Or perhaps it’s because he didn’t want to disrupt the rhythm in the middle but Alexander-Arnold needed substituting?
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Quite possible too.
Because we opted for another unfit/injury-prone Italian.
Let’s see how he uses Quansah going forward. If he does see him as a hybrid RCB/RB. Quansah won’t offer too much offensively but he can provide what Gomez provides at RB too.
Haven’t had too much of a look at Bajcetic in Salzburg except some minutes of a CL match where he played in DM. Is he playing mainly as a DM or is he being tried out as a CB too
But it’s worth nothing that Bajcetic played at CB too in the earlier bit of his career. Who knows whether there’s a role for him as a CB ? Would still need to gain some muscle though. He’s 6’1 which isn’t a bad height even if not Konate/VVD/Gomez level.
If this is to be taken at face value.
The age factor seems to be a major thing for Liverpool. Especially if we count a 26 year player as not important.
The other takeaway seems to be that we are not looking at too many of Slot’s exes.
Hancko said: “I was in contact with the coach, but he immediately told me that it was not possible. Liverpool have a certain transfer philosophy. Age was one issue, the other was price. Both factors were negative for me.”
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Quite the leap regarding Quansah, given he had ten minutes at right back.
In that time he had at least one very positive forward run, and kept Doku relatively quiet.
Gomez was comfortable at CB, so there was no sense in disrupting two defensive positions. TAA looked spent and Slot trusted Quansah to play in the role.
It was ten minutes, so there are few, if any conclusions we can draw.
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Let’s just wait and see. It wouldn’t surprise me either way. But there have been plenty of CBs who’ve made it after doing their times as a RB or a LB
If Quansah wasn’t part of the overall plan he wouldn’t have got a new contract.
You are right on lets wait and see.
Because he is good enough
Have you seen the amount of work our full backs do under Slot they are forever underlapping and overlapping, Calafiori couldn’t do what Robbo or Tsimi do, and Tsimi has been excellent this season
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At the moment neither Morton or Stefan are at the level of Zubi and he would give Grav and rest now and then
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Nat Phillips got one or two new contracts (bloody hell, he will be 28 when he leaves us on a free, unless there’s another hidden clause) and he was never really part of a plan. More to be someone between loans and a 5th senior CB in case of emergency and also to protect his value so we can get the famous £20m (then lowered it to £10m) we were hoping to get, in the end we’ll get nothing.
Of course, Quansah’s case is nowhere near Nat’s. He’s a young homegrown CB with potential who appeared last season and showed he can perform at this level. Regardless what we think of his level right now or of his long term ceiling, a new proper/senior contract was logical, standard business. The rest is up to him, first be a bit patient, then battle against other CB’s now and in the future and see how far he goes with us.
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Be interesting to see what happens in January.
Sadly the last thing we should be doing is cut price dealing Trent considering what happened to Bradley.
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You saved yourself in the second paragraph.
Comparing him to Nat Phillips is a bit skewed…
I think he has already shown more.
If his first game under Slot hadn’t ended up with a half time substitution, we wouldn’t be questioning him at all.
I still think the contract is significantly more than standard business
Point is, even if Quansah wasn’t really part of our plan, he would’ve been offered a new contract. Even Kevin Stewart got a new contract after a few solid to good performances. We don’t have to use Quansah’s new contract as the main clue why the club may think he’s our next defensive stalwart or whatever. I’ve read that a few times lately. His performances last season considering his age and being homegrown is more than enough for us to continue having him under contract for the next couple of years. The rest is up for debate and we’ll see with time. Hopefully has a long and successful time together with the club.
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I don’t think that Liverpool, at least during the last 20-25 years, have sold a player whose contract was running down during January window. Even Owen was sold in the summer window.
I’m not a betting man but if I was, I’d bet everything I have on him not leaving this January. If he’s playing, he’s worth to the team more than any money they can get for him, especially if they are still in a good position to fight for the title.
I do hope that the powers that be at the club will strengthen in January if the team are in a good position in PL and CL. Difficult window and all that but world’s best centre back and two current first XI forwards were signed during that window.
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What we actually need and what FSG allow us to actually get are very different animals. Usually.
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That lad Quansah has played some positions this morning…
From CB to FB… Now to an Attacking Midfielder :0)
What the fans think we need and what we actually need are also two different animals.
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