Topic: A Philippe Coutinho thread - out of the woodwork they come, clockwork.

[keyop]

Every time I read a Coutinho thread it makes me want to watch the YouTube clip of him playing Futsal as a 13 year old.

I've posted this loads of times before, but here it is again for anyone that hasn't seen it (can someone please embed).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBfQoyZ0mtQ

What I love about this clip is that he's still using all those skills 10 years later, and still playing with the same youthful exuberance of a player who simply loves football.

He's ace is our Phil.

[Red_Mist]

I like that he improved in 14/15 on what was already a good season for him in 13/14 in spite of the team's overall decline. If he improves again, and the team do with him, 15/16 could be Phil Coutinho's season.

[Rush 82]

He is simply superb, superb...

[princeoftherocks]

what happened to the gif thread?  can wehave some coutin ho gifs in here, please?

[Messiah]

what happened to the gif thread?  can wehave some coutin ho gifs in here, please?

Not all, but what I have in the archives.

Goals:	Assists:
2012-13	2012-13
1. vs Swansea H	1. to Downing [Wigan]
2. vs Southampton A	2. to Suarez [Wigan]
3. vs QPR H	3. to Hendo [Aston Villa]
-	4. to Sturridge [Newcastle]
-	5. to Sturridge [Fulham]
-	6. to Sturridge [Fulham]
2013-14	2013-14
4. vs Everton A	7. to Sturridge [Notts County]
5. vs Man City A	8. to Suarez [Norwich]
6. vs Fulham A	9. to Agger [Hull City]
7. vs Tottenham H	10. to Sturridge [Everton]
8. vs Man City H	11. to Sturridge [Arsenal]
-	12. to Skrtel [Cardiff]
-	13. to Skrtel [Cardiff]
-	14. to Sterling [Norwich]
2014-15	2014-15
9. vs QPR A	15. to Lovren [Swansea]
10. vs Arsenal H	16. to Sterling [Burnley]
11. vs Bolton A	17. to Lallana [Swansea]
12. vs Southampton A	18. to Sterling [West Ham]
13. vs Man City H	19. to Sturridge [West Ham]
Extras	Extras
vs Preston NE [Preseason]	to Aspas [Thailand]
vs Indonesia [Preseason]	to Suso [Milan]
vs Thailand [Preseason]	to Sturridge [Dortmund]
vs Borussia Dortmund [Preseason]	-

[princeoftherocks]

nice one, messiah. you were waiting for that, weren't you?

[mulfella]

He's quite one footed - am I being negative?

[Kashinoda]

He's quite one footed - am I being negative?

What a foot though.

[Hoenheim]

How can anyone not love this face ?


That face takes care of 99% of life's issues.

[mersey_paradiso]

How can anyone not love this face ?


That face takes care of 99% of life's issues.

Such a Couti-pie 

[Asam]

Forget his immense talent, he's a really nice kid who's been raised right by his parents, I'm sure most of us will recognise that we can't keep a talent like this forever but if and when he does move on it will be handled in a respectful and classy way, along with Ibe he's a reminder that there are still reasons to give a shit about football when all you hear about is the unsatiable appetite of agents and young footballers.

[PhiLFC#1]

Kwality, kwality player. You see when you are a kwality player, you have this kwality, to be a kwality player.

[SwissV]

Nothing but pure man love for this man. He is everything a footballer should be.

[Bobinhood]

Too small, not fast enough, constantly giving the ball away, terrible power and placement on his shot, goes missing for long stretches, never tracks back, poor in the air, cant even make his national team..... Not Liverpool quality, keeping Lucas out of the side and a total wast of 8.5 million pounds. Best get rid.


You know who you are     

[Eeyore]

Too small, not fast enough, constantly giving the ball away, terrible power and placement on his shot, goes missing for long stretches, never tracks back, poor in the air, cant even make his national team..... Not Liverpool quality, keeping Lucas out of the side and a total wast of 8.5 million pounds. Best get rid.


You know who you are     

IMAGE OF A PRICK REMOVED!

[John C]

[img].

Soz Al, but no way is that c*nt's grid appearing in here

[Eeyore]

Soz Al, but no way is that c*nt's grid appearing in here

Fair enough mate.

As for Coutinho all I can say is that when I watched Jari Litmanen I thought WTF I wish we had seen him in his prime. Well we are going to see Coutinho in his prime and we are going to have plenty of WTF moments.

