Liverpool ta shiga wannan kakar Premier League da mafi tsadar ƙungiya da aka taɓa haɗa a tarihin ƙungiyar — duk da haka, a cewar mai sharhi Jamie Carragher, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi rashin tsari a cikin shekaru goma. Manaja Andoni Iraola ya rufe tagogin canjin damina bayan an kashe sama da fam miliyan 200 net, ya zarce ma kashe kuɗi na damina ta bara, amma tambayoyi na asali game da daidaiton ƙungiyar sun ci gaba.

Farmaki da ba daidai ba

Babban samuwar damina ita ce Bradley Barcola, wanda aka sanya hannu daga Paris Saint-Germain da fam miliyan 123. Sai dai yarjejeniyar ta haifar da bincike nan take — ba saboda ingancin Barcola ba, amma saboda abin da ta bar Liverpool ta cikin farmakinta. Ƙungiyar ta rasa Mohamed Salah — wanda ake ɗaukarsa sosai a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasan gefan hagu mai ƙafar dama a tarihin Premier League — kuma ta amsa da ƙara wani ɗan wasan gefe da ke amfani da ƙafar hagu.

"Liverpool ba ta da mai farmaki na gaske a gefen dama," Carragher ya gaya wa Sky Sports. "Ba mu da wanda ke da ƙafar hagu a wannan gefen dama, kamar Mo Salah. Ina takaici. Ba na tabbata abin da za mu yi a wannan reshen dama yanzu."

An jera Cody Gakpo, Florian Wirtz, da Hugo Ekitike duka a reshen hagu. Rio Ngumoha, wanda ya bayyana a hagu, an gwada shi a dama a lokacin horon kafin kakar. Victor Munoz ya zama mafi yuwuwar zaɓi a wannan gefe — amma an sanya hannunsa bayan kakar ɗaya kawai a gasar babba, da yawancin lokaci a matsayin ɗan wasan gefan hagu.

Matsalar ƴan wasa a gefe

Tsarin Iraola yana buƙatar ƙarfi marar gajiya daga muƙamai a gefe. Wannan yana nuna a cikin ƙididdigar: Jeremie Frimpong da Milos Kerkez dukansu suna matsayi tsakanin ƴan wasa uku na farko a Premier League a wannan kakar don yawan guduwa — wanda ya zarce su kawai shi ne Adrien Truffert na Bournemouth, ƙungiyar Iraola ta da.

Da Conor Bradley yana da rauni, Frimpong ya mamaye muƙamin ɗan baya na dama a wasannin Liverpool na farko guda biyu, duk da cewa ƙungiyar ta jaddada a bara cewa ba a sanya shi a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin Trent Alexander-Arnold. An ba da shawarar Dominik Szoboszlai a matsayin madadin, amma wannan aƙalla ne ya rage. Sanya mai tsaro na tsakiya a matsayin ɗan baya na dama zai zama matsala daidai wa daida idan aka yi la'akari da muhimmancin muƙamin a hanyar Iraola.

Kariyar tsakiya — tambaya da ba ta samu amsa ba

Watakila mafi muhimmancin damuwa ita ce abin da ke bayan matsayar danna da ƙari da sifar farmaki na Liverpool. Da ƴan baya suna tashi a lokaci guda da masu tsaro na tsakiya suna zama zurfi, dole ne ƴan wasan tsakiya su rufe filin mai yawa don kare sararin da ke tsakaninsu. A cikin mintina biyar na farkon wasan Premier League na farko, Newcastle United sun yi amfani da wannan giɓin daidai don ci.

Ryan Gravenberch ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen taimaka wa Arne Slot lashe gasar a kakar da ta gabata, amma raguwar ƙarfin jiki na Alexis Mac Allister a cikin watanni 18 da suka gabata yana haifar da shakku game da ko Iraola yana da ƴan wasa da za su iya miƙe wa hare-haren da abokan gaba ke ci gaba da kai. A Bournemouth, Iraola ya fi son ƴan wasan tsakiya masu cin zarafi da ƙarfi waɗanda ke danna ba tare da tsayawa ba — ba ƴan wasan tsaro na gargajiya ba. Ko wannan falsafar ta dace da wannan ƙungiyar Liverpool ya kasance tambaya ta buɗe.

"Ban yi imanin wannan tsakiya za ta iya aiki da ƴan wasan da suke ciki ba," Carragher ya ce. "A gare ni, ba ya aiki. Kuma ba ƴan wasa ne kawai ba, tsarin da manaja ke nema ne."

Ƙungiya mai burgewa amma mai aibi

Carragher ya yarda da cikas da Iraola ke fuskantar wajen kiyaye sauri na farmaki na Liverpool tare da ƙarfafa horo na tsaro. "Akwai daidaito. Ba za mu iya tafiya daga hanya ɗaya inda muke aika mutane da yawa zuwa gaba zuwa kiyaye kowa a baya don kada mu isa da adadi ba," ya ce.

Da Virgil van Dijk yana da ƙarin son tsaro mai zurfi da ƴan baya suna tashi kullum, rikicin tsarin ya bayyana yana cikin tsarin kansa. Zaman-zaman biyu masu ci da yawa wajen fara kakar suna nuna ƙungiya mai iya yin haske amma kuma mai iya kasancewa a buɗe. Liverpool tana da arzikin farmaki, tana takaicewa a wasu wurare — kuma iyakar kuskure na iya zama mai tsada kakar tana ci gaba.