Liverpool FC (The Reds) | Special Thread

Liverpool FC (The Reds) | Special Thread

DullyJr said:
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Yani pamekucha 😂😂😂

Kwa ninavyokujua hii Gif hutoifuta kwenye Simu utakaanayo kwa akili ya kuwakera Ze Bluz tu 😂😂
 
AN OPEN LETTER TO JURGEN KLOPP

Dear Jurgen

Am one of the many die-hard LFC fans across the planet. Please do not regard this open letter as a knee-jerk reaction to anything that has happened in isolation - rather it's aimed at us putting our thoughts together in addressing certain very critical fundamentals.

First and foremost, I wish to express my most heartfelt gratitude to you personally for the positive transformations you have engineered and imparted unto our team, culminating into a haul of major trophies within 4 years of your Anfield tenure.

Your achievements hitherto at the club, without a shadow of the doubt, have put you at the apex of the Anfield folkrole amongst other greats like William Shankly, Robert Paisley & Kenneth Dalglish. Am 100% certain the bulk of LFC followers and fans in the world will happily subscribe to this confession from me.

Thank you, Jurgen.

Secondly, let me switch this conversation to the reason why I have decided to write this open letter to you.
And am doing so mindful of the fact that you are one of the best listeners I have ever known. It dates back to your early days at Anfield when on top of your own insights on the way you had envisaged transforming the club's fortunes on the pitch, you didn't ignore the various inputs from the LFC fraternity around the world. You took these additional thoughts onboard, pondered over them and came up with a lasting cure to the multi-decade maladies that our club had perennially been enduring.

We had a fantastic end to each of the 2019 & 2020 seasons when we lifted the UCL & EPL trophies respectively. Over this period, we have been the proudest bunch of people, walking everywhere with our heads raised the highest.....until last night of course, I must quickly add!

The 7-2 humiliation we suffered at the hands of lowly Aston Villa last night is very painful to take for us fans and will remain so for a very very long time, and the only way we can at least banish it off our memory is if we end up retaining the EPL crown come May 2021. Let me tell you this fact, Jurgen..... we, LFC fans, are not used to being on the wrong side of such a horrendous scoreline, so you must understand where we are coming from with our current bitterness.

Let me point it out to you that somehow I saw it coming way before our last game vs Villa. In our opening game vs Leeds a couple of weeks ago, we saw many signs of our team not being at the level that we are used to seeing them. Sloppiness, lack of concentration, arrogance - you name it.

Our present team's playing style is littered with a cocktail of issues. I will group these problems into 3 categories - namely personnel, tactical and mentality.

1. Personnel:

It is a fact that the current crop of players have been playing consistently and relentlessly for the past 3 consecutive seasons. This, as would be expected, must have taken a toll on some if not all of them. It's therefore safe to say we need a pair of fresh legs in each of the key positions at least...

CBs: 1 x Koulibaly-esque. Let's find one, and fast!

CM: 1 x creative & ever-fit player. We have recently recruited Thiago but some of us have reservations still if he really fits the bill longterm

AM: a "10" to equip us with a variety in our attacking armour. Let's find one.

Uptop: 1 x Traore-esque. We have recently recruited Jota - it remains to be seen if he'll fit that bill

2. Tactical

During the successful spells between 2018 & 2020, we used to see you apply a mix of tactical set up in our team's playing formations.

Highline defending was one of the key tactic you applied but it was largely against teams playing with a lowblock (which were quite many including Mourinho's ManU!).

Meanwhile, you had your trust fully thrusted unto Virgil van Dyke's nous - and rightly so - in organising the backline which made it extremely difficult for any opposing team's forwardline to easily penetrate. Within a game and between games, our defensive tactic would effectively swing alongside the 4-3-3 (90%) & 4-2-3-1 (>5%) formations; and occasionally 3-2- 2-3 & 5-2-3 formations (these last 2 were quite a rarity and very few onlookers could have noticed but am sure these were applied, intentionally or otherwise - but it used to work! ).

Since towards the end of last season after it was confirmed we had won the EPL, this versatility in our playing formation appears to be conspicuous in its absence. Our team has been playing uni-dimensionally without regard to the questions being asked of us by the opposing teams whilst on the pitch. No tactical flexibility, no nothing. Rigid.

You must be aware (am sure you are) that the opposing teams have now realised that they can get at us if they attack us, capitalizing on the lack of versatility in our tactics. It appears that teams have found out that it doesn't help them playing us with a lowbock because we have a solution for that....so now they are attacking us ferociously and they are succeeding - while we don't seem to have an answer for that.

