Liverpool v Brentford (PL) home

[Doc_Piptorious]

Whichever team Jurgen picks, it needs some ****ing energy and press from the start and not to fade into a complete shambles after fifteen minutes…

We start brightly in most games but recently the spark has faded quickly and we’ve become alarmingly disjointed….

Need to score a brace early and then play possession football and get everyone’s eye in… (old school for playing better, more often)

Think in this game more than a lot it needs that as Brentford will be trying to do the exact same from he first whistle.

I think it is going to be a very ugly game to watch today but in order to match and hopefuly overcome their press we will have to be prepared to work hard and out press their pressing game.

Where I see us potentially having a problem is if we take a lead (feels strange to be calling taking the lead a problem) as we seem to have lost the ability to then hold the ball and dictate the tempo so the sting is taking out of a game after we score.

[Irishnev]

I think it will be tough today - Ajer is also back for them

[Shaggy]

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[Doc_Piptorious]

Going to be relying on Jota plus the full backs for any pace in attack today.


Wonder if it is Chamberlain in the attack and Jones in midfield or the other way around.

[Fosterbloke]

I hope it's Ox in midfield

[Doc_Piptorious]

I hope it's Jones

[Fosterbloke]

I hope it's Jones

I just hope we win!

[Fredo]

Going to be relying on Jota plus the full backs for any pace in attack today.


Wonder if it is Chamberlain in the attack and Jones in midfield or the other way around.

Not too sure about how pace is really important when you have most of the ball and teams defend in a low block. There is no space to run into. Need quick thinking and movement, variety in play and speed in the passing. These are more important IMO.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Brentford rarely defend using a low block though. They press like we do and they go with a high line so pace would be nice to exploit it

[Doc_Piptorious]

I just hope we win!

[Doc_Piptorious]

Just twigged we have almost the same starting XI as the last time we played Brentford.

Just Chamberlain and Bobby in for Mane and Salah and the other nine are the same.

[Fredo]

Brentford rarely defend using a low block though. They press like we do and they go with a high line so pace would be nice to exploit it

Ah, when they played us they were really direct and defended quite low I thought. Didn’t really press.

Ox has got pace and Jota is no slouch, so we’ll see.

[Tribute]

Think in this game more than a lot it needs that as Brentford will be trying to do the exact same from he first whistle.

I think it is going to be a very ugly game to watch today but in order to match and hopefuly overcome their press we will have to be prepared to work hard and out press their pressing game.

Where I see us potentially having a problem is if we take a lead (feels strange to be calling taking the lead a problem) as we seem to have lost the ability to then hold the ball and dictate the tempo so the sting is taking out of a game after we score.

Exactly right. Let’s hope we can find some consistency and momentum today…

[labourRed]

Big game in the race for second.