Topic: Conor Bradley

[Bobinhood]

He's got that Steve Finnan quick inside move. just jabs the ball right off your foot. Very useful indeed. 

Big fast smart and unfazed also. Pretty darn good start.

[RedG13]

Good Performance.

[nayia2002]

9/10 performance tonight. Very well done.
Keep it up lad 

[xbugawugax]

He's got that Steve Finnan quick inside move. just jabs the ball right off your foot. Very useful indeed. 

Big fast smart and unfazed also. Pretty darn good start.

big boots to fill there. win the CL and ride off to the sunset.

we are blessed with decent right backs. Rob jones, finnan, clyne, carra(lol),flanno, trent and now conor as a project. Love to see what kind of player he can develop into

[StL-Dono]

Calvin Ramsey might be in Preston longer than he thought. 

[jckliew]

Calvin Ramsey might be in Preston longer than he thought. 

May not be required to return.
What a great prospect Bradley is!

[mullyred94]

Never in doubt 

[Draex]

Klopp said someone had to drive him home he left it all on the pitch and some! What a warrior.

[redbyrdz]

Fantastic yesterday. Was my motm, really solid.

[mullyred94]

Fantastic yesterday. Was my motm, really solid.

Think he got official MOTM at least the Liverpool one

[Indomitable_Carp]

Echo all the sentiments in here. What a performance. Talk about stepping up and taking your oppurtunity. The greatest joy of the Klopp era remains watching our youth players work their way into the team and thrive into something special. Based on that game, Bradley has a bright future.

[RedForeverTT]

He's got that Steve Finnan quick inside move. just jabs the ball right off your foot. Very useful indeed. 

Big fast smart and unfazed also. Pretty darn good start.

I thought his game was more closely modelled after Robertson with pace, power and determination.

2 days ago I said the true litmus test was when he starts and finished a game strongly. This boy has not only passed it, he passed it with flying colours.

Physio please look after him.

[Wigwamdelbert]

Well played young man.

Mad how few players we’ve had from NI. First since?…

Jim Magilton was on our books, but never had a senior game

[classycarra]

I thought his game was more closely modelled after Robertson with pace, power and determination.

2 days ago I said the true litmus test was when he starts and finished a game strongly. This boy has not only passed it, he passed it with flying colours.

Physio please look after him.

I thought it looked like he had a bit more guile/technique to his dribbling than Robbo - who does great with in so long as there's decent space.

Bradley uses both feet, got some nice balance, and seemed to understand standing a player up/changing pace to beat someone - made me think he must have loads of experience on the wing as a young player.

If we're talking comparing to one of our british fullbacks, which you've both prompted me to consider, i wonder if he's slightly more of a Glen Johnson archetype (he's have to bulk up obviously!!)

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

In the summer the feeling was we needed to sign a centre back - Klopp knew otherwise

There were also calls for a right back - yet again Klopp knew otherwise

[tubby]

I like that move he does where he just throws his butt into people to protect the ball.  Similar to Mac Allister but from further away.

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Bet he can't move this morning

[classycarra]

I like that move he does where he just throws his butt into people to protect the ball.  Similar to Mac Allister but from further away.

it was surprisingly long range! that and the Willian catch up tackle felt like he wasn't favourite.

lead to his impressive number of tackles (think it was 6, way ahead of his teammates)

[kennedy81]

Well played young man.

Mad how few players we’ve had from NI. First since?…

https://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/PlayerCountries/Details/14

Just 4 from the N. Irish state in the club's history. There were 8 other players from that part of the world who had played for Liverpool before NI was formed in 1920, like Elisha Scott.

https://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/PlayerCountries/Details/13

[Andy]

Jim Magilton was on our books, but never had a senior game

He was great for the 2nd best team in Liverpool though

[Yorkykopite]

https://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/PlayerCountries/Details/14

Just 4 from the N. Irish state in the club's history. There were 8 other players from that part of the world who had played for Liverpool before NI was formed in 1920, like Elisha Scott.

https://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/PlayerCountries/Details/13

Elisha Scott was born before Partition but he played for Liverpool when Northern Ireland existed.

[Kopenhagen]

13 appearances for his senior international side at 20 years old. I'm sure the competition for place isn't that strong, but it's still pretty impressive.

Great performance last night.

[thejbs]

13 appearances for his senior international side at 20 years old. I'm sure the competition for place isn't that strong, but it's still pretty impressive.

Great performance last night.

A nice sign of the times that he's playing for Northern Ireland. Where he's from, 20 years ago it would've been difficult to entertain playing for NI over ROI.

[hoganballs]

Great performance from the lad, has a bright future ahead. He’s grew up in a town 20 miles up the road from me. Could benefit from putting some timber on his frame - really surprised he’s got such a slight frame when he grew up playing Gaelic Football like I did, which is an inherently more robust game than Football.

[thejbs]

Same town as me. My dad taught his parents. Second most famous person from the town after Joe Sheridan who invented the Irish Coffee 😂 uppa Derg!

[thejbs]

The Dungannon Diego

Fuck that. He’s the Castlederg Cafu.

And I demand this is added to the thread title to glorify my shitty wee town.

[Big Dirk]

A nice sign of the times that he's playing for Northern Ireland. Where he's from, 20 years ago it would've been difficult to entertain playing for NI over ROI.

Probably just realised it doesn’t matter if you pick North or South..they are both shite.

[thejbs]

Probably just realised it doesn’t matter if you pick North or South..they are both shite.

True. There’s a dearth of quality coaching at youth level, and GAA and rugby soak up a lot of would be talents - Gaelic football, in particular.

[BobPaisley3]

Such as shutting down Martinelli on the wing for 20+ minutes?

