Great to see Kante back, he's been a joy to watch

Well that was fun. The sort of chaotic nonsense you are likely to see from two high-pressing, combative sides who will compete for possession but without much back-to-front coherence. We had sufficiently decent chances to have scored in the first half an hour (before Liverpool started taking more 'control') but it's not particularly surprising given our form/confidence/setup that we failed to convert them. I would be thoroughly unsurprised if this were to finish 0-0 (again).

For what it's worth Mudryk would probably do well in this game, like he did in the reverse fixture. If you want to give the poor bar steward some confidence this might be a good opportunity...

It's groundhog day...

1 minute ago, just said:

Why? We have carved them open repeatedly and had several clear cut chances that should have been converted by any half decent finisher. None of our players are proper strikers. Bringing a winger on won't change that.

And no striker on the bench. It's truly baffling 

3 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

@Valerie do I persist with football or do I put on Henning?

Henning. No contest. 

3 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

But if we dont score whats the point

We have strikers. We choose to play a midfielder as a striker, but we do have forward players here.

Oohh, a Zola interview on Vialli on my channel.

4 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Havertz is actually one of the worst players I've seen play for us

It's the simple things that gets on my nerves. The touch after Felix shot, the handball when running through on goal, the terrible pass into the box when Allison lost the ball. He just kills everything all of the time. I have never seen a player like it.

Has Potter really gone ?

Lots of possession nice approach play totally inept at threatening the opponents goal in a serious way i.e. scoring 

On the plus side nice to have Kante back

Looks like 0-0 unless they score 

who comes on for havertz   ...pulisic  fck no

Fofana for Havertz.

Aubayang for Havertz. 

Mudrick for Havertz. 

 

Olly Murs for Havertz!?

Just now, Scott Harris said:

It's the simple things that gets on my nerves. The touch after Felix shot, the handball when running through on goal, the terrible pass into the box when Allison lost the ball. He just kills everything all of the time. I have never seen a player like it.

You forgot the weak, wayward shot off target on his strong foot. 

WTF Havertz !! Is it just me ! 
 

Unfortunately I think it is too soon for Kante to play the 90 so in the second half at some point I'd switch him and Kai for Mudryk and Sterling and go 343.

Early days but very glad it looks like the injury hasn't hampered him negatively, there's always that paranoia given his best attribute is his engine.

3 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

But we all know what Charity FC is going to do in the second half. Has more and more of an inevitable air about it the longer it goes on.

Worldy from someone like Henderson incoming, you can almost guarantee it!

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

Oohh, a Zola interview on Vialli on my channel.

What I would give for them two up front right now 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

No he doesn't? He can offer the same off the ball aggression that he always does. 

Clear as day we need more attacking impetus. 

Kovacic had a good chance to score though and he's doing well in our buildup. Kante is in front of both Enzo and Kovacic and he's not really a goal threat so if you want to argue to put someone there for the final third it could be in exchange for Kante too, either way we lose a bit of balance.

Can we all just agree, after God knows how many tries, that this Havertz as false nine experiment is a failure?

Do we not have a CF in the youth or anywhere in the club? This is not working and is so obvious.

3 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Henning. No contest. 

I have since acquired a cat sitting on me and am unable to reach the remote. He’s torturing me isn’t he. 

2 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

If that's the case, it's a shame he can't knock it in with his middle leg... he's forgotten how to use his left and right

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

No he doesn't? He can offer the same off the ball aggression that he always does. 

Clear as day we need more attacking impetus. 

It's clear as day that we need an additional attacking player but Enzo is not classic CM, if you leave him alone in that position against a team like Liverpool he will struggle a lot.

The best thing about this game is that Kante can be out for literally months and come back and still play like he hasn't missed a second of football. Incredible footballer.

4 minutes ago, loz said:

And no striker on the bench. It's truly baffling 

Exactly why would you not have one of Auba or fofana to bring on? It’s not a new coach it’s just potters second in charge, we need a manager in ASAP