Topic: Naby Keita Watch

[farawayred]

Should name a bench after him.

I've been curious to see who will be sitting on the keita for us next season. Strong keita, strong challenge for trophies.

[SamLad]

I've been curious to see who will be sitting on the keita for us next season. Strong keita, strong challenge for trophies.

and coming off the keita for Liverpool ....

[Dr. Beaker]

and coming off the keita for Liverpool ....

Providing the keitamark for future generations.

[jackh]

Played his part in out winning of pots so will be ever grateful for that. In the Kewell, Smicer bracket of players who you wish could be more durable.

This is fair. He definitely made valuable contributions along the way, during what must have been an immensely frustrating few years for him. Couple of fantastic strikes, and absolutely bossing it away to United too.

Hope he can get a decent move and have a much better time of it somewhere. Hugely talented player who's had terrible misfortune with injuries.

[rafathegaffa83]

Played his part in out winning of pots so will be ever grateful for that. In the Kewell, Smicer bracket of players who you wish could be more durable.

Well put.

[Dr. Beaker]

This is fair. He definitely made valuable contributions along the way, during what must have been an immensely frustrating few years for him. Couple of fantastic strikes, and absolutely bossing it away to United too.

Hope he can get a decent move and have a much better time of it somewhere. Hugely talented player who's had terrible misfortune with injuries.

Likewise, I hope he can rekindle his future somewhere. Sometimes it just doesn't go right.

[farawayred]

Played his part in out winning of pots so will be ever grateful for that. In the Kewell, Smicer bracket of players who you wish could be more durable.

True. But is the glass half full or half empty? If he was available for more games, perhaps he could have contributed to our point tally for the seasons we lost the title by 1-2 points? Or the CL final?

I have a soft spot for Keita because he is so naturally gifted, and I was very excited when we brought him early. But I think he was screwed by Put when he played him for the national team (maybe to test his resolve). Keita never recovered, IMHO. On top of that, our training methods lead to a lot of injuries, head and shoulder above any other team. He just wasn't that durable... In hindsight, we should have looked for an alternative a few seasons ago. We need to learn from this experience and be more ruthless.

[farawayred]

Well put.

Please don't mention that... 

[Chakan]

I was thinking that but then it would be like a failure name, you know, something they couldn't get right.

[Yorkykopite]

Should name a bench after him.

Change the 'n' to 'a'.

[Dr. Beaker]

Change the 'n' to 'a'.

You mean like this. This joke never did get the adulation it deserved.

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On The Bench - it's injury time for planet earth, and they only have one sub left.....

[Cafe De Paris]

Question to Jurgen today…. ‘Is Naby available ‘……’no’!

[newterp]

Question to Jurgen today…. ‘Is Naby available ‘……’no’!

Once he got hooked again at halftime during the woeful performance at Crystal Palace - I feel like Klopp effectively told him that he wasn't going to play again and to "protect" him they claimed an injury.

[Hedley Lamarr]

Gone in the summer as a free agent along with Ox according to Fabrizio Romano.

Well, colour me pink, that's a shocker.

[BarryCrocker]

Gone in the summer as a free agent along with Ox according to Fabrizio Romano.

Bet out physios are breathing a sigh of relief.

[Phineus]

Was even confirmed what injury he picked up? Not that it matters, just always been very little transparency over his injuries and recoveries.

Do wonder where he’ll end up, a move to Frankfurt or Leverkusen would be pretty smart for him.

[BarryCrocker]

Was even confirmed what injury he picked up? Not that it matters, just always been very little transparency over his injuries and recoveries.

Pulled a heart muscle.

[Bread]

The conspiracy theory in me reckons Keita has been fit for weeks and the manager has just decided to sack him off after what has been 5 years of frustration and nonsense.

Though Klopp isn't really the type to leave players out in the cold unless they really deserve it. Sakho is the only one off the top of my head that springs to mind.

[Hazell]

This is fair. He definitely made valuable contributions along the way, during what must have been an immensely frustrating few years for him. Couple of fantastic strikes, and absolutely bossing it away to United too.

Hope he can get a decent move and have a much better time of it somewhere. Hugely talented player who's had terrible misfortune with injuries.

Yeah, I was dead excited when we signed him and when he played, he looked like a player unfortunately he just didn't play enough games. I really didn't get the criticism of him just cos he was kept getting injured, it was frustrating for all of us but like you say, it must have been frustrating for him too. Good luck to him wherever he goes.

[newterp]

Once he got hooked again at halftime during the woeful performance at Crystal Palace - I feel like Klopp effectively told him that he wasn't going to play again and to "protect" him they claimed an injury.

The conspiracy theory in me reckons Keita has been fit for weeks and the manager has just decided to sack him off after what has been 5 years of frustration and nonsense.

Though Klopp isn't really the type to leave players out in the cold unless they really deserve it. Sakho is the only one off the top of my head that springs to mind.

[Jookie]

Not sure Keita will play for the club again.

