05 Feb 2023 21:57:31
Keita and Ox should not start or play again this season it's over for them and time to go.

1.) 05 Feb 2023
05 Feb 2023 22:21:18
I'd add thiago to that list, fantastic playmaker but adds nothing else and always gives silly fouls away.

2.) 06 Feb 2023
05 Feb 2023 23:50:57
Thiago is our best midfielder by a distance. Wouldn't expect anything sensible from someone calling themselves 'TopG'

3.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 01:41:18
I have to hold my hands up and say that Keita was our best midfielder on Saturday. He provided both support to both our defence and attack. I still don't think he should be given a new contract but if he continues to play this way then he needs to start.

4.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 02:05:10
Thiago has been performing as miserably as the rest of the team but he at least has the ability to change a game with a defence-splitting pass. there's players who are under-performing and then there are players who haven't performed for two seasons or more.

5.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 06:48:30
I feel like I must watch a different thiago than everyone else. all I ever see is an automatic yellow card who spends 90 mins passing to the opposition.

I wouldn't keep a single midfielder.

6.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 07:26:17
Nevada, do you mean the Liverpool Midfielder Thiago that has a 87% pass completion rate, who makes 3 tackles and 1.5 interceptions a game on average?

7.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 07:40:32
I can’t remember many defence splitting passes recently. Thiago is playing poorly atm like the rest. But Thiago is the one who has been on the pitch during our worst performances so it’s time for a much needed change. When everything is going well and Thiago has time and space and his confidence is up the guy can obviously play. However atm Thiago is a big part of our problem. Taxi for Thiago ?.

8.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 08:21:14
I love watching Thiago play, and on his day he is on another level. On Saturday, I noticed that when we attack, he doesn’t really get involved, he just stays in space outside the box. Same with defending really, doesn’t really get involved, just hanging around in space outside the box. Maybe he has been instructed to do this, so the pass to him is always on? But that’s one less player getting involved. When the rest of the team are just walking around or standing still on the edge of the box, even if he gets the ball there isn’t much he can do with it anyway…. other than pass sideways. It’s very painful to watch.

9.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 08:33:29
Mark, And the Thiago agenda continues. Thiago has been on the pitch during our worst performances? Funny you did not add Fabinho and Hendo to that or is it only Thiago that you can see due to the agenda you have out for him? Your Thiago agenda is deafening and you are not even that subtle about it anymore.

Thiago has been our most combative midfielder getting stuck in and winning balls back. People say he is getting yellow card well at least he is getting stuck in whereas Hendo and Fab are just ballooning the ball forward cos they don't know what to do with it. They're so bad they are benchwarmers now. Again, take a day off the Thiago hate for once.

@Dracred As for Keita, our best midfielder? When did that happen? Please, Im curious. If anything, the young Bajcetic is outperforming him by a mile and he is just a kid. Keita from 15 yards out managed to strike the ball out of of play had it not hit Darwin and went to goal. Please, the guy only looks "good" due to the absolute crap the team is serving up so the bar is on the floor. He is still the same guy pulling out of challenges and all that whereas young Bajcetic and Thiago are getting stuck in and winning balls back.

10.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 08:47:57
6 Gold Stars. You have a point, which I noticed too. Bajcetic is supposed to be our designated DM, but I've seen him venture upfield far more than Thiago does or ever did.

11.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 08:51:24
For once I agree with you Mark! Fancy that!

I’ve just posted a more detailed reason in a post further down but he can’t play in this team right now. He should only be playing against teams that sit deep in a low block as he needs time on the ball. When he’s put under pressure you can literally see his brain farting. He also tends to press at the wrong times meaning he then has to launch himself into tackles to recover which adds to his tackling stats that people seem to defend him with.

He’s our most talented midfielder but in this team, in this moment, he needs to take a seat and let others take over.

Which others? I’d go Bajcetic, Hendo, Keita. If Fabs can pull his socks up then get him in there for Keita.

Still can’t believe I agreed with you Mark! I think I’ve just seen a flying pig!

12.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 09:12:51
You're right, Oli. Bajcetic was better than Keita on Saturday. I should have said that Keita was one of our better performers on Saturday but like you said, the bar was literally on the floor. I would still have him on the right over any of our current midfield options if we are still playing 3 in the middle.

13.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 09:13:26
Hendo and Fabs didn’t play at the weekend or did I miss something Oli. I knew you would bite but for once stick to facts.

14.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 09:19:44
Got to start somewhere BP, I will convince you Fabs can’t run by the end of the week. Keep your general positivity going though it’s much needed on here.

15.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 09:25:57
Hendo came on and did naff all as usual they are all crap and With Salah and Nunez up top with their footy boots on the wrong feet we have no hope in hell. Don’t get me started on how bad Trent is playing. Gakpo is pure poo as well, the only player who should hold his head high is Harvey Elliot the rest I would have no problem if all their contracts were torn up maybe keep Allison rest can go and do naff all somewhere else.

16.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 09:41:12
Thiago was brought in to find that pass to unlock low block teams the problem is no one is playing low block unless they go 2 up in the first 12 minutes.

17.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 10:00:21
Probably worth mentioning that Fab has had a pregnant wife, first baby, World Cup and little break after playing every possible game a professional footballer can play in Europe last season and very little break. It's no surprise that his form has dipped really. Who knows if Rebeca is giving him grief for not doing as many night feeds as he should! He has class. Form is temporary don't they say? The lad will come good again - may not help us much now but I think he'll be back. As for Thiago knockers who were singing his song and praising him as the greatest (remember the game agains Utd last year - he was incredible! ) - he's trudging through a mire of the brown stuff right now and still remains one of the best in the team. Us football fans are a fickle bunch. Yes, it's dreadful at the moment but there is a bigger picture. Investment needed - for sure. Support from owners - as always. Efficient planning and future proofing of the squad - absolutely and shouldered by the manager.

The good times will return - of that I have no doubt. Which is a nice place to be given that only a few years ago I had every doubt of that! Got to style this season out somehow. Play for the bug cup if we can. Give potential new signings (we all know who we want) a sense of why coming here would still be a fantastic move. And that reason - as is oft repeated by players who have played at Anfield - is us, the fans.

18.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 10:19:08
Keita is a really hard watch, I don't know what people see in him to think he is playing well. He's got absolutely no pace or physicality but he also doesn't seem to be able to kick the ball hard enough to actually play a pass more than five yards. Maybe he needs more calcium in his diet.

19.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 10:23:29
Red flag fab did not go to the World Cup mate so he’s had a nice holiday before warm weather training.

20.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 10:48:50
Think he did, Longthing. He played against Cameroon didn't he? Perhaps you're thinking of Firmino who didn't go?

21.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 10:59:06
Not sure what a username has to do with an opinion but thiago has been as bad as the rest of them.

22.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 11:11:43
Red flag I’ll apologise now fab was in the squad for the World Cup but hardly played.

23.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 11:15:45
Longthing76, Fab played the final group game vs Cameroon.