Naby Keita

[Pablo]

Played 12, won 9, drawn 3 yet apparently we are "disjointed" and carrying "bang average" players.

[Mark79]

The thread is often bumped, usually for things that others wouldn’t be.

[danperkins]

Played 12, won 9, drawn 3 yet apparently we are "disjointed" and carrying "bang average" players.

We've been outstanding this season, nobody has stated otherwise. We have been left short in the midfield and have been filling gaps by not being able to play our strongest line up. We are strong defensively, clinical in front of goal this season & have the best player in the world smashing it this season.. that is why we have played 12, won 9 and drawn 3. Once bodies get back, we should be able to played our strongest midfield which will only improve us imo.

[danperkins]

The thread is often bumped, usually for things that others wouldn’t be.

Yeah this thread is bumped usually with news that Keita is injured

[Mark79]

Yeah this thread is bumped usually with news that Keita is injured

At least there’s parity with some other player’s threads in that respect

[danperkins]

We certainly do injuries well at LFC that's for sure.

[RedReet]

Played 12, won 9, drawn 3 yet apparently we are "disjointed" and carrying "bang average" players.

After all the tantrums during the summer and people being made to look like complete idiots, they need to cling on to something they can moan about and hepefully get to say "I was right" eventually.

[danperkins]

After all the tantrums during the summer and people being made to look like complete idiots, they need to cling on to something they can moan about and hepefully get to say "I was right" eventually.

coming from you jesus

[~LFCHistory~]

I think a big issue is we can't seem to get our strongest 3 which imo is (Hendo/Fab/Thiago) on the pitch for any sustained period so we did look disjointed. We absolutely need another CM, personally I think Keita will be moved on in the summer & Milner will be phased out. Hendo has struggled a bit this season alright but I think his role has changed since Gini left, maybe he is finding it harder to adapt. Milner has had a brilliant career everywhere he has been & Henderson has proven to be a fantastic captain and been outstanding for us for years. Keita has done none of these things and we paid €50 odd million for him, he's either injured, coming back from injury or bang average in most games, fair play to anyone desperately trying to pull any sliver of positivity from his performances in a LFC shirt but there is a reason why people are pointing the finger at him. For value for money he has been a pretty bad signing.

He did cost us two goals last night and was whipped at half time.. that is why the thread was bumped

We've been outstanding this season, nobody has stated otherwise. We have been left short in the midfield and have been filling gaps by not being able to play our strongest line up. We are strong defensively, clinical in front of goal this season & have the best player in the world smashing it this season.. that is why we have played 12, won 9 and drawn 3. Once bodies get back, we should be able to played our strongest midfield which will only improve us imo.

Needs to be moved on ASAP maybe as a swap load deal in January or wait until the summer and get 20m or so for him. As I said last night Naby is Klopp's biggest flop in the transfer market by a long way but it happens all managers **** up from time to time even ours who get's it right 90% of the time.

[Doc_Piptorious]

I think a big issue is we can't seem to get our strongest 3 which imo is (Hendo/Fab/Thiago) on the pitch for any sustained period so we did look disjointed. We absolutely need another CM, personally I think Keita will be moved on in the summer & Milner will be phased out. Hendo has struggled a bit this season alright but I think his role has changed since Gini left, maybe he is finding it harder to adapt. Milner has had a brilliant career everywhere he has been & Henderson has proven to be a fantastic captain and been outstanding for us for years. Keita has done none of these things and we paid €50 odd million for him, he's either injured, coming back from injury or bang average in most games, fair play to anyone desperately trying to pull any sliver of positivity from his performances in a LFC shirt but there is a reason why people are pointing the finger at him. For value for money he has been a pretty bad signing.

He did cost us two goals last night and was whipped at half time.. that is why the thread was bumped

Just on the highlighted bit. I would say we need two midfielders coming in in the near future and not one given the ages of some of our midfield and the fitness issues of others.

[danperkins]

Just on the highlighted bit. I would say we need two midfielders coming in in the near future and not one given the ages of some of our midfield and the fitness issues of others.

yeah agree with this. I'm hoping we have something up our sleeves.

[Doc_Piptorious]

yeah agree with this. I'm hoping we have something up our sleeves.

Well Goretzka signed a new deal it seems. Valverde is on a long term contract and Real nicked Camavinga on me.


So you are going to have to settle for Nkunku as our new more advanced midfielder and Tchouameni as our new box to box
guy who can also sit deep.


So it shall be written, so it shall be done.

[Big-Red-Ed]

We can't rely on the continuing development of Elliott and Jones. We need one more top mf to come in ASAP

YNWA

[Corndog]

Gets off lightly? He gets abuse every game, regardless of how he plays. We have a 100% win rate with him in the team this year, so he clearly is good enough.

It's a shame any of our players get abuse, even if they don't have a good game, they don't deserve it.

When I say gets off lightly, lots of people throw around hyperbole about other average midfielders to have played for the club, e.g a Raul meireles for example, he was a decent player, not **** as some might claim and not incredible either. For me, naby falls into this same category.

That descriptive stat you quote may be true but it's irrelevant to his individual performances at the club to date.

Since he joined Liverpool have an incredibly high win rate regardless of who plays so taking any sample of games when the team is in good form is not indicative of a strong causal link.

[Corndog]

There was loads of issues with the goal, Naby got done but why did Griezman have so much time and space to get the shot off?

Also, the goal shouldn’t have even stood, Pepe was offside and stopped Mapit from clearing off the line.

You could make the argument that defenders can still clear the ball lemar pulls back and it's true, it could have been cleared but actually he's so close to goal with space near the byline and it's hit with such pace, I think that's unfair to blame any of them for not doing so.

Keita got done too easily on his goal side.

You can make an argument that any goal conceded on the field cannot be down to one single player 100 percent but the majority of the fault for that first goal lies with him.