Well that was a great second half S6 E3

Welcome dear listener to the third episode of the 6th season of the pod. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz, and Enrique. And we are away for 2024-5 - on the 50th anniversary of Bob Paisley’s first game as Liverpool manager, Reds go to Portman Road and win 2-0. We will go into detail on the game, we will preview Brentford and we will look elsewhere at the weekend and what else is happening in the footy world.

Part One - Ipswich away:

• Very pragmatic - play in long if they man mark

  
  



• Xg - Ipswich, 0.45 total, 0.31 First half, 0.28 set plays.

  
  



• Liverpool 2.65 with 0.45 in the first half. Touches in opposition box, 50 to 17 (7-7 at the half).

  
  



• First Half:

  
  





• Ipswich didn’t lose at home last season, crowd was up for it, 

  
  



• -ve some hesitancy. MacAllister wasn’t really in it.

  
  



• Lot of soft fouls - foul every 2 minutes? Disruptive.

  
  



• Won 41% of the duels (54% in the second half)

  
  



• Formation - definite 4-2-3-1 to start, evolved 3-3-4 at times.

  
  



• +ve defensive solidity, started to create some chances towards the end of the half

  
  



• ZERO shots on target (3 total)

  
  





• Second half

  
  





• Konate replaces Quansah

  
  



• Wow, that movement and passing (especially one touch). They found gaps with movement, yet they won some duels…

  
  



• Goals were beautiful, Salah, Jota, TAA, Szobozlai, Gravenberch, VVD playing a part

  
  



• Some of the misses were beautiful

  
  



• Had other chances - Salah, Diaz

  
  



• game management - no shots from Ipswich after 68 minutes, and we would have scored again.

  
  

Part Two - previewing Brentford:

• Team selection - same again? Konate?

  
  



• Brentford - what do we know about them?

  
  



• Predictions

  
  

Part Three - Elsewhere:

• (Of the EPL winners of the last 11 seasons only 1 - us - is not under investigation for breaking spending rules) 

  
  



• Transfers:

  
  





• 2 weeks left for our transfers - reflections on our needs and some of the weirdness elsewhere

  
  

We will be back next week with a review of the Brentford game. Thanks to Enrique and Daz for joining me, Paul. Thank you dear listener for joining us.

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