patrickblue wrote:johnny crossan wrote:salford city wrote:nottsblue wrote:salford city wrote:Gota love the Beeb / MUTV with their analysis of Erling and how many touches he has. Don't t think i have ever read such a report about a player before? Wowser keep it going boys you count his touches, we'll count his goals lets see how many records this boy breaks
Lineker and Wright on MotD however were full of praise and as former strikers, and fucking great ones as well as it goes, they know what value he is and where he does his work and damage. His heat map was brilliant. In the opposition penalty area when he scored and in the centre circle when he kicked off. Where it counts
Indeed we have some strike force now
Alvarez is not a replacement for him though, when Haaland doesn't play it's back to false 9 tika taka - without the pace of Sterling or the energy of Jesus.
Although I fear you may be right, it's an unknown at the moment. How Alvarez would perform as a target man is unknown, although there's loads of youtube evidence, albeit against lesser opposition that suggest he would do it well.
Or maybe we are not going to mimic last seasons system when Alvarez plays?
Pep is creative, that is why his teams keep winning, they are unpredictable. That is why Pep is special.
In additional, Team and players keep evolving (driven by Pep).
Foden and Grealish may play different roles, Gómez is new to the party as is Plamer, etc...
I doubt if we are just going to revert to the false nine system of the past two seasons. It will be a new play on that.
As an aside. It is so annoying to read about the genius of Klopp and Conte, etc...
Basically, both are one trick ponies (although Klopp is trying to change things at Liverpool with Nunez signing).
Klopp, press and kick and rush, by pass midfield play. Conte sets up to counter attack.