Please Jurgen, let's fix this thing. And pronto!

3. Mentality

(a) Old habits coming back:
Our players seem to be reverting to those old unwanted habits of choosing what game to give their all.
If you review how our team recently played vs the mighty Chelsea & Arsenal, you will notice there's a stark deviation in terms of intensity, application & commitment from how we played vs the supposedly lowly Leeds & Villa. This type of attitude is the reason why we were not fairing well on the pitch under your tutelage between 2015 - 2017.... this must be curbed immediately before it gets worse!

(b) Virgil van Dyke:
He's my most favourite player in the whole world by a mile.
However, there's something I have started noticing about him of late. He has stopped being a leader at the back, he appears to be too much relaxed and there's an air of negative arrogance in him.
You being his mentor, am pretty sure you have observed the same although I know you will never admit it in public.
He is your boy, Jurgen.... so please have a word with him and get him back on track!


Lastly, let me take this opportunity to wish you and your players a successful season - which is at least retaining the EPL championship. I want to believe, like the rest of LFC supporters in the world I suppose, that the results vs Villa is a one-off nightmare, and I will add "AMEN" to this.

I know you know we know you are a winner, and we know you know we adore you for that. Let's stick together and win this one more time - TOGETHER!

Best regards,
M-Mbabe (JF Member based in Tanzania)
 
Manga ML said:
Mkuu angepunguza lipi labda lile la kichwa au kuna lipi angewza punguza?
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Mkuu Yule Adrian ni Bonge la Kipa! Yani Top Goalie ndiyomana Hata Westham walimng'ang'ania asiondoke lakini akawatosa kwasababu Si Kipa wa kucheza Timu ndogo Kama West Ham.

Huyu ni World Class wa kucheza Top Teams kama Barcelona, Madrid, Liverpool n.k.

Naamini hata Arsenal na Chelsea huyu Adrian wanamdondoshea Mate ili wampate lakini uwezo huo hawana.
 
Masamila07 said:
Uwepo wa Gini kwenye starting lineup constantly ni uhujumu wa timu sababu tu Klopp anampenda sana Gini

Gini offers almost nothing, not tackles not assists not goals not midfield creativity



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Lakini huyu huyu Gini ndiye aliwapa ubingwa msimu uliopita na UEFA Champion. Nakumbuka Gini alikuwa mwamba kwenye mechi yenu na Baselona. Leo hii mnamuona kama taka taka daaaa binadamu bhana🤪🤪
 
Sisi kama waombolezaji tunaendelea kutoa pole kutokana na mafuriko yaliyowakumba hapo jana katika kijiji cha Villa Park, kwa kweli ni mafuriko yaliyoacha historia ambayo hauyosahaulika na tunamshukuru Mungu ninyi majeruhi munaendelea poa. 😎😎😎

Tunaendelea kutoa tahadhari ..kwa maana mulijiamini sana na kujipa uwakika wa kuvuka mto Villa, ilihali mvua ilikuwa kubwa tena ya upepo mkali..😂😂😂😂
 
M-mbabe said:
AN OPEN LETTER TO JURGEN KLOPP

Dear Jurgen

Am one of the many die-hard LFC fans across the planet. Please do not regard this open letter as a knee-jerk reaction to anything that has happened in isolation - rather it's aimed at us putting our thoughts together in addressing certain very critical fundamentals.

First and foremost, I wish to express my most heartfelt gratitude to you personally for the positive transformations you have engineered and impacted unto our team, culminating into a haul of major trophies within 4 years of your Anfield tenure.

Your achievements hitherto at the club, without a shadow of the doubt, have put you at the apex of the Anfield folkrole amongst other greats like William Shankly, Robert Paisley & Kenneth Dalglish. Am 100% certain the bulk of LFC followers and fans in the world will happily subscribe to this confession from me.

Thank you, Jurgen.

Secondly, let me switch this conversation to the reason why I have decided to write this open letter to you.
And am doing so mindful of the fact that you are one of the best listeners I have ever known. It dates back to your early days at Anfield when on top of your own insights on the way you had envisaged transforming the club's fortunes on the pitch, you didn't ignore the various inputs from the LFC fraternity around the world. You took these additional thoughts onboard, pondered over them and came up with a lasting cure to the multi-decade maladies that our club had been suffering from.

