It's is also possible we see less 4-3-3 and more 4-4-2/3-5-2/4-2-2-2/4-3-2-1 etc.
With the versatility the manager has now lots of pieces he can move around the board.
Unless we're protecting a tight lead late in a game and bringing in an extra CB or DM, it would be very unlike Klopp to experiment with formations that don't assist with counterpressing high up the pitch.
4-3-3 is just such a great formation for that, hence why we used it for most of last year, as did Pep. The only other I could see us experimenting with is 4-2-3-1, probably against teams that park the bus.
Instead of Salah and Mane being rather predictable in their movement due to needing to maintain our width, we can push our fullbacks up to do so, and then let our fluid front four do as they please. Lots of movement. Overloading parts of the pitch. Attracting defenders to open space for late run from one of the DMs. Lots of one-twos and one-two-threes between LW, LB, CAM, CF on one side, or RW, RB, CAM, CF on the other.
Otherwise, without a Coutinho/Fekir, there's a good chance we'll be witnessing more side to side but with no cutting edge, as players can't be so fluid in a 4-3-3 when opponents are defending deep in numbers with no intention of playing.
So we could see Shaqiri being incorporated in such a fluid CAM role, or even Firmino with Sturridge leading the line. In the end, with all four players frequently interchanging, the precise makeup of the four isn't critical, although when you start including players like Solanke, the creativity significantly drops.
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