Match Day Thread PL: Liverpool vs Norwich

Brendan has binned him (probably a committee buy )

 

Wouldn't surprise me if he has, that way it looks like firminio is a bad buy rather than a good buy who is being hindered by the formation.

 

On a serious note, I wouldn't worry too much about Firmino, he will come good once he settles.

 

On a serious note, Depay and Rooney are **** mate

 

That's ok, we have won many things with **** players over the years, or so I'm told

 

It's hard for new signings from a different country to come in and settle. It's even harder for them to come into a team that has changed and is still trying to develop a way of playing and in a bad run of form.

It's far easier for someone like Sterling for example to come into a team that is in good form and blend in. He doesn't have to do anything spectacular but just be solid and he can settle where as Firmino has come into a team playing pants and stands out if not playing well because he's new and the price.

I'm positive in 2 or 3 months he'll be playing and be a very good player with players like Coutinho/Lallana/Sturridge linking up.

 

Very true but we also need to play a system that suits him.

 

Very true and that's part of the problem with quite a few at the moment

 

Yeah 3 managers ago you had Moyes picking up silverware. Not a sniff since then.

 

No biggie, there are other teams who have waited longer for silverware

 

Not many have increased their expenditure since their last trophy by four times and still failed to compete. Basically just you and Everton there, and at least Everton have an entire generation's worth of inflation to excuse it.

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Maybe that's where some teams in the lower half of the league are going wrong?

 

It's even harder when you're not played in your best position...

 

Yup said that couple posts down.

There are a few that are clearly playing in unfamiliar positions and it's not only a detriment to them, but the team.

Gomez, Lallana, Ibe, Firmino, Ings have all played out of position and have suffered because of it.... as well as Can, Moreno last year.

 

Where is his best position?
Although I never saw him play he scored a **** lot of points for my FF team last year through goals and assists, I imagined him to be a wide striker.

 

Number 10. He needs to be playing centrally.

 

Fair shout with Can, but Moreno was played as full back and wing back, not a massive difference there.

 

I know you'll probably accuse me of being biased but Lallana has played in his best position and still struggled (IMO that is as left attacking mid).

But I agree - players are simply being forced to play in unfamiliar positions and Rodgers is trying to figure out why things haven't clicked for us.

 

Cheers, like I said, I never saw him play but know he was very effective.

 

Quite a big difference to play WB if not done it before.. you're expected to be up and down non stop and often he would get caught in the middle doing neither and be out of position.

When he started the season, he was actually pretty good. He made a couple of mistakes but was new to the league so understandable, butwhen we went to back 3/5 then he really struggled.