15 Jan 2026 18:27:02
Difference between klopp team and current slot team: pace Klopp 1.0 team is very pacey (mane, salah prime, firmino ok, 2 full backs) Klopp 2.0 has Lucho, nunez, even jota etc Slot team has no pace. Maybe ekitike.
15 Jan 2026 19:14:04
We have pace, he just doesn't want to bloody utilise it.
15 Jan 2026 19:23:52
I wouldn't put Robertson, Trent, Firmino, Jota down as pacey. We miss Diaz's trickery off the left, Jota's finishing, Mo's cutting edge, Robertson's legs, Trents passing and Firminos touches of magic. More than anything for me were missing the chemistry which might or might not develop under Slots guidance or another's. Fleeting glimpses so far. We don't miss Nunez.
15 Jan 2026 19:43:05
And what do you call Frimpong, Kerkez and Szobo re: pace?
15 Jan 2026 20:15:36
There's no pace in attack though Oli, none of our attacking players are remotely what you'd call electric in terms of pace,
15 Jan 2026 20:46:34
I'm with mad Max on this. Kerkez, Frimpong, Szobo, Ekitike, Frimpong all have pace. We could look like a pacey side if someone like klopp or Iraola had their hands on this team.
15 Jan 2026 21:02:25
Frimpong is so fast I named him twice ?.
15 Jan 2026 21:07:55
Pace in attack is important. Pace in play is equally important.
15 Jan 2026 21:21:33
Frimpong is so fast you see him twice.
16 Jan 2026 04:43:42
We have pace in the squad but we're not utilising it well because of how slowly we move the ball around. Put players are also static and very rarely do we play a through ball to a runner. We have seen in patches this season that we look more dangerous when we play with a bit more intent and pace.
16 Jan 2026 09:54:17
VV, @The IR just answered your question. Also, the OP talked about pace, not electric pace. There is pace to burn in that team and the names are there to prove it. The manager's style is stifling that quality, making them look slow, lethargic and scared of their own shadows which leads in the lack of thrust in our play even in transition.
That is on the manager, not due to a lack of pace individually in the team.
16 Jan 2026 11:08:55
There are different types of pace though, aren't there? Wirtz's goal against Barnsley was down to an exceptional piece of quick thinking or innate football ability) with the back heel that nutmegged the Barnsley defender. Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker, as examples, were quite slow, relatively speaking, but their first two or three steps were very quick and got them ahead of defenders and into goal scoring positions pretty regularly.
If football was just about pace it would become very boring, very quickly.