by maguskwt » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:51 pm
Yes. We have been extremely wasteful in front and the bulk of the blame has to be laid upon the duo of Salah and Mane. Firmino less so because he is playing mainly the contributor role, linking up plays, not being selfish, etc. Salah has been suffering from the hangover of last season's high. Mane seems to have this mentality that he had taken back seat last season playing in his less favorite side so now he seems to think that he needs to be more selfish. What's clear is that Klopp needs to act quick, put this trio aside and tell them they need to play for each other.
As for Sturridge we got to remember that the type of player he is is different from the type of players like Firmino, Mane and Salah are. That is part of the reason Klopp feels that Sturridge doesnt fit into his playing style. Players like Sturridge, Torres and Owen seems to be a dying breed in today's football. They are like specialist goal scorers even though Sturridge is slightly different in the sense that he could when called upon to play wide. But you could see from his move from Chelsea to Liverpool that he does better being relied upon as a goal scorer. The overall work rate of these type of players may not be as good as a player like Firmino, but given the chance or a half chance in front of goal, they are more lethal. Players like Firmino, Mane and Salah are like attacking midfielders or wide forwards playing as strikers, like 3 false 9's. Last season's Salah's efficiency was an anomaly IMHO. They (the trio) could still be efficient but only if they play for each other.
