Don’t think the lack of goals is an issue, their job has never been about control
If we focus on our prime years, the midfield has a few specific roles which they did to great effect
Providing cover for full backs to allow them to progress further up the pitch, also provide that double cover if one of the wide players was too far away, eg if the lcm covered lb, the other two tucked in
They also provided the press to back up our front players when they pressed to narrow the game and squeeze it to allow us to win the ball
More importantly they helped us control games and dominate it
All of that has reduced to an average level, so much so our formation had to be changed and as soon as we went back to an older style formation of one dm etc we struggled badly and lost to a championship team. Our second 11 should be beating a championship team, let’s be honest, we wee Liverpool, we should put our foot down and yea this sounds arrogant and cocky but that’s what I’m used to seeing
Part of our issues is, Henderson and fab are clearly playing with injuries and can only get through one game per week, as they are having to play more, the press, cover. And ball retention is non existent. It’s like a dynamo effect. We show glimpses of it and our retention bit eventually die out and get overrun
I know this sounds strange but the people to blame lies firmly with our transfer committee or process we have and that includes our boss
Has klopp ever re built a team after a cycle ended? He did not see this coming it’s clear because if he did, we would have brought in a couple of cm and got rid of couple of crocks too reignite our midfield, I think he will do it in the summer for sure or maybe even try in January where possible
The committee and our system of how we run the club works well when we are proactive
Let’s take a look when klopp and our system were reactive. The cb situation a couple years back, and look how it cost us
The cm situation, klopp said he was happy and then realised what was coming and said he got it wrong, that is the problem, we need a new midfield, a couple of quality players to re fuel the engine and also give us more control
This is a massive learning season for fsg and klopp and I hope they don’t just blame bad luck, they must realise they were not on the buzzer to rebuild our cycle
Sadly it may cost us top 4 but I do believe if we can get in a quality cm with legs and good ability, it can save our season and we can get even 3rd, I truly believe that
Then at the end of the season and people may call me a c**t for treating our players like assets but hey, they are millionaires, they can survive with being sold to a lower club and they will be fine
Ox pay him to leave
Keita, pay him to leave
Jones loaned out
Milner coach
Next season
Hendo, Thiago, Elliott, fab plus 2 new cm (one in jan and one on summer) and also hopefully a younger to make up 7
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