Just utter crap

Konate has to be stronger but that needs to be a foul. You cannot launch yourself up on the back and shoulders of another. That is a major issue in this league. Way too freaking much is allowed in the box. Get it fixed.

Hell of a play by Kerkez. Take a bow young man.

Back to awful football. Just give up the midfield and space everywhere. Can't keep or get the ball to save our lives and any possession is going side to side or backwards.

Marma is awful with his clearances. Cost us a goal already

Zero attack or threat. Gakpo and Wirtz get the ball and dribble 30 yards back with it. Better start Rio in second half.

We have absolutely no presence and are getting crushed in wide spaces. The midfielders seem like they know they have no outlet.

The 4-1-2-1-2 has left us completely exposed out wide and they are running free. And with no threat from the outside they are sitting on us in the middle and shutting us down. Throw in the injuries, lack of any pace, and bumbling Gakpo as our only "attacker" and here we are.

Getting completely abused. What an awful performance and state of affairs.

If Hughes and Edwards aren't working back channels for wingers they should be fired immediately. I kinda want them gone as it is.

I can't believe what I just watched. Shambolic.

Well well well….Anthony Taylor actually making a good call to not award a corner kick because someone took the keeper completely out. Amazing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/1s0mf14/tackle_on_jones_added_to_the_collage_of_tackles/

We've talked about it here before, but I just want to reiterate how not fun and unenjoyable watching this season has been. Yes, Liverpool being in this current state is a part of it, but equally as big as that is just the overall state of Premier League football.

The Carabou Cup final yesterday was an absolute snooze fest. The fight for Champions League football has been horrible, and the best teams are just not fun to watch anymore. In fact, as much as I hate to say it, the best teams to watch are Man United, Fulham, Brighton and Bournemouth because they actually PLAY THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. They pass, they run, they score goals etc. They don't get bogged down in this stop and start game that most have adopted.

Please for the love of God PGMOL and the powers that be. Create and implement some rules to bring good football back.

Here is my (potentially unpopular) rule change that I think will help: You can't touch or impede the keeper in any way in the 6 yard box...if the keeper runs over an attacker in the 6 yard box, automatic whistle and a foul on the attacking player.

I'm tired of watching every team put two players on top of the keepers, which turns into a zapruder film after they score to see how it might have been a foul. Just outlaw the activity from the beginning and move target crosses/throws outside the 6 yard box.

I think this will remove the advantage of plowing over the keeper in corners and make teams actually play the game instead of hunting corners and long throws.

Not unpopular at all imo. I have even thought about going so far as to not allow offensive players in the six yard box until the ball is kicked. Once the ball is kicked then you can enter but until then you must remain outside that area. Would immediately get rid of the amount of bodies there and give the goal keepers a better chance to make a play on the ball instead of being completely taken out by an offensive player or his own player via an offensive player.

I would also implement a throw-in rule where when the ball goes out of bounds, the team that is awarded the throw-in has something like seven seconds to collect the ball and get it in play again. If not you give the ball right back to the other team. Would limit teams being able to bring everyone and their mother up into the box for a GD throw-in.

Lastly, blow the effing whistle referees. CALL FOULS. Quit letting players get away with assault and battery ALL OVER THE PITCH. I actually applaud some of the referees this weekend that called fouls and or penalties for some physical play that went over the line. One was Anthony Taylor disallowing a goal in the Newcastle game because the keeper was essentially boxed out into his own net, and the other was the referee in the Man United game sending McGuire off for grabbing and impeding Evanilson when he was in on goal. Good blow the freaking whistle and make decisions!

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Here is my (potentially unpopular) rule change that I think will help: You can't touch or impede the keeper in any way in the 6 yard box...if the keeper runs over an attacker in the 6 yard box, automatic whistle and a foul on the attacking player.

I'm tired of watching every team put two players on top of the keepers, which turns into a zapruder film after they score to see how it might have been a foul. Just outlaw the activity from the beginning and move target crosses/throws outside the 6 yard box.

I think this will remove the advantage of plowing over the keeper in corners and make teams actually play the game instead of hunting corners and long throws.

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Keepers already get much more protection from referees, making them untouchable in the 6 yard box is just dumb. The scrums in the box need to end but giving the keeper a free run in the 6 yard box on attacking set piece is not the answer.

The problem is that the overwhelming amount of the "scrums in the box" are intended to disrupt the goalkeeper. Either by intentionally interfering with them, or creating a mass of bodies to ultimately impede their mobility towards the ball.

I actually think the opinion that "Keepers already get too much protection" is an outdated view. That might have been true in the past, but there is more contact with the keeper than ever in the box. Over the last two years teams are spending large amounts of time practicing elaborate schemes to disrupt the keeper on corners, many of which involve pushing the limits of the rules. It's an incredibly effective strategy if the ref won't call a foul on every single corner...which they clearly won't. Teams basically expect to get 2-3 corners disallowed a game, but don't adjust their strategy because of the end pay off.

AG@RICE said:

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The problem is that the overwhelming amount of the "scrums in the box" are intended to disrupt the goalkeeper. Either by intentionally interfering with them, or creating a mass of bodies to ultimately impede their mobility towards the ball.

I actually think the opinion that "Keepers already get too much protection" is an outdated view. That might have been true in the past, but there is more contact with the keeper than ever in the box. Over the last two years teams are spending large amounts of time practicing elaborate schemes to disrupt the keeper on corners, many of which involve pushing the limits of the rules. It's an incredibly effective strategy if the ref won't call a foul on every single corner...which they clearly won't. Teams basically expect to get 2-3 corners disallowed a game, but don't adjust their strategy because of the end pay off.

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See Macca's disallowed goal vs Galatasaray bc of VvD's header...

Salah will be leaving on a free this summer. Not completely sure how that works. I assume Liverpool is buying out the final year of his contract but you never hear anything like that happening in Europe.

Unbelievably classy move by Liverpool though. That's how you treat people and the legends of your club.

The real question now is who is going to replace him. We were going to be adding wingers this summer no matter what, but now you have a Grand Canyon sized hole to fill on the right and need a legitimate world class level winger either there or on the left. Take your pick.

The clear choice is Michael Olise. Liverpool will make it happen if they are serious about competing again quickly. Outside of that idk. Yan Diomande is awesome but he's a kid. Are we really going to try to replace Salah with a 19 year old coming from the Bundesliga, even being that good? Kenan Yildiz at Juventes is also a freaking stud, but it would cost a fortune and he just signed an extension with Juve over the winter.