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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #280 on: June 29, 2016, 06:13:34 am »
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #281 on: June 29, 2016, 06:14:43 am »
Mané good vibes about this move!

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #282 on: June 29, 2016, 06:22:14 am »
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #283 on: June 29, 2016, 06:47:12 am »
Think he is a good signing. Welcome Sadio
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #284 on: June 29, 2016, 06:52:13 am »
Quick, takes defenders on, scores goals .. what's not to like?

Has anyone mentioned the fee yet?

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #285 on: June 29, 2016, 08:14:58 am »
Quick, takes defenders on, scores goals .. what's not to like?

Has anyone mentioned the fee yet?
I'm ambivalent about this signing to be honest. On one hand, he has talent and has performed reasonably well for the Saints. On the other hand, he will need to get even better to be deemed a success here. He appears to have the confidence not to be weighed down by playing for a big club at least.

And I'm going to mention the fee  :D

As for the fee, £30m+ signings are no longer a big deal due to the insane amount of money in the English league. I think Palace offered £31m for Batshuayi but aren't Chelsea getting him now? Anyway the point is, we've got to the stage where fees can't really be moaned about so much. Unless we pay £30m for Poulsen  :'(

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #286 on: June 29, 2016, 08:20:22 am »
I don't care if he cost £1, £30m, £60m or a packet of M&Ms. 

Bloke is class.

Welcome to the best club in the world Sadio!

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #287 on: June 29, 2016, 08:25:00 am »
should fit in well.....was really good for another pressing manager who is also gonna go on to bigger things...roger schmidt
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #288 on: June 29, 2016, 10:17:16 am »
Can he press well? If he's going to play winger in a 4231, he needs to do a lot of that.

His inconstistency worries me less. That's very normal for attacking players, just look at Coutinho, but we should be able to rotate him when he's out of form. I prefer that over players that never seem to get in the zone where they score for fun, like Lallana.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mane !!
« Reply #289 on: June 29, 2016, 10:18:45 am »
I'm seriously on the fence with this one.

On one hand, he's a better fit than a lot of other players signed recently. He's fast, tenacious, got some skill and can play a number of attacking positions.

But he's far from the finished article, inconsistent and hugely overpriced.

And the whole buying Southampton players thing is getting a little old :(

Surely one has to turn out good at some point I guess (Clyne about the best one currently)...
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #290 on: June 29, 2016, 11:25:49 am »
I'm seriously on the fence with this one.

On one hand, he's a better fit than a lot of other players signed recently. He's fast, tenacious, got some skill and can play a number of attacking positions.

But he's far from the finished article, inconsistent and hugely overpriced.

And the whole buying Southampton players thing is getting a little old :(

Surely one has to turn out good at some point I guess (Clyne about the best one currently)...


I don't think he is over priced.  Attacking winger, goal scorer you always going to pay extra for that.   If you put into context what some clubs are bidding for players I think its fair.

Maybe a few years ago he would be a £15m player, but with today's premier league money price seems fair.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #291 on: June 29, 2016, 11:28:44 am »
I'm backing 3 goals before I buy his shirt

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #292 on: June 29, 2016, 11:41:55 am »
                Origi.         Sturridge

     Coutinho.     Firmino.        Mane
             
                           Can

(Not alberto) Sahko.     Lovren.  Clyne

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #293 on: June 29, 2016, 11:45:20 am »
I don't know much about this guy. Thought he was a striker, but people are saying more of a winger. Anyway, hope he does well for us.

We'll have to start hating Portsmouth soon, with the amount of ex Southampton players we've got.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #294 on: June 29, 2016, 01:00:40 pm »
8 whole pages!

Don't think RAWK is too excited about this!  ;D

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #295 on: June 29, 2016, 01:06:34 pm »
                Origi.         Sturridge

     Coutinho.     Firmino.        Mane
             
                           Can

(Not alberto) Sahko.     Lovren.  Clyne
Do we really need Can in there?

Just do away with the midfield completely and throw Ings up front. What a team that would be, imagine how many goals we'd score!!!

