Sadio Mané

[Shaggy]

He's underrated full stop. It's bizarre.

[Pablo]

He's underrated full stop. It's bizarre.

To be honest so was Suarez (by rival fans), until right up to the season we sold him.

I think our best players often are under-rated.

Coutinho is one of the very best players in the world and if anything I think he's only going to get better.

[Shaggy]

To be honest so was Suarez (by rival fans), until right up to the season we sold him.

I think our best players often are under-rated.

Coutinho is one of the very best players in the world and if anything I think he's only going to get better.

Was the same with Xabi Alonso. Soon as he ****ed off he became world class

I remember SSN running a poll in about 2007 - best centre mid in the PL. 10 options, featuring Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Gilberto Silva etc. Alonso wasn't even in the 10

[RedReet]

I get it from other fans as they don't watch as much as we do and are also looking for fault (see Kane/Lukaku etc on here). I just can't comprehend how some of our own fans done see it, until they sign for another club.

Xabi had plenty of critics too and probably would have had a lot more if certain fans were not forced to take his side in the Rafa fallout.

[Zapater]

The fact that a lot of our better players over the last 15 years or so weren't from fashionable countries for the Sky Sports brigade definitely had something to do with it. Especially with their hate for Rafa who signed many of them. I can't believe how many great players have left Liverpool, I still think of Mascherano as recently a Liverpool player - it's impossible to believe that this is his 8th season at Barca and he's made more than double the appearances for them as he did for us.

When we signed Charlie Adam, I remember someone on SSN saying that he was 'better than Alonso and it was a miracle we could sign him at that price' There were actually quite a few people around the club making comments like that - it actually made me furious at the time.

Off topic, but on Rafa - it's funny that he's getting more UK media praise now, making Newcastle half decent and not playing horrific football (like Pulis) than he ever got doing a good job at top clubs in the Premiership or abroad.

[gratziani]

Mascherano and Alonso , dreamboat pairing and symbiotic

Coutinho is a magician and i was hope we were keeping him after the summer , but looks like the **** has started again.

[Pablo]

Yep, Mascherano was another one. Way better than anyone outside of Liverpool fans would admit to.

Quite depressing though to look at all of the world class players who've left us in the last 10 years

[PTP]

he was ****ing class mascherano - as was Xabi - man what a midfield we had with those two and gerrard plus Momo giving it a bit of depth.

We've been so close to putting together a hell of a side in recent years - if only they all came together at the same time and we'd have smashed the league - just imagine - (I think this is right) but from he last ten years - if all these had come together at the same time and peaked

reina

riise (prob the best left back in that time)
hyypia
carragher
babbel

mascherano
Alonso
gerrard

coutinho
mane
suarez

with the following as rotation/cover

Dudek

Aurelio
Agger
Skrtel
Finnan

Lucas
Can
Henderson

Salah
Firmino
Torres


I'm sure there are loads of others I've prob missed but that's just of the top of my head. - we'd ****ing dominate with that...

And then manager wise - some sort of hybrid between Rafa/Brendan/Klopp

[Buzzo]

I think the thing is that these players have gone on to fulfill there potential and win multiple trophies elsewhere having won nothing with us. The sad reality is that we haven't been all that successful over the last 20 years. If the players mentioned had won some titles with us then I'm sure they would have qualified as world class whilst playing for us. Unfortunately that's rarely been the case. We have been the stepping stone for some really remarkable players.

[Kenneth]

Mascherano and Alonso , dreamboat pairing and symbiotic

Coutinho is a magician and i was hope we were keeping him after the summer , but looks like the **** has started again.

He'll go sooner or later. He's world class, we aren't.

[gratziani]

He'll go sooner or later. He's world class, we aren't.

That's the sad thing about it , at least we get a big fee i suppose to waste

[Zapater]

Aurelio was definitely the best left fullback we've had in recent times. It's a pity he was always injured. One of our best technicians. I was watching that 4-1 Man Utd win the other day, he looked after Ronaldo perfectly the whole game, then dispatched that freekick. His delivery from wide areas was always class. If he had more pace he'd probably have been the best in the world in his position, although he wasn't far off of it when he first signed for Valencia. Unreal player when fit.

[gratziani]

Arbeloa was pretty decent as well

[BigChief]

he was ****ing class mascherano - as was Xabi - man what a midfield we had with those two and gerrard plus Momo giving it a bit of depth.

We've been so close to putting together a hell of a side in recent years - if only they all came together at the same time and we'd have smashed the league - just imagine - (I think this is right) but from he last ten years - if all these had come together at the same time and peaked

reina

riise (prob the best left back in that time)
hyypia
carragher
babbel

mascherano
Alonso
gerrard

coutinho
mane
suarez

with the following as rotation/cover

Dudek

Aurelio
Agger
Skrtel
Finnan

Lucas
Can
Henderson

Salah
Firmino
Torres


I'm sure there are loads of others I've prob missed but that's just of the top of my head. - we'd ****ing dominate with that...

And then manager wise - some sort of hybrid between Rafa/Brendan/Klopp

Can't drop Torres!

Reina
Babbel Hyppia Carra Aurelio
Masch Alonso
Mane Gerrard Suarez
Torres

Leaders everywhere!! Park the bus against this lot and Babbel/Aurelio will have you for breakfast.

[kev776]

he was ****ing class mascherano - as was Xabi - man what a midfield we had with those two and gerrard plus Momo giving it a bit of depth.

We've been so close to putting together a hell of a side in recent years - if only they all came together at the same time and we'd have smashed the league - just imagine - (I think this is right) but from he last ten years - if all these had come together at the same time and peaked

reina

riise (prob the best left back in that time)
Agger
hyypia
babbel

mascherano
Alonso
gerrard

Torres
mane
suarez

with the following as rotation/cover

Dudek

Aurelio
Carra
Skrtel
Finnan


Lucas
Can
Henderson
Couthino

Salah
Firmino



I'm sure there are loads of others I've prob missed but that's just of the top of my head. - we'd ****ing dominate with that...

And then manager wise - some sort of hybrid between Rafa/Brendan/Klopp

2 small changes but a great team.