2 assists and a goal on his first Premier League start for Liverpool's Conor Bradley, and the young right-back has officially "exploded onto the scene". But why was, what should have been a really tough test for him, so incredibly easy? Well, the answer is.. Chelsea. FourFourTwo's Adam Clery explains.
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Bradley, Quansah and Bajcetic are Klopp's parting gifts, they're all superstars in the making
Jones and Elliot are good to
They all need nurturing still. Seen it so many times when a new manager comes in and brings in their own players
That low corner drill shot reminded me of a young Gareth Bale but looking in the mirror ;)
@@Sherrie510 This is a real possibility in a couple of years - Bradley playing as a RW. Right sided forward. 18 months from now we will have a better idea....
Even Clark and Oconnel have shown a lot of promise
"Because, I presume, Joe Gomez was bored" 😂😂😂
Ha!
Funny and insightful. Too early to call on Bradley but so far he looks pretty rounded.
When he said this, I laugh too.. Imagine getting bored in the football pitch..
@@elijahtan-whyusehandle united players get bored. The matched get in the way of them counting their money. They aren't therr to win
Cafu wears Conor Bradley pyjamas
Cringe
@@-LetsHaveItRight-coming from someone who’s name is HowTheLittlePiggiesWillGrunt
@@-LetsHaveItRight-nah mate what’s cringe is leaving about 5 different comments on one video hahaha shambles of a man
😂@@I..I237
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The kid is incredible, he's not just adaptable, it's like when he's in defence he's an exceptional defender, and when he's attacking he's a nailed on winger, wherever he is on the pitch it's like he's always in his favoured position, it's like he's cropped up out of nowhere to try and give Klopp second thoughts about leaving!
Does Trent get back in the team? Bradley has to play rb from now on. Do you take out Dom or Curtis to play Trent or keep Trent on the bench?
@@alistairsmith5389 I can honestly say I haven't a clue, Bradley is a better defender than Trent though, but I'm sure it's a headache most managers would be happy to have, and with us still in all competitions the squad depth comes in very handy, it's almost as if he has two first teams available, especially with so many coming back from injury.
@@alistairsmith5389trent have been starting all the time for a good while now, it's good to rotate and have tatical flexibility. Also playing a 20 years old all the time is a bad recipe for injury risk reasons
@@alistairsmith5389 sell Trent for 80m and buy Bellingham
@@alistairsmith5389just like everyone in the team, he has to work his way back to get a spot. It's not a given at this point.
He just gets better and better game by game. Brilliant going forward and brilliant in defence, especially one on one. On this performance he's a superstar
Macalister was awesome again as usual .
this is Conor Bradley's second PL game, first at Anfield, and what a magnificent player he is! TAA to midfield wouldn't be that long
been waiting for calvin ramsay to hit the ground running. Then came the kid from our academy wrecking havok in his first 2 game starts
Was really unfortunate for Ramsay that he was injured entire last season, thus had to be loaned out in this.
3:16 Tbf Conor Bradley is also a full international and has 13 caps.
His goal looks like a goal from Bale... tall, strong, powerful, confidence and calm
I very nearly put in a “this lad is giving Bale” segment but thought I’d hyped him enough 🤝🏻
Thank god, I’m not the only one who thought he was giving bale vibes ( let’s hope he keeps it up though).
You could do a similar video on Joe Gomez. Klopp when interviewed said 'He's invented his own position' and I know what he means!
I love Joe Gomez. Soon as he gets that goal I’m taking the rest of the day off
@@FourFourTwo where are we going to celebrate 🤣
i'm a Chelsea fan and i couldn't help smiling when Bradley scored. he was brilliant throughout, he seems like a really good lad, and he 100% deserved his goal. i hope he pushes on and has a really great career.
It was a real pleasure to watch this kid play. The way he could cover the defense on his side but also be able to attack as smooth as he did, beautiful.
Maybe that’s why Kloop is leaving. He’s leaving the squad in its best possible shape with quantity in each position.
For sure. Klopp is leaving while we are at our best. Which many managers have made the mistake of not leaving at the best and letting it drag on when they should retire. Another klopp masterclass.
Conor is really good defensively too, to imagine he's doing what hes doing going forward and defending as well, we really should mvoe Trent in field and have Bradley play RB
The only issue is that midfield slot right now is godly as well. Like Szoboszlai, macca and jones have been amazing lately, not to forget endo who was phenomenal before asia cup, after that you have the likes of harvey and gravenberch. Also thiago and bajetic coming back.
Couldn't agree more, I like the adaptability and options that are available now, so many permutations the future is bright despite losing Jürgen. Really looking forward to the rest of the season.
