Romero is our best player

Did u see motd single him out casually jogging back too?

He’s simultaneously key for us offensively with his ability on the ball and a liability for us in a high line

Think having VDV next to him really helps with recovery pace. Why we need another pacy centre back playing like this imo

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 14 minutes ago
Romero is our best player
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He’s arguably been at fault for all 3 goals we have conceded this season

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 4 minutes ago
Romero is our best player
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Personally, I think VDV is better than Cuti (despite the fact he got the better resume (World Cup & Copa America winner).

I like Cuti, I think he's done a good job since the Chelsea game last year of cutting out some of the brainless moments.

Unlike VDV, I don't think the way Spurs play suits him all that well. I think he's much better against teams that put us under pressure and he's better defender in his own box making clearances etc.

I'm happy with all 3 of our CBs and they all have their individual strengths, but I've said it till I'm blue in the face, the way we play (too high up the pitch) puts them under unnecessary pressure at times (Covering for balls in behind the FBs and requiring express/ VDV pace leaves them exposed.

Somebody said it the other day.... The way Ange wants us to play, super high press and all out attack only gives us some of the upside (goals) and all the downside defensive risk. Add to fact our football going forward is congested as there's no space for our pacy forward players to exploit/ run into.

Just want Ange to dial it back 10%

Spurs fans finally waking up.

The first one, yeah he left his position. The one where Isak broke through, that’s coaching. Your entire back four was on the half way line… against one of the fastest strikers in Europe.

overrated by spurs fans underrated by other fans (probably cause hes a bit of a chithouse and can be highlighted as liability)

not sure hes our best player but hes probably the one out of all our squad you can see currently leaving for a bigger team

comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 1 minute ago
not sure hes our best player but hes probably the one out of all our squad you can see currently leaving for a bigger team
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Will be at Real next season if we don't win anything and miss CL

I dont blame him for the 1st goal. If he rushes out and presses then the midfielders and others need to drop in and cover. It was from a corner so players were all out of natural positions anyway, they just needed to look around and adapt. Trouble is i think they were looking around and NUFC took a quick throw-in.

For me that goal was not a disaster as I credit NUFC more. The quick throwing when actually we had a pretty decent shape. the cross beat 2 defenders so was a bit fortuitous and it went perfectly to Barnes whose finish was top draw. Little details for us to consider really rather than glaring errors. But the Vardy and Isak's were glaring errors and both on Romero.

As i said on another thread, i hope he is aware or being made aware that these were his errors because it ruined what was otherwise a pretty good defensive display away at NUFC. Great to see Dragusin have a really strong game. That gives confidence that he has what it takes, will be pushing Romero and also could be a good replacement should we cash in on Romero next summer.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 27 minutes ago
The first one, yeah he left his position. The one where Isak broke through, that’s coaching. Your entire back four was on the half way line… against one of the fastest strikers in Europe.
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Nah mate. Nothing wrong with a high line. If you see the move play out, once Joelinton breaks the press from Madders, 3 of the back 4 are on the turn. Criticially Romero isnt, so Murphy has a free run, that draws Dragusin over as cover, leaving Isak.

If Romero goes with the runner then he could have got the block in, tackled, forced the player wider and to shoot and certainly Isak isnt unmarked for a tap in.

You don't abandon a high line just because the oppo have a fast player...did you learn nothing from Klopp's tenure?

Romero slows down our moves sometimes to a point where we lose momentum in attack, that can be frustrating and times, allows opponents to regroup. I don't see him as a CB, tbh more like a 6. We play him as a 6 and have VDV and Dragusin at the back.

i dunno why he was playing LCB against Newcastle, should have left him on the right

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 27 minutes ago
The first one, yeah he left his position. The one where Isak broke through, that’s coaching. Your entire back four was on the half way line… against one of the fastest strikers in Europe.
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Nah mate. Nothing wrong with a high line. If you see the move play out, once Joelinton breaks the press from Madders, 3 of the back 4 are on the turn. Criticially Romero isnt, so Murphy has a free run, that draws Dragusin over as cover, leaving Isak.

If Romero goes with the runner then he could have got the block in, tackled, forced the player wider and to shoot and certainly Isak isnt unmarked for a tap in.

