Definitely still adjusting to the PL. He’s delivered in the Champions League and for Germany, he’s a real talent but not shown it at all for Liverpool as yet. Wonder if he’s struggling to settle.

Sure does. Heir to McAuley

He was the star of an excellent Leverkusen side for a couple of seasons, but in a Liverpool shirt he looks bang average so far.

A full back with licence to attack needs cover and Mowatt, slow and stodgy lad that he is, isn’t best suited to the role. Molumby is ideal for it so I’d have him as the left sided CM providing defensive security while Mowatt is right sided and given more freedom to advance and create/shoot.

I don’t disagree but I also don’t think much of Styles. An underwhelming full back.

It’s either Mason preaching caution or Styles being half arsed. I can believe either.

You learn something every day!

I assume you’re referring to Grant here, so yes, that’s his preferred position and role and he’s decent at it, but only ever seems to be played as a winger now where he’s extremely limited.

by Styles, that’s what enabled the equaliser yesterday, yet that’s such a rare occurrence and I don’t see why, both are good players who could do more damage as a partnership. Perhaps it’s simply because Mason preaches severe caution, and has sucked all the attacking bravery from this side.

Agreed, said the same all season about the poor quality of service. Finally Price provides that and the striker scores. Grant is never a winger, he’s a forward who can only really find joy if partnered with another striker. Albion should mainly attack down the left with MJ routinely being overlapped

Oh 😳😂

Thanks for the correction!

If Mason doesn’t start giving both minutes after the international break then I’d like an explanation why. It’s not like Maja and Grant are pulling up trees.

I doubt we’d get anywhere near either of them. Don’t mind where the next guy may be from but Carrick is an up and coming manager with Championship experience. It did fizzle out at Boro but that’s usually a managers lot these days after 2-3 years at any club.

I’d see Michael Carrick as a realistic and attractive option.

Low energy football = boring. High energy football is much more fun. Dynamism, pace, “busting a gut” - it all gets the crowd going. I fear however that the sheer number of games per season now means low energy football is a necessity to cope with fatigue. So much to watch now… yet it’s not so fun.

Pulis, Allardyce et al were also direct but that was usually low energy football. Slow the game down, frustrate, time waste, play for set pieces. Ugly. Possession football is more aesthetic, but often can be low energy too - many teams cautiously play around at the back nowadays, it can be tedious.