Liverpool pressing vs Spurs

[Modo]

 

[red_maradona]

this is fantastic to see. hunting in packs. allen for too long was isolated in doing this, but things have changed.

 

[Mors]

It's great to see, and I hope what rodgers said about resting when you're on the ball is true, as it looks knackering. But if we could keep that up for the majority of our games, our opponents would be buggered.

 

[redhorizon2]

That's how the lfc of 80's played didn't they?

 

[Athens]

That's how the lfc of 80's played didn't they?

I don't remember any of the players being in their 80's.

 

[Spaghetti Legs]

Like flies round a piece of shit.

 

[dickwhales]

This video is argument #1 for leaving Gerrard on the bench.

 

[gkmacca]

Rafa's team did it once against Derby, and it was great, then they obviously decided they couldn't be arsed doing it every match and that was that. It was great on Sunday.

 

[Woland]

That's how the lfc of 80's played didn't they?

Do you mean the music?

 

[redhorizon2]

I don't remember any of the players being in their 80's.

You know what I meant! LFC team of the 1980's.

 

[ILD]

??

 

[cloggypop]

Yet one mention of Xabi and it is all forgotten.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

It seemed to me the bulk of the frenetic scrambling and hounding was done by the front five of Suarez, Allen, Henderson, Sterling and Coutinho. The rest formed the mop up crew that stepped in to close out opponents in our half when the ball had slipped through the first line of traps. Lucas was not as involved in the hounding, which is how I remembered it. However, he did his fair share of work in positioning himself to cut out passing lanes when others were trapping, and closing down now and then.

Lucas' role in this setup is something a less athletic or pacy Xabi could still play; a less energetic Gerrard could do this just as well IF he could ever be disciplined enough and his mind focused enough on performing this "boring" role.

I think it's also about options - we may not press and hound as hard in every game - there will inevitably be some games where our energy levels drop, or games where opponents do the same to us and we need cooler, wiser heads and people capable of making accurate, quick passes to break traps or searching long passes to bypass them.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

One other thing - it's a game of animals when it comes to pressing. If only a player is doing that, he's a headless chicken. When a few do it together, it's a pack of wolves.

 

[Mystic]

Rafa's team did it once against Derby, and it was great, then they obviously decided they couldn't be arsed doing it every match and that was that. It was great on Sunday.

Is that the one where Babel scored that shimmy goal?

 

[Mystic]

I don't remember any of the players being in their 80's.

Lucas probably was.

 

[jimmy]

We also did it a few times during Kenny's term as caretaker manager (2nd half of the 2010-11 season) and got some high scores.
I remember the us beating Fulham 5:2 at Cravan Cottage. The team was pressing as a unit and I specifically remember Jay Spearing running all day long. It worked...

 

[gkmacca]

Is that the one where Babel scored that shimmy goal?

That's the one.

 

[Mystic]

That's the one.

I remember is well, that was a great game 🙂

 

[doctor_mac]

A Mascher tackle turned into the perfect through ball for Torres…?

 

[ILD]

I was at that game. Babel looked excellent. SAD FACE.

 

[Spaghetti Legs]

We also did it a few times during Kenny's term as caretaker manager (2nd half of the 2010-11 season) and got some high scores.
I remember the us beating Fulham 5:2 at Cravan Cottage. The team was pressing as a unit and I specifically remember Jay Spearing running all day long. It worked...

Really makes you wonder what on earth Kenny was playing at the following season doesn't it? when he/we had a system and style that was working well.

We played some great stuff in that last half a season then he completely abandoned it for god knows what, i still have no clue what he was trying to do with us in that full season.