People are saying it's not the end of the world in relation to our defensive crisis and while i agree with that consensus it is most certainly an area of grave concern for us, an issue that is certainly not to be dismissed. It is no secret that we are defensively weak as a unit and several teams have been targeting the right side of our defence as a weak spot, even Project Owl identified this on the weekend, that's how obvious it is, even that arse clown can see it.
I don't really see the omission of Aguero as a blessing if i'm honest, Jesus is lightning. While Aguero is world class he lacks pace and i feel he will be easier to deal with than Jesus, even as intelligent as Aguero is he can be countered by intelligent defenders. My biggest worry is Lovren, he needs to be mollycoddled constantly and we can't afford to have that need in a game as massive as this. I'd like to see van Dijk on the right side looking after Arnold against Sane and Jesus but i know that Jesus will just switch to Lovren's side if this happens. I've been watching Lovren for a long time and he cannot defend intelligently, he has no positional awareness, has no spatial awareness and absolutely no awareness of players around him. If opponents pull out of position he doesn't know whether to track them or pass them onto others, he doesn't command his area either. If van Dijk switches to counter Jesus then Lovren takes too long to switch his own position and is often caught day dreaming. He also lacks depth perception as well, as many of his miskicks and mistimed challenges have proven over the years.
I am not going to lie, i am slightly worried going into tomorrow's game. This game is going to be massive for Lovren, it will make or break him. If he plays out of his skin we will win, if he folds like a piece of wet cardboard we are fu**ed.
Tomorrow night is going to be massive with regards to how we are progressing as a unit. The probability is that Wijnaldum, Chamberlain and Lovren will start. Three players that are yet to fulfil their potential under Klopp. They have to bring their A game or we are going to get overrun. Even if Can is available for selection he will not be match fit so it is a big gamble.
We've had some really bad luck regarding injuries for this game but it will be good to see how we respond to adversity. I am confident that we can pull this result off but every single player on that pitch tomorrow night has to fight to the death. I am also confident that our support will give them that extra boost to get us over the line.
I'm going for 2-1 to the Redmen.
P.S. Madrid are smoking Juve like a fat three skinner.
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