Love me a bit of world class ball protection.
Liverpool, Wataru upto?
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Love me a bit of world class ball protection.
Yeah, Gravvy needs to watch those clips on repeat. With some training he can potentially be as good as Gini in this; he is already bigger than him!
You’re not placing a lot of importance in the positional discipline of a defensive midfielder.
No argument from me that Endo has more positional discipline as a #6 than Hendo did. But Klopp did play Hendo there for probably close to a hundred games and somehow made it work.
My point is that Endo doesn’t have the dominant athleticism of a prime Fabinho, so he’s closer to Hendo in that regard. Even though yes, he’s positionally more disciplined.
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That was super impressive, displaying all essential elements of attacking midfield play in one fluid, uniterrupted motion.
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I love that we have strength/depth in all three of the positions - I can't remember that ever happening before. pretty much any permutation is strong - and leaves last season's midfield in the dust.I’m quite liking the balance of the Endo-MacAllister-Gravenberch midfield. Not sure it’s the strongest midfield 3 we can possibly play if everyone is fit (I’d love to see them take on Trent-Szobo-Jones midfield in a friendly - any bets on who would win?), but it’s giving our attackers a solid platform to be creative and they shield the defence well. They actually somehow remind me of the “Brexit midfield” of old (Hendo in the #6, Wijnaldum and Milner), which wasn’t very popular with fans, but won us many big games. We cannot call this iteration of midfield workhorses with a bit of flair “Brexit” - it’s Japan, Argentina and Netherlands, after all, so how about “United Nations?”
Gravy still needs a bit of seasoning (pun not intended) to get to Wijnaldum’s level, but the raw attributes are there - hopefully his development into a more well-rounded and positionally aware midfielder will continue under whoever replaces Klopp next season.
#6 : Endo, Macca, Bajcetic
LM : Macca, Jones, Gravy
RM : Szobo, Macca
And that's not even counting more depth when desperate (or for Subs) in Elliott, McDonnell and Clark. Pity Thiago died.
Aye before I even clicked play I knew what phase of play it was gonna be, that was the moment of the match. Only thing missing was the finish.
That was Endo's fault. If his pass had been 1m shorter ...
1m!!! Do you mean 1mm Froggy!!!!
I reckon if we snapped him up a season earlier we'd be playing CL football right now.
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Legendo.
He was absolutely everywhere today. And smart with the ball too. Brilliant performance.
whatttttta playaaaa, magnificent ! The way he was giving passes to those young lads, unbelievable leadership.
He’s a total badass and fast becoming my favourite player in the squad.
Since the 1st Asian Cup game on 14 Jan, Endo has played 9 full matches (incl 1 where he was subbed out in 97th min and today's match which involved extra time).
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A completely valid choice.
Absolutely dominated Enzo and Caicedo.
Now Endo, isn't that better than an Asian Cup win? See, that's why you came home early - to conserve energy for night's like this.
Didn't get forward enough. Nearly hit the corner post with his shot.
It was a pretty hysterical attempt wasn't it? A clean hit to his credit!!
The ball boy had to duck ... fast.
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