Why Liverpool are ACTUALLY Title Contenders.

In this video, James Allcott takes a look at Liverpool's performance against Wolves and why Jurgen Klopp's decisions are giving them the edge in the Premier League. This is why Liverpool are undercover title contenders!
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James Allcott content focuses on Premier League, Champions League, EFL Championship talking about Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham, Barcelona, England, Chelsea, Jurgen Klopp, Erik Ten Hag, Mikel Arteta, transfer news, tactical analysis and much more. James has made content with Mark Goldbridge from the United Stand, Rory Jennings, Ben Foster, Spencer FC, The Club, The Kick Off with True Geordie, Thogden, JaackMaate, ESPN and many more.
0:00 How Liverpool Have Become The Comeback Kings
0:24 How Liverpool Beat Wolves.
3:55 Why On Earth Is Robertson In THIS Position?
4:41 Why Liverpool Should Definitely Do THIS Again.
6:19 Liverpool Goalscoring Theme Revealed!
6:54 Klopp's Answers For Liverpool This Season.
10:18 The Two Questions About Liverpool's Squad.
#PremierLeague #JLA #football

[@JamesLawrenceAllcott]

Apologies: I keep forgetting Liverpool aren’t in the Champions League 🤦🏼‍♂️ A proper blind spot 😂

[@Mr.PDF_File]

Silly billy

[@Aguacate_de_guerra]

Pain.

[@marleyclark3209]

me too and im a Liverpool fan lol

[@TheTwohourshower]

Ouch

[@kami_svn4135]

it hurts

[@dillon1937]

A James Allcott video on why we’re gonna win the league first thing in the morning, what a day to be alive

[@theohowe3106]

Fr

[@senti2175]

What a day to be delusional

[@bole3019]

@@senti21758am and you’re crying, go back to bed mate

[@dylanlundholm7580]

@@senti2175exactly I’ll take it while we’re unbeaten. I do think Liverpool are favoured to get 2nd though

[@kjs6420]

Then watch united get battered this evening, happy days

[@aimranabdhamid6940]

The key here is Soboszlai. His energy allows other players to thrive. Even when playing 10 men for 2 games. He practically covers the entire midfield on his own. Hence why double pivot is such a good solution whenever Liverpool needs goals.

[@PrinceBejita]

Szoboszlai really is a machine but his techniques and solutions are the other half of him and their teammates should learn to pass him even when he is in little better goal scoring position and not just when the road is closed to them.

[@kevinmaher9526]

He is a monster. And he’s so young!!

[@leafeonlv8711]

hope he doesn't run out of legs like henderson

[@kevinmaher9526]

@@leafeonlv8711 nah, there’s a decade to come from him, even when he slows down he has great vision to work with.. he a keeper.. extehis contract!😂

[@kmahta]

Finally I can hear something good about Liverpool. Every channel or pundits that have been covering about are covering really not well and mostly negative like Salah getting sold or Klopp leaving for Germany. When Liverpool till now have been a very interesting team to watch. Tough fixtures, new midfielders and they are still winning. This year Klopp has bodies where he is making lot of tatcical switches immediately and it's impacting game. But I have seen none of this being discussed. It's actually very annoying. Same thing arsenal or spurs do they are getting praised. But when it comes to Liverpool it's so lazy. CHEERS🥂 JAMES REALLY LOVED IT.

[@patiencehara5876]

So much hate on liverpool will prove them wrong

[@hsiang7]

I'm fine with flying under the radar. Let everyone focus on overrated Arsenal until it's too late.

[@ErnoAlias]

Yep, Liverpool is probably the most hated team in the Premier League among those who do tactical analysis. This video is like a breath of fresh air.

[@kmahta]

@@hsiang7 tbh I don't care if Liverpool are favourites or not but when it comes to games at least analysis properly 😀 just doing lazy analysis is so silly.

