Match Thread : Liverpool v Arsenal

[Insidious]

how on earth will we cope without salah

We'll see how the attacking dynamic changes (for better or worse) without him for a chunk of January - hopefully some lads can step up.

Will be particularly interesting to see who we utilise out there - Elliott is a totally different type of player there and Szoboszlai as played on the right prior to coming to us - so seeing which route Klopp takes with it will be interesting.

[BOBPAISLEYFAN]

We'll see how the attacking dynamic changes (for better or worse) without him for a chunk of January - hopefully some lads can step up.

Will be particularly interesting to see who we utilise out there - Elliott is a totally different type of player there and Szoboszlai as played on the right prior to coming to us - so seeing which route Klopp takes with it will be interesting.

Listen I, like everybody else, am concerned about how we will cope without Salah, however there are some mitigating arguments that may well provide some comfort.

When Salah plays he is always the focal point of our attacks, which is not a bad thing most of the time, but it can make us slightly predictable and if as an opposing team you can nullify Salah, you generally nullify Liverpools attacking threat.

In midweek we played West Ham without Salah and we looked more of a threat going forward at times and I think it is because the supporting cast all raised their game as a result. Now this isn’t the first time this has happened and the most famous one was against Barca, no Salah, no Firmino and no Robertson and no problem… yes Salah will miss some key games but hopefully we will have Jota back and Gakpo and Nunez will raise their games and start to remember what their job is and where the fucking goal is … lol!!

[Steveo]

https://x.com/lfcspares96/status/173...cYK-9jcEs07T0g

Hmm

[Steveo]

Makes for an interesting debate.

[ianlfc]

I don't know why you'd need to stand that high up.

[Steveo]

Agree - and can sympathise with those who get miffed about geezers standing in front of them….but clearly it has created a very bad feeling with many who used to sit/stand on the upper tier of the old stand.

Ejecting them seems overly harsh and nasty.