Topic: The Indomitable Ibou

[farawayred]

Have we heard that he's fine?

[Bincey]

Have we heard that he's fine?

Jurgen said after the match that there were no injuries (from the game) so fingers crossed.

[Gili Gulu]

Second goal this week from a ball into our penalty area, where Konate is nowhere near the man putting the ball in the net.

I'm not the greatest football mind, but what exactly was he doing for the goal? Why is he so far in front of the near post?

[Draex]

He’s been wank for some time, no idea what’s up with him, far more obsessed with wrestling than being the classy center half he was.

[Phineus]

Yeah he was poor today, seemed a bit spooked by mateta rashly clearing it a few times.

[Kashinoda]

Turns out Quansah should have been playing all along

[Schmidt]

When's the last time anyone saw him sprint?

[Garlic Red]

Second goal this week from a ball into our penalty area, where Konate is nowhere near the man putting the ball in the net.

I'm not the greatest football mind, but what exactly was he doing for the goal? Why is he so far in front of the near post?

The ball kinda went into the area Fabinho would’ve ordinarily been in. There was a huge space that Eze was stood in without anybody within about 5-10 yards of him. For me Mac Allister and Endo were sleeping.

[Draex]

The ball kinda went into the area Fabinho would’ve ordinarily been in. There was a huge space that Eze was stood in without anybody within about 5-10 yards of him. For me Mac Allister and Endo were sleeping.

Eh? Endo was the one blocking the cross it went through his legs, Macca nowhere, Konate in no man’s land.

[Gili Gulu]

Eh? Endo was the one blocking the cross it went through his legs, Macca nowhere, Konate in no man’s land.

With Konate, either hold your position in front of the sticks so you can block when the cross arrives,
or rush the player about to cross the ball.
He just stands there.

Seemed to be really poor defending to me, and rather symptomatic of our approach to the first half.

[Studgotelli]

When's the last time anyone saw him sprint?

I once posted in 2022 that the 1v1 defending we do would wreck his body eventually. I think he manages his body game to game.

[Draex]

With Konate, either hold your position in front of the sticks so you can block when the cross arrives,
or rush the player about to cross the ball.
He just stands there.

Seemed to be really poor defending to me, and rather symptomatic of our approach to the first half.

Yep him and Van Dijk so passive, have been for some time. They used to bully forwards.

[Schmidt]

I once posted in 2022 that the 1v1 defending we do would wreck his body eventually. I think he manages his body game to game.

Or he doesn't want to miss the Euro's.

[Studgotelli]

Or he doesn't want to miss the Euro's.

Maybe

[Garlic Red]

Eh? Endo was the one blocking the cross it went through his legs, Macca nowhere, Konate in no man’s land.

I’ve just rewatched it, sadly.

The centre halves were definitely too deep in our box, a theme of the visits to Old Trafford too, Klopp will be livid about that.

I still didn’t think Endo should have been the one blocking that cross, in years gone by Fabinho would always have been the one cutting out the cut back around the penalty spot. Mac Allister was ahead of the play, a bit too casual getting back once Bradley came out to pressure their man, for me. But yeah, definitely mostly on the two CBs for dropping off.

[slotmachine]

He has been way below par in the last 3 games. Tentative and getting bullied by strikers. He often takes a few games to get his rythym. I do feel the likes of Neil Atkinson and the fanbase have crowned Konate as elite and world class without him having the required consistency and availability.

He still makes the wrong decision too many times and this is shown in the wrestle. He gets pinned very easy at times and doesnt realise their are players who are equally as strong and physical. He needs to play a lot smarter.

[Coolie High]

Gomez and VVD still the best partnership I’ve seen at this club regardless of how good Konate is.

[MonsLibpool]

Don't know what happened to him. His head is just not in the game.

[newterp]

Seems weak. Getting bullied.

[UNO]

Gomez and VVD still the best partnership I’ve seen at this club regardless of how good Konate is.

Gomez? 😂😂 I hope you are joking!

[jillcwhomever]

Gomez? 😂😂 I hope you are joking!

Yet more disrespect for Gomez, no surprise though.

[Bread]

His long balls today were atrocious. Lost count of the amount of times he just hoofed it for a goal kick.

[Red Wanderer]

His long balls today were atrocious. Lost count of the amount of times he just hoofed it for a goal kick.

Genuinely baffling today. Time after time Bradley or Trent or Elliott were in acres on the right hand side, and Ibou just turned back inside to either knock it to Virgil, play a hospital pass to Endo/Mac or lump it long.

Don’t know what was up with him.

[Cormack Snr]

Matip and Van Dyke is a country mile our best centre back partnership and was the pick when all were available.
Matip could bring the ball out of defense which none of them can do including Van Dyke.

[farawayred]

Van Dijk has been playing well below par of late. Had Konate been at the level before the injury, I'd play Quansah with him. The CBs all need a kick up the back side, but Quansah is the one with the least need. I hope Konate can get back to monster mode soon.

[Gili Gulu]

Genuinely baffling today. Time after time Bradley or Trent or Elliott were in acres on the right hand side, and Ibou just turned back inside to either knock it to Virgil, play a hospital pass to Endo/Mac or lump it long.

Don’t know what was up with him.

Looked panicky from the start

[Kashinoda]

Gomez and VVD still the best partnership I’ve seen at this club regardless of how good Konate is.

This was an age ago.

Matip and VVD was always the gold standard for us, won everything with those two by and large.

[RyanBabel19]

Getting bullied at the moment, Scamacca and now Mateta, losing in way too many situations he should be reading the game better

[deano2727]

Hasn't been great for a while, has he?

[MonsLibpool]

One of the players that still start despite playing crap.

[gerrardisgod]

Physical forwards are his downfall, gets too wrapped up in a fight with them and loses all composure.

[y2w902]

The fuck has happened to him, all at sea the past month.

[sminp]

Not sure how he’s getting picked over Quansah at the moment.

[newterp]

Calvert-Lewin bullied him (with help from the ref).

What's happened to him? Are the Euros truly in his mind?

[HeartAndSoul]

Not sure how he’s getting picked over Quansah at the moment.

Even Gomez should be getting picked over him. Was a pisstake when he missed so many games out injured for us and went away to represent France when he could have concentrated on his rehab with us.

[spider-neil]

Quansah should start the rest of the games this season. Konate has been awful recently.

[kaesarsosei]

Konate has been awful in every single appearance since his last injury. This to me is the single biggest worry in our squad - we know Salah has problems but he's well past his peak and we are supposed to be getting 10 years of Konate just reaching his. He has been fucking brutal for 4-5 games now and actually should just be left out of the team for the rest of the season and hopefully we'll find out he's carrying something or just isn't right. Subbing a CB for non-injury reasons when chasing a game is basically unheard of.

[robertobaggio37]

I sadly think we need better. He's got all the physical attributes but he switches off to often and when margins are so small, this is a must have quality teams need to have in their CBs in order to win titles.

[AndyMuller]

He was absolutely shocking last night.

[Cormack Snr]

His confidence is shot, playing one week, getting dropped, injured, not playing well, injured again, back in team, dropped again and then brought back.
Long term for me Quansah is a more reliable player, all Konate wanted to do last night was pass it back to the nearest player.
In life the same person can be on top of the world one minute and down in the dumps the next, it is a mental thing.
You could say the same about our team, only a little while ago we were leading and dominating Utd in the cup with the pundit saying how good we are and how we suffocate teams, the next thing we couldn't score and then Utd get back in the game and we have really gone down hill since then.