[@sweyn6947]

Istg more people are saying arsenal will win the league for getting a 1-0 against relegation bound Everton but not a word being said about Liverpools 16 unbeaten league games

[@Jord97x]

Could easily do a video on how good Szoboszlai has been already. Every game that passes, I get more and more impressed. That sprint when he caught up to Neto blew my mind, only 2 players have clocked a higher speed in recent seasons, had no idea he was that quick. Along with Salah and Alisson, Dom is one the first names on the team sheet for sure

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

Szobo is absurdly fast for a midfielder, and I am scratching my head to think of anyone in the league who compares. Ox was the fastest midfielder on the roster, but he was not as quick as Dom. Would be a decent pace merchant of a forward (but that would be a waste of his broader talents). When the midfield gels, the potential for overlaps and underlaps with Salah is exciting -- we have already seen this a few times.

[@kevinmaher9526]

He is all over the pitch, box to box, non stop. What a player! What a brilliant signing!

[@sjolson68]

Macca came off because he wasn't recovered from the high-altitude game he played 36hrs earlier in Bolivia and had no gas in the tank. Klopp almost surely shouldn't have started him, but the substitutions did the trick.

[@seanmusona9408]

the wolves coach said something interesting , he said "we had to stop them from creating chaos , once they start doing that the game is over" spot on with your analysis

[@kd5973]

Last season, Klopp was extremely predictable in his subs and tactics and I suspect it’s because he didn’t trust any of the personnel he had off the bench. Every game, 2 subs at 60 and then milner on at 82. Every. Game. Now, you can tell he trusts so many more of his bench to come on and play the versatile systems like you said. Really exciting times for Liverpool fans. A lot of people doubted Klopp last season and said he wasn’t elite or tactically adequate but he’s proving he’s flexible and so are the team.

[@jacksmith4460]

Szobo was immense in the double pivot so was Jones

[@TalkinBallZH]

I would consider Konate as a guaranteed starter as well. Perfect for the highline which we play, and is absolutely instrumental when it comes to playing the box midfield due to his pace, awareness and urgency. Great video nevertheless 👏

[@deanoss777]

he’s easily our best defender, nailed on

[@stanleybrhm]

Exactly, the back 5 are nailed on starters. Not enough quality in depth there.

[@LordBagdanoff]

Too injury prone

[@erikrindalsholtfredriksen4888]

I feel like tactical flexibility is so underrated. For me, Arsenal's main problem toward the end of last season was not being able to be dominant in different ways. Without Zinny and Salibe it all kind of fell apart. Liverpool really impressed me against Wolves. Disappointing first half, but being able to go back out on the pitch and dominate like that for 45 minutes is really impressive and it only took 1 sub to immediatly improve the system. They are, for me, title challengers alongside City and Arsenal this year.

[@alteringmatter8782]

Alexis MacA is one of the first names on the sheet. It‘s clear that Klopp trusts him a lot in what he has to do. Will be interesting to see how Thiago will change the dynamic

[@RebelWisdom]

he took him off at half time against Wolves

[@alteringmatter8782]

@@RebelWisdom After he played against Bolivia at a f*ckton meters above sea few days ago. if anything, playing him still from the start proves how much he wants him playing.

[@joelverner1545]

Not sure how Thiago enters the equation - he’s a distraction to klopp’s plans as he’s fit about 5 games a season.

[@croissantpower]

@@RebelWisdomsolely to change system completely

[@scottv1600]

@@alteringmatter8782 That is the thing that is being over looked - Mac Allister is being trusted so much, that despite him playing at the highest football ground above sea level 3 days prior, and needing an oxygen mask - and then not arriving into the country until 5am on Friday morning (so was not able to train at all on Friday) he still played him from the start. It was super clear within like 15 mins of the match that he was clearly struggling, and Klopp made the change at half time to remedy this. What James forgot was it wasn't just the Diaz coming on that changed the game, but the tactical awareness that having Gomez play like Trent has been - as an inverted full back striding into midfield - was incorrect. So at half time, hwe was clearly told to stop doing that, and revert to an old fashioned "proper" RB - and from that point on, Neto and the rest couldn't get past him as he was in the correct position to defend.

