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Firmino

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Gary25

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I'm just not seeing it with this guy. He very rarely impresses me. I think he's sloppy, his touch at times is awful, and he looks slow and ponderous. Yes he can do the odd trick and he clearly knows where the net is which is probably enough at times, but I don't know, just don't get the hype.
 
I havnt seen any hype.....what hype?

Hes a standard Liverpool bang average AM.
 
He is better than "bang average". But never saw any hype.... However Odd tricks and finding the net should be enough for a hype these days??
 
I think there is something to Brendan's harping on about consistency and pace. Firmino has neither. Some moments of great quality but all too often pedestrian. Like so many of our players over the past few seasons, he looks great in a team that is firing on all cylinders and useless in a team that is just a little bit off.
 
He's codswallop. And he cost 30M when 30M wasn't the new 15M so thank fuck we didn't sign him this season.
 
I totally get you - I think you can decide on how well thought of he is if a bid came in for him - would any of us give a shit if the money was right ? - NO we would not. He is one of those players I don't think we would miss. Actually to be honest - sometimes I don't actually realize he is on the pitch when he is playing such is the impact and impression he makes with his somewhat more than regular off days.
 
Nah. I like him. He does a lot of unnoticed work and scores more than his fair share of goals (he's actually got an excellent record when played as a CF). He isn't slow by any means but he's not rapid. It's tough to get the ball off of him and he is astute in and around the area, he does a great job of knitting the attack together and keeping it flowing. He is inconsistent though, he can have world class touch one minute and cough it up the next .. but then most players do that occasionally if you are actually keeping score.

You can easily see why both Rodgers and Klopp love him and play him most of the time, and why he was such a success in the BL, if you can put aside your bias. He's only been here one season, I'm looking forward to further improvement this season.
 
Agreed, he's very underrated on here. Need to be more consistent but had a good first season and will only get better. 10 league goals last season should give him more credit but it looks like it doesnt.
Thought he was brilliant against Arsenal.

And it was 22 million. Not 30.
 
Positives: Great work ethic. Great touch. Always finds himself in the box in dangerous positions. Deceptive speed. Great chemistry with Coutinho.
Negatives: Spends too much time on the ball sometimes - either loses the ball in the process, or kills good moves.

Overall, I think he's a very good squad player and I think if he players like he did from Jan - we'll have a 15-20 goal AM/ST -
 
Inconsistency is the thing. Sometimes he's ace... but I reckon you can see it within 5 minutes of the game starting - like you could with Danny Murphy. If he starts shite he stays shite and should be swapped out immediately, but when he starts well he's one of our better players.

Does my fucking head in for the most part.
 
He's a great player to have in the squad, however when everyones fit he'd be on the bench for me. Coutinho - Sturridge / Origi - Mane should be our front three.
 
Why do people keep saying he scored 10 goals from Midfield?
He played as a forward in most games that he scored in.

Yeah, the point is he scored 11 goals in all comps. According to Transfermarkt:

11 games 6 goals and 5 assists as a centre forward
17 games 5 goals and 5 assists in a deeper role as a supporting striker.

Which is a good return in his first season.
 
The rich man's Bruno Cheyrou - looks like he should be really good, but doesn't stamp his authority on games or come up with the goods often enough
 
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