Ugly loss....
Sophomore jinx for Slot.
Sophomore jinx for Slot.
Soccer/football thread 2022
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I'm just in a bad mood.
Gapko should be a carpenter with the amount of woodwork he touches plus an open header missed.
Wtf was up with Salah? One sitter, one slightly less easy both missed.
Ekitike started off like a whirlwind and died like one after 10 minutes.
Chiesa was good, Frimpong was good, Kerkez was eager. Gapko was just unlucky today.
Priller
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Landed back from two weeks of bliss in Italy to that score yesterday afternoon. That plus the sh*te weather did little to brighten the already sour mood.
Trying to remind myself that they need time to sort out the system, and thinking back to how long it would take for Klopp to start new players regularly, despite the clamour to see them. I said at the beginning of this season that I'd be satisfied with a Champion's League spot considering the massive turnover and system change, and I'm sticking to that.
Still, losing to ManU at Anfield, especially THIS ManU, is a kick in the nuts. I think they need to sort out the defensive frailty before they can build into attack, but it feels like this system is very house of cards, every piece needs to work for it all to work.
PS - While in Italy, I was able to take in a Sampdoria game in Genova. Stadio Luigi Ferraris is magnificent, very unusual for Italy in that it's a proper stadium where the stands come right to the pitch. Sampdoria, for those not old enough to remember, is a side with a storied history, including an explosion of success in the '90s. But like their local rivals Genoa, they've faded from that due to mismanagement, despite incredible home support. They escaped relegation from Serie B to Serie C last year only because another team got docked points for financial jiggery-pokery, and are sitting at the bottom of Serie B again this year. We saw them play Pescara, and after a frustrating first half, they took over with four goals in the second to take their first win of the year. The support was absolutely incredible, with both ends singing their hearts out. The walk back to our hotel was the most hyper-Italian experience imaginable, with thousands of scooters streaming through the streets back from the stadium, all honking gleefully as if Italy had just won the World Cup.
Genova is a city that has strong links to the UK due to a shared maritime history with little conflict, going back to when the city allowed England to 'borrow' their cross of St George flag. It shows in their football culture, which is full of English-isms, from calling one club Genoa (as opposed to the Italian Genova), to calling managers 'mister', to the way their supporters sing, which is more English in its response to the game rather than pre-planned songs led by tifosi leaders.
Trying to remind myself that they need time to sort out the system, and thinking back to how long it would take for Klopp to start new players regularly, despite the clamour to see them. I said at the beginning of this season that I'd be satisfied with a Champion's League spot considering the massive turnover and system change, and I'm sticking to that.
Still, losing to ManU at Anfield, especially THIS ManU, is a kick in the nuts. I think they need to sort out the defensive frailty before they can build into attack, but it feels like this system is very house of cards, every piece needs to work for it all to work.
PS - While in Italy, I was able to take in a Sampdoria game in Genova. Stadio Luigi Ferraris is magnificent, very unusual for Italy in that it's a proper stadium where the stands come right to the pitch. Sampdoria, for those not old enough to remember, is a side with a storied history, including an explosion of success in the '90s. But like their local rivals Genoa, they've faded from that due to mismanagement, despite incredible home support. They escaped relegation from Serie B to Serie C last year only because another team got docked points for financial jiggery-pokery, and are sitting at the bottom of Serie B again this year. We saw them play Pescara, and after a frustrating first half, they took over with four goals in the second to take their first win of the year. The support was absolutely incredible, with both ends singing their hearts out. The walk back to our hotel was the most hyper-Italian experience imaginable, with thousands of scooters streaming through the streets back from the stadium, all honking gleefully as if Italy had just won the World Cup.
Genova is a city that has strong links to the UK due to a shared maritime history with little conflict, going back to when the city allowed England to 'borrow' their cross of St George flag. It shows in their football culture, which is full of English-isms, from calling one club Genoa (as opposed to the Italian Genova), to calling managers 'mister', to the way their supporters sing, which is more English in its response to the game rather than pre-planned songs led by tifosi leaders.
