Oh yes we did. I watched both games Tobes. The 343 begun at old trafford where sterling played as a striker. The back 3 was Johnson Skrtel and Lovern. It had been that way since then.
343 is terrible and a stop gap until sturridge returns. Just because we've started winning, doesn't mean it's a good formation.
For me there are ways to exploit this formation and it requires the wide forwards to fill into midfield A team with 3 in the middle can dominate midfield, with one up and two wide a 4-3-3 can rip it up It's like this we cannot ridicule utd for it if we do it too Overall what Rodgers has said is it's not formation but philosophy. For me at least that means but of pace, fast play, all 11 men defending and that higher press in the opponents half using Henderson and one of the two wide men. The funnelling back has to be a sprint not a jog and after that whether it's a diamond with two up, 3-4-3, 4-3-3 or whatever we can play anyone competitively When Gerrard ball watches, balotelli never chases, Johnson trots back and coutinho gives up in disgust the whole thing falls apart. I'd suggest if we put the 3 above back in the side we'd be losing in no time Also please bear in mind who we played in our run.... No top sides yet
I'd say we're nowhere near out of the woods yet. Playing lower table teams and scraping wins isn't what I'd write home about. We've got tough challenges ahead and still no one who I'm confident will knock in a chance. Against better teams, we'll create less and concede more. We need to take those chances and we're banking on our entire season on Sturridge coming back and saving us. Perhaps not struggling as we're picking up points, but we're not convincing and we've got tougher opponents ahead.
Considering who we have beaten and who is to come.... I'd say we need a lot of improvement.... At least Rodgers said as much West Ham United H Everton A Tottenham Hotspur H Southampton A Manchester City H I honk at this point the period of losing 4 in a row has hurt us badly Just give us 5 of those point back and we'd be in the 4th place mix It's going to need a huge effort over the identified 5 games to say within 5 points of 4th never mind close the gap 2 weeks I hope means sturridge is back for these
What else are we supposed to do? We can't do anything but carry on winning games. We don't select the fixtures. If we've lost 1 in our last 14 its obviously a step in the right direction for us, regardless of who we have played.
We improve, we gave to, more intensity for longer in the games, no slipping back into sloppy okay, no sitting deeper and deeper We have to get a finisher in cos honestly while borini came in and makes decent runs he's atrocious for firing high and wide. We've got to see everyone give their all each game no matter who comes in especially with 4 comps compared to Southampton and utd who have the spots available now I think nobody's saying we've not improved? I'm saying we've got to do more and Rodgers said so too 50 mil would also be nice but all we can do is work with what we have
Its been statistically proven that teams in Europa League usually perform worse after playing a Thursday game. So that's something we have to accept and contend with.
no... too short... whats there is fine right now... don't rate skertl that much but thats not the question i suppose.
Your point being? I said we're still struggling and I stand by that. Better, yes, but still a long way to go. Unfortunately our improved performances have been against more poor teams or teams who performed poorly against us. I don't see how that is enough to proclaim that our worries and struggles are over - as some posters seem to want to believe.
It's not so much the results, it's the performance. A decent side will take advantage of the numerous chances we gift to teams. Since we still struggle to take our chances (should have been three or four up by half time in how many recent games...?), it's only a matter of time before we are punished for it. Who do we play next again...?
Villa had a couple saved fair enough but they missed wide about 4/5 same as what we created and missed... Give up those chances v west ham and it could be very different
Feel like it's a decent stop-gap for now, it only papers over the cracks though and I'm not sure when we sort out our personnel problems if we will continue with it. We have stumbled on it, much like the formation last season... thought we would continue to try and build on that and we didn't so there's no reason to say this will be the future.
One thought I've had is Rodgers takes a long time to come to a conclusion on a lot of things but he has in fairness come up with a change in each season the past two years that's got the most out of what he has got if this system does continue to deliver Signings still god awful mind...
I think he is playing whihc is the main thing. HE can move next season up but for now... playing is better than the bench and really in a 3 its him of johnson so you decide which is worse... Lucas and henderson CM with can in the back line or say johnsons on a free not pushed in defense and can and henderson in CM?