Liverpool - v - Leeds United ***Matchday Thread***

[WTF11]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

Agreed, but such a shame it was fet necessary to play Koch without any real preparation. F00king international games are a nightmare, should have been pre-arranged.

[WTF11]

The good points for me (other than the ones already mentioned) were:
1. Bielsa showed that he had a good plan to unsettle Liverpool. I can now be confident he probably has good plans for most of the other 18 teams.
2. Meslier.
3. How the team came back after going a goal down so early. Norwich conceded after 7 min last season. Lost 4-1.
4. Bamford took one of his 2 chances.
5. Costa and Harrison were good tonight and they weren't playing Dull city.

100% agree, and it wasnt just Costa and Harrison. Dallas, Ayling, Struijk, all were on top form too.

[cherrypie7]

Agreed, thought he was very good. Hope Bielsa sticks with him. Proud of the whole team tbh, I thought we were going to get a pants up bumming tonight but we didn't look to far behind them.

Completely agree. After the first goal I thought we were going to get crushed 4-0. Looking ahead, a major issue is no depth in defence. Alioski is not a natural left back. Douglas is but i feel he is slightly slow. No natural replacement for Phillips. That is a specialist position at Leeds. Just gutted because I feel that with Cooper and White we might have won.

[WTF11]

Completely agree. After the first goal I thought we were going to get crushed 4-0. Looking ahead, a major issue is no depth in defence. Alioski is not a natural left back. Douglas is but i feel he is slightly slow. No natural replacement for Phillips. That is a specialist position at Leeds. Just gutted because I feel that with Cooper and White we might have won.

Not a "might"

[Billyni]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

He does need a haircut tho

[Jezleeds]

Feel the Udinese bloke or Wilson are quite important going forward, as Pablo was off the pace today as a starter.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

bring on the next game - think our fitness will be a real advantage through the season.

[WTF11]

MOTD good words from all, "magnificent" a common phrase.😉

[WTF11]

MOTD good words from all, "magnificent" a common phrase.😉

Nice article

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...rpools-4-3-win

[george_kaplan]

Nice article

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...rpools-4-3-win

Yep thats a nice read mate. I watched the game on tv over here, very impressed for the best part, some moments where the gulf of the two divisions showed but I think we handled the game really well, matched them for fitness and tactics. We lost the points but I think we came away with some valuable points on how its going to be. Certainly for a neutral viewing we gained much respect and it was earned. Already itching for our next outing.