Philippe Coutinho Post-LFC

[Shaggy]

He said it about Kolo

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/psychology-celtic-boss-brendan-rodgers-10161508

Not a direct comparison in big Kolo's case - simply a smacker of a compliment about the former Liverpool defender's overall personality.

Rodgers lavished praise on the Ivorian when he arrived at Celtic Park in August and was in no mood to hold back as he dubbed the 35-year-old "a beautiful, beautiful human being".

Toure has already endured the highest of highs after a man-of-the-match performance against Manchester City - and the lowest of lows in a horrid night against Borussia Monchengladbach. After the latter Brendan dubbed the veteran a "warrior".

He said: “This will hurt Kolo but he is also a warrior as well.

“He is a guy who is very mentally tough and he will recover from this.”

[McDermotX]

"beautiful human being"

It almost is something he'd come out with

[Kenneth]

was never going to miss the chance to make sure everyone knew.

Beautiful human being

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/AnfieldHQ/status/951031712213012481[/ame]

Rodgers: "He sent me a nice text the other day when he was arriving in Barcelona. It said 'Brendan, I want to thank you as I arrive in Barcelona - you helped make me the player I am today'. He is a great young guy, he was never a moment's problem for me. He was a magical player to work with and a beautiful human being."

[Assassin]

You can forget them winning the CL again

[Kenneth]

Should probably get the full whack then.

[Darkon]

According to Spanish paper el periodico, Barcelona the add ons for Coutinho are:

• 5M after 25 games
• 20M after 100 games
• 5M for CL qualification (Max. 10M)
• 5M if Barcelona wins the CL with Coutinho in the team

all prices in Euro!

Seems like reasonable and actual achievable add ons. At least 15m are guarenteed, and the 20M for 100 games seems very likely as well unless he somehow flops or get a serious injury.

[EwarWoo]

Stop wallowing ya gret sook.

[RedReet]

Just watching Press Box. Forgot how good this goal was.

[ame="https://youtu.be/vI6EMUHrF9s"]Coutinho goal for Liverpool v Manchester United from every angle - YouTube[/ame]

[Helios Creed]

No, Rafa were there in 2010 we got Coutinho in 2013 - but someone had the
correct answer for you a bit earlier

I knew he had something to do with it... I'm getting old.

[Norbs]

Haha - Oh yeah.

Stats are correct , I think the formatting is swapped around. We did better without him gamr by game although not sure which games we won etc

[dww]

even with this better squad we still lack any creativity from midfield and whenever phil has been out we have really struggled to provide the bullets for our front men.

add to that mane having a run of poor form and the rest of the midfield hiding whenever possible i think his loss will be massive.

the only possible plus points is the arrival of vvd and possibly others that will plug other holes and lessen the loss of phil, the figlio di puttana.

We have mostly been without Lallana and I think with VVD we have a better chance of turning tight games into victories. It is obviously not a great thing to lose one of your best payers. My point was more that I think it was inevitable and the timing and value obtained were minimally bad.

If we get top four with the current squad and have the money to invest in the summer I think that would represent significant progress in terms of the building of a sustainable squad that can go on to win things and deal with players leaving or being injured.

[dom9]

And he didn't help score hatfulls against the following bus parkers at Anfield:

Burnley
Man U
Everton
West Brom

[dom9]

I think BM has those stats back to front.


