18 Apr 2018 14:27:34
Question, also for the Eds:
Do any of you know (whispers and such) / think that Klopp will test even more a back 3, not just towards the end of games we are winning, but as a starting formation?
It can help solving some dilemmas
-Gomez to CB
-3 CBs should provide more cover/ stability than a holding mid + 2 CBs
-Trent more advanced
-No holding mid, which seems the case anyway, to accommodate a box-to-box couple of Ox/ Keita/ Gini/ Milner/ Grujic.

{Ed001's Note - no it does no such thing. It is a system that relies on specific types of players to make it work. It also leads to defenders abdicating responsibility as there is an extra body to cover. Why not just stick with the system that is working? Why would anyone want to change it? That was the mistake Souness made, he broke a winning formula.}

1.) 18 Apr 2018
18 Apr 2018 16:39:50
Back three means you are dropping an attacker or a midfielder for a defender which is not happening under Klopp. 4-3-3 with two B2B midfielders in Kieta and AOC with Jorginho doing the playmaking!

2.) 18 Apr 2018
18 Apr 2018 17:16:43
Harry you are going to be very disappointed in the summer!

3.) 18 Apr 2018
18 Apr 2018 18:12:04
It'll be a new crush by then, Kovacic, anyone?

4.) 18 Apr 2018
18 Apr 2018 20:27:52
Dreamer!

5.) 18 Apr 2018
18 Apr 2018 22:30:27
OP, Ed is correct. A back 3 does not provide any cover whatsoever. In fact, it leaves the back line more exposed in the wide areas esp. if you don't have CB's capable of defending out wide in space. For a back 3 to be effective, you need the right personnel to play it and we don't have that. That may work on a game by game basis BUT why change something that works? 4-3-3 is perfect for us so why play a back 3 with no real reason behind it esp. if you don't have the personnel to do so? Makes no sense really.

6.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 15:15:28
It is only done at the end of games we are winning where klopp sacrifices an attacker for a cb.

We do have players that could make it work though imo. Gomez on the right Vvd down the middle and Klavan on the left. I think our system works fine with 3 midfielders.