Trent got changed into inverted due to the space he was leaving when making "flying full back" runs, and also he would have less 1 on 1s against wingers out wide, People forget Trent used to be known for his crossing but after going into inverted role he gets to show his passing range but is less creative. Trent used to play how Bradley was playing and was way more impactivd creatively but was worse when tracking back than Bradley. Bradley is just quicker and more determined so he can play more like Robertson.
It's all about willingness. As long as Trent is willing, he can and he is in fact a capable hard-to-beat defender. Only after he became a nonchalant and casual RB defensively and only interested in attacking, he became what he is now. He's having the Superstar Complacency Complex. That's why it's better to move him to Mid where several teammates can cover him rather than leave him be a practice cone on the right side. After he came in, at least a couple of times opponents dribble past him in our box as if he wasn't there. And he seems couldn't be bothered either, you know, like Superstars always do.
@@MauFilm7Couldn't agree more
I am a Barca fan and I wish our players had even 10% of the drive and determination this kid showed.
Jota making more central runs also helps... Salah hugs the sideline more and deeper crosses from TAA makes more sense
I just discovered this channel a few weeks ago, and my 15 yo son who plays soccer (yes, we are American... sorry!) loves your video breakdowns. Says they are more helpful then some of the training sessions he's been involed in this past year 😅.
Tell your son he officially knows his stuff 🤝🏻
some context on joe gomez inverting, past few games with him and bradley as fullbacks, gomez has inverted in the buildup (presumably as he was a pressing trigger at left back) and jones has often been out there instead being more comfortable on the ball out wide on that side, then middle third gomez has been a third centre back while bradley has joined the attacking line, holding width and freeing jota to act as a second striker, and when we enter the final third gomez has inverted again for numerical superiority in the counterpress, him being bored is the much more entertaining answer tho
spot on
He plays like a RB version of StevieG - all action, drive and commitment!!
Exactly what I think. Stevie started as a full back remember
I think Bradley, Quansah, bijetic, and jones right now. Are perfect encapsulation of a klopp player. The Academy has molded them to be the perfect klopp players
we just need baj back on the pitch
Well done to the Academy, they're the one's bringing these players through. Klopp said Pep Linders has been in his ear for a while about Conor Bradley.
Feel bad for all LB in the league right now that need to face the relentlessness of Mo, Trent, Szobo and Bradley the rest of the season. The next manager is 100% pushing Trent to RCM and Bradley at RB.
The thing is our midfield options are frightening as well
This is a great channel, very happy i've come across it. There's a Barry Glendenning-esque trend across a lot of football coverage where any analysis that goes beyond the usual TalkSport phone-ins, have to be packaged in a cynical, bored-of-it-all, approach to the game. Glad to find someone who can talk in an insightful way AND is actually enthusiastic about the game. Back to Liverpool, considering who's left over the last couple of seasons and the low expectations at the beginning of the season, I think this current Squad, is hands-down the best squad Jurgen Klopp has ever had. I genuinely don't think I would swap it for the Premier League winners or quadruple contenders. Breaks my heart that Klopp isn't going to be taking them any further than this season.
This video is so well produced!
This channel is Great. Thank you for your work.
its so nice to footy videos on FFT .... leagues ahead of all the pundits on match of the the day in terms of analysis and personality. Absolutely loved the newcastle liverpool video
Absolute class edit and analysis, as per usual. Thanks 442
Excellent analysis 👍 you've earned a subscriber
My cousin who lives in castlederg is mates with him and they used to play Gaelic together and he said no matter what he would always work hard for the team and wouldn’t stop running, obvs he has the talent as well in football, top player.
Bolton transformed him last season when he was on loan with us.
How would you say he did in general pal? Were you guys happy to see him play?
@@stakzonstakz He was our player of the season :p
they never transformed him he transformed bolton
Calvin ramsey next?
@@P-I-UK ¿Por qué no los dos?
Great vid. Bradley has been incredible since he's come in.
Great analysis brother
Bradley was awesome. Jota next best - such a threat. Great to see Gomes versatility getting recognised. CFC fans looking at poor ref decisions - need to realise they were outplayed all over the field. I thought the Pen decisions were correct - if given, they would have been very soft. Ref were meant to be stopping jumping on the floor players. A touch is not a foul. Gallagher should have stayed on his feet. No way VVD hitting the standing heal of Nkunku cause both feet to leave the ground and him to fall. Nunez hit the woodwork 4 times - we well deserved the win. Score reflects the game.
