Published: October 20, 2025
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This image sums up the fundamentally flawed nature of Arne Slot’s utterly dysfunctional build-up shape structure. A simple 4-2 plagued by distance, rotations, tempo & micro-player details {orientation, profiling, instructions}. If you cannot reliably build-up, you will not

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@CounterPressers For those wondering, there were the same midfield that played week in week out last season. There's clearly a tactical changes the manager wants to implement...that he has no idea of. Go back to basics ffs

@CounterPressers Clock that Mbeumo ass

@CounterPressers Who is that lazily waving their hands? That player should be dropped into that space in midfield, creating passing options and simple triangles.

@CounterPressers That 2 shouldn't be szobo and Grav, it should be Grav and Macca, once again, stating clearly that Macca playing out of position is one of major reasons why our build up has been poor.

@CounterPressers We seem to have constantly 5 players stood across the front line but no incisive passers to get the ball to them, I really don’t understand the tactics, relying on individual brilliance has fallen down, need some proper structure back in the play

@CounterPressers @babuyagu would throw a fit if he saw this.

@CounterPressers Do you have any photos from last season. To show where gravenberch would normally be

@CounterPressers The fact we looked shit and he went to dubai on a jolly.. he deserves the backlash.. its a results business.. plain n simple

@CounterPressers Macca so high cancels two of his main strengths: early build-up and late arrival (and exposes his lack of recovery speed). It's just wrong. Kerkez receiving the ball in this area is also mind blowing, he is a high-engine FB, not a build up player.

@CounterPressers This isn’t a “flawed structure,” its a flawed moment. Distances only look dysfunctional because there’s no staggering, no third man option and no occupation of the half-spaces. Structure is timing, orientation and automatisms. Fix the principles and the shape works.

@CounterPressers We are fucked

@CounterPressers Slot is just .... Not the guy

@CounterPressers Ten Haag esque

• Have there been players in your career where you could have been tougher with, but you couldn't because it would affect their performance? 🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Klopp: "Oh yes, Sadio Mané and Mo Salah are 2 big examples."

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Tearsss we would recreate this

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I wonder when Slot will clock this current version of Mac Allister will get him sacked? Every time Curtis Jones come on, he looks like Iniesta in comparison. Give him some starts and stop being scared of the senior players.

Alright mate

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