agree with your take on Jones, I'm afraid Laurence. I thought he was very poor in the first 30 mins - having one of his 'totally anonymous' shows, until THAT pass for Salah's goal. Thereafter, he was better, and certainly more involved, but still more decent/sound than good let alone outstanding. Salah was pretty much the same - very poor until the goal, and then scores with a brilliant Mo Special finish, and thereafter he was a bit better, but still not great. Quansah was just rock solid - which is just what he needed and we needed from him. Bradley was really good, and could have been outstanding if Salah had made some simple passes to him when he'd made some brilliant overlapping runs that left Lille gasping in his wake, but Salah kept ignoring him, and often lamely lost the ball instead. Kostas also had a good game, and it was interesting and reassuring to see how much direction he was taking from Virgil - who was his usual Captain Fantastic. Szobo was Szobo - incredible lung-bursting enery, speed and power - but he will never be a 10 in my eyes, he is an 8 all day long. We need someone with with much better control (physically, mentally and skill-wise) in the tightly contested spaces around their area, and they need a much better set of quick and inventive passing skills than Szobo will ever have. We should play Mac/Elliott at 10, and let Szobo utilise his running and pace in the more open spaces of a box-to-box no 8. Jones can be his cover man at 8, which is a powerful pair of options. Then let Endo continue as cover for Gravers at 6, and we have 3 great pairings for the 3 midfield positions. Chiesa is now showing his innate footballing intelligence and his elite level passing skills, and it will help the team massively if he can now start taking some of the burden off Mo on a much more regular basis. Gakpo and Diaz remain the best LW options available to any Premier League club. But the CF position does worry me. IN the slot we have neither the quality nor the strength in depth we have throughout the rest of the team. Jota is simply a liability fitness-wise and is not really a top elite level striker even when fit, and Darwin def not that. So, unless Danns can perform well when Jota is out, then we do have a problem there - and it is no co-incidence that we continue to rack up extraordinary stats for shots, chances and xG, but under-perform in terms of goals actually scored.
If Elliot just had a little more pace he would be one of the most exciting young players in Europe. He's quick but absolutely doesn't have the pace to play in the forward line.
If Eliott approaches his game like a Xavi or Scholes, neither of whom were physically imposing or pacey, then he'll make his name. Technical quality and game intelligence can take a player far.
Henry is privileged to be mentioned in the same sentence as Salah. I hear so much bs about Hazard and Henry in comparison to Salah, the debate is over, Salah is THE icon of the premier league era
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually think Tsimikas is the better player at LB now. Credit to Kostas for the hard work and commitment to the club, he deserves the starts imo. He’s improved in his dead ball delivery too, that’s clear. But my god can we stop hitting the first man on corners so frequently, it’s awful.
I thought Liverpool were fantastic against Madrid. The intensity and tempo was as good as I've seen all season. Gotta disagree with you on that one. I'd call that a vintage performance.
i assumed by vintage he meant how we used to play. i agree that was probably our most dominant game but the way we controlled the game wasn’t close to how we used to play
@ I’m afraid that’s not quite correct. Mo Salah has 46 UCL goals (if you count one in qualifying), Henry has 50 UCL goals. Salah is at least 4 behind Henry. I’m a Liverpool fan btw and Mo WILL surpass Henry in the PL and UCL very soon - but fair is fair :)
I couldn't watch the match but when I checked it on FotMob it said that Nunez was MOTM with a 8.0 rating. But he didn't score nor assist. So my question is did he only do what he normally does which is defend with his life or did he do that plus create some chances for the others?
Peripheral players...is that your way of saying players Slot does not trust, or just not good enough. Please you starting to sound like LFC opposition. Those who consider any player they consider not part of the starting 11 trash. I believe that no LFC player should have some diminishing label. No one on the team considers themselves peripheral, not trusted, or not good enough. This is the best team in the world and right now no one has figured out how to beat them on the pitch. Stop hating.
No, peripheral means like, player who are subs or on the edge of the first team. It’s not a judgment, it’s about involvement. You took all of what I said and thought it was…a dig?
Always remember. Move towards the camera in the start. hand gestures are also important. And newer be controversial. Now put in AI and drop this money grabber.
Chiesa has looked exciting in every cameo he has made. Very smart and direct. Always manages to find shots in difficult situations.
The more minutes and confidence he gets the better he’s gonna be. Can already see the problems he’s causing for teams after these short cameos he’s had
He actually looks like he LOVES being with Liverpool. That's half the battle won right there
His feet are SO quick. I bet he frightens the life out of people facing him!
