Topic: Cody Mathès Gakpo

[SMASHerano]

Bring him only on when we are winning 5-0. Never seen him make an impact when we need him the most

He did score some goals when we needed him (against Spurs) but they come way too far and few in between.

His anonymous performances are too many for us.

[Wool]

Absurd to blame Gakpo for this IMO. He wasnt the one giving the ball to United or wasting 4 on 2 situations

He absolutely was the one who fucked the 5v2, and barely put a shift in. He was the freshest player in attack and was the most anonymous.

[Samie]

He will get one season off Alonso to prove himself before he' shown the door I fear. Michael Edwards  looking up pacey wide forwards as we speak.

[mattD]

I don't know why Danns isn't playing above Gakpo.

He's a kid I know but from his fleeting appearances so far, he is much more in sync with the style of play and that's to be expected as they are taught a similar system in the youth teams.

With that in mind, regardless of his age, he's a more natural fit to this team over Gakpo. Add to the fact he looks capable in front of goal and his link up play has been excellent, it just doesn't make sense to bring on Gakpo who at best is only ever a passenger.

Danns makes things happen. We've got to seriously start thinking about the future here, cut our losses with Gakpo but give Danns the best opportunity to impress the new manager.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

Way to get behind a player.

As if he is going to log onto RAWK, read my comment and get any worse than he is.

[JP!]

As if he is going to log onto RAWK, read my comment and get any worse than he is.

Judging by the speed he plays at, he won't log on til August.

[PEG2K]

Should be sent to the reserves after this. Brain dead footballer, who plays in slow motion and has no urgency or tenacity. He doesn't score (except against dross in the EL), doesn't assist and can't link up. What does he do? If he is 5th choice, I'd rather see Danns get these minutes than him.

What's wrong with this? He made the pass to Elliott on the right side. It was alright. I'm baffled anyone can blame him for this situation. What the fuck are you supposed to do?

[mullyred94]

What's wrong with this? He made the pass to Elliott on the right side. It was alright. I'm baffled anyone can blame him for this situation. What the fuck are you supposed to do?

Pass the ball earlier

[Schmidt]

The 5v2 was annoying but it's not the bigger issue IMO, the bigger issue is that he just jogs around waiting for someone to give him the ball. If you're an elite forward you can get away with that but when you're a rotation option coming into a game where everyone else is exhausted, it's inexcusable.

[MonsLibpool]

I thought he had a bad game but in his defence, I don't think anyone made a really good run for him on that break.

We had a counter at 3-2 and his movement was poor. He just had a very poor game.

The ball didn't stick and they could attack us more.

[alonsoisared]

The damning thing with Gakpo in recent weeks is young players like Elliott, Bradley, Quansah have stepped up and looked like leaders when we've been injury ravaged, kids have come into the team and really helped us, obviously in the cup final but in the league as well. Gakpo, a more senior, international player really hasn't helped us much in the same period. I don't know if he's just having a bad patch or what but he really hasn't done himself any favours of late. He's basically cemented himself as the last choice forward when everyone's fit.

Hopefully he can turn it around but he's been here a decent time now and he hasn't really shown any signs of progress, I still don't know what he's supposed to be and what exactly we want him to offer us. Is he a false 9? A quick winger? A forward? A ten? We even gave him a spell in midfield.

He's not at fault for today but he has to have a bit of a reset and dig in to turn this around.

[RedDeadRejection]

As if he is going to log onto RAWK, read my comment and get any worse than he is.

He's contributed this season. Don't undersell it just because it's been predominantly in Europe. And he's young and not a starter these days so will lack rhythm. The way this teams been this year, I'm willing to give them all the benefit of the doubt. They've done us proud.

[mattD]

When's Jota back?

Difference between a DoF signing and a management signing. Different levels.

[Coolie High]

When's Jota back?

Difference between a DoF signing and a management signing. Different levels.

I don't get how people can say its a management signing and not backed by DOF?

