Topic: Joël Matip (Job Joël André Matip)

[RedSince86]

He's been brilliant so far.

Amazing coup getting him on a Bosman.

[redprodigal]

Hyppia was a great player, Matip, is going to be a lot better as he has a higher level of attributes. Will be superior and I love Sami.

A good game tonight but a lot better than Sami? Calm down.

[Gmol]

Looks to be a great defedner but better than Hyypia - behave!! Certainly not yet......

Not saying yet but he will be, he's got everything in the locker, your first 3 games after missing preseason and up against Kane, Vardy and Costa, made 1 mistake but otherwise awesome, have you ever seen a defender deal with them so comfortably. Second game , picks up most experienced player after mistake,  passing, heading, organising, lack of midfield cover, and 2 different partners in 3 games.  I don't think people see what I see and I respect them completely, love others opinions and main thing is we won.

[King Klopp.]

Never sure how to assess a defender whose had a really good game but also dropped a rickett
What on earth he's doing going to ground on their goal is beyond me - bizarre. He's got to be calmer in those moments.

However when the game was in front of him he looked boss.
Ton of potential

Looked to me like he was expecting Matic to hit a first time cross along the 6 yard box and he was trying to block it. Misread the situation sadly.

[Gmol]

A good game tonight but a lot better than Sami? Calm down.

No worries mate respect your opinion, but have a look at the last page where I back up my opinion cheers

[SerbianScouser]

Football is such a harsh game. Matip made a gazilion right decisions tonight but one wrong one and it`s a goal. Nonetheless I couldn`t possibly be more encouraged by his performances so far. Please keep it up Joel.

[KingOfStrongStyle]

Signing of the season, he's a center back who you feel confident with and is calmness personified

[BritishGas]

That run he made into the box was quality. It's one thing running forward with the ball and dropping the shoulder. It's a whole other breaking the lines and receiving a through ball when you have Mané and Clyne in that area.

[RyanBabel19]

Be looks brilliant and brings a calmness to the backline

What a free signing. Wouldnt be too harsh on him for the goal, the last thing anyone expected from matic there was him hanging onto it before cutting back

[rscanderlech]

That run he made into the box was quality. It's one thing running forward with the ball and dropping the shoulder. It's a whole other breaking the lines and receiving a through ball when you have Mané and Clyne in that area.

I really liked the bit before that where, thanks to his skill on the ball, he helped the midfielders to retain possession. Our ability to retain and recycle possession quickly has improved markedly this season with the addition of Matip and the new midfield setup.

[Bobinhood]

Hes the boss.

[BazC]

Reminds me of Agger, a player I absolutely loved. Bit more aggressive than him, and hopefully nowhere near as injury prone!

[Gmol]

And stronger in the air!!

[emrolfc]

He's the new Hyypiä

[Gmol]

He's the new Hyypiä

better as much as we hate the comparison he's a better Ferdinand. If we hate the comparison we need to learn

[Nessy76]

Looked to me like he was expecting Matic to hit a first time cross along the 6 yard box and he was trying to block it. Misread the situation sadly.

Maybe, but then perhaps if he stays on his feet, Matic does exactly that. Probably made the wrong call, but sometimes there's no right thing to do. Matic was already behind the defence, thanks to the fact three of our lads were ball watching and Ivanovic was able to slip him in. That's where the real damage was done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4cFRJSb7Vs

Watch Henderson here. He looks directly at Matic and then to Ivanovic, and despite the fact both Clyne and Mane are closer to Ivanovic, he goes towards him, rather than tracking Matic's run. That's a worse error for me, (although Henderson was one of our best players on the pitch, this stuff happens in the course of a game.)

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

better as much as we hate the comparison he's a better Ferdinand. If we hate the comparison we need to learn

I just think you're really jumping the gun. He hasn't played 5 games in the league for us yet

[GreenLaneRed27]

I'm sure it's been said before, but I like the cut of his jib... Great started to his Liverpool career!

