Kostas Tsimikas

[TheHowieLama]

10 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Have we ever had consistent back up as good as him in any position? He's ace. 

 

Kelleher

[Razoray]

6 hours ago, Ron B said:

Maybe Big Jan and Craig Johnston in the late 80s, after Houghton and Barnesy came in and the midfield was overhauled. 

Johnstone was actually still starting in 87/88 on the right, until Houghton was bought in October. After Walshie was sold (sorry Dave) Johnstone covered all front 4 positions that season so still made 35 appearances. Pity he retired at the end of that season, at 28 years old, to look after his sister. 

[El Rojo]

While none are currently 'big game' starting XI when everyone is fit, Kelleher, Tsimikas, Gomez, Bajectic, Quansah, Endo, Gravenberch and Doak all have either decent experience or huge potential. They won't let us down and the more they play the more coherent combinations of them will look together. Plenty of opportunities for them this season with the league and UEFA cups. 

 

 

[The Midnight Rambler]

His performances seem to get worse every week. The defending for the Luton goal was horrifically bad but he's outdone himself tonight. Who the fuck pushed the button on giving him a 5 year contract?!

[El Rojo]

He’s extremely weak physically. So easy to take the ball off. 

[Code]

He’s shite. 

[Anubis]

Has Henderson gone has he? Moved onto your next victim, you bullies?

 

Hope you all get the wildies and poo your kecks. 
 

Leave Costa alone!

[ZonkoVille77]

His confidence is shot. Klopp doesn't seem to have given him any sort of encouragement either. In saying that he hasn't helped himself with some absolute brainfarts.

[Creator Supreme]

He's awful I'm sorry to say. Bin him in Jan!

[Harry Squatter]

1 hour ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

His performances seem to get worse every week. The defending for the Luton goal was horrifically bad but he's outdone himself tonight. Who the fuck pushed the button on giving him a 5 year contract?!

 

[VladimirIlyich]

He's a bit shit isn't he? We are already missing Robbo. I did mention him rolling around while Leicester scored and now he's fucked up again. I'm not sure any contract for him is good for us. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Code said:

He’s shite. 

Is pretty much on the money.

[Jairzinho]

Permanently fucking stoned. 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Shitikas.

[Strontium]

Do we still have the Diaz kidnappers on speed-dial? Maybe we can get them to take this buffoon off our hands.

[3 Stacks]

I have always been sort of a fan and I think he is legitimately a talented footballer, but hes lost me. Im sure people at the club love the guy, but it should have been telling when he was so eager to remain a backup for the remainder of his prime, he doesnt really have the fire. 

[TheHowieLama]

2 hours ago, Skidfingers McGonical said:

Costus "3 Points" Shitikas.

 

[Trojan1892]

Another bang average cult hero, he’s fucking shite.

[LFC 6 Times]

Remember the absolute weirdos claiming he should start ahead of Robbo. Same crew who want to sell Salah. Fucking nutters.

[The Midnight Rambler]

It's fucking mad how good he looked in his first season. I reckon Maldini quantum leaped into his body that season and soon fucked off.

[Trojan1892]

Sell Salah before Mane or Bobby….. what a time to be alive hahaha

[Bobby Hundreds]

I think he's shit but it's not easy being a defender in this team. Everyone fucks off up the pitch they lose the ball and you get called dodgy because youre either not there because you joined the attack or you have a huge percentage  of the pitch to cover on your own. We are a gift for shit opposition that struggle to score because we expose ourselves like only fans is our only income. Its why Allison to me is our greatest Klopp signing.

[Moctezuma]

What I really don't understand is why we extended his contract so significantly (until 2027) if we were looking to basically shift toward a 3 at the back with very limited use of full backs or wing backs. To protect his value?

 

As he is really not well suited to be a left center half or someone who can fill in as a defensive full back.

 

Decent contract extensions also tend to be linked to a minor loss of form as it disincetivises  players to try perform in order to attain a new one. I just think the way Kostas has been managed over the past 6 months or so has been really poor and it doesn't seem to make much sense.

 

It was fairly obvious that alongside the midfield rebuild we needed a back-up left center back/Left back and for whatever reason that wasn't achieved.

[3 Stacks]

14 minutes ago, Moctezuma said:

What I really don't understand is why we extended his contract so significantly (until 2027) if we were looking to basically shift toward a 3 at the back with very limited use of full backs or wing backs. To protect his value?

 

As he is really not well suited to be a left center half or someone who can fill in as a defensive full back.

 

Decent contract extensions also tend to be linked to a minor loss of form as it disincetivises  players to try perform in order to attain a new one. I just think the way Kostas has been managed over the past 6 months or so has been really poor and it doesn't seem to make much sense.

 

It was fairly obvious that alongside the midfield rebuild we needed a back-up left center back/Left back and for whatever reason that wasn't achieved.

I don't know that we ever wanted a left centre back/ left back hybrid. To me, that was just an assumption made because we started inverting the fullbacks. Think we just want a conventional centre back to replace Matip next season.

 

You are right, though, the management of Kostas has been weird. I think the club just view him as a quality squad player, who gets along well with the players. And extending him keeps some continuity, we don't have another hole to fill in the squad, etc... In practice, though, he's got to actually perform, and he isn't.

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

In practice, though, he's got to actually perform, and he isn't.

 

That may be the place he is performing well.