A bigger mistake than Keita ?
Then gets injured and is out for a seasonHow dare he have a single year long injury.
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By all accounts Keita wasn't particularly injury prone. I think Ox was a known quantity in that respect. Maybe?
Maybe not , but players get more prone to injury as time goes on and we seem to believe that Keita is 23. Despite him coming for a country that didn't register births and having a conviction for using false identity documents in Germany.
He's the new Essien.
Ha. I was going to say, I'll be well happy if he's the new Essien.I wish. Essien was the best CM in the league for a season or two, at least.
I wouldn't have bought him in the first place, not for £40m anyway, because I never rated him that highly and he had a terrible injury record.
I wish. Essien was the best CM in the league for a season or two, at least.
Ha. I was going to say, I'll be well happy if he's the new Essien.
He could be an absolute star, he showed all the attributes needed to be a phenomenonal player before he came here, but until he gets a prolonged spell in the side, we've no idea if he actually will be for us.
I suspect we may see Chamberlain tonight for an hour, then Keita for the last half hour. I think it's becoming clear Keita needs a confidence boost & starting him against genk at Anfield as opposed to away makes more sense in that regard, & Klopp has proven to be very choosy about when he brings players back into the side, & tbf, his judgement is usually pretty good on that front.
Exactly, proper judgement on Ox comes this summer.I wouldn't have bought him in the first place, not for £40m anyway, because I never rated him that highly and he had a terrible injury record.
That said, he did look good in a few games before he was injured for a year, and while I don't think a short run of games where he played well is enough for the "I told you so"s, neither do I think it's really fair to make any judgement in the few games he has played since he was injured FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
We should be able to make a fairer judgement if he stays fit.
Some of the guys were slagging off Lallana on Sunday, and soon enough he scoresYou should do these threads more often. Next time hendo
Some of the guys were slagging off Lallana on Sunday, and soon enough he scores
I still stand by my comment.