Our style of play

[Tatterdemalion]

Throw in coach has had his contract extended.

He's on a month per yard.

[BG1973]

Don’t like it.

Just encourages tossers if you ask me

[BG1973]

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[red g]

13 shots on goal in 782 mins of football with Wijnaldum-Henderson-Milner in midfield.

Less than a shot and a half per game.

Klopps's next headache, Sort the midfield out !!

[dom9]

Liverpool have conceded just five goals in their first 14 Premier League games this season; only Chelsea in 2008-09 conceded fewer at this stage in a PL campaign (4 goals).

...from the BBC

[Norbs]

Best defence in the world. Just need to find a better balance between defence and attack

[baitman]

After the burnley game there was some discussion about the resting of key players.
I didnt think that the "resting" was worth it as we might well go behind and then are struggling to recover and win and with being in such a great position and within touching distance of city we cannot afford to let any points slip.

Then i read this post in the Burnley thread and it got me thinking abut how the "resting" of the key players may actually be more about protection and saving them for the latter stages of a game...

I think we may have to get used to it, it will happen again in the next few weeks against weaker sides.

Contain teams for 60-70 mins, bring on the big guns to finish them off. Makes more sense to do that even at risk of dropping a few points than play them non stop until one of them gets injured and the we lose their impact for weeks.

You could argue just rest one at a time, but the impact of bringing both (or all 3) against tired legs, as well as the mental boost to the rest of our players, should be plenty to get goals in the final 20 mins.
As long as we are still in the game at that point...

I can see how this can be a viable tactic...
Not so much for resting our A team players, but more for protecting them from yard dog teams for 60+ minutes and then bringing them on to unleash hell and stretch the game for the remaining minutes.
All providing we have managed to keep things tight at the back and we are still in the game.

[dom9]

After the burnley game there was some discussion about the resting of key players.
I didnt think that the "resting" was worth it as we might well go behind and then are struggling to recover and win and with being in such a great position and within touching distance of city we cannot afford to let any points slip.

Then i read this post in the Burnley thread and it got me thinking abut how the "resting" of the key players may actually be more about protection and saving them for the latter stages of a game...



I can see how this can be a viable tactic...
Not so much for resting our A team players, but more for protecting them from yard dog teams for 60+ minutes and then bringing them on to unleash hell and stretch the game for the remaining minutes.
All providing we have managed to keep things tight at the back and we are still in the game.

Exactly that.

[Kenneth]

It a absolutely makes sense and has been tried and tested, but for one, maybe two attacking players.

[Fosterbloke]

Certainly worked against Stoke last season!

[baitman]

[Buzzo]

Evolution.

[ame="https://youtu.be/kxElCyvN9wI"]Neville and Carragher analyse how Liverpool have become title challengers under Jurgen Klopp! | MNF - YouTube[/ame]

[RedReet]

Evolution.

Neville and Carragher analyse how Liverpool have become title challengers under Jurgen Klopp! | MNF - YouTube

"Evolving to ****" I think was an exact quote after Red Star.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Evolution.

Neville and Carragher analyse how Liverpool have become title challengers under Jurgen Klopp! | MNF - YouTube

Funny how those two are always experts after the fact.

[baitman]

There was a discussion about strength in depth spread around several of the threads but i dont know which or where to post so this is probably the best place.

We might have the numbers in the squad but we certainly dont have the strength or depth...
Four first team ready centre backs, and only VVD is Mr Reliabe.
Matip is injured and unavailable if the humidity is abve 75%.
Gomez picked up an unfortunate injury as he was covering at right back, whch was ok as we had lots of CB cover... then we loan out our experienced right back cover when gmez is injured ???
Now lovren has a hamstring injury, so we are back to just one recognised CB.
Fabinho will be able to cover, but then nicking a decent midfielder to shore up the defence then leaves the midfield paper thin.
Milner can cover at right back and left back but he doesnt have the legs to sustain our wing play and help our push for a title.