Philippe Coutinho

[Tony Moanero]

Coutinho needs decent strikers. End of.

 

That's what us clever people have been saying since pooteke was linked

Pooteke.

 

Hahaha.

 

Quim.

[Paco]

Pooteke.

 

Hahaha.

 

Quimtinho.

[Gym Beglin]

No, Coutinho needs to do more. Doesn't matter if it's Messi or Darren bent ahead of him, it's lame to give him a free pass I that position.

 

 

Get involved u Bruno Mars cunt.

[Barrington Womble]

What's this luxury player nonsense? Forgetting what he can do going forward, Coutinho is one of our hardest working and smart players without the ball. Maybe he should stop all that hard work, stand around trying to impress for the motd cameras and there'd be more love for him

[robbiefowler9]

Coutinho is three ply toilet roll. But we have diarrhea. And hemorrhoids.

[Curly]

Based on that logic all our players are luxury players. After all their job is to win games no?

Rafa left years ago. Putting "no?" at the end of something is shite. Let it go. For fuck's sake.

[El Dangerous]

Where would he stand in Rafa's best Liverpool team? Needs to find consistency or he'll go from potential world class to Garcia/Yossi flashes of brilliance but undependable.

[aRdja]

Where would he stand in Rafa's best Liverpool team? Needs to find consistency or he'll go from potential world class to Garcia/Yossi flashes of brilliance but undependable.

 

 

In place of Riera.

[Jairzinho]

He'd have turned that 2009 team into title winners.

 

Alonso, Mascherano, Gerrard, Coutinho, and Torres.

 

[Hades]

Coutinho is quite simply not an inside forward or winger. Not enough of a goalscoring threat or aggressive runs into the box. It's almost comical watching him try to make runs beyond the defense, he's utterly inept at it.

 

He's a creative 8 in a 3 man midfield or diamond. He'd be one of the best players in the league at that role. 

[eeyore]

He's head and shoulders by far our best player. He's just surrounded by fucking crusty wank socks

[skend04]

I'm sure people are missing the irony of the "he will show how good he is when he has better players around him" debate.

[Russ Atmosphere]

I reckon Klopp will improve on the last guy and sign at least one wide forward/winger that Phil and the strikers can play with. It's possible to improve just by buying for the positions we don't have anyone in.

[Ne Moe Imya]

He's head and shoulders by far our best player. He's just surrounded by fucking crusty wank socks

 

I'm not so sure that's true.  Unless you're ignoring Sturridge because he's injured all the time.  When fit, I don't think there's any question he's our best player.  He's super consistent, too, unlike Coutinho.

 

But this is all pretty pointless because they really play best together, each of them making the other better.  Which is what you're really trying to do when you put together a football team.

[Ginny]

People making excuses for Coutinho - "he needs players in front of him" etc...

 

He's a good player .... That's it. That's all he's ever gonna be. Get used to what you have seen from him cos that's it. He ain't no genius waiting to perform once he's got the right formation or players with him.

[stringvest]

I'm sure people are missing the irony of the "he will show how good he is when he has better players around him" debate.

 

I'm not sure they are...

[stringvest]

I'm hoping Klopp is going to be pragmatic.  Not "he is definitely our best player because he was great when he had a world class striker making all sorts of runs and space for him, so he must play now".

 

I hope the question Klopp is asking and answering is "We cannot change our personnel until Jan at the earliest, so what is the team that I can coach and put out on the pitch that is going to give me the best chance of winning today?"  If that includes Coutinho, or Lallana, or Allen, or Toure, or all of them or none of them, I don't give a fuck.  I just want us to win.  

[Dr. J]

Turning into a pretzel logic player: He's our best player, but has been shite all season. Still needs to play because he's our best player.

 

Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

I'm sure he's desperate to play today because with so many Brazilians out on the pitch he'll know everybody here will be watching. Left out of the Brazil side again and something is up. He'll want to impress, but so will Firmino.

[eeyore]

I'm not sure they are...

Will you now shut the fuck up?

[Paco]

Yeah buddy.

[ZonkoVille77]

Seeing both sides of him today

[Ginny]

All the stuff I've been saying about Coutinho - I was only messing. I did t mean it

[Hades]

Talent has never been the issue. Problem is he's tactically thick so he goes missing or makes the wrong decisions a lot. Hopefully Klopp improves this side of his game.

[llego]

Nothings quite as fun as a coutinho goal though.  He doesnt score normal ones.  Probably why he doesnt score so often...

[Kevin D]

He arrived in London today with diabolical intent.