08 Aug 2023 08:37:12
After watching the game last night, i really don't like this inverted fullback role for Trent, at time he was on the left wing with Robbo, just leaves massive gaps at the back.

1.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 09:07:39
Robbo has become so poor defensively, he hardly stops crosses anymore. The goal they scored, came from him not closing the midfielder down.
We conceded a lot of goals last season from crosses coming from Robbo's side. If we are going to carry on with this system. Robbo needs replacing.

2.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 09:23:14
If we persist with this, we need a left sided center back who can play left back so when Trent goes walk about the 3 remaining defenders can move across and go to a back three.

3.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 10:04:08
I don’t like this system at all it leaves to many exposed and top teams will just play it over the top or down the flanks.

4.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 10:14:31
Agree Fatwallet, the players don't seem to know have it works properly, kanate is just getting left on his own to cover right back and center back, no one is shifting across.

5.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 12:05:53
We won't be playing one system with TAA.

6.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 10:40:53
Just scrap it and buy a decent cb/ rb then push trent into midfield for me.

7.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 10:44:22
To be honest nobody on here likes this hybrid role. Gomez at right back Trent in the middle as our new number six and buy a qualit CB to replace Konate
Up the pool.

8.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 11:23:28
I was open minded about it, but I think we need to ditch it now.

9.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 11:45:49
Robertson is a great defender, a great left back - he does not suit this role though. So why get rid of him? These tactics simply do not work long term, i mean Pep couldn't really make it work and changed things so why shouldn't we?

Personally, I like the idea of Trent in midfield - he's trying to cover 2 roles and it's tough, he gets caught out. Likewise, the cb has to cover for him when he is in midfield and a long ball is played and the cb then gets caught out too

Play Trent in midfield - not sure if he could play the cdm ( could possibly be an option) but I would like to get one dedicated cdm in. Would the rcm, Henderson's role, suit? I think it is in midfield we would see the best out of him, but i just think it is too difficult to cover midfield and rb berths for him

Then, like many on here, I would like a new cb signed - i'd let Matip go as he is in his last year now and we could still get a fee for him - possibly £6-£9m?

Then, the rb spot needs to be addressed - why would we let Ramsay go out on loan? Surely he and Bradley could have competed for the role? Strange decision that - possibly Gomez and Bradley could compete for the role? Gomez certainly needs games to try and improve his confidence as he has looked awful in most games as cb, though had a cracking game against City in the role tbf

Personally, even in pre-season I think we looked better in the games Trent played midfield and we had a rb playing too - though, in all games, we looked good going forward and suspect at the back - although wholesale changes were made at ht in every game. However, i think we should just go with the 4-3-3 formation, it seems to get the best out of most players. The hybrid role could certainly work in some games, as we saw at the end of last season, but I fear we will be caught out too much if we persist in it. Pre-season reminded me of the Rodger's title challenging year - we conceded a lot as we were wide open but had some great attacking talent and just looked to simply outscore the opposition lol, made for some mad results.

10.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 12:29:21
Robertson needs to work on his game intelligence more than anything. Some of his pressing and positional play hark back to the days of Moreno - I’ve seen oatmeal less thick. Probably not true, but I sometimes get the impression he’s just running around like a loony for fan applause rather than doing his job effectively. If Klopp is telling him to make these bursts forward when he’s playing in a 3, he should have the intelligence and fortitude to tell Klopp it’s a bad idea.

11.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 14:18:52
Robbo doesn't have a right foot at all. I don't get the impression he's been working on it over the summer with the knowledge that this system was going to be continuing.

Drop the system or replace Robbo. Right now we don't have anyone that can play there so we might just have to drop the system.

12.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 16:09:58
If you see Trent playing on the left wing beside Robbo then he ain’t playing as an inverted full back role.

13.) 08 Aug 2023
08 Aug 2023 18:15:35
Liverpool v1 under Klopp played a system that we had, by and large, the players that were able to execute the system.

Liverpool v2 under Klopp are playing a system for which we don’t seem to have the players to execute the system.

What has changed between system 1 and system 2 isn’t FSG and isn’t Klopp. The thing that has changed is Buvac being, in effect, replaced by Lijnders.

As things stand, if we stick with the inverted fullback approach we will, imho, likely miss all European qualification this season.