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.
I’m in total agreement with this We got rid of too many this summer Diaz wanted out - fine Jota - terrible - nothing anyone could do we should not have let Nunez go imho I am no fan of Elliot but I prefer him to Jones I prefer Hendo to Elliot and Jones to have in and around the squad the new players were always going to need time And the old ones need time to grieve this season will be in the most a write off - they need our support this year
I agree with the sentiment regarding supporting the team, but I think it's way too early to go writing the season off.
support the team, yes zero chance of retaining our title though. I won’t write off Europe just yet but it needs to show improvement quickly.
Wasn’t it Alan Hansen who said you can’t win the league in October but you can’t lose it. I think we have shown that it’s possible to do that
Nobody can know the future but.many many people were desperate to tell us even 5 points was decisive last year. The gap is 7. There is no indication it is not going to get bigger. 0/12 points is nothing short of disastrous for us. However standards dictate you dont give up and you push every game. Secretly though, 70 points is what we need now and really get more out of the cups. Hiwever lfc standards were not followed last year once the title was won. Some here have pointed that out as a massive mistake on slots part. I have not followed that line as I said as much last season and as usual got torn into for being negative. I do not believe that laxity last season ran into this par se. I believe day 1 in preseason we were being ran through so imo whatever it is as a root cause its not been resolved in 4 months of work. People singling out players are not wrong be they media or whatever but its about all 11 on the park doing the right things or not. Its fairly clear its gone badly wrong mentally. Im looking back to brighton and Brentford absolutely hammering us under klopp when the wheels came off for fabinho and Henderson etc. We are miles off the standards expected in every way amd have to find the means to get thst back with 2 games a week. I believe its time to select an 11 and stick with it as much as injury allows and just work on it in games.
