That game was interesting in many way. The players were hyped. We’re told Ange does that. He’s a terrific motivational speaker and gets them fired up.
Against Arsenal and Liverpool, that worked, but something was different against Chelsea. Romero, for example, has been controlled all season, but lost it.
Add to that Bissouma’s loss of form, perhaps due to the yellows and suspension hanging over him: his lack of presence leaves the back line more exposed.
Add to that we are the most fouled team this season (Maddison now out until 2024 due to ankle kicks he’s sustained), with no PKs and most touches in opp box…
Add to that a lack of yellows against us, but plenty for…
@hallenbeck@richardwoods@coys@spurs 100%, yes. It’s uncanny reading your description of your current situation and feeling the deja vu! (We need not to be getting it so bad this season, but remain baffled that Grealish is supposedly fouled four times as much as Salah!)
So we’re comfortably the most fouled team (numbers are per 90)
We’ve got second most number of yellows
But we’re only mid-table for number of fouls we make.
My guess would be frustrations in a hyped up game where decisions are perceived to favour the opposition and not us and a mounting sense of injustice, even a reformed and more controlled Romero is going to pop eventually.
Credit to him though, he’s been terrific most of the season.
@mike @richardwoods @coys @spurs
That game was interesting in many way. The players were hyped. We’re told Ange does that. He’s a terrific motivational speaker and gets them fired up.
Against Arsenal and Liverpool, that worked, but something was different against Chelsea. Romero, for example, has been controlled all season, but lost it.
My take… (cont…)
@mike @richardwoods @coys @spurs
My take is that the players were hyped out.
Add to that Bissouma’s loss of form, perhaps due to the yellows and suspension hanging over him: his lack of presence leaves the back line more exposed.
Add to that we are the most fouled team this season (Maddison now out until 2024 due to ankle kicks he’s sustained), with no PKs and most touches in opp box…
Add to that a lack of yellows against us, but plenty for…
Frustrations grow.
@mike @richardwoods @coys @spurs
A situation LFC and its fans are more than familiar with 😉
@hallenbeck @richardwoods @coys @spurs 100%, yes. It’s uncanny reading your description of your current situation and feeling the deja vu! (We need not to be getting it so bad this season, but remain baffled that Grealish is supposedly fouled four times as much as Salah!)
@mike @richardwoods @coys @spurs
I was inspired to look at Romero’s record this season and was surprised to find it better than I expected. Have a look:
https://mastodon.online/@hallenbeck/111414754647706399
@mike @richardwoods @coys @spurs
Some data.
So we’re comfortably the most fouled team (numbers are per 90)
We’ve got second most number of yellows
But we’re only mid-table for number of fouls we make.
My guess would be frustrations in a hyped up game where decisions are perceived to favour the opposition and not us and a mounting sense of injustice, even a reformed and more controlled Romero is going to pop eventually.
Credit to him though, he’s been terrific most of the season.