Liverpool must wait and see when their journey to Goodison Park will likely be rearranged, however the postponement has each constructive and unfavourable implications for Arne Slot‘s aspect.
The influence of Storm Darragh and the security issues of 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts ensured the journey to Goodison Park was postponed on Saturday.
It was because of kickoff at 12.30pm however will now be anticipated to be rearranged on a midweek night later within the season.
Inevitably, there are a number of professionals and cons to the sport being cancelled…
PRO – Time to get gamers again
Liverpool have been prepared to go to Goodison with out Alisson, Ibrahima Konate, Conor Bradley, Kostas Tsimikas, Federico Chiesa and Diogo Jota because of harm, plus Alexis Mac Allister (suspended).
There isn’t a assure the Reds won’t be going through harm woes when the groups meet at Goodison, however they’re at the least now afforded the prospect for his or her squad to be in higher form.
The prolonged break between video games can even do Slot’s squad no hurt having seemed more and more fatigued amid the hectic schedule.
CON – Psychological battle
Firstly of matchweek 15, Liverpool held a seven-point lead over Chelsea and Arsenal however by their subsequent recreation, that margin may very well be minimize to 4.
All of the sudden, the dialog begins altering even within the data that Liverpool have an additional recreation to play later down the road – it would encourage their rivals and alter notion.
Virgil van Dijk and Co. have been insistent that they aren’t studying into their early lead, however they won’t be proof against the narrative and stress altering.
It’s usually higher to have factors on the board than video games in hand.
PRO – No Dycheball within the wind
Gusty winds and Sean Dyche with the lengthy ball, no thanks.
If this recreation may have safely gone forward, the wind would nonetheless have wreaked havoc and Caoimhin Kelleher would have been put below all types of undesirable stress with fixed crosses.
The choice to name it off actually favoured Liverpool.
CON – Transferring fixture congestion to later in season
Whereas it’s an apparent constructive that Liverpool get additional relaxation on the weekend the sport ought to have been performed, it may but wreak havoc if scheduled for an additional busy a part of the marketing campaign.
We noticed final season how the crew ran out of steam, falling sufferer to accidents and having a small squad incapable of sustaining title-fighting type till the top of Might.
Our notion of this postponement may actually be swayed by when the rescheduled recreation falls!
PRO – Flexibility for squad choice
There are six days between the journeys to Newcastle and Girona, after which an additional 4 days till Liverpool are again in Premier League motion towards Fulham at Anfield.
The expectation earlier than this postponement was that Slot may rotate his XI within the Champions League conflict, and now the boss has higher flexibility when he sits down and plans out the weeks forward.
Key gamers nearing the pink zone for minutes have been given a helpful reset and a few may even see themselves with every week between begins – not a standard incidence at the moment of the yr.
CON – Environment flipped on its head
A lunchtime kickoff is starkly completely different to a night begin in terms of ambiance, particularly when you think about will probably be the ultimate derby at Goodison Park.
Everton will likely be fired up for the final one below the lights, and Liverpool’s latest historical past on the floor solely underlines how tough of a visit it’s for them.
Since Jurgen Klopp‘s first win on the floor in 2016, the Reds have received simply as soon as within the visits since.
On the flip aspect, it might be fairly the setting for Liverpool to bid farewell with three factors!