[@hansxcix4936]

Champions League..? Dont kick a man thats down James, please 🥺

[@PLC11]

Szobo still getting that slight disrespect. “In his current form”. The dude will always be in form. He’s that good…. Soon ppl will wake up and realize “oh shit, they have an elite attacking midfielder”

[@Liverpooltalk]

An excellent insight on Liverpools ever changing style throughout games, Klopp is elite. Great video James. 👏

[@deanoss777]

i’m not used to having the depth we have now, it’s amazing not having to rely on the same group of players every time to get a result.

[@jdingers]

My favourite time to support Liverpool is the season after an underwhelming season for our own recent standards. People (Not Jim) seemingly forget that we are still an incredible squad and underestimate Klopp, his tactics and his ability to get the best out of players. Losing our captain, Fabinho as well as many of our fringe players wasn't ideal and not part of the plan but we have replaced the minutes those fringe players played already with just two incomings in Mac Allister and Dominik (Still can't spell his name without looking it up so won't try), add Endo and Gravenberch to that and we've more than replenished the squad. We are stronger than last season with seemingly more reliable options that have more energy in their legs. How far it will take us and how successful we will be this season isn't clear but we are definitely a better team than last year.

[@librarygary1618]

The narrative: Liverpool are fragile defensively The facts: Liverpool have conceded exactly 1 more goal than Man City so far this season 😭😭😭

[@joebond545]

And we've also missed our best defenders trent vvd and konate in many

[@mariahlin5556]

Last season was an injury nightmare for Klopp. He still made Liverpool competitive which was impressive given how they competed at the top for 5 years straight against a monstrous Man City (that could beat any other era including SAF).

[@bedfo1mj]

Klopp is really showing his ability as a manager this year. The mentality of the team to believe we'll win, and Klopp making the right decisions at the right time was what made the teams of a couple of years ago so dangerous. We will challenge this year, and likely win the Europa as well which will complete Klopp's personal trophy cabinet at the club.

[@susheelramadoss]

Luis Diaz is a nailed on starter. The reason he didn't start against Wolves was because of the long travel he had to endure in South America and back. He and Salah are the most in form attackers.

[@izaekdriscoll1409]

Very true

[@JBombMasterP22]

Brilliant tactical insight. Adaptive football.

[@reecee5454]

I think Spurs v Liverpool will be a very close game. Klopp playing total football and marking everyone in the middle tightly packed Vs Ange’s inverted runs, passing high and using the wingers to make those runs into the box. It’ll be interesting to see how both teams come up against eachother.

[@iknowball1301]

ange hasn't lost a home game in his last 51 games

[@joebond545]

Personally I'd take a draw. If we can just grind out wins and draws until January and get in Andre and Hicampe I will be buzzing

[@demeoo]

Liverpool doesn't play total football.

[@sarcasmpod]

If guardiola did this he'd be called a tactical genius. Klopp deserves more respect Top 3 coach in the world now

[@kd5973]

He’s always been a top 3 coach. Most people know that but one off season, with a midfield that looked like they were running through cement half the time, and people forget that he is literally one of the best in the world

[@chmmurni5596]

Top 3 ?????????????? for me just Top 2 : Pep and Klopp...

[@demeoo]

​@@chmmurni5596De Zerbi and Arteta are miles better than Klopp, and I won't even bother mentioning Sir Pep.

[@chmmurni5596]

@@demeoo lol... arteta and de zerbi top?????? are u kidding????? 😂🤣 are you know the different top and good??????? they're have trophy?????? Top and good totally different !!!!!!!!! arteta and de zerbi is good BUT NOT TOP... Klopp won 12 trophy.... 5 trophy with dortmund and 7 trophy with Liverpool....

[@dennychapman2863]

Interesting observations, and it feels like Klopp finally has the players needed to make some of these tactical shifts. I would add that the final shape they ended up in was more of a 4-2-2-2 (in attack) w/ Diaz (LW) & Elliott (RW) wide of Nunez & Salah... and a proper 4-4-2 in defense. Very enthused to see LFC (and Klopp) becoming more tactically adept and less predictable.