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« Reply #296 on: June 29, 2016, 01:14:37 pm »
Welcome lad. Obviously hoping he does well.
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #297 on: June 29, 2016, 01:33:50 pm »
I am made up with this signing. Pace, goals from wide position, exactly what we have been crying out for.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #298 on: June 29, 2016, 01:40:09 pm »
Anyone have the breakdown of his stats when he played on the right as apposed to the other positions. I think I read he was much more consistent on the right where he is likely to play for us.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #299 on: June 29, 2016, 01:47:49 pm »
Anyone have the breakdown of his stats when he played on the right as apposed to the other positions. I think I read he was much more consistent on the right where he is likely to play for us.
From Transfermarkt:

Position                  Games   Goals   Assists
Left Wing                  106      56         37
Right Wing                30        10          7
Secondary Striker      19         4           2
Attacking Midfield       5          0           0
Centre Forward          1          0           0

Don't know how accurate this is though as I was sure he had played more games on the right.
« Last Edit: June 29, 2016, 01:49:28 pm by Agent99 »

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #300 on: June 29, 2016, 01:51:33 pm »
I don't know much about this guy. Thought he was a striker, but people are saying more of a winger. Anyway, hope he does well for us.

We'll have to start hating Portsmouth soon, with the amount of ex Southampton players we've got.

He is not a striker or a winger in the classic sense of the word. The best way to describe him is a modern day forward of the Neymar type.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #301 on: June 29, 2016, 01:56:52 pm »
8 whole pages!

Don't think RAWK is too excited about this!  ;D

We've upped the stakes in the nonsense criteria for new attackers. New players now have to be not playing for Southampton, over £20 million,  foreign, currently playing in a foreign top tier league (definitely not for Southampton anyway), linked with Real/Bayern/City/etc, have a 1 in 2 scoring record and definitely must never have played for Southampton before we can get an excited majority.

Mane may be a talented footballer who fills a gap in our squad and suits Klopp's style of football but in terms of new signings he's already an almost complete failure!
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« Reply #302 on: June 29, 2016, 02:18:57 pm »
From Transfermarkt:

Position                  Games   Goals   Assists
Left Wing                  106      56         37
Right Wing                30        10          7
Secondary Striker      19         4           2
Attacking Midfield       5          0           0
Centre Forward          1          0           0

Don't know how accurate this is though as I was sure he had played more games on the right.

He only played once on the left last season for Saints, so i assume he was playing on the left mainly in Austria.

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #303 on: June 29, 2016, 02:19:43 pm »
From Transfermarkt:

Position                  Games   Goals   Assists
Left Wing                  106      56         37
Right Wing                30        10          7
Secondary Striker      19         4           2
Attacking Midfield       5          0           0
Centre Forward          1          0           0

Don't know how accurate this is though as I was sure he had played more games on the right.

Was trying to explain this the other day.
To be honest the use of "wing" in this isn't that helpful - he's not a midfielder or a wide player he's an insider forward who is best coming in from the left

His signing means we'll see a different attacking scheme / shape to last season

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #304 on: June 29, 2016, 04:14:01 pm »
Do we really need Can in there?

Just do away with the midfield completely and throw Ings up front. What a team that would be, imagine how many goals we'd score!!!
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« Reply #305 on: June 29, 2016, 04:24:27 pm »
From Transfermarkt:

Position                  Games   Goals   Assists
Left Wing                  106      56         37
Right Wing                30        10          7
Secondary Striker      19         4           2
Attacking Midfield       5          0           0
Centre Forward          1          0           0

Don't know how accurate this is though as I was sure he had played more games on the right.

Not having that - 93 G/A contributions in 106 games from the left?

Regardless of quality of opposition, that's Ronaldo / Messi / Suarez numbers.


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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #306 on: June 29, 2016, 04:28:42 pm »
What about him playing as an out and out striker?

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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #307 on: June 29, 2016, 04:30:11 pm »
Do we really need Can in there?

Just do away with the midfield completely and throw Ings up front. What a team that would be, imagine how many goals we'd score!!!

