29 Oct 2016 09:12:22
See lots of discussion going on about Clyne. This season Clyne is slightly better than last season. The only reason why he is our regular is because he has no competition in the first team squad. It was the same with Skrtel who road his luck for many years and when Klopp arrived we had a manager who could finally see that Skrtel was not good enough.

Clyne's value is increasing and chances are he will be off next summer. He has no choice but to get stuck in and perform better as he knows potential suitors are watching.

This past summer the club wanted to move Clyne on. ED001 and ED002 were clear on this and is the reason why Clyne was unhappy.

There will be those who disagree, Clyne clearly is not the long term solution otherwise the club would not have been offering him around. He will be our regular until the end of the season. The more minutes he clocks up, the further his value increases.

1.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 09:53:55
He's not a world beater but personally I think he is an excellent right back for a top six club.
Reliable, consistent and effective- and significantly better than he was last season.
I think we would struggle to find a good upgrade on him at the moment, although klopp must have had a couple of players in mind if he was trying to sell Clyne?

2.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 10:15:49
Our squad is just far to big, we have many less games than last season.

There was no point in signing another RB unless we could move Clyne on. If we had signed another RB without moving Clyne on then that in return would also hamper chances for our youngsters. Clyne would also then be sitting on our bench and add no value as in the situation with Moreno.

Clyne will do for now, he is not the worst RB you will find. Problem is that he is 25 now and is not showing that he has the ability to take it to the next level.

3.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 10:20:43
He's alright but excellent? nah, he's playing good but I agree max he will be off in the summer, I hope TAA can step up. the lad looks brilliant and I believe he can do the job, even now! but yeah it's worth playing Clyne until the end of the season get his value up and cash in.

4.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 10:36:48
it would cost 30m plus to replace Clyne. also being English helps with quotas

unless he goes downhill expect to see him at Lpool for a few yrs.

5.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 11:02:34
Clyne is serviceable and nothing more. Besides, good fullbacks left or right, are becoming a rare breed as most now are converted wingers who lack positional awareness and defensive nous. Clyne will do for now but excellent, he like his England colleague Walker, he is definitely not.

6.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 11:20:27
I think the point is that while he won't go down as one of the greats, are there really many better right backs out there who we could just go pick up? Personally I don't think there are, would be interested to hear proven upgrades on him that we could go for instead.

7.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 11:26:40
Why would it take 30 million to replace Clyne? We already have Flanno and TAA waiting in the wings and Milner will probably used as cover for RB anyways once a new LB arrives in the summer. People expecting Klopp to splurge money on a new RB will be disappointed. Clyne will simply be replaced by a new LB.

8.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 11:34:41
Yeah I'm with the majority of posters here when I say he is no better than decent, he has a complete inability to mark on crosses. Borja Baston should have put us out of sight from Clyne's inability to mark him and Ibra could have pinched the 3 points last week from another Clyne switch-off. He's shown improvement in his all round play this season but his inability to man mark stops him being a top right back. If the rumours of £25m+ are true then we would be mad not to accept.

9.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 12:19:26
Completely agree with IB. Replacing Clyne is free.

I see Flanno providing cover to TAA next year, unless he can really shake off his injury at Burnley, then it may be the other way round.

Would be nice for Clyne to leave with a medal or two, tho!

10.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 14:13:57
nither of the two you've listed have proved they can play 1st team for a long run of a season-

If you want a title winning team nither of the 2 you listed would instantly make any top 6 team.

11.) 29 Oct 2016
29 Oct 2016 15:25:35
I don't understand how people still see Flanaghan as an option. 2 years injured, and now 1 year on loan with probably minimal playing time. I like the boy and all that, but come on. It's too much of a risk to count on him, even as a backup. Some players will simply not make it - either due to lack of ability, lack of effort or bad luck. In Flanno's case, it's sadly bad luck. I'm not writing him off, but I don't see the light at the end of this tunnel.