Dominik Szoboszlai - Welcome to Liverpool

[Moo]

Felt a bit sorry for him yesterday, the effort was there, the running at times prolific, but he picked the wrong final pass every single time. Frustrating to watch, you could see what was coming.

[Kevin D]

21 hours ago, Mook said:

Plenty players being called out today so worth pointing out he was absolutely fucking turgid.

I reckon this thread would get bumped a lot more if people could spell his name.

[Judge]

Dom has a fantastic potential, and he has shown it in glimpses.

 

I think the recent dip in form is about confidence. It will turn.

 

He is NOT our problem now.

[stringvest]

9 minutes ago, Judge said:

Dom has a fantastic potential, and he has shown it in glimpses.

 

I think the recent dip in form is about confidence. It will turn.

 

He is NOT our problem now.

 

has he gone already?

[Carra_is_legend]

2 hours ago, stringvest said:

He has been poor lately but starting Elliott is never the solution.  Put Trent in there when he’s fit

We would have probably won yesterday had Harvey started instead of Dom.

[stringvest]

28 minutes ago, Carra_is_legend said:

We would have probably won yesterday had Harvey started instead of Dom.

i suspect we wouldn’t have controlled the first half like we did, nor would we have scored any more goals. 

[Jairzinho]

We could have controlled the first half with you playing instead of Dom. They didn't have a fucking midfield.

 

Dom for Elliott seems such an utter irrelevance when our forwards pissed away about 20 chances in a game we should have won about five or six nil.

[Code]

14 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

We could have controlled the first half with you playing instead of Dom. They didn't have a fucking midfield.

 

Dom for Elliott seems such an utter irrelevance when our forwards pissed away about 20 chances in a game we should have won about five or six nil.

Szoboszlai was the one who wasted our biggest chances though. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

3 hours ago, Kevin D said:

I reckon this thread would get bumped a lot more if people could spell his name.

He's safe as long as dickheads keep calling him "Slobbo".

[Carra_is_legend]

57 minutes ago, stringvest said:

i suspect we wouldn’t have controlled the first half like we did, nor would we have scored any more goals. 

We would have. Easily. We just passed the ball around them, they were chasing shadows and Elliott would not have wasted so many passes as Dom did and Elliott's balls into the box are very good.

[lebron]

55 minutes ago, Code said:

Szoboszlai was the one who wasted our biggest chances though. 

 

That was your man Mo, but Szobo was a close second. Szobo actually produced the one effort that troubled their keeper and forced him into a good save though, so there's that.

[lebron]

I actually thought he was pretty good yesterday, barring the missed chances. He was a Nunez cutback away from scoring a certain goal after outpacing the entire Utd midfield with the ball at his feet. He played a sensible pass to Salah, who gave it to Diaz, who put Darwin in. One ounce of calmness in Darwin's head and that is a red arrows-style Liverpool counterattack for the ages.

 

I love Harvey, but if I'm honest he fits the sub role much better than the starting role. When the other players are tiring, his lack of pace and physicality isn't as visible as when everyone is fresh and firing.

[bossy]

I can’t fault his effort and his work rate but his decision making and care with a pass drives me nuts. There’s a really good player in there, but he has to show it. 

[lebron]

13 minutes ago, bossy said:

I can’t fault his effort and his work rate but his decision making and care with a pass drives me nuts. There’s a really good player in there, but he has to show it. 

 

His most apparent strength is also his weakness I think. His shooting and long-passing technique is based on the knuckle-ball striking of the ball. I hate it, but it does produce a wonder-goal now and then.

 

His pressing and running with the ball in open space should be something we will prosper from in the long run.

[Lee909]

I think he steps up massively if Mo does chose to move on in the summer. 

I would stick him in one of the winger/10 players that Amorim has played with at Sporting, Pedro Gonçalves was superb under him in his first season winning the league. I could see him paired with Diaz playing off Darwin. It will free him up more like he gets with Hungary who play in a 3421 with Szoboszlai playing as one of the 2

[Saintslfc13]

6 hours ago, lebron said:

I actually thought he was pretty good yesterday, barring the missed chances. He was a Nunez cutback away from scoring a certain goal after outpacing the entire Utd midfield with the ball at his feet. He played a sensible pass to Salah, who gave it to Diaz, who put Darwin in. One ounce of calmness in Darwin's head and that is a red arrows-style Liverpool counterattack for the ages.

 

I love Harvey, but if I'm honest he fits the sub role much better than the starting role. When the other players are tiring, his lack of pace and physicality isn't as visible as when everyone is fresh and firing.

I thought Diaz should've shot that ball anyway rather than play it to Nunez. I do agree that Nunez should've got his head up to see Dom but the angle was tight and at this point everyone on the team should know Nunez isn't really a think first player so just have a shot yourself. Ironically I do think Nunez thought the angle was too tight mid-strike which is why he's missed the target completely rather than hitting the keeper or the bar.

As far as Dom's overall performance, while not at the levels he was displaying early in the season I thought it was a good game overall really. He's capable and willing to run at the defense through the middle or whichever wing he's ask to work towards and he's energy is apparent even when his passing and shooting are off a bit. I think he picks his moments to try to more audacious long efforts better than most who have/are building a reputation as someone who can score from range as well. I wouldn't have subbed him personally but without Jota available I can see the logic of keeping Diaz on over Dom because Gakpo hasn't shown the ability to do what Diaz does on the wing, and Nunez fades more than Diaz does when they both start. Putting Elliot as an outright forward is a non-starter when we're chasing a game in my opinion and he doesn't play on the left anyway.

[Kevin D]

Terrible performance. 
 

Really unprofessional on that 3rd goal.

[George Costanza]

After a really good start he's been very poor I think.  Certainly not contributing anywhere near enough to the team

[Elite]

I still hold out hope for him. He's a talented player, maybe he'll flourish under the new manager in a different role.

[3 Stacks]

2 minutes ago, Elite said:

I still hold out hope for him. He's a talented player, maybe he'll flourish under the new manager in a different role.

He'll be a tremendous wing back.

[stringvest]

I think he's in the negative as far as good vs bad performances for us are concerned.  Not sure that he'll ever turn that around.

[Mook]

Apart from a couple of screamers early on & pressing the opposition, what's he actually doing?

 

I don't rate him at all.

[Carra_is_legend]

He is currently failing at making 5 years passes.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Slob-and-sly more like 

[BeefStroganoff]

Bruno Cheyrou two.