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Commando:
But I wish Trent would put more effort into getting back into defence if he’s beaten upfield. Robbo can be caught out of position near the oppo’s penalty box but still recover to make a saving tackle near to our box. Trent (In my opinion) seems to have no urgency about him to get back between the ball and the box. Twice on Wednesday he was rollocked once by Virgil, I can’t remember who the other player was (Hendo?) for his slackness in recovering.
In the same match, TAA did make some gut busting runs to get back in position. It’s just that on the occasions when he opted not to run hard, the situation occured that everyone on TV and VVD saw and berated him for.
I’m not fan boy defending him, it’s just that he can’t be expected to do it every time.
I think those hard runs back into position are a “you decide” basis for Trent straight from Klopp’s tactics. If he gets it seriously wrong, then VVD/ Henderson will sort him out to keep tight for a bit (like they did in this match).
When I see games in person, I often see TAA making those off the ball runs back when the ball is on the opposite side, and he comes in to cover the space created by the CB moving towards the left.
Also, EVERY team is obviously targetting the space he leaves, and the fact that VVD is on the opposite side, as posters have pointed out already. In most games, we keep more possession, and then when the opposition beat our high press (of which TAA is an integral part) there will be an increased frequency of balls into our right side.
Expecting Trent to run back hard every time is like expecting Usain Bolt to do the 100m and 200m heats and finals all on the same day. Just not possible. Our high line and the cover at times from the RCM is there to step in (and we are statistically significantly way ahead in offside traps than the whole league).
Spot on this.
Robertson has superhuman level stamina, it’s not reasonable to expect anyone to be able to match that. Even Milner couldn’t when he played at full back.
Trent works very hard as is. If he had less attacking responsibility, he’d be able to get back into position more easily. It’s obviously a trade off Klopp thinks is worth it, and rightly so judging from the results.
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ILLOK:
Trent works very hard as is. If he had less attacking responsibility, he’d be able to get back into position more easily. It’s obviously a trade off Klopp thinks is worth it, and rightly so judging from the results.
Best assessment of the Trent being lazy nonsense.
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