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There are those massive gaps in midfield again. Textbook Eddie Howe.

Ramsdale is shite. There's a reason Arsenal binned him.

Disagree.

Looked poor again. Lots of space between the lines for them to pass through. Pathetic defending corners.

Miley was imperious again btw. Think he's already better than Anderson.

That was another poor showing.

Hooked. Didn't touch the ball in the second half.

Players are definitely being coached to stay down to give VAR more time to ponder decisions. Gomes nearly killed the Sunderland random.

I really enjoyed Salah pointing at Isak to apply a press and Isak just going nowhere fast

They have got a really limited CB playing out there right now which really doesn't help them. It is a bit like how limited we are with Burn at LB instead of Hall. Teams are just really, really good at low blocks these days and it is really hard to play against. Even with the quality Liverpool have. It takes really well drilled passing and movement to get through the compact lines and at the moment Liverpool are just plodding about. They remind me of how we played against Spurs in the first half yesterday, but even worse. They are so turgid in possession. It doesn't help Liverpool that Isak just cannot cope with physical defenders in close proximity. He never really could for us. He's absolutely nothing in this game unless a Sunderland player drops a big error and loads of space opens up in a shooting position. And Liverpool are not creating the angles needed to play into Isak in the crowded area the same way we would.

Isak is anonymous.

Sunderland are really well disciplined in defence but their players are mostly cloggers. They're getting by with a good plan and lots of effort. They are gonna be fucking annoying to play at their place.

Another fair result that reflects on our weaknesses. We are blunt in attack and prone to sloppy errors at the back. Chalk this one up with all those away loses. Early set piece goal and then doubling our XG against Everton has done some major deflecting from our frailties.

Joelinton is on the pitch?

Elanga is consistent, I'll give him that.

Ramsdale can fuck off. He is not the answer.

Absolutely fucking pathetic. We nearly escaped with a lucky win, but nope. The draw is fair.

9 fucking minutes. Surely not.

Well I'm glad my stream is behind because I'm shitting it.

You can't just stand with no interest in the ball and put your arms around an opponent and have all your concentration on stopping them from running to the ball. That's rugby.

It is clearly a penalty. He's just stood there and blocked Burn. Arms round him, no intention of going for the ball.

Haha, shambles. At least we did fuck all for 70 minutes.

GET THE FUCK IN Fair fucking play Gordon. And great by Woltemade.

I don't see what good Gordon does. He doesn't score and doesn't assist. Our problems lie with Joelinton not supporting the attack enough and not having a range of passing to make up for it. Then Murphy has been way below par - his deliveries have been diabolical, which is usually his strength. And finally Woltemade has been weak and sloppy (by which I mean he has flicked the ball needlessly to Spurs players multiple times). We don't have a striker who can come on so we are stuck with Woltemade. I'd be tempted to see if Willock can do more than Joelinton. And probably worth giving Elanga a go, despite him continuing to look scared of the ball. But we should leave Barnes on as he's been a consistent goal threat for us.

Please take Murphy off. Having a shocker.