Naby Keita

[Peter_Griffin]

Wow! El Hadji Diouf. He has to be up there as one of the worst.

[Norbs]

Can't believe we've had four pages discussing the worst LFC signings and nobody has mentioned Ballotelli

It's like his time at the club has been collectively wiped from people's memories like some kind of PTSD coping mechanism

[Mark79]

I can't wait to see the back of him. His percentage stats might be OK. But the amount of times he goes hiding does my head in. Too shy, too timid. He'll never make it in this league.

It’s not just percentage stats though, it’s volume too. And they’re far better than OK.

There’s no way a player could consistently top the amount of metrics he does if they were hiding.

[Fredo]

It’s not just percentage stats though, it’s volume too. And they’re far better than OK.

There’s no way a player could consistently top the amount of metrics he does if they were hiding.

[Kenneth]

Markovich ****ing hell. Kenneth’s fave- never sure what he saw in him.

Called it after the 30mins that he got in his first game. He looked **** scared to be on the pitch.

[labourRed]

It’s not just percentage stats though, it’s volume too. And they’re far better than OK.

There’s no way a player could consistently top the amount of metrics he does if they were hiding.

Educate me then? How has a player, who over three seasons, has barely averaged 40 passes a game is a volume player.

There's a talented player in there somewhere. He just needs to go to lesser league to prove it.

[Norbs]

Let's face it, his frailty is just ****ing annoying and we need to capitalise on any value there is left in him.

I'll be ****ing fuming if he goes on a free and ends up having an injury free period somewhere else. Far more than your Andy Carroll's who don't have the ability and at least like a bit of a party. When Keita stayed in Germany another season for his development and didn't bother learning English it should've told us all we needed to know about the lad's professionalism.

Just get rid

[Shaggy]

Best Liverpool moment ? Only one winner

Sent off for that

[Exiled_red]

Sent off for that

Didn't he have great effort that hit the post? so like Stewart Downing if that had gone in his LFC career might have been completely different

[Mark79]

Educate me then? How has a player, who over three seasons, has barely averaged 40 passes a game is a volume player.

There's a talented player in there somewhere. He just needs to go to lesser league to prove it.

Firstly, that’s literally one stat. Secondly, those numbers are per appearance and not actual playing time

Based on his minutes, he averaged 77 passes per game last season and 64 this season (new role accounts for why he’s making fewer now).

But if your still not convinced by how involved he is or volume, have a look at his dribbles, duels won, successful pressures leading to possession and chances, tackles, interceptions, etc

[danperkins]

I remember years ago Karl Henry was considered the best midfielder in the league on his statistics, the problem with that being.... people actually had eyeballs.

[Doc_Piptorious]

I remember years ago Karl Henry was considered the best midfielder in the league on his statistics, the problem with that being.... people actually had eyeballs.

Pretty sure nobody at all in the thread is basing their opinion on just statistics though and most are saying that there are statistics that back up what they can see with their own eyes.

[Mark79]

I remember years ago Karl Henry was considered the best midfielder in the league on his statistics, the problem with that being.... people actually had eyeballs.

Yeah, but when the eyeballs and the stats actually show the same picture...

[danperkins]

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[danperkins]

Pretty sure nobody at all in the thread is basing their opinion on just statistics though and most are saying that there are statistics that back up what they can see with their own eyes.

You brought the statistics into it initially & on this thread there are pretty contrasting views on his stats vs eyeballs, so you may think he's been great for LFC but it's quite clear that alot of people don't. The way you and Pepe are going on you'd swear I was the only critical voice, that is clearly not the case.

I'm pretty sure most on here would agree that he has been very underwhelming considering the price tag which cannot be ignored. If he was a £5 to 10m signing there would be less expectation and more leeway but the fact is we paid nearly £50m quid for him and there is a weight with that fee, it's just the way it is. With marquee singings, come heightened expectations & an expectation for the player to hit the ground running too. You don't pay 50, 60 70 m quid for a guy and be happy for him to take a few seasons to bed in. That is my gripe and the reason for bumping this thread. I wouldn't really be too bothered if we bought him for a song and if worked great, if it didn't not big deal but that was not the case with the Keita transfer, we expected him to be a game changer.

I'll be honest, I do not know a single LFC supporter outside of this forum that thinks Keita has been good for us. Anyways we may have different opinions and that's absolutely fine by me but what we do have in common is that we both want him to do well in a LFC shirt