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01 Mar 2017 05:07:49
First time poster. I just think Koop needs to address the soft centred nature of this side. I new after 2 min of the game on Monday that we would get beat, as soon as vardy flew into marne that was it. We have a terrible nature and this has been going on since Rafa as soon as a team wants to kick press and mix it we go into our shell and panic. We are desperate for someone to stand and be counted put a tackle in and lead the early arsenal teams with viera he was fantastic on the ball (bit hot headed) but wouldn't back down even after keown and Adams had gone. We spent 30 mill on mane and yea he brings things but he wastes a lot of possession and runs down alleys and goes missing a lot, for me we should have built from our core starting with a combative midfielder (Kante same price) . There are a million positives in this side I just think maybe someone to stand and be counted put them selves about and a goal scorer were not a million miles away. It's not all doom and gloom kopps the right man he just needs time I'd rather build a team the could maybe dominate again rather than a quick fix. We are good young side with good youth to bleed through, we just need a few tweaks klopp is the right man and the right club.
1.) 01 Mar 2017 14:41:59
I can see were your going with your post and your spot on, and that Vardy tackle was on 45 seconds and set the tone, it took us 10 mins to get out of half, and they were much more aggressive than us,
Vardy V Lucas, is so one sided, and to play a high line just invited their first goal, Vardy could and should have got his hat trick,
is it any wonder that we got beat, and well beat, Klopp had two weeks to prepare for this game,
did anyone notice that with 15 mins to go, they went 4 5 1, they were 3 1 up , same as we were against Bournemouth, then Leicster decided to protect their lead, Klopp didn't think about something so obvious .
2.) 01 Mar 2017 18:19:17
I agree mainly but I don't think Rafa's team was ever soft.
Players like Reina, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano and Kuyt were all massively dependable players who were there when Rafa left. We were never soft under him.
Our problem under Rafa was he never quite got in the attacking quality we needed.
Strikers he signed; Cisse, Voronin, Bellamy, Crouch, Morientes, Ngog, Torres. Took him ages to get it right!
Attackers he signed; Zenden, El Zhar, Benayoun, Leto, Gonzalez, Rodriguez, Riera, Pennant, Babel, Kuyt. Could argue he never really got this right! Kuyt was the only outright success whilst others listed had good spells but never really succeeded at the club.
Rafa had different reasons for not breaking down lesser teams. There wasn't a mentality issue their though. To be honest I know they left in shadows but Mascherano and Reina would be cracking signings in terms of what we need. Karius as understudy to Reina, and Mascherano would walk into our defence or midfield right now. They are leaders though who will rip their team mates heads off if they aren't fighting for a win.
3.) 01 Mar 2017 18:25:58
It's so funny this page including the boss mocked Mascherano every time his name was mentioned. Make no mistake we desperately miss him at times. He was a solid tackler, A hard nut case. Never got bullied even though there were games where Alonso got bullied by the opposition. At 24 Mascherano was head and shoulders ahead of Can.
We need characters in the middle of the pitch!