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JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #1400 on:** November 6, 2018, 09:29:56 am »

People making sweeping generalisations about complex political issues are extremely unhelpful.

It is plainly regrettable that Shaqiri is not in the squad for this one, all the more so for the reasons behind the decision. But to blame “Serbians” or “all Serbians” or “most Serbians” in such a sweeping manner does no one any favours and borders on the very same racism that the Serbian people/fans are being accused of.

The situation in the Balkans is very sad indeed and anywhere where nationalism plays such a prominent role in debate is bound to be deeply troubled. But this is first and foremost a football forum. There are carefully moderated threads elsewhere on RAWK which go into these issues in more detail and with more consideration and anyone genuinely interested in the subject would do well to explore it there.

gamble · « **Reply #1401 on:** November 11, 2018, 11:50:39 am »

He’s looking a lot more lean now

catinthebag · « **Reply #1402 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:41:44 pm »

Love the look of joy on Shaqiri's face when he scores. He's looks like a lusty dwarven warrior who just won the Goblin Beheading Cup.

lgvkarlos · « **Reply #1403 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:51:25 pm »

Comfortably been our best attacking player this season.

SlowRap · « **Reply #1404 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:52:46 pm »

Quote from: lgvkarlos on November 11, 2018, 01:51:25 pm

Comfortably been our best attacking player this season.

tubby · « **Reply #1405 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:52:55 pm »

Made that finish look a lot easier than it was.

Zlen · « **Reply #1406 on:** November 11, 2018, 01:55:23 pm »

Very good game topped off with an excellent finish.
For me he is doing enough to claim his place in the first team at the moment.

Chakan · « **Reply #1407 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:01:57 pm »

Made all the difference today.

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #1408 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:04:12 pm »

Good game. Should take free kicks more

deFacto please, you bastards · « **Reply #1409 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:07:11 pm »

Fantastic finish.

didi shamone · « **Reply #1410 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:07:35 pm »

Made that finish look routine. Cracking technique.

Gaz123456 · « **Reply #1411 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:09:37 pm »

Great technique and a very promising game. He's undoubtably going to give us some great moments this season.

Ravishing Rick Dude · « **Reply #1412 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:16:09 pm »

He always score at the right time

newterp · « **Reply #1413 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:26:39 pm »

He's pretty much played himself into the starting line up.

The Final Third · « **Reply #1414 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:28:00 pm »

Scored or assisted in five of the last six matches in all comps - 2 goals, 3 assists ..has become key.

Dim Glas · « **Reply #1415 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:40:53 pm »

he's great, he's got it all he really has, working his little legs off too.

Hopefully he'll be a regular starter.

Poet · « **Reply #1416 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:44:19 pm »

Quote from: Dië Nullfuenfer on November 11, 2018, 02:40:53 pm

he's great, he's got it all he really has, working his little legs off too.

Hopefully he'll be a regular starter.

His calves would have something to say about that

Chakan · « **Reply #1417 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:45:45 pm »

Quote from: Dië Nullfuenfer on November 11, 2018, 02:40:53 pm

he's great, he's got it all he really has, working his little legs off too.

Hopefully he'll be a regular starter.

You look at how lallana performed against RB and how Shaquiri did today And it’s really night and day.

Indomitable_Carp · « **Reply #1418 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:51:12 pm »

I don't know what else he would have to do to prove himself one of our strongest starting XI. He's great. And a bit of a fan favourite to it seems.

Zoomers · « **Reply #1419 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:52:51 pm »

What a goal by the big man

Ravishing Rick Dude · « **Reply #1420 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:58:10 pm »

A fucking giant is stuck in that miniature body.

RyanBabel19 · « **Reply #1421 on:** November 11, 2018, 02:59:21 pm »

He should be one of the first names on the teamsheet at the moment

RedSince86 · « **Reply #1422 on:** November 11, 2018, 03:02:16 pm »

Bargain.

I'd Like to see him as the #10 and Firmino as the 9.

L.Suarez · « **Reply #1423 on:** November 11, 2018, 03:03:34 pm »

He did really well, 4-2-3-1 looks like the way going forward ATM. Would like to one day see Fabinho-Keita midfield with it.

DelTrotter · « **Reply #1424 on:** November 11, 2018, 03:13:24 pm »

He's quality. We'll no doubt be ravaged during the international break so who knows what we'll have available for Watford but I hope he starts if everyone is fit, no need to be too respectful to the crap in this league. Get out best attacking players out there and twat them.

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #1425 on:** November 11, 2018, 03:20:43 pm »

The only forward that’s constantly on the move and looking for the ball.

I’d have pissed myself if someone said that’d be the case in August.

Dim Glas · « **Reply #1426 on:** November 11, 2018, 03:21:38 pm »

Quote from: Chakan on November 11, 2018, 02:45:45 pm

You look at how lallana performed against RB and how Shaquiri did today And it’s really night and day.

yep for sure. If one of the two starts, should be Shaq, then you have a nice option of Lallana for 15-20 mins, may build his fitness up a bit that way too. Lallana still has much to offer, just getting up to 100% with all his injury worries is never going to be easy.

number 168 · « **Reply #1427 on:** November 11, 2018, 03:50:02 pm »

Quote from: L.Suarez on November 11, 2018, 03:03:34 pm

He did really well, 4-2-3-1 looks like the way going forward ATM. Would like to one day see Fabinho-Keita midfield with it.

