Midfield has been an issue for years except last season where Gravenberch had an amazing season. Somehow the balance was about right for just over half of the season and that was good enough to win the league, but there's no getting away from the fact that Gravenberch is not an orthodox 6. The way that Slot seems to want to set up would demand almost two 6s, unless we can find someone as good as Rodri or Zubimendi.
Plenty of players. Manager refuses to use quite a few still. Hes made it crystal clear he wanted endo and gomez gone. Endo shrugged at him and pointed at his contract so imo he will rather lose that play endo. He wanted gomez gone but failed to get guehi. Hes now willing to stick Szoboszlai rb rather than pick gomez at all. You can go through the side like that but the issues are clear. Gravenberch shoved forward, scored and assisted but the door is wide open at the back. Macallister not fit or not willing. I dont know what that is. No cover at these classic 6/8 type roles as he refuses to play endo and then refused to look beyond jones. This is a massive issue in our line up. We are getting absolutely walked through. Then you look at bradley and see a kid being actively destroyed mentally. He's biggest asset is agression and running. Every pass is backwards. He doesn't know to go or not go. You look then at kerkez who has the same issue but if he does make a tackle knows he will be subbed. Hes on his own against 2 just like bradley but getting pelted with abuse. He cant play his natural game as theres no.midfield to cover a run forward. Klopp would take this squad and within 2 weeks have it functional. He would. 433 with 3 genuine cms stick wirtz as false.9 or lw and either go for Ekitike lw or cf. Macca left Gravenberch genuine 6 Szoboszlai right. Bomb on those full backs Nobody seems to know where thry are meant to be any more and slot isn't sorting it (yet) its getting worse and Worse as more sides get more confidence to just go for it. A full block of 4 with 0 points return is absolutely title ending. Forget that. We are not chasing 4th with all the rest. How we fix this is pure and simple. Harder work, put a foot in, win the ball. If you lose it go win it back aggressively. Agression doesn't mean sliding in from 10 yards away studs up. It means getting in there nice and tight and not backing off.
