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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5880 on: August 7, 2022, 05:13:17 pm »
Argh so because we had some injuries at centre back it prevents one of your senior central midfielders from performing? Just as well no-one else had that attitude hey, would have been a truly awful season.
 
You sound just like an Everton fan. I'd expect that from 'banter' fans, but did you seriously not see how UNPRECEDENTED injuries, PLUS COVID ISSUES, plus Klopp's bereavement, affected every single part of that team? Don't you remember the abject performances, the insane results (how many losses in a row? At Anfield?) and even our best remaining players wandering around looking lost or with thousand yard stares?

You've forgotten it all already because you want to trash a player.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5881 on: August 7, 2022, 05:20:27 pm »
You sound just like an Everton fan. I'd expect that from 'banter' fans, but did you seriously not see how UNPRECEDENTED injuries, PLUS COVID ISSUES, plus Klopp's bereavement, affected every single part of that team? Don't you remember the abject performances, the insane results (how many losses in a row? At Anfield?) and even our best remaining players wandering around looking lost or with thousand yard stares?

You've forgotten it all already because you want to trash a player.
Don't worry, it was
Don’t fucking dare put COVID or Klopps mother passing away on Wijnaldum performing like he had already left, you should be fucking ashamed to use that as an excuse.

He was outperformed in almost every department by every other midfielder in the squad, why didn’t it affect them the same?
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5882 on: August 7, 2022, 05:27:35 pm »
Klopp said that season that Gini was our best midfielder and was consistent as always.

He certainly was - at least until Thiago came back from injury and finally got up to speed for the run-in.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5883 on: August 7, 2022, 05:29:46 pm »
Don’t fucking dare put COVID or Klopps mother passing away on Wijnaldum performing like he had already left, you should be fucking ashamed to use that as an excuse.
I dare

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He was outperformed in almost every department by every other midfielder in the squad, why didn’t it affect them the same?
His was a thankless task in that team, that year.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5884 on: August 7, 2022, 05:55:44 pm »
I dare
His was a thankless task in that team, that year.
I’m embarrassed for you for even bringing up Klopp’s mother passing away, let alone using it as an excuse for a player not performing.

Thankless task? We finished third that year and he was completing fewer passes than Alisson in some games.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5885 on: August 7, 2022, 05:59:22 pm »

Thankless task? We finished third that year.

Both those things can be true Funky. I think they are. It's precisely why Gini Wijnaldum deserves some respect.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5886 on: August 7, 2022, 06:03:49 pm »
I’m embarrassed for you for even bringing up Klopp’s mother passing away, let alone using it as an excuse for a player not performing.
Thanks, very kind of you, but no need. Understanding what I meant would have been better

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Thankless task? We finished third that year and he was completing fewer passes than Alisson in some games.
He performed the role he was asked to under testing, unprecendented conditions, so that others could perform theirs. His manager, and others, appreciated what was happening.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5887 on: August 16, 2022, 12:19:34 am »
We really miss him.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5888 on: August 16, 2022, 07:00:16 am »
We really miss him.
We do but Klopp knew what he was buying.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5889 on: September 5, 2022, 05:50:01 pm »
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Thiago Alcantara has returned to full training for Liverpool after missing almost a month out with a hamstring problem. [Liverpool Echo]
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5890 on: September 5, 2022, 06:06:27 pm »
Praise the lord.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5891 on: September 5, 2022, 06:14:57 pm »
Wrap him in cotton wool.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5892 on: September 5, 2022, 07:26:29 pm »
What a torrid month it was. Restore the cohesiveness in this team
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5893 on: September 5, 2022, 07:29:21 pm »
Wrap him in cotton wool.

No doubt he’d get injured again when we unwrap him

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5894 on: September 5, 2022, 08:32:49 pm »
With Thiago you enjoy him while he’s fit cause you know his body is like a ticking time bomb which could go off at anytime. We’ve definitely missed him the last month. Hopefully Melo can bring some similar traits to the team as Thiago.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5895 on: September 5, 2022, 08:36:56 pm »
No doubt he’d get injured again when we unwrap him

I think he got injured from the wrapping.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5896 on: September 5, 2022, 08:53:01 pm »
I think he got injured from the wrapping.

Haha yeah. Wouldn’t surprise me with him

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5897 on: September 5, 2022, 08:56:12 pm »
Napoli match to come too soon for him?
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5898 on: September 5, 2022, 09:16:10 pm »
Napoli match to come too soon for him?

More than likely. Ease him back in slowly. Got Arthur who’ll be used to playing against teams like Napoli so may as well use him whilst we are still a bit low on midfield numbers

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5899 on: September 5, 2022, 09:25:34 pm »
Please save our season lol.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5900 on: September 5, 2022, 09:46:11 pm »

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5902 on: September 6, 2022, 03:02:41 pm »


great guess the injury was worse than we thought - he's missing a lower leg.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5903 on: September 6, 2022, 03:49:26 pm »
And his left leg is locked in a weird position.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5904 on: September 6, 2022, 03:51:56 pm »
Not that bad of a hamstring injury then luckily enough! I thought it would be a minimum of six weeks when Jürgen said that. Hopefully it remains intact until the World Cup break and he then comes back fit and ready to go also after that.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5906 on: September 7, 2022, 02:34:29 pm »
With Thiago you enjoy him while he’s fit cause you know his body is like a ticking time bomb which could go off at anytime. We’ve definitely missed him the last month. Hopefully Melo can bring some similar traits to the team as Thiago.
I don't think we should pick him at all. Just incase he gets injured.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5907 on: September 7, 2022, 03:03:16 pm »
Goodness. Thiago back quicker than expected (by me anyway), what a lovely bonus.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5908 on: September 7, 2022, 03:09:16 pm »
great guess the injury was worse than we thought - he's missing a lower leg.

 ;D ;D ;D
he can still control a ball all the same...it'll do
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5909 on: September 7, 2022, 09:55:34 pm »
On a different level to the rest (aside from Nunez) when he came on. Good to have him back for now.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5910 on: September 7, 2022, 09:56:22 pm »
Lightyears ahead of every midfielder at the club, hopefully he can at least give us a few weeks.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5911 on: September 7, 2022, 09:57:02 pm »
We need a few more midfielders who are half as good as this man is and we;re set.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5912 on: September 7, 2022, 09:58:30 pm »
We look comfortable again with him back.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5913 on: September 7, 2022, 09:59:15 pm »
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5914 on: September 7, 2022, 10:00:12 pm »
Utter class. Now please stay fit for a few matches.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5915 on: September 7, 2022, 10:03:33 pm »
A proper top class player, coming on and playing with fire in his belly, he and Diaz put most of the others to shame. That cameo was an example of why he’s had the career he has.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5916 on: September 7, 2022, 10:04:20 pm »
Great to have him back.
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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5917 on: September 7, 2022, 10:11:23 pm »
I suspect our performances and results will immediately improve, significantly, with him back. We're insanely reliant upon him, it's crazy.

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5918 on: September 7, 2022, 10:29:37 pm »
He's the teams metronome

Seems the only player who gets us moving quickly

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Re: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara
« Reply #5919 on: September 7, 2022, 10:32:21 pm »
Just stay bloody fit.