There’s a line that’s doing the rounds again: “We haven’t lost in seven.” And look, fine. Points matter, results matter, and nobody’s turning their nose up at an unbeaten spell.
But it’s also completely fair to say that an unbeaten run doesn’t automatically mean Liverpool are playing well. Sometimes it just means we’ve managed to get over the line, or dodge the worst of it, even when the performance has been miles off what we expect.
Results are not the same thing as performances
The frustrating bit is when “unbeaten” gets used like it ends the conversation. As if it’s a trump card that cancels out everything we’ve watched for 90 minutes. It doesn’t. Not when the football looks laboured, when patterns are scruffy, and when we’re relying on moments rather than control.
You can be relieved with the result and still be unhappy with the way it came about. That’s not being “negative”, it’s just refusing to pretend.
If people call it poor coaching, answer it on the pitch
Fans arguing about tone is a waste of time. If some people think we look like the worst coached side in the league, that’s their opinion. If you disagree, the solution isn’t to moan about the mood online, it’s to want the team to play in a way that makes the criticism look daft.
That’s the point. Prove it wrong. Because right now, a lot of what we’re seeing makes it easy for rival fans to pile in and for our own to get restless.
A “mirage” unbeaten run can vanish quickly
The other issue is that an unbeaten run can be a fragile thing when it’s built on narrow margins. If you keep playing the same way, two bad results can land in a week and suddenly that whole “seven unbeaten” comfort blanket is gone.
And then what are we left with? The same performances, just without the nice headline attached.
Truth is, nobody gets to police how other supporters feel about that. Some will cling to the results and stay upbeat. Others will say the tactics look like a desperate fit and the players are struggling inside them. Both groups are reacting to the same thing: what’s happening on the pitch.
It’s not disloyal to demand more. It’s Liverpool. The standard is supposed to be higher than just scraping through and hoping the next escape act turns up.
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