Last time we’ll probably see him is when the players give him a guard of honour at the final home league game of the season.

[tubby]

The conspiracy theory in me reckons Keita has been fit for weeks and the manager has just decided to sack him off after what has been 5 years of frustration and nonsense.

Though Klopp isn't really the type to leave players out in the cold unless they really deserve it. Sakho is the only one off the top of my head that springs to mind.

It's more of a conspiracy theory to believe Keita has been fit for weeks.

[GreatEx]

Did Sakho get frozen out? Thought he was sold the same summer he decided to play silly buggers.
Edit: answering my own question,  he was demoted to reserves and loaned out in January

[CanuckYNWA]

Always defended Keita and saw his potential, but looking forward to his time being done here

Hopefully the next big midfield signing lives up to it

[Knight]

It's more of a conspiracy theory to believe Keita has been fit for weeks.

lol

[Kopenhagen]

Will he get a few minutes tomorrow or is he injured?

[Chakan]

Will he get a few minutes tomorrow or is he injured?

He's injured or hasn't trained. Either way he's not playing.

[newterp]

He's injured or hasn't trained. Either way he's not playing.

He's not injured - he's "on ice" as they say.

Basically it was decided after whichever game where he was hooked that it was done - but Klopp always wants to protect the players so he said "injury"

Can I prove it? No.

[elsewhere]

Should name a bench after him.

[Fromola]

He's not injured - he's "on ice" as they say.

Basically it was decided after whichever game where he was hooked that it was done - but Klopp always wants to protect the players so he said "injury"

Can I prove it? No.

He was hooked at half time away at Palace and hasn't even made the bench in the league since.

I think he was on the bench for the Madrid tie. It's clear that we gave up on him around that time. Ox as well hasn't made the bench since City away. Arthur since Chelsea away the game after.

We've generally discounted the midfielders who are moving on. Milner aside but even Milner has only been coming on as a late sub. His last start in the league was in February (also that Palace game where Keita last featured).

[JasonF]

He was hooked at half time away at Palace and hasn't even made the bench in the league since.

I think he was on the bench for the Madrid tie. It's clear that we gave up on him around that time. Ox as well hasn't made the bench since City away. Arthur since Chelsea away the game after.

We've generally discounted the midfielders who are moving on. Milner aside but even Milner has only been coming on as a late sub. His last start in the league was in February (also that Palace game where Keita last featured).

Arthur was on the bench against Leicester.

I won't miss the baseless conspiracy theories when Keita moves on. It's almost as bad as the Sturridge body language experts.

As of a week ago Keita hadn't returned to team training yet. He hasn't been pictured in the recent training videos but Milner and Arthur were prominent. Klopp isn't the sort of person to ostracise a player for performance related reasons. Unless he was a disruptive influence (and despite people casting aspersions on his character based on his injury record there's never been anything to suggest he is), there would be no reason for him not to train with the other players.

It's a dumb conspiracy, when the most logical explanation is that Keita has a muscle injury, as we've been told by Klopp and is hardly inconsistent with Keita's time here.

[End Product]

Hope he has a good career elsewhere, that goal in Madrid was a belter.

[MonsLibpool]

Arthur was on the bench against Leicester.

I won't miss the baseless conspiracy theories when Keita moves on. It's almost as bad as the Sturridge body language experts.

As of a week ago Keita hadn't returned to team training yet. He hasn't been pictured in the recent training videos but Milner and Arthur were prominent. Klopp isn't the sort of person to ostracise a player for performance related reasons. Unless he was a disruptive influence (and despite people casting aspersions on his character based on his injury record there's never been anything to suggest he is), there would be no reason for him not to train with the other players.

It's a dumb conspiracy, when the most logical explanation is that Keita has a muscle injury, as we've been told by Klopp and is hardly inconsistent with Keita's time here.

Too bad. Availability is the best ability.

[jillcwhomever]

I wish him all the best in his next journey, he's not had the best luck with injuries but he has certainly had some great moments with us and leaves with a load of medals.

[Chakan]

Hope he stays fit wherever he goes. All the best to him in the future.

[SamLad]

Wish him well.

Unless he comes back to haunt us of course.

[Dim Glas]

I can just imagine him going back to Buli or to wherever and basically having an injury free season next year    And I’d be fine with that!

At the end of the day, he played a part in a glorious time here, helping LFC win it all, that means he’ll always be remembered fondly as part of this amazing squad who achieved that.   

Farewell Naby! Stay fit!

[Clint Eastwood]

It will be interesting to see who takes a chance on him (and Oxlade-Chamberlain). Probably on pretty decent wages and it's a huge risk considering his injuries. Still a good age though.

Can see him moving to France.

[Zlen]

Shame his time here ended without even giving us any help in a season where we struggled badly in midfield.

Bye I guess. It wasn’t very memorable at all. The year of hype before he came was the highpoint, downhill from there.

[darragh85]

Don't think I've ever been so disappointed with a player. We got so little from him

His performance v united last season was the high point. Thought he had turned a corner at that point