05 Oct 2025 19:51:05
I want to see people's opinion. What would you do to improve the perfomance of the team?
Because I feel that the defense and the midfield would benefit from one tactics and the attack would benefit from other tactics.
05 Oct 2025 20:47:56
You will get a different answer from everybody to this.
I personally think it's not far off being great if player up their performances to their level.
I would stick with Szobo at right back. It creates space for others in midfield and I think he could be very important back there.
Konate needs to come out for Gomez and then perhaps Guehi in January. He looks like his head is elsewhere. At least he is playing like that.
Never ever put Grav in CB. That needs to stop.
Van Dijk. Fearless leader.
Kerkez. Robertson gassed after coming on was not a good sight. I still stick with Kerkez.
Grav: Midfield mainstay. Never change it.
Macca: needs to improve and will improve.
Wirtz: needs to improve and will improve.
Salah: needs to improve and will improve
Isak: needs to improve and will improve
Gakpo: needs to improve and will improve.
Some good players to rotate but that's my starting lineup. Just need to get it all firing.
05 Oct 2025 21:00:58
I’d get them fitter for a start. We look slower than every side we’ve faced.
05 Oct 2025 21:30:38
Ita not a fitness problem, our tactics have caused our players to slow the game down. They are being told to slow down, hold the ball longer and keep possession rather than try and win the game. Apparently the new coaching staff think ball possession wins games, not goals.
05 Oct 2025 21:32:22
First thing, reduce the gap between midfield and defence. Grav is playing further forward, and that coupled with full backs getting forward means we are awfully exposed. For attacking, up the intensity and use the FBs for width, reduce the amount of inverting or underlaps. Give the more creative players space to work in.
05 Oct 2025 22:13:51
Put Gravenberch at DM and ask him to stay there, he's clearly been told to get forward more which isn't working. Keep Szob in midfield instead of right back. Drop Konate for a few games.
05 Oct 2025 22:37:57
Everything is wrong. The formation, the personnel, the fitness the basic ability to control and pass a ball. Everything has to improve.
05 Oct 2025 22:56:20
Stop playing so many attacking players.
05 Oct 2025 22:56:48
Davey so what you are saying is that all players need to improve and will improve, right? If that was the case, you chould have said that in one line, no?
05 Oct 2025 22:57:23
Odegaard has a collateral knee ligament injury, surgery will be considered when swelling has gone down, new year/ easter at least.
{Ed001's Note - medial is usually 6 weeks.}
05 Oct 2025 22:58:01
I’m not convinced that the manager knows what is best starting 11 is. If that is the case then you can’t really come up with a consistent set of tactics.
Also, as I keep saying, who is doing the defending? We are conceding far too many goals and I think it’s undermining team (and manager? ) confidence. With injuries to Leoni and, perhaps, Konate, Robbo’s legs gone and Frimpong and Bradley both wanting to play further up field rather than as RBs we are much too dependent on VVD and Ali and now he’s injured.
First things first, we need to see a regular starting 11 with a plan that includes a cohesive defensive set up and we need at the very least one CB who can relied upon to defend with evidence that they can stay fit for more than not.
06 Oct 2025 00:00:05
Stick with it, don’t panic.
06 Oct 2025 01:07:02
Quicker passing and movement off the ball everything is in slow mo.
06 Oct 2025 01:08:37
personally i think a double pivot would greatly help out our defence, use the 2 fbs as the width, have FW just ahead of the double pivot and narrow a bit the front 3. hate to say this but at present mo is being a bit of a liability with his failing to track back, yes he scored shed loads last season and i hope i am wrong but the drop off in his performances this season make me think we kept him too long. i will quite happily eat my words if im wrong but just scoring goals guarantees nothing if the rest of the team is struggling to contain opponents outscoring you. we saw exactly the same with CR7 in his last season at UTD, scored plenty but did nothing else, all teams had to do was score more than him to win. I don't want us going the same way.
06 Oct 2025 03:03:41
I think it is really really simple.
Play the RBs at RB unless none of them are available
Play the CBs at CB unless none of them are available
Do the above as we have made significant changes to the backline, so they will benefit from playing together
If we do the above we give the chance for our defense to get settled
then play a midfield with Grav and Dom at 6/ 8 with Wirtz ahead of them at 10.
Rotate Jones and Endo with Grav and Dom, Nyoni when we need to
Rotate Macca with Wirtz in second half of games into the 10 role and leave him far far far far far away from 6/ 8. If Macca were fit, then I'd be starting him at 10 and allowing Wirtz to come off the bench and ease into PL life, but it is what it is
Up front, I'd be starting Ekitike and easing Isak in to fitness off the bench. Gakpo on the left, Mo on the right. I'd be using Chiesa far more than we do currently. I'd be using him the same way we used Diaz / Gakpo last season and also to give Mo a spell.
And I'd stick with this to give the team what it really needs - time.
How in heavens is Frimpong meant to get himself up to speed as a PL fullback if he isn't playing? How is Mo meant to get used to Frimpong's movement and vice versa, if he isn't playing? etc etc
just keep it simple.
06 Oct 2025 08:45:04
Re Mo. I think Mo"s performances last season were similar. that's different to scoring and assisting. His general play wasnt great, but he finished off chances and created for others in most games. The Chelsea game, If Mo finishes a great chance he had, and then makes the right choice and squares the ball to Isak, that result is a different story. that's not all that's wrong though. Gravenberch was to high v Chelsea, again it looked like we were playing 4 uptop at times. Macca is still getting back to full fitnees. Plus Konate looking like he's lost form . New players coming in. there's a lot to deal with. But, as others have said, let's get back to basics. Grav and Sobz 6 and 8. If Macca is starting have him more the 10. I think Wirtz and Isak, for a few games, come off the bench. Mo, Hugo and Freddy uptop. Slot shouldn't be afraid to take Mo off, we are well stocked and its about the team and results.
06 Oct 2025 11:33:23
Scouse john L8, we need high intensity to move the ball as fast as you say, something we are not playing with in possession. That's the prob. with your solution.