I know KD is flexible but this is an interesting article....

Jonathan Wilson is one of the best columnist on tactics...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/...ilson-liverpool

ah, non-stop football action for me then. Manchester derby follow by Liverpool-Wigan. I'm still learning to understand KD's method of pass and move though.

pass the ball and immediately make yourself available to receive the next pass?

really? so far i still haven't quite catch up. maybe i will concentrate more during this weekend match.

oh, that was just a classic quote from the golden days of Liverpool in the 70's 80s. It simply described the passing game Liverpool is famous for. To remind every players to pass the ball properly to a mate (as opposed to a hoof or speculative long ball) and then immediately run to a position ready to receive the next pass (very much like the way Xavi and Iniesta is doing it now eh?). that is why Liverpool was often regarded at the most `continental' team in Britain. One forummer even have a signature where a football personnel said that its easy to know which is Liverpool during the days of black & white tv. They are usually the team with the ball.

Good info bro...
YNWA!!!!

wow new thread di?!! YNWA

cant wait for the next win,now i know what so great bout King Kenny back then,im thankful he took the job to guide LFC again,now im a believer

Good read and the analysis is so detailed !

Anyone seen the latest transfer gossip of lfc? If it's really the interests of lfc,not saying that i trust each of them,but if it's really are then i think we are going more into young prospects which is a good thing.

Agger scored for denmark

and kuyt just scored a penalty

Our summer target, Benzema scored for France against Brazil

and where u got the idea we target benzema in the summer after juz capturing carroll??

well, if Benz is surplus to RM, and if we hav the cash, its not a bad idea to buy this youngster and turn him into a feared shooter b4 reselling it to another "chelsea" anyway SAF ady hav an eye for him b4 his move to RM.....

a front 3 of suarez carrol benzema

we can play wif 3 2 2 3

3 central defenders
2 wingbacks
2 defensive midfielders
3 strikers

and we'll ended up like chelsea where two target striker playing together..it wont work i tell ya..u have to drop one of them

the wingbacks can supply the strikers

the DM can also supply the strikers and fall back to defend

remember we still hav 3 defenders to cover Reina

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Added on February 10, 2011, 9:16 amremember Suarez can also be the supplier to Benz and Carroll

This post has been edited by digilife: Feb 10 2011, 09:16 AM

we only play 3 CB when we dont have suarez and carroll. KD will change to 4-3-3 once they can play.3-4-2-1 formation is good tactic but risky. u wont get many goals but the good thing is we have solid defend.

Every formation has its merits ... on paper; every tactic has its strong points ... again on paper. I think formations and tactics are secondary to how the players apply themselves on the field.

Remember how Kuyt remarked that the way Liverpool is playing now is like the Dutch "total football". I believe it's because every player is moving and running now. Remember those days (no need to mention under who) when a winger/fullback got behind the opposition's defence and crossed .. only to find that there was hardly any red shirt in the box to meet the cross. The players were almost static.. keeping the formation, keeping the shape ...!

Now, under KD's old bootroom philosophy, there's plenty of off-the-ball running and players are constantly moving. This results in the opposition not knowing where our attack is going to switch to. If we have many players who can score, this will certainly cause panic as our opponents have to watch out for all these players who are running towards their goal!

Flashback to our goal against Chelsea with Meireles (whose strength is in his tireless running and willingness to shoot) running behind Kuyt and you can imagine what can happen when we play like this every time.

Keeping in motion and running up and down is sheer hard work. That is precisely why KD said the players have to work hard.

Wigan cannot be underestimated. Nobody should be underestimated - that is also another old bootroom principle - we should field the best line-up possible and play the best possible. If the opponent turns out to be in good form, then at least we can grind out a hard-fought win. If our opponents are in bad shape, then we should just be professional and clobber them!

This is one thing that KD still has to work on : to get the players to push on for as many goals as possible even after we have taken the lead..

Looking forward to see these qualities displayed by our players and hence, another good performance ..