16 Sep 2018 07:41:54
Eds001
Question for you.
Would you agree that Salah is still way off the pace, he looked sluggish yesterday and gave the ball away a few times. He also looks slightly short of pace compared to last season, and I would have brought him off yesterday, around the 60min mark, and put Shaquiri on, who has looked pretty sharp when he has played (minimal)
He holds the ball up well, and also has a fair turn of pace that could worry teams late on?

{Ed001's Note - not really. He was quick enough to force their defenders to leave a ball that they would normally have got to themselves. His movement was excellent. Salah is not notching as many goals as he was, but they are keeping more and more players to cover and ensure he doesn't get a free run.}

1.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 08:36:10
I’d have to agree with Ed001 on this, indeed the threat of the front three as a unit has forced all the teams we’ve faced so far (less so West Ham and they duly suffered because of it) to change their entire approach to the way they’re setting up against us.
We could do with the midfield boys weighing in with a few goals this season I think.
But if this pattern continues, you could wonder whether we need a stand-alone DM, better someone who can get up and down and provide a goal threat perhaps?
Or get a flyer in, in the January window?
But that was the most subdued that I’ve seen Spurs, they were hugely conscious of our counter attack. And rightly so.

2.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 08:41:29
Teams are going to be constantly trying to mark him and double mark him out of the game, it happened with Suarez after the 13/ 14 season. What it means though is that it’s going to create space for other players.

3.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 09:44:29
One thing I’ve noticed about him this season is he seems a little reluctant for contact. Last season I was really impressed on how strong he was on the ball but this season he seems to shy away in that area. Is this a knock on effect from the Ramos challenge and shoulder injury.

4.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 10:08:41
Salah is playing well for me. He just needs to get top goal scorer out of his head and pass the ball when someone else is in a better position.
That’s the main difference from last year he’s being too greedy. I think Klopp will get hold of him after that game and say exactly that.

5.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 10:21:28
Just my view, but Klopp’s team relies on working as units rather than the individual.
Front three, midfield three and defence / keeper.
Alisson and Van Dijk, Milner and perhaps Mane have been the “leaders” if you like of each unit but, at different tines, others are stepping up / falling off too.
But the units are continuing to function.
This is where I think someone like Wijnaldum is valued in Klopp’s system, he can play different roles and the unit’s performance is maintained. He can attract individual criticism but his strength is to enable the collective.

6.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 12:01:18
He hasn't hit form yet. I expect him to get his yard back in a few weeks and be the best player in the league again.

7.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 12:17:33
personally apart from goals scored, i thought salah has improved even more from last year.

i feel as though mane on the other hand has been pretty selfish of late bt i guess when our forwards are goalscorers its kinda how it works.

cant wait for CL game, hopefully firmino is cleared to play by then. was so worried about him when he was subbed due to the eye injury.

8.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 12:31:37
He’s gone back to being the player who started last season he’s no longer got the confidence in his finishing. Once he gets a few that aren’t tap ins it’ll grow again and he will score more.

9.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 13:32:13
wayching highlights from last season, and some of his goals were just perfect strikes. I think it is natural that his stats regress. I'd like to see Salah and Mane combining more around the box. we will have less space to counter this season so we need to develop this more consistently.

10.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 13:37:16
Salah is being double marked but that is leaving more space for Mane and it’s showing as he is having an excellent season.
When teams start deciding to double mark Mane, Salah will be given tons of space again and will start scoring hat fulls again.
No easy way to defend against our front 3, not if you wish to get something from the game anyway, you just got to get lucky and hope our front 3 are having a bad day.

11.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 13:56:52
Everytime Salah got the ball 3 defenders swarmed around him immediately. The other thing to remember is that although he has missed some opportunities early this season, keep in mind how many opportunities that he missed early on last season as well.

12.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 14:14:43
I actually think manes going to be a lot more selfish this year. Don't think he will happy if no goes an gets 4p again.

Just watch how he plays the lack of our exciting front 3 is down to him playing a little for himself and then that's transferring to Salah go f you I'm having this shot. There both capable of big big season's so if they want to shoot instead of passing then fine but make sure it's the best option.

13.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 16:58:32
Mo is doing what Mo has always be doing, helping the team win with quality in movement and quality.