Liverpool v Wolves (H) FA Cup

[Kenneth]

It’s definitely not just the personnel, but the midfield definitely has aged quickly, and the other options are not very good (eg Keita). But we’re clearly trying to do something different, but it’s going so badly that it’s impossible to determine what that is from watching us play. We have the sameish formation which makes it even more confusing. The manager seems to be in one of his ‘not sure what to do’ phases.

[S-RED]

Age & no Bobby pressing, No Mane Pressing, No Hendo press
No Fab press, No Gini Press, No TAA press.

I know we had an amazing season last one out; but since Gini left, we have seen a drastic drop off in the press.

Only Robbo presses now, well & Thiago for 30 mins

[Maxiedge]

The press from the front sets the standard (cliche , I know) but we seem hesitant to engage these days from the fear of getting bypassed and not having the pace to recover.

[Exiled_red]

Age & no Bobby pressing, No Mane Pressing, No Hendo press
No Fab press, No Gini Press, No TAA press.

I know we had an amazing season last one out; but since Gini left, we have seen a drastic drop off in the press.

Only Robbo presses now, well & Thiago for 30 mins

I said when Mane was leaving that I thought he was the one who led the press from the front and that would be a huge miss, I guess changing 2/3 front line doesn't help.. But I still think we miss Mane hugely in that regard.

The other interesting thing is that the Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum midfield was criticised as not creative enough, not a huge number of goals and assists, what it did have was a solid centre that covered for the fullbacks and allowed the forwards to focus on attacking. The midfielders that have come in since have been more creative/attack minded (Thiago and Elliott) and I think that switch in dynamic has hurt us as we are constantly carved open

[red g]

I said when Mane was leaving that I thought he was the one who led the press from the front and that would be a huge miss, I guess changing 2/3 front line doesn't help.. But I still think we miss Mane hugely in that regard.

The other interesting thing is that the Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum midfield was criticised as to creative enough, not a huge number of goals and assists, what it did have was a solid centre that covered for the fullbacks and allowed the forwards to focus on attacking. The midfielders that have come in since have been more creative/attack minded (Thiago and Elliott) and I think that switch in dynamic has hurt us as we are constantly carved open

Be careful what you wish for, Think you are spot on.

[danperkins]

People keep saying Keita was our best midfielder, now I'm not sure how serious a claim this is or just an expression of how poor the others have been. But for some context: yesterday he came on in the 68th min, so coming on with fresh legs against tired legs so personally I will reserve judgement on him until he has started a few games and shown he can do it for 90mins.

Not saying he didn't look better than the others but I feel the context needs to be considered, he still did some of his old frustrating tricks.

[Charly]

The other interesting thing is that the Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum midfield was criticised as to creative enough, not a huge number of goals and assists..

Thats because people did not understand how the system works/ed.

Our chances were made from forcing errors. Itsbthe reason I dont think we need to blow hundreds of millions to fix this. 2 30 million brusiers would shore it up, and we can recruit better quality as and whem they are available.

Its the entire reason we matched City for so long. We cannot go toe to toe with them playing their game.

[Mark79]

FA Cup replay v Wolves
Tuesday January 17. 7.45pm
Live on BBC 1

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[Buzzo]

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[wiw]

Cultured ball 2 miles high from our "World Class Penalty-Taker Protector and Team Support System Administrator".

I think i've sat next to you at the match before

[Norbs]

My old next door neighbour hated Hendo so much that he switched off before all of our trophy lifts

[Shaggy]

My old next door neighbour hated Hendo so much that he switched off before all of our trophy lifts

[spud_gun]

My old next door neighbour hated Hendo so much that he switched off before all of our trophy lifts

Bootroom?

[Harv]

https://twitter.com/dalejohnsonespn/...15215397146625

I haven't read that, but just thought it wasn't given because the lino put his flag up and they didnt have the vision for VAR, so cant overturn anything?

Like when Arsenal scored against us earlier this season. Which on looking at images after the game it was clearly off but the lino didnt flag it, so it stood.

[Tribute]

I said when Mane was leaving that I thought he was the one who led the press from the front and that would be a huge miss, I guess changing 2/3 front line doesn't help.. But I still think we miss Mane hugely in that regard.

The other interesting thing is that the Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum midfield was criticised as not creative enough, not a huge number of goals and assists, what it did have was a solid centre that covered for the fullbacks and allowed the forwards to focus on attacking. The midfielders that have come in since have been more creative/attack minded (Thiago and Elliott) and I think that switch in dynamic has hurt us as we are constantly carved open

I think Bobby's a huge miss too - he, like Sadio, used to press relentlessly. It was really only Salah from the front three who didn't as often. Now we're missing Sadio and Bobby, plus Diaz and Jota are injured, so we're bedding in both Nunez and Gakpo. Nunez, to be fair, does press a bit at times, but nowhere near the levels of Sadio and Bobby.

Salah's form has been poor despite the goals... he's taken to running down blind alleys again, or straight into defenders then flinging his arms up in the air immediately after. He does it every single game these days.

Midfield needs energy and experience plus a bit of niggle. We have the experience, sometimes the energy but very little niggle. Tchouameni would have been perfect... Caicedo would be great too. FSG need to spend the cash now in Jan or we're going out of the FA Cup against Wolves... or if we scrape through, out against Brighton who also counter at pace. And have Caicedo to break up our play.