Miloš KERKEZ: 2026/27

Thank you sir!
Really dislike it when peeps make blanket negative comments about players without understanding or recognizing the full context, or balancing the good and the bad.

Our equalizer yesterday came from his counterpress upfield. But you wouldn’t know that from the avalanche of negative comments…

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A few astute posters have mentioned it.

However, he still needs to improve on the ball and his delivery when crossing.

Saying that I always thought Robbo was a weak point in our build up play and teams, like Arsenal used to press and trap us down our left.

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On the right theres also Jacquet who helps a lot more than VVD and when Munoz plays over there he gets back as an extra body, something you don’t see on the left. On the left your help is Wirtz.
I think most young right backs would struggle.

I really think defensively he’s doing much better than some are making out. Often it looks like his instructions are wrong which get corrected at half time. He needs to make those decisions during the match with VVD.

Seems to me VVD doesn’t like changing instructions on the pitch, unless it’s us chasing the game when he goes up top for some reason.

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Robbo was useless at keeping the defensive line and playing offside :wink:.

Same could be said for Kerkez yesterday :squinting_face_with_tongue:

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We’ve spent more than £40m on Kerkez who was developed under Iraola at Bournemouth but even under Iraola at Liverpool he’s not able to show much.

Not sure I’ve ever seen something like that in all my years watching the game.

Another shit transfer by Hughes or is Kerkez himself the problem?

I like him because he reminds me of a belligerent little donkey.

Hughes is an embarrassment, but I think Kerkez is good football.

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He’s determined isn’t he. Some of his exuberant energy needs to be channelled though.

He wants to be loved. More than I can say for certain others.

His effort and attitude can’t be knocked it is his application that needs working on.

You can add him to the ever-growing list of expensive flops we have purchased where there is no consideration as to how they will fit our system or how they might adapt to the opposition playing in a completely different way to what they are used to.
A fucking shambolic, negligent transfer policy which will take years to rectify on the pitch.

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But wait a second. Shouldn’t a player we signed from Iraola be the least of our problems under Iraola? Actually should be fucking thriving right now.

Not necessarily, the way an opposition sets up against us v Bournemouth can be worlds apart

I have no idea however the players we had and have are very different. For our ‘level’ which players in our squad don’t pose some problem?
I’m pretty sure it’s Iraola who’s having to adapt a lot to what he has.
I think Kerkez got off to a bad start with Slot not weaning him in by not using Robbo as an example for him. Almost criminal management imo.

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This is an interesting point actually, more teams sitting back against him means less space to run into, effectively nullifying his biggest strength.

It was honestly bewildering seeing how we signed one of the most aggressively attacking full-backs in the league, and then making him sit back and constantly move towards the centre of the pitch.

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His crossing and ball-playing skills are clearly inadequate for a club like us.

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Yes, as poor as ‘forcing’ Konaté to tightly man mark. Thankfully that’s becoming a distant memory.
I notice Kerkez instructions aren’t helping him much. He often starts matches either giving his man too much room (as if he’s defending against Mané) or he’s too tight and gets skinned. He needs to own this and have the confidence to decide for himself more quickly.

I have doubts about Kerkez like many others, but in the interests of balance I feel like I should point out he is still pretty young for a defender, he’s still only the same age Robbo was when he joined us - when as we now know Klopp kept him out of the team for almost half a season while he worked on some key elements of his game.

Also, I just learned today is his birthday, so maybe we should all be nicer to him :joy:

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Happy Birthday Milos.

Get your Shit together.

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