The College Dropout

Aye. We defend in a 433 / 451. It’s not compact. It’s not hard to play through atm.

Even with a fit squad. The flat 3 is susceptible to being played straight through. Huge gap between defence and midfield in mid to low blocks. But with athletes in there we are better able to squeeze opposition and make recovery runs.

He has. But only when Liverpool have been shit and it’s never really worked. At times last season he went 4231.

Tbh I feel like Klopp only really has a 433 in his toolbox. Now of his good Liverpool sides play anything else. I look at Klopps limitations as a manager and I see many of the same with Howe. I don’t think Klopp knows how to coach an elite defence. If he has enough elite defensive and midfield players it works brilliantly. But with Howe I don’t know what the ceiling is like. My hope is Howe does enough to be given a chance next season. I’m not convinced he will. The midfield gap has been a problem for as long a I can remember. This midfield 3 is awful and has been for months. He doesn’t seem to have a functioning plan B. We could finish 11th. He’ll not survive that. But I do feel like if he got 35+ games with most of the key personnel fit next season we’ll do very well. Like Klopp - if he can’t do what he really wants to do. It’s bad.

This was a game for a back 5 tbf. Arsenal best in the league from set pieces. We needed his size defensively.

Can’t train different formations or tactics mid season apparently. Joe Willock ruining my double Arsenal clean sheet on FPL. Well done lad. Great header.

There’s nothing to learn. We’ve both declared. Only thing is if we totally implode it could get to 6 or 7. Won’t happen with Jamaal though.

He’s stubborn as owt.

Tbf it’s a small team out there. This was a game for a back 5 and Dan Burn.

Awful from Karius there.

Needs to try something different in midfield.

Didn’t deserve too anyway. Been like this since the Joe injury. Howe needs to try something else from the start.

Every team tries tbf.

Don’t think Isak has touched the ball yet.

To hang on in there. We’ve not managed that.

Change the shape now pls. They could get 5 by half time. Midfield is non existent. Defence scared shiess.

Couldn’t have been worse than this. We’ve stunk.

I would’ve gone back 5 just for the set piece threat.

Make sure we don’t concede early.

IMO if we go tit for tat in the opening exchanges we’ll get floored and possibly blown away. Last season we tried the same thing but they got much the better of it until we switched up.

This is a good idea but how would that work? They keep going out early.

I thought he struggled at Dortmund. But no worse than a half-a-dozen Dan Burn first-halves I can name off memory. Even in the Brighton game. It was Targett who got the sub and subsequent axe. It takes chasing a game for that Dan Burn sub.

Have you watched the Champions League group stages? The disparity between clubs from the top nations and the champions of smaller European nations is enormous. A lot of uncompetitive games already.

Conference League is great.

If it's a minimal criteria obligation - we won't have a choice.... which seemed to be the initial purpose.