Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:23 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

ayling played centre half there last year iirc

Yep, not exactly much choice unless Strujik gets his red overturned, and to be fair, I'm not sure it was even a foul, nevermind a red card.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:49 pm  

not seen it as I'm abroad.
Dion Dublin said nothing wrong with it

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:31 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

No composure and poor execution at the moment. We're giving the ball away far too often.

Looks like our best 3 centre backs will be missing against Newcastle

Struijk red card will surely be rescinded. All the pundits at sky said it was never a red when I’ve watched it back.

We’ve had a very tough fixture list to start the season and that has now put a bit of pressure on games against the teams around us now even at this early stage imo. We just aren’t quite playing with the intensity that we did last season. For me we need to stop playing Rodrigo (who should have scored) at 10 against the top sides. He just doesn’t cut it there it’s not his best position.

Robert’s also is a really poor finisher. Time and time again he misses chances.

No need to panic but we need to start picking up wins soon otherwise the season will become very very tricky.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:37 am  

I don't understand how Roberts still gets a game

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:07 am  

who does? Greenwood is miles better

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:18 am  

The Eagle wrote:

I don't understand how Roberts still gets a game

Wales fans were fuming with him mid week as he missed an absolute sitter. Needs to improve quickly

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:10 am  

If Rodrigo was as good in that position, Roberts wouldn't get a game

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:17 am  

Indeed. Good news for Friday anyway is that Wilson is out injured

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:42 am  

thing is, the likes of ayling and cooper are championship players who massively exceeded expectations last year. having to do it 2 years in a row is proving difficult.
I just feel a quality CM should have been an essential buy

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:34 am  

I`ve been banging on about Roberts for ages now.
Only Bielsa thinks he can play. It was the same with Costa who kept being picked and played when really he was nowhere near good enough.
I also feel the same about Harrison and more recently this season Ayling.
Rodrigo should have scored but he is played out of position no that this is an excuse.
Bamford makes some great runs but Harrison in particular takes too long to find him.
We were out coached again yesterday with Liverpool using Matip as the extra midfielder and Bielsa brings on Roberts.
Poor decision making imo.