Naby Keita

[The Guest]

I don’t want to be negative but he still looked a liability defensively.  He dawdled on the ball a number of times again.  His goal was massively lucky and I don’t even think his header was going on target.  He should have had a penalty though and got better as the game went on.  I wouldn’t be playing him in the run in myself but I don’t see what Klopp sees everyday.

[3 Stacks]

21 minutes ago, belarus said:

The shaqiri snubbing is beyond bizarre. As were the continual public bollockings he would get at the end of every game he played. 

I don't think it is. He has no place in our current shape. The only position we've played him in is a free role behind the attack and Klopp must think we can't sacrifice a midfielder for that type of player considering how much every result matters at this time. Also, he can't come in to a game and do the same job any of our front three does. 

[Curly]

He’s scored 6 and has 2 assists in his 21 games, mainly off the bench.

 

He would come on, score and have a blinder, then Klopp would run over to him at full time and bollock him. Defo some more to it.

[Dave D]

17 minutes ago, belarus said:

He’s scored 6 and has 2 assists in his 21 games, mainly off the bench.

 

He would come on, score and have a blinder, then Klopp would run over to him at full time and bollock him. Defo some more to it.

Think Klopp is big on personality/attitude. Shaqiri must have irked him at some point.    

[Captain Turdseye]

Fingers crossed we demolish Porto in the first leg again, leaving us able to rest players for the second leg. Get Shaq, Studge, The Flying Mig and Big Div some minutes, maybe Joey Gomez, The Ox and, dare I say it, Albie Moreno too. That’d be nice. 

[Anubis]

13 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

....and, dare I say it, Albie Moreno too. That’d be nice. 

 

Let’s not go too far.

[TheHowieLama]

15 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

  Get Shaq, Studge, The Flying Mig and Big Div some minutes, maybe Joey Gomez, The Ox and, dare I say it, Albie Moreno too. 

I have a feeling Origi will be kept. Probably too early for Gomez and AoC.

 

The other three should never play for us again - no reason.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, The Guest said:

I don’t want to be negative but he still looked a liability defensively.  He dawdled on the ball a number of times again.  His goal was massively lucky and I don’t even think his header was going on target.  He should have had a penalty though and got better as the game went on.  I wouldn’t be playing him in the run in myself but I don’t see what Klopp sees everyday.

Tough crowd. 

[manwiththestick]

He started poorly but he was hardly alone in that. Grew into the game and played well. 6.5/10.

[Captain Turdseye]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

I have a feeling Origi will be kept. Probably too early for Gomez and AoC.

 

The other three should never play for us again - no reason.

 

Harsh on Shaqiri, that. 

[TheHowieLama]

11 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

 

Harsh on Shaqiri, that. 

He is in the corner with the Dunce hat on -- not even considering him for now.

[The Guest]

Neville’s just done a good breakdown of how he was defensively shite in the Southampton game.  It’s not always a positional thing.  It’s down to basic reading of the game and situations a lot of the time which is a hard thing to teach/learn.  He just does not see runners or danger.

[VladimirIlyich]

3 minutes ago, The Guest said:

Neville’s just done a good breakdown of how he was defensively shite in the Southampton game.  It’s not always a positional thing.  It’s down to basic reading of the game and situations a lot of the time which is a hard thing to teach/learn.  He just does not see runners or danger.

I thought he did ok and Fabinho was pretty awful for most of the game too. Its going to take time if you are in and out of the team to know your role fully. I think its unfair to single out one player when so many were below standard for large parts of the game.

PS,fuck Gary Neville.

[Jennings]

Not good enough.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Been thinking about this recently. Our team is often more than the sum of its parts, largely due to how players combine. We rarely excel due to moments of individual skill, and instead the link ups and partnerships are crucial.

 

For whatever reason, Keita struggles to work consistently off someone else. He looks like he's not sure who to take his position from, and how to combine with others. The game I thought he looked his best was on the left of midfield, but dropping deeper to allow Fabinho to stride forward. A bit of a limited role, but it made him less of a liability.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

15 minutes ago, Jennings said:

Not good enough.

He will be fine.

[Jennings]

41 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

He will be fine.

One of us is right. I'll be delighted if it's you.

[TheBitch]

On 06/04/2019 at 13:26, viRdjil said:

Big fan of gliders too... Yaya Toure, Henry, Pires, Vieira were all fantastic gliders.

Zidane and Nedved were my two favourite gliders. 

 

Screw Usher and his Zidane hate. 

[manwiththestick]

Thought he was okay tonight. Still much more to come hopefully.

[Wezza]

1 hour ago, manwiththestick said:

Thought he was okay tonight. Still much more to come hopefully.

That run he did at the end is hopefully a sign of things to come. He did look a lot more confident tonight.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Nice to see him getting stuck in with a few snide tackles too. Perhaps a sign he's getting his mojo back. He looked far more like his RBL self.

[aws]

Thought he did very well going forward but he does tend to leave Fab a bit exposed. 

[VladimirIlyich]

Looks like we are definitely ready to offload him in the Summer!

[El Rojo]

Two vital - deflected - goals from this cat in successive big games.

 

Still has a tendency to give possession away but great to see a bit of improvement from him.

 

For me, our first choice midfield three right now is Fabinho/Wijnaldum/Henderson.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I'm very hopeful he will be really good next season. I think he has so much to offer.