05 Mar 2021 12:24:10
It's a cliche that has been trotted out thousands of times about the Kop, Anfield, the 12th man etc I think this season has proven it beyond any doubt.

05 Mar 2021 13:18:40
Couldn't agree more. Its like we've had a perfect storm this season - injuries to key personnel, thorwing team balance by playing players out of position to cover and no crowd.

05 Mar 2021 14:16:14
Yes but we can't rely on the crowd too hold our hands, the natural ability quality and desire of the players should shine through.
Apart from the players turning up the manager should be tactically astute to adapt to not having a crowd and being a lot harder to beat, this is not happening at the minute also players look drained physically mentally and beaten .

05 Mar 2021 14:46:33
Hailstones, the last part of your post is what I agree with and where Klopp is failing here, IMO. In the Chelsea game, it was goalless going into half time. A team in our position, should have just kept things tight and make sure we go into half time to regroup at 0-0. This is where Klopp should have stepped in BUT he did not and we kept attacking esp since Chelsea where mostly trying to hit us on the counter with balls over the top whenever we turned the ball over. That did not happen and Klopp needs to do better here, IMO.

05 Mar 2021 15:41:50
So we are beating a dead horse with the formation being used and the personnel in that specific system is all wrong, I would rather play 4-5-1 with a deep line right now to be solid compact and break from a deeper position it would make more sense at home .

05 Mar 2021 16:38:29
Hailstones, it may come to that cos if we clearly cannot play the way we want due to obvious reasons then we may have to first of all, make ourselves tough to score on first and then go from there. Easier said than done, tho.