Liverpool NEED MORE From Bradley Barcola, Florian Wirtz & Alexander Isak.

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This is a clip from our Final Word show as we spoke about Alexander Isak, Florian Wirt and Bradley Barcola and if they are offering enough for Liverpool with their price tag of over 100 million pound after Liverpool's defeat against Arsenal at the weekend. To see the show in full, download the Redmen Plus app and if you subscribe, it is only one pound for your first month. So yeah, download the app and we'll see you over there. Let's talk about the stat that I really want to talk about. Liverpool had 17 shots on the day, which by the way, I don't remember half of them. Someone's lie to me there.

Zero on target, zero. Not once did we test David Ryre and world class goalkeeper. But if you're not getting the shots on target, really, what are you doing? There's not a lot going on there. And it comes back to the players.

We've got three 100 million pound players in there. Wirtz, Bartkola, Alexander Isak and you can add 17 million, whatever, Cody Gacpow.

It's just not enough from any of them. I thought when you've got that price tag, when you are, Alexander Isak was one of the best strikers in the world when we bought him. Wirtz was one of the best attacking midfielders, young up and coming stars. I want you to waltz into that Liverpool side and go, I am him, I am the man, I am the main fella of this Liverpool side. Bit like what Mo Salah used to do for Liverpool. And look, you're never gonna get that, because Mo Salah was a freak of nature as well. But I want someone to put Liverpool on their back and go, actually lads, I'll help ourselves. It'll be me this time. And I just don't see it. I really don't. I don't remember any real moment of cutting edge that wasn't a Macalester header or a potential penalty.

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I don't want to get on Iraloa's case too much, because I think what I've seen yesterday and what I've seen this season, I think he'll come good for us. I think it'll work out. But I think this thing about having your wingers playing on both sides of the wings is good when you're introducing them into the team. But a winger needs a position. He needs someone to play, he needs to be playing.

But a winger needs to go here and I'm going to be starting on the left. Or if I'm not starting, when I come off the bench, I'm going to be on the left. Real needs to know his position is on the right. There needs to be consistency within the team. I think swapping them over, game after game after game, I think it's hurting them.

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But I don't think he's done, I think he did that at the start. I don't think he's doing it now. Cody Gacpe is Liverpool's right winger.

Bradley Barcola is Liverpool's left winger. And this is what I have the problem with. At no point you're on that game and you go, lads, this isn't working. Switches, actually. Because I remember, I don't know whether it's Barcola's first game, but it's not, because I think we played the switch before that. But his first Champions League game, he starts on the right hand side, let's go Madrid. And he should have had a hat trick in that game of football, to be perfectly honest with you.

So I agree with the sentiment of, you know, a player needs to know where they're playing. But at the same time, if you're going to say that they can play both sides, do it then. Because at no point was there, this isn't working, let's flip it, let's do something else. And I think there's a lack of competition they've done for me, because we mentioned Cody Gacpo earlier and his start to the season. Cool, was sound.

Was it sound? Because Barcaola was sat on the bench going, hey mate, I'm a hundred and something million pound player here, who's coming to take your spot. And maybe Gacpo had to go, no, I need the space, I need to be here, I need to prove to Iriola, I am either going to be his left winger, or I'm going to be the right winger for Liverpool. And we've got to a point where now it is, oh well, the front line is always going to be Barcaola, Isac and Gacpo on the right wing. And therefore Gacpo doesn't really have to test or reach the level to kick Barcaola off the side. Rio and Munoz have seen as like sub players at the moment. So I just think there's not loads of competition there to kick each other the arse.