Ponderous, no pressure on the ball, not getting anywhere near his man, physically bullied, cowering out of challenges, clearly targeted by Liverpool, as much help from his wide man as CT got but he managed with far more success, abysmal on the ball with his passing putting us in trouble and his crossing was absolute dross = a shocker.CoolClaret wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 11:16 pmWouldn’t particularly call it ‘a shocker’ -
Again, defending 1vs1 against a big, physical wideman in Gakpo, fairly high line with Odobert infront of him first half who did nothing to help.
Some absolute world class passing from Trent/Alisson/VVD to Gakpo and yeah he did give up a few half chances but it’s far from a shocker for me.
Did much better second half (as they all did)
I’d welcome other posters (who actually attended the game) giving me the reasons for his 7’s and 8’s. “He tried hard/ran his socks off” doesn’t really wash with me. I prefer something of substance rather than just effort.
He’ll always be a weak link whilst he’s starting for us at this level.