Topic: Jonathon Patrick Flanagan.

[Brasco]

Had my doubts about him, but something seems to have clicked. He looks a completely different player now.

[leroy]

Thought where he really struggled there today was when players had him on the back foot when running at him with the ball.  Other than that he was very good.  Composed on the ball and committed when coming out to confront a player.  Also did well on the cover I thought.

[lapapa]

The very reason why this lad is not out on loan - he's got the grit and the skills.
He's gonna be class this lad! As long as he keeps his head down and continues working hard.
 

[Xanderzone]

Still not convinced his long-term future is at Liverpool, or even in the Premiership.

But as a squad option, he's shown he can do a more than capable job when called upon.

[Red Genius]

He's got a load to learn, he got skinned a couple times in the first half - HOWEVER, came out dancing... one of the best players on the pitch yesterday.

What i love about this boy, was it didn't phase him.... he got on with it, he contributed, he got stuck in, he fucking played.... to me there is no now no doubt about this lad, we ask the question, he answers.

Get in Jon lad!

[wemmick]

He looked a great prospect yesterday. Kept mistakes to a minimum and grew into a very intense match.   

[xbugawugax]

What a turn around for a player.  Remembered him performing for us at right back and was a mess. Missing sliding tackles, poor positioning and rash challenges.

No idea he can play left back and is a decent one too.  When I saw the line up, I was thinking Johnson pushed to the left back position and Flanagan playing right back.

Suddenly looks like a decent player.  Wouldn't mind seeing him playing the full back positions again.  Thought he looks ok against Arsenal but better playing in a back 4 compared to to wing back in a 5-3-2 system.  Maybe he is more comfortable defending than pushing up. That said he did some decent runs up field and didn't have a carra nose bleed moment inside the opposition half.

Not sure what Rodgers have been feeding him but hope he continues his upward trajectory. Decent player to have as cover for the fullback positions. Local lad as well means another plus point.

[woof]

Thought he put on an assured performance although he has room for improvement. Got skinned a few times but made up when he covered the central positions when we were exposed. Not sure if he'll make it at Liverpool but it'll be good to see how far he can go given the limited chances

[Melbred]

Will happily eat my words. Had my doubts but he was great.

Not sure where he emerged from, as it he looked to have disappeared into obscurity. Very encouraging.

[GrkStav]

He's not the most talented lad around, but he is fearless, a good athlete and he has the ultimate intangible: "dedication".

[trembles97]

I wonder what McLaughlin would do if given this kind of opportunity.

[Solomon Grundy]

I wonder what McLaughlin would do if given this kind of opportunity.

I wish he was left-footed. I think he would've had his chance by now if he was.

[Solomon Grundy]

It's ironic that many people were moaning about Flanno being called up into the side yesterday, claiming he would be the weak link in the side. When in fact he turned out to be our best defender on the pitch. Playing out of position as well. Well done Flanno lad. Keep it up mate.

[lamonti]

Was fucking great yesterday, but he has to prove over and over and over again that he has the head for it now and isn't going to completely lose the rag again. Hopefully he's matured. His touch was so assured yesterday, looked like a different lad altogether. Fair fucks to him.

[JTK]

Deserves a massive pat on the back after that performance yesterday. He wasnt faultless but overall had a great game and I thought he was one of our best players. Well in flanno lad

[Bisu]

Got skinned a couple of times in the first half.. but thought he was excellent otherwise. Was really up for the fight and didn't hide and got more involved as we started to get on the ball more in the 2nd half.

[Reaps]

Awesome performance from the lad, quicker than I remember him too.

[proudred]

I love the way he is decisive in the tackle /Interception , there were times in the game where he decided to intercept by coming in ahead of the striker and did so without  second guessing himself .Could he play as a DM ?

[plskikme]

It's ironic that many people were moaning about Flanno being called up into the side yesterday, claiming he would be the weak link in the side. When in fact he turned out to be our best defender on the pitch. Playing out of position as well. Well done Flanno lad. Keep it up mate.

I proudly admit I was one of them and was wrong about him. Hopefully he continues building on this as he was skinned completely on one occasion, dived in too recklessly on another and caught out of position together with Johnson hence the couple of 4 on 2 attacks Everton had when Lucas went off. The fact I could count his mistakes as compared to Johnson's is brilliant for the lad.

Maybe he'll end up being better on the left? Similar to those who claim Johnson defends better on the left?

[hassinator]

the lad did well

[kopitecrash]

I love the way he is decisive in the tackle /Interception , there were times in the game where he decided to intercept by coming in ahead of the striker and did so without  second guessing himself .Could he play as a DM ?

he has more future there then at fullback imo.

[Zinc]

Will admit I had my doubts when I saw the team sheet yesterday, but the lad was immense.

[liverpoolfan24]

Well that performance was good, but I would like too see him do it on a consistent basis
That's if he gets the chance, but with Enrique out now and cissoko still finding his feet I am sure plenty more opportunities will come his way

[The Last Known Survivor]

one swallow doesn't make a summer.  Played well yesterday and well done to him but it is performing at that level consistently that will make or break him with us. 

[john_mac]

Few of the RAWK footy managers fucked up again?

