It’s November 1st - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. Today we’ll review the Forest and Bournemouth games and look ahead to Luton at the weekend.
Part One - Liverpool 3, Nottingham Forest 0
Luis Diaz
xG was at worst 2.95, with Forest 0.48. Most of that coming in the last 20 minutes when the game was pretty much won. Daz said 2-0, I said 3-1 - could have been either depending
Virgil and those defensive numbers (they are good)
Mac Allister and of course Big Dom, and Ryan Gravenberch - this is cheating isn’t it? The interplay between midfield and forwards is unbelievable - looks like there’s been an elevation since the start of the season
Salah watch - 196th goal for Liverpool
Won all 39 games Jota has scored
Darwin - overhead kick at 41, his ceiling is so high - hit and miss said the commentators
Wasn’t the commentary shite?
First 30 - looked like we were looking to figure out the gaps in a really smart way (haven’t found it easy to break down Forest said the commentators)
Terrible error by Murillo they said for the first goal….
Claiming Darwin didn’t know much about his finish - yawn…
Part Two - Bournemouth , Liverpool
Team selection - strong (Salah, Szobozlai)
Weather - absolutely ridiculous
Darwin - loved that they cheered when he didn’t get the ball first time. Goalie at fault?
Elliott - close control
Klopp’s smile, Cody Gakpo, 8 teams left and we got West Ham at home (I am sure they are thrilled)
Part Three - Looking ahead to Luton:
Beyond plastic pitches and chaotic games (80s references). Xabi and the 5-3
Luton’s form - are they firmly part of the bottom strata?
Line up and predictions
One thing from elsewhere?
United have lost 5 of their first 10 games and ETH says they are on their way up!
Spurs have a more difficult run coming up - let’s see what happens in the next 6 fixtures
We will be back after the Luton game. Thanks to Sean and Daz for joining me. And thank you dear listener for joining us.
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