Ye i mainly like is energy and vibes
His got a better CV than most out forward line bro
Brilliant analysis. I loved Chiesa enthusiasm coming off the bench. He loves playing for Liverpool, and we love that he does.
Leverkusen, I think was our best performance in the UCL group stage.
It definitely was but I just wish it wasn't at the expense of Alonso, he's one of us at the end of the day.
controlled the game from the start. chiesa very lively, salah scoring and elliott scoring, lovely stuff
Is this the beginning of Diaz creation arc? Some of passes were brilliant
I think you nailed the Harvey Elliot on the ball point, I feel exactly the same. He has such a creative mind and is sooo key to this squad
Harvey is far and away the best of the young players
honestly had almost felt like there is a longer term strategy for Slot in bringing Chiesa in.....and saving him to build strength for more seasons.....hard to tell but I think he is still at LFC in August
My feeling: I almost wish we didn’t have some of these other storylines like Darwin scoring and Elliot, because I’m so happy to see Chiesa out there. You also didn’t mention Endo who, I thought, had a great performance and may be working himself into a long term member of the team.
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Laurence and Rory are my Fave commentators for football content. Always passionate, balanced and well analysed
I enjoyed this game a lot away from the pressure of the premier league. Lots of good performances from fringe players that showed they can come on and be effective for the key points this season.
Chisea in 10 mins prob showed the 2 best moments of exciting forward play , Darwin only 1 shot both our wide players created nothing for him, salah lovely finnish but was so so greedy loads times he shot wen he haf 3 or 4 players to pick out no idea why slit does not rest him late on in matches more
Overload the opposition in the 2nd half, that’s where you improve and implement the things from learning in first half from your own team and what the opposition do. He’s a quick learner and implements changes. I do think against Forrest he should have played Nunez. Cause confusion to them. Cause them problems. He’s learned fast.
Jota injured, and chiesa getting up to speed means salah has to start, otherwise he’d be off more at 60-70 minutes.
Result, win, is all important now and to improve.
Largely agree with your “feelings” except for Diaz: He has, it seems to me been turned into a fish out of water currently. Partly his own desperation to score, but also his extra work load which puts him in areas of the field during moves, where he can’t be as effective, can’t do what he does. I think in the hindsight of last night Cody was a better fit for that job - we will never know! However, when Frederico came on, he gave Diaz a lesson in how to move within that structure. Who’s to say if he would have been able to do that from the start, again we will never know.
Lawrence, I honestly adore you now. Great channel. Straight shooter, great insight and always interesting. Tx.
Did you not like him before then? What changed?
Thanks Invisible!
I haven't watched lille over the past couple of years but after the game tonight I wouldn't mind us pushing to sign Jonathan David. He's a free agent in the summer and he looks like a proper striker. Obviously I have no clue if he would suit our system but that's for the club to figure out.
The way we try to feed the ball through the middle would suit David very well, I'm not too sure we need more attackers right now though
He looked very poor though, lost ball for the 1:0 very cheaply and some more
@TheAecke yes but that was against the best team in the tournament and he still managed to bag a goal despite having an off night. How players act and perform when things aren't going their way is much more important .
@ sure I rate players performances in losses aswell, I just didn‘t like what I saw. Then again it was just one game.
Don't agree with your take on Jones, I'm afraid Laurence. I thought he was very poor in the first 30 mins - having one of his 'totally anonymous' shows, until THAT pass for Salah's goal. Thereafter, he was better, and certainly more involved, but still more decent/sound than good let alone outstanding. Salah was pretty much the same - very poor until the goal, and then scores with a brilliant Mo Special finish, and thereafter he was a bit better, but still not great. Quansah was just rock solid - which is just what he needed and we needed from him. Bradley was really good, and could have been outstanding if Salah had made some simple passes to him when he'd made some brilliant overlapping runs that left Lille gasping in his wake, but Salah kept ignoring him, and often lamely lost the ball instead. Kostas also had a good game, and it was interesting and reassuring to see how much direction he was taking from Virgil - who was his usual Captain Fantastic.
Szobo was Szobo - incredible lung-bursting enery, speed and power - but he will never be a 10 in my eyes, he is an 8 all day long. We need someone with with much better control (physically, mentally and skill-wise) in the tightly contested spaces around their area, and they need a much better set of quick and inventive passing skills than Szobo will ever have. We should play Mac/Elliott at 10, and let Szobo utilise his running and pace in the more open spaces of a box-to-box no 8. Jones can be his cover man at 8, which is a powerful pair of options. Then let Endo continue as cover for Gravers at 6, and we have 3 great pairings for the 3 midfield positions.
