I’m pretty sure we’ve played some lower league teams and struggled to score in previous seasons.
Especially the first one or two games.
Definitely not going to see Joey G or Virg until the premier league season starts. Definitely Matip and Konate for the first few games. Liked the fact Jürgen had used some academy lads throughout the pre season. Should look good for the future if they can handle the pace with the seniors. Would like to see more goals out of the lads so far but that’s me being picky. I’m drunk at the minute so ignore if I’m rambling but I’m looking forwards to the season. Hope it’s successful
Vladi just laughed
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I think we will, I think they will bit part play the two Spanish games but you are probably right with Konate and Matip starting the first game.
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Maybe I am missing something…I appreciate Elliot may not be a 100m sprinter but he doesn’t look slow. It might be that his sharpness of thought/movement is so good that Iv never noticed.
I know your comments weren’t negative so please don’t feel I am pulling you up on the comment.
I think most of us are in agreement that this lad is talented!! And yet seems to be so grounded. I am looking forward to seeing this kid play and I wouldnt rule him out for this coming season 
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Elliott is definitely not slow I think the idea he was slow came about because he played a little reserved and nervous for the seniors here and there when he first came in. Was he still 16 or grand old age of 17? Likewise not only is this preseason (not to be taken too seriously) but he’s being used in a bit of a new way which shouldn’t even require him cutting loose and hitting the after burners, in fact he’s probably broke instructions on structures to maintain if he does. I wouldn’t be concerned about his pace he’s plenty fast enough. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if, when confident and in form, he matches Mane and Salah for pace.
Does anyone have a link to the full match? Previous pre seasons you could find on YouTube but I couldn’t see it just now.
Does this work for you?
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Videos are geo blocked I think. Thanks anyway. Saw the highlights and Olympics are on now so lots of other sports to watch!
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It’s not that he’s slow, but he certainly isn’t as fast as Salah or Mane and certainly isn’t as explosive over 5 yards.
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From what I’ve seen I really don’t agree with this.
Break through season for Elliot.
We need to invest in his future.
Klopps traditional 70 min sub where it’s usually Ox or Origi or Shaq coming in that now needs to be Elliot at the front of that queue.
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Agree. But I fear he’ll follow the same path as the likes of Kent and Wilson.
No chance he is such a big talent. They would drift in and out of games, he is always involved.
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Strange that Harvey is in the midfield rather than on the wings though. Didn’t know he could play there
Probably part of the thinking is trying to get him to be as versatile as possible
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We’ve got a lot of attackers in the pre season camp but we are already having to list a lot of youth players in CM due to when people are back with the club. Also helps teach him some more defensive stability and tactical awareness probably in games that won’t harm us. That’s my uneducated guesswork.
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And the fact of the matter is that we haven’t got 1 centre midfielder (apart from Jones maybe) who doesn’t miss games through injury so maybe the thinking is that he is likely to get more games in midfield than replacing Salah, Mane, Bobby and Jota. That’s a tough ask for a 17 year old.
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Will be difficult to give Harvey minutes no matter if on the wing or in midfield.
The domestic cup games obliviously but our runs recently haven’t been that long.
And in PL and CL it’s not like we had many 2 goal leads for the last 15-20 minutes in the last two years.
Without Origi and Shaqiri we have like 12 senior players for the 6 spots in midfield and attack.
It’s just difficult to give Elliott minutes let alone starts.