15 Aug 2023 19:51:25
ED01 Brilliant match review. Best yet in fact (he says 1 game in) . I meant from what I've seen in previous seasons. You need to somehow get this to Klopps in tray. I almost got had a panic attack reading it. It's the most bizarre set of tactics I've ever seen. It's actually limiting our attacking play. It's square pegs and round holes. It's self sabotaging our team.

Only solution I can see is getting in a new coach who can have a word with Klopp.

{Ed001's Note - thank you mate and I agree a new tactical input is needed on the coaching staff. It worries me that they have gone this far with the system without spotting how bad it is.}

1.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 20:26:41
Where can I find match review. Unable to find it.

{Ed025's Note - it should be on the main page by now Praveen. If not it will be shortly mate..

2.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 20:46:18
Very negative though and I've had enough negativity over the past few days.
So, triggering my inner Klopp, very good start, and then a strong finish by the younger players to the game.
Elliott in particular looked like a man with something to prove. Hopefully he can continue in that vein.
First 25 and last 15 to Liverpool, the bit in between to the Chels.
I thought that if we'd got that second goal, we'd have taken them to the cleaners.
Chelsea were treading a very fine line early on, so Klopp has to be given credit for that.
The Liverpool goal was also as fine a team goal as I've seen from any of his Liverpool side, beautiful football.
Two or three quality additions and we are most definitely back in business.

3.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 21:13:05
Not a huge fan of the system and can't remember which game we started using it but over the last 20 league games we've got more points than anyone bar City. there's still square pegs in round holes but results wise we've been doing well.

4.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 21:25:24
I’d say it was the best review since the Southampton one.

5.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 22:14:05
Forgive my ignorance but didn’t we fully adopt this system for the home game against Arsenal? Aren’t we unbeaten since then, 9 wins and 3 draws.

6.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 22:25:37
History tells us Klopp will not drop this tactic until we're out of all comps. We better buckle in.

7.) 15 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 22:26:58
Diàz did fade but he does that a lot. I'm glad someone else has noticed because I was starting to think it was only me.
Good point about Szob, too. I wanted to see him further forward and we needed him further forward because we needed some midfielders on the pitch. He was too deep though. He and MacAllister need to be further forward and we need protection for the back four.

8.) 16 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 21:53:22
Great piece, Ed01 esp. your first few paragraphs about this shambolic system we are playing. It's ironic how other teams use it and get smoked in transition, same thing that happens to us BUT Klopp can't see it. For the life of me, I have n idea why Klopp is persisting with this system. Since Spurs last season, I said we would suffer in this system due to the gaps it leaves when we lose the ball. How Klopp cannot see this is beyond me. Play Trent in midfield along with a Thiago or a new DM and release Mac10 to do damage further forward and we will be cooking esp. with the forwards we have. And for the shoe-horning of Gakpo instead of Jones, only Klopp can tell us how and why he thought that was a good idea. We are overcomplicating things way too much, IMO.

Also like you (Im currently rewatching the game and he iss till useless), how the football did Diogo Jota stay on that pitch as long as he did? He was absolutely atrocious and as Benzema said about Vinny Jnr to Fernand Mendy at half time in a agme in that video, "Bro., don't pass the ball to this dude, man. I swear on my mother's life, he's killing us out there". That's how I feel. Darwin or Gakpo should have started while Jones should have srated in midfield to support Robbo or Trent. I hope we change and go to a system that suits the players we have cos we have a good team that with a couple of additions and a system that suits the players, we could cook this season.

{Ed001's Note - thank you Oli.}

9.) 16 Aug 2023
15 Aug 2023 22:22:12
When is Ed going to post that Southampton review anyway?

10.) 16 Aug 2023
16 Aug 2023 05:32:57
Good review, although I still feel Macca is a decent option in the deeper role even if his ideal position is further forward.

He just needs another player alongside him as he’s not enough of a specialist CDM to play it solo (and we asked him to do it in a team setup that would ask a lot of the best in the world! )

{Ed001's Note - I disagree, he is clearly out of his depth there and wasting his ability to play through balls. It is a move that should only be done in cases of desperation ie an injury crisis. There was no need to do it in this match.}

11.) 16 Aug 2023
16 Aug 2023 08:10:20
SGred, Klopp is overcomplicating things with the way he is doing things like persisting with this wretched system, with Mac10 playing a DM role not suited to his talents, shoehorning Gakoo as a midfielder whereas he is superb up too and wasting Darwin on the bench in favor of the atrocious Jota in the CF position. And it’s starting to get on my darn nerves, tbh.

12.) 16 Aug 2023
16 Aug 2023 10:21:24
I agree with the overcomplicating things bit. Inverting Trent and playing Macca as sole CDM without any support was bad enough, but Gakpo was the final straw…. love him but he’s a forward. There was no need with Trent and Jones both capable of playing in midfield and just putting Gomez in at RB. ?.

13.) 16 Aug 2023
16 Aug 2023 09:31:28
Wretched and atrocious, Oli?
I didn't think you approved of this sort of behaviour.