Do we think there's much need to change tactics ? Maybe its red tinted glasses, but we were bossing a lot of games we dropped points in, especially earlier in the season. Do we need more options in terms of tactics, or will better players especially in depth give us enough for a title challenge.
Interesting point made earlier that klopp seems to be building a CL team with the league as a spin off, with Rogers doing the opposite. You could argue that mouriniho is building a team more for the league where he rarely drops points to lesser teams. Is pep more like klopp with a cl aim, but he has the players to piss the league as a bonus?
Possession (mostly tactical & technical players) sides tend to dominate leagues. They are susceptible to losing games on the counter though which can hurt them in knockout competitions. Counter attacking/defensive (Physical & tactical players) sides tend to struggle more in the league to accumulate enough points to beat a dominant possession based side. But succeed better in knockout tournaments where sides will come at them.
However, Klopp's ultimate aim appears to be a possession based side that can counter press at lightening speed. He was left with a lot of technical players who had weaknesses either physically (e.g. Allen, Luis Alberto, Teixiera) or tactically (e.g. Can, Henderson, Markovic) and some players who were just entirely unsuited to his system (e.g. Balotelli, Benteke, Skrtel, Mignolet).
This will be hard to put together because almost all players have weaknesses. So trying to put together a side that can dominate the ball, technically good enough to unlock a tight defence, physically capable to aggressively gegenpress and explode on teams once they regain possession AND be good enough tactically to do all that without allowing the opposition to expose your vulnerabilities when committing such numbers to the attacking and transition phases will be a big ask. But that is what we seem to be looking for in the front 7 positions in the attacking phase (FB, CM, FWs). It remains to be seen what the #6 will look like - my guess will still be someone capable of competing in the air and playing quick passes more than a controller (e.g. Dier, Saul, Bender, Fabinho). Grujic may even be a possible here. Would love nothing more than for him to come back and make the spot his own next season.
Then we will have two center backs capable of dealing with threats in the air, in behind or in front of them. Both VVD & Lovren seem to fit the bill there, although there are still question marks over whether Lovrens level can remain high consistently over the course of the full season. I still believe passive players will ultimately hurt us in the system in the long run - like Mignolet, Klavan & Matip. Aggression, bravery and determination seem vital from front to back. Gomez is something of an unknown quantity at CB too. He has a worrying problem with balls in the air and seems to have some awareness/decision making issues. But then we also forget how young he is to be playing at this level as much as he has already.
Then looking at midfield, this is where the Chamberlain and Keita signings really stand out. Plus Gini, in that he has no real weaknesses to his game physically, tactically or technically. My biggest criticism is he lacks the aggression someone like Keita has to leave his mark on every game. He will happily be the water carrier. But then that likely will not be a problem with the right players around him. We are missing a proper #6 though to give us that physical/tactical option where we need it. The player we all hoped Can would develop into. Also think there is hope for Ejaria too. There has been some glowing reports of him picking sides apart at U21 and in the Championship this season from center midfield.
The front 3 look perfect for the task. There is a quality question over Ings & Solanke. I still think the latter is doing all the right things with great numbers in terms of input, but has been a disallowed goal, the crossbar, or a rushed snapshot against Everton away from getting something for his good work. Wilson seems like he is on the right path at Hull - can he translate that to here? We probably need another at a level closer to the three starters though.
So in summary, I am not sure the tactics will (or need to) change. We just lack 2 players in the spine of our team and some depth in attack. We have finally sorted out the GK and CB position with quality since January, now we likely just need a #6 that protects our attacks and the back 4 and gets the ball into CM & FB quickly and efficiently. Plus another penetrative midfielder between the lines for more depth who can also play as a forward. I reckon we sort that out and we can start to push City in the league a lot harder next season. Although in reality if they are just going to amass 90+ points then there is little that can be done to stop them in reality.
We just need to focus on ourselves, what we can do, and put together a side ourselves capable of 85+ point seasons. I really don't think we are far off. We are already going to be getting very close to 80 points this season - we are currently on course for a projected 78,24 points if we can continue out average ppg so far this season. If we take 1 January as the starting point with VVD & Karius as first choice in their positions in the spine of our team, we have 9W, 2D & 2L in 13 games - which would be a 84,77 points in a 38 game season.
Not far off at all IMO.