Young Boys build up

[yamiedo]

Morgan may be good enough to play centrally eventually but I think the club will develop him into a right winger over the next 2-3 years.

He features wide for England just as much as he does down the middle, I don't think his movement or play with his back to goal is good enough to play centrally at the moment.

Yesil is streets ahead on those 2 fronts, Morgan works harder and probably quicker.

How much have you seen of Yesil to make this assessment?

[Mostar]

Starting shelvey and sterling would be a strange decision IMO. And no Sahin either? Surely to god he'll start!

It depends on what Rodgers plans are for Sunday. If Sahin will be in contention for ManU match then I cannot see him being involved today.

That said, it would be strange to bring Sahin for Press Conference and then not feature him.

I'd really like to see Borini today. This type of game would be good for his confidence.

No he's not a DM mate.

Not even close.

If Henderson is getting a chance at DM, this is good news.

If you meant good news for Young Boys then yes.

[baitman]

If you meant good news for Young Boys then yes.

[Hemingway]

Completely disagree. Don't think Morgan has a future on the wing, even as a Championship player. He is a poacher and needs to be in the box. He may not be good enough to hold up the ball, but he isn't necessarily a target man. Only seen small amounts of Yesil. but he appears much, much quicker than Morgan to me.

Edit: That's not to say we might not see Morgan playing on the wing a few times this season.

But much of that about Morgan is true about Borini, too, and we play him on the wing. They're both poachers with intelligent movement and great work rates; BR sees Borini as a wing (or least a wide forward) so I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true of Morgan.

[BigChief]

Sterling?
If Rodgers picks Sterling for this game he'll be bat**** mental.

If BR rests Sterling then he'll become a father again. This management lark is harder than I thought.

[The Birdman]

Completely disagree. Don't think Morgan has a future on the wing, even as a Championship player. He is a poacher and needs to be in the box. He may not be good enough to hold up the ball, but he isn't necessarily a target man. Only seen small amounts of Yesil. but he appears much, much quicker than Morgan to me.

Edit: That's not to say we might not see Morgan playing on the wing a few times this season.

I didn't say Morgan wasn't a poacher. He is miles away from being ready as a central striker imo, the fact that we've now moved him into a wide right role means that Rodgers and his staff think the same (or in fact that I agree with them)
I didn't say target man either, I said central striker.

I would say that Morgan is similar to Sturridge playing from that right hand side but will work harder for the team and be a lot less selfish.

How much have you seen of Yesil to make this assessment?

How much do I need to see? I've watched the U21 game vs Chelsea, the Germany vs Eng U19 game and other highlights and bits and pieces.

We shall see, if Liverpool thought Morgan was ready we wouldn't have signed Yesil, we did and played him centrally while moving Morgan wide.

While we're at it, in time N'goo will be far more effective coming from wide than playing through the middle as well.

[Assassin]

But much of that about Morgan is true about Borini, too, and we play him on the wing. They're both poachers with intelligent movement and great work rates; BR sees Borini as a wing (or least a wide forward) so I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true of Morgan.

Morgan played wide right against Chelsea ressies. He had a decent game and also had a shoot on sight policy from that area of the pitch

[Bender]

looking forward to Assaidi playing tonight and hopefully yesil

[The Birdman]

But much of that about Morgan is true about Borini, too, and we play him on the wing. They're both poachers with intelligent movement and great work rates; BR sees Borini as a wing (or least a wide forward) so I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true of Morgan.

Morgan is a poacher, he works hard but his movement isn't great at the moment but he is only young and has a lot of potential.
Borini on the other hand is the best striker at the club in terms of movement off the ball.

Borini will finish the season as our top scorer as well.

[Lee]

Borini will finish the season as our top scorer as well.

[RedReet]

But much of that about Morgan is true about Borini, too, and we play him on the wing. They're both poachers with intelligent movement and great work rates; BR sees Borini as a wing (or least a wide forward) so I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true of Morgan.

That's a fair point actually, but I haven't seen enough of Borini's scoring instincts to compare. I know it’s quite common these days for CF’s to be converted into wingers, but I just don’t see it in Morgan and would be surprised if BR thinks he does. It also hasn’t exactly worked out for Borini on the wing so far either, so we’ll have to see how that develops.

[chadrtc]

I'm a little worried about tonight. Artificial pitch, lots of untried youngsters... we could take a bit of a beating based on the Spurs game over there.

[Eric Swindler]

I'm a little worried about tonight. Artificial pitch, lots of untried youngsters... we could take a bit of a beating based on the Spurs game over there.

Indeed but we have little choice but to field such a team.

[RedReet]

I didn't say Morgan wasn't a poacher. He is miles away from being ready as a central striker imo, the fact that we've now moved him into a wide right role means that Rodgers and his staff think the same (or in fact that I agree with them)
I didn't say target man either, I said central striker.

I would say that Morgan is similar to Sturridge playing from that right hand side but will work harder for the team and be a lot less selfish.

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I agree he's not ready to play a lone striker role, but I still think that's where his future lies as I'm sure he does. My point about a target man is if we don't ask him to play that role, then there is no need for him to excel at holding players off, Defoe at Spurs is doing well in that role at the minute.

Sturridge's dribbling skills and pace make him a better candidate on the wing for me, the only similarities in play that I see between the two is that they are left footed.

[BigChief]

Come On Young Boys!!!

(er, I mean ours not theirs obviously)