So we get perhaps a welcome change of scenery from the premier league tonight. How we all feeling about it?
Cant say I watch much german football at all so I cautious in giving an opinion on them. I watched them twice against united though and whilst quite dangerous going forward, they were woeful at the back, a real surprise given how highly rated both their cbs are.
Think with fabinho looking like hes out we need hendo in the midfield. The back 4 need a bit of protection against a team that have quality up top. Hendo will give much better protection than thiago will.
Id take the chance with kabak and phillips at the back. Get hendo thiago and gini in the middle and see if they can take a strangle of the game.
I fancy us for a performance tonight.
Thoughts on tonight
posted on 16/2/21
They aren't that dangerous going forward.
Slabhead made their strikers look much quicker than they really are.
posted on 16/2/21
comment by ttliv87 (U11882)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
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Is Naby back?
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Forgot to put his hood up and his hair got wet while training, hearing he is out for 3 months.
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You never fuсking stop do you
Call yourself a fan
posted on 16/2/21
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
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comment by ttliv87 (U11882)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 1 minute ago
Is Naby back?
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Forgot to put his hood up and his hair got wet while training, hearing he is out for 3 months.
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You never fuсking stop do you
Call yourself a fan
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Agree getting boring now
posted on 16/2/21
They are quite similar to Salzburg in how they attempt to play.
One big difference between the sides is that Leipzig will go vertical quite a lot into a target man and will play with two up top. They like to have a lot of bodies in central areas as they will react to chaotic situations of the second ball a lot, that's why they will go direct into a target man (Poulsen/Sorloth) and be quick to the ball. Speed is important to how they play as they can be dangerous on the counter attack as they play a lot of vertical and diagonal passes incorporated with high energy midfielders/attackers with good pace and an overall good sprint speed. It will be a high intensity game.
They organise in a state of ball-oriented compactness, which is why I would like to see Henderson and Thiago in midfield to help with a big switch to open up the play on the opposite side to their press (TAA's passing range will be useful providing he is quick with the ball). Their pressing triggers will be when the ball goes into full-back/wing-back areas, so keeping full backs high will be important and having the midfielders receive the ball in the full-back/wing-back areas will be important to create an overload on the flanks.
Whether they manage to achieve their game plan will come down to how controlled the overall performance is.
posted on 16/2/21
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 46 minutes ago
comment by ttliv87 (U11882)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 1 minute ago
Is Naby back?
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Forgot to put his hood up and his hair got wet while training, hearing he is out for 3 months.
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You never fuсking stop do you
Call yourself a fan
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as you say he is not a fan, he just likes to make a twatt out himself
posted on 16/2/21
comment by Klopp klopp (U17359)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Can’t see him moving Henderson from the back think it will be same team as Saturday with Jones for Milner . I think he may move him for the Everton game though
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Think you will probably be right mate. Thats just what I hope he does but I dont expect it.
posted on 16/2/21
comment by Mellor, Lovely Cushioned Header, FOR GERRARD, OOOOOOHHHHHH YAAAAAAA BEEEUUUTTTYYYYY!!!!!!!!! (U1859)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by Klopp klopp (U17359)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Can’t see him moving Henderson from the back think it will be same team as Saturday with Jones for Milner . I think he may move him for the Everton game though
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Think you will probably be right mate. Thats just what I hope he does but I dont expect it.
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Yes I prefer your team , but I think this is what he will start with . Hope I’m wrong
posted on 16/2/21
We need to see what happened again tonight.
The instant ox and shaqiri came on we fell.apart.
We need two proper cms at all times.
Get kabak and Davies together working on their communication and line and just get it sorted over next 2 or 3 weeks. Fabinho and henderson in front? Rotating wijnaldum.and thaigo???
We have to improve doing that imo.
The difference tonight was poor leipzig finishing as we just fell apart for 10mins after subs again.
posted on 16/2/21
I think we'll see either Fab or Hendo at CB fof the rest of the season. Their passing is important in our system.
posted on 16/2/21
I think it will be kabak and fabinho when fit as the cb pairing and I can live with that. That should leave us with hendo thiago gini 3 in the middle which I like the look of.
3 weeks until the next leg. Finish the job off and by time quarters roll round we will hopefully be seeing fabinho milner jota and keita added to the squad we saw tonight.
Bit of luck in the draw and we might have some joy yet this season.