[@ParetoEmperor-jp6ke]

actually its 433 diamond with more tighter distance and more freedom to fill each edges of diamond. you got disciplinary and unpredictable in diamond formation, its transitions really constant threats to every opponent spaces and lines.

[@timmy5876]

it’s so nice to have options off the bench, not just going forward but in midfield aswell. I remember 2017-20 we had the bare front 3, we had 4 playable midfielders and we needed them all to be fit every week to win games and thankfully they always were. Then even in 21/22 We only bought diaz in january, until then we only had one sub forward of class in jota which wasn’t ideal cus jota and firmino were often injured. Now we have 5 top class forwards, we have 3 good 8’s and a couple other ok, 2 6’s who have question marks over them but we can work around that then in defence it’s a bit limited but if we can keep them fit like we did salah firmino man back in the day we’ll be fine

[@tdyerwestfield]

Nunez has been so key for us this season. When he's not on the pitch, we can't get forward or create chances. Then he comes on, pushes the opposition back 15 yards and allows us space to build through the middle.

[@chidumaga514]

exactly, nunez prevents other teams playing a high line and he just outrightly scares them.

[@mugojr4766]

@@chidumaga514 thats right but i think he needs double training to improve on his first touch to improve his ball retention

[@rb26benjamin8]

​@@mugojr4766his first touch won't improve but he can work on other things like timing awareness and attack position in the box

[@kevinmaher9526]

@@rb26benjamin8 he needs to calm down in front of goal and stop trying to break the net when scoring.. just pass the ball into the net.. brilliant ball for Salah to get his second goal against Everton last Saturday.. great goal!

[@Pistolero891]

Do you have a coaching qualification James? Quality stuff thank you. Particularly enjoyed the analysis on our win vs Newcastle

[@Prodnoir]

finally someone who isn’t a liverpool fan said it

[@MaxDangVu]

I think its worth remembering that last year Liverpool had the third best attack in the league - and there was a lot of underperformance across the board. From my naive POV, it seems like they are almost scoring at will and they can just outscore anyone with their forward depth

[@mugojr4766]

right now they have the best attacking options by far. its insane having gakpo, jota, diaz, salah, nunez klop can litrely bring a new set of attackers equally as good , crazy!. and with the passing range of trent all klop needs is to build the chemistry of the team and everything will fall on his lap

[@rb26benjamin8]

Yea so it seems years back then look on all the draws they got ensure to challenging city or playing against Madrid all the goals dried up

[@joewood791]

We have never not be title challenge ready, just last year we had about 6 injury prone midfielders & 3 injury prone CBs. Couple good midfield additions and recover the injuries and it's all good again

[@issayasmelese2880]

I always say this: if Liverpool can keep Konate for 75% of the season(especially during big games) and solve their DMF issue(I think Bajcetic has to step up a lot because Mac as a 6 isn't going to work that much) we definitely have a shot at the title. You can clearly see the goal Liverpool conceded so far are either individual errors(TAA horrible against Newcastle and Bournemouth) or against Wolves were Matip was smoked by Neto(which if it was Konate wouldn't have happened obviously)

[@darthbauer5153]

Trent was only bad until the red against Newcastle and same at Bournemouth honestly. When he has to be defensively responsible he can be which I think should tell us the reason he’s been so far out of sorts is because Klopp is asking him to play a certain way that frankly his only reason for struggling is his pace. If he’s slightly quicker none of this is even an issue. He’s still young playing a position that is being invented and built on weekly by Trent and whomever Pep fancies. Once he figures out how to minimize his weaknesses with better positioning he’ll truly change that position forever.

[@darthbauer5153]

I agree though Konate is key to everything. Without him our defense just looks frantic. I thought VVD was that guy but I’ve come to realize Konate is now that guy.