The lad has ridiculous talent and I mean once in a lifetime talent. He has been here so short a time but has probably had me rewinding and slow mowing more games than any Liverpool player I have seen.

Worth the admission fee on his own.

[gazzam1963]

Soz Al, but no way is that c*nt's grid appearing in here

Don't put the image , but out of curiosity who said all that ?

[Cid]

I've loved him since he joined. Out of all the players we have he's the one that could one day 'do a suarez'..his vision and touch are out of this world and to be honest he's a better dribbler than Suarez will ever be..I just wonder if he'll ever find that aggression and fight to strike more.

I expect him to be more in the vein of Ronaldinho to be honest. A creator and chaos maker from advanced midfield rather than a pure goal scorer or winger in the front line. I'm fine with that too.

[John C]

Don't put the image , but out of curiosity who said all that ?

The Hodge.

[anything else]

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/copa-america-2015-philippe-coutinho-9449844

Some negetivity for y'all.

[redgriffin73]

Just read he has picked up a thigh injury in training and may miss the first Copa America game for Brazil.

[TheTeflonJohn]

The Hodge.

Seriously or is this shit flying over my head?

[SerbianScouser]

What a jinx this kid is. He`s out of tonight`s game after finally staking the claim to be in Brazil`s best XI. All that while going through entire season with Liverpool unscathed. Hopefully it`s just a knock and he`ll be ready for the next game. Would love to see what he can do on a such a big stage as Copa America.

[killer-heels]

What a jinx this kid is. He`s out of tonight`s game after finally staking the claim to be in Brazil`s best XI. All that while going through entire season with Liverpool unscathed. Hopefully it`s just a knock and he`ll be ready for the next game. Would love to see what he can do on a such a big stage as Copa America.

Id rather he sat the tournament out and came back 100% refreshed for us.

[bodhisattva]

Id rather he sat the tournament out and came back 100% refreshed for us.

this is the sort of experience that could take him to the next level though, if he plays and does well for his country in a big tournament it will
help with his confidence and development.

I get the impression we're gonna see a much improved Coutinho in a few months, he is the most important player we have and i think he will
thrive with that extra responsibility.

[LiverBirdKop]

Brazil certainly could've used him today. Dunga's "idea" I read somewhere is to play Firmino+Neymar+Coutinho. We'll see.

[jooneyisdagod]

Brazil certainly could've used him today. Dunga's "idea" I read somewhere is to play Firmino+Neymar+Coutinho. We'll see.

That's some front three that. I would love to recreate that a bit with Firmino here alongside Coutinho. They seem to have a great understanding of each other's games.

[DanA]

That's some front three that. I would love to recreate that a bit with Firmino here alongside Coutinho. They seem to have a great understanding of each other's games.

We really should have Coutinho in Firmino's ear right now. Talking about how they could be the best Brazilian partnership in years and how they could build that off of their domestic form at Liverpool.

[Kopenhagen]

Might miss Colombia on Wednesday apparently. Injury isn't serious though.

[Johns_Barn]

He needs his fro back big time

THIS^

[Johns_Barn]

He is one the very few bright sparks in football for me...totally puts a smile on my face. He also looks honest, no ego or agent bollox. I feel I really need to treasure seeing the liverbird on his chest.

<3

[PrideofBelfast]

This lad is just too good. Far too good.

[kcbworth]

He is one the very few bright sparks in football for me...totally puts a smile on my face. He also looks honest, no ego or agent bollox. I feel I really need to treasure seeing the liverbird on his chest.

<3

That is a really good point! Have never seen him dive. Never heard him whinge. But I've seen him produce some magic

[carling]

Yep there doesn't seem to be much pretension around the lad.  Amazing for such a huge talent.  I wouldn't expect a saga like the one we are seeing with Sterling.

[Severely]

That's actually a good shout - I can't recall ever seeing a single incident where I thought he went down too easily or took a dive. Unusual for the type of player he is - small, flair players tend to be all too happy to go over.

[MrBoywunder]

Coutinho trained today and yesterday.

Should be fine for tomorrow's game against Colombia, Brazil looked like they needed him against Peru.

[6BigCups]

He'll replace Iniesta at Barca in a couple of years time

[srinath]

Feel proud that he plays for us. Amazing football skills.

[diegoLFC7]

Played poorly, just seemed out of it.