Maddisons now out for a few months, Udogie and Romero out for a bit, City coming up. Ultimately I don’t think they have the squad depth to keep the charge going.
But sure they undoubtedly had a good run but I guess people were right, City are inevitable…
I think the style of play can contribute. Udogie’s two yellow cards are due to him stretching to stop an attack because the defense was so stretched when they lost possession. I would even argue Van De Ven’s hamstring injury could be exacerbated from constant start stop sprints.
Not to say this style isn’t worth trying, but it needs either whatever Klopp’s doctor is injecting into his players or way more players who can rotate in and out.
Imo Van De Ven, got screwed by VAR. Everyone was cooled off and then hot again with all the time they spent down.
Definitrly all plays a factor. But those VAR time outs did no favours to van de vens hamstrings. So much idle time between sprints
Celtic had a lot of similar injuries during his time there, so it isn’t at all surprising.
Even Liverpool suffered a lot of injuries last season tbh. Fabinho was so worn out he was playing like he’s 40
I agree it’s and intense playing style. But surely you aren’t suggesting that we shouldn’t be playing aggressive football or this is somehow negligence from Ange. (I’ve seen other people suggest that, and it’s quite ridiculous, ask any of the players, and probably half of the players on other teams, they would like to play the way Ange does).
That and the constant stopping and starting because of VAR
i agree to a point, udogies mistake are not because of the system its due to him being young and only being exposed to this system for an extremely short time. it took him many months last year to play well in that system and that system was basic in serie A. udogie needs a lot of time to learn, he’s super yong after all. We need to give him time.
Also VDV has been covering for romeros mistakes and aggressive play, as even the commentators noticed every game romero gets caught up high and VDV has to sprint back to cover the mistakes. I loved romero but i really feel like he isnt right for anges system, his overly aggressive/dirty play is counter productive. i think he can be sold for a ton to a Bundesliga team and we can maybe use that cash plus, to get another defender like Perr Schuurs, or bremer, or tapsoba.
Yeah because Liverpool have never had an injury hit season under Klopp. Ever!
What an absolute dolt take.