Summer 2022 Transfer Thread

[Bjornebye]

29 minutes ago, Harry Squatter said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

[joe_fishfish]

Bite hand off, drive him there myself, etc.

 

Who am i kidding, he's staying.

[Megadrive Man]

Is it April fools day in France?

[Harry Squatter]

He will sign a new contract next week

[Bad Red Bull]

If Ward manages to get this fee for Keita, I'll start worshipping him and it will single handedly eclipse all of Edwards deals apart from the fee for Coutinho.

[stringvest]

15 hours ago, gkmacca said:

I don't disagree, but in the longer term, following Klopp's logic concerning focussing on the fine margins, if we have throw-in coaches, improved corner-taking routines, penalty shoot-out guidance, etc we really ought to have some serious sessions on shooting technique for the whole team. 

 

I haven't checked the stats but there were too many games last season where we created huge numbers of chances and wasted them. It didn't matter too often, but sometimes it did and it will, and then, even if you do have one lethal fiinisher, history tells us they're sometimes crocked late in the season when you need them for finals, and that's when you need the rest to step up.

 

Take Keita. There is no way his shooting should be so flaky. Yes, a couple have flown into the net, but he does things with shots that are simply not necessary and you can't excuse because of lack of time etc etc. 

 

That shot in the final: the problem wasn't that he snatched at it. He had the time and space. The problem was he was going for a specific kind of technical shot when the situation surely begged for a low-risk strong drive on target. Instead, as he so often does, he tried to put some 'swaz' on it and made an horrendous mess of an absolutely crucial chance.

 

Curtis Jones is too often guilty of similar things. So, even more so, is Hendo. I mean, yes, sometimes the ball comes at the wrong height and you're forced to shoot leaning back, but when you lean back as often as he does, often when there's time not to, something isn't right.

 

That's more, I think, down to thinking than not thinking - bad decisions. They are all capable of phenomenal shots on their day, but in terms of percentages they waste far too many chances. Presumably Pep will work on it because you need to improve the whole team at that, you can't just accept it and bring in one player who copes better in such situations. Not if you're going to fight for most stuff all season long.

it's just poor technique.  Shooting with the right technique only comes with practice to those not blessed with natural ability.  Practice, practice, practice.  Head over the ball, standing foot in the right position.  Practice until it's muscle memory.  It's forcing your brain to ignore the fetish for instagram-ready shots, as all too often seen with Curtis, and making sure the ball is hit with power and hits the target.  

[El Rojo]

Naby would be amazing in the French top flight. 

 

 

 

 

As would most of us on here. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

They will pay that and sell Wijnaldum to Newcastle for £50m.

[El Dangerous]

A more realistic depiction of a Liverpool trying to sell Naby Keita. 
 

[gkmacca]

1 hour ago, stringvest said:

it's just poor technique.  Shooting with the right technique only comes with practice to those not blessed with natural ability.  Practice, practice, practice.  Head over the ball, standing foot in the right position.  Practice until it's muscle memory.  It's forcing your brain to ignore the fetish for instagram-ready shots, as all too often seen with Curtis, and making sure the ball is hit with power and hits the target.  

No.  I said, they've shown they DO have good technique. What you mean, presumably, is what I mean - they have the wrong attitude, the wrong discipline, the wrong degree of application of their technique. It's not like those players who clearly can't hit a ball well. They can. If, say, you have the technique to curl a ball into the top right hand corner from distance, then you HAVE that technique. If you have that technique and most of the time you blast the ball over, that isn't lack of technique as such, that's a failure to use your technique. They just fail to do what they can do often enough. And that requires more practice and more work on situations.

[A Red]

When you have confidence in yourself and you are well trained you do things naturally without thinking. Keita has obviously been well trained, the issues are with his head. He isn't mentally strong enough.

 

When the ball came out to him for that shot, his first touch should naturally have been to control it in such a way he could get a controlled strike off. He panicked.

[Bjornebye]

58 minutes ago, El Dangerous said:

A more realistic depiction of a Liverpool trying to sell Naby Keita. 
 

Hahahahahaha 

[DalyanPete]

Agree with the practice/technique etc, far as I know Trent is doing all all the right things but is beginning to look like Roberto Carlos.

Nabys shot was incredibly bad.

[3 Stacks]

Keita shoots with the outside of his foot the majority of the time. That attempt wasn't unusual for him. 

 

Also, there's approximately a .1% chance that PSG rumour is true.

[The Midnight Rambler]

Frenkie de Jong & Timber both pieing Utd today. What a time to be alive.

[Bad Red Bull]

1 minute ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

Frenkie de Jong & Timber both pieing Utd today. What a time to be alive.

Huh what?

[ManéMan]

44 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

Agree with the practice/technique etc, far as I know Trent is doing all all the right things but is beginning to look like Roberto Carlos.

Nabys shot was incredibly bad.

Trent had an effort from a similar position just a few minutes before Keita that was equally bad.

[The Midnight Rambler]

3 minutes ago, Bad Red Bull said:

Huh what?

Custard pie in the face?

 

 

[DalyanPete]

1 hour ago, ManéMan said:

Trent had an effort from a similar position just a few minutes before Keita that was equally bad.

Yea, he certainly did.

[Funkasy]

1 hour ago, ManéMan said:

Trent had an effort from a similar position just a few minutes before Keita that was equally bad.

Trent did try a shot on goal tho instead of the corner flag. Both missed.

[Nolongerathletic]

1 hour ago, ManéMan said:

Trent had an effort from a similar position just a few minutes before Keita that was equally bad.

Trent had more bad passes in that game than he had in the previous 10. He normally has a couple that are off, but given the quality of the rest, it's a welcome risk.

 

Haven't looked back at game, but deep into 2nd half he got into box, could have picked out 5 attacking Reds  (might be including Keita there so stick with 4) but inexplicably passed to a static defender. It's easier live with a Trent balls up because of what he offers all over, Keita on the other hand... 

[Lee909]

5 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it April 1st

[ManéMan]

47 minutes ago, Nolongerathletic said:

Trent had more bad passes in that game than he had in the previous 10. He normally has a couple that are off, but given the quality of the rest, it's a welcome risk.

 

Haven't looked back at game, but deep into 2nd half he got into box, could have picked out 5 attacking Reds  (might be including Keita there so stick with 4) but inexplicably passed to a static defender. It's easier live with a Trent balls up because of what he offers all over, Keita on the other hand... 

It's too easy to pick on Keita though. He's also been very good this season but one awful shot when he'd been on the pitch literally minutes...it's not like we have anyone else in that position we could have confidently said might have scored or even worked the keeper. 

 

I think we always look more fluid and likely to score when he starts the game, but doesn't look as good when coming on as a sub, mainly because it's usually when we are chasing a goal and sacrifice a player in midfield for an extra attacker as it was on Saturday. 

 

 

[Torvald Utne]

11 minutes ago, ManéMan said:

It's too easy to pick on Keita though. He's also been very good this season but one awful shot when he'd been on the pitch literally minutes...it's not like we have anyone else in that position we could have confidently said might have scored or even worked the keeper. 

 

I think we always look more fluid and likely to score when he starts the game, but doesn't look as good when coming on as a sub, mainly because it's usually when we are chasing a goal and sacrifice a player in midfield for an extra attacker as it was on Saturday. 

 

 

I don't think anyone from PSG is reading this forum, you're wasting your time