Leeds Utd v Liverpool

[Rafa Justice]

So Trent in midfield won't work eh

Lads, it's Tottenham Leeds

[little dave hedgehog]

Fab out, TAA in, buy a decent Rightback

yeah the way we're using them now clearly isn't working.

[Irishnev]

Fab out, TAA in, buy a decent Rightback

He’s playing a 3-2-2-3 in possession, similar to Pep. If anything we’d need a better LCB and a pivot beside Trent. Konate is ideal for the RCB as he’s got the physicality to cover

[danperkins]

He’s playing a 3-2-2-3 in possession, similar to Pep. If anything we’d need a better LCB and a pivot beside Trent. Konate is ideal for the RCB as he’s got the physicality to cover

[little dave hedgehog]

one of your wingbacks stepping into the midfield when the team is in possession is something arsenal and city already do. pushing him in and going to a box midfield is something we're doing more, but it's not exactly new. and it works ok.

[Irishnev]

one of your wingbacks stepping into the midfield when the team is in possession is something arsenal and city already do. pushing him in and going to a box midfield is something we're doing more, but it's not exactly new. and it works ok.

Anyone who’s read inverting the pyramid will be familiar with the WM formation - Pep essentially went back to that with the 3-box-3 but more fluid. It’s all about creating overloads to bypass the initial press.

Every formation gets reused and improved - sweepers in a back 3 in a few years from now

[little dave hedgehog]

Anyone who’s read inverting the pyramid will be familiar with the WM formation - Pep essentially went back to that with the 3-box-3 but more fluid. It’s all about creating overloads to bypass the initial press.

Every formation gets reused and improved - sweepers in a back 3 in a few years from now

in the states in the 90s absolutely every team played a back for with the centerbacks playing as a stopper and a sweeper rather than side by side.

ALL of them.

i can play as a sweeper, i have trouble playing in a flat back formation.

[kemm1]

Great result. Hope the lads keep the positive momentum going through to the end of the season.
TAA looked very good today.

[peterbread]

Interesting talk after the game about how that change for Trent is also a help defensively as we now have two sitting in midfield rather than Fab on his own, at least when we have the ball.

[Paul12]

Interesting talk after the game about how that change for Trent is also a help defensively as we now have two sitting in midfield rather than Fab on his own, at least when we have the ball.

They are both sitting, but Trent is not doing much defence (as in DM). Provides a lot more angles to play out from the back though.

[Buzzo]

The first few pages of this thread

[danperkins]

The first few pages of this thread

Unfortunately were correct. We were terrible up until the goal

[Irishnev]

Unfortunately were correct. We were terrible up until the goal

And Jota for the first 30 mins was as bad as I’ve ever seen from one of our players. He was diabolical

[Shaggy]

Well

I've felt flat and disillusioned since day one after Fulham, but for the first time I feel properly optimistic again. That was great last night, after an average first 30. Felt like we earned the right to play and moved them around, wore them down.

I think we're gonna win every game from here. Could end up looking and feeling foolish, but with all our players back, a clear target to aim for now, and Trent's new role working a treat (for now!) I think we have reason for renewed optimism. We have no excuses. Villa at home looks our toughest test. We're winning all these:


Saturday 22nd April

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest

Wednesday 26th April

West Ham United v Liverpool

Sunday 30th April

Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur

Wednesday 3rd May

Liverpool v Fulham

Saturday 6th May

Liverpool v Brentford

Monday 15th May

Leicester City v Liverpool

Saturday 20th May

Liverpool v Aston Villa

Sunday 28th May

Southampton v Liverpool

[Exiled_red]

It's amazing the difference when we have some confidence, if we could start games like we played for the last hour, we'd be in a much better position