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Match Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool | 6 Nov 2022 | KO 16:30 | Second Half Match Thread

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I don’t think we have any chance of winning this with Lucas in attack. He plays with his head down which is not going to help us use the spaces that Liverpool always leave.

Let’s have Perisic, Kane and Gil in attack. At least they can see a pass.
Lucas is slightly better centrally than wide. Decent in the air, decent finisher. I think he'll be paired with Kane in 352. We need some pace/threat in behind for this one.
 
Not a chance they're there yet. They hero worship him. I know a LOT of Liverpool fans and every single one thinks he's a saint.

FSG are on weak standing atm. The fans, as you say, feel they've got complacent due to the success. I actually think they have a point, unlike you. Their net spend in the last couple of summers is crap and they have areas getting weak that have been neglected.

Ferguson always used to emphasize how important refreshing a squad is. FSG haven't done that at Liverpool so far.

I don't profess to know the detail of their commerical income but - like the deluded in our midst(*) - A lot of them measure their spending expectations against (eg) City.

Net Spend the last 10 years:

+10m
+52m
+60m
-30m
+125m
-10m
-5m >>>>> Klopp's first summer.
+ 32m >>>> Rodgers left.
+ 47m
+ 23m
= 304m Total / 202m Klopp

(*By contrast; despite our stadium-austerity, ours = 352m net)


The trick to all this though is that they've sold EXTREMELY well..... Not just the obv (Coutinho 140m / Sterling 55m / Suarez 70m), but junk like Benteke 28m & Sahko 25m to Palace, Solanke 20m & Ibe 16m to B'muff, Williams 18m, Ings 22m.... They even got 10m for a clapped out Lovren! Their hit rate has also been mostly impressive.


 
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Not a chance they're there yet. They hero worship him. I know a LOT of Liverpool fans and every single one thinks he's a saint.

FSG are on weak standing atm. The fans, as you say, feel they've got complacent due to the success. I actually think they have a point, unlike you. Their net spend in the last couple of summers is crap and they have areas getting weak that have been neglected.

Ferguson always used to emphasize how important refreshing a squad is. FSG haven't done that at Liverpool so far.

They thought they were getting Super League money to fund the rebuild.
 
Conte will have some job to maintain our home record and to ensure Liverpool s away stats this season stays as they are.

It's typical that as they are stuttering we are hardly firing ourselves.

Let's see.
 
We're going to get Klopp sacked.
If we had Romero, Kulu, Richarlison and Son fit and available, I'd put us as favourites.

Unfortunately we're meeting a Liverpool team that is playing very average at the moment and we're missing most of our attack.

Still, I suppose it's better than meeting a title challenging Liverpool and missing most of our attack.

Set plays and penalties will be our friends on Sunday.
 
Son is a huge miss for this game
As true as that has been in recent matches..... I'd still rather he were in the team ahead of Lucas or sticking Perisic up top.

I really don't see how a player like Lucas, who scored a hatrick in a crucial semi final to win us the game..... Hasn't kicked on and improved. Its one of life's great mysteries.

19 goals in 143 appearances is truly shocking.
 
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