Liverpool must wait and see when their journey to Goodison Park shall be rearranged, however the postponement has each optimistic and damaging implications for Arne Slot‘s aspect.
The affect of Storm Darragh and the protection considerations of 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts ensured the journey to Goodison Park was postponed on Saturday.
It was attributable to 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 attributable to 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 no less than now afforded the possibility for his or her squad to be in higher form.
The prolonged break between video games may even do Slot’s squad no hurt having seemed more and more fatigued amid the hectic schedule.
CON – Psychological battle
In the beginning of matchweek 15, Liverpool held a seven-point lead over Chelsea and Arsenal however by their subsequent recreation, that margin might be minimize to 4.
Instantly, the dialog begins altering even within the information 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 resistant to the narrative and stress altering.
It’s typically 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 might have safely gone forward, the wind would nonetheless have wreaked havoc and Caoimhin Kelleher would have been put beneath all kinds of undesirable stress with fixed crosses.
The choice to name it off definitely favoured Liverpool.
CON – Shifting fixture congestion to later in season
Whereas it’s an apparent optimistic that Liverpool get further relaxation on the weekend the sport ought to have been performed, it might but wreak havoc if scheduled for an additional busy a part of the marketing campaign.
We noticed final season how the group ran out of steam, falling sufferer to accidents and having a small squad incapable of sustaining title-fighting kind till the tip of Could.
Our notion of this postponement might definitely 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 might 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 worthwhile reset and a few might even see themselves with per week between begins – not a typical prevalence at the moment of the 12 months.
CON – Ambiance flipped on its head
A lunchtime kickoff is starkly totally different to a night begin in relation to environment, particularly when you think about it is going to be the ultimate derby at Goodison Park.
Everton shall be fired up for the final one beneath the lights, and Liverpool’s latest historical past on the floor solely underlines how troublesome 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!
