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2019/20 Season Report Card - Divock Origi

Apart from the Anfield derby did he actually do anything this season? We’ll always love him for what he did last year but this time around has been something of a damp squib from Divock Origi.

 

Granted, it’s not easy to show your best form when you don’t play regularly and given the quality of the three ahead of him it’s difficult to be anything more than a back up, but Divock didn’t really do anywhere near enough to justify being selected more often. 

 

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He actually started the season the way he left off last time out though, with a goal and a good performance against Norwich. Then, inexplicably, soon after that he got his hair cut and the magic was gone. Other than that Everton game he just never scaled those 2019 heights again. The Samson effect in full force.

 

He frustrates me because I think he should be much better than he actually is. He’s got everything he should need to be brilliant and you see all of it in flashes. We’ve seen him score great headers, we’ve seen him score poachers goals, he’s got great dribbling ability and quick feet, he’s fast, strong and his finishing is excellent. 

 

In fact, I could probably make a strong argument that he’s as clinical as anyone at the club. He doesn’t seem to miss many though. How does his conversion rate compare with, say, Salah? Maybe some stat nerd can help me out with that? It feels like he misses far fewer chances than Bobby and Mo, but that could also be because he doesn’t get himself in position to miss them.

 

Usually he’s been on the periphery of games he’s started this season and were it not for his hero status due to his heroics a year earlier then he'd probably be viewed with a lot less understanding than he is currently, which is actually the way it should be. Anyone who doesn't have affection for Origi and the great memories he's provided us is clearly psychotic and probably tortures kittens.

 

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That doesn't mean we shouldn't expect more from him and it doesn't make you a bad person if you want him upgraded either. Divock should be the total package but unfortunately he isn’t. He doesn’t make the most of the vast array of attributes he has and too often he just doesn’t make any kind of impact.

 

It does my head in because we know he can do it, he just can’t do it consistently and he’s not a kid anymore so it’s becoming clear that he probably never will. I think his problem is he doesn’t have the belief in himself and the single minded desire to be the best that most of our other players have.

 

Previous Season Ratings:

 

2016/17 - 4/10

2018/19 - 7/10

 

This season's rating: 6/10

 

It possibly should be a little lower but I don’t think he was always put in the best situation to shine. If he had a run of games at centre forward he’d score goals, even if he wouldn’t give us much else as he's not going to be dropping deep and playing like Bobby.

 

He can't play like Firmino but he can play centre forward in a different way and can contribute goals when given an opportunity. Even against Newcastle on the last day he showed that. Crap performance but he still found the net.

 

He’s not suited to playing wide and it seems that the biggest reason for keeping him around is his unselfish acceptance of his role in the squad.

 

Best Moment 

 

The two brilliant finishes against Everton. If we had that Origi every time then Bobby would have a real fight on his hands for a shirt.

 

Worst Moment 

 

Getting his hair cut. Dreadlocked Divock was by far the best Divock.

 

The Future?

 

Under normal circumstances I’d expect him to move on but I can’t see us getting the kind of fee he’s worth so he may well still be here next season. If that’s the case hopefully we get a lot more out of him than we did this year but I won’t hold my breath.

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tokyojoe

Good asessment Dave but Big Div will always have a special place in my heart. Not least the last minute moment of comedy gold against our dearly beloved neighbours.

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aws

A friend of mine used to play rugby for a small club in the valleys. He was 6''6"', 18 stone and had all the attributes to be a monster on the field but he'd spend most of the game drifting around, uninvolved like he didn't know what he was supposed to do. So his teammates would wait until he got trapped in a ruck or maul and then give him a dig in the ribs, squeeze his balls or rake him with their studs. For the next ten minutes or so the red mist would descend and he'd flatten any opposition player he could get hold of. 

Unfortunately there are no rucks or mauls in football. 

 

 

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VladimirIlyich

If anybody knows the effects of a Barnet its Mr Usher so I bow to his expertise.

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21 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

6/10 is definitely generous...


Absolutely, he’s been a 5/10 the best, leaning towards 4/10.
 

Two goals in the derby, and an assist and part of the build up to C.Jones goal in the FA Cup win against them makes him stay on 5.

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Grinch

Didn't do much the season before either.  Just happened to be big games he scored his few goals in. 

 

Should have been moved on then. 

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VladimirIlyich

He is a very useful squad addition and to replace him would take up funds that Klopp would probably like to use elsewhere.

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Red_or_Dead

I think big Div is a bit 'too nice', doesn't have the greedy streak that Mo can have or the drive of Sadio, hence he is never going to make it into the top echelon of players.  I'd go 5.5/10 this year.

 

 

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sir roger

He scored 2 in the Arsenal LC game and 2 in the derby. Other than that he scored 2 goals in 40 appearances.

 

Obviously some were shortish substitute stints but that is not even in the same postcode as somebody deserving to be our number 4 striker.

