Trent Alexander-Arnold

[vlahka]

So many of us have been saying for ages to play him in midfield since hes a garbage right back. Took long enough. After the match Carragher mentioned how he started off as a midfielder. I'd completely forgotten this. Make sense.

[red g]

He looked great last night, I have my long term doubts but one thing for sure he is a pretty **** RB nowadays and its only getting worse as he is targeted game after game.

Something has to change.

[rudedog]

He is still playing right back though. (of sorts), just not when we have the ball or during transitions when we lose the ball.

[Mr Pink]

I think the real tests will be after a few weeks of playing him in this new role, when teams know what to expect.

He did look unreal though. This new role for him, could go a long way towards fixing the issues in midfield

[Norbs]

Isn't this the position he's been playing, or trying to play, all season?

[Kenneth]

Nope

[Mark79]

Isn't this the position he's been playing, or trying to play, all season?

Yep, earlier in the season anyway.

[Irishnev]

Yep, earlier in the season anyway.

He wasn’t exactly - this role is actually quite more disciplined than earlier in the season when he was almost playing as a 10. Sam has a good thread explaining the differences

[ame="https://twitter.com/sammcguire90/status/1648257114484121600"]https://twitter.com/sammcguire90/status/1648257114484121600[/ame]

[Mark79]

He wasn’t exactly - this role is actually quite more disciplined than earlier in the season when he was almost playing as a 10. Sam has a good thread explaining the differences

https://twitter.com/sammcguire90/sta...57114484121600

Yep, saw that earlier and remember the discussion around it at the beginning of the season.

It’s been tweaked and refined, but yes Trent as right back out of possession and midfield in possession is something we’ve been trying since the season started.

[Kenneth]

He spend half of the match sat bang central in front of VVD looking to ping balls wide and forward. Not a chance have we been doing that all season, what a load of BS.

[Irishnev]

He spend half of the match sat bang central in front of VVD looking to ping balls wide and forward. Not a chance have we been doing that all season, what a load of BS.

It’s what we are saying - the role has changed from the madness he was doing earlier in the season

[Mark79]

Well there you go, Kenneth knows best

[Kenneth]

It’s what we are saying - the role has changed from the madness he was doing earlier in the season

Okay then, we're cool.

[SB]

RCMs cover RBs in every single league. It is just part of the game. Does not mean the RCM covers the RB for every minute of the game but instead covers during transitions of play.

A LCM will do the same for the LB and a DM will often drop in between the two CBs if a CB is covering a full back.

A big part of our past system being found out is simply down to the players we use within it no longer having the level of physicality required for the role.

When Real Madrid shredded us at Anfield they have their CMs covering the flanks during certain transistions of play, when Napoli beat us they did likewise.

Even in systems that play with three at thye back and that do not use wingbacks you will still have a midfielder having to go cover on the flanks at times to prevent quick breaks.


And as for saying TAA is no longer a solid defender, well maybe he is not or maybe he is one that needs a mobile midfield to allow him to do what he does best.

You say he is no longer a solid defender, well he is totally unproven as a midfielder at this level let alone proven as a top level play maker from the centre and you are happy to gamble on using him there even though a big part of that role will be to intercept and read the game, two qualities he would need in spades for the role and two qualities he would have needed at RB. So if he does not have those qualities in your eyes to be able to continue at RB, how will he thrive in midfield against good teams?

And no I’m not Jamie Carragher but finally he speaks sense [emoji23][emoji6]


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And no I’m not Jamie Carragher but finally he speaks sense [emoji23][emoji6]


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Yeah, of course.