Liverpool players warned what will happen if they don’t get with Andoni Iraola’s tactics quickly, ‘he’s a madman’

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Liverpool players are steadily adapting to the demands of Andoni Iraola, working hard to become a team in the image of the Basque coach.When the Reds appointed Iraola, they knew they were getting a coach who likes to play football a certain way, meaning a period of transition may have to be observed.That has certainly been the case so far, and over the weeks it has become clear which players are more suited to Iraola’s intense, press-heavy style of football and which ones may need longer to adapt. How would you rate Andoni Iraola's start at Liverpool?

What's gone well, and what still needs work? 🤔 Tyler Adams warns Liverpool players they’ll be replacedLiverpool fans have already seen Iraola’s slightly ruthless streak in action in how he has dealt with Ryan Gravenberch and Jeremie Frimpong. It’s chaotic when it’s on the field and you want to suffocate your opponent and make them really feel that way, but it’s so simple, it’s black and white,” he said.READ MORE: Why Andoni Iraola deserves far more credit for his unbeaten start with Liverpool“The amazing thing about him is that if you don’t do it, then he’ll find the person that will do it.

But if you don’t do it, then it’s next man up and he’ll find the players that want to do it and they’ll be successful.”Adams hails Iraola’s work with young playersAs well as his clear willingness to take underperforming players out of the team, another thing which Liverpool fans have liked about Iraola has been the way he has dealt with the club’s young players.The likes of Lewis Koumas and Trey Nyoni have been trusted with bigger roles – and are so far delivering – and as Adams says, this is also very typical of his former boss.“He has a unique way of really pulling talent out of players and really developing them, and I think that’s just through giving them opportunities in games,” he said.“For a lot of teams they might not give the 19, 20 year old an opportunity, whereas he doesn’t look at you as a 19, 20 year old, 21 year old, whatever you are at a young age with a lack of experience, he says the games are going to be the experience, whether they go amazing or terrible, it’s going to be an experience that is good for you. So, he gives you this opportunity and I really think that’s where he got the best out of so many of the young players in our group.”Under Arne Slot it often felt as though the same, struggling players were in the team no matter how badly they played the previous week, while talented youngsters were left to kick the heels on the bench or out of the squad.