And then you scored at the Kop end, oh Mandi
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And then you scored at the Kop end, oh Mandi
He changed the whole flow of the game when he came on against Everton.
We went from being in total control, all be it without really threatening to score, to suddenly being under the cosh.
You could see immediately that Everton seen Lovren as a weak link and a liability in our defence and immediately Richardlison in particular started targeting him.
Delighted he is gone.
We went from being in total control, all be it without really threatening to score, to suddenly being under the cosh.
You could see immediately that Everton seen Lovren as a weak link and a liability in our defence and immediately Richardlison in particular started targeting him.
Delighted he is gone.
He had his moments but he is never going to be a consistent CB with his lack of availability.
As for a replacement - I wonder if we should be pillaging any of Bournemouth, Norwich or Watford for a backup CB. It would be prudent to get one in given Matip's history and uncertainty about whether any of Phillips, Hoever or SVDB could deputise.
Whatever the outcome it will be a net gain for our wage bill.
As for a replacement - I wonder if we should be pillaging any of Bournemouth, Norwich or Watford for a backup CB. It would be prudent to get one in given Matip's history and uncertainty about whether any of Phillips, Hoever or SVDB could deputise.
Whatever the outcome it will be a net gain for our wage bill.
It's a good thing for us that he does, because I doubt many other teams would pay us £11M for him. Good luck and thanks for everything, Dejan!
Now that he's gone, I can wish him well and selectively remember the good moments.
Best thing he ever did was to sign the new contract, so that we could make another 11 million quid to spunk on Mbappe.
We’re nearly there. Only a couple of hundred more million to go
I am not sure that he signed a new contract as such. His contract hadn't expired anyway, and still had a year to run. I think the club decided that they would take up the year extension option if we couldn't sell him
Like you I'm having a hard time remembering anything good he did. There's just been too many bad moments. Ask me about any other defender or midfielder and I can name plenty.
I think people are being a little harsh. Whilst I am happy to see Lovren go, and he was clearly the weakest of our centre backs, we have got a very decent fee for him and he was part of the squad while we have won both the Champions League and the league title.
As I said, he wasn't one of the star players by any means, and we can do better, but we have had a hell of a lot worse players over the years than him.
As I said, he wasn't one of the star players by any means, and we can do better, but we have had a hell of a lot worse players over the years than him.
What, ever?
Lol, yeah. Maybe this squad first.
Well, that's no fun! We know he's one of the weakest in this squad. But okay, Clyne?
Not in squad anymore hahaha.
My memory is of a guy who tried to make every tackle into a statement, so he'd go in harder than he needed to. The kind of quality that fans like in a midfielder who is "stamping his authority" on the game, but a midfielder does it in a position where giving away a foul isn't the end of the world. A defender can't take those kinds of risks, any mistake can cost a goal (the Calvert-Lewin penalty in the dying minutes of the Anfield derby in 2017-18 is the one that sticks most in my mind - not really a penalty either but the aggressive challenge gave the forward something to dive over and the ref had a decision to make). That was nearly 3 years ago and he's still doing it.
Secondly, going back to the Watford game this year, you could see that he didn't have the confidence to play the high line that is part of our system now, probably because he lacked that extra bit of pace. So he kept dropping back a yard or so which played Sarr onside and his pace destroyed us.
In our current system, those two flaws are too big to work with so it's for the best that he's moved on and I wish him all the best.
Secondly, going back to the Watford game this year, you could see that he didn't have the confidence to play the high line that is part of our system now, probably because he lacked that extra bit of pace. So he kept dropping back a yard or so which played Sarr onside and his pace destroyed us.
In our current system, those two flaws are too big to work with so it's for the best that he's moved on and I wish him all the best.
He's deservedly taken stick at times, but it's been OTT at times too. For a fourth choice CB we could have done a sod of a lot worse. I wish him well.
Dejan Lovren YNWA.
Dejan Lovren YNWA.
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