It is you though Adam! No idea you'd moved from Whatculture but as soon as I saw your little face I smashed the sub button! (From Nathan @Euroffice who once sent you some biscuits and office supplies for the Friday pod!)
I have, honestly, never forgotten those biscuits. Lovely to see you again Nathan 🤝🏻
Start printing the Bradley shirts now
Liked the insights 👍
“Tool in your arsenal” 😂😂 Great video, presentation and analysis as always 👍🏻
i love your videos a lot
I didn't even care about his going forward, I just liked watching him bully Sterling
It was interesting what klopp said about mc allister a few games back. That "he is so good in closed spaces". The more you can condense the field around macca the better he becomes. This is one of the main reasons gomez is drifting inside to midfield, to tighten the space. The small pitch at anfield.helps.of course. But we have seen a few times macca get lost as a 6 in wide open midfield....hopefully this doesn't happen at the emirates this weekend!
dont forget Paul Tierney, he had a fantastic game as well
The talk about Alonso - looking forward to the analysis video - is all well and good but amongst the other potential candidates nobody seems to be talking about Arne Slot from Feyenoord, who seems like a dark horse candidate.
i think a lot of it was down to his fitness, especially when a young kid comes in u expect them to be slightly less fit than the average premier league player so you’d assume they’d do their defensive job and then get their rest. Bradley probably shocked chillwell with his fitness and sterling aswell cus they wouldn’t expect him to sprint back then turn around and sprint forward so he got a lot of time and space down the right.
RIP to his father. I can’t imagine what he’s feeling. The world gave him the best and worst day of his life so far…in the same week❤
Love all the tactics ❤
Did you notice his left foot was sliding when he shot? Makes that even more amazing.
I think Bradley will be perfect as a RWB like Jeremy Frimping in a Xabi Alonso system- taking players on and being direct with loads of pace whilst having that defensive quality
One of the best videos of yours I’ve ever seen, incredible tactically, technically and presentation-wise well done! And as a Reds fan, love seeing Bradley and Baj and Jarrell and all the youngsters come through and succeed. Also note you said “how’d they get him from the academy” they signed him! They signed him four years ago from Sunderland, another indicator of the importance of top to bottom quality on the staff side. Whatever youth staff signed Bradley saw that he could and would match Jurgen’s system perfectly and they were exactly right. It kind of makes him a throwback to an older Liverpool but also means he just add the stylistic versatility we now have which is perfect.
My dream for the end of this season is a Conor Bradley cross for a Joe Gomez goal 😀
I was lucky enough to be there for the game and Conor was absolutely massive, this kid is fantastic.
We are seeing quite a few youngsters getting a chance in big teams and playing with little or no fear 👍. I'd love to see more teams do it ⚒️👀
An assist against Bournemouth, 2 assists against Norwich in FA cup tie and 2 assists and 1 goal against Chelsea in 5 matches he played. He played well against Fulham too. Even against Arsenal at Emirates, when he came on for the last 15 minutes, he kept Martinelli quiet. I think he earned his place at RB.
You underestimate Liverpool fans' respect for Fergie. Its begrudging, but its respect.
Cafu has Bradley posters in his bedroom
He genuinely reminds me of strive g when he first broke through playing at RB very direct dogged style
A highline without pressing against Liverpool is suicide
That traditional 4-3-3 with the one CDM is the classic Liverpool formation that won us so much in recent years so I'd love to see us go back to that. It works, with the right players. But I don't see Trent being the CDM. He wouldn't hold that position well and provide cover for the defense, he'd want to get forward. I still think Endo, when he's back, is better there. So where does Trent go if he's not RB or CDM? Because one of McAllister or Szoboszlai would have to be benched, and that's a tough call.
Lad is wearing a no.84 shirt yet he bossed the field like he's a seasoned veteran. The future is bright
Bradley is great 👊🏾💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is a result of years of work and consistent tactical identity. There's a cohorent tactical identity from Youth to First team.
The young lad appears to be able to do anything on the pitch and reminds me so much of Stevie G when he first burst on the scene.
FourFourTwo or Whatculture videos, if Mr Clery is presenting you can bet its gonna be a good video!
I love the thought of having Bradley at RB and Trent start in midfield. At the same time, Jones, Szoboszlai, Mac and Endo have all been incredible and Elliott and Gravenberch are no slouches either. So if Trent goes into midfield, who drops out? Thats not even considering Thiago amd Bajcetic yet either.. 😂
heat maps are supreme!
They’re from Sofascore and I’d be lost lost without them
Could he be used as a Box-Box midfielder? Seems to have the all round attributes, has he always been a right back through the accademy?