That midfield has to happen at some point, I hope it's reasonably soon.

RedForeverTT · « **Reply #1428 on:** November 11, 2018, 04:01:49 pm »

Quote from: Dië Nullfuenfer on November 11, 2018, 03:21:38 pm

yep for sure. If one of the two starts, should be Shaq, then you have a nice option of Lallana for 15-20 mins, may build his fitness up a bit that way too. Lallana still has much to offer, just getting up to 100% with all his injury worries is never going to be easy.

At this moment, Shaq is well ahead of Lallana whether it was playing in midfield or front 3.

With Shaq, you can expect something to happen. Lallana is the anti thesis of that. Whilst you can expect Lallana to keep hold of the ball pretty well and move it forward, you don't at this stage of his career expect any spark of brilliance.

SMASHerano · « **Reply #1429 on:** November 11, 2018, 04:18:16 pm »

Undroppable in my opinion. Our midfield has been screaming for someone like him all season.

Chalky Boots · « **Reply #1430 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:10:09 pm »

He should be starting over Milner let alone Lallana. He's significantly better than any of the other players who take up the more advanced midfield role (Keita excluded).

Gaz123456 · « **Reply #1431 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:24:58 pm »

You can see how much he loves it here. A definite cult hero of the future.

Keith Lard · « **Reply #1432 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:26:47 pm »

What a fucking brilliant player he is turning out to be for us!

I just can’t believe we got him for £13m. Daylight robbery to the nth degree.

He’s looking every inch a £70m+ signing.

RedPat · « **Reply #1433 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:27:27 pm »

Funny the way his goal was initially celebrated with the Andy Robbo chant fair play to the section of the kop that got a cant going for Shaq.

stockdam · « **Reply #1434 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:27:49 pm »

He made that finish today seem simple when it was a very hard thing to do.

He's giving Klopp a big problem now. He is playing himself onto the first team but I'm not sure that this fits into how our front 3 and midfield play. I saw Saqiri as sort of a maverick who would come in off the bench to do something new and different.

Anyway he has shown that he is good enough to start and at present he's playing as well as any of our other players.

The Test · « **Reply #1435 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:29:01 pm »

Quote from: stockdam on November 11, 2018, 08:27:49 pm

He made that finish today seem simple when it was a very hard thing to do.

He's giving Klopp a big problem now. He is playing himself onto the first team but I'm not sure that this fits into how our front 3 and midfield play. I saw Saqiri as sort of a maverick who would come in off the bench to do something new and different.

Anyway he has shown that he is good enough to start and at present he's playing as well as any of our other players.

Thats surely a good thing at the moment...

deFacto please, you bastards · « **Reply #1436 on:** November 11, 2018, 08:30:06 pm »

Quote from: stockdam on November 11, 2018, 08:27:49 pm

He made that finish today seem simple when it was a very hard thing to do.

He's giving Klopp a big problem now. He is playing himself onto the first team but I'm not sure that this fits into how our front 3 and midfield play. I saw Saqiri as sort of a maverick who would come in off the bench to do something new and different.

Anyway he has shown that he is good enough to start and at present he's playing as well as any of our other players.

We will have to rotate the front three at some point, so he can come in wide for either Mane or Salah, and in midfield we could still play Fabinho/Henderson Wijnaldum, Keita.

J-Mc- · « **Reply #1437 on:** November 11, 2018, 10:10:53 pm »

Having a very similar impact that Ox had once he settled.

Always liked Shaqiri, always hated us playing against him so was made up when we signed him.

He can definately be the driving force and creator from midfield we’ve been missing, especially if Naby gets upto speed as well.

Only issue for me would be to drop Wijnaldum if we did see a Shaq, Keita, Fabinho midfield 3.

Mr_Shane · « **Reply #1438 on:** November 11, 2018, 10:19:32 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on November 11, 2018, 10:10:53 pm

Having a very similar impact that Ox had once he settled.

Always liked Shaqiri, always hated us playing against him so was made up when we signed him.

He can definately be the driving force and creator from midfield we’ve been missing, especially if Naby gets upto speed as well.

Only issue for me would be to drop Wijnaldum if we did see a Shaq, Keita, Fabinho midfield 3.

But now we have a midfield for many occasions. Keita and Shaqiri in there and I am confident we can break down the parked bus.

Wijnaldum and Fabinho give a more tactically astute midfield

Henderson and Milner are like duracell bunnys

Jm55 · « **Reply #1439 on:** November 11, 2018, 10:20:15 pm »

If, and it’s a bit if, he maintains this form and hits anything like the trajectory of a Klopp signing, then we could have some player on our hands.

Looked fantastic so far. Really can’t believe how much energy he has, I was optimistic when we signed him but I thought he’d be Beebatov eaque, he’s been anytbjng but.

He’s got every right to make that role that we thought Fekir would be filling his own.