Zatman Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, striker said: I very much like Weghorst at Burnley. Much better first touch than Watkins and knows where the goal is. Not sure if Gerrard would be interested but he should be. Weghorst was the player we should have signed before Wesley and was calling out for it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nepal_villan Posted March 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2022 Totally different level than us, but Barcelona's revival under Xavi and Aubameyang's resurgence from an outcast at Arsenal goes to show it's not just about buying new players. Team, shape, tactics and personnel make a difference 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Lack of width is a lhuge problem, i like Young in the team as he is a better option than Digne but he needs a winger in front if him Gerrard seems to hate wide players as a punishment for Rafa correctly playing him out wide 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 9 hours ago, CVByrne said: I think for now we need to have two CFs for remainder of the season. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, briny_ear said: That seems wrong. We looked good in our run against Brighton, Southampton and Leeds and that wasn’t new manager bounce. The main difference for me is we do well when things go our way from early on but are terrible at dealing with adversity. That is a feature of the squad that he inherited from Smith and he is clearly perplexed about how to change attitudes. I worry we have a squad full of nice guys who enjoy playing together but don’t know how to fight for points. You seem to have quoted a post from 32 days ago? Yes, finally changing away from the formation he seems insistent on playing did yield results and performances. I enjoyed them greatly. Against Arsenal he went back to it, and again, we looked awful and lost. Poor, and puzzling management. Smith got 55 points last season, without Grealish for a third of it. Would love Gerrard to approach that this or next season. It's the minimum he should be getting really if the plan is to buy £50m players in any position he wants. We have better footballers than Arsenal and looked like relegation candidates against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 6 hours ago, Tom13 said: Why? Because of a lack of goals with the two 10s and it allows opposition to pack midfield as with only one CF and no wide players there are no direct options into the channels meaning we have to play through teams. With the split forwards and one 10 we have more direct options from back to front and that also stretches the opposing team leaving more space in midfield too. We have lost 1-0 in the last three games we've played with two 10s. Arsenal stopped us with quality pressing and Newcastle and Watford by packing midfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, nepal_villan said: Totally different level than us, but Barcelona's revival under Xavi and Aubameyang's resurgence from an outcast at Arsenal goes to show it's not just about buying new players. Team, shape, tactics and personnel make a difference Xavi has his full backs tuck into midfield and his 8s get forward and he played with wide forwards creating the width and a lone 9 who can drop deep to get the ball. He was getting his wide forwards into one on one situations with opposing fullbacks and backing them to beat the fullback. Like Arsenal did with Saka to us. We did this last season with Jack and Bert wanting to get them to take on the full backs. We just didn't have good enough double pivot last season with McGinn and Luiz. Gerrards Christmas tree formation is defensively sound as it packs midfield, but also stops us getting forward through that midfield without the level of intricate quick passing a side like ours doesn't possess Edited March 22, 2022 by CVByrne typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 55 minutes ago, CVByrne said: He was getting his wife forwards into one on one situations with opposing fullbacks How did she fare against them? Is she any good to take on a man and beat him? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 8 hours ago, Tomaszk said: You seem to have quoted a post from 32 days ago? Yes, finally changing away from the formation he seems insistent on playing did yield results and performances. I enjoyed them greatly. Against Arsenal he went back to it, and again, we looked awful and lost. Poor, and puzzling management. Smith got 55 points last season, without Grealish for a third of it. Would love Gerrard to approach that this or next season. It's the minimum he should be getting really if the plan is to buy £50m players in any position he wants. We have better footballers than Arsenal and looked like relegation candidates against them. Isn’t that just deluded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I'd like to see SG try to get 90 min performances, full of hunger and fight, with players morivation to be to have a squad place next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, briny_ear said: Isn’t that just deluded? It is a little. Arsenal have a much better squad than us hence why they're comfortably in the top 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Tom13 said: It is a little. Arsenal have a much better squad than us hence why they're comfortably in the top 4. Their wage bill is double ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Their wage bill is double ours How you know that for sure I have no idea, but yeah, wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tom13 said: How you know that for sure I have no idea, but yeah, wouldn't surprise me. the "for sure" bit I cant be but after looking at a couple of sites over the weekend the general consensus seemed to be that they're about 4th or 5th in the league with £100m a year and we're around 11th with £50m a year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Will never happen, but i would like to see something like: Martinez Cash - Chambers - Mings - Digne Luiz - Ramsey Buendia - Coutinho - Bailey Ings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted March 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, villa4europe said: we're around 11th with £50m a year More than double that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted March 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Tom13 said: It is a little. Arsenal have a much better squad than us hence why they're comfortably in the top 4. They didn't look that great last season and we have spent more over the summer and Xmas breaks, yet we have regressed and they have improved. Arteta looked doomed and they stuck with him and have reaped the rewards, we have to do the same with SG.... unless it completely unravels between now and the summer transfer window opening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Very ‘serious’ sports journo called Ings, Buendia and Bailey the “Grealish Three” and incredibly said Danny scored his overhead kick against Watford, not Newcastle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Better players are needed in key positions for the system that Gerrard wants to employ. Klopp had to splash the cash to do so (Van Dijk) when he first arrived at Liverpool. CB-CDM-ST all need a significant upgrade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Anything11 said: Better players are needed in key positions for the system that Gerrard wants to employ. Klopp had to splash the cash to do so (Van Dijk) when he first arrived at Liverpool. CB-CDM-ST all need a significant upgrade. Yeah I'd agree here. I do think that full back needs to be addressed before Striker as we need someone to cover LB. I also think it'll be difficult to find a Striker that is an upgrade on Watkins / Ings this summer when funds will go on Coutinho, CDM, CB, LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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