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Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« on: August 11, 2023, 10:34:42 am »


I don’t watch as much football as I used to. I’ve given up my season ticket at Rugby Park, I couldn’t tell you the names of 90% of players in the SPL. I don’t watch the live games of other teams outside of international tournaments. I occasionally catch MOTD. But, I do watch all of the Liverpool games. So my knowledge of opposition players is based on that narrow scope and sample size.

So, I’d like to hear from RAWKites, which current opposition players impress you the most? What are their skills? Would they fit into the Liverpool team, but if not are they still good anyway? It would be easy to say “Harry Kane” or “Kevin De Bruyne”, but are there players you’ve seen (mostly in the EPL, but in European games too) who just blew you away with their skill, physicality or attitude? Who should we be keeping an eye on that we may not have considered?
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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2023, 11:50:54 am »
I know we've already raided Brighton, but what I've seen of Kaoru Mitoma so far has really impressed me.

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2023, 12:01:36 pm »
Paqueta at west ham . Took a bit of time to settle but will be a stand out star next season.

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2023, 04:55:00 pm »
Bissouma when at Brighton.

Never come close to looking like the same player once at Spurs (accepted there was the serious charge hanging over him for some time).

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2023, 05:36:05 pm »
I've lost count of the number of opposition goal-keepers who put in a world class performance against us at Anfield and look like complete liabilities elsewhere  >:(

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2023, 05:41:12 pm »
Ait Nouri has always looked very good against us. Kept Mo quiet on a few occasions. I wonder if it's a consistency thing that's stopped him from moving to a bigger club.

And off topic but one from the history books. That Aimar performance against us in 2002 when Rafa was still in charge of Valencia. Just totally mesmerising that day. 

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2023, 05:44:33 pm »
Paqueta at west ham . Took a bit of time to settle but will be a stand out star next season.
Aren't the notoriously prudent Abu Dhabi prepared to pay something like £85m for him?

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2023, 05:50:30 pm »
Huge fan of Nkunku, though he’s injured for a few months now I think.

Also think Arsenal have picked up a very good player in Timber.

For me though, like watching Odeegard. Very classy player and would have been great in our midfield 3.

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2023, 06:08:50 pm »
Really like the look of Julio Encisco at Brighton, think he might be the next big star there.

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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2023, 01:11:37 am »
Really like the look of Julio Encisco at Brighton, think he might be the next big star there.
He caught my eye a few times last season. Haven’t seen a lot of him, and we clearly don’t need anyone up top right now, but he looked to have plenty of potential. Although he was on the bench yesterday
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Re: Impressive Opponents - Current Players That Caught Your Eye.
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2023, 07:53:12 am »
Not seen him play recently but Tariq Lamptey seemed to have an amazing turn of pace at one time, ran us ragged in one game a year or 2 back, as I recall. Think a season ending injury may have set him back a bit but though he looked pretty solid until then.
- all in my opinion of course -