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Poll Pick 3 - Who starts?

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Pick 3 - Who starts?

  • Salah

  • Gakpo

  • Diaz

  • Jota

  • Nunez


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Maybe a bit early for this one but who's in your front three against Chelsea away?

My picks:

Salah - Gakpo - Diaz

It's between Diaz and Jota for me. The other two are obvious imo.
Nailed it.
 
I think of it slightly differently. We will play with a de-facto front 4 in most games, even if formation says 4-3-3 or 3-4-3. So we’re not choosing 3 from 5, we’re choosing 4 from 7 (or 8 if you include Doak):

Salah
Nunez
Gakpo
Jota
Diaz
Szloboszlai
Elliott

That’s a lot of talent and variety there, but I don’t think you have a prime Salah-Mane-Firmino type of trio in here that can create and finish all the chances all by themselves while rest of the team focuses on pressing. On the other hand, a front 4 with Gakpo or Szloboszlai as the attacking #8/10 will be more defensively solid than the ones Klopp tried with Coutinho or Shaqiri.

Still to make this system really unbeatable, it would be great to have a prime Kante/Mascherano patrolling the midfield next to Trent.
 
Nah, that doesn't make sense.
Sure in a worst case scenario, if we have injuries in midfield, but you're saying that we can potentially play with Salah, Diaz, Jota and Gakpo on the pitch.
Nah I don't see it happening. Klopp has never done that regularly, and I don't see him doing it now.
 
Nah, that doesn't make sense.
Sure in a worst case scenario, if we have injuries in midfield, but you're saying that we can potentially play with Salah, Diaz, Jota and Gakpo on the pitch.
Nah I don't see it happening. Klopp has never done that regularly, and I don't see him doing it now.

I would be willing to bet - to make it easy let’s say the first 10 league games of the season. If the 7 I mentioned start more than 5 of these games together I win, if not you win. Deal?
 
I would be willing to bet - to make it easy let’s say the first 10 league games of the season. If the 7 I mentioned start more than 5 of these games together I win, if not you win. Deal?
If 4 of the 7 you mentioned start together?

So a line up of

Diaz Gakpo Nunes Salah
-----mid-----------mid------

-----------Backline----------
-----------Keeper---------

Something like that?

Oh you have a bet.
 
If 4 of the 7 you mentioned start together?

So a line up of

Diaz Gakpo Nunes Salah
-----mid-----------mid------

-----------Backline----------
-----------Keeper---------

Something like that?

Oh you have a bet.

Yes, I meant any 4 of the 7 I mentioned. We have a bet!

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Nah, that doesn't make sense.
Sure in a worst case scenario, if we have injuries in midfield, but you're saying that we can potentially play with Salah, Diaz, Jota and Gakpo on the pitch.
Nah I don't see it happening. Klopp has never done that regularly, and I don't see him doing it now.
He did play Salah, Frim, Mane and Coutinho together a few times. Papers dubbed them the Fab 4
 
Yes, I meant any 4 of the 7 I mentioned. We have a bet!

*handshake*
Wait a minute...

Nah no bet. My point was about the front three.
If Szobo is included, then technically we can play Diaz Nunez Salah and Szobo behind them and you'd win.

Remove Szobo from the equation then you have bet.

Right now bet off.
 
He did play Salah, Frim, Mane and Coutinho together a few times. Papers dubbed them the Fab 4
Yes but it's still a front three which my initial post was about.
Rurik comes in here and starts messing with my head.
 
Wait a minute...

Nah no bet. My point was about the front three.
If Szobo is included, then technically we can play Diaz Nunez Salah and Szobo behind them and you'd win.

Remove Szobo from the equation then you have bet.

Right now bet off.

I think Szobo and Gakpo are almost interchangeable - both can be front 3 players or attacking #8’s. But yeah, if we exclude Szlobo that severely diminishes my chances, so I guess it’s off…
 
Disrespect?

He disrespected me with that dumb red card.

Also, Gakpo came in and upstaged him imo.
If he performs better than Gakpo then I'm all for Nunez playing.
😀, Suarez and Stevie both picked up long suspensions too…..

“Salah and Gakpo obvious picks then it’s Jota or Diaz” then when you mention his name you refuse to spell properly, yeah, I see what you’re doing here!!!
 
😀, Suarez and Stevie both picked up long suspensions too…..

“Salah and Gakpo obvious picks then it’s Jota or Diaz” then when you mention his name you refuse to spell properly, yeah, I see what you’re doing here!!!
Nunez, Nunes...
Diaz, Dias...
Lallana, Banana...
Tomato, Tomaaaato

Same thing.
 
Lol reminds me of a bet I won against @Mystic , I believe, like 10 years ago, when I said that Southampton would finish above us.
 
I want Nunez to come good and become a world class attacker but think it removes some of the pressure if he comes off the bench to start the season.

Jota is a stone cold killer but we know he can be effective as a sub.

So, that leaves Diaz. He contributes a fair bit overall but needs to add more end product. Let's give him the chance to do so against Chelsea.

Salah and Gakpo are no-brainers.

Only variant could be if Gakpo is tip of the midfield and we play Darwin as a 9.
 
I think Gakpo might play in an attacking midfield role.

Diaz, Jota & Salah up front, with Gakpo & Mac A in behind.

You’d have Slobbers & possibly Nunez coming on in the 65th minute - with likely Jota going off and Gakpo either going off or moving into one of the forward positions to be replaced by Slobbers in MF.
 
Maybe a bit early for this one but who's in your front three against Chelsea away?

My picks:

Salah - Gakpo - Diaz

It's between Diaz and Jota for me. The other two are obvious imo.

Yep spot on. Gakpo and Salah have the least to prove, the LW spot is most up for grabs, but I'd start with Diaz.
 
Disrespect?

He disrespected me with that dumb red card.

Also, Gakpo came in and upstaged him imo.
If he performs better than Gakpo then I'm all for Nunez playing.
On form alone you would have to say gakpo ahead of nunez. But I still believe nunez has more potential than gakpo.
 
On form alone you would have to say gakpo ahead of nunez. But I still believe nunez has more potential than gakpo.
Maybe, but who showed up at the world cup? Gakpo
Who showed up mid season?
Gakpo
Who's name rhymes with fried dough?
Gakpo

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