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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #320 on: April 9, 2019, 06:21:57 am »
From what we all saw of him in a reds shirt, I think it's more than fair to predict he wouldn't have succeeded in a post Suarez LFC team.

That being said, it's clear he's gone back to La Liga and became one of Spain's best strikers of recent years, and I'm really happy for him. There's a snobbish attitude that clouds people's perspectives of a player when they fail in the prem, but do well abroad. Quite simply they play to his strengths, and asides from being good in front of goal his all round play is excellent. He definitely has the quality to succeed in this league, but we'll likely never see it given his age.



Thing is I don't think he did fail in the PL, he barely got a chance,had he got a run of games and the other players had got used to his strengths I think he'd have been more productive than the strikers we had that season.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #321 on: April 11, 2019, 01:30:54 pm »
Thing is I don't think he did fail in the PL, he barely got a chance,had he got a run of games and the other players had got used to his strengths I think he'd have been more productive than the strikers we had that season.

I agree, would have been better giving him a chance then using Lambert,Balotteli and Borini that season when Sturridge was injured.

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« Reply #322 on: April 11, 2019, 04:20:31 pm »
Unfairly maligned here for that corner, barely given a chance afterwards. I agree with people that said that we could've used him instead of Balotelli/Lambert/Borini (jeez.) but I also think he wanted to go back home, he wasn't 100% comfortable here.

So, in a way, I'm glad he's back home and being such an important part of the club he loves. I mean, isn't he pretty much living the supporter's dream? Playing for them and becoming a legend. Giving your all of the team you support, and the supporters loving you back for representing everything they dream of doing if given the chance.

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« Reply #323 on: May 19, 2019, 05:59:10 pm »
Scored another two last night, saved Celta from relegation, and finished the season as La Liga's fourth goalscorer, despite missing two months of the season through injury. Scored 20 goals from 27 appearances, way fewer than Messi, but just one fewer than Benzema and Suarez, and five more than Griezmann (all of whom played a lot more). It's his third top-four finish in a row.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #324 on: May 24, 2019, 02:13:47 pm »
The 'My Height Might Be 5-Foot-5 But Inside I'm 6-Foot-5' Award

This one was very nearly a tie. Two diminutive guys, bursting with so much talent and character that you'd imagine they've been given theirs and someone else's as well: Santi Cazorla and Iago Aspas.

Aspas is a magician. It's that simple. He carried Celta Vigo on his back, scored at a higher goal-per-game rate than ever before in his career at a time when the majority of his teammates played like competition winners. "What are those three conjoined metal poles with a fishing net draped around them?" Celta's defenders and other attackers seemed to be asking each other for most of the season. They redefined clueless.

Those of us who consistently adjusted our TV sets for parts of the season because it looked as if Celta were playing on pause or delay when the opposition were ruling around at double speed eventually accepted it was just that the boys from Balaidos were actually conducting a scientific experiment to see how closely they could flirt with gutless relegation and still have Aspas rescue them.

He is not only a wriggling, inventive, anarchic, heroic, lion-hearted imp, he's utterly brilliant value to watch whether you feel anything for Celta or not. And like some Galician papa bear cuffing his idiot cubs into line while simultaneously scaring off predators, he ensured that there was vigor, instead of rigor mortis at Celta these past couple of months...

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #325 on: May 24, 2019, 10:15:18 pm »
Iago Aspas almost single-handedly saving Celta de Vigo from relegation, scoring 20 goals (only 1 less than Suárez and Benzema) and being part of La Liga's Ideal 11... despite being injured for months.

What a guy. I'm glad he's having some sort of success and recognition, because he deserves it. I'm pretty sure he's already a legend for the Celta supporters.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #326 on: September 29, 2019, 02:53:25 pm »
Something about this lad and set pieces. He's just taken one of the worst penalties ever to go with his corner.

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« Reply #327 on: September 29, 2019, 03:52:46 pm »
Something about this lad and set pieces. He's just taken one of the worst penalties ever to go with his corner.

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Must have been inspired by this list, published only four days ago:

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #328 on: September 30, 2019, 01:19:42 am »
What's the point of a Panenka? Why not just hit it hard into a corner?
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #329 on: September 30, 2019, 09:24:46 am »
What's the point of a Panenka? Why not just hit it hard into a corner?

A panenka is a good a penalty if you wait for the goalkeeper to move and have the ability to not do it if he doesn't (Jorginho is the best at this).

