A defining game for this team? S5 E6

It’s September 1st and it’s the 6th episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul joined by Daz. We are here to talk about the Newcastle game - review our predictions and spend a short amount of time on the game against Villa - 2 days away. Thanks for joining us. 

Part One - comfortable 2-1 win over Newcastle:():

• I watched this one back and I think there are a few narratives that are imagined:




• Gordon terrorized TAA (3 successful take ons out of 5). 




• To be fair, TAA did gift the ball to him for the goal, he misplaced some passes


• And, he hadn’t been very effective in the second half - 2 runs early but not much else. Talking off someone with pace theoretically hurt.




• VVD was over the top in his reaction to the Brooks red card - the officiating:




• TAA early yellow brought back the PTSD of recent officiating. New directives only seem to be directed at us. Jason F’in Tindall


• VVD - ‘he got the ball’ said Robbo. Anger was a bigger picture issue.


• Joelinton - how many fouls?


• 2 minutes before Gomez was allowed on




• Liverpool were awful till the red card




• Not much going on apart from the few moments that are referenced again and again




• Newcastle’s tactical errors led to the comeback




• The Reds had a lot of positives:




• Starting at 55, Jota and Elliott made it look like 11 on 11. Forced NUFC to make changes at 71. Not giving Howe a pass but they needed to shore it up - the crowd had gone quiet. They got better control for a few minutes.


• At 75 we became more dangerous than them when Darwin and Jarrell Quansah show up.




• We’ve said before how much Klopp doesn’t particularly love midfielders - there were not many left at the end of this game were there?


• Jota, Szobo, Salah and Darwin all combine to make the Reds look in control. Salah, Jota, Trent passes, and Dom’s presence.




• Other thoughts - Endo on Tonali? Ali is awesome - and yes that allows some of the risk taking. Formation looked solid when TAA created the extra man




• Is it long before Eddie Howe becomes the Admiral Motti connection in Star Wars - "I find your lack of faith disturbing", says Darth Vader?
  

Part Two - This weekend and looking forward:

• Signings - if we could get a center back for the weekend


• Europa League - Toulouse, LASK, and Union SG


• Villa - team selection and score predictions

We will be back with a review of the Villa game. Thanks to Daz for joining me. And thank you for listening.

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