Looks like a rythmn player to me, and he's slightly out of tune at the moment. It'll come back, you only have to re-watch the City game to see what he's like when on song :-)
Came in to post this. Don't know if it's extra space to play, motivation or he's just inconsistant. It's maddening that he is so instrumental in destroying the back lines of Chelsea, City & Arsenal and next to invisible in other games.
The quality is there, how does Klopp squeeze it out of him twice, three times a week?
Have to say, though, I was really annoyed about the card for taking off his shirt. I'm not a huge fan of sponsorship but it's a fact of modern football. I understand players don't care about SC or Crown Paints or whoever paid for 11 walking billboards in front of multi-million viewers, but I do care about the badge and what it means to wear this shirt. I don't hold with ripping it off and chucking it away no matter how sublime or exciting the goal was.
For the record I also think it's bollox to card for that but that's the rule and the players know it. So not only it it disrespectful to the guys who are paying you, the people watching you in the pissing rain & sleet (and those tucked up cosy warm at home under a blanket with a cup of coco in their hand), it also opens up the door for some piss poor excuse of a ref, and there's a lot of them about these days, to card you again for some small offense. Suddenly your teammates, who are already struggling with injuries, a stupidly busy schedule and playing against the current best team in the league, have to deal with playing with 1 man less and a tough job becomes an impossible job.
tl;dr, great job Rob but keep your top on!
Now go do it again next week.
