They are going to try to play that Pep formation, just like Klopp switched too. Everyone plagiarizing. Arsenal was doing similar already but with their signing this summer, really seems they are going to go all in on that.
Yeah, I was in London in the summer the first time and late April the second time. Both are good times for it. I do adore Edinburgh and Inverness, too, and have a soft spot for Oxford, although I understand it isn't exactly a big city.I tease London, but haven't spent enough time there to have a real opinion on it. Just had a miserable few rainy days in London before enjoying the shit out of my time in Dundee and Edinburgh.
And yeah, Berlin does get a lot grittier in the colder months; especially if you're already there for grim reasons
TBF to Mahomes, god would make for a pretty good biologist...
I don't think that's the plan. The plan is to play Odegaard/Havertz as dual 8/10s with Rice at the 6. Kinda hard to show it in words, but something like this in possession:
It’s going to look similar to what Pep and Klopp ended the season with. Think I was on the right track here. That’s going to be the new vogue formation next season because it’s a copy cat league.
Yeah, don't think this is the plan. Lavia won't be starting. If Timber plays, I think we see a dual inverted FB, but I think he's not being brought in to start immediately. White's strength last season was providing overlaps for Saka to play off of, because Saka likes to cut in more compared to the left side, where Jesus drifts out. Rice being able to cover CB makes him valuable.
Basically if the above is in possession, immediately after a turnover, I think Zinchenko drops in toward LB, Rice sits down to let Saliba slide right some to cover White, who will be dropping, and the front 5 press. Once White recovers, Rice steps forward, but there's nothing coming through the middle with Rice, Gabriel, and Saliba all there.
Sure, but I meant in terms of pure goal numbers. Havertz scoring 5-10 goals is fine if Jesus, Martinelli, Saka, and Odegaard are scoring around 15 each (averaged across the 4). Essentially, if we can get 65 goals out of those 5, we'll have enough from everyone else to be sitting real pretty.
It's basically the same way that Arsenal played the whole season.
I think @Savant is thinking about it the right way, but we'll still have some differences compared to what City ended this year with. If anything, I think we'll end up with something of a hybrid between our shape this year and one of Pep's tactics from the middle of the year. The good thing is that having Zinchenko and White at fullback allows us to be more fluid in our possession shape, and either of them can move further up the field for overloads (Zinchenko more inverted, White more overlapping). Assuming Rice and Havertz get done, I think we end up somewhere between the 2 below shapes, with the 2nd one more for bigger games with White staying back for cover.
Yeah, Xhaka played more of a true 8 role last year. Havertz won't be a like-for-like replacement, but could still fill that spot in the team. In addition to the WM type shapes that I laid out above, you could see Havertz driving further forward from midfield than Xhaka did, and Odegaard playing a more controlling role with less runs into the box. Something like:
I mean that’s all it is now isn’t it? I’m also starting to have a very bad feeling about how this summer is going to go.I am to the point where I don't even care. I just hope Klopp can work some more miracle again.
It's funny when I read an Arsenal fan today banting LFC fans on social media that Liverpool (FSG) cannot compete financially with Arsenal and everybody agreed with him, nobody were mad, it's just accepted as fact now
I would not be surprised if Salah and Thiago are sold to finance this summer transfer spree.
I would have no problem if Thiago went. If they sell Salah, I’d be tendering my resignation if I was Klopp. Even if they got a nine figure fee for him, there’s no way they could re-invest that properly.
I am still furious until he proves me otherwise, the good thing is that I am open-minded so I have no problems changing my tune or saying I am wrong. It is just super weird to me that Arsenal thinks he's the "answer" out of all players and options available. I am not saying to go back in for Vlahovic, but you can do better than Kai. Hell, I rather spend 120 million using Lavia money and try to unsettle Osimhen instead of paying anything more than 50 million for Havertz which it seems it is heading towards. But what can I do? So, I gotta hope they know what they're doing instead.