If you're just pre-determined to do a panenka no matter what then you can look like a fool.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #330 on: September 30, 2019, 11:44:46 am »
Still think we should've kept him.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #331 on: September 30, 2019, 12:32:12 pm »
A panenka is a good a penalty if you wait for the goalkeeper to move and have the ability to not do it if he doesn't (Jorginho is the best at this).

If you're just pre-determined to do a panenka no matter what then you can look like a fool.

I suspect both the penalty and the corner were the result of changing his mind halfway through the act and the subsequent execution being half hearted and looking stupid. It's often better to make a decision and carry it through unless you're an absolute technical genius.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #332 on: June 27, 2020, 06:02:40 pm »
Just scored a wonderful free kick against Barcelona, potentially denying them the title. :)

As things stand, he will be in the top five La Liga scorers for the fourth season in a row, ridiculous for a player playing for Celta.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #333 on: June 27, 2020, 06:22:56 pm »
Just scored a wonderful free kick against Barcelona, potentially denying them the title. :)

As things stand, he will be in the top five La Liga scorers for the fourth season in a row, ridiculous for a player playing for Celta.

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« Reply #334 on: June 27, 2020, 10:49:09 pm »
Beauty free kick. Similar to Suarez' against Man City in 2012-13.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #335 on: June 27, 2020, 11:41:43 pm »
Nice one Iago! YNWA :scarf

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #336 on: June 28, 2020, 12:00:23 am »
Funny that in the week that we finally won the league, the man who took that corner 6 years ago when we failed to win it scored to possibly stop barca from winning la liga. I've got to say even though it didn't work out here for him I'm glad he's had a decent career in Spain.
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« Reply #337 on: June 28, 2020, 12:40:18 am »
Funny that in the week that we finally won the league, the man who took that corner 6 years ago when we failed to win it scored to possibly stop barca from winning la liga. I've got to say even though it didn't work out here for him I'm glad he's had a decent career in Spain.

Will Liverpool fans ever stop solely associating him with that corner? He's had one hell of a career before and after. He deserves respect for that.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #338 on: June 28, 2020, 10:40:09 am »
Didn't work out for him here but his record since leaving has been excellent

100 goals in 187 appearances for Celta, 10 in 26 for Sevilla just after he left us.

Not many players can boast of those kind of returns

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #339 on: December 24, 2020, 06:38:21 am »
There's a lovely piece in the Guardian about the recent turnaround at Celta. Featuring Liverpool's former number 9, naturally.

"At its heart is Aspas, arguably the best Spanish footballer there is, playing with freedom, a man of whom Coudet says: “Everything he does makes something happen: not just goals and assists, but everything.”

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/dec/21/chacho-man-makes-celta-the-most-fun-team-to-watch-in-spain-la-liga

What a shame we never saw that side of him at Anfield.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #340 on: May 22, 2021, 07:27:36 pm »
One of the top scorers in la liga again. Ahead of Griezmann, for instance

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« Reply #341 on: May 22, 2021, 07:47:06 pm »
One of the top scorers in la liga again. Ahead of Griezmann, for instance

I haven't checked, but it's also possible that I'm ahead of Griezmann in the La Liga scoring charts.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #342 on: May 22, 2021, 09:21:16 pm »
I haven't checked, but it's also possible that I'm ahead of Griezmann in the La Liga scoring charts.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #343 on: November 6, 2021, 05:24:02 pm »
yet another two goals today, getting Celta de Vigo to draw against Barcelona after losing 3-0!

I'm glad he's still helping his beloved hometown team. He's a total legend for them, and despite being a shame he never worked out here, it's nice that he's had an amazing career in Spain knowing Celta isn't a particularly big team or one that has title-winning chances.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #344 on: November 8, 2021, 01:52:27 pm »
yet another two goals today, getting Celta de Vigo to draw against Barcelona after losing 3-0!

I'm glad he's still helping his beloved hometown team. He's a total legend for them, and despite being a shame he never worked out here, it's nice that he's had an amazing career in Spain knowing Celta isn't a particularly big team or one that has title-winning chances.
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« Reply #345 on: November 8, 2021, 02:26:10 pm »
One of the more underrated strikers of his day. His record at Celta is incredible. Shame it didn't work out for him here but you couldn't have asked for more from Suarez and Sturridge in his lone season here.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #346 on: November 8, 2021, 02:54:40 pm »
One of the more underrated strikers of his day. His record at Celta is incredible. Shame it didn't work out for him here but you couldn't have asked for more from Suarez and Sturridge in his lone season here.
Always wonder what would have happened if we'd signed him a year later, with no Suarez and an injured Sturridge. He clearly is a good player and surely would've been a better option than Borini and Balotelli.