[simesy]

With every passing game he and lovren are making me miss Sakho a lot less.

[Gods_Left_Boot]

He has quite a bit of Danny Agger to his style of play. I can hardly think of a higher praise considering how much I loved Dagger.

[J_Kopite]

"Free signing" hahahaha what a fucking bargain

[McrRed]

"Free signing" hahahaha what a fucking bargain

B-b-but I want a super expensive world famous  summer signing! Wwaaah!!

[Solomon Grundy]

He's the new Hyypiä

 The new Hansen more like.

[PhilV]

Someone get Costa out of his pocket, poor lad probably can't sleep with that ugly twat in there! WOOO what a beats our Joel is!!


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[Mali1]

So far he's easily on par with John Stone as a ball playing defender. Apart from a sliding tackle in the penalty box, everything else he did last night was excellent.

[jepovic]

Another example, I've lost count, on how pointless it is to judge players based on their price tag

[Gaz123456]

An excellent signing and potentially a future captain.

[avo_lfc]

Looks like he could become a mammoth player for us. Let's not forget about how good Ragner Klavan has been too. Matip and Klavan for a combined fee of 4.2m. That's just unreal value for money.

[LJA]

He has been great so far. Him and Lovren look so solid. He is so calm.

Only thing he did wrong was for the goal which was awful defending.

[Solomon Grundy]

So far he's easily on par with John Stone as a ball playing defender. Apart from a sliding tackle in the penalty box, everything else he did last night was excellent.

 He's better than Stones.

[ass sitting midfielder]

Another example, I've lost count, on how pointless it is to judge players based on their price tag

...and their weight  Looked big, a could become even bigger. A monster

[redbyrdz]

Agger, Hyypia, Hansen, Ferdinand.....lets say he's looked fucking good

Calm, strong, with enough fuck you about him for runs through midfield and into the opponents box.

[plura]

Football is such a harsh game. Matip made a gazilion right decisions tonight but one wrong one and it`s a goal. Nonetheless I couldn`t possibly be more encouraged by his performances so far. Please keep it up Joel.

Can't lay the blame solely on him for the goal, think lallana misses tracking their player and fell? And then Henderson seemed to miss tracking their players around him and only looked at the ball.

But Matip overall was great.

[youll never walk alone it]

If he defends like he did last night bar the admittedly big mistake, and he brings the ball out like he did AND bangs a few headed goals in we could be onto something big, id love it if him an lovren formed a proper partnership we wouldnt have to be watertight just very competant and as i say we could be dreaming again.

[Redman78]

better as much as we hate the comparison he's a better Ferdinand. If we hate the comparison we need to learn

Steady.  Based on a few games you're saying he's better than Hyppia and Rio Ferdinand.  Way too early for that

[El Lobo]

He's a proper leader as well, wouldn't be surprised if he wears the armband in the future if Hendo/Milner aren't fit.

There was a moment after about 43 minutes where Mignolet was trying to make a quick throw out for a counter and Matip told him no, just calm it down. Can only assume because he realised we were close to HT. Always gets people's chins up after conceding as well.

Beast.

[redprodigal]

No worries mate respect your opinion, but have a look at the last page where I back up my opinion cheers

No problemo, hope you're right but I've learnt from experience never to make judgements on a player until he's had a decent run in the side.

[lapapa]

He's a proper leader as well, wouldn't be surprised if he wears the armband in the future if Hendo/Milner aren't fit.

There was a moment after about 43 minutes where Mignolet was trying to make a quick throw out for a counter and Matip told him no, just calm it down. Can only assume because he realised we were close to HT. Always gets people's chins up after conceding as well.

Beast.

That was Sturridge, wasn't it?

[youll never walk alone it]

And just to really keep your feet on the ground torbein pichnik looked boss at 1st.

[Camarero25]

He's only 25 hahahahaha