[@kalebteklay6840]

@@darthbauer5153 I love TAA but he makes this silly positioning and defensive mistakes time and again. I think if we play a back three TAA would be better off or play him as an advanced number 8. If TAA improves his ball carrying ability and carves out his recklessness he will be a legend

[@mugojr4766]

i disagree on this, because defence should be a team effort. he is not the best at defence but there is only so much he can do without the help of a good cb. putting trent and matip together against good wingers is a disaster

[@kalebteklay6840]

@@mugojr4766 yeah but even when Matip was at his best TAA is not a good defender. TAA is obviously a great player but he shouldn't be a defender because opponents are targeting his weakness in defense time and again and they are exploiting it massively

[@matthewcoakley9305]

Loving the videos and insight

[@alphazero5421]

We can all say Klopp is a genius, he knows what he wants in the transfer windows and he knows how to get the best of these players!

[@castielchieng7475]

Missing out his targets didn't cause a huge setback too

[@ajmalbabu5603]

​@@castielchieng7475Romeo lavia is injured in Chelsea,caceido not up to mark also there

[@kd5973]

Really interesting video. The playing very compact for their first goal is due to a new training ground they have that is 20x40 walled in area that forces them to play in tight spaces and get the ball to each other quickly through tight defence

[@nazyaacob]

A thought that I had when you said the names of the guaranteed starters, so they are in most of the systems, while Nunez for example is in 3 of the systems, and Jota in another 3, and Luiz in 2 or something like that. I like it when the players go in there focused on the system and their job rather than just wondering aimlessly. I guess all the very good teams have this in mind. It's player oriented system too, or combination of players. Salah is that good to have so much awareness when Robbo created his own system!

[@liverpool4lyfe106]

5:27 "in the champions league" 😭😭 we aint in the cl no more blud 😭😭

[@mymemories925]

A welcome break to fo for the title!

[@christranter8882]

I wish we could show some of those tactics in the Champions League, maybe next year

[@grimjimbo2059]

Klopp used 3 or 4 changes in systems during the wolves game he is totally elite and thank fck hes at our club .Now i don't watch England but i do know they have a pretty talented squad so they need to start winning shit because the next club klopp managers will dominate the international scene just u watch.

[@zaakirkarodiya7712]

Szobo was our most expensive signing this summer but he it still feels like it was a bargain at that price tag that’s how good he has been for Liverpool

[@amenboughanmi5819]

The new Mo Salah role also changed many things now he's more unpredictable as the left back don't know if he's going right, turn left or pass the ball while running, because the defender is already on marking mode he has no time adjust to the timeing of Mo Salah's passes, he's still on the wing but now when he's closer he has the option to players more further than him and here we talk about Nunez, I can predict that Mo can end the season 15 assists just in the league

[@mxchinessjr]

Really love your analysis.

[@danielcooper3868]

Alisson, Trent, Konate, VVD, Robbo, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah and Diaz and all nailed. The only reason some wouldn’t start is through normal rest rotation during busy fixture periods.

[@chrisstockton4066]

Would have had a huge chance if the owners pulled their finger out and signed a couple more defenders. Desperately needed a back up for Trent as well as another CB. Such quality going forward but think we’ll get punished against the bigger sides if we’ve got a few defenders out. Great work as always Jimbo.

[@kmahta]

Not many players would be ready to play a secondary role and also very young. Quansah is the perfect player as a back up.

[@jacobweddell2438]

I think Quansah has proved that wrong

[@mymemories925]

True, im confident andre comes in the January transfer window? Hincapie maybe next season? Midfield,forward line well stacked! Tbh we have to get used to conceding one as a minimum but definitely capable of scoring 2 plus! Ladies and gents, welcome to the rollecoaster ride waiting ahead 😂

[@redboyjan]

Same moans the seasons they won the big trophies too. Kloppo knows, he only signs who he needs when they are available

[@soniatnjoroge747]

I love the breakdown and tactical analysis approach to how Liverpool are playing this season, and I think they're more underrated when it comes to contending for the league this 🧐 season interesting stuff there and with every pundit out making it seem as though it's Man City and Arsenal, that are the only contenders. I keep hearing about Arsenal this Arsenal that to be fair Arsenal are grinding out wins same as Liverpool, and I think Liverpool are at a higher developing rate this season than any other team at the moment with new players who seem to catch on real quick and adapt in the premier league.

