Joel Matip

[AngryOfTuebrook]

A good shout for MOTM today.  He was excellent, defensively and supporting the attack, from start to finish.  And he played with a plaster on his knee, like one of Billy Casper's team mates.

[Kevin D]

Man of the match, been rolling back the years this season.

[Rushies tash]

Just now, Kevin D said:

Man of the match, been rolling back the years this season.

 

Much like Allison though, his attempts to pass out of defence aren't good for my heart. But yeah, defended very well today.

[Freddo]

Played well today. Doku squared him up a few times and he did okay. Made some good tackles. He’s been a top player for us 

[Code]

Matip is better than Konate, always been. 

[stringvest]

I thought he played well today.  Though I never like disagreeing with Code, I think Konate is better for us in games where we press high up the pitch and the opposition play direct with balls over the top, or where they have a strong aerial presence.  

[TheHowieLama]

Konate plays in games we go out to win.

[LFC 6 Times]

28 minutes ago, Code said:

Matip is better than Konate, always been. 

Yeah, absolutely. Could never understand the consensus that Konate was better. Joel is fucking ice cold.

 

 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

1 hour ago, Kevin D said:

Man of the match, been rolling back the years this season.

He played well overall, but two terrible passes straight to the opposition is at least one too many to get man of the match.

[Josef Svejk]

I thought Trent was dreadful. Until his beautiful finish. 

[Red74]

18 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

I thought Trent was dreadful. Until his beautiful finish. 

He was terrible. Can’t remember him making a pass to one of our players. Every corner, free kick seemed to go straight to them. 
 

Matip was good despite being isolated against them and done well not to bring one of them down the way they were desperately looking for and getting free kicks around our box. 

[The Midnight Rambler]

Needs a new contract.

[Red74]

If konate starts today we get slaughtered. They’d have had him running around the pitch like a dog trying to catch the light from a laser pen. 
 

He can’t be trusted in big games and klopps onto him now. Can see him & Diaz being first out the door if the big money bids come in from abroad next summer. 

[VladimirIlyich]

4 hours ago, Code said:

Matip is better than Konate, always been. 

There is about 12 years of experience between them so not a good comparison. Konate works better in some games,Matip in others. The fact that both are injury prone means we get one players games per season from both of these added together. Not better,not worse just for different set ups.

[Reckoner]

On 25/11/2023 at 19:19, Red74 said:

If konate starts today we get slaughtered. They’d have had him running around the pitch like a dog trying to catch the light from a laser pen. 
 

He can’t be trusted in big games and klopps onto him now. Can see him & Diaz being first out the door if the big money bids come in from abroad next summer. 

Christ alive !

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

4 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Christ alive !

Yeah Nunez and Macallister can go too.

[Reckoner]

31 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Yeah Nunez and Macallister can go too.

And Alison. He’s clearly gone to shit.

[Megadrive Man]

On 25/11/2023 at 19:18, The Midnight Rambler said:

Needs a new contract.

 

I'd like to see him given another 12 months here. If Quansah continues to progress he might be ready to take over in 18 months time. 

[Turkish Delight]

I think he's generally been outstanding this season after a shaky time last year.

 

I think his injury record in the middle part of his time here and the fact he's next to Virgil has held back the wider recognition of his ability a bit. He's a terrific player who turns up in big games. While it's 4 years back now he was comfortably the man of the match for me against Spurs in Madrid.

 

We definitely need to tie him down for at least one more year.

[The Midnight Rambler]

I've never seen a defender that carries the ball as well as he does. Not in English football anyway.

[Ronnie Whelan]

Love Big Bird.

 

An absolutely brilliant player for us. If he stays fit and Virgil continues to look his old self, we have a real chance of winning the league.

 

Hansen, Lawro and Virgil are the three best I've seen for us, but Joel is possibly fourth. 

[manwiththestick]

4 hours ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

I've never seen a defender that carries the ball as well as he does. Not in English football anyway.

The media used to wank over Ferdinand if he ventured into the middle of his own half with the ball

 

Joel hoes past a handful of players  takes it to the oppo box, plays a pass and looks for the 1-2.

[LFC 6 Times]

I think Joel is comfortably better than Konate. Good things happen with he’s on the pitch, still pissed he didn’t start in Paris.

 

Been absolutely tremendous this season, what a player.

[3 Stacks]

3 hours ago, LFC 6 Times said:

I think Joel is comfortably better than Konate. Good things happen with he’s on the pitch, still pissed he didn’t start in Paris.

 

Been absolutely tremendous this season, what a player.

Konate was our best player in Paris. 

[3 Stacks]

By the way, zero shot he should be extended. Without a doubt, people will say he needs a new contract, and then will shit themselves if we do that because it will likely mean we dont buy a centre back.