[shook]

What's wrong with this? He made the pass to Elliott on the right side. It was alright. I'm baffled anyone can blame him for this situation. What the fuck are you supposed to do?

That picture doesn't show earlier in that passage, the ball should have been released before the picture frame. I think what was worse of him today was he kept losing the ball from my recollection, in the central areas. He definitely has had better games recently, wonder if there is some fatigue, he tends to be rested less than the likes of Nunez.

[jepovic]

What's wrong with this? He made the pass to Elliott on the right side. It was alright. I'm baffled anyone can blame him for this situation. What the fuck are you supposed to do?

And Elliot proceeded to give the ball away, zero blame

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

What's wrong with this? He made the pass to Elliott on the right side. It was alright. I'm baffled anyone can blame him for this situation. What the fuck are you supposed to do?

He made a terrible pass, to the wrong option which was actually meant for Diaz.

Yeah everything was wrong.

Even if he didn't know what to do. He could have run with it a couple more yards and just draw one of the two defenders to him. If that was Salah, he would have ran, waited for the defenders to take actions and then either shot or made a better pass based on that. That's the difference between elite & brain dead.

[Gili Gulu]

What's wrong with this? He made the pass to Elliott on the right side. It was alright. I'm baffled anyone can blame him for this situation. What the fuck are you supposed to do?

Elliot ends up with the ball with a United player right in front of him. Either play the ball quickly so the player receiving the ball is running into space, or delay the pass, draw one of the United last men to you and play a player in on either side.

He completely killed the momentum of the move.

[JP!]

There's a lot of focus on the 5 v 2 and the nuances of it when he was just shite anyway.

Ponderous, weak and frankly just floated through the game.

[Funky_Gibbons]

That picture doesn't show earlier in that passage, the ball should have been released before the picture frame. I think what was worse of him today was he kept losing the ball from my recollection, in the central areas. He definitely has had better games recently, wonder if there is some fatigue, he tends to be rested less than the likes of Nunez.

That’s his problem, I don’t think he has the vision or creativity required. He did almost exactly the same midweek when an easy through ball was on, instead deciding to turn back and play it safe.

This phase right at the beginning of the second half highlighted everything why Gakpo can be so infuriating. Bradley hits a lovely long ball to Elliot who plays a first time pass to Gapko. Gakpo simply needs to play a through ball to Elliot and he's through on goal but instead he hesitates, takes four or five touches, and then passes the ball backwards. By then Sparta have get numbers behind the ball.

Any other forward and that ball gets played forward immediately.

[T.Mills]

Should be sent to the reserves after this. Brain dead footballer, who plays in slow motion and has no urgency or tenacity. He doesn't score (except against dross in the EL), doesn't assist and can't link up. What does he do? If he is 5th choice, I'd rather see Danns get these minutes than him.

Tbf we tend to fuck up them sort of chances more often than not.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

That’s his problem, I don’t think he has the vision or creativity required. He did almost exactly the same midweek when an easy through ball was on, instead deciding to turn back and play it safe.

This phase right at the beginning of the second half highlighted everything why Gakpo can be so infuriating. Bradley hits a lovely long ball to Elliot who plays a first time pass to Gapko. Gakpo simply needs to play a through ball to Elliot and he's through on goal but instead he hesitates, takes four or five touches, and then passes the ball backwards. By then Sparta have get numbers behind the ball.

Any other forward and that ball gets played forward immediately.

The more I see him in a red shirt, the more I am reminded of David N'gog.

[wemmick]

He is in bad form. Needs a good, long spell on the bench when Jota returns.

[Jwils21]

Thought he would’ve made a statement with the recent injuries but he’s just looked off it. It’s a shame but hopefully he can pick it up

[RedDeadRejection]

He is in bad form. Needs a good, long spell on the bench when Jota returns.

That's why he's in bad form. His appearances are too sporadic.

