Originally Posted by Dandem:
“So some notes I've made today:
1. We desperately missed Mane. We needed to exploit the space they were leaving out wide, and we couldn't. We needed some pace there, and we just didn't have it. Mane could've made a difference.
2. Milner is not a left back and never will be. He wasn't there to cover when Gray scored, and he offered absolutely nothing going forward. Had acres of space time and time again and did nothing with it. Moreno would've been more effective here.
3. Henderson is far too timid. He had opportunities to drive forward and shoot from the edge of the box, but he opted for a sideways pass every time. As the captain, he's supposed to inspire, but he refused to take the game by the scruff of the neck today. I expect more from him.
4. What exactly does Wijnaldum do? He's played 180 minutes for us now, and apart from that 1 assist, he's been completely anonymous. I don't understand his role.
5. I'm still not convinced by Klavan. He missed a lot of tackles today, and was positionally suspect for the first goal. I expect Matip to come in against Spurs.
6. Why was Sturridge played out wide all game, and then Origi immediately goes central when he comes on? Sturridge would've loved to be central today and may have contributed a lot more than he did if he had.
7. I'd rather we didn't shoot from distance so much anymore. We probably had about 10 or so shot from distance, and other than a decent Firmino strike which drew a save, we skied every single one of them. Klopp should be furious, absolute waste.”
1. Agree
2. Agree
3. It's not that Henderson is timid, although he is, it's that he's utterly talentless.
4. I though this in the Arsenal game, and thought it even more today. He serves no purpose. What was he bought to the club to do. Looks like £25m panic buy. Championship player at best.
5. Klavan was OK last week, but agree with you about him today. But then whole defence was AWOL for both goals.
6. I said this about Sturridge earlier in the thread, and it's happening far too often.
7. I suspect the players are playing how Klopp has told them to play. The players don't have the physical capabilities to play the non stop pressing/fast counter attack that Klopp wanted to bring in, so have reverted to the sideways pass pass pass lose the ball style of play that was so prevalent under the Irish douce bag. When things aren't going well against a physical team that's parked the bus, Couthino, Firmino and Lallana aren't going to win games. Benteke would at least have given the team another option today.
Was really unimpressed by the amount of time Klopp spent sitting in the dugout instead of trying to change things.
A large proportion of the Benteke money needs to be spent on a quality left back regardless of cost, and a big fast centre forward.