01 Dec 2025 22:25:45
Ngin, I only seen your post mate. I'd like us to go back to high intensity, high pressing football. Maybe the odd game, a change of approach but the ball and movement has to be far quicker and sharper.
The dross style of football we're playing regresses players touch and finishing. Wirtz fired in a great ball to gakpo against West ham and gakpos touch was terrible.
Lost opportunity but I've seen it too many times to many players. Their body's becoming too comfortable to a slower ball so they're slower to adjust to far quicker balls.
I want more bite, physicality and heart shown by every player that's chosen mate. But under a new manager, I want that in a prime klopp system.
02 Dec 2025 06:55:49
What you're saying is just that you want Klopp or Klopp football back. If we don't play as full throttle as you like but continue to win games, is there a problem with that? Gakpo having a loose first touch for one ball is also Slot's fault, I think I've heard it all now.
so all the times that Gakpo killed the ball dead in that game is because the balls were slow and dross, how about the layoff he got from Wirtz to set up Isak, was that slow or fast?
02 Dec 2025 09:38:49
I agree that we need to speed up our play and press better but you also need to remember that Klopp recognised that his rock 'n' roll football and full on gegenpress was not sustainable over a full season in the PL and even he slowed things down a little to save the players.
I suspect that the sweet spot is somewhere in between the 2.
As for the poor first touch - it is more likely to be down to confidence having been on such a poor run. A few wins and a bit of a feel good factor will see players naturally improve. At the moment it's just about digging deep and getting the results in any way possible so that the confidence starts to return and there is a solid foundation to build on.
02 Dec 2025 13:02:01
@Shipley, I think the sweet spot is the way we played last season. For ex. when we lose the ball we would rather drop into a defensive, compact shell as soon as possible which helped us become more difficult to penetrate.
In other times when we lost the ball, we would press and try to get it back and if it didn't work and the oppo. was on the counter, we would still double back into a compact shell.
Also, we would play an up-tempo game at pace in the press when required and then, let the oppo. have the ball (hence, resting on the ball) when required. So for me, last season's tactical mix as a whole, was the sweet spot. Whatchu think, man?