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ye i agree with this. next 5 games, WHam, Arsenal, Man City, Leicester, Southampton. 5 games, naturally leading in to a 2 weeks break (mid sept to start of Oct). Didnt include the Preston game in that as its not a PL game, but that is 6 games in total. I would think that 2 week break would be the time after that run of 5 games, depending on results.

McGinn is world class mate, as Gerrard said "my captain, my type of player", why would Gerrard think he needs replacing!?!?!? derp.

Oh. I came here expecting cool cosplay pics etc. Left disappointed.

yes of course.

i think it was 17m + 2m in add ons. Not sure if any of the 2m was triggered ofc.

I agree, but some seem to think he is part of the problem with regard to the wacky formation and tactics.

possibly has, we would never know if he did. Even if he was persuaded to change, he would just pass it off publicly as his decision anyways. Gerrard has said publicly, "i want to play my way", so i guess that although he doest do any coaching on the pitch, he is the one holding the reins in terms of "overall style", hence the way we have played since he joined. i think we will be stuck with this style as long as Gerrard is here, unless magically one day he does a complete U turn.

he does that face/reaction all the time, its like a UFC sideshow.

multiple tweets flying around saying he is gone, or is going very soon.

i dont blame Critchley tbh. Gerrard is the one thats wants to play with the midfielders at full back, full backs as wingers, no natural wingers c***. I guess Critchley is just told by gerrard, "i want to play like this", and he and the other coaches are just trying their best to make a s*** tactic work.

would prob be my lineup. If we are close to selling/loaning El Ghazi, Guilbert, or anyone else, i wouldnt play them ofc. Not sure if Hause will be fit?, or is out on loan?

how does one know this? Is this a Messi11 special report from your "sources"?

we really need to change the title of this thread. Its pretty embarrassing when compared to our plight right now.

the blueprint to stop a player like Zaha is as old as the moon. Teams did it to us loads with Grealish........"double team him". really simple. shows the level of incompetence we have right now.

completely agree, i dont think most peoples confusion is against Sarr as a player, but the whole transfer scenario considering who our manager is makes no sense, i said earlier: "to be fair Bailey or Sarr could play left or right winger/inside forward, depending on what primary foot you want on the left or right side of the pitch. I even think Bailey/Sarr could play the Mane/Salah type roles, where they are wide then cut in at speed, in something like a 433 or 4231. If we had a normal manager who played wingers, its a nice problem to have. However, we have a manager who doesnt play wingers, so we go out and buy a winger. i dont know what we are doing." im just confused.

i think they asked Gerrard to choose a player he could spell, and he maxed out at 4 letters, the two x R's probably helped him also. We will be signing NG next from Cardiff. (thats Perry NG btw for anyone interested).

at least we can now play the highly regarded 1-1-8 formation.

right now, i would never confuse such a statement, as its criminally not the case lol.

to be fair Bailey or Sarr could play left or right winger/inside forward, depending on what primary foot you want on the left or right side of the pitch. I even think Bailey/Sarr could play the Mane/Salah type roles, where they are wide then cut in at speed. If we had a normal manager who played wingers, its a nice problem to have. However, we have a manager who doesnt play wingers, so we go out and buy a winger. i dont know what we are doing.