We'd be "formidable"  ;)

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« Reply #308 on: June 29, 2016, 04:31:36 pm »
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #309 on: June 29, 2016, 04:37:43 pm »
From Transfermarkt:

Position                  Games   Goals   Assists
Left Wing                  106      56         37
Right Wing                30        10          7
Secondary Striker      19         4           2
Attacking Midfield       5          0           0
Centre Forward          1          0           0

Don't know how accurate this is though as I was sure he had played more games on the right.

136 games on the wing with 110 G/A total

Great return


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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #310 on: June 29, 2016, 04:44:33 pm »
What about him playing as an out and out striker?
Koeman used him once as a striker in 352 formation and plus he has all the attributes for it so in case of emergency we could definitely consider him.

One thing I`d like to add about him that I really liked is that over the last 2 seasons one thing I noticed about him is a healthy touch of arrogance which is what you need to have to play for a big club so that bodes well for us in terms of him dealing with the pressure of all the expectations.

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« Reply #311 on: June 29, 2016, 04:52:50 pm »
Awesome, great strength and skills from this boy. It's going to be good, Welcome Sadio me Mane man  :P
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« Reply #312 on: June 29, 2016, 05:12:21 pm »


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« Reply #313 on: June 29, 2016, 05:36:17 pm »
136 games on the wing with 110 G/A total

Great return


Don't play him on the wing and I will cry

Nearly all those stats from the left wing were in the Austrian League, which is MUCH less competitive, you can trust them about as much as you can trust a striker's figures from the Dutch League.   :P

So, personally, i don't think it's that he is much better in that position, just that it was easier to post such stats in a league where there was a wider gulf in class between some of the lesser teams.

The Right wing stats are likely to be the more reliable.
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #314 on: June 29, 2016, 05:58:27 pm »
There can be only one song for sadio ...the al Jolson song mammy ...once sung to king kenny

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« Reply #315 on: June 29, 2016, 06:34:23 pm »
Looking forward to seeing him. Adds tonnes of pace to a team which is seriously lacking in quick players and has an eye for a goal. He looks a beast as well, chiselled like a lightweight boxer. Has a nack for being in the right place at the right time which is never a bad thing.

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« Reply #316 on: June 29, 2016, 06:50:35 pm »
At this point we should all be keeping an eye on Southampton's transfer activity - since we'll be buying the players they buy in a year or two. Our feeder club brought in any fresh talent this window thus far?
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« Reply #317 on: June 29, 2016, 09:14:23 pm »
Hope it works out for us anyone think Markovic will now be offloaded
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« Reply #318 on: June 29, 2016, 09:39:35 pm »
Nearly all those stats from the left wing were in the Austrian League, which is MUCH less competitive, you can trust them about as much as you can trust a striker's figures from the Dutch League.   :P

So, personally, i don't think it's that he is much better in that position, just that it was easier to post such stats in a league where there was a wider gulf in class between some of the lesser teams.

The Right wing stats are likely to be the more reliable.

Maybe, trying to break simple stats down can lead to a deluge of context, but even if you consider his right wing stats (which may also be wise because it's where he would be likely to play in our set up) then that's still 17 in 30 for G/A, which over 38 games translates more into between 19/21. Not to be sniffed at when you consider his skillset should release both Phil and Firmino to contribute more numbers, as they will have a pacey player stretching the the gane lengthwise and giving them both more space to play in and a legitimate target for through balls.

The whole thing stinks of sense. Right age, right position, right skillset, for the right for the principles of play, right price (Common', £30m translates into about £17m 5 years ago, it's a good deal in a world where that money might not get you Troy Deeney).

I'm delighted. Klopp has rated him for a long time and watched him develop - if any team in the world is likely to get it right after that, it's Klopp and his team.
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Re: Liverpool Officially Sign Sadio Mané !!
« Reply #319 on: June 29, 2016, 09:44:29 pm »
I'm seriously on the fence with this one.

On one hand, he's a better fit than a lot of other players signed recently. He's fast, tenacious, got some skill and can play a number of attacking positions.

But he's far from the finished article, inconsistent and hugely overpriced.

And the whole buying Southampton players thing is getting a little old :(

Surely one has to turn out good at some point I guess (Clyne about the best one currently)...

Agree with the finished article point hope he literally hits the ground running.
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