[OperationIvy]

one swallow doesn't make a summer.  Played well yesterday and well done to him but it is performing at that level consistently that will make or break him with us.

totally agree. a lot of our young players had individual good games, especially last season. However its the run of games that will make them good enough. In that respect, I fully expect Suso and Wisdom to come back much better players.

I hope Flanno gets more of a chance in Enriques absence. There is no doubt he will be targeted given he is young and is playing on the wrong side, so its going to be a real baptism of fire for him. Still, I trust him more on the left than Cissoko.

[john_mac]

Funny how someone can go from being shite yersterday morning, to one swallow doesn't make a summer and all that shite, lets be honest here, nobody here knows fuck all about who will or won't make it do they?

[RedHopper]

That's the worry I have about Flanagan long-term being good enough for Liverpool. He's a rather 'all or nothing' defender. He's go for everything and throw himself at everything. There'll be days where he wins everything, like today. But there will also be days where he'll go for everything, miss and get caught out time and time again.

If we can work with him to have more days like today then of course he can have a future with us but long-term I think he'll be a Championship or bottom 10 Premiership player.

hmm. Back in the dim dark days of the steve staunton regime Paul mcShane found himself thrust into the Ireland team. He had a game where he did quite well against an not very good team. Then He found himself marking jan koller, and everyone was delighted to see this scruffy 21 year old  5'11, ginger haired mountainy man trying to physically intimidate jan koller. He was trying to win every ball and trying to get in front of Koller. it was like watching a terrier trying to eat a cow.  We thought a star was born. Then koller beat him on the turn and scored a goal and the czech's pulled level.

Now we all made excuses for our new hero. he was only young, and koller is a top class....... however It became clear to us over the next couple of months that our Strawberry haired hero was slightly deranged, and was like an enraged dog in that he couldn't see a football he wouldn't attack. He'd frequently be booked in the tunnel for launching a flying kungfu kick to get the ball out of the refs had. He could be seen kicking pictures of footballs mounted on walls, and within six months he had moved to sunderland, and had used that step up to become a global superstar of shite.

I hope that jon Flanagan isn't like this. Because Paul mcShane really isn't a good player.

[john_mac]

hmm. Back in the dim dark days of the steve staunton regime '............. blah blah blah

WTF

[redgriffin73]

He's not the most talented lad around, but he is fearless, a good athlete and he has the ultimate intangible: "dedication".

There was a great moment in the second half where he made a fantastic sliding tackle right in front of the away fans, and everyone just went crazy cheering for him, it really seemed to give him even more of a lift.

[freddwarf]

Well Flanagan did well. Tackling is his strong point, think we all knew that anyway. Good defender.

The reason he won't be the long term right or left back is he doesn't offer enough going forward.

[6BigCups]

Got beaten far too easily in a 1 vs 1 situation a couple of times, though other than that he had a great game. Surprised me, fair play.

[Timbo's Goals]

WTF

 

[Timbo's Goals]

It did puzzle me why Flanagan was treated like a bad smell by Kenny's regime after that one mistake. As far as I could see he'd performed quite superbly in the few games he'd played. It didn't exactly cause me sleepless nights but I was bemused by how the door was closed in his face so suddenly and by how so many on the likes of these forums appeared to have so quickly adopted the default position that he was shite. I ended up just assuming I knew fuck all and that despite what I'd thought he wasn't really very good.

Fuck me, he's proving everyone wrong just now. Credit to him. And to Brendan Rodgers for trusting in him, though from what I can see he looks no better nor worse than he did when he had those games for Kenny.   

[Xanderzone]

I don't think it was just "one mistake" though, was it? I can remember quite a few bad performances. The mistake on the opening day against Sunderland rocked his confidence a good bit, he had an absolute nightmare I think against Blackburn away (?) and last season in the Europa in one of the games too he was a walking red card.

So there has been reason for concern that he's not good enough and I still think that concern should be there despite a very good performance yesterday.

[B0151?]

In fairness, yes, he did get skinned a couple of times. But it's not like he got skinned by Phil Neville, Mirallas is capable of doing that to a fair number of players that are better than Jon Flanagan.

[PIPA23]

a confidence player, good to have a guy like him in a team...

he needs to realise he is better maybe than he thinks.. but keep concentrated and focused during the game..

i like what i saw yesterday except few minor mistakes..

[koolkamal]

People mentioning that he got skinned couple times but so did experienced players. Agger, Skrtel, Johnson as well. People keep pointing out a couple negatives when that's not something to take from it. He's a young player and mistakes are bound to happen. You look at how he bounced back from his mistake and how he learned from then during the game.

He's a lot better than people give him credit for. Not just a tough tackling hot head of a defender.

[Pistolero]

Threads like this make me laugh.

not as much as the back tracking from clueless plantpots makes me laugh....


well in Flanno lad.....keep proving the tools wrong

[ghost1359]

not as much as the back tracking from clueless plantpots makes me laugh....


well in Flanno lad.....keep proving the tools wrong

You mean like Spearing proved the doubters wrong on about 50 separate occasions before getting shipped out to Bolton?

People were concerned about Flanno starting for a reason, one swallow doth not a summer make...