Naby Keita

[S-RED]

Was poor but still best he has played... Tells you everything. Time that write off any contribution this season and hope season is better. With taa, Millie back soon; bench duty Beckons. I feel for r him as I am sure he was as excited as we were to smash the prem apart, it just hasn't happened for him

[Red_Polo]

Can't help but feel that if him and Fab hit the ground running we'd be top of the league

You win the internet this week

[Norbs]

You win the internet this week

Yeah but it's still a bit odd

[Red_Polo]

Yeah but it's still a bit odd

That's the Internet for you

[Norbs]

That's the Internet for you

I'm itching to interrogate him about it

Q1. We are top of the league, neither player hit the ground running. Explain

[spud_gun]

I'm itching to interrogate him about it

Q1. We are top of the league, neither player hit the ground running. Explain

[gratziani]

can't help but feel that if him and fab hit the ground running we'd be top of the league

:d:d:d:d:d

[Lecter]

Breaking up play when we had 79% of the ball? He hardly had to do this and I'm sure Klopp doesn't think like this.

WTF

They still countered us loads and if him and Wijnaldum arent there to break up the play are they just there to watch their midfielders play through us

Yep I am sure Klopp is happy to leave the midfield wide open and let teams just walk through

[Buzzo]

I think we can expect players who come into the League to settle quickly when our experience tells us that the players we have signed who know the League that do.

Outfield player wise I can’t think of a signing we’ve brought into the country who has settled well first season, even Suarez (Jan signing) really hit his stride after a season or a season and a half. Elite PL players like Bergkamp and Henry took time to settle.

We need to be patient.

[Lecter]

He might well come good next season but he looks miles off for me at this moment in time

Also in terms of a player who was constantly getting booked in Germany he barely puts a tackle in

[Tribute]

He might well come good next season but he looks miles off for me at this moment in time

Also in terms of a player who was constantly getting booked in Germany he barely puts a tackle in

...biggest surprise for me - he was picking up cards all over the place and even reds were quite a regular occurrence.

Looks like the pace of the game is passing him by at the moment and he's not yet adjusted enough to be able to put the boot in. I'd thought he'd be more of a goal-scoring Mascherano... a bit snide, leaving the boot in here and there.

I'm sure he'll hit form like Fabinho once he has a more regular starting line up and played in a position which suits his style of play. He is a clever player from what I've seen in the Bundersliga. Maybe the end of the season once the title is decided (whichever way) - he may get more game time...

[fah-q]

Looks to me like that's the issue, he seems to be playing a little within himself. Maybe he was warned not to go crazy and get sent off so much?

[PTP]

I appreciate the it takes time to settle and it's a difficult league to come into etc

what concerns me re keita tho is there has been virtually nothing shown that says he's got much to offer

Fabinho when he was struggling, still had moments/phases of play where you could see he had quality and given a bit of time he's started to flourish and right now should be starting every week if fit.

it will be one hell of a turn around if Keita gets to the level I or we :-) were expecting. 20 games or so in and other than one great Cruyff turn against Palace (I think it was?) at the start of the season, theres not been that much else happening from him

[PTP]

i'll add i'm desperate for him to do it though! on paper, what we were expecting, we are crying out for! just not sure he's anywhere what we were expecting.

[BillobShaisley]

He's had silky moments, he glides in possession and has that uncanny knack of always having his body between a challenger and the ball. The iniesta/xavi/coutinho trait in my mind.

I see the player in there, failing abit with the final ball, or hesitant in the final third. I think it will come good when it all becomes automatic and he doesn't have to think about it all so much.

Should have won a pen vs Leicester