Dave and Karl look ahead to Liverpool's next game as they welcome Vincent Kompany's Burnley side to Anfield. They discuss the game in usual detail with the reds needing to bounce back after the disappointment from the weekend. They also look at some of the more concerning performances from that Arsenal game.
Darth hosts Si, Hamzah and Dr Barts to review the big game at Arsenal. The lads discuss:
Physical reasons for the performance
* do we have an injury crisis?
* cumulative cost of pursuing the quad
* fatigue and Szobo's injury
Tactical reasons for the performance
* Gakpo over Nunez - what was the plan?
* Trent wide and Gomez inverting - what was the plan?
* Arsenal one step ahead tactically in all of the 4 phases - why
* Arsenal's double 10 causing issues
* Does the 45-58 period show the importance of tactics? and the benefits of simple tactical changes?
Key match stats: Possession, XG, XT, Shots, Big Chances
Opening period, Arsenal pressing without shots
LFC blunt attack and terrible buildup
Arsenal big chances and goal
LFC steady the ship
LFC triple sub, did it work?
How did Arsenal see the game out? Why couldn't LFC get anything going?
Dave Davis is joined by David Lynch to discuss:
- The Arsenal Defeat and Thoughts
- Passes All Round
- January Window, Kelleher and Anfield Road Updates
- Massive Week and Second Pre-Season
On the latest RAW, Trev Downey, Jim Boardman and Guy Drinkel discuss the hugely dispiriting loss to Arsenal in a wide ranging chat that encompasses several topics, including: the selection by Klopp wasn't the right one; the continuing story of underwhelming Dutch lads; the rarity that is a poor VVD game; Trev's irrational antipathy towards Arteta and Arsenal; the lack of urgency and questionable attitude of the best right back in the world; Mac Allister emerges with great credit; our substitutions fail monumentally to impact the game; the inevitable pessimism that will now pollute social media as they fall for the Sky NARRATIVE(trademark)
and the lads' remaining optimism that this league can still be won.
Dave Davis is joined by James Mckeen and Mark Evans to discuss:
- January Results and Performances
- Jota going up a level
- February Thoughts
- The hunt for a sporting director
On this episode for a second Under Pressure of the week Si is in the hosting seat and is joined by Phil & Hamzah to discuss the win over Chelsea! As usual they take a deep dive into the game with a discussion on various performances and factors from the game.
Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back to look over the latest from Anfield as we head towards that final straight of this crazy nine year ride with Jurgen Klopp.
It’s still too early to say if there’ll be any silverware in the boss’s arms as he takes us through the chequered flag one more time - or how many pieces of it - but we’re going to have the times of our lives finding out. It’s already starting to feel like every game will be a final.
The first game after Jurgen’s announcement was the visit of Norwich in the cup and, with it now being such a huge occasion, would it be a Kop’s Last Stand kind of visit from the Canaries? Not with this set of players, and this set of fans, the response said everything about this club under this boss.
Cynics might have argued it was no big deal for Liverpool to smash five past Norwich and that the real test would come in the next match against one of the few sides to take points off the Reds this campaign. The same cynics are probably saying it’s no big deal to smash four past Chelsea either. Let them underestimate us, if it makes them feel better.
As good as these wins were and as nice as it is to be top of the league, it means nothing until the end of the season - but it isn’t the Liverpool way to think that far ahead this early. It’s also part of the Liverpool way not to worry about what anyone else might be doing, just sort your own stuff out and if they slip up it’s a bonus.
So, as always, one game at a time, the next one being a trip to Arsenal, freshly knocked out of the cup by us at the same place, but they’ve had time to lick their wounds and maybe even work out that the watering of the pitch isn’t the key factor they thought.
At least PGMOL won’t give us the same ref that missed a pen so clear Howard Webb did a video about it. Will they?
On this week’s show:
- Has Liverpool 2.0 already upgraded itself to Liverpool 2.1?
- Liverpool 5 Norwich 2
- Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1
- Conor Bradley - real competition for Trent?
- Another gem - James McConnell
- Did we really bid that much for the player Chelsea beat us to in the summer?
- The deafening slam of the shutting of this transfer window
- Liverpool maybe quiet because of the kids coming through and the impending change of boss - what about everyone else?
- Is it a sign that football might be about to get a reset?
- Anfield not so quiet - early season worries about the atmosphere seem to be gone.
- Is it just the bigger stand or is there more to the increased noise?
- Look ahead to the trip to Arsenal
- Darwin Nunez - record breaking hitting of woodwork, narrative continues. Played for most of the game with a damaged foot, might miss Sunday
- Praise where it’s due for Paul Tierney. Not that certain fans of certain clubs agree.
- A thank you for some help on a car park
Dave Davis discusses:
- Nunez Photos and Thiago Training Videos
- Smoke and Mirrors of Sporting Director’s
- Chelsea January and Mindset
- Confidence to The Emirates