1 8/12/17 A Liverpool FC (4.) Watford FC Watford (10.) 3:3 Back trouble
2 8/19/17 H Liverpool FC (9.) Crystal Palace Crystal Palace (19.) 1:0 Back trouble
3 8/27/17 H Liverpool FC (6.) Arsenal FC Arsenal (11.) 4:0 Back trouble
4 9/9/17 A Liverpool FC (2.) Manchester City Man City (4.) 5:0 Not in squad
5 9/16/17 H Liverpool FC (8.) Burnley FC Burnley (7.) 1:1 AM 79'
6 9/23/17 A Liverpool FC (8.) Leicester City Leicester (15.) 2:3 LW 1 1 79'
7 10/1/17 A Liverpool FC (5.) Newcastle United Newcastle (9.) 1:1 AM 1 90'
8 10/14/17 H Liverpool FC (7.) Manchester United Man Utd (2.) 0:0 LW 79'
9 10/22/17 A Liverpool FC (8.) Tottenham Hotspur Spurs (3.) 4:1 LW 90'
10 10/28/17 H Liverpool FC (9.) Huddersfield Town Huddersfield (11.) 3:0 Wound
11 11/4/17 A Liverpool FC (6.) West Ham United West Ham (16.) 1:4 Wound
12 11/18/17 H Liverpool FC (5.) Southampton FC Southampton (13.) 3:0 AM 1 1 69'
13 11/25/17 H Liverpool FC (5.) Chelsea FC Chelsea (3.) 1:1 LW 89'
14 11/29/17 A Liverpool FC (6.) Stoke City Stoke City (15.) 0:3 on the bench
15 12/2/17 A Liverpool FC (5.) Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton (10.) 1:5 AM 1 3 90'
16 12/10/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) Everton FC Everton (10.) 1:1 AM 12'
17 12/13/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) West Bromwich Albion West Brom (17.) 0:0 AM 90'
18 12/17/17 A Liverpool FC (5.) AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth (14.) 0:4 LW 1 1 87'
19 12/22/17 A Liverpool FC (4.) Arsenal FC Arsenal (5.) 3:3 AM 1 84'
20 12/26/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) Swansea City Swansea (20.) 5:0 LW 1 1 90'
21 12/30/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) Leicester City Leicester (8.) 2:1 AM 89'
22 1/1/18 A Liverpool FC (4.) Burnley FC Burnley (7.) 1:2 Hamstring Injury


Bold games are the PL games Coutinho missed. Watford we should have won, bar a late goal that was legally offside. City game obviously influenced by the dodgy red. Factoring in the demolition of Hoffenheim, some of our best performances have been without him.

That's not to say we won't miss him, we desperately will, but to say that we have lacked creativity and struggled to 'provide bullets' when he's been out this year is clearly not true.

20 goals in 8 games.

[RedReet]

I think BM has those stats back to front.


1 8/12/17 A Liverpool FC (4.) Watford FC Watford (10.) 3:3 Back trouble
2 8/19/17 H Liverpool FC (9.) Crystal Palace Crystal Palace (19.) 1:0 Back trouble
3 8/27/17 H Liverpool FC (6.) Arsenal FC Arsenal (11.) 4:0 Back trouble
4 9/9/17 A Liverpool FC (2.) Manchester City Man City (4.) 5:0 Not in squad
5 9/16/17 H Liverpool FC (8.) Burnley FC Burnley (7.) 1:1 AM 79'
6 9/23/17 A Liverpool FC (8.) Leicester City Leicester (15.) 2:3 LW 1 1 79'
7 10/1/17 A Liverpool FC (5.) Newcastle United Newcastle (9.) 1:1 AM 1 90'
8 10/14/17 H Liverpool FC (7.) Manchester United Man Utd (2.) 0:0 LW 79'
9 10/22/17 A Liverpool FC (8.) Tottenham Hotspur Spurs (3.) 4:1 LW 90'
10 10/28/17 H Liverpool FC (9.) Huddersfield Town Huddersfield (11.) 3:0 Wound
11 11/4/17 A Liverpool FC (6.) West Ham United West Ham (16.) 1:4 Wound
12 11/18/17 H Liverpool FC (5.) Southampton FC Southampton (13.) 3:0 AM 1 1 69'
13 11/25/17 H Liverpool FC (5.) Chelsea FC Chelsea (3.) 1:1 LW 89'
14 11/29/17 A Liverpool FC (6.) Stoke City Stoke City (15.) 0:3 on the bench
15 12/2/17 A Liverpool FC (5.) Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton (10.) 1:5 AM 1 3 90'
16 12/10/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) Everton FC Everton (10.) 1:1 AM 12'
17 12/13/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) West Bromwich Albion West Brom (17.) 0:0 AM 90'
18 12/17/17 A Liverpool FC (5.) AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth (14.) 0:4 LW 1 1 87'
19 12/22/17 A Liverpool FC (4.) Arsenal FC Arsenal (5.) 3:3 AM 1 84'
20 12/26/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) Swansea City Swansea (20.) 5:0 LW 1 1 90'
21 12/30/17 H Liverpool FC (4.) Leicester City Leicester (8.) 2:1 AM 89'
22 1/1/18 A Liverpool FC (4.) Burnley FC Burnley (7.) 1:2 Hamstring Injury


Bold games are the PL games Coutinho missed. Watford we should have won, bar a late goal that was legally offside. City game obviously influenced by the dodgy red. Factoring in the demolition of Hoffenheim, some of our best performances have been without him.

That's not to say we won't miss him, we desperately will, but to say that we have lacked creativity and struggled to 'provide bullets' when he's been out this year is clearly not true.