Why are we letting in so many goals?
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Here's where I venture a little over to Macca's dark side....
I think we're a little bit naive at times and Rodgers should be doing more to sort it out.
The midfield isn't as good as we think it is or Rodgers would like it to be. I've lost count of the number of times our midfield have lost the ball and allowed the opposition to counter in numbers.
If you're going to push the entire team forward and try and try play some kind of tiki-taka football (emphasis on 'try') you simply cannot afford a) to lose the ball a lot and b) be very very average at winning it back.
We don't have the most amazing defence, sure, but any defence would struggle under the pressure ours is placed under at times.
We lack a genuine defensive midfield presence and until we get one (back) Rodgers should try and compensate for that as well as do something about our pressing game.
I think we're a little bit naive at times and Rodgers should be doing more to sort it out.
The midfield isn't as good as we think it is or Rodgers would like it to be. I've lost count of the number of times our midfield have lost the ball and allowed the opposition to counter in numbers.
If you're going to push the entire team forward and try and try play some kind of tiki-taka football (emphasis on 'try') you simply cannot afford a) to lose the ball a lot and b) be very very average at winning it back.
We don't have the most amazing defence, sure, but any defence would struggle under the pressure ours is placed under at times.
We lack a genuine defensive midfield presence and until we get one (back) Rodgers should try and compensate for that as well as do something about our pressing game.
So did Utd, and they've conceded 1 goal less than us. Do they have defensive issues aswell?
I agree with Keni though, good post. Hopefully the return of Lucas will give more balance to the midfield.
We'll at least have someone who is used to playing in that position.
Yes, that's been discussed fairly widely this season. Wakey wakey.
And yet they're 1 point from the top. Must be hard for them.
And now you'll explain why LFC aren't close to them. Don't say 'They're overly micro-managed, clueless, fearful tiki talking shit,' it's been taken.
They don't combine those defensive issues with attacking issues....
Thank you. At last.
Well, then maybe thats were our focus should be........
We are. We don't attack as a team, and don't defend as a team either.... We are exactly getting what we ask for 😉
It troubles me that while the team (save for the odd mistake) looked very disciplined and co-ordinated when it played City - everyone seemed to know their role within the pattern of play - that looks to me as though it's actually deteriorated instead of strengthened since then. The long ball has crept back, the movement has slowed down and sometimes all but stopped and the defence, as has been said above, has looked sloppier and sloppier. Gradual progress towards a clear style of pay - great, anyone can be patient about that - but if anything I'm seeing the opposite. (I can see that sometimes the sheer tempo of a style can leave players struggling to maintain it - I think back to the performance Rafa's team had against Derby at Anfield, when three players were immediately tight in around an opposition player whenever he got the ball and the pace was ferocious - but even then, in later matches, you could still see where things were supposed to be going. It's the apparent erosion of the plan now that is a concern.)
Reina resorted to it in his last few matches, and so have a few outfield players, but keep up the Pravda-style propaganda.
I think that's been a pattern for a few years now. There is a bit of a buzz around the club when we've got a big game coming up, the players all up their games and we put in an encouraging performance... then it dies down, reality sets in that we're not actually competing with Utd et al any more and we struggle against the likes of Swansea.
Forget about talent, we don't have enough determination or grit in the side. Some of the players want success served to them on a plate. That's not going to happen.
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