Chrysalis

We are the only club I have seen reported as having to be cautious in the window targeting loans and free agents.

I think its nothing to do with the club as well, and this 2.15b suggests KP continue to struggle, and the family are perhaps not as comfortable as some think they are. I also cant see this succeeding, any hint of success and the company goes under to avoid liability.

Yep, usually you should have a replacement ready to go before you even fire the gun. Also Ironic its Potter and Moyes for both clubs, we failed to get either when we moved first.

None, although there is no evidence the other way either. I dont remember saying it has factually happened, the comment on the managers is why would they join a club with so much lingering financial issues, bad management and yet still not able to build a squad to get them higher than yo yo club level. Its too early really to use Ruud as a gauge, I think the earliest he would start moaning would be after the window closes, and likely nearer to the end of his reign.

All the experienced managers will stay away from us now, Ruud this is his first EPL job, so he took the gamble.

We seem incapable of hybrid play, its either let the other team have the ball and get it up the pitch quickly, which our fans hate. Or slow build up from the back, but when we do this, we over do it, we never consider as said above roll it out to start a counter, and have a habit of passing back just as we moving up the pitch.

Well here is the thing, I am looking at the footage from a rationale non biased view point, the way a manager would look at, the over strategical part of the play. Whilst you guys are looking at it like a prosecutor in a court would looking to blame an individual, so we are looking it in different ways and coming up with different interpretations. I am not trolling people, and I never troll on forums, thats childish. The thing of itnerest as well, you feel so strongly about this one player, you just wont let this go, I bet if I was to carry on replying with arguments, we would still be here at 6am. The fact this bothers you so much kind of proves my point. So yeah I have made my point, and will end it here, there may be more replies calling me names and what not, but thank you to the person who explained how the ball got to JJ's feet, and we will never know I guess how villa got up the pitch unless someone checks a recording of the game or remembers what happened. For what its worth I do think JJ should be LB not RB, and has confidence issues right now, where I disagree with you guys, is putting sole responsibility on to him for goals conceded.

I feel like I am talking to a toddler who hasnt fully developed, do I really need to spell things out for people, jesus, here we go, one attempt at it, stay focused. If you dont understand any of my points please let me know. So the highlights for the second goal starts with a stray pass going to JJ, (this someone explained in the replies, it took a long time to get there, but we got there in the end). JJ seemed a bit indecisive, but ends up passing to our number 10, who isnt alert to it and the possession is lost. At this point one of our players should have closed up to give support. At this point JJ is isolated with no one close to him, he correctly targets the number 22 whilst our number 10 is passive. Sadly he is unable to get to the ball, and I think the only way he prevents the play progressing would be to foul their player, e.g. holding them back. The player does a low paced cross into the box, two of our defenders dont react to it quick enough and goalie dives the wrong way, So if you want my opinion, JJ could have done better but the same for 3 other of our players as well, as I said its a team game. Yes he could have booted it out when he had the ball, I assume he didnt due to coaching instructions. It still hasnt been explained how villa were so far forward up the pitch. I expect all you guys think thats not relevant to the play.

I am not ignoring JJ, but I find it really weird that consistently from game to game most fans ignore what happens before the ball gets into these positions as if they think that part of the game doesnt matter or something. As an example we had people blaming JJ for a goal which came from Ricardo a fans favourite losing possession a minute or two before. Defending is most definitely a team game, there should have been someone covering JJ there, and there wasnt. You think JJ is the only player that loses out on one to one battles? So JJ gets beaten and the attacker progresses, why wasnt the shot kept out, who was to blame for that? Its the old game of looking for someone to blame from our fans, its just so toxic.

Right so you think at that point he should have just booted it out?

I didnt watch the game, I looked at the highlights which showed justin couldnt reach the ball. So I am asking how does he clear a ball he cant reach.

It matters because the game is not just about the final seconds before the goal, the whole team is involved in the overall play. We obviously did something wrong to allow Villa to get the ball in that position, and this is getting ignored.

He couldnt touch the ball, so how does he do that?

You havent said what those options are, I am still waiting. Thank you for confirming you relying on MOTD highlights. In my opinion you cant judge these things without full coverage, as there is a bigger picture. How did the ball even get to Justin's area in the first place?

Going to post it here as I dont want it in its own thread. But I am curious why so many LCFC fans, only care about what happens in the box. Whenever we concede a goal these fans will start analysing "which individual" is to blame. If its a "fans favourite" then the analysis ends. If not they will then call out the player as to blame for the goal. What happens before then, in the midfield etc, seems to get completely ignored. Is it because everyone relies on highlights? Or is it that people watching the game live only start paying attention when the ball is near a goal? Just am curious. Its been going on for a while when we lose, people look for individuals to blame.

How? he is human not a wizard so you need to elaborate sorry. I have always maintained defensive performance is more about coaching and organisation than individual skill. VVD e.g. will look like a clown every game if you analyse him the way you analyse JJ. But VVD's mistakes dont get punished due to the better organisation of that team and the fact Liverpool are not typically penned back.

I assume this is for the second goal, not sure what was expected of JJ there, I suppose we were expecting him to foul the player? There was no one covering him "as usual". Also I only watched the highlights which as I always say, it doesnt reveal the full picture, how did Villa get into that position in the first place? Highlights doesnt show that, its a team game.

These recent shenanigans show Mahrez wasnt that bad at all in comparison. EPL player of the season but still signed an extension, that extension was long enough that even when he forced his way out there was enough time left for a big money sale and we ended getting 4 and half years out of him. Plus yeah, even when not happy he had so much quality he was still stand out as a player.

The mish mash squad I think is at least partially we relying on manager and coaching staff contacts as Rudkin just isnt up to the job. I noticed as well players that sign from lesser known leagues, have much better starting salaries which would help PSR no end. We need to stop using the EPL as our main source of players. Longer contracts as well, so the good ones we can actually build around instead of losing them within 1-2 years, you cant improve a squad doing that. If the wages are lower its easier to get rid of the ones we dont want as well. Easier said than done though with the clowns we have running the show.

Soumare?

Mahrez counter goal away to man city is in favourites also a Mahrez compendium of the season video, will post both later.

Genuinely surprised we not bottom of that table, saved by Southampton's trash season.

Agree with blue tinted youtube channel JJ is better at LB, so an option would potentially to be to stick hamza there and give JJ some time at LB even if its just a late game sub, and see if he gets on better there. I think he is a decent player, but just confidence issues and not his best side.

Yeah, players sided with her over him in our title season.

He didnt want to leave.