Go You Reds!

[akitared]

Originally Posted by 70sMac

Absolutely, akitared! In my opinion, Herr Jurgen doesn't presently have the kind of players that can effectively open up a defense like Barnesy could...and, let's be honest here, even when someone was in front of John Barnes, he had the skills to get around them.

The point is that we don't have those kind of threats right now, so defenses are simply camping out in the final third and hoping for the Reds' defense to make a mistake -- and without defensive players like Virgil back there, that's highly likely. In other words, the present game plan being adopted by opposing managers is to go for the pseudo-Italian strategy of a super-tight defense and play for either a tie or a low-scoring win. It's a boring style of play, but it's been very effective, thus far, this season. I mean, as of late, we've either tied with or been beaten by teams that can barely stay in the EPL, so something's definitely gone wrong.

This right here is spot on, Klopp himself must realize that the lower tier teams know they cannot play open football agains us, thus, they employ a low block and hope for a chance knowing we are somewhat complacent in defence without VVD.

There were high hopes for Naby Kieta to be unable to unlock stubborn defences just as Coutinio was able to do, alas, injuries have not allowed him to impose himself on the team and style of play, further compounded by Thiago injury. Hopefully Thiago will be the key, We are still in a great position so long as we obtain a quality defender this month.

We live with hope in our hearts. YNWA