I'd say even in the second half where it was Mo against Shaw was a damned good chance, when on form Mo would easily control that ball and go on to score, the decision making is terrible for our forwards, its making them rush their game, far too often they shoot when they should pass and vice versa, I've said it before but there is some serious disharmony in that forward line, for 3 players who have played together for 3+ years now the understanding is awful. Just think back to great strike partnerships of the past and compare.
There is no question that the 3 of them are going through a very dry patch. Usually at least one will still be firing. This, in my opinion, is indicative of the lack of clear chances we are able to feed them with (and this is despite me conceding that they are also out of form and should finish some of the chances that came their way in the past games)
In my opinion, we looked much better in the first half because Shaq was very active around the penalty box either carrying the ball or with his passes. He was, most of the time, acting almost like a no. 10. Wether this was Klopp's instructions or just him naturally drifting into these spaces is something I'd love to get an answer to. Unfortunately he did not start the 2nd half the same way he was playing in the 1st half. This is indicative of the need for finding a new balance, either through a formation change or a purely tactical one, that will provide us with more efficiency when we have the ball at our feet and still deal with the fact that VVD and Joe are out.
To connect this with the subject of this thread (transfers), I simply don't see the addition of a new CB as a solution to our current problems which, in short, are our inability to score more than the opposition despite having the ball most of the game.
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