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« Reply #347 on: November 13, 2021, 02:51:30 pm »
yet another two goals today, getting Celta de Vigo to draw against Barcelona after losing 3-0!

I'm glad he's still helping his beloved hometown team. He's a total legend for them, and despite being a shame he never worked out here, it's nice that he's had an amazing career in Spain knowing Celta isn't a particularly big team or one that has title-winning chances.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #348 on: March 6, 2022, 09:38:44 pm »
Sealed the win tonight with a 90 + 7 penalty against Mallorca in a 4-3 game to move Celta into the top half. He also scored a goal previously in the game and has moved up to second in the La Liga top scorer rankings. At almost 35, he's as strong and vital as ever. Impressive lad. It makes me wonder how Brendan failed to get an idea of how to use him to be honest.
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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #349 on: March 6, 2022, 10:46:22 pm »
Sealed the win tonight with a 90 + 7 penalty against Mallorca in a 4-3 game to move Celta into the top half. He also scored a goal previously in the game and has moved up to second in the La Liga top scorer rankings. At almost 35, he's as strong and vital as ever. Impressive lad. It makes me wonder how Brendan failed to get an idea of how to use him to be honest.

Mad to think that he joined us in 2013

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« Reply #350 on: March 7, 2022, 01:38:28 pm »
Sealed the win tonight with a 90 + 7 penalty against Mallorca in a 4-3 game to move Celta into the top half. He also scored a goal previously in the game and has moved up to second in the La Liga top scorer rankings. At almost 35, he's as strong and vital as ever. Impressive lad. It makes me wonder how Brendan failed to get an idea of how to use him to be honest.
Yeah a bit of weird/interesting one.

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« Reply #351 on: March 7, 2022, 04:25:26 pm »
Yeah a bit of weird/interesting one.

Guess we can file that in the same place where you'd find:
"How did Chelsea fail to get the best out of Salah and De Bruyne and every other centre forward in recent years"  ;D

Imagine a team with De Bruyne and Salah firing on all cyclinders! *shudders*

I don't think we can blame Rodgers for not using Aspas more (or better) in 2013/14, we had a brilliant forward line, no European football and hardly any injuries, so there wasn't much need to rotate.

However, we can certainly question the decision to let him go at the end of that season, even if at that stage we didn't know Suarez would leave.

P.S. A bit over the top comparing him to Salah and De Bruyne, but he could have been the equivalent of Origi in 2014/15.

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« Reply #352 on: May 6, 2022, 11:32:56 am »
Known for taking the worst corner in our history and he wants Real Madrid to win the final...

“I have a lot of appreciation for Liverpool, but I prefer Real Madrid to win because they give more hype to La Liga,” he told Cadena Ser.

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« Reply #353 on: May 6, 2022, 06:01:15 pm »
Fine?

Not like he ever played enough to develop any kind of relationship with the club and fans, and the only thing anyone remembers of his time here is something that was rubbish. When you consider that he's been a very good player in the rest of his career, he must just wish he'd never joined us which is fair enough.

I'll still enjoy it when he does well for Celta.

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« Reply #354 on: May 6, 2022, 06:13:13 pm »
I remember him scoring in the FA Cup.
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« Reply #355 on: May 6, 2022, 07:32:17 pm »
I remember him scoring in the FA Cup.

Don't think he ever scored a goal for us. Possibly in a pre-season friendly.

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« Reply #356 on: May 6, 2022, 08:43:08 pm »
Don't think he ever scored a goal for us. Possibly in a pre-season friendly.

I think he scored in the FA Cup.

A bit unlucky overall I think, the season he joined we had Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling absolutely on fire so no way was he displacing them. The corner thing is made too much of, he wasn't the reason we lost to Chelsea that season.
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« Reply #357 on: May 6, 2022, 08:47:52 pm »
I think he scored in the FA Cup.

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Re: Iago Aspas
« Reply #358 on: May 7, 2022, 09:37:07 am »
Every corner that failed to beat first man and has led to the opposition scoring is worse than that one from Aspas. As for him wanting Madrid to win, so be it. Had a pretty torrid time here all things considered

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« Reply #359 on: May 8, 2022, 12:38:25 pm »
Even though it was always going to be hard for him to succeed with Suarez and Sturridge here I think his signing might have been kind of symptomatic of our transfer dealings at the time. He was about 26 when we signed him and his career had consisted of one good goalscoring season in the 2nd division for Celta and a decent debut season in La Liga. Relatively cheap buy too. Just wasn't to be but as for what he'd have been like long term in England, who knows.

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