We've got a few of them and we already know Klopp will play them in slightly different roles too; Coutinho on left, Firmino up top, Lallana on right, etc
We have a lot of attacking midfielders/attackers and not so many defensive players. Lucas might be gone soon too. Truth be told our squad is too big and we need to sell some players.
No matter what happens he will always do right by the fans, the guy is a class act. I was gutted when you went down instead of Sunderland.
Hopefully a new Newcastle come up. I hope rafa is there longer than Ashley. how ashely convinced him i don't know.... but its always ended in tears s i hope Ashley sells up
Appreciate the kind words from some of you. If Ashley had reacted a month earlier, I'm sure we would have stayed up. Rafa inherited a side with their confidence in tatters. He turned them round drawing 3 and winning the other 3 out of the last 6. The atmosphere at the Spurs game was bizarre! Sang his name for nigh on the 90 minutes. I think that had a bit to do with persuading him. He's got the whole fan base right behind him. Knowing us, it'll end up pear shaped.
Coutinho does work hard to be fair. The problem he has is that it's unlikely that he will play centrally which is his best area - Firmino is most likely going to be our number 10, and he can't play in a midfield 2.
Lets just see. GK: Karius Mingolet RB: Clyne Randall (weak cover) LB: Moreno Smith (weak totally) CB: Lovern Matip, gomez (on the plane) CB: Sahko Klavan (unknown quantity as back up) Theres balance there. the players aint great but there are left footed players aplenty. Surplus: Ilori, flanagan, wisdom CM: Can, Henderson, grujic, milner, stewart (weak back up here, i'd consider a couple surplus) surplus: lucas, allen All right footed no? RW: Mane, Ojo, lallana ACM: Firmino, branagan LW: Coutinho, wijnaldum Surplus: Markovic, Alberto Wijnaldum added balance to the squad ST: Sturridge, Origi, Ings Surplus: Benteke, balotelli Sturrdige is left footed So I count 8 surplus players in our squad accounting for approx 80-85million pounds of resources I peronally like the fact that flanagan was sugar coated but told stay home so really we want you to go on this loan.
Haha this is brilliant. Similar to when Migs signed a new contract and the trolls assumed that Klopp loved him.
He works harder than he used to but there are others in the squad that work harder. Plus, as you said, Klopp seems to prefer those others at No.10 too. Add in that Coutinho struggles to do ninety minutes and it doesn't look too good for the lad imo. Obviously, I don't want him to leave, he's a quality player.
Balance isn't just about left and right footed. I couldn't care less if the LB is right footed or the RB left footed, it's about their quality in that position. You've said yourself that LB is weak. Neither Coutinho or Ninja are left sided players.
Nothing has changed there has it? as far as I know he got a longer contract on higher wages and is still your No1.
Ok then thats fine. Wijnaldum has played left side a lot. he does add a bit there I agree that IMO left full back is very weak and in the CM duo theres no left foot player