Imho He resemble to Robbo more than TAA… the way he run and the way he did long pass and the way he defending is similar to Robbo not TAA… he a bit more direct play while TAA is more controlling the ball first before he pass or switching the ball movement…. But glad Bradley could step up to perform well… he continue to do this performance😊
'They just had this mess of players not sure what they were doing in the middle of the pitch 💀'
The Gomez thing wasn't just a fluke imo, he did the same thing much more obviously in the Norwich game. In that match Bradley and Gakpo were the widest players so in attack it was basically a 2-box-4 formation! Gomez even turned in to prime de Bruyne at one point playing a ball over the top for, you guessed it, Conor Bradley
That performance is going to do wonders for his confidence. Opposition teams are going to start defending against him though. It’ll be interesting to see how he copes…
In the cup game vs Norwich Trent went RB and pushed Conor up to RW...he can play anywhere on the right it seems.
Lets be clear...Connor Bradley is a total psstaker...you can do all that in training....you are NOT supposed to do that against a top team like Chelsea on your home prem debut....Wtf?!!
Who'd have thought we wouldn't even miss TRENT ALEXANDER ARNOLD!!! Bradley even moved into the midfield in one game, something it's taken years for Klopp to allow Trent to do! And im not saying he's better than Trent but he's one hell of a backup! 😎
Trent needs to learn how to defend properly or he might be in trouble going forward. He's never getting into that midfield ahead of Macca, Szobo & Jones.
Best defender in the Liverpool team!
What a player
The young man is a revelation
I Think Bradley is Quick Energetic pressing
And this is where we start to recognise the brilliance of Klopp, because it's his belief and freedom in his youngsters that they go onto the pitch with full support to play aggressively, Fast and Hard
Shagged a Rabbits Foot LMFAO 🤣🤣😂
'Shagged a rabbit's foot or something'.. 🤣
Excellent analysis. I would disagree, though, that Bradley has just dropped in by some stroke of luck. His entire academy experience has been playing the 'Klopp way'. Same with Jarel Quansah and others. Much easier to hit the ground running when you've played the same system for years at youth level. The awareness and the run for his goal highlights this point. Great to see these lads taking their oppotunities in the team.
My question is if he stays consistent does it make Trent irrelevant, like the midfield is a lot better, Trent doesnt make them better defensively and Bradley kinda takes his left back role with a new manager might be tough for him next season if he stays
Time for a back three and move trent into midfield permanently
Konate, Dyke , Gomes Bradley trent, Alister/Endo, robertson Salah, Nunes, Diaz. And incidentally that's how Alonso is setting up his team...
Trent might be better breaking low blocks. His passing ability is top 5 in the world. His defensive game has improved massively. We were doing great with him in the team as well lets not forget.
@@MrSheepytooAlonso would be bringing wirtz and hinocampie with him
Still cant imagine a team without Trent
if chelsea paid $100m for caicado what would Bradley be worth?
Is nobody going to talk about Jota clearly pushing down Chilwell as he’s trying to get to Bradley?
Na because Chilwell tried to block him from running through
Don't underestimate the importance of Konate and Van Dijk. The confidence that the team has in them gives the full backs the confidence to push forward.
Now we have 3 players that cannot lose the ball in the midfield McAllister, Tiago and TAA on the DM , position as a player was DM I almost forget Clark, Bajetic and McConnell but not Endo for me if you sleep and lose the ball in a DM you are not Natural for that position
Love from India ❤❤
We so missed him against Arsenal
Chelsea recruited individually great players but never considered the team dynamics before signing them. It’s like getting a trophy wife. They look great on paper but do not function well as a football team…
I love Bradley but like wth was Chelsea doing. Every run I'm seeing looks like their LB has gotten a red card and no one is there to cover the space. Its so impressive that Bradley at 20 years old realizing that and capitalizing on the mistakes is phenomenal but imagine Salah with all that space
I'm told Perez of Madrid has booked a flight to UK this coming summer. we don't knw what what's the visit is about but we can confirm that is carrying a cash bag (+95million), we also know he want to replace Dani Carvajal😅
RIP Bradley sr.
By fouling the player who would be able to defend that space?
I love youth showing up but I’m also a Chelsea fan 😭
You found the real reason for Klopp leaving! Shagged too many rabbits and he's knackered 😂😂
The problem with this Chelsea side is that they do not defend as a unit. That left hand side was pathetic. Sterling didn't even bother tracking back and Chilwell was like he was playing as a midfielder and forgot he is actually a left back
highly doubt trent will play as the sole anchor midfiielder