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And easy to set up to counter against
Slot’s not fooling anyone not even himself
Win it with Jurgen’s team playing Jurgen’s way
Tried to implement his own way that those who know the game and the history of this league (so not you Joke Shop) know was always a non starter and he’s completely fucked it
So he hasn’t had 3 months he’s had 18 months to assess all the players, the league, changed things that didn’t need changing as through his misguided self belief he thought he could reinvent the wheel and the result of that is catastrophic
He’s completely fucked it and the longer he stays there it has become
It happened under Klopp, he called out the fans for doing it saying it left him feeling lonely.
https://youtu.be/nduPhoAS0b4?si=a5LjKMpZYjc68eUm
Will be interesting if Xabi takes over.
He plays 3421 normally, and our squad would be reasonably capable of playing that system.
Given his experiences at Real with player power, it'll be interesting to see who he keeps at LFC.
For me this season a lot of our struggles come down to 4 players. VVD, Konate, MacA & Salah. All been way off it this season. 2 older icons, and 2 linked to real.
Like Slot you refuse to see the system you’ve always advocated and refused to accept wouldn’t work for so very many football reasons is the issue
It might have had half a chance if we’d kept our best wide forwards and there was no insistence on playing short passes and trying to make all the play go through one player, drastically limiting the creative output of several others in the process
But that’s not where we are
I think you should adapt you setup based on the players you have, to maximise your squad and address changes in the game.
In terms of our squad in its latter years prior to this summer's dealings, I've contended our best 11 would be in 4231 & it would maximise the players within the squad. It would also address changes in the game. Slot played 4231 last year and we won the league.
This season, the 4 players I've listed above VVD, Konate, MacA & Salah are a bigger problem than our summer transfer business or Slot.
I've lots of critiques of Slot posted. But this season, hes been stuck with 4 big players underperforming. Thats a massive issue.
Attitude is most important, you need effort, thereafter formations come into it. Not sure there's any formation that can accommodate VVD, Konate, MacA & Salah being miles off.
There's certainly something rotten in the state of Liverpool. From what I've seen on the pitch, players have a lot to answer for.
Myself and Kev0 at least earlier this season discussed 3421 given the squad. I haven't always advocated 4231. In contrast you only ever want 433 and refuse to accept Slot played 4231 last year when be won Number20.
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I know Slots brand of football isn’t exciting but yesterday we missed a pen, had 2 cleared off the line, 1 disallowed for offside, amongst shed loads of other chances and we concede after giving the ball away cheaply (under hit pass by Konate) with their only shot on target in 90 mins.
Given the quality of players on the field, you’d expect to score more than 1 with 11 shots on target.
Not sure Slot can be to blame for that result.
I know you’ll never accept it
What you’ve written there is a fairytale
We transitioned into many formations as we always did in games in the 433
The best use of a LFWD or RFWD is as a forward not a winger or attacking midfielder
We changed to 4231 this season it’s clearly visible, that wasn’t the case last season Mo was frequently furthest forward because he’s a forward and that worked really well for us
Diaz & Gakpo were otherwise often furthest forward when it wasn’t Mo
The entire shape and dynamics has clearly changed this season it’s very clear with and without the ball