Liverpool v Leeds

Team: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, VVD, Kerkez, Gravy, Jones, Bosz, Mac, Gakpo, Ekitike,

Well I was about to write about the wiseness or otherwise of Slot putting all his eggs in one Wirtz shaped basket, then I read that he’d missed training thus maybe proving one of my my points about this approach. In other words whether he can be relied upon to stay fit or whether he is evens currently fit enough to do 90 minutes regularly in the Premier league. It seems a bit bonkers to me to build your team and all your play around one player where there are these doubts. It may well work out in the long run if he can stay fit but maybe it was trying to rush the transition that caused the issue with Salah. The good thing is we now know our poor results weren’t down to Salah but it was the fault of the set pieces coach all along. Now we don’t have a set peice coach at all I am confident our defence will improve and we’ll be scoring from set pieces for fun…..

The game is at the traditional New Years’s time of 17.30 and available on Sky sports.