Speaking to Watford supporting mate. He recons that they've lost two key defenders and that they only have two fit centre backs. So he doesn't think they'll play three at the back, but will shift to a flat back four. Not sure if this makes much difference to us, but will disrupt a system they have been playing well recently. Every little advantage helps us. 3:1
I just keep waiting for the bubble to burst, I'm still more confident of us playing well against so called bigger teams and I still see games like this as a likely loss. Long may I be wrong.
I'm with Luv on this in that i still feel that we struggle against "lesser" teams . Hoping that we have learnt from the Burnley result and the team realise you need to be up for it every game and not to panic if it takes time to breach their defence
We beat Hull & West Brom at home since the Burnley game. Plus Palace & Swansea away. Its unfair to write off all the progress we've made under Klopp recently if we don't pick up 3 points against Watford, we can't win every single game this season.
TBF i wasn't writing off the progress but maybe because of recent history i often feel more worried about our performance as a team than when we are playing against a supposed rival
Ahh, fair enough then, I just think Klopp has stopped that being a particular weakness for us now. I was reading an article comparing our 10 match unbeaten run last season compared to this one at around the same time. http://www.thisisanfield.com/2016/10/10-games-unbeaten-comparing-liverpool-fcs-fortunes-2015-now/ Liverpool’s 10 Games Unbeaten, 2015 Bordeaux 1-1 Liverpool, Europa League – September 17 Liverpool 1-1 Norwich City, Premier League – September 20 Liverpool 1-1 Carlisle United (4-3 on pens), League Cup – September 23 Liverpool 3-2 Aston Villa, Premier League – September 26 Liverpool 1-1 FC Sion, Europa League – October 1 Everton 1-1 Liverpool, Premier League – October 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Liverpool, Premier League – October 17 Liverpool 1-1 Rubin Kazan, Europa League – October 22 Liverpool 1-1 Southampton, Premier League – October 25 Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth, League Cup – October 28 Form: DDWWDDDDDW Liverpool’s 10 Games Unbeaten, 2016 Burton Albion 0-5 Liverpool, League Cup – August 23 Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Liverpool, Premier League – August 27 Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City, Premier League – September 10 Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool, Premier League – September 16 Derby County 0-3 Liverpool, League Cup – September 20 Liverpool 5-1 Hull City, Premier League – September 24 Swansea City 1-2 Liverpool, Premier League – October 1 Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United, Premier League – October 17 Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion, Premier League – October 22 Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur, League Cup – October 25 Form: WDWWWWWDWW We've had 5 more wins this time round than we did in a similar run last season (6 if you don't count the Carlisle penalty shootout win, which I don't), which to me shows the huge influence Klopp has had on making us into an efficient team that knows what it takes to win games.
When Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip found the net at Crystal Palace last week, it was the first time since September 1968 that both Liverpool centre-backs had scored in the same league match, when Ron Yeats and Tommy Smith did so against Leicester City.
With all 4 fully fit, it will be interesting to see who starts. Whoever starts could be seen as Klopp's favoured choice.
I think Hendo Lallana gini all compliment each other although if Can starts should probably be for Gini as they are most similar.
