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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9280 on: April 27, 2019, 03:15:21 am »
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9281 on: April 27, 2019, 03:24:31 am »
If he's a doubt but not 100% ruled out for Wednesday then he'll probably be back for the Newcastle match. Worst case second leg. Hopefully we can take a decent result back to Anfield.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9282 on: April 27, 2019, 03:37:40 am »
I imagine he plays considering the magnitude of the game and given that hes got some time to recover.

If he does miss out it would be a major blow.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9283 on: April 27, 2019, 08:58:47 am »
I imagine he plays considering the magnitude of the game and given that hes got some time to recover.

If he does miss out it would be a major blow.

Difficult to know. You don't risk him though as we have other options.

Could play a midfield of Fab, Gini and Henderson with Baby tucked in further up.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9284 on: April 27, 2019, 09:04:39 am »
Hearing of his injury just left a cloud over the full night. When “small tears” are mentioned that tends to sound like the understating of an injury and klopps way of putting a positive spin on it. I’d play origi on the left and mane central at the nou camp if hes out
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9285 on: April 27, 2019, 09:09:02 am »
That quote at the top of the page is a bit misleading. In the actual interview Klopp came across as expecting that Bobby will be ready for Barca, it wasn't a doubtful comment at all.

Also, when he said "small tear" that may be lost in translation a bit as they would only know of a tear if he had a scan. Maybe he meant a small strain or something.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9286 on: April 27, 2019, 09:14:16 am »
It’s Bobby, he’ll be ready for Wednesday

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9287 on: April 27, 2019, 09:15:05 am »
Maybe change formation. Have Mane and Salah as a two up front and have a 4-man midfield

I think I’d do that too. Something like Fab, Henderson, Gini and Keita in midfield.

But it’s Bobby, hopefully he’ll be fit.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9288 on: April 27, 2019, 09:24:44 am »
I think Bobby will be on the bench at best.

There's a reason Sturridge played over Origi last night. Origi will start.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9289 on: April 27, 2019, 09:28:02 am »
I think Bobby will be on the bench at best.

There's a reason Sturridge played over Origi last night. Origi will start.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9290 on: April 27, 2019, 09:37:54 am »
My thoughts too

I'd be amazed if Origi starts against Barcelona after the Porto fiasco. Hopefully Bobby will be fit to play since he is peerless. But if he can't start I suspect Klopp will change his formation to accommodate an extra midfielder rather than risk fielding a player who can't press and who exposes us so much by constantly getting knocked off the ball.

Perhaps Keita in the false nine role?
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9291 on: April 27, 2019, 09:42:45 am »
Yep tweak the formation, no offence to Origi or Sturridge but I don't want them anywhere near our first 11 at Camp Nou. We need to be very smart with how we press them and also make the best of every opportunity we get.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9292 on: April 27, 2019, 09:48:36 am »
Without Bobby diamond would be the best idea imo.

Get Mo and Sadio centrally on the last shoulder and with 4 CMs it would allow us to create a cage for Messi and have enough numbers in the central area to win the ball back and get it over the top for our two forwards.

We don't have anyone resembling Bobby in our squad and should consider something different to get the best out of that group.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9293 on: April 27, 2019, 09:49:02 am »
Klopp did say there was a chance that Bobby would start, I've heard him say before he recovers quickly from setbacks.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9294 on: April 27, 2019, 09:59:26 am »
If he is not fit would a diamond of Fab, Hendo, Gini and Naby on point be a runner?  Naby would be great at replacing the high press that Bobby does.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9295 on: April 27, 2019, 10:03:40 am »
Yep tweak the formation, no offence to Origi or Sturridge but I don't want them anywhere near our first 11 at Camp Nou. We need to be very smart with how we press them and also make the best of every opportunity we get.

This. Origi and Sturridge cannot be involved in this game please.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9296 on: April 27, 2019, 10:04:53 am »
If Bobby is out for the Barca game I would play Shaqiri in the right and Salah up front. It’s much more dynamic. And I don’t think Sturridge and Origi has done well lately.

Playing Shaqiri would probably mean Henderson in the right midfield, Fabinho in the defensive mid at Gini to the left

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9297 on: April 27, 2019, 10:06:56 am »
That quote at the top of the page is a bit misleading. In the actual interview Klopp came across as expecting that Bobby will be ready for Barca, it wasn't a doubtful comment at all.
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Totally agree. Positive comments for me indicating he'll be fine.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9298 on: April 27, 2019, 10:11:32 am »
If Bobby is out for the Barca game I would play Shaqiri in the right and Salah up front. It’s much more dynamic. And I don’t think Sturridge and Origi has done well lately.

Playing Shaqiri would probably mean Henderson in the right midfield, Fabinho in the defensive mid at Gini to the left

The diamond midfield with Keita at the apex is more likely as others have said. Our best pressers in the side.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9299 on: April 27, 2019, 10:19:09 am »
I think Bobby will be on the bench at best.

There's a reason Sturridge played over Origi last night. Origi will start.

Because Origi was awful against Porto?

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9300 on: April 27, 2019, 01:17:43 pm »
Because Origi was awful against Porto?

Just thinking how bad he was

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9301 on: April 27, 2019, 01:33:36 pm »
“It’s kind of a small tear, and we will see. It’s Bobby Firmino so I would say he’ll be ready for Barcelona (in the Champions League semi-final at Camp Nou on Wednesday).

