Yeah, more or less that. Alisson, Trent, xx VVD, Robbo, Thiago, Hendo, yy, Salah, Mane, zz
xx - Gomez/ Matip/ Konate
yy - Fab/ Keita/ Ox
zz - Jota/ Bobby
The bold ones being my first choice.
Just want all these alternate options to be fit as well. If not atleast one of them at these positions! Crazy to think we couldn’t catch a break to get a game with these players together, let alone few games in a row.
I think poor set pieces were more a side effect of the injuries we had. Pretty sure we had one of the best records both defensively and offensively on set pieces in 2019/20.
I have seen him in quite a few games. In some of them he has been really, really good in my opinion and certainly a couple of levels better than Elliot. But it is unfair to compare them I think and I would not do so myself (someone else did which I responded to). But since you challenged me, then yes, I think he is very significantly better than Elliot.
I was going say, problem might be the players going up, Matip is one of our best on heading corners but he has been so hit and miss in playing.
And you look at corner stats an average team scores at most about 5 or 6 a season considering you can have up to 10 a game it’s not a massive advantage.
Say of your scoring 80 goals and getting 8 from a corner that’s about average.
I hear you but Liverpool have world-class physios on hand. They wouldn’t have let him walk off if they thought he might exacerbate the injury. My money is on a sprain, but we’ll find out later hopefully. Fingers crossed!!