This is after Liverpool for years having great success with essentially no striker. Firmino a converted false 9 and even Diaz played there last year often, Mane before that. After Nunez was a flop.
The funny thing is if they’d just let Newcastle get Ekitike, or accepted Ekitike as their only striker they would have been in much better shape. Isak would have arrived in early August probably if they let Newcastle get Ekitike.
They tried to be cute with both Isak and Guhei in my opinion.
Doesn't really matter. It's his responsibility and he isn't able to shoulder that. Even then, if I thought he'd be able to turn it around I'd probably back him. I just don't.
When we signed Ekitike, the smartest men in the room were briefing the press that Ekitiké reflects the desire to sign attackers with allround ability rather than specialists.
Crazy when those in competition are one costing 70m and the other 120m
Barcelona with Suarez and Griezzman?
Yeah perhaps. But in the PL who can make signings that cost that amount and then say they are in competition with each other to play. I mean imagine buying someone for 120m then giving him the talk that he is in competition. That surely affects the confidence before a ball is even kicked
Even if they both are central there's ways to make that work. If you were wanting to make it work like that.
Ironically I think you'd be better off playing Amorim's system. You haven't got any exceptional wide players (particularly now with this Salah situation) and you've got players like Frimpong and Kerkez who would be better wing backs than full backs. If you signed a couple of centre backs you'd probably be fairly well equipped for it.
It's not. If anything, it's too soft. Leaving in the possible inference that the so-called crimes "just happen" around him these days instead of being the actual guy responsible for said crime scene.
Your sporting director's probably preparing a fresh CV.
Feel like I’ve seen this post 28 times.
I honestly think Liverpool should give him a long run, minimum five years. He’s already doing excellent work alienating the underperformers like Konaté and Salah, and maybe even Van Dijk if he’s feeling brave, Dutch connection aside. This is exactly the kind of project they need. Stick with this Dutch gem and back him fully, for a very long time.
Who would you put in instead of Konate ?
Not enough! I’d like to see it mentioned after every liverpool loss so it’s not forgotten what a smug helmet he is and how poor it was of him to try and make a mug out of a fellow manager at a difficult time, effectively proceeding to kick him while he was down. In fact, I’d like opposition managers to do the same to him after every loss, and even the draws to be honest (I don’t really as I don’t think it’s the done thing but I would still enjoy it….). The brass neck on the man when it turns out he’s not on some elevated tactical plane of existence…
Anyone.
He's struggled too but Konate is another level.
He is. It's just that it mainly amounts to "teams have begun to apply tactics, making it difficult for us to score and easier for them to score against us and this has made our job very very difficult."
I'm still scarred, can you please not provoke fate
Automatic ban if they shithouse their way, which they are capable of doing and is more likely to be a reality come May 2026.
I had form with this when this forum was losing its mind prior to their CL final with Madrid in 2018. It’ll be fine.
They won it the next year
They do say football is cyclical.They won it the next year
