Leeds were superb in the first half. They kept us in check, they kept their positioning and we looked clueless for much of the game. My heart almost sank when they scored their first, we had dropped 3 points against Brighton before the international break and it looked like we will drop points again. But, the substitutions fixed it. Calafiori’s goal wasn’t very mesmerizing but Mikel sensed a win after that goal, brought in Gyokeres, Timber and Guimaraes and it paid off. Gyokeres was much better than Havertz in pressing and creating some unrest in the Leeds half, Timber is certainly better than White and Guimaraes scored a beautiful goal to put us forward. Bukayo Saka did miss a 1v1 against the Leeds goalkeeper in the last few seconds of the game but hey, we walked out with 3 points.
In out title winning last season, there were 5 games where we finished the game with at least one point after trailing. There were 3 draws and 2 wins. This season, we have already done this twice (against Chelsea and Leeds) in 6 games and we have won both game ultimately. That’s a sign of confidence, that’s also a sign of a good bench because when you need players who can make changes, you look towards your bench and they deliver. Bruno G has been a great addition as well. This is brilliant because going down 1-0 in the 15th minute doesn’t mean the game is over for us anymore.
Coming back the progress so far, we are sitting on 2nd place with 15 points behind City. We wanted those YNWA cunts to win a game for once, and they fucked it.
We are just 6 games into the season, there’s not much to deduce from this as of now. We would need few more games to comment and go berserk.
Champions League hasn’t picked up the pace yet. We have won the only game we played so far, there’s 2 more games this month and one of them is against Bayern. It would be exciting few days. We have a 4th round Carabao Cup match against Fleetwood later in the month. There’s a long way to go before we would have the trophy in sight.
I missed talking about the 115 charges of Man City. They have been found guilty of all the charges, but I don’t think Premier League has the guts to punish them. You and I both know a 100m GBP fine will be a slap on the wrist and a transfer ban is something that they can live with. And, there is no chance Premier League will tarnish its credibility by taking away the titles City has won over the years. If you ask me, they should be demoted so down the league, you could spot Erling Haaland playing in the park behind NHS building in East Ham against the 14 years old, while taking instructions in Bengali. Fucking cheats, ruining the images of the best league in the world.
In the other part of world, Mourinho is not able to discipline Vinicious Jr. I have zero confidence Mikel could have done better, because if anyone has bigger ego than Mikel, it’s Mou. I was excited for that Brazilian but looks like that was a good miss for us. It would have caused chaos in an otherwise gentlemen dressing room.
Mikel got his new 4 years contract. That was expected after the title win in 23 years. We can all stop whining now, he is not going anywhere and he has a trophy to show. However, that doesn’t mean he will not get his fair share of criticism. He might have a Premier League trophy, but there’s Champions League left. And then we would go for the treble.
Right, that’s me done. Life’s been busy lately with work, kid, family, but I will keep trying my best. This place is open as always, and I am going to try to bring in some more people in comments section through X/Twitter and Reddit.
See you in the comments.
There are 2 ways Arteta can approach the game , sit deep and don’t give Liverpool the chance to use their pace, or play high and try to control the game in their half which will leave us open to the counter attack , Barcola and isak have the pace to hurt us so it will be interesting to see how we set up.
We took the game to Bayern recently but that left us open to the counter but we did also create numerous chances.
Something tells me that Arteta will try to replicate the tactics we used against Bayern ,if so it will lead to an exciting game.
Wicksy
Arteta has no excuses to not get at least a draw today.
As i previously said, the team that scores the most goals will win the game…..zzzzzzzz
Wicksy, you fuck. Stop helping Max Dowman with his, errr, biology homework and make three clear predictions for this game. I dare you to put your moolah where your mouth is.
The Liverpool kid will be yanked at half time he’s got away with 2 yellow card tackles.
KP—no one has had more dime a dozen takes than our resident Willy Fucking Loman…everything that comes from his mouth couldn’t be more fucking obvious, then he acts as if he’s a fucking footballing savant…beyond laughable
btw I knew the flopping clown would score after I made mention of his sorry ass
Vieira
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Certainly an entertaining match.
Arteta will be furious.
Gakpo wanting show Havertz and Gabriel that he can dive as well as they can.
Pool is trying to give us a taste of our own flopping medicine…get it, but why not just get on with a match that has been rather entertaining and put aside all the nonsense
Marc—we were definitely on the same wavelength there
it’s shocking that there’s only one goal on the board thus far
Liverpool players somehow are positioned so as to intercept most passes .
@Iraola
Hoopah–you mean because we’re the most predictable rinse and repeat side known to man
it has a bit of the feels of the PSG final when we were gifted an early goal then we were the 3rd best side on the pitch the rest of the way
We’re lucky to be in front. Liverpool should have had a pen and how did Mac Allister miss that header?
The first 15 had us getting Ode on the ball who looked up for it – problem is the rest of out front line is meh.
No pre-wick-tions from Dicksy then…
He’s either…
making Max’s tea (oven chips, findus crispy pancakes and alphabetty spaghetti) before tucking him up in bed (fnarr fnarr)
reading Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ to little Maxy
or consulting Glenn Hoddle’s former clairvoyant svengali Eileen Drury desperate for some supernatural guesses about this game
‘As I have previously said’ Wicksy, you’re a charlatan, so full of shit it’s coming out of your pores.
Decent game btw. I just wish they’d all show a bit more poise when ahead. Nostrils attempting those quick throw outs and kicks are the last thing the others need.
That could easily be a red.
In the first half Liverpool really worked us putting crosses into the box in the second they’ve tried to play through the middle of our crowded box.
Strange.
not deserving of 3 points, but Pool was suffering a serious case of the Arsenal flu, as they couldn’t seem to hit the target even with all that pressure…1st win after 14 attempts for little MA
Big win. I’m going to try a Victory V and see if I can reverse my phobia.
Meanwhile our two log cabin dwellers have been watching Wicksy’s favourite show.
✝️ Songs of Praise ✝️
Wicksy’s praying for some decent banter…Maxy’s praying for a rubber ring and some Preparation H…