22 Jul 2023 12:21:27
So got it on very good authority that Thiago will be moving on this summer, and he himself expects it will be soon.
It’s hardly come as a surprise to myself and I’m sure nobody else but I’ll be sad to see him go.

1.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 12:38:13
I'm happy with that TBH. A costly failed experiment for me. I know some fans love it when these so called 'world class' players get signed - it probably works great on FIFA '23 - but the reality isn't always all that.

What we need to do though is make sure the incoming funds for Fab/ Hendo/ Thiago get invested properly e. g. no signing a forward player when we need another CM and a CB.

2.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 13:20:29
Really can't see it but you never know. I spoke with Thiago a few weeks back and he was 100% looking focused playing for us. Was even upbeat about the Europa League. Things can change ofc but I'd be very surprised.

3.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 14:26:13
I wouldn’t say he’s been a failure at all but what I would say is we have had to adapt to involve him in the team and I think the manager and coaching staff where at 1 point looking to transition us in to a different style more in line with city which he is perfect for but we are not city and it’s not worked . I see people call it ljindersball give me klopp heavy metal football every day of the week . Hope whatever happens is best suited to both parties.

4.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 15:55:51
So what you just described there DHFC is a failed experiment then where we tried to build a completely different style of play around a 29 year old player with a poor injury record.

5.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 18:39:26
Costly failed experiment? Came within a whisker of winning an unprecedented quadruple. I’d say that was a decent team fell agonisingly short but should be celebrated as a great team not disregarded as a failure.

6.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 20:51:28
Before Fabinho fell off a cliff him and thiago were part of a great team and partnership. Thiago works when he doesn't have to do everyone else's running. He's a quality player and he has worked well for us imo. Unfortunately he gets constant niggles which disrupt his flow and the team and that's the only thing I can fault him on.

7.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 21:57:07
Without a doubt one of the most technically gifted players we have ever had, just the injury issues and last season the lack of quality around him. I would love for him to be here one more season.

8.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 22:12:33
Great player, just not quite suited to th3 system the team played, and, of course he is quite injury prone.

9.) 22 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 22:41:20
Ah look, the near miss quadruple argument comes out again. No prizes for coming second unfortunately. Thiago has played less 2/ 3rds of the PL games available since he joined, he was injured most of last season (18 PL games played) so not sure how the ‘lack of quality around him’ bit applies either as he wouldn’t have been available for bulk of the games anyway.

I think we’ve all been a bit hoodwinked by his technical ability, which is lovely to watch of course, but his lack of physicality/ fitness has really been shown up since he joined and we need to admit that it hasn’t worked and move him on. Great player on his day but a) we didn’t get enough of those days and b) the attempt to alter the style of play to accommodate him didn’t really work and that was exacerbated by him being injured so often that we just looked confused by the new tactics when he wasn’t there.

On reflection, give me the grafting of Wijnaldum - CL and PL winner in red of course - over the silky skills of Thiago.

10.) 23 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 23:36:11
Couldn’t agree more johnnyr1970 - I said it all along, Wijnaldum was our midfield dynamo - lost so much when he left.

11.) 23 Jul 2023
23 Jul 2023 01:22:26
Wijnaldum was our midfield dynamo?

What?

12.) 23 Jul 2023
23 Jul 2023 01:57:30
Thiago is honestly the best player I've watched him live words can't describe him but he definitely needs to move on can't keep up with the pace of the league.

13.) 23 Jul 2023
23 Jul 2023 02:04:25
I’m not really sure what ‘dynamo’ means if Gini was an example of it. Don’t get me wrong he could hold the ball up well and wasn’t shy of putting his foot in, but dynamo is a bit far fetched.

{Ed001's Note - isn't Dynamo a magician? In which case I would agree, Gini is a magician to have fooled so many people into thinking we miss him and that he was anything other than the weak link in the team while here. Spent most of the match hiding to avoid receiving a pass and when he did get it he would take way too many touches. He was just like Lallana, but somehow Lallana gets no respect for what he did, while Gini has become some mythical 'great'.}

14.) 23 Jul 2023
23 Jul 2023 06:39:13
For me there's only one Dynamo and that is of course the massive bloke from Running Man who gets electrocuted when the sprinklers go off.

15.) 23 Jul 2023
23 Jul 2023 08:37:34
I think my point about Wijnaldum has been missed somewhat. Is he a better player technically than Thiago - no, were we a better team with Wijnaldum - yes, I think what we won at that time should be enough proof of that.

A good team is all about synergy and even if Gini wasn’t the most gifted player, he fit the way in which we played very well and was actually available in games. This isn’t me pining for him in any way or mythologising him.

16.) 23 Jul 2023
23 Jul 2023 09:03:34
And just to add to that - I'd have loved for Thiago to be a better fit (and less injured) . I can only imagine how good this team would have looked if we'd have been able to fit his undoubted talent into the way we play, a mixture of the more direct 'Heavy Metal' style allied to Thiago style slick passing moves sounds like football nirvana to me.