Georginio Wijnaldum

[Exiled_red]

Problem is he performs in big games and then in others he disappears completely, with like 7 touches in one half of football which is completely unacceptable, especially for a CM.

Don't get me wrong, I like him a lot. But he's a real enigma.

That applies to a lot of our CM's, most of them are far too inconsistent

[danperkins]

That applies to a lot of our CM's, most of them are far too inconsistent

[Snigger]

Maybe they were in Phil's shadow too much - they always stepped up a gear when he was out and both Can and Gini stepped up a number of gears today.

[SB]

he seems to be unpopular but he always performs in the big games and id rather him in than our captain

true that

[dww]

Problem is he performs in big games and then in others he disappears completely, with like 7 touches in one half of football which is completely unacceptable, especially for a CM.

Don't get me wrong, I like him a lot. But he's a real enigma.

That applies to a lot of our CM's, most of them are far too inconsistent

I feel we lack a player who gives us structure in there. Without that it can be easy for players to go missing. Coutinho was the closest we have had in terms of looking to hold the ball but was still not a very positionally controlling player. Maybe that is just our style but we need one more CM who can come in and offer something different.

The worst thing is when we bring Milner on to close out games and inevitably give up at least one goal.

[Charly]

For me it seems he goes missing away from home.

Cant decide if he is good enough long term, but I think his position is always going to see a lot of players coming in and out. Its difficult to see what will happen until we know what Can is doing and if Henderson will start to improve a bit. Milner is not getting any younger. I can see a lot of players moving in and out.

I think its down to Wiji to show a bit more consistancy, as he can clearly perform. Perhaps its the mix of players in there, and he performs better in tandem with the Ox.

[Maxiedge]

Love the way he wins the ball off the his man, shrugs off the first challenge, glides past the second, gets in to the box...Winaljdum...is it going to be???.....nope, completely fluffs his lines. Everytime!

why does he turn to moosh in the box?

[Exiled_red]

I feel we lack a player who gives us structure in there. Without that it can be easy for players to go missing. Coutinho was the closest we have had in terms of looking to hold the ball but was still not a very positionally controlling player. Maybe that is just our style but we need one more CM who can come in and offer something different.

The worst thing is when we bring Milner on to close out games and inevitably give up at least one goal.

There's definitely something in that.

[Fredo]

Yep. We need someone who can control the play in midfield. A metronome to be precise, who would calm and speed up our game when needed.

[Roboklopp]

Every so often I wish we still had Xabi & Monstermasch. Can you imagine them behind our attack?

[BobTheCharmer]

Horrible player away from home. Rubbish. Bottler.

[Lecter]

Horrible player away from home. Rubbish. Bottler.

Haha

I don't like him as a player for me he only looks good in a handful of games each season. Rest of the time he's either ordinary or anonymous

[BobTheCharmer]

Haha

I don't like him as a player for me he only looks good in a handful of games each season. Rest of the time he's either ordinary or anonymous

He hardly moves to receive the ball. He is pretty much stationary and then he passes it back to where it comes from. He's good at retaining the ball and in big games this is a positive and he works his arse off at home. But away he's pure ****.

[labourRed]

.... Made same point.

[Snigger]

He's great at breaking up play but has not creativity at all going forward.