Genuine question, is that sarcasm?

[DangerScouse]

True. There’s a dearth of quality coaching at youth level, and GAA and rugby soak up a lot of would be talents - Gaelic football, in particular.

Thankfully he didn't succumb to Football.

[mighty magpie]

The Dungannon Diego

Miles out, the Aghyaran Alves.

[diegoLFC7]

My name is Diego Alves reading your reply to his message was like woahhhhhhh 

[Timbo's Goals]

Don't post anymore but watching that amazing big game full match debut of Conor Bradley I'm compelled to.

 I know I am prone to hyperbole but fuck it cos quite simply that was the finest all round right back performance in a red shirt I've seen at Anfield. Or anywhere in a red shirt.

I leave Trent out of it of course cos his abilities with the ball are not of this fucking planet. But having seen all of them going right back to Johnny Molyneux I've got to say I've never seen a more complete right back display defensively or offensively as I witnessed last night with this lad. Stevie G did do a cameo role there early on and he did look like a budding Conor Bradley I guess but none of all our other true greats in that position - Chrissie Lawler, Smithy, Phil Neal, Stevie Nicol and Rob Jones - ever displayed quite the same remarkable combination of natural full back awareness, athleticism, pace, aggression, tenacity, anticipation, jockeying, tackling allied to a gifted winger's level of attacking skills.

Got to say the lad took my breath away with the package he has to offer. Against Willian and Robinson, two superb skilful and pacy left wing opponents in their own right as we know he not only held his own but for most part coped with quite ridiculous ease. Just as he did with an ultimately disgruntled Martinelli a few days earlier whose attacking left wing sorties fell apart as soon as Conor came on to front him.

 I thought that might have been a bit of a one off but seemingly not on the evidence at Anfield against Fulham. What a true gem we seem to have on our hands with this lad. Fuckinghell. 

[xbugawugax]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/19453p9/conor_the_beast_bradley_vs_fulham/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


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if that video doesnt make you excited then maybe you need to get off pornhub

now all he needs is to kick on from that performance. easy peasy task

[Lochgelly Violet]

. Stevie G did do a cameo role there early on and he did look like a budding Conor Bradley I guess but none of all our other true greats in that position - Chrissie Lawler, Smithy, Phil Neal, Stevie Nicol and Rob Jones -

Markus Babbel is the best traditional right back I've seen in a red shirt.

[thejbs]

Miles out, the Aghyaran Alves.

Good luck to scousers trying to pronounce Aghyaran 😂

EDIT: Isn't Alves in jail for sexual assault?  Castlederg Cafu it is, then.

[So… Howard Philips]

I thought his game was more closely modelled after Robertson with pace, power and determination.

2 days ago I said the true litmus test was when he starts and finished a game strongly. This boy has not only passed it, he passed it with flying colours.

Physio please look after him.

Now you’ve said that it made me realise who his ‘loping’ running style reminded me off.

[DiggerJohn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/19453p9/conor_the_beast_bradley_vs_fulham/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


shamelessly stolen of reddit

if that video doesnt make you excited then maybe you need to get off pornhub

now all he needs is to kick on from that performance. easy peasy task

I watched the game live so hard to concentrate on one player. But watching those highlights Bradley was very impressive. Great anticipation in his defending reading danger well

[Yorkykopite]

Don't post anymore but watching that amazing big game full match debut of Conor Bradley I'm compelled to.

 I know I am prone to hyperbole but fuck it cos quite simply that was the finest all round right back performance in a red shirt I've seen at Anfield. Or anywhere in a red shirt.

I leave Trent out of it of course cos his abilities with the ball are not of this fucking planet. But having seen all of them going right back to Johnny Molyneux I've got to say I've never seen a more complete right back display defensively or offensively as I witnessed last night with this lad. Stevie G did do a cameo role there early on and he did look like a budding Conor Bradley I guess but none of all our other true greats in that position - Chrissie Lawler, Smithy, Phil Neal, Stevie Nicol and Rob Jones - ever displayed quite the same remarkable combination of natural full back awareness, athleticism, pace, aggression, tenacity, anticipation, jockeying, tackling allied to a gifted winger's level of attacking skills.

Got to say the lad took my breath away with the package he has to offer. Against Willian and Robinson, two superb skilful and pacy left wing opponents in their own right as we know he not only held his own but for most part coped with quite ridiculous ease. Just as he did with an ultimately disgruntled Martinelli a few days earlier whose attacking left wing sorties fell apart as soon as Conor came on to front him.

 I thought that might have been a bit of a one off but seemingly not on the evidence at Anfield against Fulham. What a true gem we seem to have on our hands with this lad. Fuckinghell. 

First off all, great to see a Timbo post. RAWK needs you. Stay!

Second, great assessment. I'm intrigued you think it was a more complete performance than even Rob Jones's debut - v Giggs and Man U I think? But perhaps you're right. Bradley showed more attacking intent than Rob could afford in that famous display. You're certainly right to point out that he was pitted against Fulham's best two players. Willian beat him once - unfortunately for the goal where Conor seemed to slip. But even this was interesting. He was in the right position to defend the threat, which was a very unusual position to be in for a right back. Robinson beat him once on the outside and got his cross in (only to allow Curtis to do a bit of showboating).

I loved his conversation with Jurgen at the end of the match. Didn't hear it obviously, but it was possible to imagine what was being said. He won't have slept that night, despite being utterly and obviously knackered. I also loved that Phil Thompson-esque method of early tackling. Get the tackle in a second before the player on the ball expects a challenge. You've got to be good to do that mind.

[kennedy81]

Elisha Scott was born before Partition but he played for Liverpool when Northern Ireland existed.

Yeah, there's probably a few others too.