Mamadou Sakho

[Mattshark]

Agger was better on the ball, a better dribbler of the ball and a better passer of the ball IMO. And by quite a distance IMO.

Sakho is pretty dreadful with the ball at feat with regards dribbling, but his passing is good, just Aggers was fantastic. Stats can say anything you want. If a player only ever shoots from five yards he will score with a higher percentage of shots and will have a better shot on target ratio than if he also shot from 20 yards. Wouldn't make him better or worse, it would just be a pointless stat.

I've never said Sakho is bad at passing. Just that it was something Agger really excelled at

Sahko had a 93% dribbling success rate last season, only failing to get past his man once in 14 attempts.

This is a clear case of perception over reality I think.

[Paul12]

Sahko had a 93% dribbling success rate last season, only failing to get past his man once in 14 attempts.

This is a clear case of perception over reality I think.

I don't want my central defenders to dribble, unless they are 80 yards from goal.

[McDermotX]

I don't want my central defenders to dribble, unless they are 80 yards from goal.

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[Shaggy]

Hahahaha. ****ing LOL @ all these muppet journalists and broadcasters claiming Sakho is "transformed" under Klopp. Just covering their arses for being so wrong for so long. Pay attention lads.

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[The_weatherman]

Oh FFS, these guys don't know jack do they? Was Milner one of our best players???

[Alex]

Remember when he couldnt even get into the Matchday Squad.

[RedReet]

Oh FFS, these guys don't know jack do they? Was Milner one of our best players???

I'm surprised they didn't give Gerrard a 9 for watching it at home in LA. He's had worse games for us and still got MOTM in the red tops.

[The_weatherman]

I'm surprised they didn't give Gerrard a 9 for watching it at home in LA. He's had worse games for us and still got MOTM in the red tops.

Wonder if Gerrard wouldn't have loved to play under Klopp though, would be nice to bring him on here and there.

[RichC]

The rubbish written about Sakho and his "poor passing" you wonder if half of these journos actually watch the match

[DannyMan2006]

Journos tend to call it as they see it. Ones like Cross don't watch 90mins regularly and will just see MOTD. As such they will only see on a regular basis the errors or what appear to be "lucky escapes". Also highly unlikely that old school journos like Cross will bother checking the Opta stats.

Gerrard was always lauded because people saw the fierce tackles, assists from miles out that came off and the late winners. It's not a conspiracy, it's just the most obvious stuff.

[DannyMan2006]

The rubbish written about Sakho and his "poor passing" you wonder if half of these journos actually watch the match

Guaranteed that most don't. They just see us for 90 when its a big match. That's why the ones worth reading are the likes of Joyce, Hunter, Barrett & Bascombe - they watch every game for 90mins and will have a better opinion.

[dww]

The rubbish written about Sakho and his "poor passing" you wonder if half of these journos actually watch the match

I know there should be higher standards for those paid to comment but there were plenty of Liverpool fans who believed that he was poor at passing. What is interesting is what it takes to change peoples perceptions. For journalists it looks like it was as simple as a changed narrative accompanying the change of manager.

[G]

To be fair, loads of our fans thought he was **** too.

[Assassin]

Dont you just love sweeping statements

[RichC]

I know there should be higher standards for those paid to comment but there were plenty of Liverpool fans who believed that he was poor at passing. What is interesting is what it takes to change peoples perceptions. For journalists it looks like it was as simple as a changed narrative accompanying the change of manager.

I've always been bewildered at the misconception he's a poor passer, his style of passing is a little unusual but he rarely misplaces a pass and they're quite often forward probing passes rather than the 10 yard square ball to his partner to move us forwards.

Sakho is really important to getting us moving forwards and starting off our attacks as well being the best defender at the club.