Tell macallister to play 6 and tighten up. That'll reduce the issues by half. Play jota from the start will reduce the issues. But look at the fixtures. They might be tough teams they are all beatable. Brentford lost 1-3 at home to arsenal so we simply have to match that. Ipswich at anfield. come on that is must win, they cant defend Bournemouth away is tough, they are a strong unit. bournemouth beat arsenal 2-0 when arsenal were on thier bad run. they've beatn utd away and drawn to palace at home. scraped by everton at home just recently. that tells me you HAVE TO defend well against them first and then trust to your quality to score 1. This is MADE FOR SLOTBALL. score one and shut it down. get them on the counter form there. everton away. all piss and vinegar but moyes will park a bus. he has this thing in his head about LFC and every club he park the bus. again do not concede stupid goals and trust yourself to get 1. the fact we cant stop conceding stupid goals like the one v forest (great finish, good pass but our midifeld was gone and konate took himself out of the game so elanga could run at vvd or pass so we ****ed that up. Get 2 no 6 going please. push on szoboszlai in the press but this ****e about 2-3-5 when we are attacking means in reality trent goes off wher ehe likes and gravenberch is there on his own so is exposed. Macallister being a 10 and getting ahead of the ball imo is costing us a lot more than we are gaining in games.
I think Jota's minutes are being managed. He's always getting injured and we rush him back too quickly.
Should still start next one and use the others as subs. Rest in the cl dead rubbers If he can't play 60mins once a week he needs to go even if he get a goal a game the few games he plays. No cups, use the dunce for those. No cl, use Diaz if you like. Use danns for all it will matter until the last 16. Easy. The league is all that matters this season to most fans. We all desperately want No 20
Jota a doubt. Felt a niggle in the Forest game and hasn’t trained. So unfortunate, if he’d been fit all season he makes the difference in that final 3rd in tight games.
Our defence is not a disaster, we are still 3rd best defence in the Premier league. Games we should have won are: away to Newcastle, Home to Fulham, and away to Forest.
He's literally never fit. Klopp said as much when referring to the regular fitness update reports he got
I was'nt a disaster, it has got a lot worse bt theres context to each game. Its pretty clear that in general players are more exposes 1 on 1 now than they had been earlier in the season. look at the goals against. the 3 v newcastle for example. or even the chances they had like murphy hitting the post after being putin. the high line stuff coming back in. gordon was also in twice and failed to score. Isak scored first. the line is high, theres no pressure on guimaraes and he can play a b all through to isak who races away. midifeld no pressure gordon scored after our midfield are messing around o nthe ball and not moving it. tonlai gets it, isak flicks on and gordon is again in. gordon hammers one in Kelleher absolutely flogs on by not just dealing with a hapless ball across form a free. This game could have been 5-5 never mind 3-3 Fulham 2-2. trent lets robinson in behind him to cross. robertson is asleep at the back stick. konate is drawn on and vvd is then in the middle. The classic draw LFC across and then deliver the ball goal their second is similar as berg makes a run inside robsinson and the defense is drawn and he played iwobi in who can then cross all down our right channl then you've spurs where the team seems to just not bohter to play and leave loads of gaps for spurs to exploit and at one point it goes form 5-1 to 5-3. we destryed them going forward but were not arsed to close down the spaces then utd: really poor overall show their first was again the classic failure to play a ball out properly. really poor ball out form trent, team is taking up attacking positions so they are caught out bu nobody is bothered to get back in shape so again a player is drawn and martinez smehs it in via the RCB/RB channel. their second was ****e as well. we have little cover, allow the run at trent and the corss (no support, no doubling up tdone, no sub done) and as per robertson never gets tight. garnacho is in konate is drawn so he plays is away form vvd and as robertson fails at the bascis of pick the man up amad can have his shot. This is all about shape of the team imo. anyone playing rb is on thier own. why? salah isn't coming back. not at any pace. There isn't a RCM any more theres a sole 6 so if gravenberch goes to help the full back then hteres no cover for him. the only help is the RCB and once they are drawn across theres miles to get a chance in. I think all this goes back to the positioning of Macallister. Put him at 6 and tell gravenberhc and macallister to stay in a line and the goals agaisnt drop like a stone. however I can't see us give up the piling bodies on to score goals.
I would sell Jota over Nunez right now As good as he is he is way to fragile If Salah hasn’t signed I would keep Nunez As some have said promote Danns into squad Take it from there
JONES KNOWS BEST HAS GONE FOR AWAY WIN. Brentford vs Liverpool, Saturday 3pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! Brentford's style of play does lend itself to soaking up pressure and their shots faced numbers are always higher than what you'd expect from a team competing in mid-table. Nearly 400,000 Super 6 players are predicting that Liverpool will win 2-1 Only Southampton have faced more shots this season than the Bees (376). This opens up betting opportunities in the player shots markets for Liverpool and Trent Alexander-Arnold has a fine record in that regard against Brentford. He's had 11 shots in his six meetings with Thomas Frank's team in the Premier League, posting two or more shots in four of those matches whilst his overall shots average of 1.7 per game in the last 15 across all competitions is very healthy. The 11/10 with Sky Bet for him to register two or more shots does look generous. SCORE PREDICTION: 1-3 CHRIS SUTTON HAS GONE FOR AWAY WIN TOO. What information do we collect from this quiz? Gtech Community Stadium, 15:00 GMT I thought Liverpool were really unlucky not to beat Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. They played well had enough chances to win, but Forest keeper Matz Sels made some excellent saves. Now, with Arsenal winning on Wednesday, this game has become massive for Liverpool. If they don't win it, people are going to really question them. Arne Slot's side have drawn their past two league games, and lost to Tottenham in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. So, since the turn of they year they have only won one game in four in all competitions - the FA Cup tie against Accrington. It is something of a mini-blip for them, and they need to get back on track. But they are still where they want to be - four points clear at the top of the Premier League and with a game in hand on the teams below them. This is going to be another tough game for the leaders though. People might see Brentford's late comeback against Manchester City as justification for them resting players in their FA Cup home defeat by Plymouth. I disagree with that, but the Bees have shown this season that they never lie down and I can see them scoring and keeping this close. Unlike City, though, I believe Liverpool will find a way of getting over the line. Sutton's prediction: 1-2 Ed's prediction: What happened on Tuesday changed my mind about what I think will happen here, and this is probably my most controversial prediction. Brentford will be buoyed by coming back against City and while Liverpool were great in spells against us, they also got a bit frustrated. 2-1
Robertson dropped. (Imo his performances hint that rather than being rested) Same 11 otherwise thst played rubbish v forest for 65mins with no ideas. No Jota to save them so performance has to be better.
