Naby Keita

[niallers 997]

34 minutes ago, Baltar said:

Oh fuck off. Another one. It's absolute fucking lunacy to be playing international games in the middle of a global pandemic.

For meaningless friendlies to boot

[TheDrowningMan 330]

He probably contracted it prior to the break given the incubation period, although internationals are a stupid idea regardless. I’d also prefer that European competition were minimised, but that’s not going to happen.

 

I think the apparent explosion in cases shows a real issue with football during a pandemic when the country isn’t really locked down at all; unless you maintain discipline and force players & their families to stay clear of any sort of socialisation, it’s going to happen with increasing frequency, particularly as winters draws closer. I wouldn’t be surprised if this season’s most successful / over performing clubs are those that go furthest in maintaining a ‘bubble’ from top to bottom.

[dockers_strike 1,691]

All the players are supposed to be tested when they return from the internationals I think. Unless this is a false positive like Shaq's, Im guess we're going to see quite a few more players test positive when they do return. This is what Jurgen was talking about recently when he said he feared for the players.

 

FIFA and all the other confederations need to stop international games for the foreseebale future. UEFA might have to do the same with its club competitions as well.

[aws 6,427]

If any other players come back with it, we should just refuse to release players until there's a vaccine. 

[Captain Howdy 753]

10 minutes ago, aws said:

If any other players come back with it, we should just refuse to release players until there's a vaccine. 

Players hold the power, they want to play for their countries so that’s a non starter imo.

[Bobby Hundreds 7,636]

I dont want this guy to play whilst VVD is out. It feels like he leaves spaces all over the place. Good at winning back the ball further up the pitch but disappears in our half. 

[El Rojo 8,467]

We really missed his intensity in the derby, said absolutely nobody. 

[Anubis 16,863]

2 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

I dont want this guy to play whilst VVD is out. It feels like he leaves spaces all over the place. Good at winning back the ball further up the pitch but disappears in our half. 

Klopp’s pencilled him in at centre back.

[Colonel Kurtz 270]

Why is he not in the squad for Ajax ? Is he injured ?

[Doctor Troy 9,614]

1 minute ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Why is he not in the squad for Ajax ? Is he injured ?

Injured or shite.

 

Never going to see the player we thought we bought.

[Colonel Kurtz 270]

41 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

Injured or shite.

 

Never going to see the player we thought we bought.

Yes I agree. I think we were scammed, £57m plus wages so probably at least £70m pissed away. 

[The Guest 1,677]

wrong thread

[ben48 254]

What’s wrong with him now then?

[aRdja 2,616]

22 minutes ago, ben48 said:

What’s wrong with him now then?

Prob not match fit because he had to self-isolate.

[johnsusername 1,835]

23 minutes ago, ben48 said:

What’s wrong with him now then?

He's made of papier mache. 

[dockers_strike 1,691]

51 minutes ago, ben48 said:

What’s wrong with him now then?

Took a knock in the final training session before leaving for Amsterdam. Left out of the squad as a precaution.

[Barrington Womble 8,240]

He's another waste of time. He's been such a disappointment in every way. We need to figure out a way to get some decent money back on him this summer as it'll be 3 years and I don't want is giving him another contract. 

[Chocoholic 760]

Putting aside all of the hype before we signed him, and then after we signed him before he arrived, he'd be a pretty uninspiring below average signing, for the time we signed him. But bring all that hype back into the equation, and he's been a massively underwhelming disappointment, even when he has managed to string more than a few games together.

 

We can only hope that Michael Edwards is working on a plan to maximise our return form him to some European side, because it's fairly obvious, he's not cut out for the physicality of the English game. Usually, a player will at least maintain their value, but it'd be hard to see, with a long history of injuries absences, and then lacklustre performances, how Keita's value would not have fallen appreciably.

 

 

[3 Stacks 2,240]

I fail to see when we'd sell him. It's obvious Wijnaldum is going. Thiago is basically his replacement. They'll have similar standings in the squad and we've done that ahead of time because the contract is running out and we anticipated the situation.

 

But with Keita, we've rarely just admitted defeat on a signing and sold at a loss. I'm sure he's still highly rated by many, especially in Germany, but it's hard for me to believe we'd sell and replace him just like that. Klopp admitted mistakes at Dortmund and sold some players quickly, but this was a 50m signing. Much bigger financial implications. 

[Captain Howdy 753]

22 minutes ago, Chocoholic said:

Putting aside all of the hype before we signed him, and then after we signed him before he arrived, he'd be a pretty uninspiring below average signing, for the time we signed him. 

 

 

[Jairzinho 22,404]

While I'd be happy for us to bin him I'd be happy for us bin AOC as well. It appears Wijnaldum is leaving, and Milner will too.

 

So we'd be left needing to sign at least two central midfielders next year. 

 

I guess ideally Wijnaldum would end up signing a new deal so at least we'd be left with -

 

Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Wijnaldum and Jones.

[Daisy 28]

I'm really not OK with Gini leaving. 

[Stickman 6,566]

9 hours ago, ben48 said:

What’s wrong with him now then?

Suffered a serious paper cut when showing his passport at Speke airport 

[Captain Howdy 753]

1 hour ago, Stickman said:

Suffered a serious paper cut when showing his passport at Speke airport 

Aye, yet another one made of trifle. We do like a good sick note alright.

[Josef Svejk 4,630]

2 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

While I'd be happy for us to bin him I'd be happy for us bin AOC as well. It appears Wijnaldum is leaving, and Milner will too.

 

So we'd be left needing to sign at least two central midfielders next year. 

 

I guess ideally Wijnaldum would end up signing a new deal so at least we'd be left with -

 

Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Wijnaldum and Jones.

Jones has done nothing to suggest he'll work out in our midfield three.