Wataru Endo Welcome to Liverpool

[El Dangerous]

On 26/06/2024 at 11:15, Bobby Hundreds said:

So if Endo wants to go to the Olympics he can take a running jump. 

I don’t think that’s how it works. There’s qualifiers and all sorts to go through. He’s better off sticking with the football event.

[VladimirIlyich]

I think the problem here is that signing for a massive club but playing and playing from a less well known and exposed international side has extra pressures put onto those players. See Salah. Players are walking endorsements and commercial property. Everybody in every event wants a piece of them to help elevate that competition. The Olympics is shit now that it openly allows full time professional sportspeople into it's events.

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I think the problem here is that signing for a massive club but playing and playing from a less well known and exposed international side has extra pressures put onto those players. See Salah. Players are walking endorsements and commercial property. Everybody in every event wants a piece of them to help elevate that competition. The Olympics is shit now that it openly allows full time professional sportspeople into it's events.

 

We have and have and had a few of them. In addition to those you've pointed out, Robertson, Dom, mane - lads who can't skip anything on the international front. 

[Megadrive Man]

Left out of the Japan Olympics team squad. 

[Elite]

5 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

Left out of the Japan Olympics team squad. 

He's a proper team player this lad.

[Trojan1892]

The senior games for over 50’s is next year.

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, Megadrive Man said:

Left out of the Japan Olympics team squad. 

Salah not in the Egypt one too. Good. 

 

https://www.thisisanfield.com/2024/07/liverpool-given-huge-pre-season-boost-with-salah-and-endo-decisions-confirmed/

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Did I hear a song for him when he came on today?

[Binomial]

Even though he's only played about 7 minutes this season, he's been boss.

[Code]

Posting this here as well as it might get lost in the Soton match thread.

 

But Endo at CB is a role he should be very used to, its the position he has played the most during his career.

 

 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/wataru-endo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/146310/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

He was Beckenbauer in the first half last night: nominally a CB, but really a playmaker.

 

(Admittedly, Beckenbauer did it against better opposition.)

[joe_fishfish]

He’s fine. I wouldn’t want him starting in midfield against a top six team or in the knockout CL stages. But he’s more than capable of covering for our first choice midfielders against weaker teams and as seen last night he can do a job at centre back too. If anything he’s been underused this season.

[Code]

[No2]

16 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

He was Beckenbauer in the first half last night: nominally a CB, but really a playmaker.

 

(Admittedly, Beckenbauer did it against better opposition.)

It was like a follow on from Saturday. Slot obviously liked how that worked with 10 men and gave it another crack.

[Megadrive Man]

26 minutes ago, Code said:

Posting this here as well as it might get lost in the Soton match thread.

 

But Endo at CB is a role he should be very used to, its the position he has played the most during his career.

 

 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/wataru-endo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/146310/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

 

 

That was mainly in the Japanese league though. I'm not sure he has the physicality to do it in the Premier League but he's ok for the odd game like last night.

[El Rojo]

He’s a really good squad player to have. Did well last night. 

[Scott_M]

Loved his performance last night - getting on the ball and pushing into midfield in the first half, back to the wall and beating somebody 6’7 in the air in the second half.

 

It’s a shame he seemingly isn’t what Slot wants in a midfielder, he’s a decent and likeable player. 

[stringvest]

I thought he was very good last night - even more so considering he's had next to no game time, and he played in a number of positions.  If that had been Curtis or MacAllister putting in that performance it would have been lauded to the hilt.  In this case, the stats do reflect the performance.

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Slot looks a right cock for not trusting him...

[VladimirIlyich]

8 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Slot looks a right cock for not trusting him...

Or it was a great motivational ploy?

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, VladimirIlyich said:

Or it was a great motivational ploy?

 

No idea but there can be no doubt he will be like a new signing.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, El Rojo said:

He’s a really good squad player to have. Did well last night. 

 

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

 

It’s a shame he seemingly isn’t what Slot wants in a midfielder, he’s a decent and likeable player. 

Great attitude, too; for a senior international to be made a fringe player and respond so professionally seems pretty rare.

[Code]

1 hour ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

That was mainly in the Japanese league though. I'm not sure he has the physicality to do it in the Premier League but he's ok for the odd game like last night.

Yes it was, the point is he has had experience from that role for several years.

 

If it was a different league it does not really matter that much when it comes to positioning, when to fall back, when to push up etc, etc.

 

His height and lack of pace is obviously a bit of a disadvantage, but he’s 1,78 m, not 1,70.

 

Martinez at the mancs is only 1,75m. 

[Kevin D]

Endo going to see Slot today:

 

[VladimirIlyich]

While he obviously did well,from what most are saying,playing CB in say a derby game against the Everton's Road House forwards would be a different story altogether.