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Thiago - The real deal

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Dreambeliever said:
This boy is a serious talent.

Was one of the few to say ‘these are kids’ and run past them.


He’s a step above anything I’ve seen since Xabi in midfield.

If he stays fit we are doing the treble!
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This is sacrilege I know, but I think hes a better passer than Xabi. Hes just got a few more weapons, if we can keep him fit and get our midfield to gel I think hes an incredible player. At the molent hes probably only 90% fit and its clear the other midfielders defer to him a bit too much, he will get better as he settles.
 
He's different to anything in our midfield and also any other player in the league.

Absolutely world class generational talent and boy are we going have a lot of viewing pleasure over the next 3/4 seasons.
 
RedStar said:
This is sacrilege I know, but I think hes a better passer than Xabi. Hes just got a few more weapons, if we can keep him fit and get our midfield to gel I think hes an incredible player. At the molent hes probably only 90% fit and its clear the other midfielders defer to him a bit too much, he will get better as he settles.
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No, he's just able to get himself into more advanced positions, which makes his passes look more effective. In terms of being able to pass a football, Alonso was the best.
 
superchimp said:
He's different to anything in our midfield and also any other player in the league.

Absolutely world class generational talent and boy are we going have a lot of viewing pleasure over the next 3/4 seasons.
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You think he'll last a full 3/4 of one season?
 
Alonso’s long-range passing was unbelievably consistent - having a player like him in your team meant that the opposition could pretty much never hope to contain our buildup with their defensive midfielders because the ball would always fly over their heads and find its target.

I think Thiago is a more varied passer in the Xavi mould, but need to watch him over the whole season against different systems and opponents to really think how he compares. But it’s exciting to have a midfielder who takes your breath away again.
 
tombrown said:
You think he'll last a full 3/4 of one season?
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of course - as long as he doesn't have to come across anyone who genuinely wants to break his legs like richarlison did!

is his injury record even that bad? always seemed to be fit for Bayern.
 
This season there are two Liverpools: one with Thiago in it. One without it. Only one of them will win the league. He's that good.

Klopps workmanlike midfield no longer works when we're conceding more goals. We need creativity and drive through the middle of the park, and only Thaigo and Shaqiri provide it.

As good as he is, Jones is more of a creative Wijnaldum. He's not dynamic enough to be only creative spark in the middle this side needs right now and ideally wouldn't be in that position.
 
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Squiggles said:
This season there are two Liverpools: one with Thiago in it. One without it. Only one of them will win the league. He's that good.

Klopps workmanlike midfield no longer works when we're conceding more goals. We need creativity and drive through the middle of the park, and only Thaigo and Shaqiri provide it.

As good as he is, Jones is more of a creative Wijnaldum. He's not dynamic enough to be only creative spark in the middle this side needs right now and ideally wouldn't be in that position.
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Er, we were leading the league without him playing. I agree adding him is needed to halt our current slump but he's hardly contributed to where we are in the table.
 
darkstarexodus said:
Er, we were leading the league without him playing. I agree adding him is needed to halt our current slump but he's hardly contributed to where we are in the table.
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With some points accumulated when we had VVD, Gomez and Matip to varying amounts. With all of them out them out, and Matip will be out again, then our squad isn't significantly better than our rivals. Our points accumulated since the Gomez injury isn't that of a side I'd be confident in retaining a title. Thiago for me is the difference maker and pushes us ahead, providing he stays fit of course.
 
Squiggles said:
With some points accumulated when we had VVD, Gomez and Matip to varying amounts. With all of them out them out, and Matip will be out again, then our squad isn't significantly better than our rivals. Our points accumulated since the Gomez injury isn't that of a side I'd be confident in retaining a title. Thiago for me is the difference maker and pushes us ahead, providing he stays fit of course.
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So, there's been three different Liverpool sides this season, then.

We are definitely in poor form at the moment and he looks to be exactly what we need at the moment. But we also need our other players - who achieved the results we have to this point - to get their acts together. To say it's all on his presence is a bit much.
 
rurikbird said:
Alonso’s long-range passing was unbelievably consistent - having a player like him in your team meant that the opposition could pretty much never hope to contain our buildup with their defensive midfielders because the ball would always fly over their heads and find its target.

I think Thiago is a more varied passer in the Xavi mould, but need to watch him over the whole season against different systems and opponents to really think how he compares. But it’s exciting to have a midfielder who takes your breath away again.
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Thats not entirely true, Xabi wasnt that quick or mobile so he could often be snuffed out by an attacker dropping deep to pressure him into hurried decisions. He never had Thiagos quick feet or ability to drop his shoulder and break the initial press before picking his pass.
 
superchimp said:
He's different to anything in our midfield and also any other player in the league.

Absolutely world class generational talent and boy are we going have a lot of viewing pleasure over the next 3/4 seasons.
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He is very good and agreed he brings in a new dimension to our attack. The issue here is whether the rest of the players especially the attacking team compliments his presence on the field of play, if they can read him and make the right runs thats the positives expected. Klopp needs to use his passing skills to break down teams that defends with the bus, but that can work well if our other players anticipate the passes and makes the runs.
 
QUOTE="Champ, post: 2002977, member: 2300"]He is very good and agreed he brings in a new dimension to our attack. The issue here is whether the rest of the players especially the attacking team compliments his presence on the field of play, if they can read him and make the right runs thats the positives expected. Klopp needs to use his passing skills to break down teams that defends with the bus, but that can work well if our other players anticipate the passes and makes the runs.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure he receives plenty of compliments and clearly there is no doubt his skills complement our attackers.

Also not sure Klopp's passing skills are up to it but guess we could register him as an extra player, for CB cover.
 
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Champ said:
He is very good and agreed he brings in a new dimension to our attack. The issue here is whether the rest of the players especially the attacking team compliments his presence on the field of play, if they can read him and make the right runs thats the positives expected. Klopp needs to use his passing skills to break down teams that defends with the bus, but that can work well if our other players anticipate the passes and makes the runs.
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If we ever get 2-0 up against a team and they have to come out, then Thiago will add that extra decisive line breaking pass. 2-0 will end up 7 or 8.
 
We will see if he is the real deal when we play the big teams, I want to believe that all our players are the 'the real deal' against an under 23 side playing for Aston Villa
 
moron said:
We will see if he is the real deal when we play the big teams, I want to believe that all our players are the 'the real deal' against an under 23 side playing for Aston Villa
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You do know he was in UEFAs Team of the Year last season? As if you can make that without being 'the real deal'. And FIFA's Top 20 players or whatever it was called ?
 
moron said:
We will see if he is the real deal when we play the big teams, I want to believe that all our players are the 'the real deal' against an under 23 side playing for Aston Villa
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Yep - he's definitely never played a big game in his life. He was just a passenger for those 9 league titles and 2 CLs (so far)
 
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