You don't abandon a high line just because the oppo have a fast player...did you learn nothing from Klopp's tenure?
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I learned loads, and part of that was to not have your entire back four on the half way line when playing against the likes of Isak. Even Klopp didn’t do that.

Spurs defence is a shambles, and yet you yourself had most of that back four in my ‘signings of the season’ article so….

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 27 minutes ago
The first one, yeah he left his position. The one where Isak broke through, that’s coaching. Your entire back four was on the half way line… against one of the fastest strikers in Europe.
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Nah mate. Nothing wrong with a high line. If you see the move play out, once Joelinton breaks the press from Madders, 3 of the back 4 are on the turn. Criticially Romero isnt, so Murphy has a free run, that draws Dragusin over as cover, leaving Isak.

If Romero goes with the runner then he could have got the block in, tackled, forced the player wider and to shoot and certainly Isak isnt unmarked for a tap in.

You don't abandon a high line just because the oppo have a fast player...did you learn nothing from Klopp's tenure?
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I learned loads, and part of that was to not have your entire back four on the half way line when playing against the likes of Isak. Even Klopp didn’t do that.

Spurs defence is a shambles, and yet you yourself had most of that back four in my ‘signings of the season’ article so….
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Rubbish. You played high line all the time, including vs Spurs and the pace of Son.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66t1CU2WJtw

Try about 3m50s and 4m1s. 2 clear examples just in the one game that came to my mind instantly when you said LFC didnt play a high line vs pacey strikers.

And we dropped points…

No way we drop Romero.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 19 minutes ago
And we dropped points…
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The point being that that is how Liverpool played under Klopp. High aggressive press and that's how you lined up vs Spurs who have one of the fastest PL forwards. There was always space in behind LFCs back line but, like City, your press was so good that to exploit that space was never as easy as it sounds.

An aggressive high press is only achieved by a highline.

We also finished 5th that year.

Tbf Im likely wide of the mark a bit with Klopp I guess, but then we weren’t letting in over 60 league goals a season either.

There’s high lines, and there’s high lines.

If you don’t feel that’s a quite obvious system error, then fair enough.

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 8 minutes ago
No way we drop Romero.
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I agree for now but the guy needs to cut out the individual errors. Thats 3 points he's cost us and vs Leicester we were dominating them totally and that goal gave them new life. Vs NUFC it played into their hands and their tactics of sitting & countering.

Say what you like about the tactics, if they are not executed properly then they will fail.

We shipped 63 goals under COnte. A manager who had us parking the bus and happy to concede possession. Whatever his tactics were defensively, they were not executed.

I listen to the View from the Lane podcast and one point they made was that, Spurs have to play perfectly to execute the tactics. Any break down and we're exposed. I do not fully agree with that. Perfection is not necessary to deliver results, but getting the basics right is....and for me Romero has failed to do this twice and its cost us. Its good that Radu had a strong game and Romero might feel pressure for his position and raise his game, which he needs to.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t ... (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
We also finished 5th that year.

Tbf Im likely wide of the mark a bit with Klopp I guess, but then we weren’t letting in over 60 league goals a season either.

There’s high lines, and there’s high lines.

If you don’t feel that’s a quite obvious system error, then fair enough.
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As per my response to sizzle below....that high line became a problem when Romero didnt get the basics right. We've let in 3 goals, all very different. In the build up to Isaks, we had NUFC pinned back, camped on the edge of their area had a lot of successful turnovers in their half from a high press. That is only really possible from a high line. We should have made more of those opportunities. We were 1-1 and pushing for a win and i have no issue with that.

May be if we take the lead then things become more circumspect, the press eases off and we hold what we have a bit more.

But the high line had allowed us to take almost full control and while that comes with a risk, it demands that the basics are done well, and they were not.

Seems like they struggle a fair bit with it.

comment by Robbing Hoody - keepy up arbiter. Don’t talk to me unless you can do ten (U6374)
posted 17 minutes ago
We also finished 5th that year.

Tbf Im likely wide of the mark a bit with Klopp I guess, but then we weren’t letting in over 60 league goals a season either.

There’s high lines, and there’s high lines.

If you don’t feel that’s a quite obvious system error, then fair enough.
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City and Liverpool’s high line’s weren’t as reetarded reckless as Spurs’. And that was with vastly superior defenders in the team as well.

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