{"id":7569,"date":"2017-12-13T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/?p=7569"},"modified":"2017-12-13T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:59:40","slug":"derby-review-wba-preview-davehendrick_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2017\/12\/derby-review-wba-preview-davehendrick_\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby review and WBA Preview by @DaveHendrick_"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0\u00a0Personally I would have played the same team vs Everton that played against Spartak. That\u2019s probably our strongest fit 11, bar Lovren filling in for Matip, and they were incredible against Moscow. Obviously Moreno couldn\u2019t play so Robertson had to come in, but I\u2019d have kept the rest the same and saved the rotation for this West Brom game. With that said, I don\u2019t blame Klopp. We still should have beaten them. Klopp doesn\u2019t make the mouse in Lovren\u2019s head fall off the wheel. We didn\u2019t win because Lovren can\u2019t manage the basics of defending, simple as that. If you want to blame Klopp for anything, blaming him for not selling Lovren and buying someone good.<\/p>\n
\u00a0I think that was frustration towards the players who let him down. Lovren for the penalty, Mane for the miss and the midfield \u2013 especially Henderson \u2013 for such poor performances. Klopp will never criticise his players publicly but I got the feeling he wanted to in that situation because the interviewer seemed to blaming him. It\u2019s good to see him getting angry though. It shows he cares, shows he understands how much the Derby means.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yeah, I think so. If he wanted to take off one of the front 3 I though Mane was the one he should have hooked. But Klopp has gotten the rotation spot on over the last few weeks and it appears like he has everything planned out for the December games so I\u2019m not going to have a go at him over it.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No I don\u2019t think so. Look down the other end and Calvert-Lewin is playing. He\u2019s only a few months older than Solanke. When you join Liverpool, you do so to play in big games. If Solanke didn\u2019t have the mindset for it then he\u2019s at the wrong club. I think he handled it well. He didn\u2019t play particularly well but he did ok. I think the experience of playing in a Derby at a young age will be good for him moving forward.<\/p>\n
Yes, I think we can expect a bunch of changes for the West Brom game. Possibly 6 changes, mostly personnel but also positions. Ox might start out wide for example.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a funny one. They\u2019re normally horrible to play against, and with a new manager you\u2019d often expect a good initial run of results. But West Brom have been shocking this season. No wins in their last 15 games in all competitions after starting the season with 3 wins out of 3 in all competitions. They\u2019re still relatively hard to beat, and their defence isn\u2019t as bad as you\u2019d expect for a team 4th<\/sup>\u00a0for bottom \u2013 only conceded two goals more than us, but I actually fancy us to give them a hiding. If we start with Gini-Emre-Phil in midfield, and say Salah-Bobby-Ox upfront, I think we\u2019ll cut them apart and might put 4 or 5 past them. And it\u2019s Pardew. He\u2019s terrible. He\u2019s made no difference since taking over. How he continues to get Premier League jobs is beyond me. I really like West Brom as a club but if they go down, it might be a huge help to the greater good. It might end Pulis AND Pardew as Premier League managers.<\/p>\n 4-0 to Jurgen\u2019s rampant Reds.<\/p>\n Big Thanks to Dave for taking the time out for F.O.L<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this Interview Peter Phillips talks to Dave Hendrick about the Derby and WBA game….. 1)\u00a0 \u00a0 Firstly Dave lets talk about Sunday`s game , the team line up and the rotation of players has led to Jurgen Klopp to come in for some criticism for making so many changes and upsetting the rhythm of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":7020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2205],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n7)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What is your score prediction?<\/h3>\n