Firmino
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I feel slighted.
I don't buy the knackered/not fit argument. I think he's just out of form which happens to even the best players. He's never really been a goalscorer, but a great harasser and pretty creative, but the creativity and few goals have just upped and left him. I don't think he's a had a particular drop off in his pressing ability which would maybe be indicative of him being knackered.
He's earned the right to have a run of bad form.
All players occasionally have one, be it fitness related or something else. We know its only a matter of time before he is back to his best.
All players occasionally have one, be it fitness related or something else. We know its only a matter of time before he is back to his best.
He was awful for large parts of last season also.
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I've never seen a more desperate way of eulogising about a total of 5 goals
You also tend to go lengths to belittle him sometimes, to be fair.
The truth is somewhere in the middle, I guess.
I thought it was telling he pointed to his name in the back of his shirt after he scored.
Pudgy toastie?
It was a good finish but let’s not get carried away with Firmino’s finishing when it’s the weakest part of his game by a mile.
Fair enough but he has essentially scored the winner/decisive goal in 3 league games. Without those goals we'd only be 8 points ahead of Man City. He has been well off form overall though to be fair.
But the rest of his game when on form is Red Hot.
Scoring when he does is the icing on the cake and more often than not(IMO) is a joy to watch.
It's amazing he doesn't score 20 goals a season with such incredible striking instincts and finishing prowess
That wasn’t my point at all.
You think? On one side you have mighty Brendan claiming he isn't good enough in game after game.
On the other, you have Jurgen Klopp, architect of Liverpool's resurgence, who loves his game and talks about his importance to the team and what he does consistently. As well as Gary Neville, Thierry Henry and a whole host of much cleverer football people. The game has moved on from what Brendan knows... Firmino isn't a striker and he scores enough goals for what he brings to the teams besides them.
Hmmm, I think my major issue in recent weeks has been that he has been playing shite.
I don't expect him to score many goals, but even by his standards, this season has not been good enough from that perspective - a paltry 4 league goals in 17 games.
But I do not doubt or denigrate his value to the team when he's playing at his best. He's a clever, hardworking and important player.
I’d be surprised if folk can’t see what he brings to the team. He’s been at the same level of goal return pretty much since he’s played for Klopp and yet he’s always one of the first on the team sheet. Folk are asking for more goals from him. Which I can understand, but his role is to do so much more than that.
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[/bcolor]Which is it? You are effectively playing two sides of the argument here. I guarantee you we score 20 less goals without him on the side.
Nah there are plenty that don’t rate him particularly highly. Minamino should hopefully give him the competition he needs or rest.
I think many would rather have an out and out striker as opposed to Bobby.
yeh he’s been off form for a month or two now. But, I’m sure it’s due to him being battered.
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