[alonsoisared]

Am I going mad or did Darwin also balls up a similar situation? Or did I just think it was him in the move from that image? In which case I apologise for telling Nunez he was shite at the time

We do seem a bit poor at times from those types of situations. As a team we tend to benefit from things being fast and instinctive, when we have time we often make the wrong decisions. I have been critical of Gakpo but I actually think the movement wasn't great there considering the numbers we had.

[darragh85]

he is 25 in May. Hardly a raw youngster.

not sure why we signed him. my main issue with him is his effort level. He falls far below our others forwards in that regard. For a player of decent size, he doesnt contest anything either. 

He has no finish in him either. he should have attempted to chip Onana when he was put through with Onana coming out from his goal. Instead he knockeds the ball past him into a cul de sac and then proceeds to waste an eternity to do anyhing with it.

[F-T-9]

The issue is not the 5 v 2, the problem lies with him going completely missing. Honestly I forget he's on the pitch a lot of the time, his lack of intensity and pace really hurts us, he's like a blunt knife. Today was inexcusable though, coming on with fresh legs when the lads are tired he shouldn't be going missing, shocking stuff.

[RedDeadRejection]

Can't help feeling he's being a scapegoat a bit. Everyone in the front line was off it. Salah didn't put a pass right! One of those days, move on

[yes]

He exists.

[PEG2K]

All the "analyses" as to what he should have done there were nitpicking ffs. The ball reached Elliott just fine and the chance was still there. I swear if Elliott and Gakpo swapped places in that exact situation the blame would still be on Gakpo lol.

If you guys notice we scored off 2 deflections and 1 rebound. Maybe the players contributing to those goals should have done better too? There were a million times in the second half when we got into  dangerous positions only for someone to fuck up the final ball, but I guess it's Gakpo on the bench who was at fault.

[William Regal]

The absolute fucking state of some of the posts in here, people that have never kicked a ball in their lifes talking complete and utter dogshit, that's the great problem of the internet, giving equal power voices to people who are absolutely fucking clueless.

[wemmick]

That's why he's in bad form. His appearances are too sporadic.

Don't know. He has been racking up minutes since Jota's injury. He just hasn't looked right.

[Knight]

The absolute fucking state of some of the posts in here, people that have never kicked a ball in their lifes talking complete and utter dogshit, that's the great problem of the internet, giving equal power voices to people who are absolutely fucking clueless.

It’s an internet forum. No one has any power. Get over yourself.

[JP!]

The absolute fucking state of some of the posts in here, people that have never kicked a ball in their lifes talking complete and utter dogshit, that's the great problem of the internet, giving equal power voices to people who are absolutely fucking clueless.

You don't need to have kicked a ball to know when someone's doing fuck all of any use.

[PEG2K]

Also the whole team were just fucking passing around in the second half like a training session. But somehow the guy who came on at 2-1 took all the blames for showing no urgency.

[Buster Gonad]

Nunez was great in the first 90 mins, I’m not defending Gakpo because you can’t, but Nunez made several bad decisions in extra time in the final third and then one that led to costing us the game

Tired player makes mistake. But his overall contribution was a reason we were still in the game. Trying to defend Gakpo by bringing him down is weird to me.

This is the Gakpo thread. He was really poor but not the main reason for our sloppy display in all fairness.

[HomesickRed]

Tbf we tend to fuck up them sort of chances more often than not.

Second half of injury time we had a 4 on 2 and messed that up as well.
Gakpo flatters to deceive though in my eyes. Added nothing today.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

The absolute fucking state of some of the posts in here, people that have never kicked a ball in their lifes talking complete and utter dogshit, that's the great problem of the internet, giving equal power voices to people who are absolutely fucking clueless.

By your logic, Michael Edwards should not be our DOF because he is judging players when he never played the game as a pro. Ditto Klopp, a German second division player at best and Lijnders, who never played the game as a pro, should not tell world class footballers what to do because they never reached that level.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Nobody is blaming him directly for the loss but this is Liverpool and we should demand the best. He's been at the club a while and is he an upgrade on Divock, i don't think so.