There's no an ounce of doubt kuwa injuries zimeharibu sana msimu watu & especially Klopp's plans, and we should not be ashamed kutumia excuses za injuries this season.
HOWEVER, against Brighton, Klopp got it all wrong tactically.
Yes, i feel so sorry for him, kutokana na our injury crisis, but a 35 year-old Milner shouldnt be playing 3 games in 7 days, amekuwa so helpful during this injury crisis, but hatakiwi kuwa starter kwenye team yenye big ambitions, especially when you have a young & hungry Curtis Jones on the bench (ambaye ame-impress kila anapoanza), and its so strange kuona players kama Kina Minamino wanakuaa loaned out na tunabaki na kina Milner (i dont buy this leadership in the dressing room bullshit, because if anything him & Henderson have been exposed this season, this narraton that they are leaders is just so dumb),
So, Milner gets subbed off against West Ham, he gets mad at the manager, and Klopp had to explain to him why he subbed him off (this was super stupid), next game against Brighton he starts and Klopp plays him for 90 minutes, scared to sub off fearing he'd get mad, this is Klopp's main weakness, and if y'all been following my posts tangu Klopp aje LFC, nilikuwa nasema kuwa Klopp ana tatizo la loyality na favourtism kwa bum players, as a Manager why you feel the need to explain subs zako kwa mchezaji? tena mchezaji ambaye hana mchango wowote uwanjani, i will get pelters for this but there's no way in hell Pep Guardiola angekuwa bado na mchezaji kama Milner kwenye team yake let alone kujieleza kwanini kamtoa uwanjani, i said it before kuwa hii inaweza kuwa ni Klopp's downfall at LFC, being loyal to bum & finished players, it will take him 2-3 years from now kukubali kuwa Firmino is physically finished, he's still loyal to Origi because of his goals against Barca & Spurs, still crying kwa Gini ku-sign new Contract because of his goals against Boro & Barca, and ironically these are the players ambao wamekuwa na mchango mdogo sana kwake katika kipindi hichi cha injury crisis.
So, against Brighton, why alirudi kwenye his orthodox 433?, he changed our shape against Spurs & WH and it paid off, why reveting kwenye long balls against Brighton? its actually so shocking kuwa na Thiago on the pitch na bado una-resort kwenye long balls, Ok, lets say alijua kuwa Brighton watapark bus (deep block), so what was the point of starting Milner? how can Milner help at unlocking deep blocks?..
Against Spurs & WH, he deployed Shaqiri as an inverted 10, and Thiago as 8, but against Brighton, he shifted Shaqiri on the left, and instruct him to play further forward with Salah on the right, he wanted Shaqiri to play as Mane, this was wrong, Shaqiri only excells as a 10 kwenye 433, and ocassionally as a RW, but on the left? that was tactically wrong, Ok, so lets say Klopp thought the MF ingeweza ku-move the ball forward, kiungo mwenye hiyo license ya kupress & move the ball from deep areas ni Milner, so how can attacking outlets get the ball? Firmino (who is finished physically, has to drop close to Milner to help him progress the ball and press into wide areas and allow trent to overlap and cross a long ball to dwarfs (Salah & Shaqiri), this is because our ST is busy trying to press, & Thiago is busy covering for Salah who is busy timing Trent crosses (Salah cant track back, so its must for his side kuwa covered especially ikitokea counter), this results kwa sisi kushindwa ku-create a single chance, because when we attack the shape changes into 2-6-2 (hope the diagram below will provide a clear picture) with only 2 attackers upfont from wide areas, we stay in this shape to manage & control counters, yes tunafanikiwa but it doesnt help when we are shit kwenye set pieces, so just go out and attack, you cant expect Henderson to keep a clean sheet as a CB, he's not Fabinho.
Play Thiago as an advanced 8, get him close to our attackers, let him be a free roamer like spurs & WH, let him set & open chances, why did we buy him if we cant use his strengh? tumetumia uwezo waks kidogo tu against Spurs & WH na tumeona matunda, kwenye hizi games mbili sidhan hata kama tulifikisha crosses 15+, maana against WH, kwa dk 90 hatukufikisha hata crosses 8, but against Brighton ilikuwa ni hoofing party.
You cant excuse injuries against teams like Brighton, Klopp got outclassed by Potter, not tactically but sababu ya kuwa naive.
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