02 Sep 2025 19:45:00
I'm having trouble working out 2 player rolls.
Where and how are we looking at setting up the front players? If we go with Kody Isak mo where do we play Ekitike and Wirtz? Already I'm watching Wirtz and wondering if his roll is not defined . With 3 in front of him he's struggling for room to operate. I feel his space is squeezed. Likewise if Isak plays through the middle how do you guys see Ekitike playing? Do we start Kody on the bench? Play all of them? It's been bugging me all day.
Could we play Wirtz deeper in a quarter back type position? Or is he going to be a luxury player that we have to play even if it makes us unbalanced.
Interesting to hear views.
Thanks to all the Eds even the Blue ones.
02 Sep 2025 19:54:45
Rotation.
02 Sep 2025 20:20:30
It’s either going to be lots of rotation we have like 6 games in 19 days i think i read somewhere, it’s either that or Slot try’s a 4-2-2-2 and Gakpo drops out personally I think it’s going to be lots of rotation Isak hasn’t been injured much the last year but he has had hamstring issues so he needs to be managed and having Ekitkit coming in or starting is just as good at the moment.
02 Sep 2025 20:21:28
Ham and cheese and cheese and onion my sources tell me.
02 Sep 2025 20:38:13
I like the sound of a Wirtz roll. With mustard.
Ekitike and cress?
Whoever doesn't start will just have to take a sub roll.
And Salah can fill most rolls, obviously.
02 Sep 2025 20:39:15
100%, the challenge will be balance in the midfield.
02 Sep 2025 20:47:08
Nice problem to have isn’t it.
02 Sep 2025 20:47:58
Rotation is always the answer when talking about rolls.
02 Sep 2025 20:55:14
Do you mean roll or role? The answer is rotation either way.
02 Sep 2025 20:56:50
Wirtz, no 10. 3 forward to feed.
02 Sep 2025 21:23:34
I think it’s a case of getting ahead of the fact that Mo will not be here for much longer. We had to bring in goals. Future planning. And in the meantime, enjoy the show.
02 Sep 2025 21:27:46
Bench them all and start the Star Boy. Riooooo ??.
02 Sep 2025 22:41:58
Follow Mikel Artitty and play 7-3-1 with Gomez as lone striker.
02 Sep 2025 23:46:46
We play with 12 maybe even 13 once frimpong is back let’s show them LiVARpool and premier leagues “bias“ towards us.
03 Sep 2025 00:48:43
As others have said, it’s a squad game. We don’t have a “starting XI”.
03 Sep 2025 00:51:00
Isak, Ekitike, Gakpo are going to play CF or LF and Rio as LW. Salah and Chiesa are going to play RF/ RW.
Wirtz has a free role as a 10. Maca and Sobo can play here too.
03 Sep 2025 01:19:04
Their roll is to feed us goals.
03 Sep 2025 03:46:38
Different set up for different teams / games?
03 Sep 2025 09:16:37
We will be rotating. Don't be shocked to see Salah benched. As long as anyone's performing well, specially goal scoring (front 3), we can expect for them to be rotated. Also, Wirtz, Ekitike, Isak will need to be managed. Isak because of his injury issues, Wirtz and Ekitike being young, and wouldn't want to be overplayed.
This is a good problem to have, finally :)
03 Sep 2025 09:44:43
It's a squad game. Always has been.