re: OFFICIAL Liverpool FC 2015-2016 Season Long Thread: Basel Bound!

Well we played better. A better lineup IMO also, but I would've preferred a true diamond with 4 at the back. Milner was everywhere, but Lucas doesn't have the motor anymore to cover as much space as he needed in that formation. But yea, we still suck at finishing and scoring goals which is killing us.

Welp. Thoughts:

- Cou, Studge, and Teke look to have a pretty good understanding of each other and that will only get better.

- Who was that Moreno guy? MOM for me by far. He was incredible.

- Ings played very well I thought. He runs for miles and had some very good looks. Needs to be a bit better finishing but so does everyone else to be fair.

- Milner was our worst player by far I thought. He's brilliant as the engine, but in a game like this where we didn't really have a MF battle, he was useless. Missed pass after pass and the man just can't finish. The more I watch him, the more I'm convinced he's a winger and not suited to the center. His passing range is much too subpar for CM in a game like this.

Also, I'll echo that it wasn't BR's fault in this one. Starting formation was right, substitutions were right, shape change was right. The players just didn't finish. However, at this point I wonder if the player's confidence in front of goal has just been so shattered by Brendan's ineptitude that it might not matter how much he gets right tactically. It seems like there's just nothing that can really fix it at this point.

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I agree... I think he may do ok on the right side of a diamond... but not in a 2 man midfield..

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There were at least 4 or 5 times we had a man in behind and he missed the pass.

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How depressing is it that arguably the best we play all season is a draw with Norwich at home?

24 hrs and I still can't get over that.

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My thoughts exactly haha I was glad to see the formation change and players being plugged in their natural positions, but this is a game you cannot afford to draw. This should have been the formation all season long to build some team chemistry. I would have gladly let Origi or Ings start in place of an injured Studge to allow the other 10 to learn the flow and pace in this tactic. I liked what I saw for the most part, and at least we showed some offensive push, but to draw against Norwich at home is just bad.

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I'm cautiously optimistic.

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why did it take him this long to go with this lineup?

Sahko, of course looked immense.

He's a moron. I'm done with him.

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He's a moron.

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Worse: He's a stubborn moron, with an inflated ego.

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But I guess I'm happy with progress.

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I agree here but....

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I'm cautiously optimistic.

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Disagree there.

He lead this squad to 5 shite performances where players were played in a formation that suited no one, and yet, he continued on for 5 matches haha Had it been 1 or 2 fine, but it clearly wasnt working, yet he continued on. I am done with him, regardless of results. He has demonstrated a total lack of awareness that I cannot look past. He finally did the logical thing in putting the team into a tactic and place where it could succeed, and for that I thank him, but it does not erase what he did previously. Almost makes me wonder if 1. someone else finally cracked his thick skull and he took advice, 2. he fell and hit his head, or 3. someone forced (higher ups) him to employ a new strategy. Either way I am glad we reached this point, but for it to take this long is infuriating.

So a sad and infuriating stat posted on Facebook today:

Liverpool has 5 goals in all comps this season...

Lewandowski had 5 goals in NINE minutes today

Wolfsburg