Takumi Minamino

[Mark M]

Think it’s getting overstated how he played against palace he took the goal he scored well and did alright other than that.

seems very light weight to me in saying that I’d start him ahead of Bobby as Bobby is just stinking the place out at the moment. 

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, Mark M said:

Think it’s getting overstated how he played against palace he took the goal he scored well and did alright other than that.

seems very light weight to me in saying that I’d start him ahead of Bobby as Bobby is just stinking the place out at the moment. 

Here's the thing though, he played a good part in a 0-7 win, scored and he's barely had a sniff since. We're struggling for goals and klopp doesn't want to turn to him. There must be a reason for that, but I don't see how these fringe players fit in if they can't even get a go when we're playing badly. He's clearly struggled a bit since getting here, but if he can't contribute, let's just get him sold and get in someone who can. We seem to have a lot of players who offer is little to nothing. 

[joe_fishfish]

Klopp has been incredibly loyal to his starting players throughout his entire time here. Even when he first joined and most of them were fucking shite.

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, joe_fishfish said:

Klopp has been incredibly loyal to his starting players throughout his entire time here. Even when he first joined and most of them were fucking shite.

Thing is the results & performance have mostly gone in a positive direction, so it's easier to do. I would guess this is our worst run of form since he's been here, certainly since his 1st summer. If you're a fringe player you have to wonder when you'll get your real chance if you've done as he has, which is play, score in a big win and then not get a sniff in a really bad run. I'm not saying he should be in the team either, I am just trying to put myself in the position of the player. 

[Guest]

On 18/01/2021 at 17:35, Mark M said:

Think it’s getting overstated how he played against palace he took the goal he scored well and did alright other than that.

seems very light weight to me in saying that I’d start him ahead of Bobby as Bobby is just stinking the place out at the moment. 

The two games he's been involved in (Palace and Villa) Liverpool have scored 11 goals. Maybe that's coincidence but he scored the opener against Palace and assisted a goal against Villa. Nothing overstated about that.

 

Whether that would have continued if he had been selected to play against the dross that we drew against, we'll never know as he wasn't selected. All we know is the players who were selected against those teams have scored 1 goal against the dross.

 

What is the worst that can happen if the players are selected? They don't win? We're not winning anyway. All the players need to own up to what is going on but give them all a chance rather than keep playing the same players/formation when it's obvious it isn't working right now.

[Sandman40]

Anyone want to take a guess why?

 

[an tha]

10 minutes ago, Sandman40 said:

Anyone want to take a guess why?

 

Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino has withdrawn from Japan's squad due to an arrangement over agreed playing time.

 

 

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/takumi-minamino-withdrawal-explained-liverpool-20799926

 

[Sandman40]

2 hours ago, an tha said:

Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino has withdrawn from Japan's squad due to an arrangement over agreed playing time.

 

 

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/takumi-minamino-withdrawal-explained-liverpool-20799926

 

Cheers! I need to increase my Echo reading from never to once in a while

[an tha]

4 minutes ago, Sandman40 said:

Cheers! I need to increase my Echo reading from never to once in a while

I don't know how you manage without the cutting edge reporting of how our kids or permacrocks recovering are gonna save us millions, and of course things only scousers say or do...

[dockers_strike]

'Playing time' seems an odd excuse to me to remove the lad from the international squad when he cant play any league football until August! Despite the comments in the Echo, I reckon something is afoot regarding a move from Liverpool.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Seppuku please Taki. 

 

That miss dishonoured his ancestors. 

[Barrington Womble]

He's not good enough for us, even as a part timer. I really hoped he had something that maybe a bit of aclimitisation would sort out. It's a shame, but the most dangerous I've ever seen him he was playing against us for red bull. 

[Jairzinho]

Float like a butterfly, sting like a butterfly. 

[Red74]

It’s a shame klopps got to sell these bums before he can bring anyone in. Any other club would just park this dud and get a better player in and forget about him.

 

Freaks my nut out how we could have landed Haaland on the cheap but went for the cheap

option who wouldn’t complain about being benched behind Firmino

 

[3 Stacks]

1 hour ago, Red74 said:

It’s a shame klopps got to sell these bums before he can bring anyone in. Any other club would just park this dud and get a better player in and forget about him.

 

Freaks my nut out how we could have landed Haaland on the cheap but went for the cheap

option who wouldn’t complain about being benched behind Firmino

 

Haaland went for 20m, it's not like he was way more expensive than Minamino. The fact he went to Dortmund should tell you he wasn't looking to go to a big club yet.

 

Minamino was nothing but a punt, who as you say, wouldn't complain if he was 5th choice. So it was perfect a the time and had he worked out, it would have been genius. Unfortunately, it's been a waste of time.

[Street Preacher]

9 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Haaland went for 20m, it's not like he was way more expensive than Minamino. The fact he went to Dortmund should tell you he wasn't looking to go to a big club yet.

 

Minamino was nothing but a punt, who as you say, wouldn't complain if he was 5th choice. So it was perfect a the time and had he worked out, it would have been genius. Unfortunately, it's been a waste of time.

Haaland was always going to go to a club a tier down from the very top. He seems to be one of those players who is so good(similar to Mbappe)who have their entire career mapped out for them by their agent so they can maximise their wages and signing on fees. By going to Dortmund he has shown the big boys what he can do in a top league and with the added bonus of his release fee he can clean up money wise. 

[Harry Squatter]

[El Rojo]

10 minutes ago, Harry Squatter said:

Let’s see who’s laughing next week. Says a lot about Arsenal that last night felt like a defeat.

[DJLJ]

12 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Let’s see who’s laughing next week. Says a lot about Arsenal that last night felt like a defeat.

Any team we play against for 75 mins or so against 10 men and we don't win, should be felt like a defeat. Nothing really to do with the name of the opponent.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I like him but he's not good enough and like Keita he's a midget  he's probably good at handstands and can kick his own forehead.

[Jairzinho]

1 hour ago, DJLJ said:

Any team we play against for 75 mins or so against 10 men and we don't win, should be felt like a defeat. Nothing really to do with the name of the opponent.

If we had gone down to ten men early away to Arsenal I'd have been quite happy with a 0-0.

 

And we are better than they are. 

[No2]

1 hour ago, Harry Squatter said:

There was a young girl in the kop on her phone, she glances up to see Mini lash it over the bar, smiles and goes back to her phone.

[johnsusername]

Thought he was better than Firmino and Jota to be honest. 

[Strontium]

He has a lot of good qualities and I keep hoping he'll manage to string it all together and it'll just start to click for him, but he misses too many good chances. We already have a lot of players who don't score. Time is running out.

[LFC 6 Times]

The chance wasn’t totally dissimilar to the one he scored against Leicester. It was just one of those nights, he was always going to miss, Ben white the daft count looks delighted with the “point”.