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Ooof. Surely he should be on before massive Divock
To be fair, he's tried that trick in just about every reserve game this season and it hasn't worked. But he's a promising player. I hate this London media clamour for him to get game time in the first team now or move. He's learning all the time, he's not being ignored - quite the opposite - and he'll get his chance when he's ready, which won't be long.
Frankie will be boss.
I appreciate hes got a good reputation but every time Ive seen him play for the first team hes looked miles off the standard required. If hes not in Klopps plans then I think he should go out on loan for the 2nd half of the season. He needs first team football to go to the next level
Yeah. We should have got rid of Barnes
His latest interview about first team football and Klopp is refreshing.
I'm not sure with this lad, not that he's not got talent, but just I can't see how he gets a run (not 10mins here and there) in the first team to find his rhythm and start scoring. I think there's far more chance of the club buying someone for tens of millions to make an immediate impact, then giving Solanke a run of say 5games upfront, full 90mins. Just can't see it. Lets be honest, if one of the front 3 get injured, it's going to be Sturridge that gets the 5game run, not Solanke, so unless Sturridge gets sold.....
Barnes didn't wear them all year round. Solanke was still wearing his in April last year. And they're massive things, they look like something his mum's ordered him to wear.
I liked the look of Solanke when he first came in but as RedStar said, on the whole he doesn't look to be at the level a club like Liverpool require. Not yet anyways.
The general trend for young attackers is that they're either so good they're able to break through at top clubs or they make a name for themselves at smaller clubs where they get to play week in, week out.
Solanke is 21 now and odds are that if he was going to break through at Liverpool, he'd have done it by now. Is work on the training ground (good as it may be) really better than getting games somewhere?
To me it feels like he needs to go out on loan.
The general trend for young attackers is that they're either so good they're able to break through at top clubs or they make a name for themselves at smaller clubs where they get to play week in, week out.
Solanke is 21 now and odds are that if he was going to break through at Liverpool, he'd have done it by now. Is work on the training ground (good as it may be) really better than getting games somewhere?
To me it feels like he needs to go out on loan.
He's been given a one-to-one coach to work with him, watch him in under 23 games and analyse his errors and weaknesses after each outing. his finishing has always been pretty good but his confidence has been building up nicely this season and it's shown in these games. The fact he went for such flicks and tricks yesterday showed that. And he's also been working on his strength - he could develop into a David Johnson-style strong but versatile and mobile number nine, but he's still a bit lightweight at present. But he's being really encouraged and supported, and I'm not sure he'd get that on loan. Look at Woodburn - a manager signs him, finds him a bit under-whelming in his first games and then just ignores him. Too many of these loans now, in spite of our clauses, are messing our best propects around. Solanke might benefit from a loan but only if it's to a club where the manager will really coach him and play him. And Solanke himself needs just in general to look a bit more 'grown-up,' a bit less diffident. I joked about the gloves but when you're trying to show you're ready and hungry for the senior team even those little things sometimes send out signals. He's got really excellent potential to grow into an attacker who'd give us a different option. But he needs to grasp his chances.
Good job he's got both, then.
Yeah, but Barnes wore tights!!!!!
There is also a small matter of him being gradually coached into a #9, but being more comfortable at #10 or deep-lying striker, which was his usual position when we signed him. Firmino made this transition while he was already a mature player; Solanke at first seemed shocked to find out how much physically stronger and mentally sharper one needs to be as a focal point of attack. The good news is that Klopp still seems to believe that he will eventually get there.
Why does Firmino look rubbish when played as a 10, then?
He's shit and won't make it here.
Klopp or Firmino?
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