Do you think Liverpool need to make changes up top this summer?

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Here's how you solve it, You be better defensively and the forwards will be more relaxed and less rushed,Too much pressure on the forwards to score not just once but multiple times per game because we can't keep a clean sheet , not to mention even more added pressure on them to produce from 1-0 down from the majority of matches, Our record of conceding 1st this season is virtually unheard of beforeso are we really surprised been soo lacklustre defensively all season finally caught up with us and lead to forwards underperforming on xg under so much pressure chasing games all season

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This is all hypothetical, depending on what Slot will prefer, but: 1. Diaz is the hardest worker our of the front 3. He's the best dribbler as well, being able to glide through opposition. Yes, he doesn't score as much, as he should and he's 27, but he's on 50k a week, so... I hear Slot likes dribblers, so we should keep him. 2. Nuñez - if we could just calm his head, so he stops thinking too much. Also, he's been very unlucky this season. But we works hard and is a pressing monster. I wouldn't say he's that young, doesn't he turn 25 soon? Maybe give him another year. 3. Gakpo - young, fast, energetic, descent dribbler, tall and can shoot well enough. He should stay. 4. Jota - the most unpredictable, in a sense you don't know how he's going to score, but very often he does. He's stronger than he looks and is a good poacher. However, if he cannot recover from these constant injuries even under the new manager (and yes, I know he's going to be just the coach), we should sell him. 5. Salah - I know he's been more of a creator this season, but I see a very big drop off. Couple that with that reoccurring injury, which is a consern and I think there's a real argument for selling him. He's 33 this year, he's on 350k a week and from what i hear and read, he doesn't want only 1 year contract extension, but at least 2. Imagine him "running down the wing" and 35. This would have been possible, IF he was taking good shots, even from outside the box. But he's not and he doesn't. So I say if an offer of 120-130 mil comes for him, sell. With Thiago also leaving, that means we wiil be saving 550k+ per week just from their wages. And invest in new big talents. Ex. Niko Williams, Leão etc...

Absolutely. Diaz works hard but not prolific enough, Jota great but injuries is always an issue, jury still out on Nunez. Let's be real, we were at our best when we had the classic front three and a solid no 6 in peak Fabinho.

that’s an incredibly informative video David. Thank you for putting the work into it.

Interesting analysis, which is bang on. So my question is this! Why do reporters not highlight these stats infront of Jurgen when questioning him. Surely also, we must have a statistical analyst who presents the same information to Jurgen? It would be interesting indeed if Klopp was asked to explain the dysfunction. Because that is what it is. Do you account for pressure 🤔. Because 6 games ago maybe more? We we on for a Qusd Dave. Manure parked a Bus 🚌 escaped with a draw. We had 29 shots. A few crept just wide or to high. One or two just darn unlucky? Picking bones, bad refereeing is something missing. In this. Because the tackle on Macca v City. Penalty awarded. The stats change. If we scored it?

Darwin is not a front line striker,he lacks the finishing instinct,footballing brain and composure,and cannot time his runs well enough to avoid being offside numerous times during games,he is the scorer of great goals,rather than a great goal scorer,his favoured position and strength is coming in off the left.

Another great piece David. Appreciate the deep dive into our problem with finishing. This is a team game and I personally feel that our attacking deficiencies are only part of the reason why we didn’t win the league. The fact that we have struggled all season to keep a clean sheet is a huge factor. The pressure on the attackers to score 2 or 3 goals a game is incredibly high as they know that the defence is likely to concede 1 or more goals. If we had a better defence we would probably have won the league. Arsenal are incredibly strong at the back and we are quite poor for a team chasing a title. Our attacking players certainly have to shoulder a lot of the blame, but defensively we struggled in too many games. I agree about the set piece coach as we seem to be very dependent on VVD up front and defensively for set pieces.

Great analysis - Ive felt for a long time that we need to change our approach when around the box - Also I feel that Diaz/Nunez are often exhausted by the time they get to the box and that affects composure

Over anxious to score,,,that's what affects the finishing.Got to be more focused.Thanks David.👏👏👏YNWA.❤️🔴

Very interesting & telling vid. Nunez & Diaz have the talent but need better coaching imo. The team also needs to be set up specifically to suit Nunez rightly or wrongly. Also him not speaking English surely can't help either. There's still a lot of potential & room for improvement but there's only so long you can keep saying that if it's not being realised.

Once again Salah gets a pass. I clearly remember the team playing better football and winning games whilst he was at AFCON. Darwin now the scapegoat. There is potential there when considering the Newcastle game. He deserves another season after all we put up with Naby Kieta for 5 bloody years!

So in effect - we need a set piece coach - a final third build up coach and a finishing coach !

If I’m honest, I don’t feel we’ve played well all season never mind last few games, everything was a grind bar a couple of games here and there. We need a big summer though, left back, centre half, right winger, maybe mother midfielder. £150-£200M window, no more being out spent by villa, spurs etc! If only klopp was backed better

Thank you Mr. Lynch. Such an informative review of the data that really helps us to understand and pin-point the performance issues this season. I too would not have knee jerk reaction, but I could now better appreciate if a less emotional Mr Edwards / Hughes might well make some tough decisions based purely on the supporting data / facts this summer. I look forward to the next episode.

Fair play that Toni. Excellent work.

A little bit of improvement in finishing and sum luck with injury then could be interesting next season I wud like top four a cup and aleast last eight in champions league Dave great vid mate!!! 💯💯😎😎👍👍

Thanks for the content

Great analysis David.

