Naby Keita

[Kenneth]

The Madrid players doing a double take

[Mark79]

As bad as I remembered. I’m not saying sell him or he’s ****e. I’m just saying it was a terrible, terrible shot.

https://twitter.com/utd_62/status/1530661972122935298

It was. This has been done in the match thread at least twice though.

How many times does it need reiterating?

[Kenneth]

Really? Why didn’t anyone mention before now then?

I’m just confused why the response to people mentioning how brutally bad that shot was was to frame it as though people held him responsible for us losing the final. That was a weird jump with logic that I can’t follow. Then we have tried to make it clear that it was the shot we were criticising, then the response is ‘why are you talking so much about the shot?’

[Mark79]

I’m just confused why the response to people mentioning how brutally bad that shot was was to frame it as though people held him responsible for us losing the final. That was a weird jump with logic that I can’t follow. Then we have tried to make it clear that it was the shot we were criticising, then the response is ‘why are you talking so much about the shot?’

That’s just a disingenuous response.

Repeatedly going on about it is trying to build it up as far more decisive or costly moment that it actually was. It’s scapegoating.

He screwed up a very low probability chance. That’s all.

[Fredo]

Haterz gonna hate.

[Kenneth]

It’s not at all disingenuous. Claiming he’s being scapegoated because of references to a memorably bad shot is disingenuous. On its own, without any context, it was a noteworthy effort. If it was from a training clip he’d be getting mocked for it because it was comically bad, not because it was a wasted chance of an equaliser. It will appear in ‘football fails’ compilations on YouTube, stripped of context, for the same reason. You’d have to be pretty humourless not to see the funny side.

[Mark79]

Bollocks.

[Kenneth]

Pretty humourless it is I guess.

[rudedog]

It’s not at all disingenuous. Claiming he’s being scapegoated because of references to a memorably bad shot is disingenuous. On its own, without any context, it was a noteworthy effort. If it was from a training clip he’d be getting mocked for it because it was comically bad, not because it was a wasted chance of an equaliser. It will appear in ‘football fails’ compilations on YouTube, stripped of context, for the same reason. You’d have to be pretty humourless not to see the funny side.

It’s just a bit weird how much is being made of it

[Maxiedge]

Think he was trying to curl it with outside of right foot and got it all wrong , obviously. Haven’t looked at it closely but sometimes a slight bobble on the pitch can completely wipe your contact.

[Fredo]

Pretty humourless it is I guess.

Humourless is pretty much what your online personae is about, so that would be ironic you would describe someone else with it.

[labourRed]

Gerrard was on about Liverpool needing a goal scoring midfielder last night, apparently (as I binned off footage as soon as the final whistle went).

But for Liverpool, if you think about the next five, six, seven years, they’re going to need a midfielder, an eight, who can get goals, who can get double figures.

He's not wrong and mentioning the shirt number wasn't accidental. It's always jarred with me that we hand shirt numbers out before they're earned (not that it bothers me much). Keita definitely didn't deserve that number on day one.

[Mark79]

Gerrard was on about Liverpool needing a goal scoring midfielder last night, apparently (as I binned off footage as soon as the final whistle went).



He's not wrong and mentioning the shirt number wasn't accidental. It's always jarred with me that we hand shirt numbers out before they're earned (not that it bothers me much). Keita definitely didn't deserve that number on day one.

He was taking about the position, he wasn’t calling out the current holder of that shirt number.

[frank the tank]

He has been a frustrating signing because we waited for him, paid a fair chunk of change for him and he has not done it on a consistent basis.

The issue we have now is that Thiago and Henderson are not likely to play every game over a season so we need another first choice central midfielder to pair wkth Fabinho every week. (thiago will still be first choice but he cant play every week)

If keita is going to be that guy, then it is a huge risk.

I wonder is a formation modification an answer??? A more traditional 4231 - possibly with Mo as #10.

But that Tchuchomeni fella might be a good solution tol

[SB]

Yeah, that shot.

It was a minor moment in the scheme of the game. But let’s just dwell on that and keep repeating it.

That shot.

Not like Dan to drop a turd in the room & disappear though is it