Re: 2018/2019 Premier League Discussion Part III

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:24 am

Allison - Roma
Trent - Home grown
Joe Gomez - Charlton Ath
Van Dijk - Soton
Robertson - Hull
Gini - Newcastle
Fabinho - Monaco
Keita - Leipzig
Shaqiri - Stoke
Salah - Roma
Firmino - Hoffenheim
Mane - Soton

Almost our entire squad consists of Klopp developed players. Brilliance. pic.twitter.com/WEC13PYbvv
— Hardik Nagar (@hardikreds17) December 24, 2018

by farfan Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:58 am

What exactly constitutes a " Klopp developed" player? most of the names in that list were finished products when they got to Liverpool.

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 9:02 am

Which ones?

by Hapless_Hans Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:01 am

Klopp didn't participate in developing any of these players apart from Trent Alexander Arnold and Joe Gomez
thought that tweet was ironic tbh

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:02 am

H8TERS

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:04 am

farfan wrote:
-Firmino was the highest scoring midfielder in the Bundesliga.

@Mole

by farfan Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:05 am

I deleted that post because I missed the irony of that tweet. Laughing

by Jay29 Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:10 am

The cheek of putting Alisson and Van Dijk, signings for world record fees, as "Klopp developed". rofl

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:43 am

Tbf record fees doesn't mean anything, like I'd make the argument Pep has greatly impacted Sterling's career.

With that said though most of those players don't really apply here.

I don't really see any drastic differences other than Alexander Arnold or Joe Gomez really.

by Glory Mon Dec 24, 2018 12:39 pm

Jay29 wrote:The big difference I saw with United last night, apart from their players giving a shit (they outrun their opponent for the first time this season), was the higher positioning of their midfielders and full-backs. Pogba and Herrera pushed high between the lines, while the wide players came inside to collect the ball off the centre backs or Matic. That really confused Cardiff's defensive system since their wide players couldn't tuck in with United's in fear of leaving too much space to the full-backs, but that allowed those wide players to combine with United's advance midfielders very easily. Hence United suddenly looking like a great passing side in the space of a week.

I'm not sure how sustainable this will be, because there's a lot space left by the full backs for the opposition to attack into if they force a turnover, and additional space in midfield as well. But it does seem Solskjaer wants United's attackers to be playing a lot closer together than Mourinho wanted them to.

Against half decent team that wont sit back like Cardiff did and that has decent pacy attackers, we are bound to be in big trouble, especially with utter dross like Phil jones and Young in defense and Matic shielding the backline. But I choose to believe Oleball will have a plan when the time comes. Even if we score 4 and concede 5, I would take it all day compared to the recurrent nightmare, we used to encounter under moaning one.

by rincon Mon Dec 24, 2018 3:36 pm

That tweet is probably ironic

by Firenze Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:17 pm

a quick perusal over that lad's twitter makes me convinced it really isn't

just your usual loserpool numpty all hyped up

they're still finishing the season with 0 trophies as usual though, so I expect Klopp to develop a few more players over the summer

by Kaladin Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:33 pm

That numpty tweet reminds me of why i despise some Pool fans, i forgot how insufferable they can be since Suarez's time

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:09 pm

Kaladin wrote:That numpty tweet reminds me of why i despise some Pool fans, i forgot how insufferable they can be since Suarez's time

Come @ me

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:12 pm

Serie Zzz top 8 teams making noise not allowing pool fans to make some noise that they are in top 4. Especially after that CL numpty CL group performance. Interesting.

by Nishankly Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:18 pm

Greatest hairline recovery in the history of sports pic.twitter.com/zsg3BBbGjU
— FreshPrince of Bellè (@JayGoch) December 22, 2018

by Kaladin Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:34 pm

PRP is insane man

by CBarca Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:54 pm

Kaladin wrote:That numpty tweet reminds me of why i despise some Pool fans, i forgot how insufferable they can be since Suarez's time

Reddit, Twitter, online in general Pool fans have always been the worst I've ever encountered

They ruin it imo. I would usually probably not mind Liverpool otherwise. But their fanbase are comprised of numpties

by Arquitecto Mon Dec 24, 2018 7:44 pm

CB this applies to pretty much any big club who's relevance is based on this recent generation; and due to the more general mentality on what drives them to support such clubs, as GL as I have seen is by all accounts exceptional in its quality of support, discourse and loyalty to club stature (a thought only accumulated from years of experience here).

Truth be told the only big club that I haven't been annoyed by in their fans are my most disliked club, Inter.

Their fans just have their general satirical and self aware air about them that is downright hilarious at times.

by Unique Mon Dec 24, 2018 9:10 pm

what has the world come to when people are hated for supporting the team. scratch

by CBarca Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:22 am

It does apply to all fans. But especially Liverpool fans.

There is a certain self righteousness that is especially unique to that club

by Nishankly Tue Dec 25, 2018 2:15 am

https://twitter.com/paulpogba/status/1076931602293379072

rofl

by Firenze Tue Dec 25, 2018 2:35 am

we need GL integration for the #POGMOJI app ASAP

Get it done

by Kaladin Tue Dec 25, 2018 3:16 am

Sometimes i wonder if these players endeavors are successful, i.e. this, Iniesta's wine company, Depay's apparel etc

Probably Flamini is the only one who's made a bigger splash than his actual footballing career