Taxi for Aaron Briggs & Others

[Kev0909]

As it's behind the scenes some might not know..

Liverpool's new set-piece coach is
Aaron Briggs, who was officially appointed to the dedicated role in September 2025, working alongside new set-piece analyst Lewis Mahoney as part of Arne Slot's revamped coaching staff to improve dead-ball situations. Briggs transitioned from his role as Individual Development Coach, allowing Brazilian coach Luiz Fernando Iubel to take over development duties.

Yes copy and paste off google.

yes everyone can blame slot as the fall guy.....

But what about the coaches in general at LFC? what are we doing in training ? I don't think they're the best that's for sure.....we seem clueless in attack and at the back half the time

What about the youth??? what a joke that is.

It's not just about slot- things need to change a lot behind the scenes, obviously I don't know the ins and outs, but it's not good enough.

[Insidious]

Firing a Manager is, in most circumstances, the Big Red Button that you hit when there is no return.

I'm a big believer in small differences/percentage gains and trying to find the 5% improvements that can be made before resorting to swinging the Axe.

In Slot's case, I was looking for a change from our set-up and I am pleased to see an attempt at tightening things up. That's a start.

Trying to source a DM or CB would be another little win, potentially.

In terms of attempting new things, a different set piece Coach is certainly high on the list. I'd like to see us under Slot with a different set piece Coach for a spell before we "get rid" at a time if year when getting a new Manager isn't necessarily easy.

I'll feel differently if we end up 8 points off the Champion's League spots or something, but I'd definitely look at percentage gains first. A Briggs replacement may well be one of those gains.

[Kev0909]

Might be bullshit but i've read that Aaron Briggs didn't even specialize in set-pieces before this job, and changed roles ? well what I posted from google even said that but looked into it a bit more

we get enough of them we also concede a lot compared to chelsea arsenal and a few others but it's marginal , when gakpo cuts in side and shoots at players.. at least he actually shoots I guess.. and yes not just him... it's simply not good enough, my local team aren't much worse and they're non-league !!! yes I know everything is different down there, i'm not that silly.

More noise needs to be made about these guys, more noise needs to be made about the youth, it's beyond shocking, and it's not like we've not spent any money on it, it's not producing enough and get battered every week.

on the defending side it doesn't help konate doesn't seem to judge flight of the ball half the time, even when we do defend one... we're good at not clearing it and conceding anyway... it's beyond silly.

Only Nottingham Forest (11) have conceded more goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season (excluding penalties) than Liverpool (10). That is more than the Reds shipped from set-plays in the whole of 2024-25 in the league (nine).

[Kev0909]

Firing a Manager is, in most circumstances, the Big Red Button that you hit when there is no return.

I'm a big believer in small differences/percentage gains and trying to find the 5% improvements that can be made before resorting to swinging the Axe.

In Slot's case, I was looking for a change from our set-up and I am pleased to see an attempt at tightening things up. That's a start.

Trying to source a DM or CB would be another little win, potentially.

In terms of attempting new things, a different set piece Coach is certainly high on the list. I'd like to see us under Slot with a different set piece Coach for a spell before we "get rid" at a time if year when getting a new Manager isn't necessarily easy.

I'll feel differently if we end up 8 points off the Champion's League spots or something, but I'd definitely look at percentage gains first. A Briggs replacement may well be one of those gains.

Sadly I don't think these clowns will leave or get sacked, until if it happens slot gets sacked they're taking him down with them, and a few others at that.

We ripped up the team- need to rip up the backroom staff.... it's a joke not good enough for liverpool, especially after winning the league, get them gone

[Nineteenx]

Sack Slot he should have gone 2 months ago

Never should have changed the system or spent 430 million on players for an unproven new one either

[fiordearg]

4 games unbeaten 3 away games in that sequence

[Insidious]

4 games unbeaten 3 away games in that sequence

Clean sheet
Concede to a deflected goal
A game we control under Konaté's error
Clean sheet

Two clean sheets, 4 games on the spin where we score, 4 games without a loss.