[@demeoo]

You're talking rubbish. Even Brighton will finish ahead of Liverpool.

[@naveenmagapu4670]

For the liverpool goal they conceded against wolves. I think Gomez had an opportunity to approach and make a challenge way higher up the pitch but he kept backing off and before you know it wolves were in the box and Neto outdid matip for pace. I hear that matip and robbo could have maybe done better but IMO gomez could have prevented the situation from developing. Wondering if Bajectic will be considered an understudy for Trent because Gomez at RB is a completely different system. Great Analysis as always and I'm a big for of a versatility and multi system approach for each game.

[@IceClawz.]

6:10 if you look right at the top aswell harvey Elliott sees his marker walking towards his own goal with his body facing mo which allows elliott to make the run more centrally that gave him the space for his shot. mo's run took 3 players away

[@jcuhtred3569]

Love it James, hinting that Klopp has been taking notes from your top content 👌

[@davidlasoff8261]

With Quansah showing up, Klopp could surprise everyone with a 3-2-2-3 deciding on a traditional defence w/ Quansah, Konate, VVD not letting anyone through them and then pushing BOTH TAA and Robbo into a partnership "6" role whose job it is to get the ball forward to a creative forward engineroom of say, Szobo and any 1 of three from Mac, Jones or Elliot to a front 3 of Salah, Nunez and any 1 of three from Diaz, Jota or Gakpo. Klopp is a subbing maestro and remember that this streak is getting done with unique sides who are playing with each other for the first time outside of training. Remarkable what we're seeing develop.

[@timmy5876]

idm the system with mac allister in dm when we have momentum but often in the first half away from home it causes problems defensively. I think we should start games with endo or bajcetic in dm then drop curtis, more mac to LCM then we’ll be more defensively sound then if we need more attacking power we can change it at half time or at 60 mins for example

[@abubakarmuhammed9795]

First time to watching you,I like to know more but you explain better ,YOU CAN ONLY GET BETTER 💜.

[@soundsean]

love to hear it Jimmy

[@TheVirtualGroomroom]

Another great video, Jim!

[@simstander5471]

5:26 oh, I wish we were in the Champions League

[@dan_dickinson]

Love the new format Jim

[@JamesLawrenceAllcott]

Thanks mate. You’ve made my day xx

[@kem1036]

5:25 haha we wish Jim... sadly its the Europa. Great video as always mate.

[@WallseyGaming]

Liverpool Aren’t becoming comeback kings Liverpool ARE comeback kings ever since klopp became the manager As for title contenders, we can contend this year but it’ll be 2nd/3rd because City will win it Love the vids James!

[@DrTIPUSUK]

They are also relying very heavily on Allison and don't forget the defensive injuries and suspension that we do have.... Only way to counter that is the top heavy and keep the ball on the other side

[@ninalunch8006]

JLA doing stat / strat analysis like a pro 👍🏻

[@Waykz6661]

Good very good analysis

[@robblosse]

'it will help them in the champions league' as a liverpool fan this hurt my core haha

[@kevinmaher9526]

Sozozo was our most expensive but has shone so looks worth every penny. But Macca’s signature was a steal!!

[@paulcoffield2102]

Interesting that Klopp's sides used to be known for their breakneck starts in matches, where'd they blow teams away in the first 20-30 minutes of games. Now they regularly start quite slowly but end it on top.

[@kylemurphy1477]

great vid and analysis, I think the only problem liverpool will face with this going forward is against the likes of city and etc who are way more deadly finishers, 1 goal is easier to comeback from than 4 or 5

[@ismailmahmood8704]

Thanks for clarifying that you were talking about Liverpool and not arsenal near the end of the video 😂

[@thedunyadoneya2628]

5:25 - yeeeeeaaaahh, about that...

