Trent Alexander-Arnold

[Red Shift]

4 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Probably because we've been very successful with him playing right back

Not this season. Synergy is everything.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

5 hours ago, KevieG said:

He lost his man and nearly conceded an equalizer after his goal. He isn't a good defender, unfortunately no time to experiment with midfield with every game needing to be a win

He also played the ball straight to opponents, or out of play, countless times today. Had a poor game apart from the goal, and didnt exactly look like a great midfielder in the making.

 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

13 minutes ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

He also played the ball straight to opponents, or out of play, countless times today. Had a poor game apart from the goal, and didnt exactly look like a great midfielder in the making.

 

He rushed things a lot today - not a necessarliy a bad thing, trying to up the tempo for the forwards to break, given how pedestrian and ponderous our play has been all season. His future is in midfield, being more involved, and being able to shoot more often. It's just a question of when he makes the move.

[dockers_strike]

19 minutes ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

He also played the ball straight to opponents, or out of play, countless times today. Had a poor game apart from the goal, and didnt exactly look like a great midfielder in the making.

 

To be fair, all the midfield players did that in this game and none of them scored either.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

6 minutes ago, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

He rushed things a lot today - not a necessarliy a bad thing, trying to up the tempo for the forwards to break, given how pedestrian and ponderous our play has been all season. His future is in midfield, being more involved, and being able to shoot more often. It's just a question of when he makes the move.

Disagree. We’ll see.

[Bruce Spanner]

'...The scouser in the team, the scouser in the team, Trent Alexander Arnold, Trent Alexander Arnold, Trent Alexander Arnoldooooodddddddd...'

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

19 minutes ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

Disagree. We’ll see.

Ok, I'll come back and say "I told you so" in a couple of years.*

 

 

 

 

* Heavy drinking and memory loss makes that highly unlikely.

[Scott_M]

It’s fair to say, he didn’t have a lot to aim at yesterday...

 

[dockers_strike]

4 hours ago, Scott_M said:

It’s fair to say, he didn’t have a lot to aim at yesterday...

 

Yeah but it's amazing what might happen if you take a shot on in a crowded box instead of trying to walk it into the net every time. Buy a ticket in a lottery and you might just win.

[Mark M]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

Yeah but it's amazing what might happen if you take a shot on in a crowded box instead of trying to walk it into the net every time. Buy a ticket in a lottery and you might just win.

This. Seems like we never have enough shots from just outside the box 

[Kevin D]

5 hours ago, Scott_M said:

It’s fair to say, he didn’t have a lot to aim at yesterday...

 

 

Not a lot to aim at all, he should have reversed it to Milner, the selfish cunt.

[El Rojo]

Shaqiri and Curtis Jones aren’t shy about a dig from distance. We generally don’t do enough of it though, especially our midfielders. 
 

It’s surely a tactical decision, as even Jones had stopped doing it during his last run in the side. 

[dockers_strike]

3 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Shaqiri and Curtis Jones aren’t shy about a dig from distance. We generally don’t do enough of it though, especially our midfielders. 
 

It’s surely a tactical decision, as even Jones had stopped doing it during his last run in the side. 

I doubt it is tactical. Jurgen took Oxlade Chamberlain aside in training not long after he arrived and said he had a good shot, so use it. I cant beleive the coaching staff have told players not to shoot.

[m0e]

 

[3 Stacks]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

I doubt it is tactical. Jurgen took Oxlade Chamberlain aside in training not long after he arrived and said he had a good shot, so use it. I cant beleive the coaching staff have told players not to shoot.

It's absolutely tactical. If you've ever played football, you know every player wants and loves to shoot from outside the box. The fact we don't do it much indicates they're being told to generally avoid it. 

[Lee909]

1 hour ago, El Rojo said:

Shaqiri and Curtis Jones aren’t shy about a dig from distance. We generally don’t do enough of it though, especially our midfielders. 
 

 

Have you watched our midfielders over the past 4/5 years shoot from outside the box. Outside of Ox they've generally been shite, below Premier league levels of shite. Shaqiri has the off freekick. Even Salah and Mane are not doing it regularly anymore. 

 

How many time have we seen a Lallana, Gini, Henderson, Milner shot barely have enough power to reach the keeper or end up dragged 10 yards wide. 

 

We haven't had someone willing to have a go since Coutinho and before him Gerrard, but even he was never the same after that last long injury around 09. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

I think he is a superb right back but I'm genuinely curious about how good he could be as a number 8.

[LFC 6 Times]

I echo some of the comments here. I’m now on board with idea of moving him into the middle of the park, I think on the right of a 3 he could be absolutely devastating. 
 

He was so good from RB and it was our main creative outlet I didn’t see the need. However, our set up has been worked out to an extent so the idea of moving Trent forward could be a real stroke of genius. Yesterday really wet the appetite if you will.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

3 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

I doubt it is tactical. Jurgen took Oxlade Chamberlain aside in training not long after he arrived and said he had a good shot, so use it. I cant beleive the coaching staff have told players not to shoot.

Agree. I reckon we simply dont have many players good at shooting from distance.

 

Mane, Salah, Firmino, Henderson and Wijnaldum all pretty poor at it. Probably Thiago as well, haven’t checked his stats from previous clubs.

Among the defenders Trent is the only one, possibly Van Dijk but CBs dont get many opportunities. Robertson is no threat from distance at all.

 

So that leaves us with Trent and Fabinho from the most regular starters. Ideally you’d like to have at least a couple more.

 

[John102]

Wasn't there some analysis that said shooting from long range/outside the box didn't produce many goals and that the analysis showed it was better to keep moving the ball into a better position? 

 

It may just be that someone on here stated it as fact, can't remember, sure it read something like that though 

[Bjornebye]

6 hours ago, Kevin D said:

 

Not a lot to aim at all, he should have reversed it to Milner, the selfish cunt.

Still fuming now. No wonder woody hasn't picked him for London 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Christ.... 

 

Daft Manc cunt. 

[Bjornebye]

Meanwhile Luke Shaw and Cavani

 

 

 

 

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Christ.... 

 

Daft Manc cunt. 

Ste Howson is clearly Reece James and Reece James looks like a demon.

[joe_fishfish]

David Bentley was a good player at Blackburn, could have had a much better career than he had. Never made the most of his talent at all.

 

Don't agree with Ste Howson in the slightest, btw.