It’s not 100%, it’s not too far away, but it’s Bobby Firmino and he’s a machine so we will see.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9302 on: April 27, 2019, 03:34:15 pm »
Some arsehole behind us in the Kop last night announced with an all-knowing confidence that Bobby's injury would mean he won't play for the rest of the season.  Soon, people all around us were saying it like it was gospel and they were the only ones who knew it!  Then Jurgen tells us to ignore this and the so-called argument with Mo and we should believe about 3% of what we read on social media.  It's how the hated and the socially inadequate spread filth.  There's no end of former Liverpool players who were druggies or paedophiles and the more successful we were, the more of them we had.  Of course, in them days, it was all pub talk and then text messages came along but one thing you could be absolutely certain of; they were all started by Evertonians.  I'll bet a fair proportion of them now come from an M postcode or the home counties.   
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9303 on: April 27, 2019, 05:33:04 pm »
Let's hope it's nothing serious. Sturridge looks like a pub player all of a sudden and I can't see him anywhere near the starting 11 against Barcelona. We have been very lucky with the front 3's fitness and its the area we most need reinforcing in the Summer.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9304 on: April 27, 2019, 06:07:07 pm »
Shouldn’t have loaned Clyne out.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9305 on: April 27, 2019, 06:09:55 pm »
Shouldn’t have loaned Clyne out.

Klopp should have made peace with Buvač.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9306 on: April 27, 2019, 06:13:05 pm »
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9307 on: April 27, 2019, 06:14:46 pm »
Shouldn’t have loaned Clyne out.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9308 on: April 27, 2019, 06:55:13 pm »
I think Bobby will be on the bench at best.

There's a reason Sturridge played over Origi last night. Origi will start.

THis wouldn't make sense to me, surely you would play Origi to get him goals and confidence vs Huddersfield.

Or are you suggesting we protect Origi from the threat of injury/ or to keep him fresh for Barca but it's somehow not necessary to do either for mane/salah

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9309 on: April 27, 2019, 07:22:58 pm »
The shape we finished with last night -- with Shaqiri on the right and Salah in the middle, seemed to work well. Not sure if Klopp would trust it away to Barca, but it's an option.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9310 on: April 27, 2019, 07:46:59 pm »
The shape we finished with last night -- with Shaqiri on the right and Salah in the middle, seemed to work well. Not sure if Klopp would trust it away to Barca, but it's an option.

Not sure Shaqiri works hard enough myself.

Could you play Trent wide right and Gomez RB?

Ot play Baby further forward in a midfield four.

No way Origi or Sturridge start. Not intelligent or hard working enough.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9311 on: April 27, 2019, 07:49:09 pm »
Firmino played the last 2 months of the 16/17 with an injury. Wasn't even training between games in the final weeks. Can't see how a small tear will keep him out of a Champions League semi final vs Barcelona. He may look and play flash but he's a tough guy and will take the risk as long as he can move ok.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9312 on: April 27, 2019, 07:55:54 pm »
Firmino played the last 2 months of the 16/17 with an injury. Wasn't even training between games in the final weeks. Can't see how a small tear will keep him out of a Champions League semi final vs Barcelona. He may look and play flash but he's a tough guy and will take the risk as long as he can move ok.

No way we risk him if he’s not ok.
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9313 on: April 27, 2019, 07:58:26 pm »
If he is not playing than for me Naby has to start. We need to have someone ready to disposess Barcelona and start attacks high up the pitch. Saying that, I fully expect Bobby to start.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9314 on: April 27, 2019, 08:09:19 pm »
No way he doesn't play in my opinion. If it's touch and go, he starts.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9315 on: April 27, 2019, 09:11:25 pm »
Not sure Shaqiri works hard enough myself.



I think that's fair criticism/concern, but he was running his balls off against Huddersfield when he came on.

Not sure he would sustain that commitment work/rate, but he was pressing and closing down all over the shop...
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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9316 on: April 27, 2019, 09:14:31 pm »
Difficult to know. You don't risk him though as we have other options.

Could play a midfield of Fab, Gini and Henderson with Baby tucked in further up.

Is he a weird 'Cronenberg's The Fly' type of Naby & Bobby hybrid? I'd love to see him.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9317 on: April 27, 2019, 09:20:02 pm »
No way he doesn't play in my opinion. If it's touch and go, he starts.

No, he doesn't. We have players like Shaqiri (if we go attacking) or Naby (if we're a bit more tactical) to play (even if we don't trust Sturridge or Origi) & if there is a chance that Bobby will be back for the crucial 2nd leg, why should we risk him here if it's touch and go? Makes no sense to me. We can manage 1 leg & 1 more league game without him.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9318 on: April 27, 2019, 09:33:49 pm »
Id honestly wouldnt play Shaqiri and go with Keita instead for the pressing and defensive tasks.

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Re: Roberto Firmino
« Reply #9319 on: April 27, 2019, 09:58:10 pm »
Id honestly wouldnt play Shaqiri and go with Keita instead for the pressing and defensive tasks.

Yes, but if we have Fabinho, Henderson & Gini as our midfield, do we really need more players to do complete defensive tasks? Yes, Shaqiri might have to drop back every now & then and do his share of work, but he'll have Henderson & Trent to help him out on his side. I'd put Shaqiri right and Salah central & play the same way we have been of late & it's not as bad an option as it sounds, if you see what I mean.

The only thing that makes it against this happening is how less Shaqiri has played in the 2nd half of this season, otherwise he looked bright when he came on with Ox yesterday.

The thing that goes against Keita playing (not in midfield instead of one of the three, which would be justified considering his good form, but as the 4th midfielder) would be that, then we'd have too many midfielders doing too many similar things on the pitch. Would that mean enough threat in attack in a game where we need away goals?
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