30 Jan 2017 10:31:39
#1 do you not think hendo is being shackled in the holding role. His best asset during our 2nd place under rodgers was the energy he brought, him missing those 3 games is a big part of us not getting over the line that season in my opinion. has his injury affected how mobile he can be around the pitch?
Would he be better suited to the role Gini is playing and have lucas drop into the holding position. It would bring some much needed legs back in for us going forward and have the added advantage of lucas shelding the back 4.

{Ed001's Note - I think he is growing into the role, what he needs is a partner in some games to allow him a little more freedom. We are too locked into the same formation in every match, when a simple switch to two holding players would change the whole thing around massively.}


1.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 11:34:53
Ed someone who can break up the play the play will help him

{Ed001's Note - that is what I am saying, though only in some games is that needed. More in the games we dominate to allow Hendo to break late into the box, as no one else in midfield is doing that. That was supposed to be what Wijnaldum would do, but he is not contributing at all to our attacks right now. He doesn't seem to want to make late runs, in fact lately any runs, into the box.}


2.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 12:21:10
Ive been saying hendo stewart (holding) lallana as the 3 would be miles more effective


3.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 14:23:08
Ed do you think it might help to have a 4-2-3-1 with Sturridde/ origi lone striker and our current front 3 (Lallana, Couts, Mané ) behind with two holding in front of defence?

{Ed001's Note - erm what about Firmino?}


4.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 16:04:52
It's clear we've needed a true holding midfielder; certainly in the games where we've lost due to counterattacks through the middle. I don't think Stewart is a solution now; maybe in the future. I know Klopp has a penchant for speedy, technical players but a burly, solid, nasty guy right smack in the middle of the park (like a Benetti, Simeone, Gattuso, Tardelli, Souness, Roy Keane or similar) would go a long way in making teams think twice about rushing down the center of the field as they have been doing. I would even take back the Lucas of old, when he was cutting off anything coming anywhere near our penalty box with a fierce tackle (or a foul) . He's lost a lot over the years due to injuries and age, and depending on him for a title run is not the most prudent strategy. Hendo is very capable but placing him in a purely defensive role, does in fact shackle him to a certain extent. I still remember his regular defense splitting passes to a Suarez or Sturridge in the past; something we don't see as much of nowadays. I'd prefer to see him in a CM role with a mix of both ofensive and defensive duties, and with a DM next to him or behind him depending on whether we are in possession of the ball or not.


5.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 18:16:35
I don't think I would ever ageee with you RA. But that's post of the day for me. Someone like Moussa Dembele of Spurs. Him and Henderson would rule the PL. lol it's all coming the same point what Ed02 claimed. Klopp loves runners and CDM hardly runs.


6.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 19:25:02
That time when you work out who Mathematics actually is.


7.) 31 Jan 2017
31 Jan 2017 05:20:48
Harry, we've never agreed on anything and probably never will, except for this one subject of the DM (going by past posts) . It's almost tragic. But it is what it is. Klopp's system of using 2 converted AM's (Lallana and Wijnaldum) in midfield was working quite well for us earlier in the season. But when you see strikers from low-table championship team streaking down the middle and slicing our defense like a hot knife in butter, you have to stop saying "oh, it happens in football" and have defensive options available.

And may I suggest "Rogue" or "Instigator" as your next name change? :-)