maybe he will be transformed.
even after all this, i still am fond of him
For his own good, Konate shouldāve been taken out of the team a few matches ago. Joe Gomez has made the bench many times, so must at least be able to play 60 minutes or so.
We all know Konate in top form is an excellent player. Even his detractors would probably agree. But when he stinks, he really does. A few games out would do him good.
So the player himself needs to take some responsibility. Now onto Slot. KOnateās physicality means that he is suited to cover the right back area and snuff out danger. Moreso than a RCB would usually do for a team like Palace. IF KOnate is in the Palace team, Iād argue heād be playing to his strengths.
So he is tasked to do more things for us. So when heās out of form, it;s going to end up in situations like the past couple of months.
Some pragmatism by Slot to shore up the covering players ahead of our defence would allow us to start gettting some results together.
agreed.
this is the flipside of the coin when we talk about rotating the squad.
Gakpo is another one, just take them out of the firing line, thats on Slotā¦even Salah, everyone can see he needs the bench, its not just for the team but for the player tooā¦somewhere to breathā¦
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Hopefully PSG or Bayern comes for him.Extending Konate will be a massive mistake.The guy is too inconsistent and treats the ball like hot potato.
Since the PSG ālinksā, they signed Zabarnyi. So I donāt know if they would be interested in Konate anymore. They have Zabarnyi, Pacho, Marquinhos and Beraldo. Plus Lucas Hernandez as their hybrid leftie, either a backup LB or LCB.
For me, when heās in shape and in form, heās a very good CB.
Among the very best? No. Can Liverpool and France win with him in the starting XI? Yes.
And itās clear that since the start of the season, he didnāt look right. If we had healthy competition like we had before, he wouldāve been benched very soon.
Most players are tasked to do multiple things, itās how football evolved and you try and squeeze as much and more than before from positions like full back.
Weāve ignored the CB area for a while (knowing that in some summers, we couldnāt solve everything) and also had some bad luck this summer with the Guehi deal, I canāt fault anyone alone directly for that.
The defence in general (as our defending as a team needs massive improving) will need more help and more than just Guehi. Even if Konate stays (which could mean the end for Gomez).
Why would Real inform liverpool they arent going to pursue a deal with Ibou when that deal would have been a direct one between Real and the player?
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I wonder if Liverpool approached them about a sale in the winter window? Not wanting to let him leave for nothing, and RM said ānah, we donāt really want him anymore, anyway.ā
It does do us a favor in the Ibou negotiations to have that out there. Also, it keeps us from trying to get his countryman at Bayern.