Mo Salah

[SB]

But is it on Mo to be carrying the team or should the team be chipping in more when Mo's goal and assist getting is "only" at a good level?

Though the bigger issue is not the smallish decrease on the amount of goals scored but instead the massive increase in goals at the other end.

Us not scoring enough certainly puts pressure on us at the back & let’s be honest the whole side has probably averaged a 6 out of ten all season. It’d be hard to choose the player of the season at this stage.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Us not scoring enough certainly puts pressure on us at the back & let’s be honest the whole side has probably averaged a 6 out of ten all season. It’d be hard to choose the player of the season at this stage.

Konate, Nunez and Alisson (that one mistake notwithstanding) have ranged between good and very good this season. Take Alisson out of a number of games and we would be worse off this season imho.


Thiago has been fairly decent most of the time too. Often isolated by his midfield partners but he still does his part more often than not.


Bobby started the season pretty well too.

[Tribute]

But is it on Mo to be carrying the team or should the team be chipping in more when Mo's goal and assist getting is "only" at a good level?

Though the bigger issue is not the smallish decrease on the amount of goals scored but instead the massive increase in goals at the other end.

For 400k a week, definitely.

The fact he's being paid an astronomical amount of money shouldn't dictate if he's dropped for poor form or not, though... he can't be untouchable and his form needs to be scrutinised as much anyone else...

[Doc_Piptorious]

For 400k a week, definitely.

The fact he's being paid an astronomical amount of money shouldn't dictate if he's dropped for poor form or not, though... he can't be untouchable and his form needs to be scrutinised as much anyone else...

Nobody suggested that he is untouchable or that he should not be dropped for bad form.

I just said that his goal and assist getting this season is simply good to very good instead of the amazing levels he was in in seasons past and that with his levels down a bit, the rest of the team need to be doing their bit to compensate for that.


A lot of our other main players are on very big wages too like VVD, TAA, Henderson and so on and are playing far worse than Mo in terms of doing what they used to be good at.


Also if Mo's form did drop to that of say TAA this season, who exactly do we have ready to step in that we would be sure of doing a better job and giving a better goal and assist return right now?


Mo is nowhere near the biggest problem the team has right now and would wager that if we had a more solid midfield unit at the moment that Mo's numbers would start to move upwards quickly.

[SB]

Konate, Nunez and Alisson (that one mistake notwithstanding) have ranged between good and very good this season. Take Alisson out of a number of games and we would be worse off this season imho.


Thiago has been fairly decent most of the time too. Often isolated by his midfield partners but he still does his part more often than not.


Bobby started the season pretty well too.

Stop being the voice of reason when I’m feeling all doom & gloom over everything LFC related

You are right though with the players you’ve mentioned, plus you can add Bajetic to that group. The others that’d we’d expect to score highly have failed miserably unfortunately

[Doc_Piptorious]

Stop being the voice of reason when I’m feeling all doom & gloom over everything LFC related

You are right though with the players you’ve mentioned, plus you can add Bajetic to that group. The others that’d we’d expect to score highly have failed miserably unfortunately

Left him out as he has played in such a small sample of games plus I missed almost every game he played in this season Think the only games I have seen him in where the CL games and the game on Tuesday night against Wolves.

[BobTheCharmer]

I don't care if he scores or not. He's a complete liability and passenger outside the box and in general play. Runs I to people for pure fun. He's finished.

[Doc_Piptorious]

I don't care if he scores or not. He's a complete liability and passenger outside the box and in general play. Runs I to people for pure fun. He's finished.

So who do you replace him with right now from those available? Elliot?


We seem to have a lot of players being written off as being finished. Might beed aboout 15 new players in at this rate

[Harv]

I'd try Elliott there for a few games. Give Mo something to think about.

[Doc_Piptorious]

I'd try Elliott there for a few games. Give Mo something to think about.

So Elliot on the right wing with TAA behind him. Mo dropped, Nunez may or may not be fully fit. Jota out, Diaz out, Bobby out, and Gakpo still settling in.


Our front line would soon become as lacking in options as our centre.


TBH rather than drop Mo I would move him central given our current lack of options, and try Doak on the right flank before pushing Elliot there.

A front three of Gakpo, Mo and Doak or Nunez, Mo and Doak if Nunez was ready to play at the weekend.

[greenturnip]

Mo is SC player of the month for December...

[BobTheCharmer]

Mo is SC player of the month for December...

I take it all back. My bad.

[Kenneth]

I might be being stupid, but what’s SC?

[Bender]

I might be being stupid, but what’s SC?

Standard Charter or Stupid Cunt

[Kenneth]

Our own sponsor’s award?