You make a lot of sense, David. The data really does show that we need to improve the forward line. It sounds like Diaz is the most likely & that they’ll give Nunez one more year, with Slot’s tuition, to see if they can just get him to an average return on the amount of chances he gets. Is Gakpo at risk amongst the supporting cast? Could even two of them go? Mo’s contract is a complicated one but another season of the better version of him combined with better finishing around him could make us lethal! Can Jota stay fit more often under a new coaching & fitness team? Who could be the one or two players to come in to hopefully give us much better potency? It will be fascinating to discover through (the hopefully earlier part of) the window. Let’s hope for positive developments to give us renewed belief because mine, sadly, fell off a cliff, particularly from the crushing United disappointment.

Do you not also think that because we're 1 0 down almost every game that it adds more pressure on the forwards finishing? Because I do sometimes I feel they rush because we 1 0 down

I wouldn't say it was the most important factor but i think overplaying certain players was another issue. Szobo looked a bit burnt out during the league game at OT and iirc we played full strength in EL away to sparta(was it the other?) before the fa cup loss to united (salah and szobo didnt last the whole match i think)

Brilliantly astute analysis. If only Jota could stay fit more often.

We do, in fact, need a Michael Owen/Robbie Fowler quality striker. We may have one in the youth set up. Jayden Danns has scored twice in 39 minutes of football.

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We definitely need a set piece coach and maybe a striker coach too

We would have won the league easily if they could have finished their chances in a few games. United, Luton, Palace. All would have been 3 points. The forwards are fine but they think too much inside the box. They pass when they should take a shot or take a shot when they should pass. I like Diaz but if I have to see him take on a player and dribble 50 times instead of taking the shot or passing one more time, I’m gonna lose it. Their decision making is what needs a rework in the summer.

The problems of Liverpool clearly seen in this OPTA which absolutely reflected on the pitch and tables. Last seasons the main problems of club to compete at top levels "lack of creating enough chances". that is solved this season. But now finishing appears as problem. In my Opinion Gapko and Diaz can improve,Jota must remain injury free,I have no comment on Nunez and salah

In July August last year I was worried, our team

Not a dip in form. The club did not do enough in the transfer market. When this was called out the start o the season you lot were all on board with this nonsense

Such a shame that Jota is made of glass...😢

Liverpool haven't replaced Mane or Firmino and will at some point have to replace Salah. Strengthening the forward position should be a priority this Summer.

XG is for the average player. Top teams should have above average players and therefore should always exceed their XG. Based on XG/Goals Liverpool are about 12-16 goals off the pace this year. (And we could see in those games against ATL etc - could have played for a week and not scored.)

If Darwin had performed on the same level as our other strikers...we'd have been home and dry on numerous fronts !

Loan Darwin out to Barcelona...let them suffer his inability to understand the offside rule and maybe they can reset his compass wrt where the goalposts actually are !! Give Jayden Danns 2 seasons like Darwin has had and then see what happens!

What is the latest on Diego Dave as no questions asked at PC

Liverpool are still good, even when the results aren't there. Yes they haven't taken their chances, but I still appreciate what they are trying to doo.

Well service hasn't been great for Nunez It mainly half chances he's getting during matches which doesn't help with confidence As he has to snatch the chance Also it doesn't help that he's being forced out wide Because Diaz cuts in from the wing and stands in Nunez position Forcing the Uruguayan out wide Mo is selfish and only concentrating on scoring goals doesn't contribute anything else to the game Diaz doesn't create or score enough goals So take Nunez out of the team and we still have the same problem with not scoring enough goals

A solid defense first. The rest will then take care of itself.

In short LFC recruitment for the last 4 years has just not been good enough and Klopp & Lijnders has been responsible for this. Some fans moan about FGS not spending enough or go on about Man City endless pot of money. But look at what Klopp & Lijnders spent Nunez 85m Diaz 45m Gakpo 40m Sozbo 60m Gravenbertch 35m Endo 10m Carvalho 6m Thiago 30m The only player that Klopp and Lijnders have signed, that I would say is consistently good is Mcallister. The rest of their buys are either average or just crap. Edwards needs to clear a lot of Klopp buys out before LFC can win the league again.

Cash in on Nunez , Diaz , Mo .

NUNEZ ! NUNEZ ! NUNEZ !

Why is nobody talking about the injuries? Isn‘t THAT the elephant in the room to explain why we struggled towards the finish line? I think Klopp‘s style is good enough, I think the talent in the team is good enough, but we just had bad luck on the injury front, didn‘t we?

Mane is more of a loss to Liverpool than Salah will be I think. Salah has been off since he returned from the African cup of nations.

The high pressing and compulsory requirements of centre forwaards to be the relentless fitst line of defence, is not effective and causes accelerated fatigue, injuries, depletion of killer instinct among strikers and frequent loss of possession. A strategic transformation is imperative. Sustained possession, measured and intricate buid-up to engineer concise chance creation as opposed to the existing abrupt and chaotic blitz krieg tactics.

Sell & replace the 5 strikers ( including Gakpo ) .

Nunez isn't "young". He's just mediocre.

Hii.

The season got lost against manu in the cup.

Two years of too many mass hysteria fans idolising a grinning, smiling imposter.

Sorry but all this xg and xga leaves me cold. Dont understand it and dont want to understand it.

Darwin is exactly opposite of Suarez. Suarez dint have the physical body but the supreme iq. Darwin has the body but lacks the iq

too many left wingers. diaz, nunez, gakpo. jota is our best 9 but he is injury prone

Sell Nunez Salah Thiago Matip Tsimikas Diaz get them gone

Nunez is brain dead. He would never have been signed under Edwards.