Was Diaz sold as Wirtz wanted his No7shirt?

[justme]

In hindsight we should have kept Diaz another season and sold him next summer.. but the 70 million was too much to turn down.. we set our sights on Wirtz, knowing teams would sit deeper against us. But to me we've never been good with a number 10.. we've always played well with 3 strong midfielders. Its not easy breaking down teams when they sit just outside their box.. we ain't the only side to struggle against it.

Jurgen seem to have got it right with Bobby in the false 9 role he was good enough to control the game in the opposition half. To me if Wirzt is going to make it, he needs to play that role. hes further up the pitch and closer to goal. rather than trying to play in a formation and pass the ball. it's too slow and doesn't work. again most teams struggle against low blocks.

[miller0863]

We used to have the pace to break on teams before they had chance to sit deep.
Now, playing to instructions, we are slowing our attacks down, allowing the opposition to dig trenches and build walls

[JockStrap]

Bear with me for a second. Maybe, just maybe, teams in the PL figured that out for themselves? Perhaps someone out of all the managers, coaches and analysts thought it better to sit deep than leave space for pacy attackers to run in behind them.

The only way to hit teams on the break is to have them open up and attack. For that we either need to score the first goal or have a team come to Anfield and be prepared to attack us.

73% possession against the likes of Burnley is not that type of game.

[JockStrap]

But I guess we never lost a game under Jurgen and just blitzed everyone off the park with pure pace.

If we're going to rewrite history let's do it properly.