Same hairstyle.
Whatās his position on Golf?
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Above Real Madrid on priority list? Just as long as its below Liverpool!
This is drastically over stated. Our FBs are excellent because they are excellent at doing the stuff every FB is expected to do. The fact Trent does other stuff is gravy, but heās in the side in that role not because Klopp has some unique perspective on what he wants his FBs to do, but because heās the best in the world and bog standard FB stuff.
In terms of how that factors into Necoās prospects, itās going to purely down to how his own development goes in those same bog standard FB responsibilities.
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100 million from Real Madrid?
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He likes Golf?
I donāt think it is overstated at all.
Of course Trent is a brilliant full back. But the reason we get the most out of him is because he can play that role and because Klopp has developed a system that allows him to be our playmaker from the right wing.
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Yeah shouldnāt be forgotten that when Milner was left back for a season he set a new record for assists in the Champions League. Donāt think its just because Trent came through in that position. Wasnāt accidental that both Robertson and Tsimikas had crossing as one of their main strengths when we bought them.
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Get him playing on the wings!
Edit; Absolutely tearing Belgium apart, not sure how he hasnāt got a goal or assist.
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Played really well tonight. Full back in a 5 seems to suit him really well, maybe even further forward. On left seems to work really well too.
Unlucky not to score in the second half. Great effort.
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I feel like Iām turning into a Neco fanboy or something but this play deserved a goal!
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ManƩ protege or a conventional RW 
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Winter is not the best judge of players in my opinion but stuff like this isnāt doing Neco any disservice. Great to hear it, hopefully he can kick on from here.
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And to think he was available for a reported Ā£10m last summer and no one wanted him.
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Difficult to judge whether it was the way Belgium played but Neco certainly did himself no harm whatsoever last night in what turned into quite an advanced left sided role. He covered a heap of ground as well, in getting back. I was honestly really impressed with him. But Belgium were really open at times but thereās food for thought here.
People writing him off need to look again. We need to hold onto him for now and try to develop him further, thereās something in there for sure. Iām not 100% that full back in our current Klopp mold is actually his best position.
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Edwards has fucked himself with the fees heās got for the likes of Solanke, Ibe and Brewster. Ā£10m for Neco, people must have been thinking Edwards thinks heās shit. He should have quoted Ā£35m plus and they would have been biting our hands off 
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I donāt think Neco is good enough, yet, to play RB/RWB in our system. Probably the reason Klopp hasnāt tried him too often. He was troubled in the early part of last nightās games too. But he clearly has an attacking flair and may yet evolve as an attacker. Didnāt he play well in League Cup game when Klopp shifted him further upfield!
We donāt play with a traditional right back, nor do we play with a traditional right winger. Hence why Neco may struggle to get time here.
Trent is basically a right sided central midfielder, Neco simply doesnāt have anywhere near the short/long passing game to play that role.
Salah plays as a right forward but is always the most forward player and always drifting in centrally, Neco looks good on the run but always when he has spaceā¦ We primarilly play against very defensive teams so the ability to link up play and play in tight spaces is key and Iāve yet to see evidence of this level for Neco.
So itās not that Neco isnāt a good player, heās actually an excellent traditional right back but always seems out of place in our team. Heād fit well as a left back actually as we ask Robbo to play that more traditional up and down, provide the overlap type roleā¦ Yet I wouldnāt be starting him over Kostas just yet.
The Mane role? Maybe thatās his opportunity with the AFCON coming upā¦
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He was fine running Belgium ragged last night. He didnāt always have space. Belgium arenāt mugs either we are talking at least the equivalent level of your Portos or upper table Italian teams here.
Neco is one of those great options in that he can, and has, done a job at a high level at both RB and LB. Has had minutes for us at RW and being a right footer who can score and assist could really be reinvented as a rather decent LW.
I donāt think it should be held against him that heās not a Trent style playmaker at RB. Heās a decent enough RB when played there, not great defensively but not a liability. Able to get involved in build up play, lay on assists and get the occasional goal. Before Trent and Robbo we were crying out literally begging for fullbacks like that for years. Glen Johnson, Riise style (Aurelio more like a not quite as good Trent but destroyed by injuries). He isnāt Trent and probably wonāt ever be. But nobody else ever will be either so itās an unattainable target.
Based on what I saw last night he seems to be a player that can and is willing to run and drive forward with the ball at feet. Heās more comfortable knowing thereās some defensive cover behind but is more than willing to track back and do his bit.
Heās vastly different to TAA and Robertson but thatās no bad thing. The concern I have is where Klopp seeās him in our current set up. Iād almost be prepared to try him in Maneās place rather than as a back up to Robertson or TAA. Remember Bale as a full back? Heās not a million miles away from that same type of player.
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