Hopefully we manage his games well, and the fact Salah’s the player ahead of him means that we will.
I’d be as worried as you if he was a 60m+ investment.
I’d be as worried as you if he was a 60m+ investment.
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I heard that on talkSPORT last week, too. Not sure how he came up with 40%. Maybe he meant his performances are significantly lower than they had been prior to that ACL injury.
I also thought it was hyperbole. Van Dyk took some time to get back and even now hasn’t yet hit the heights of pre-injury. There’s evidence Chiesa is also getting back.
Age isn't on Van Dijk's side, but he's still been good enough to be picked in the world XI, PL team of the season etc.
To be honest, I haven't followed Chiesa that closely these past few years and there's probably some truth to the talk about him being decimated by injuries. 40% is a joke though.
We've bought him to back up our front three. So it'll be subs appearances and the odd start in cups in the beginning. He'll be eased back.
There's a lot of speculation about his fitness, but I've got one fact that dispels all of it imo, and it's that he passed the fucking medical.
He played 33 and 32 league games in the past 2 seasons. He won't be asked to play anything like that here with our forward options.
Why not? He won't start 30+ league games but he'll definitely be subbed on.
Have a feeling that Slot isn't going to be all lovey dovey with Salah, the same way Klopp was.
Maybe. Yes, I suppose he'll get minutes, but I mean he won't play substantial minutes in that many games.
Definitely, I don't see him overtaking Salah this season.
I see. Doc Mac really needs to improve his writing. I think he's starting to lose it, probably began with the man marking in friendlies. It's sent him over the edge.
Klopp was lovey dovey with the whole team. That's just how klopp was. It wasn't like Salah got preferential treatment so I'm not sure what you mean.
Ermmm sadio and Salah had issues. Sadio and klopp got on great. Sadio wanted to leave two seasons prior and was persuaded by klopp to stay.
Sadio won the AFCON and they didn't celebrate him because Salah was butthurt. They could have celebrated both.
How often did Klopp rest Salah? Felt like it was Salah who decided if he played or not. What was the point in starting him in league cup games?
Salah, probably one our worst penalty takers (among the experts), still takes pens. Even though several others had/have a better record.
Those extra hugs before every game in the tunnel. His so called "tradition" with Salah.
No wonder Sadio said fuck it...
Sadio's physical decline kind of proved that Salah playing more often and longer made more sense. You have to keep in mind we could no longer use Mane as a winger in his final season, and he's been shite ever since leaving LFC.
You're right the decline was rapid, but boy did he run his legs off for us. He turned up every time we needed him and still didn't get enough love from Klopp.
How did he not get love? Klopp praised him just as much often. Just because he loved Salah doesn’t mean Sadio wasn’t. Is this a new SCM thing? Klopp revisited…
Nah he got that step child/adopted child kind of love.
Give it up mate, Sadio got enough love and he had a few periods where he wasn’t playing well but Klopp persisted. He even reinvented him through the middle when he could no longer play through the left. If it was Pep, he would have been sold that season in 2020.
Sadios desire to be manhandled evaporates after they've graduated
Salah was the only forward under klopp that got a pass for not pressing or getting back in position.
If you rated the whole team in terms of how much of a pain in the ass it was to play on at its peam, Salah and Allison would be at the bottom, the midfield and mane at the top.
There's footballing reasons for this but it would grate when things weren't going well.
If you rated the whole team in terms of how much of a pain in the ass it was to play on at its peam, Salah and Allison would be at the bottom, the midfield and mane at the top.
There's footballing reasons for this but it would grate when things weren't going well.
Xpert 11 like farming, eh? A niche market, but in these straitened times you must do what you can.
It's almost as successful as the SPF50's
Listen, 115, you're starting to remind me of Lance Armstrong, he was a cheater and a bully...
You're basing that on very little. The fact klopp was able to persuade him to stay longer says to me they had a good relationship. Maybe sadio wasn't into hugs who knows. Either way there's definite flaws in your argument.
There's definitely flaws, it's not like I'm sitting on inside information. I can only go by what I've seen on TV.
