Topic: Trent Alexander-Arnold

[groove]

So handy having a full back whose passing range is the entire pitch.

[farawayred]

When is Trenting going to be accepted as a verb?

[Crosby Nick]

4th best right back in the country. What a player!

[farawayred]

4th best right back in the country. What a player!

If he keeps learning, maybe he'll make it in the the English team. He's close...   

[Dave McCoy]

Ryan O'Hanlon
@rwohan
When Trent Alexander-Arnold wins the Ballon D'Or in 2026 after breaking the modern record for assists in a season and leading England to their second-ever World Cup, I will be staging a protest outside of the ceremony, holding up a sign that says, "... BUT CAN HE DEFEND?"

[Eeyore]

The right-hand side looked much better tonight with a natural wide player in front of Trent. The likes of Gordon and Elliott create so much space for Trent and if he gets a chance to get his head up, well he is just unplayable.

[Gifted Right Foot]

Actually laughed when i realised it was him up top passing the ball to Jota for the first goal.  Just an unbelievable player.

[Eeyore]

Actually laughed when i realised it was him up top passing the ball to Jota for the first goal.  Just an unbelievable player.

The understanding between Trent, Gordon and Hendo was brilliant.

Trent drifts forward and without even thinking Hendo drops into right back, Gordon hugs the touchline and creates the space for Trent who ends up as a ten. It was absolutely seamless.

Trent talks about it here.

https://theathletic.com/3062103/2022/01/14/my-game-in-my-words-trent-alexander-arnold-liverpool/

“There has been a lot of focus this season on the two triangles out wide — so, we have the No 8 in midfield, the full-backs and the wingers on each side. It is about making sure, at all times, there should be someone occupying the width, someone high up on the last line and someone in a half-space or in a midfield eight.

“The manager says it is not too important who it is, just as long as we are occupying those three spaces. With that flexibility, you can do what you want — just make sure that there is someone in those positions. That’s why at times you will see me in between a centre-back and full-back making channel runs, because the No 8 has dropped in at right-back and Mo (Mohamed Salah) is out wide. There’s flexibility and also an understanding of movement and patterns.”

How do you trust someone is going to be there to cover you?

“It is all about communication, really. It is about having an understanding with the players you are playing with. But you can only have full confidence in your position. It helps if you know people are there backing you up. We have played with each other for a long enough time as a team to understand where we need to be when certain things are happening.”

He continues: “The main principle we have is, no matter what system the opposition play, we always have two centre-backs around the halfway line and Fabinho should always be screening that. If they (Liverpool’s opponents) play two up front, we will leave it as three vs two. It is like when the ball is on the left-hand side, we all know Mo is getting in the box. It is then between me and the No 8, say that’s Jordan Henderson, on who gets into the box and backs him up. It should always be one or the other.

[Morgana]

When is Trenting going to be accepted as a verb?

I already use it as a verb on a regular basis... Trent was Trenting tonight.

Also works as an adjective... That was a Trently/Trenting performance.

[SamLad]

I’m just not sure if he makes the England squad in November…

With luck, he won't.

[lionel_messias]

He's so much better than people think he is. Even me


There is a comparison which is not often made, and the hype is not in that area but you'd have to make it:

David Beckham.


Trent is less showbiz (thank Fowler) but I think he's a better player.

[El Lobo]

He's far more talented than Beckham. Beckham was a one trick pony. Very good trick to be fair and it forged an excellent career, but Trent has a lot more to his game than a really good right foot.

[AndyMuller]

Trent is miles better than Beckham haha.

[-Willo-]

Don't understand why he is never considered for the Ballon d'Or personally. He has 20 G/A in 26 games this season from RB and its not really a shock?

Is it purely because of the position he plays in?

Even when people discuss the 'generational talents' post Messi/Ronaldo, its always Mbappe/Haaland, he is better than both for me.

[lionel_messias]

Trent is miles better than Beckham haha.

I agree 100%. What I'm saying is, fortunately the England hype train in not on Trent.

It could well be, he's a lovely lad and absolutely world class footballer, he should be fronting up the whole fecking lot of them;


However: no bother, do it for Liverpool, we don't need all that shite.

[slaphead]

He is an unreal footballer. The class and natural talent is oozing out of him and what a nice lad he is and all. If he keeps going he'll be as good as Aaron Wan Bisaka one day

[El Lobo]

He is an unreal footballer. The class and natural talent is oozing out of him and what a nice lad he is and all. If he keeps going he'll be as good as Aaron Wan Bisaka one day

[groove]

Don't understand why he is never considered for the Ballon d'Or personally. He has 20 G/A in 26 games this season from RB and its not really a shock?

Is it purely because of the position he plays in?

Even when people discuss the 'generational talents' post Messi/Ronaldo, its always Mbappe/Haaland, he is better than both for me.

calm down.

I mean, this is his best and most consistent season by far. He's taken a huge step up in the last 6 months. His previous seasons have seen him as obviously very talented but with a bit of work and consistency to put together. He'll start getting his Ballon d'Or shouts soon enough.

[Coolie High]

Don't understand why he is never considered for the Ballon d'Or personally. He has 20 G/A in 26 games this season from RB and its not really a shock?

Is it purely because of the position he plays in?

