You're right - the defending did let us down but everyone can clearly see the deficiencies in midfield. Had he been playing, maybe he could have helped us keep more possession and dominate the game.
Lol you think our midfield was good against Watford?? And no - I'm not saying we needed to score more. I'm looking at improvements in general and our midfield was garbage. If Coutinho was playing, MAYBE, we could have controlled the game better. MAYBE, Can could have spent more time defending rather than taking the onus of attacking. MAYBE, Coutinho could have helped us keep possession and dominate the game.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits his squad is lacking strength in depth and says they are still working hard to sign new players. The Reds defence came under fire for conceding three goals against Watford at the weekend, leading to calls for Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk to be brought in as soon as possible. However Klopp says he is still hoping to strengthen all areas of his squad, not just defence, ahead of the transfer window closing at the end of the month, as he realises more bodies are needed. “We are still working on all parts,” Klopp said. “We are in talks and we work on all parts of the game. The squad at the moment is not too wide for a lot of games. That’s it.” Liverpool 'make important offer' for Atletico Madrid's teenage sensation Victor Mollejo Liverpool made an "important offer" for Atletico Madrid sensation Victor Mollejo, according to reports. Mollejo, 16, made his senior debut with the Atletico first-team over the weekend in the friendly against Leganes. Much will also depend on the future of Philippe Coutinho, who continues to push for a move to Barcelona, and Klopp will be hoping he does not have to draft in a replacement for the Brazilian. As well as Van Dijk, RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita also remains high on Klopp’s radar despite the fact the Bundesliga side are so far unwilling to cash Klopp warns Van Dijk transfer may not fix Liverpool's dismal defending of set-pieces Jurgen Klopp is not convinced Virgil van Dijk is the answer to solving the Keystone Kop’s enduring frailty at set-pieces. But as Liverpool head for their crucial Champions League qualifier's first leg in Hoffenheim on Tuesday night, Klopp’s zonal marking paralysis remains a glaring, unsolved weakness. At Watford in Saturday's season-opener, his team looked the whole nine yards at one end of the pitch – and the whole knacker’s yard at the other. And if they defend like crash-test dummies against Hoffenheim – population 3,300, but with a Bundesliga stadium holding 30,000 – they will be the only prey in the village
Our squad lacks balance. Not just in the mix of type of players (we all know where this is) but in the mix of ages, of leaders, of characters....of experience. Is all very well having a policy to buy kids but you need the above too. Ask Jose, he thinks nothing of buying a 29 year old if he thinks he will deliver what is needed. Suarez was a leader. As was Gerrard. They led by example and had an unwavering desire to win....I don't see that now. We don't have organisers on the pitch, smart footballers who are vocal, who talk others through the game. We have a bunch of reasonably talented players that play in Klopps attacking formation that need smart leaders, to cajole players during the game. Our mistakes are repeated....which means the players are either not coached (I don't want to believe this), panic on the pitch or simply don't focus on what they have been coached on.... So buying a couple of more experienced players would not go amiss as far as I'm concerned, as long as they bring the traits that we miss with them. We don't need another couple of Milners.
When you are depending set-pieces it is better not to keep the ball in play in your penalty area.You either head it back to where it came from or head it clear of your penalty areas.We failed to do that against Watford yesterday.We are poor on "second"ball. I am not sure it's the problem of zonal marking.
There is now a campaign on Facebook to get FSG out. People have short memories and forget if it was not for them we would have gone into administration. I am not saying they are perfect, and the transfer policy is rubbish, but better the devil you know.
Hmmm....a little premature. At least let the transfer window play out. If anything, I'd say that they've been ridiculously naive with their transfer policy. They need to ditch this moneyball BS and just support their coach before we become a laughing stock (if we're not already).
FSG have been willing to stump up the cash, Klopp wanted VVD and Keita but they are not available. This isn't the fault of the owners. Where are our second targets?
Cant make out if this is because Klopp is stubborn or if a Edwards doesn't know wtf he is doing. I'm leaning towards the latter
2 points is nothing. I'm more concerned about the feeling in the camp. This whole Couthino affair has obviously left a bad smell around the place and I'd be surprised if it was rosy before that given the VvD debacle and the failure to land Keita. Our entire season could be derailed by f#cking egos everywhere.
I see us finishing 6th this year. City will be further away from us, Tottenham are still very good, the chavs will still be ahead of us, utd strengthened and arsenal even strengthened this summer and kept Sanchez so far. Champions league football and apparently money to spend, yet we cant get our targets and have our best player wanting out. Complete disaster imo
Excellent point. Decisive clearances, hunger to attack the ball... panicky scrambling is not desired.
It's a very competitive league. If you ignored coutinho and said ok fsg will stand firm now and he will play for 12 months... well out from 4 are fine but the rest? It's clear city are better, spurs are still a string 11 if not having the depth, Chelsea bought well but look in trouble with conte, Utd will be twice the side this year and arsenal have improved I think. 5th or 6th would be right now our most likely outcome. 5th optimistically hoping Chelsea implode but morata, hazard, Pedro =top top front 3. Kanye in middle?
I think we are seeing too much doomsday stuff right now. What rumblings? It could be the case 2 players turn up in next 2 weeks and coutinho stays and we all move on. What do we actually know except what Barca want us to know.
It's just a lot of rumours around conte that's about it.... they have huge huge quality in the 11... Moses is the weak link and perhaps cm beside Kanye but until they settle maybe those are not weaknesses. I do know morata is absolutely top class and imo better than costa anyway.
