With 433 it's fluid, variable, lopsided and we can even "spend spells of many games playing an effective 4231" you say.
But 4231 - an opposite, Klopp's only a man whose used it before at Dormund and with LFC.
You seem to believe he couldn't put what I regard as our best 11 together in any other formation and make it work better, it has to be 433
Here's how I see it:
We have a back 4 & Alisson, with Robbo/Tsimi the current discussion for starting v West ham. That much is set as far as Klopp goes, we rarely enough play a back 3.
Imo we have Fab and Hendo 2 real grunts and four Klopp approved forwards that make up our best 11 thereafter.
What the best formation for those 6 is, I'm not sure, but it does appear as though a different setup might get the best out of them.
Salah nearly always is furthest forward so he's really our most advanced player in all setups.
The way I see it our best 11 on paper are the following
Alisson
Trent Matip VVD Robbo
Hendo Fabinho
Mane Firmino Jota
Salah
When you look at that 11 and where our back ups can play in the setup, I think it would be beneficial to our squad with rotation.
If I had to pick Klopps 433 and those 11, I'd replace Gini lcm with Firmino and have Jota CF. But it doesn't look like the best deployment of those players given their talents.
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