Even when people discuss the 'generational talents' post Messi/Ronaldo, its always Mbappe/Haaland, he is better than both for me.

Dani Alves never got mentioned for that award also, it always favours attackers.

[Xanderzone]

I've not seen a player since Beckham of 96-99 with the consistency of delivery that he has.

[Ghost Town]

In the annals of football history he'll have a role - a position - named after him - just as Makelele did: the Trent Role - not just a fullback, not just a midfielder, not just a wide player, not just a defender, not just a creator.

Problem is that the chances are no other bugger will have the combination of skills and quality to be able to play the Trent Role

[slaphead]

    isn't that the guy who got all emotional talking about how good Wan Bisaka was and the knob in the stupid hat was hugging him

[-Willo-]

Dani Alves never got mentioned for that award also, it always favours attackers.

Yeah thats true, but he was in the era of peak Messi/Ronaldo so nobody really got mentioned for it.

He should be in discussion for it this year for me anyway.

[Realgman]

he was electric last night, was pegged back early on, but character of him and the team took the onslaught and fought back, he was mighty...
his interview was great too, such a decent, well mannered bloke, sound..not one ounce of arrogance as a human...fair play.
someone who deserves all the plaudits and success..

[JC the Messiah]

Remember his name: Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Because a lot of the pundits struggle to include all the syllables.

[Sangria]

I think he has the ability to play in midfield, at a pinch. With his calmness in possession, vision, and passing technique, it's something of a waste to play him in his current position. Although I suppose if he plays in midfield, we'll miss his sweeper keeper capability.

[El Lobo]

I think he has the ability to play in midfield, at a pinch. With his calmness in possession, vision, and passing technique, it's something of a waste to play him in his current position. Although I suppose if he plays in midfield, we'll miss his sweeper keeper capability.

Yeah he could actually be pretty influential in midfield rather than wasting him at RB

[Sangria]

Yeah he could actually be pretty influential in midfield rather than wasting him at RB

Sorry for posting that here. Thought it was the Kelleher thread.

[William Regal]

Trents passing ability borders on insane, theres only De Bruyne and Beckham in the entire Premier League era who you could mention in the same breath as him for passing a football.

[vivabobbygraham]

Coming back to the boil nicely. Fancy him on the scoresheet today. World class, without equal in his position....whatever that position is. Against the arse the position he picks that ball up off Bobby's exquisite flick before the perfectly weighted pass into Diogo's path so he doesn't have to break stride, is insane. We were playing out from the back! and he's ahead of Bobby. The best is yet to come from him, which is a frightening prospect for any opposition

[Crimson]

His vision is frighteningly good. It's one thing spotting a pass when you have a bird's view of the field as we do from the upper stands or the telly, and it's another level doing it on the field. And even then, he still spot chances before me sometimes. He's incredible.

[RedSince86]

The pass in 2nd half that put Fabinho through on goal ( who couldn't believe he was in that position and played it to the left of the penalty area)  , it was exquisitely weighted, Salah would have buried that.

[MonsLibpool]

What a pass for the pen!

Midfielders would be proud to hit one like that once a season but our fucking rightback does it every game.

[mallin9]

Hello I'm an idiot and I'm wondering if anyone else has the impression that TAA is the chief culprit when we go into the mini swoons where we look very vulnerable and on the backfoot?  In addition to being flat-footed at CB and Fabinho/Henderson/Milner, the mini-swoons that I've seen this season have seemed to be precipitated by TAA taking his foot off the pedal and forfeiting possession a couple times.  I wonder if that's anyone else's impression or if it's misguided.  He's unfucking real on the ball, that's for certain.

[Morgana]

Hello I'm an idiot and I'm wondering if anyone else has the impression that TAA is the chief culprit when we go into the mini swoons where we look very vulnerable and on the backfoot?  In addition to being flat-footed at CB and Fabinho/Henderson/Milner, the mini-swoons that I've seen this season have seemed to be precipitated by TAA taking his foot off the pedal and forfeiting possession a couple times.  I wonder if that's anyone else's impression or if it's misguided.  He's unfucking real on the ball, that's for certain.

Isn’t this the usual/universal narrative when we concede chances or goals? We defend as a team so it can’t be just Trent’s fault when the defense fucks up.

[disgraced cake]

An absolute **** of a ball for Jota to win the penalty. One of the best passes I've seen him play in 200+ games.

[mallin9]

Isn’t this the usual/universal narrative when we concede chances or goals? We defend as a team so it can’t be just Trent’s fault when the defense fucks up.

Think you're right, and maybe the impression is more from how often TAA is on the ball, how much of the team's creativity comes from him, so when we go flat he's perhaps a bit more in the limelight.

[Clint Eastwood]

That pass gets more ridiculous every time I watch it.

[Spanish Al]

That pass gets more ridiculous every time I watch it.

He gets more ridiculous each time I watch him.

Think I may have said it in here a while back but every single time I see him play, he makes me go ‘wow’. He’s just an unbelievable footballer and without doubt is going to be in the conversation for our greatest ever player by the time he’s done. That’s how good I think he is. He’s a right back too ffs.

[Funky_Gibbons]

From Twitter;

50 Premier League players have 4 progressive passes from open play per 90 minutes.

21 players have 5.

5 players have 6.

2 players have 7.

0 players have 8, 9, or 10.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has 11.