Liverpool v West Ham 13:30 12th August 2018 Match Thread

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  • IronHerbIronHerb
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    Anyone understand why Arthur let Salah run off him?

    Same reason Noble let Mane, I think, run off him.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    edited August 2018
    I see that Milner is tapping into his inner John McEnroe
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    just same as last season lol.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Arnie has had a couple of decent half chances, we are not out of this
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Ref's having a decent game but the crowd are all over him.

    How long before he cracks, I wonder ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    Yeoldhammer said:

    just same as last season lol.

    It’s game one mate lol
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Even the ref felt sorry for us and decided to tackle a Liverpool player
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    Anyone understand why Arthur let Salah run off him?

    Perhaps because there’s a huge gulf in difference in class and ability.
  • AdamAdam
    Let’s remember this is the Liverpool that got to the champions league final last season and have spent silly money improving their team.

    The likelihood was always that (especially away from home) they would run rings around us.

    Buying the 10 new players that we did, isn’t going to change that.

    We’ve just got to try to stay in this game.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Where is this playing out from the back stuff.. same as watching Moyes...

    New manager new players exactly the same performance...
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Sigh
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Where on earth was our defence there?
  • LukerzLukerz
    Yeah not looking great though is it tbf
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    How many offside players do it take for sky to ignore scoring a goal
  • LukerzLukerz
    So easy for them
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    It seems odd to me that a player standing right in the middle of the goal, within the six yard box is considered as not interfering with play
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    Same of bias for top clubs
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Really frustrating to concede like that having kept ourselves in the game up to then.

    Not going to start digging anyone out.

    We've new players in a new system, and you probably couldn't pick a harder team to play against when you are trying to bed things in.

    Not all our passes are coming off, and we are losing possession at times, but I'd far rather see us try this, and not be afraid of having the ball, than take an easy, negative pass.

    Despite the scoreline, I don't think we've looked nearly as shaky with a back 4 as we have done previously.

    Got Beglin on Liverpool love-in duties on NBC. To hear him, you'd think he feels West Ham players should be paying to watch Liverpool.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Let’s stay positive five changes time to gel together can’t judge over one game against a top four team at very least, even though we ain’t played well we’ve had couple of chances to score ourselves
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Too slow in midfield. I'm sorry but Rice isn't the answer to our DM problem, he looks like a carthorse. Noble has zero pace. We can't get on the ball. It looks like Anderson is going to take a while to get up to speed, unlike Payet who was on it from the very first game. It's looking like 10-15th place for us this season, I really hope I'm wrong.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    Concerned about our right hand side for both goals. Antonio and Fredericks seem to be too narrow when defending (or completely absent in Antonio's case for the second goal).
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    What offsides?
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Really can't see why people think we haven't changed.

    We are clearly trying to pass and move - but Liverpool never make that easy for anyone, not least because they are reluctant to let us have the ball.

    I like what I've seen so far, and remain optimistic that when we aren't playing away to one of the major title challengers, we will be able to make ore of a game of it.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Trying to be positive here; at least we have this game to bed the players in. We've been given another terrible fixture first up so we may as well take the hit, hope the players use the game to settle down and then the season starts against Bournemouth.
  • epsom_bubblesepsom_bubbles
    On sky they drew the offside line through the ball. I undestood the offside line is through the last defender. The second goal was close to being three yards off side. I don’’t understand
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Anderson made no effort at all to follow back the Liverpool player for that second goal, actually just stood watching him close in on our goal. Defensively we look like we have just begun playing the game and waiting to work out how it all works.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Seriously, if people are judging our prospects for the season on 45 minutes away to Liverpool, there is, imo, a severe perspective shortage.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 2018
    epsom_bubbles said:

    On sky they drew the offside line through the ball. I undestood the offside line is through the last defender. The second goal was close to being three yards off side. I don’’t understand

    But he was behind the ball so not offside, you can't be offside if you're behind the ball.
  • tomkinsworldclasstomkinsworldclass
    edited August 2018
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    Seriously, if people are judging our prospects for the season on 45 minutes away to Liverpool, there is, imo, a severe perspective shortage.

    modern day football for you ;thumbsup
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Liverpool could have 5 players-30 yards offside and the commentator would say 'maybe a hint of offisde in that move'.
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