[@DeepakKumar-lv4te]

Not challengers this season. But last season's job was to create the new front end dynamic. Injuries stopped that so it's now this seasons job. But also creating the new midfield dynamic is alsoa job. Lots too do. Good video. Also he's creating new solutions to salahs goals near seamlessly. Newcastle, first he created stability, then he went more direct.

[@deanoss777]

definitely challengers. i don’t think we’ll win it but looking at our squad, we should still be in the race in the new year

[@Aloviya]

I think we're challengers like James Said we have so many ways playing the game we tactically out classed every team we went up against maybe except Chelsea

[@DeepakKumar-lv4te]

@@Aloviya it's fascinating to watch (esp after last season's car crash) for sure but I think defensively we'll come up short to get the ninety something ponts needed. I think VVD will be the elephant in the room in that regard, I think he's a poor final 20yrd defender. It could become a real problem if he can't be dropped (I disagreed with him being captain too). I've never seen Joe G. have a bad game in the lcb position while I can't remember when he had a good game on the right.

[@colinjames5643]

As a City fan I consider Liverpool our only challengers. The rest are too inconsistent and Liverpool are the only team who have shown in the last five years that they can go the distance with City. No CL is a huge advantage for them too.

[@taylormadevibe]

Biggest challengers imo

[@alwaysimtiaz]

Great analysis

[@dechanpalmobodhms4161]

I'm so glad that you mentioned you were wrong in your critique for the Newcastle game because that was the only part I disagreed with. Appreciate you owning up to it.

[@runningsuperska]

Why are people even surprised that Liverpool are good? They've been on City's coat tails for a while now.

[@kd5973]

Cause they don’t have the same PR as London teams do apparently. Don’t understand why it’s a shock to people when you look at 1. Their current unbeaten record. 2. The 2023 calendar year PL table. 3. The current PL table. 4. The underlying data. It’s weird how they were written off after a “bad” season and when you look at it, it was a bad half a season really with players out of form and a midfield that all of a sudden couldn’t even run through cement

[@timmy5876]

i still think the starting lineup is quite predictable, all the following players start unless injuries or bans come into play: Alisson, trent, konate, vvd, robbo, mac allister, szoboszlai, díaz and salah. Thats 9 players who are heavy favourites to start every game. The only reason other players have started over them is cus of injury or like last weekend players came back late from international break. So later in the season if we play one game a week u can predict Almost every player apart from the striker and the dm or 8 if mac plays there

[@tdyerwestfield]

We don't have the squad to challenge. It's taken 5 games to be playing Matip and an academy player at centre back due to VVD, Konate and TAA being unavailable. It'll be interesting to see if anyone else gets a match ban this season and one of the biggest ever fines given out by the FA for swearing.

[@user-lb8cb8sj9v]

nice analysis

[@hendrixinfinity3992]

It's usually a great sign when you have five dangerous forwards competing for 3 spaces.

[@nijdey2320]

Brilliant analysis... love the jokes! Thank you

[@Bobbylaaaaa]

Always liked you James lad

[@planetsoccer]

What is that tactics board you use? @james

[@jordandelurey8079]

Konate is a nailed on starter hahaha

[@bharasiva96]

Thank you

[@laeemakbar]

you talked about the starters and variety of styles but whats key, is the defence plays the same in terms of personnel and style. Defensively liverpool are not letting big chances against them happen the xGa shows this. The old adage you dont change the defence is what klopps is attempting to do. injuries and suspensions prohibiting

[@demeoo]

Liverpool should've conceded at least 20 goals in the 5 games they played, and those were stonewall goal scoring chances. Against Wolves alone, you should've been 5-0 down at halftime... "we're not conceding chances".. Not sure what games you've been watching.

[@laeemakbar]

@@demeoo liverpools xGA is 6 and have conceded 4. So Liverpool don’t give away guilt scoring chances away and a lot of the ones they do are (2/3) individual errors that playing the same back line should eradicate or moments of brilliance like Neto.

