Poll Weakest link?
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I don't think we're actually weak anywhere, outside not really knowing if our new guys will be as effective as we hope. The most selected one currently is RW, if Salah truly is our weakest link, we won't have a problem walking the league.
We led the league practically from the start. This post is just a reflection of your semi-obsessional campaign against Diaz, even after he's gone.
Look around, Diaz is constantly being brought up when we are under the cosh. They love Diaz, me, not so much. We are just on a different spectrum.
And when we have Gakpo and Ekitike covering the LW, we are still apparently weak in the left wing. I can only infer someone hadn't gotten over Diaz. I'm just pointing out a very obvious fact but got shot down while the main point is ignored totally.
So who's the one being obsessed?
I felt before this summer, we were ready to recycle the forward line in preparation for life after Mo, we needed a creator and goals.
My belief was one of either Diogo or Diaz was ready to be replaced as Diogo was prone to the odd injury and Diaz inconsistent in terms of production.
But the pair were part of a PL winning strike force.
After Diogo sadly passed away, I felt keeping Diaz was a sensible decision as it kept consistency within the squad (one of the qualities that helped Slot win the league last year - a well drilled group familiar with one another)
Diaz could play across the front 3 positions and would offer a solution to the AFCON situation with Mo as he can play well from the right.
We lack natural, experienced wide players now. We effectively have Mo and Cody, every other option now is either playing slightly out of their most natural position (Ekitike), is very young (Rio) or has yet to convince in the premier league (Chiesa).
I find that choice, a risk….we’ll see if it pays off.
I'd dont think we have a weak spot in the squad in all honesty. Sure we could have had Guehi as well, but we are quite well stocked at CB at least until January.
Salah isnt our weak spot, and Gakpo is a top level LW/forward. The squad will need more additions going forward but you'd expect a few upgrades and us continuing to invest in young players.
2026:
Gomez to Guehi
Salah to Olise
Robertson to a new back up LB (potentially)
Konate?
Salah isnt our weak spot, and Gakpo is a top level LW/forward. The squad will need more additions going forward but you'd expect a few upgrades and us continuing to invest in young players.
2026:
Gomez to Guehi
Salah to Olise
Robertson to a new back up LB (potentially)
Konate?
the thread isn’t about squad depth!!!
gakpo is good but in a front 3 he’s beside one of our best ever players and two massive new signings for the central position. if you have to pick a weakest link i don’t think lw is a ridiculous pick.
fullbacks are kind of an unknown quantity but too soon to call weak. the rest of the team is amongst the top players in their position.
good to know cody has some family on here looking out for him though
gakpo is good but in a front 3 he’s beside one of our best ever players and two massive new signings for the central position. if you have to pick a weakest link i don’t think lw is a ridiculous pick.
fullbacks are kind of an unknown quantity but too soon to call weak. the rest of the team is amongst the top players in their position.
good to know cody has some family on here looking out for him though
Sure, Diaz provides cover, no arguments there. But our best 11 under Slot last season was Gakpo on the LW and Diaz in the centre FW position. We were winning everything talking of quadruple before Gakpo got injured and Diaz had to shift back to LW sometime in Feb. You could say when Diaz vacated the FW position, the replacements couldn't cut it, and our performances took a dive. Fair, but Diaz wasn't pulling up trees on the LW either, he was his usual inconsistent self.
Anyway, I am more concerned about us leaving a very good player, probably Ekitike, on the bench then thinking about what Diaz might or might not do. Ekitike is good enough to cover all 3 forward positions, even the 10, IMO. I won't be against it if Wirtz continues to struggle and Ekitike comes in at the 10.
I feel it’s more nuanced than that.
Diaz started the season on the left, Jota was Slots first choice centre forward, and we were brilliantly consistent in terms of results - I think it’s worth mentioning our overall performances were stronger in the first half of the season than the second half. Injuries to Jota along with Nunez’s poor form meant Slot found a solution in Diaz playing central. That opened up the left sided forward role for Gakpo who pre injury - did a phenomenal job!
Ekitike is very much a centre forward, he *could* perform a role from the left, that’s yet to be proven. I’d be highly surprised if he could perform adequately from the right however, has he ever played that role?
We don’t play with a 10, rather an 8/10 hybrid connecting the phases of play from the second third of the pitch with the final third. It would be imagining Kanu playing that role…Ekitike is a forward, not an attacking midfielder or playmaker.
And Szoboslai is a midfielder. Anyway, I don't see Slot leaving Ekitike on the bench waiting for only Isak to tire. He will definitely be tried in different positions.
With someone like Ekitike as cover, at least for the upfront positions, I don't see an obvious weakness, unless injury hits of course.
Deffo RW. Salah is ageing and needs competition which it feels like we don't really have
we’ve basically been discussing squad depth all summer via transfers. it has been done to death.
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rb konate virgil kerkez
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macallister wirtz
salah isak gakpo
i’m not actually sure who’s our first choice right back. just pick a player(s) you think we could / should improve upon
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rb konate virgil kerkez
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macallister wirtz
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i’m not actually sure who’s our first choice right back. just pick a player(s) you think we could / should improve upon
Or just select all the fucking options.
Same people would be screaming about those numbers when Mo isn’t passing the eye test.
Not sure what's crazier, this result or the fact that i'm in agreement with "dreambeliever"
I thought I made it clear...its not about the squad. Using this team from 2020-ish as an example.
---------------Ali
Trent---Matip---VD---Robbo
----Hendo----Fabs----Gini
Salah-------------------Mane
-----------Firmino
You could make an argument that we had an almost perfect XI. Many would argue that we couldn't get much stronger. I would have possibly traded Hendo for a better midfielder. So I would have picked "CM".
So is it the same now is my question? Or is there a position on the pitch you're not 100% happy with.
---------------Ali
Trent---Matip---VD---Robbo
----Hendo----Fabs----Gini
Salah-------------------Mane
-----------Firmino
You could make an argument that we had an almost perfect XI. Many would argue that we couldn't get much stronger. I would have possibly traded Hendo for a better midfielder. So I would have picked "CM".
So is it the same now is my question? Or is there a position on the pitch you're not 100% happy with.
Yes but all of Isak, Ekitike and Rio DO play there. They are not just 'doing a job' and they are bloody good at playing, and coming in off, the LW.
It's easy to see Ekitike and Isak in the same starting team. Or rotating with Gakpo.
I disagree. And for that it may be worth checking the link Stevie posted above and noting the histories of both Isak and Ekitike.
Isak and Ekitike don't play there on a regular basis, and Rio - whom I like and who I reckon has a huge future - isn't ready to do so yet. Let's agree to differ.
Confession - I voted "GK", "CM", "ST" and "none of the above" - although it says its multiple choice, it is only multiple up to 4 and so my fun was prematurely ended
Fuck’s sake Modo
question- do you swap today’s best XI with the one you just posted?
Ah, ok maybe I’ve not elucidated well enough. What I mean by players who ‘can’ play LW, I mean players who can play that role effectively enough for us. Not to just an acceptable degree, but to a Liverpool degree.
Fuck no, that team just needed better squad players. We'd walk the league with them.
you never know with @Modo that team has hendo in it
it’s such a great team though isn’t it, the best players then are still our best players but older
