Sean Rogers

When I watched it back, I don't think they could inject the intensity from that shape because I think that shape is too complicated in that there are some sides that would go man-to-man.

And Sunday League, you know your jobs.

And then there are other sides, let's say like Arrigo, Sakis, Milan, which would be much more...

zonal shape and then when it comes into those zones you want to make sure you're 3v3 and 4v4 in them little pockets of the pitch and too many times that Liverpool side when you watch it back you could draw a square and go Chelsea are 3v2 Chelsea are 4v3 how do you how do you go and inject that intensity if Sabozlai goes and presses it's just Piggy in the middle he looks like the idiot and if you all try and go you're just leaving the free man and they're good enough to find them and my biggest thing that's been there all season

is the shape of the back four, the distances between them, and what they do moving up and down has been a mess.

You go to Elland Road, it was really bad that day.

You go to Chelsea and look at some of the clips of Cucurella getting in the back.

You've got Van Dijk on one line, Canardi on another, the full-backs doing something else.

And I understand there's been a lot of change at right back and there's been a lot of change in goal and there's so much mitigation for him.

But I think how far does that mitigation go?

And each person can have their own view on that.

Because if we were getting relegated right now, I think everyone would be unanimous that that mitigation doesn't go that far.

But I think everyone's got to make their own decision with how far do you think that mitigation goes.

And for me, if you've got a week on the training pitch

with the problems Liverpool have.

If Liverpool looked good out of possession, that there was intensity in the right areas, and that when we counter-attacked and when we got the ball in the final third, it was breaking down because of a lack of quality, I think you'd then go, yeah, well, Izak's not starting, we've got no Eke Teekay, no Verts, they've let him down with the wingers, I get that.

But when you've had a week on the training pitch and your back four looks a mess, and players don't know whether they're going zonal in this moment, are they locking on man-to-man,

I felt really sorry for Cody Gappo, I don't think he knew what his job was in there between the double pivots for Chelsea and the back three, and they didn't do anything different in that regard to what they do, and I think that, now at half-time he corrects it, he makes Curtis Jones man-mark Enzo, and he makes Frimpong man-mark Cucurella.

I think that's just too late.

I don't know why you can't make some of them tweaks 25 minutes into the game and help your team out.