Naturally, we want it to be better still than this due to the very high standards set by Klopp and the expectations we have as a fanbase - but if we can keep this up, it's certainly a good platform to build upon.

We need to be close to (or within) the Champion's League spots in February, we need to look closer to having settled upon a system (do we persist with the Diamond?) and we need to be playing in the Champion's League knockout rounds.

Hopefully we are on target for that.

False Dawns will occur - can only hope more wins are around the corner.

The squad is imbalanced, yes - but the talent is there. Green shoots of recovery - hopefully we can water the Bamboo.

[JockStrap]

Water the Bamboo? I've never heard it called that before.

[Insidious]

Water the Bamboo? I've never heard it called that before.

It's a philosophical concept.

[JockStrap]

It's a philosophical concept.

I've never heard it called that before either.

[Insidious]

I've never heard it called that before either.

Bamboo-watering?

Fair enough - coaches have used it, therapists have used it, both will continue to do so.

A pal of mine who brought the metaphor/concept/call-it-what-you-will to their therapist after I had talked about it to them about it got really into applying it to daily life and is, relative to where they were, absolutely thriving.

Watering the Bamboo as an idea is now part of their "contract" if you like.

The principle/metaphor is simple enough -

Giant timber Bamboo spends time underground prior to sprouting. Water it for a year, nothing. Water it for two years, nothing. Water it for three years, nothing. The fourth year though, it breaks up and within a 60-day spell it climbs to 90 feet.

Those who farm the plant give it due care, despite knowing there is no immediate reward. It's an investment.

You put diligent care into something, with no immediate gratification, but the work pays off.

e seed and tend to it faithfully, diligently, and patiently even though there’s no visible evidence of growth for years. It's a basic enough principle, but a nice antithesis to the obsession with "overnight success" that is so in-your-face these days. We undoubtedly have evolved into a culture that worships immediate gratification and the cliché of overnight success. Most success that springs up suddenly is a result of loads of carefully managed, "unseen" work and managing the fine details.

I'd like to think we watered the Bamboo tonight and have been doing so for a couple of games. There's no trophy right now, there's no huge celebration of being out of the woods - but have we planted a seed/got something started?

Who knows. Time will tell.

[JockStrap]

That's a fantastic description. I must admit to being a bit facetious though.

Drain the dragon
Choke the chicken
Water the bamboo

[Nineteenx]

Clean sheet
Concede to a deflected goal
A game we control under Konaté's error
.

It was a series of errors pay attention rather than scapegoating

Jones directs Szobo to pick their lad up, he doesn’t and actually makes it easy for their lad to be released in space behind him and carry the ball forward 30 yards with no challenge or pressure

He plays it to their wide player and Gomez on for Bradley backs off and stands off, too far off and invites them into our area, this causes an issue for Konate who makes a clumsy challenge there wasn’t enough in to give on VAR review for me, not a clear and obvious error but as Liverpool players you HAVE TO know not to give VAR any excuse.

Gomez did the exact same for their second too, it’s why he and Quansah will never make top centre backs as they do that far too often and that’s why Quansah’s no longer with us

You don’t back off their you get to the player forcing him to go where you want

On scapegoating Konate got blamed for clearing the danger out for a corner rather than a throw the other game, it’s on all the lads to defend corners refs give them when they’re not too.

[Insidious]

I'm aware that most of these things start somewhere and one thing leads to another - same with goals on the positive side.

For me, whilst Konaté is forced into a decision, he still makes the wrong one. Square the player up, or attempt to run it out, or slide in front to try and block an incoming cross - not commit a foul in the box.

He'll make mistakes - they all do. That was one for me.

Thought he was excellent tonight and hope he can return to his best form. Looked much more like the Ibou of 24/25.

[Nineteenx]

Because we pressed and counter pressed and picked up really well most of the time, even all the very best defenders need pressure on the ball to assist them playing their best game

Even the best defenders get done when there isn’t pressure on the ball and they have runners in and around them, they can’t play offside and the runners have the run on them and it kind of disorients them and cases perceived errors and decision making because it’s really hard to have your man or hold a line and anticipate when the ball is coming when there’s no pressure on it