We had a fantastic end to each of the 2019 & 2020 seasons when we lifted the UCL & EPL trophies respectively. Over this period, we have been the proudest bunch of people, walking everywhere with our heads raised the highest.....until last night of course, I must quickly add!

The 7-2 humiliation we suffered at the hands of lowly Aston Villa last night is very painful to take for us fans and will remain so for a very very long time, and the only way we can at least banish it off our memory is if we end up retaining the EPL crown come May 2021. Let me tell you this fact, Jurgen..... we, LFC fans, are not used to being on the wrong side of such a horrendous scoreline, so you must understand where we are coming from with our current bitterness.

Let me point it out to you that somehow I saw it coming way before our last game vs Villa. In our opening game vs Leeds a couple of weeks ago, we saw many signs of our team not being at the level that we are used to seeing them. Sloppiness, lack of concentration, arrogance - you name it.

Our present team's playing style is littered with a cocktail of issues. I will group these problems into 3 categories - namely personnel, tactical and mentality.

1. Personnel:

It is a fact that the current crop of players have been playing consistently and relentlessly for the past 3 consecutive seasons. This, as would be expected, must have taken a toll on some if not all of them. It's therefore safe to say we need a pair of fresh legs in each of the key positions at least...

CBs: 1 x Koulibaly-esque. Let's find one, and fast!

CM: 1 x creative & ever-fit player. We have recently recruited Thiago but some of us have reservations still if he really fits the bill longterm

AM: a "10" to equip us with a variety in our attacking armour. Let's find one.

Uptop: 1 x Traore-esque. We have recently recruited Jota - it remains to be seen if he'll fit that bill

2. Tactical

During the successful spells between 2018 & 2020, we used to see you apply a mix of tactical set up in our team's playing formations.

Highline defending was one of the key tactic you applied but it was largely against teams playing with a lowblock (which were quite many including Mourinho's ManU!).

Meanwhile, you had your trust fully thrusted unto Virgil van Dyke's nous - and rightly so - in organising the backline which made it extremely difficult for any opposing team's forwardline to easily penetrate. Within a game and between games, our defensive tactic would effectively swing alongside the 4-3-3 (90%) & 4-2-3-1 (>5%) formations; and occasionally 3-2- 2-3 & 5-2-3 formations (these last 2 were quite a rarity and very few onlookers could have noticed but am sure these were applied, intentionally or otherwise - but it used to work! ).

Since towards the end of last season after it was confirmed we had won the EPL, this versatility in our playing formation appears to be conspicuous in its absence. Our team has been playing uni-dimensionally without regard to the questions being asked of us by the opposing teams whilst on the pitch. No tactical flexibility, no nothing. Rigid.

You must be aware (am sure you are) that the opposing teams have now realised that they can get at us if they attack us, capitalizing on the lack of versatility in our tactics. It appears that teams have found out that it doesn't help them playing us with a lowbock because we have a solution for that....so now they are attacking us ferociously and they are succeeding - while we don't seem to have an answer for that.

Please Jurgen, let's fix this thing. And pronto!

3. Mentality

(a) Old habits coming back:
Our players seem to be reverting to those old unwanted habits of choosing what game to give their all.
If you review how our team recently played vs the mighty Chelsea & Arsenal, you will notice there's a stark deviation in terms of intensity & commitment from how we played vs the supposedly lowly Leeds & Villa. This type of attitude is the reason why we were not fairing well on the pitch under your tutelage between 2015 - 2017.... this must be curbed immediately before it gets worse!

(b) Virgil van Dyke:
He's my most favourite player in the whole world by a mile.
However, there's something I have started noticing about him of late. He has stopped being a leader at the back, he appears to be too much relaxed and there's an air of negative arrogance in him.
You being his mentor, am pretty sure you have observed the same although I know you will never say it in public.
He is your boy, Jurgen.... so please have a word with him and get him back on track!


Lastly, let me take this opportunity to wish you and your players a successful season - which is at least retaining the EPL championship. I want to believe, like the rest of LFC supporters in the world I suppose, that the results vs Villa is a one-off nightmare, and I will add "AMEN" to this.

I know you know we know you are a winner, and we know you know we adore you for that. Let's stick together and win this one more time - TOGETHER!

Best regards,
M-Mbabe (JF Member based in Tanzania)
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M-mbabe you have summed its all bro..

The league is still very open and since we are competing in UCL with the best the earliest we solve this horrendous defensive trend we are witnessing the better..

