Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

[magicrat]

I'd like him to get more than 10 minutes on the pitch, so I can have an opinion.

 

I prefer clinging to the possibility he may be great and rather not have more hopes dashed !

[KMD7]

Better than Messi

[Grinch]

Better than Messi

 

This ain't the Salah thread.

[Pureblood]

This ain't the Salah thread.

 

Who?

[Moctezuma]

Great to see him get a goal, hopefully will boost the confidence, I wonder how much more 'Juice' he and Robertson will have to drink before they are able to get into the team on a more regular basis.

[Red74]

Made up for him getting that goal last night, just concerned that other than this, he was awful with the ball again. How can a player get to this level and struggle to play a simple pass to a teammate.

 

Hope hes settled in now and starts to kicks on, but I’ve still no idea where he’s gonna fit into this team.

[Pureblood]

A few RED faces this MORNING.

 

He has RAMMED a few DOUBTS down willing THROATS.

[magicrat]

Apart from a half decent finish last night against a team that was already thrashed I didn't see an awful lot to like if I'm honest,  Some woeful touches, 

I am really struggling to see where he will fit in given a central role is probably his best,  On the evidence of last night Milner has more of a claim than AOC. 

[Grinch]

Meh, he's dumb compared to our front three/four.  Typical English, head down run in a straight line player.  I  never really want to see him play ahead of those unless the game is won or doesn't matter.

[Pureblood]

I hated the bit when he scored.  Hope he fucks it up next time so that I'm right on the internet.

[El Rojo]

I hated the bit when he scored.  Hope he fucks it up next time so that I'm right on the internet.

 

I'll never forget my anger when Dudek - a goalkeeper I'd clearly stated on several occasions wasn't good enough - defied Shevchenko in 2005.

[Jairzinho]

I'll never forget my anger when Dudek - a goalkeeper I'd clearly stated on several occasions wasn't good enough - defied Shevchenko in 2005.

 

Arguably, you had the last laugh when we got rid of him.

[SammyAftershave]

I hated the bit when he scored.  Hope he fucks it up next time so that I'm right on the internet.

 

Yes, woe betide anyone doesn't see things the all singing/all dancing way as you do.

[Pureblood]

Yes, woe betide anyone doesn't see things the all singing/all dancing way as you do.

 

Too right.  Hope the cunt doesn't get another minute on the pitch.  You need to earn it.  What has he done?

[Hades]

He's very raw but how can you look at his pace and strength and not see that Kloppo can mould him into a massive asset?

[Pureblood]

He's very raw but how can you look at his pace and strength and not see that Kloppo can mould him into a massive asset?

 

He's taken a few loose touches and his face offends me.  I can't identify with him, to be honest.

[Paulie Dangerously]

I remember shouted "don't shoot" at Daniel Agger seconds before he unleashed a 35 yard screamer in against West Ham at home.  I was so angry I stormed out of the ground

[El Rojo]

Arguably, you had the last laugh when we got rid of him.

 

Arguably?! I laughed myself into a migraine when he hopped on that plane to Madrid with a European Cup medal in his pocket.

[Boss]

The problem Chamberlain has got, is that Klopp's system requires a certain type of winger and he's the polar opposite. Salah's strength is his off the ball movement, his perfectly timed runs, first touch and intelligence.

 

Salah doesn't expect the ball to be played to feet, he expects it to be played into the space he's running into. Chamberlain on the other hand has always been coached to expect the ball to feet. He's got the standard English mentality of hugging the touchline, beating a man for pace - or a bit of trickery, and then whipping a cross into the box. He's learning an entirely new way of playing.

[The Guest]

The problem Chamberlain has got, is that Klopp's system requires a certain type of winger and he's the polar opposite. Salah's strength is his off the ball movement, his perfectly timed runs, first touch and intelligence.

 

Salah doesn't expect the ball to be played to feet, he expects it to be played into the space he's running into. Chamberlain on the other hand has always been coached to expect the ball to feet. He's got the standard English mentality of hugging the touchline, beating a man for pace - or a bit of trickery, and then whipping a cross into the box. He's learning an entirely new way of playing.

That ball into feet merchant, standard English, one dimensional player loving, coach Arsene Wenger.

 

No player in the world is as one dimensional as the player you described above. If it is a way of defending him or asking to give him time it was an odd one because it didn't do an accurate job of it. He wants to be a midfielder but Klopp is happy to use him out wide for the time being because it's less complicated out there.

 

Last night he scored breaking through the centre of the pitch anticipating a ball player in front of him and also had another shot to the right of the goal. He goes wide just like Salah and hugs the touch line to stretch the play and there's no shame in that but even just last night showed that's hardly just his game. He's lacking confidence and it's showing in his passing and touch but he's proved in the past that it is there.

 

Klopp' system isn't set in any specific manner or type of player. He has all kinds of players playing in all kinds of different positions. The fact that Chamberlain is a different type of player to both Mane and Salah is a positive more than anything and I think one that Klopp will be happy with.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I hated the bit when he scored.  Hope he fucks it up next time so that I'm right on the internet.

And you only had to wait since the end of the summer window until mid October to post how right you were whilst ignoring all evidence to the contrary!

[Pureblood]

And you only had to wait since the end of the summer window until mid October to post how right you were whilst ignoring all evidence to the contrary!

 

I'm not claiming to be "right".  I have an open mind when it comes to the Ox and how he'll perform.  It was just a little dig at all the Oxperts who claim to have watched every minute of his time at Arsenal and decided he won't make it here.  

[Boss]

That ball into feet merchant, standard English, one dimensional player loving, coach Arsene Wenger.

 

No player in the world is as one dimensional as the player you described above. If it is a way of defending him or asking to give him time it was an odd one because it didn't do an accurate job of it. He wants to be a midfielder but Klopp is happy to use him out wide for the time being because it's less complicated out there.

 

Last night he scored breaking through the centre of the pitch anticipating a ball player in front of him and also had another shot to the right of the goal. He goes wide just like Salah and hugs the touch line to stretch the play and there's no shame in that but even just last night showed that's hardly just his game. He's lacking confidence and it's showing in his passing and touch but he's proved in the past that it is there.

 

Klopp' system isn't set in any specific manner or type of player. He has all kinds of players playing in all kinds of different positions. The fact that Chamberlain is a different type of player to both Mane and Salah is a positive more than anything and I think one that Klopp will be happy with.

 

I'm just telling you how he plays as a winger, whatever assumptions you want to add on top are your own, stop attributing them to me - ie calling him one dimensional or suggesting i'm defending him.

 

This is Chamberlains own words by the way, not mine. He said he's been taught to play ball to feet and prefers it. He has said repeatedly since he's arrived he's trying to acclimatise to a completely different style of play. A style of play where he plays more on the inside and makes runs off the ball.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I'm not claiming to be "right". I have an open mind when it comes to the Ox and how he'll perform. It was just a little dig at all the Oxperts who claim to have watched every minute of his time at Arsenal and decided he won't make it here.

How does this change that?

[lifetime fan]

He’s shit.