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18 hours ago, sir roger said:

He scored 2 in the Arsenal LC game and 2 in the derby. Other than that he scored 2 goals in 40 appearances.

 

Obviously some were shortish substitute stints but that is not even in the same postcode as somebody deserving to be our number 4 striker.

I think the clue is that he started both those games and played more as a typical number 9 rather than a makeshift winger.

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24 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I think the clue is that he started both those games and played more as a typical number 9 rather than a makeshift winger.

True to an extent but our number 4 forward role does not require an out and out striker and certainly not a fairly poor one. We need somebody to be mainly used as a substitute in bigger games , cover across the front line and make an impact. Divock offers none of this.

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34 minutes ago, sir roger said:

True to an extent but our number 4 forward role does not require an out and out striker and certainly not a fairly poor one. We need somebody to be mainly used as a substitute in bigger games , cover across the front line and make an impact. Divock offers none of this.

I beg to differ. Not many can offer the skills of our front three and those who can play regularly and would not be prepared to sit on our bench. Origi is at least as good as those who would.

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Grinch

Origi the super sub, who never actually offers anything as a sub. 

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3 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I beg to differ. Not many can offer the skills of our front three and those who can play regularly and would not be prepared to sit on our bench. Origi is at least as good as those who would.


How the mighty have fallen. 
 

We used to have Fowler, Owen, Heskey and Litmanen for just two starts when we were fighting to finish in the CL spots. 
 

Now as the PL, CL and CWC holders the best we can hope for is Origi as no one will sign for us? 
 

Bollocks. 

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39 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:


How the mighty have fallen. 
 

We used to have Fowler, Owen, Heskey and Litmanen for just two starts when we were fighting to finish in the CL spots. 
 

Now as the PL, CL and CWC holders the best we can hope for is Origi as no one will sign for us? 
 

Bollocks. 

 

Werner begging to join us before we told him we can't afford you.   I think we can drop the notion that you can't have four players for three spots. 

 

Fuck knows how we manage to keep Hendo, Kieta, Fabinho, wijnaldum, Milner, & oxocube happy.   Six fighting for three spots but we can't add a fourth forward, it's nonsense and always has been. 

 

Origi might be a decent number nine, he's never really shown it anywhere consistently but one things for sure, that's not what we need.   We don't play with one.  We need someone who can come in for any of the front three without sticking out like a sore thumb. 

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I think Divock needs to be played as a traditional 9 if he’s going to play at all. He can be decent in the air and can get shots away pretty quickly in small spaces, but he won’t do that out on the wing.

For that to happen we’d likely have be throwing the ball over from the wings, which we can do well, but he’d not be contributing elsewhere on the pitch, as Bobby does, so it’d take a change in tactics perhaps to bring out the best in him, so possibly going 4-4-2?

Not going to happen is it?
Tough gig for anyone having to make an impression with our front three.

6.5 for me.

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On 07/08/2020 at 23:56, lifetime fan said:


How the mighty have fallen. 
 

We used to have Fowler, Owen, Heskey and Litmanen for just two starts when we were fighting to finish in the CL spots. 
 

Now as the PL, CL and CWC holders the best we can hope for is Origi as no one will sign for us? 
 

Bollocks. 

To be fair Litmanen as an option sounds better now than the reality at the time. If we’re honest he was fairly rubbish for us and contributed much less to the team then than Origi does. I agree that we could really do with another option though. I’d like to see a number 9 come in to the team, like a Sturridge of 13/14, or an Aguero. It’d be interesting to see this team with a natural striker given the number of crosses we deliver as a team from our fullbacks also Hendo. It’d add a different dimension I think.

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On 14/08/2020 at 01:13, aRdja said:

To be fair Litmanen as an option sounds better now than the reality at the time. If we’re honest he was fairly rubbish for us and contributed much less to the team then than Origi does. I agree that we could really do with another option though. I’d like to see a number 9 come in to the team, like a Sturridge of 13/14, or an Aguero. It’d be interesting to see this team with a natural striker given the number of crosses we deliver as a team from our fullbacks also Hendo. It’d add a different dimension I think.

Litmanen was far from rubbish for us,his major problem,like many we've signed,was his lack of fitness. It was easy to see how classy he was but we bought him about 5 years too late. Probably applies to Karl Heinz Riedle too.

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5 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Litmanen was far from rubbish for us,his major problem,like many we've signed,was his lack of fitness. It was easy to see how classy he was but we bought him about 5 years too late. Probably applies to Karl Heinz Riedle too.


Ged’s tactics didn’t suit Litmanen, he was still a class footballer. 

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On 14/08/2020 at 01:13, aRdja said:

To be fair Litmanen as an option sounds better now than the reality at the time. If we’re honest he was fairly rubbish for us and contributed much less to the team then than Origi does. 

I’ll never get over the amount of game time that Ged gave to Heskey over Litmanen. 
 

Litmanen was a class act, Heskey fell over a lot after his 20 goal season. 

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