I'm happy to see Diabatea, Silva, Amartey and Slimani go, but i wouldn't let Mendy go. We don't need to be in a position where we only have 1 back up for a position.
for a pureplay defensive centre mid we have #1 Ndidi, #2 Choudhury and so need to keep Mendy as back up in case either is injured for a mid to long term. We have Praet but he is more of a ballplayer from what i can see.
With Slimani - I don't want him to stay, but i am annoyed that we don't have any change up type of player to fundamentally change our style of play if absolutely needed. We have Vardy, Perez and Iheanacho as senior strikers - with Iheanacho hopefully now in a more confident place. None of them allow us to to change our pattern of play fundamentally in the last 20mins of a game.
I know a Plan B isn't the Rodgers way but it's the reason that Chilwell, Albrighton and to a certain extent Ricardo have some of their attacking potency blunted, because they not only have to get forward well but they have to play a pinpoint ball every time rather than hit a percentage whipped cross to the near or backpost 1 in 3 times that the striker has a chance to compete for. This particularly affects Chilwell, with the other two having adapted better IMO.
For that reason alone i'd have wanted 1 striker of 6 foot or more in the squad. Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, West Ham AND Watford all have at least one and will likely score more goals than us as a result. Only Man City and Man Utd don't as they think that they are good enough to blow teams away with their interplay.
for a pureplay defensive centre mid we have #1 Ndidi, #2 Choudhury and so need to keep Mendy as back up in case either is injured for a mid to long term. We have Praet but he is more of a ballplayer from what i can see.
With Slimani - I don't want him to stay, but i am annoyed that we don't have any change up type of player to fundamentally change our style of play if absolutely needed. We have Vardy, Perez and Iheanacho as senior strikers - with Iheanacho hopefully now in a more confident place. None of them allow us to to change our pattern of play fundamentally in the last 20mins of a game.
I know a Plan B isn't the Rodgers way but it's the reason that Chilwell, Albrighton and to a certain extent Ricardo have some of their attacking potency blunted, because they not only have to get forward well but they have to play a pinpoint ball every time rather than hit a percentage whipped cross to the near or backpost 1 in 3 times that the striker has a chance to compete for. This particularly affects Chilwell, with the other two having adapted better IMO.
For that reason alone i'd have wanted 1 striker of 6 foot or more in the squad. Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, West Ham AND Watford all have at least one and will likely score more goals than us as a result. Only Man City and Man Utd don't as they think that they are good enough to blow teams away with their interplay.