[@arthankitshedddinglights]

Which app do you use for Tactical board Please I also want to make such videos based on my insights

[@ParetoEmperor-jp6ke]

this is 433 diamond formation with tighter distance, it congests the middle to help defense and creating constant combinations of attacking because klopp wants every edges of diamond must constant shift their positions to other edges to strecth the opponent and creating confusions also keep disciplinary in distance. what liverpool players hard to keep is distance disciplinary, it demand much intelligence and awareness.

[@SeanConway99]

So far this season it's been great to see Liverpool actually have a plan B. For the past couple of seasons they were totally figured out and had no way around it, hence all the struggle against bottom of the league. Now, they have options in every position. Matip offers different to Konate, different to Gomez, different to Quansah. Jota different to Diaz. Nunez different to Gakpo, different to Jota in the 9 role.

[@Clayts]

Yes yes yes, all of this + 5 subs and big added time, just makes it all the more viable. Looks from the outside like “Liverpool lucky” but just look at how many teams are going behind and coming back to win. With all of the changes and time advantages the “big” teams get now, it makes less sense for sides to try and “hang in there” and more sense to try and start quick, get 2-0 up and get something to hold on to. O’Neill almost did this, if the Cunha chance goes in etc, but I think they even know the comeback’s inevitable as soon as that chance isn’t taken etc. Enjoyed this, good stuff ❤

[@DH-TV]

Got a front 5 players to choose from good enough to beat anyone. Still weak in defence but maybe its just risk/reward football? I.e leaving the back door open but confident enough we'll outscore opposition

[@demeoo]

You ain't good enough to beat anyone.

[@taylormadevibe]

So many ppl sleep on this Liverpool team which I’m sure that’s how Klopp wants it. So many weapons & versatility they have. Plus they are basically a brand new team still lookin for chemistry etc. You could argue they will need more of a “physical destroyer” as the 6 for certain games but we’ll see.

[@lungalunga1470]

Klopp on the long run has been very poor with substitutes but this season his subs have had good influence in all 5 games, even against chelsea Nunez and Elliott changed the game and could have snatched a win

[@Kakashikush94]

Klopp did say this Liverpool 2.0 and u finally explaining it. New subscriber 😂👏🏾

[@RobinH8277]

Sharp threads Jimmy!

[@IceClawz.]

liverpool has the best attacking options in the league. only city come close.

[@CNCTEMATIC]

Konate a nailed on starter rn when fit

[@rawthentictruth]

Lot of critics didn’t even consider LFC a top 4 team this season. Now they’re only 6 games into the season and almost everyone is talking about title contenders. What I can say is that, while the doubters didn’t believe in this team; Klopp and the boys knew what they were capable of. We don’t even know how terrifying this team could get.

[@davidpovey2379]

bringing gravern backkkkkk. this midfield now ooosh. havent seen us with a technical midfield like this since the best midfield that i know ooooooh oh xavi alnso luis garcia and macheranooo we got mo mo sissocko

[@DenDave_]

The thing that will stop us from going all the way to the title is defensive depth. We dont have a world class DM, we're too fragile at CB, Robbo doesnt suit the 3 at the back, and Trent doesnt have a proper replacement. Now, if rumors are true we may get Andre and a CB in january, which would be huge, but could also be too late already. In a one off game we can certainly match City, but across a league season we'll fall behind.

[@vinicy78]

That goal by Wolves is totally Matip's fault

[@getapermify]

3:54 a coffin shape means opponents are killed off

[@1marki]

I do like your commentary. But to suggest Klopp should have put on Nunez earlier is a bit weird considering the outcome. That’s like my missus telling me I need to put the indicator on when she hasn’t even had one driving lesson. Klopp is a CL winning and multiple league winning manager.

[@Owen_Bax09]

Also Trent can come up and join the 2 midfielders in his new rb position

[@Li8mBenz]

Crazy gang tactics. I know what happened, Klopp was going through old boot room era games for inspiration and watched the 88 cup final.

[@j0ke403]

Your wrong about szoboszlai he was amazing in the double pivot going from cdm to cam seemlessly, but i agree that gravenburch would be better than jones

[@kmahta]

Jones has been an important player for Liverpool. They have not lost a match with him.