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2021/22 Season Report Card - Harvey Elliott

This season feels like a tale of what might have been for Harvey. That horrible injury he picked up away at Leeds in September robbed us of what was shaping up to be one hell of an exciting season from the kid. It’s crazy to think now, but he actually started the season as first choice and he was keeping out Hendo and Thiago. 

 

Of course the main reason for that was he had taken part in the full pre-season whereas the senior players were still playing catch up on fitness, but even so, it was still quite the vote of confidence when Harvey started against Chelsea. I can recall being quite shocked by that and it's definitely worth remembering the belief Klopp had in Harvey when we're all clamouring for another midfielder to be added to the mix this summer. If we don't sign anyone, it's because of Elliott, Jones and Carvalho and Klopp's steadfast refusal to block the path of his best young players.

 

Klopp having the confidence to start Harvey against the European Champions when he had other, vastly more experienced options on the bench, it says an awful lot about how highly they think of him. He also started him in the San Siro against Inter shortly after his return from injury. It's easy to forget that because he barely had a sniff during the run in and occasionally couldn't even make a nine man bench. With a full pre-season behind him though, Harvey might be the one to separate himself from the stable of midfield 'back ups' and really force his way into the reckoning.

 

The understanding he immediately had on that right hand side with Trent and Mo was surprising and bodes well for the future. The injury was a massive setback but he returned ahead of schedule and even scored in his first game back. After that initial 2-3 week flourish on his return, we didn’t really see much of him until he started at Southampton and showed once again the huge promise that he has.

 

He's got some valuable game time with England u21s following the end of the club season and that should also give him a nice kick start ahead of pre-season. 

 

 

Previous Season Ratings:

 

N/A 

 

This Season’s Rating: 7/10

 

Based purely on what we saw from him in his limited starts it could be more, but him barely featuring in the second half of the season was - by his own admission - related to him not performing well enough in training. So I can't go higher than a 7.

 

Best Moment: 

 

Scoring on his comeback from injury against Cardiff in the FA Cup. Lovely moment, not least because it was his first goal for the club and it came at the Kop end. Honourable mention to posting an instagram update from the stretcher telling fans he'd be back stronger!

 

Worst Moment:

 

Getting that awful injury.

 

The Future?

 

It's going to be really interesting to see how he progresses next season. Will he leapfrog Keita to become the fourth midfield option, or perhaps the system will change and we'll see him getting minutes as 10. Whatever happens, I think we're going to see him make a big leap next season.

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Kevin D

Think he’s probably the most overrated player on this forum. There’s some quality and a lot of potential, but not enough to justify the reputation he has on here.

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Trumo

I agree that his performances pre-injury were talked up more than what we actually saw from him, but at the same time, he was not phased at all by being trusted to play alongside our big guns. There were comparisons with City's young English attacking midfielder Foden, but a more accurate comparison for how I think Klopp wants to use Harvey is Bernardo Silva. He needs to be on the ball to be effective, and a deeper midfield role allows him that. The attitude and application are there, now he just needs to stake a claim for a more regular role.

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dave u

The reason he's so good is he plays like a 30 year old and not a kid. Doesn't try to constantly force things and he'll keep it simple when it's needed. That's something Jones is having to learn but that Harvey just has. I don't think there's any difference in actual talent, but the maturity and intelligence of Elliott for his age is off the scale.

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aws

He reads the game exceptionally well for someone of his age and he seems able to take time to decide what he's going to do with the ball before it arrives without fucking things up with poor control when it does arrive. Assuming that injury hasn't taken too much out of him long term I think he could develop into a really important player for us.  

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coachpotato

We’ve obviously seen a lot in him we like, and his early introduction was quite spectacular for a player as young as he is, then he got the injury at Leeds and that put everything on hold.

It’s probably too early, and unfair on him, to make any definitive assessment on how good he is, as there are many “world class” kids in the past who’ve started brightly and faded, but the near certainty is Harvey will be handled correctly to give him the chance to progress here,  and Klopp and the team will make sure his feet stay on the ground.

Again, the five subs rule this season should give us more flexibility in allowing young and fringe players more game time and so maybe Elliot will give us more of an idea of his progress as the season pans out.

Looks exciting though.

 

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