Chiesa is now showing his innate footballing intelligence and his elite level passing skills, and it will help the team massively if he can now start taking some of the burden off Mo on a much more regular basis. Gakpo and Diaz remain the best LW options available to any Premier League club. But the CF position does worry me. IN the slot we have neither the quality nor the strength in depth we have throughout the rest of the team. Jota is simply a liability fitness-wise and is not really a top elite level striker even when fit, and Darwin def not that. So, unless Danns can perform well when Jota is out, then we do have a problem there - and it is no co-incidence that we continue to rack up extraordinary stats for shots, chances and xG, but under-perform in terms of goals actually scored.
Real Madrid was absolutely a vintage performance
Mate, I was there. It really wasn’t!
Emphasis on Ipswich which is tough tricky
Darwin 4 out of 4 tackles for a cf exceptional defended his box offers so much more than harland
Stop
And people were screaming to replace Nunez with David...idiots
Disagree. Wasn't a fan of his performance, lots of sloppy passes
If Elliot just had a little more pace he would be one of the most exciting young players in Europe. He's quick but absolutely doesn't have the pace to play in the forward line.
If Eliott approaches his game like a Xavi or Scholes, neither of whom were physically imposing or pacey, then he'll make his name. Technical quality and game intelligence can take a player far.
@@Iron-Bridge yeah because he's definitely limited physically, but his passing and dribbling at this point aren't close to xavi.
Henry is privileged to be mentioned in the same sentence as Salah.
I hear so much bs about Hazard and Henry in comparison to Salah, the debate is over, Salah is THE icon of the premier league era
Konate is a tank but Bradley is a Fighting Vehicle
Leverkusen was vintage!
Honestly mate, it really wasn’t tbh
Bro, you finally found a safehouse. 🤫
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually think Tsimikas is the better player at LB now. Credit to Kostas for the hard work and commitment to the club, he deserves the starts imo. He’s improved in his dead ball delivery too, that’s clear.
But my god can we stop hitting the first man on corners so frequently, it’s awful.
Nunez is the guy with many name given by fan
I thought Liverpool were fantastic against Madrid. The intensity and tempo was as good as I've seen all season. Gotta disagree with you on that one. I'd call that a vintage performance.
i assumed by vintage he meant how we used to play. i agree that was probably our most dominant game but the way we controlled the game wasn’t close to how we used to play
They acted that way toward him because he never very passes when he is supposed to the put the team first and the rest will follow
Not gonna lie.Chiesa changed a lot the tempo of the game.Needs more minutes.
I’m so happy I’m a red ❤️🙏🏾
sorry elliott is not a long term first team player for LFC .
We mustn't let , sentiment cloud out view .
I don’t think mo salah is one goal ahead of Henry in the UCL
No, it’s 2 goals now.
@ I’m afraid that’s not quite correct.
Mo Salah has 46 UCL goals (if you count one in qualifying), Henry has 50 UCL goals. Salah is at least 4 behind Henry.
I’m a Liverpool fan btw and Mo WILL surpass Henry in the PL and UCL very soon - but fair is fair :)
@@Tamarlane389ah right you are. It’s domestic international goals. Excuse me for filming at 1am.
@@LaurenceMcKennaonLFC understandable. I always appreciate your insights
I couldn't watch the match but when I checked it on FotMob it said that Nunez was MOTM with a 8.0 rating. But he didn't score nor assist. So my question is did he only do what he normally does which is defend with his life or did he do that plus create some chances for the others?
But still squad depth still a problem
It can be! Or was!
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Peripheral players...is that your way of saying players Slot does not trust, or just not good enough. Please you starting to sound like LFC opposition. Those who consider any player they consider not part of the starting 11 trash. I believe that no LFC player should have some diminishing label. No one on the team considers themselves peripheral, not trusted, or not good enough. This is the best team in the world and right now no one has figured out how to beat them on the pitch. Stop hating.
No, peripheral means like, player who are subs or on the edge of the first team. It’s not a judgment, it’s about involvement. You took all of what I said and thought it was…a dig?
The win against Real Madrid wasn't a vintage performance? Are you high? You can't just make stuff up to fit your narrative, that's what fascists do!
Weird way to go with that comment
Are you really taking about…fascism? Did you watch the game? Madrid were rubbish. It was a great game but not vintage at all.
Always remember. Move towards the camera in the start. hand gestures are also important. And newer be controversial. Now put in AI and drop this money grabber.