13 May 2015 17:34:20
Hello Ed002,
I'm just interested in something you said a while back about Mitrovic being a "very good option that Liverpool are missing right now". I don't doubt your opinion. I was just wondering if you could elaborate a bit more on why you think he will be a good option.

Do you think he would be a good option only with a different manager or even if Rodgers was in charge?

I ask this as Rodgers didn't want to play Andy Carroll and seems reluctant to play Lambert and Balotelli.
(Never understood why Liverpool replaced a very mobile striker in Luis Suarez, with 2 tall target men type strikers)

So is Mitrovic a similar type of striker to Lambert and Balotelli (but better).
Or is Mitrovic nothing like the other strikers.
Is Rodgers the reason why these strikers won't work at Liverpool.

Cheers.
(I realize that grouping Mitrovic, Lambert, Balotelli and Carroll into a stereotype is very simplistic and probably stupid)

{Ed002's Note - Aleksandar Mitrović offers everything Liverpool are missing - he is young, strong, fit, good in the air and he scores goals. In a way he is like a traditional centre forward. Unlike Manquillo, Moreno, Sakho and Gerrard, he speaks fluent English. People who have met him have said he is likeable and is reliable and will do what he is told. He would also likely slot straight in to the first team squad. Lambert perhaps at his best and 10 years ago or so would be the closest Liverpool have.

It really doesn't matter who the manager is, I think he would have been a good choice. However, here is interest in Anderlecht's Aleksandar Mitrović from Manchester United, Swansea, Dortmund, Newcastle and Eintracht Frankfurt. The interest of Leicester and Bayern Munich seems to have gone, but Arsenal may just look again at the player - depending on which direction they wish to go given their first choice as opted to moved elsewhere. The interest from Manchester United is recent and ramping up I am told. Newcastle are likely not an option.}

1.) 13 May 2015
13 May 2015 18:52:26
I always found Mitrovic a bit weak with his feet. but he scores goals!

2.) 13 May 2015
13 May 2015 19:13:20
Alvarez, does he tend to score a lot of goals that just dribble over the line then, given his weak feet?

3.) 13 May 2015
13 May 2015 22:07:25
Thanks very much Ed002.

Glad you could work your way through my mess of a question.

enjoyed the Gerrard joke.

4.) 14 May 2015
14 May 2015 13:10:03
Zeddicus; A lot of his goals are from crosses, he doesn't tend to dibble with the ball. He can shoot.