Keeping position, timely passes, unit pressing and being a thorn to the opposition has been our major sword but vs Villa, Vs Leeds that has costed us dearly as we did the opposite..

Its football we are Liverpool we fall together raise our heads and live to fight another day...

I believe in Klopp he has found a way even when the believers doubted he did pick up and found the winning mojo time and time again.. Am putting my trust even in this fracas he will undoubtedly be our savior..

YNWA
 
Omerta said:
Viungo wapo wengi, hapa cha muhimu ni kuombea Alcantara na Henderson warudi kwenye fitness zao hlf Fabinho asaidiane na VVD wakati tukisubiria Matip awe vyema.

Kingine pale mbele ningependa kuona Jota anaanza na kina Mane, Salah na Firmino kwa mzunguko kusiwe na watu permanent
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Duh kweli stat pekee hazitoshi kupata namba maana ukitazama stat za Gomez ni njema sana mbali ukiangalia anayofanya ni aibu kwa mfano goli la kwanza badala atanue juu apokee mpira kutoka kwa Adrian yeye alipaki basi kama vile hio pasi haimhusu mpaka anakuja kustuka Watkins yupo kulee anashangalia goli lake la kwanza EPL...

Sio kila jambo linalotokea uwanjani ni lawama kwa mwalimu maana jana Gomez instincts were poor ni kama vile tulikua pungufu...

Keita nae nisasema ile jezi namba nane imekua mzigo kwake ki ukweli tangu amepona mazima amekua wa hovyo ajabu..

Edwards japo ni genius kweli kweli lakini bila Kalidou kutua sasa basi wakuu msimu huu tuwe ma mioyo ya chuma maana kutakua na siku za kicheko na kilio kama jana.. Maana Matip kucheza mechi 7 bila majeruhi imeshidikana kabisa yaani...

Jota ni usajili poa ataongeza bidii kwenye umaliziaji maana on target anamudu vyema sasa akomae kuzipata zile top corners na magoli atakua nayo mengi tu..

Firmino sijui nini kimemkuta yaani yale yote yaliyomfanya mpaka Klopp kusema ndio injini ya timu kwa sasa yapo likizo anafanya kinyume kabisa, anapoteza mpira hovyo, hayupo clinical tena nk.. Mane akishapona ningependa nione Mane Jota Salah pale mbele..

YNWA
 
Manga ML said:
Kuna namna anaweza kua garasa ila kipaji chake unakijua
Tunafurahi tu Anodi anavo piga pasi za magoli vipi kuhusu ukabaji wake?
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Mkuu higline ina maanisha mido wetu wakati tunashambulia wanacheza kama Wing back ina maana kwa vile Trent na Robbo wanakua up the field kusaidia mashambulizi basi kukaba wanasaidiwa na Keita juu na Gini huku chini na kati anakua mzee mzima Fabby ndio maana utaona assist kwa mido wetu hwanaga kabisa maana wao muda mwingi ni wa win mpira wawarudishie Robbo na Trent..

Sasa endapo tutashambuliwa mazima utaona Anodi akikimbia kurudi nyuma kumsaidia Gomez na Robbo kumsaidia VVD sasa kama tutapigwa kaunta attack ni dhahiri silaha yetu inakua kucheza offside trick ambayo wakati mwingine inagoma case study vs Gunners iligoma twice na Allison akatuokoa.. Jana pia iligoma na tukapigwa..

Kwa huu mfumo wa kutumia dynamic Lb na Rb basi wao kazi yao kuu ni kutengeneza scoring opportunities na kazi hii tazama assist zao msimu uliopita vs stat zao za defensive duty utaona wapi wana perform zaidi....

Ombi langu kwa Klopp na mpaka sasa bado kabisa limeshidikana ni kua na mifumo tofauti sio kila kukicha 4 3 3 na sio kila gemu ni ushindi zingine kuisaka hata droo ilimradi tupate hio pointi 1 ni muhimu sana.. Kama jana wakiwa wanaongoza 3 basi pale pale alitakiwa afanye system change hata 3 5 2 kwenda nao sawa pale kati ambapo Mcginn na Douglas walitawala kwa long pass za kutisha...

Hii ni wake up call..

Klopp ajue hii ni EPL wapinzani wanafanya analysis za nguvu namna ya kupata poiniti 3 hivyo akumbali kua na mifumo mbadala wa 4 3 3 panapobidi..

YNWA
 
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