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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *
« Last post by kvarmeismydad on Today at 10:08:39 am »
Salah arrived pissed off. In the build up as the team entered the stadium he had a face like thunder. He wasn't selected on form and you could argue that was fair.

He's probably been fuming all day for being left out of the team. As he and the others were about to come on Klopp went for a handshake and hug with the three of them but Salah walked around the back of the official and bent down to play with his socks. Klopp was left hanging. It could have been on purpose as he was still in a strop or it could have been by accident as the official was in the way.

Either way Klopp seemed to have took it as him still being in a strop and they exchanged words.

Salah left the building still in a strop.

He expects to play every single minute as he has so much belief in himself. As he gets older he has to respect that the club might see him as needing a rest. He probably doesn't see it as he doesn't feel it and sees that there's only 4 games to go.

The issue this clearly shows us for future seasons is that he'll not blend quietly on and off the bench as he gets older to get the best out of him. He will believe he can and should always play.

The fact that he wasn't voted into the leadership group on a number of occasions until the last round of votes shows you that his colleagues don't see him as a leader, despite him single handedly leading us to many many wins over the years on the pitch. I'm speculating but I'm guessing that is because he is so single minded and driven that he shows at times that he's not always thinking about the group.

Arne Slot will need to establish himself and gain respect and trust within this group. He needs players to run for him and that requires the team to believe in it and the direction of the teams future.

How much respect with Slot get from Salah if he rests him one game or subs him. I suspect it will be less than Klopp. You don't want Slot being undermined and losing the dressing room.

They need a good chat about it and to make sure he's committed to the cause of helping him be successful by dealing with these types of situations better or, he might need to part ways.

It'll be a nightmare to lose such a goal machine and goal creater and he's been outstanding all these years for us. Players always have to leave at some point and if it's this year then wow what an unbelievable record he has achieved here. He's to be celebrated and thanked and he needs to walk out the front door with love rather than the back door in some sort of transfer fall out.
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The Boozer / Re: Wordle - Word Game - Guess a different word each day
« Last post by Elmo! on Today at 10:07:46 am »
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Media and Arts / Re: Only connect...
« Last post by Elmo! on Today at 10:06:05 am »
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Are you enjoying it?
« Last post by God's Left Peg on Today at 10:05:11 am »
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *
« Last post by Fromola on Today at 10:03:30 am »
We always piss about for ages when making subs. You'll have players stood around for several minutes waiting to come on. Even just lacking the game management to stop the game so we can make the changes.
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I think our data team got very little wrong with regard to recruitment when their powers were at their peak. Keita? But even that went would because of repeated injuries and those injuries weren't present at the time he was sold. When the data team's powers regressed with Klopp gaining more and more influence, Edwards and Ward left. Since they left I think we have been gambling more and more with blank slates with a lower floor but a higher ceiling. The trouble with that is you have to do more coaching to get them to the finished article. Mane, Salah, Firmino, Gini, VVD, Allison, were all further along in their development.
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Exactly this. The manager/head coach can have discussions with the SD/DoF about what players are needed, and might even make suggestions of names to look at, but the amount of work that we put into identifying the right players at the right price wouldn't be possible to oversee while also managing the team from game to game.

I get Al's reservations about how the set-up works at other clubs like Chelsea but I would suggest the problems they have is down to poor decisions made within the system, not the system itself - there is no consistency in philosophy from one manager to the next.

Again, the problems with Rodgers were surely down to his ego and refusal to work within the system, not the system itself. It's essential that the head coach and sporting director work harmoniously with mutual support. We never really had that with Rodgers, did we?

Remains to be seen how Hughes and Slot work together. Let's not prejudge it based on no evidence.
Managers don't have time and emotions come into play.

They tend to prefer players from leagues they are familiar with. Look at Ten Hag for example. Rafa focused on Spanish players and Jurgen wanted Brandt over Mo. Gérard signed some players from Ligue 1.

We want the best players and the analysts are in the best position to pinpoint them. It also helps that they are not emotional in their decision making.
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What about the players we missed out on for other clubs (Chelsea) while Klopp was manager - maybe not as clear cut as you think.

Most players will go where the money is, that's the reality. Chelsea offering daft wages on long contracts.

It's when you're broadly offering the same terms as other clubs that the player's decision will be determined by other factors.

Rodgers was a salesman but he struggled to sell the club to anyone. Having a joker like Ayre doing the deals as well didn't help. Always seemed in that banter era that we could only sign a player if we had a clear run on him. Let's face it, we only got Milner in because we offered him a very lucrative contract, above and beyond what even City were offering him to stay, while promising him a prominent role in the team.
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Having watched the reply as he is running up to the ball he hears the whistle. You can actually hear the whistle. It would take Gakpo being very single-minded to slam the ball into an empty net after that. I wish he had but it is what it is.
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We're never ever winning the League with Webb as Boss and Atkinson in charge hand picking Refs and VAR.

Seems like every 10 games we get Taylor 3 times. Tierney  and Kavanagh twice, Coote doing a game, then getting Kavanagh Tierney and Coote rotating doing VAR.

The amount of ridiculous decisions we've had go against us since Webb took charge is astounding.
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