Almost prematurely called time on shorts szn yesterday. Persisted and now I'm reaping the rewards today.

Howard Webb claiming Robbo impacted the keeper's line of vision 🥲

Salah is a problem regardless of whether he's playing or not. If you start winning when you have your ~£350k-per-week star player on the bench, it's an issue. An expensive one at that.

Sigh.

Big piece here www.patreon.com/posts/143245...

Defensively shambolic yesterday, yes, but Konate was fairly decent on the ball yesterday. Kept getting the ball to the forwards, completed 70% of his long passes and comfortably ranked first for progressive passing yards.

Everything went City's way today but not bothering to put pressure on the ball is a risk

I've seen hundreds of #lfc pass networks but never one like this. New and exciting!

Double pivot propaganda www.patreon.com/posts/142900...

Underrated part of the game last night was Conor Bradley deciding to show off his passing range. Even those that didn't find a teammate created favourable situations for us.

I will be taking no further questions at this time.

Dominik Szoboszlai, right now, is the best midfielder in Europe. With and without the ball, he's the main man for this Liverpool team in transition. Words for @squawka.bsky.social. www.squawka.com/en/features/...

Building with a double pivot again and Liverpool all of a sudden look to be able to play football.

Big fan of this. Narrow and compact shape. Szoboszlai linking with Wirtz and Salah. Centre-backs ignoring each other in possession.

Wirtz on the left was everything I thought it'd be when he signed. Created the most chances, completed all of his dribbles and put in a serious graft out of possession.

Didn't outright play a double pivot on Saturday but had Macca and Szoboszlai taking turns to drop in alongside Gravenberch. Also much more compact as a team to help with the passing options and turnovers.

Mohamed Salah had his best game of the season with Florian Wirtz on the bench and Alexander Isak not in the Liverpool squad. Arne Slot needs to find a way to get the best out of them all. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

How do we fit Isak and Wirtz into this then without it impacting, well, everything? Wirtz physically can't do what Szoboszlai does and we don't want Isak as deep as Ekitike is.

Milos Kerkez doesn't even attempt this pass playing for Liverpool, yet here he is playing it against us last season. Actually played a few decent balls over the top in the game at Anfield last season.

Mohamed Salah is having fewer shots and his chances are of lower value. The misses now matter more but the way he's being used is doing him no favours. Slot needs to fix that problem. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Szoboszlai changing my life with some of these passes last night. Exactly what you want from your centre midfielder in games you'll have ~65% of the ball.

You know what, Arsenal might've been onto something with these set pieces goals.

Alexander Isak has had just one shot on target for Liverpool in the Premier League and he's missed four big chances. The Reds, at the minute, are failing their £125m signing but it'll click soon. Words for @fotmob.com. www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

A big hard look at Alexander Isak's early numbers at Liverpool, and where things are going wrong for the Reds at the moment. www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

There's no longer a hierarchy in the Liverpool attack and it's like the wild west when it comes to shooting. Chances are falling to the wrong players. A look at the situation. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Liverpool are still having an identity crisis. Words for @squawka.bsky.social on that loss to Manchester United. www.squawka.com/en/features/...

Wirtz on the bench again then

Liverpool spent £40m on a roadrunner in Milos Kerkez. Think it might be time for the champions to use their left-back properly. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Ermmm, I think we might need to talk about Elliot Anderson. [Via @gradientsports.bsky.social ]

Comfortably the best centre-back in the Premier League. An absolute colossus. Virgil Van Dijk, ladies and gentlemen. 📸 @gradientsports.bsky.social

Love Gravenberch as one of the double pivots but we really need to be building out from the back with a passer in there alongside him. He escapes the initial press here and could 1) carry the ball or 2) thread a pass into the path of Wirtz, who is already on the move.

Liverpool's final nine league games of the 2024/25 campaign looked remarkably similar to their opening seven league games this time around. The fullback issue is impacting, well, everything. A look, for @squawka.bsky.social. www.squawka.com/en/features/...

Seen a few on here try to downplay how much we're missing Trent. We've gone from having a cheat code at right-back to not knowing who is going to start there. Even when he was 'awful', he was the best in the world at what he did.

A humble suggestion. Pick an approach & stick with it. Don't tweak the system game to game. Be more consistent with selection. Wirtz has to play (you know my biases). Kerkez has to play. We've made a mess with the 9s, but it's going to be Isak so let it be Isak. Make a decision at RB. 4231. Forward!

We'd changed three of the back four and two of the midfield three by 56 minutes today. So haphazard with squad management right now.

Said it the other day but we lost ~500 progressive passing yards from our back four and failed to add a line breaker in midfield. We're not letting the full-backs carry the ball so what exactly is the plan?

The drop off between Kerkez and Robertson right now is massive. Have to assume Kerkez is just following instruction but his closed body in possession gives away exactly what he's going to do, time and time again.

Been looking at Liverpool's issues when trying to build out from the back. Obviously, Trent is a huge loss. But the drop off from Robertson to Kerkez in possession is massive. The new shape has also limited Konate with fewer passing options available to him.

Big look at Kerkez, Wirtz, the balance of the team and having more questions than answers right now www.patreon.com/posts/140170...

Liverpool are in limbo right now trying to bed in a lot of new players while simultaneously adopting a new system. Florian Wirtz is not the cause of it, he's a victim of it. The headline stats don't tell the whole story. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Honestly thought the system we used against Arsenal at Anfield last season would be the blueprint for this campaign. Created space for the full-backs to carry the ball in the build up and removed the need for a pure passer.

Previewed the game tonight for @fotmob.com. Results don't tell the whole story for Galatasaray this season. www.fotmob.com/topnews/2314...

Mohamed Salah is not 'washed'. He's being wasted by Liverpool so far this season. Big look at his numbers, for @squawka.bsky.social. www.squawka.com/en/features/...

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@ gym people, how do I save my terribly sore side delt?

Federico Chiesa makes things happen and has already shown he can link well with Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak. Get him in the starting XI, @ Slot. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Hello, here's a big ol' look at Florian Wirtz's start to life at Liverpool, for @squawka.bsky.social. No goals or assists yet but those headline numbers don't tell the story in this case. www.squawka.com/en/features/...

All of the focus has been on the Liverpool attack but success this season will be tied to the form of Van Dijk and Gravenberch. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Arsenal have an Open-Play xG of 3.27 across their opening five games in the Premier League now. Their current per 90 average is 0.65 (~25 over the entire season). That's more of an issue than how much injury time is added in Liverpool matches imo.