Philippe Coutinho

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2 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

He'd get a game

[Grinch]

He’d be a huge improvement to the current squad, obviously.

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53 minutes ago, Aventus said:

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, SammyAftershave said:

Hello Sailor!

Leave Stig out of this.

[magicrat]

Top player not being played in his best position.  He should have thought about what Klopp added to his game before he sucked Madrids pecker.

[magicrat]

Just now, magicrat said:

Top player not being played in his best position.  He should have thought about what Klopp added to his game before he sucked Barca's pecker.

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[Strontium]

Useful impact sub.

[KMD7]

Id buy him back, play him in our most vital matches which help us wrap up the title but also not play him enough for him to receive a medal for it. I'm petty like that.

[Baltar]

I'd take him back in an instant. On a free. Or a season long loan. The price Barca paid for him was utterly ridiculous but monies gratefully received. 

[Juniper]

Take the crying, injury feigning dickhead back?

 

Fuck him.

[Ginny]

6 hours ago, Juniper said:

Take the crying, injury feigning dickhead back?

 

Fuck him.

I’m with Juniper on this one. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

8 hours ago, Baltar said:

I'd take him back in an instant. On a free. Or a season long loan. The price Barca paid for him was utterly ridiculous but monies gratefully received. 

And all we did with it was get VVD and Alisson. What a fucking waste. 

[Paul]

16 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

I thought that article from the Spanish (I think it was Marca, admittedly) press about Klopp's surprise about Barca's plan for Coutinho was very enlightening.

 

If you haven't read it, it basically says that Klopp saw Coutinho as physically incapable of making the kinds of runs needed in Barca's 4-3-3 as a midfielder. He required more recovery time after sprints than a midfielder gets, making it pretty hard to play him there for 90 minutes.

 

Don't know how much truth there is in it but it does explain why we rarely saw Coutinho in the midfield, despite it being on paper a good idea. It's also why I'd be shocked if we were ever interested in going back for him. Klopp wants his midfielders to be physically elite as you can see by the ones he's bought: Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Gini and Keita. And if we're looking for a wide left player to back up Sadio it will be someone a lot more similar to him or Salah than Coutinho.

Pulisic?

[Biscao]

Very good player, but we've moved on. VVD+Allison for Coutinho? I'd make that swap again every single time.

 

There's no coming back for him and he probably doesn't want to return as he's living his dream. 

[Barrington Womble]

I find it strange this "he can't play in midfield", which is pretty much what he did for us last season and had his best figures for us in his years at the club. He's clearly a brilliant player and would enhance our squad for the run in. Would he maybe be the main man now? Maybe not as we have improved and have salah, but we'd have more chance of winning the league this season with him than without him. There's people on here would have us pay 60m for fekir, who has knees held together with super noodles and has never played in this league. Coutinho would be less of a risk and would slot right in, for what, maybe 40m more? 

[Bjornebye]

I thought he was doing well over there. Fully expected him to take his game to another level in that league and be one of the best in the world. I'd probably have him back but to be honest I'd kind of forgotten about him. 

[Don Balon]

8 hours ago, Juniper said:

Take the crying, injury feigning dickhead back?

 

Fuck him.

 

Correct answer.

 

LFC does not accept returns. 

 

If someone wants out of this team then they're not quite right, which is basically the policy Klopp has on the matter.

 

 

[Don Balon]

Barca didn't do him any favours by paying so much for him.

 

There was no way he could live-up to the hype of paying £142m.  

 

Had he cost a sane amount of money then the fans wouldn't be as damning of him.

 

The lesson is there for us though, there are reprecussions when you fork out loads for a player and you should only do so very carefully.  Allison and Van Dijk were obviously bought in the knowledge that they had the mental fortitude and application to live with their price tags.

 

However, the Thomas Lemar situation shows the other side of that, where we almost paid £65m for an attacking player who would have had a hiding to nothing unless he scored 30 goals each season.  In the end he went to Atletico Madrid for £53m, and has 2 goals in 17 games.  

 

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2 minutes ago, Don Balon said:

Barca didn't do him any favours by paying so much for him.

 

There was no way he could live-up to the hype of paying £142m.  

 

Had he cost a sane amount of money then the fans wouldn't be as damning of him.

 

The lesson is there for us though, there are reprecussions when you fork out loads for a player and you should only do so very carefully.  Allison and Van Dijk were obviously bought in the knowledge that they had the mental fortitude and application to live with their price tags.

 

However, the Thomas Lemar situation shows the other side of that, where we almost paid £65m for an attacking player who would have had a hiding to nothing unless he scored 30 goals each season.  In the end he went to Atletico Madrid for £53m, and has 2 goals in 17 games.  

 

You forgot to mention he also has 2 Golas, some Hi-Teks, a couple of Nikes but he's still trying to get his first Adidas.

[The Midnight Rambler]

I’d have him back in a heart beat. 

[dylstar]

He's refusing to play for Barca as he's got a bad back and wants to sign back for us allegedly....

[Funkasy]

We would have won the cl final last season if he was starting in goal. 

[3 Stacks]

There's no way he'd come back anyways. But even with the attitude issues, I'd rather have Dembele if he was available. That kid is absolutely electric and we know Klopp loves him. 

 

 

Imagine having an attacker that is so two-footed and how unpredictable it is to defenders? And he's only 21. If the money is there, I'd pay 100+m for that, no way I'd pay 100+ so Coutinho can crawl back here.  

[razor]

54 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

There's no way he'd come back anyways. But even with the attitude issues, I'd rather have Dembele if he was available. That kid is absolutely electric and we know Klopp loves him. 

 

 

Imagine having an attacker that is so two-footed and how unpredictable it is to defenders? And he's only 21. If the money is there, I'd pay 100+m for that, no way I'd pay 100+ so Coutinho can crawl back here.  

Is he a stud?

[Captain Turdseye]

1 minute ago, razor said:

Is he a stud?

 

Not allowed to call him a beast.