Muhamed Besic

[Liamliverpool86]

The kids been playing in the equivalent of the business houses prem last season ... Totally different grain the premiership to the Hungarian league he will be a very good player and got solid reviews in all the papers

 

[EverBlue86]

Whilst barkley is out and with mirallas out anyone think we should keep a 4-3-3? I thought yesterday we looked good but would need to drop Naismith as I think a front 3 needs pace in this formation

Mccarthy Barry Besic

Atsu Lukaku Eto'o

Would be fantastic imo

 

[Liamliverpool86]

Whilst barkley is out and with mirallas out anyone think we should keep a 4-3-3? I thought yesterday we looked good but would need to drop Naismith as I think a front 3 needs pace in this formation

Mccarthy Barry Besic

Atsu Lukaku Eto'o

Would be fantastic imo

We should play that in Russia .. Bit of attacking intent

 

[EverBlue86]

We should play that in Russia .. Bit of attacking intent

Not for me mate, we play Thursday in russia then in Manchester Sunday think of the travelling time back we will literally have about 2 days if that in between never mind the jet lag. I wouldn't take any of the players we intend to play at Utd as their attacking players could tear a leggy side apart.

For me I would play a second string side and hope to scrape a draw. We are more than capable of getting wins in all the other matches Krasnador away was always the toughest fixture I wouldn't risk our league form on it tbh

 

[AaronTheBlue]

Not for me mate, we play Thursday in russia then in Manchester Sunday think of the travelling time back we will literally have about 2 days if that in between never mind the jet lag. I wouldn't take any of the players we intend to play at Utd as their attacking players could tear a leggy side apart.

For me I would play a second string side and hope to scrape a draw. We are more than capable of getting wins in all the other matches Krasnador away was always the toughest fixture I wouldn't risk our league form on it tbh

think the reason kone, distin etc were not on the bench / in the team is because they willl play vs krasnodar.

 

[EverBlue86]

think the reason kone, distin etc were not on the bench / in the team is because they willl play vs krasnodar.

Hope so mate I would go:

Robles
Browning alcaraz distin oviedo

Osman Gibson

Mcgeady Naismith pienaar

Kone

Still a team capable of scraping a point and for the manc's go:

Howard

Coleman Jagielka Stones Baines

Mccarthy Barry Besic

Atsu Lukaku Eto'o

Think we need pace to really get at utds defence and having the extra man in the middle would provide extra cover so atsu and eto'o can stay forward

 

[kevdotbadger]

I thought Besic was great on Saturday. The major of his passes were positive and he looked as if he was pissed off with himself if he passed sideways or backwards.

 

[Simo]

I thought Besic was great on Saturday. The major of his passes were positive and he looked as if he was pissed off with himself if he passed sideways or backwards.

Lovely cross in to Rom in the box, which he didn't convert. Played quite high up the pitch surprisingly, considering he had played as DM or in defence.

 

[bluemangroup]

We need to sell him.

 

[bluemangroup]

Surely somebody needs an emergency loan or something?

 

[Azzurri]

I thought Besic was great on Saturday. The major of his passes were positive and he looked as if he was pissed off with himself if he passed sideways or backwards.

That's a problem if so.

 

[Efcjake]

I was pretty impressed with him for the first time I've seen him play. He looked confident enough, and some of his control when bringing the ball out of defence was superb. He was always showing for the ball, and never let his head go down if he misplaced a simple pass (Which did happen a few times). I think once he adapts to the league and how we play he is going to be a nightmare for other teams. I thought he was absolutely brilliant at recognizing where dangerous space existed that Liverpool wanted to move into and instead he got there first and stopped them being able to take their time and exploit the middle of the pitch.

 

[Goat]

Hes prolly gonna be 1 of the best players in world football.

In 2 years he will win the balloon d'or.

Vault me, NEA.

 

[toffeestillidie]

I was pretty impressed with him for the first time I've seen him play. He looked confident enough, and some of his control when bringing the ball out of defence was superb. He was always showing for the ball, and never let his head go down if he misplaced a simple pass (Which did happen a few times). I think once he adapts to the league and how we play he is going to be a nightmare for other teams. I thought he was absolutely brilliant at recognizing where dangerous space existed that Liverpool wanted to move into and instead he got there first and stopped them being able to take their time and exploit the middle of the pitch.

Noticed this too, his defensive movement off the ball was superb, particularly remember one point where he was involved on the left sideline up the pitch, when someone gave away possession he followed the play back and ended up making a tackle on the right side of the pitch right near our box. It's the sort of thing you may not notice unless you're looking for it.

 

[kevdotbadger]

The article over at http://www.grandoldteam.com/2014/09/29/liverpool-1-1-everton-matt-fawcetts-statistical-review/ noted that " ... creating 2 chances with 89% pass accuracy and 2 dribbles ... ".

Some more stats (according to http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/82...nd-Premier-League-2014-2015-Liverpool-Everton)

Passing accuracy was 87%
Touches 69
2 key passes
53 successful passes
7 long balls
3 accurate long balls
1 through ball
1 through threw ball