Fabinho

[moof]

Hendo has had plenty of quality games for us. We’ve got serious depth in midfield, now 

[aRdja]

5 minutes ago, moof said:

Hendo has had plenty of quality games for us. We’ve got serious depth in midfield, now 

One only a few days ago against a better team.

[ZonkoVille77]

His performance yesterday was the kind we've needed from a midfielder against alehouse teams for years. He was excellent. 

[Captain Howdy]

8 hours ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Hendo should be worried, our team is marching on and he is merely tagging along.

 

Really pleased to see Shearer and Stevie Warnock recognise Fabino's excellent performance today, specifically mentioning the importance of his inclination of winning the ball and playing it forwards / progressively. I'll just let that one sit there.

 

A genuine question too : in all the years Henderson's been at Anfield has he ever played as well as Fab did today? If so, I can't recall.

He was excellent when we nearly won the league a few years back, he was sorely missed when he was sent off against City to the point where I think that was the moment we lost it

[ZonkoVille77]

I actually agree with that, Howdy. He was superb that season and we were fucked without him after the sending off. 

[neko]

Was Fabinho meant to start yesterday, or did that only happen because of the injury to Milner ?

[Bob]

4 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

He was excellent when we nearly won the league a few years back, he was sorely missed when he was sent off against City to the point where I think that was the moment we lost it

That’s dead right and his energy in that side was essential next to a waning gerrard.

 

the difference now is that teams park the bus against us more and we need more than energy from our midfielders and he’s too easy to get past defensively to just sit and do a job.

 

i agree with the poster a little earlier who said we’ve evolved beyond what he gives us.

 

he’s a better squad player than most good teams have in reserve, and certainly better than we’ve had for a bloody long time, but he is just that now in my opinion - a squad player.

 

if he, klopp and the players are fine with him still being club captain in a squad player role, then I’m fine with it too.

 

i no longer want him to be sold, but I want his appearances going forward to be limited as they have been this season.

 

 

[Bob]

10 minutes ago, neko said:

Was Fabinho meant to start yesterday, or did that only happen because of the injury to Milner ?

I wouldn’t be surprised if he was already going to be on the bench as he looked shattered at the end of the Napoli game and even got cramp in the final few minutes.

 

Klopp rarely plays people who’ve suffered from cramp just a few days later, and is being more cautious with Milner in particular this year.

[TheHowieLama]

I dont think Milner trained the last few days - they knew he wasn't playing

[Numero Veinticinco]

11 hours ago, moof said:

Hendo has had plenty of quality games for us. We’ve got serious depth in midfield, now 

Klopp made an excellent point yesterday on a foreign channel. We dominated Napoli midweek with Milner, Henderson, and Wijnaldum; by Sunday we are dominating Manchester United with Fabinho, Wijnaldum, and Keita. 

 

Strength. 

 

We can, of course, improve on these players over time, Hendo would be the first in that group to be upgraded (Rabiot! Rabiot now!), in my opinion. But he plays his part. I think I’d be far less pissed with him if when he came on he didn’t take the armband from the actual Captain. 

[The Guest]

39 minutes ago, neko said:

Was Fabinho meant to start yesterday, or did that only happen because of the injury to Milner ?

I think Milner was pencilled in for right back.

[Bob]

1 hour ago, The Guest said:

I think Milner was pencilled in for right back.

I’d be surprised, the way klopp asks our fullbacks to play, after cramping up less than a week ago.

 

is that a guess on your part or did you hear that from an inside source?

[El Rojo]

13 minutes ago, Bob Spunkmouse said:

Is that a guess on your part or did you hear that from an inside source?

PM'd.

[Bob]

7 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

PM'd.

Wow. Interesting. And I thought the squad was all pretty harmonious. Eye opening for sure, thanks man.

[The Guest]

3 hours ago, Bob Spunkmouse said:

I’d be surprised, the way klopp asks our fullbacks to play, after cramping up less than a week ago.

 

is that a guess on your part or did you hear that from an inside source?

I don’t know whether I’m just imagining it but in that pre game interview sky do I think they mentioned Clyne to Klopp and he brought up Milner telling them he felt a tight hamstring the night before the game. It sounded like he was explaining the reason he was playing Clyne.

[magicrat]

5 hours ago, The Guest said:

I think Milner was pencilled in for right back.

So do I.  Fabinho was down to play I'm sure

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

Comparing Fabinho and Henderson is a bit like comparing Messi and Shane Long.

 

[Oh Buoy]

I'd love to know his chips per game. 

[Pidge]

Going on like Liverpool fans will be in a panic... They're playing well and getting half-decent chances, but I'm not shitting myself yet ffs.

 

edit: thought I was in the match thread.

[Carvalho Diablo]

This lad is the dog's bollocks. Fantastic. 

 

Edit : Not Pidge who thinks he's in the match thread. 

[aRdja]

I genuinely thought he was going to be a holding midfielder. He’s more of a box-to-box midfielder who can tackle very well.

[3 Stacks]

He is a holding midfielder, but in a side that doesn't defend deep like ours the position isn't played the same way. He's got the freedom to do more things in the attack and press. He was kind of box-to-box at Monaco when they played 4-4-2 but they defended deeper. Kind of old school Premier League 4-4-2 from the mid 2000's. 

[Pidge]

52 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

This lad is the dog's bollocks. Fantastic. 

 

Edit : Not Pidge who thinks he's in the match thread. 

You don't know me.

[Dicko]

Him and No4 are just so dreamy.

[Jennings]

I am really starting to love his work.