testament to the talents of our coaches that we had to field so many variations of our first team to patch together a startingXI every week, but also highlights our inconsistency during the slump of Jan-Mar when we dropped points like mad. Keita and Ox and Gomez and Matip have pretty solid relationships with the medical staff and they aren’t with consistency on the pitch. no doubt about talent, but the concern is with minutes on the pitch and they just aren’t getting it done. time to move on for a slower-paced league, I think.
Respectfully disagree. Only reason you need another centre back is if you don’t have confidence in either Virg or Gomez coming back at all and the signs we’re seeing don’t suggest that’s the case.
We can’t plan on the basis of “what happens if we lose three centre halves to season ending injuries before Christmas again?” given that situation has never occured before. If Nat pushes to move then maybe you bring in a Klavan type but otherwise you keep him as fifth choice, Williams as sixth, and Fabinho at an absolute push.
Ox I’m comfortable letting go on a free in two years or for a reduced fee next summer. We’re not going to have many suitors this summer offering the kind of fee that makes it worth selling him now instead of next year as he’s barely played.
He’s been injury free since Xmas but just hasn’t been picked. Perhaps because we haven’t had the chance to get him match fit and didn’t want to risk further injury. Perhaps because he wasn’t quite right. Or maybe Klopp wanted that more solid midfield in front of the inexperienced defence. Again though, a summer break and a proper pre-season and we could see the old Ox back next season.
You know there is a player in this euros im quite keen on and im wondering how come we have never been in or looked at him. He plays for the Ukraine and Atlanta in Italy
From what I’ve seen, plays either as one of the #10’s or offensive #8. Left footed, but also plays often as the RCM (paired with Zinchenko for Ukraine, another lefty). Nice offensive skills, maybe can still reach another level of consistency with Atalanta. Don’t think we’ll eye someone of his type though.
Does Danny Ward count as club developed? He’d play more here as 2nd choice than at Leicester I wonder if we can tempt him back if Kelleher leaves or goes on loan. Not good enough to be our 1st choice but better than any of our 2nd choices for as long as I can remember, better than some of our best 1st choice keepers!