His positioning is exaggerated based on him getting forward but that doesn't mean he has good positioning otherwise, he doesn't. His crazy two footed lunges (not a new thing for him btw) are unjustifiable! They are as bad as Skrtel's holding!!! It wouldn't be so bad if he was good going forward but he isn't. He never scores, very rarely assists and needs to learn how to cross a ball; he only ever drills it, poorly. I actually think Clyne is better both defensively and offensively.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying he's a good defender or that he played well. But listening to Carra and Neville absolutely slaughter Moreno for that one incident was OTT. And his attacking ability is underrated. He's far better going forward than Clyne. Assists are a poor metric to use for creativity. Chsnce creation is better and I think Moreno was one of the highest performing full backs last season - Clyne did sod all going forward last season and he treated the ball like a hot potato. Hopefully he can put in more crosses like he did against Arsenal.
How is a "chance creation" defined? Is it putting the ball in a goalscoring position or is it creating a chance that a teammate either scored or ****ed up? Clyne does what a FB should do; he defends first but gets forward when required and gets the ball in when it's appropriate to do so, he doesn't try to beat seven men first either. Moreno tries to do too much going forward imo. You can tell he wants to be a winger. My point is, if you are a poor defending FB then you need to be the dogs bollocks at the other end. Do you think Moreno would make a good winger?
Fair points - I do agree that Moreno isn't amazing going forward but he does provide an outlet on that flank. Regarding your question - no I don't he would be a good singer else he would be one right now lol. Where do we go from here? Well I'm not hopeful that we will bring in a new left back so Klopp must work on developing him. Give him confidence - matches line burnley are ideal. If we want to be tight st the back, then maybe some like Milner or Klaven would be better suited. But the way Klopp plays throughout his career, he relies heavily on his full backs to get up and down the flanks.
I don't think he'd but a good winger either. I'd have played him there last season purely to give us width whilst tightening up the defence but we've got better options now
If there is anything annoying about Moreno and his attack play is his crossing. I am willing to excuse his defensive frailties if he was creating assists on the other end. Why does he always cross like he is shooting!!! Everything is always a rush of blood in how he operates. He is never subtle in the cross he needs to learn how to cross as I believe he will never be a good defender. He needs to be supplying assists so that the opponents fullback avoids attacking him.
Moreno's plus side is......umm......pace, yeah he has good pace. That's about it though, and I don't see him improving either. This is his third season with us ........if the basics haven't sunk in yet then they never will
I just think he needs to calm down a bit and maybe even not try so hard. His decision making is often what gets him in to a mess in the first place and he tries to overcompensate with panicky tackles.
He is fast, energetic, and is eager to do well, but so is a border collie and that doesn't make it a footballer. I don't want to keep on about this because I feel like I'm hounding (sorry) the lad. I just don't think he's good for us atm. Perhaps being the only choice is putting him under too much pressure. I think if we had someone in before him, to give him a spell as back-up and time to learn, he just might be able to put his positive qualities to better use. Though, like you, I'm afraid he might never learn.
This. How long do we have to give him? In a years time, he won't be much better or different to what he is today. By all means, give players a few months to settle. A year even. But more than that? Either way, it reflects badly on the player as it means he is a very slow learner. The most important quality of a defender is the ability to defend and reliability and consistency. His fellow defenders have to be able to depend on him to do his job.
There is some obvious differences between a border collie and Moreno Collies are intelligent and can be trained.
Right - enough on Moreno. We've established he's not at fault for any of the goals and he's amazing left back. Now let's be serious - once our attack clicked, it bloody clicked. Really didn't think Mane would have sort of impact but what a promising debut. Firmino was quiet but really links well and plays with such intelligence, Coutinho always perks up after he scores but he generally quiet. And Origi comes on with a nice little cameo. Thought GW was poor first half but he's really good at supporting the attack.
Jimmy, you are having a soft spot Moreno now. you may have to change your opinion if he actually cost us to lose a game we are winning. Please give us your analysis and I would change my mind about Moreno !
Haha he was shocking in the first half and we need to upgrade him but the amount of abuse and attention on him is way overboard. Read this and you'll see why replacing Moreno alone will not fix the defence: http://anfieldindex.com/23910/tactical-look-morenos-performance-arsenal.html
We were ****e for the first 45 minutes, average for the last 25, with a spell of pure brilliance in between. #inanutshell
