Curtis Joseph
Curtis comes of age
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Curtis Joseph
You were on about Brad
Can we just call him Kooj and then skip to the part where we start to hate him?
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Jürgen Klopp believes Curtis Jones has displayed such maturity in Liverpool’s midfield that the 19-year-old is no longer considered one of the club’s young players.
Jones has excelled in a regular starting role this season and delivered another eye-catching display in Wednesday’s dramatic win over Tottenham. The Toxteth-born midfielder has made 15 appearances this term and Klopp admits Jones’s age can be easily overlooked given how he has established himself.
The Liverpool manager said: “Some people will tell you that in Liverpool people grow up quickly – and I don’t mean the club, I mean the city. He is 19 until he enters the pitch. That is what they all have to be like. When you say someone is 19, they are allowed to make this or that mistake. Every player can make mistakes. That is no problem, we can sort that out as a team. But when we speak about the kids we constantly forget Curtis because we do not see him as a kid any more. But he is, so that’s good. He just has to keep working hard and keep his feet on the ground and then his future could be pretty bright.”
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Jürgen Klopp believes Curtis Jones has displayed such maturity in Liverpool’s midfield that the 19-year-old is no longer considered one of the club’s young players.
Jones has excelled in a regular starting role this season and delivered another eye-catching display in Wednesday’s dramatic win over Tottenham. The Toxteth-born midfielder has made 15 appearances this term and Klopp admits Jones’s age can be easily overlooked given how he has established himself.
The Liverpool manager said: “Some people will tell you that in Liverpool people grow up quickly – and I don’t mean the club, I mean the city. He is 19 until he enters the pitch. That is what they all have to be like. When you say someone is 19, they are allowed to make this or that mistake. Every player can make mistakes. That is no problem, we can sort that out as a team. But when we speak about the kids we constantly forget Curtis because we do not see him as a kid any more. But he is, so that’s good. He just has to keep working hard and keep his feet on the ground and then his future could be pretty bright.”
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Hadn't seen this stat yet. Lolz
04/01/2016 (Yup, Rhys Williams in goal, and Thierry Henry's son next to CuJo)
Holy shit. That's amazing! Anyone else we should know?04/01/2016 (Yup, Rhys Williams in goal, and Thierry Henry's son next to CuJo)
Curtis, it was obviously a disappointing result against West Brom. What was said by the manager and the players during your post-match meeting on Monday?
Well, I think myself and the whole team knew exactly how they were going to come and play. We knew they were going to come and play deep, we knew that it was going to be a bit frustrating and stuff. But in the second half I think we half-played into their hands; we allowed them to gain a little bit of confidence and come with a few more attacks at us and get set-pieces, the corners and free-kicks, and they put us on our back foot a bit. So I think that the draw was fair on their behalf, but I think that we have to be much, much better.
The boss said after that game that the main emotion among the players was anger, so is there a real determination in the squad to respond strongly against Newcastle?
Yeah, definitely. I think we have to be coming away with three points but they’ve come here and given us a real good run and they’ve come away with a point and a draw for themselves. But on our behalf, I think it felt more like a loss and we deserved a little bit more. We had a lot of shots but it is what it is and we just have to bounce back well and bounce back quick and we look forward to the Newcastle game.
I suppose one of the benefits of this time of year is that there’s always another game just around the corner to put things right…
Yeah, definitely. The games come thick and fast, it’s every three days - four days if you’re lucky! So if you’ve ever had a bad game or your performance is not at 100 per cent, luckily enough you’ve got a game around the corner. You have to recover well and you have to get ready to go again.
This is Liverpool’s last game of 2020. It’s been quite a year for you personally and the club as a whole, hasn’t it?
Yeah! For me, I’ve had a good run of games. I think in the last game I gave a little bit of a mistake away, but the player that I am, I like to take risks. Maybe I took one in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I’m a young lad, I’m learning and I took it on the chin, I’ll bounce back well. But as a team, we’ve a had a good run of games, we’re top of the league so hopefully we can finish 2020, which has been a bit of a mad year, on a good run.
How much have you learned just in the first few months of this season? You’ve been a regular starter in the Premier League and Champions League - do you take information from every single game at this level?
All the time, yeah. Champions League games are different to Premier League games and then different teams come with a different formation and how they like to play. So I think it’s just all about taking it all in and using it in the best way possible.
Finally, what are your hopes and targets for 2021?
It’s a tough one really because I’ve been around the team now for a while so I wouldn’t really say [getting more] game time and stuff. I think now with the game time I’m getting - I’m starting and getting full games, then I’m coming off the bench and stuff - I can’t really complain about that. But I would now like to start adding more goals and assists and to really become a big impact [player] in the team, to really help the team get wins and try to become a main player in the team, which I know that I’m capable of doing and I think that the team and the staff know that I’m capable of doing that as well. So I think that would definitely be the main thing for 2021.
Well, I think myself and the whole team knew exactly how they were going to come and play. We knew they were going to come and play deep, we knew that it was going to be a bit frustrating and stuff. But in the second half I think we half-played into their hands; we allowed them to gain a little bit of confidence and come with a few more attacks at us and get set-pieces, the corners and free-kicks, and they put us on our back foot a bit. So I think that the draw was fair on their behalf, but I think that we have to be much, much better.
The boss said after that game that the main emotion among the players was anger, so is there a real determination in the squad to respond strongly against Newcastle?
Yeah, definitely. I think we have to be coming away with three points but they’ve come here and given us a real good run and they’ve come away with a point and a draw for themselves. But on our behalf, I think it felt more like a loss and we deserved a little bit more. We had a lot of shots but it is what it is and we just have to bounce back well and bounce back quick and we look forward to the Newcastle game.
I suppose one of the benefits of this time of year is that there’s always another game just around the corner to put things right…
Yeah, definitely. The games come thick and fast, it’s every three days - four days if you’re lucky! So if you’ve ever had a bad game or your performance is not at 100 per cent, luckily enough you’ve got a game around the corner. You have to recover well and you have to get ready to go again.
This is Liverpool’s last game of 2020. It’s been quite a year for you personally and the club as a whole, hasn’t it?
Yeah! For me, I’ve had a good run of games. I think in the last game I gave a little bit of a mistake away, but the player that I am, I like to take risks. Maybe I took one in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I’m a young lad, I’m learning and I took it on the chin, I’ll bounce back well. But as a team, we’ve a had a good run of games, we’re top of the league so hopefully we can finish 2020, which has been a bit of a mad year, on a good run.
How much have you learned just in the first few months of this season? You’ve been a regular starter in the Premier League and Champions League - do you take information from every single game at this level?
All the time, yeah. Champions League games are different to Premier League games and then different teams come with a different formation and how they like to play. So I think it’s just all about taking it all in and using it in the best way possible.
Finally, what are your hopes and targets for 2021?
It’s a tough one really because I’ve been around the team now for a while so I wouldn’t really say [getting more] game time and stuff. I think now with the game time I’m getting - I’m starting and getting full games, then I’m coming off the bench and stuff - I can’t really complain about that. But I would now like to start adding more goals and assists and to really become a big impact [player] in the team, to really help the team get wins and try to become a main player in the team, which I know that I’m capable of doing and I think that the team and the staff know that I’m capable of doing that as well. So I think that would definitely be the main thing for 2021.
Doesn't sound like the last performance has shaken his confidence.
Good to hear.
Good to hear.
He has bendtner levels of confidence
He could score 3 own goals and break alisson, and he'd still think he was god's gift
He also has talent though
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