22 Jan 2018 08:44:43
Lemar.

This one's for ed001.

We had a discussion last week about lemar and I promised I would watch him again.

I thought he had a poor game last week and you felt I was making a knee jerk reaction and rightly so.

As promised I watched him again this weekend.

And once again I have failed to be impressed.

Now don't get me wrong he played decent/ ok.

But for a player who is valued at 90m I saw nothing in his performance to suggest the fees talked about representing any kind of value.

Just my opinion. I by far prefer chamberlain and trust klopp when he says we need to developer the players at the club first. Also with the time and patience I think Woodburn should be given a chance before spending 90m on lemar. That is just my opinion and everyone will have theirs.

Now by all accounts lemar has not had a particularly good season. A lot of people are saying that the them was torn apart etc etc. But surely if you are the star attraction in the team you need to be stepping up.


I will watch him again but I am certain I will not be seeing a £90m performance from him.

I also. watched roma and loved a
How allyson was so vocal with his back 4.

Onto the third game.

{Ed001's Note - ok.}

1.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 08:54:18
He's a £40mil player in my opinion but you can't fault Monaco for trying to get all they can.

2.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 09:00:43
I agree with you here Ravi but I feel Lamar can add that quality to our team. He is a potential world class player in the making. But time well tell and chamberlain is coming along good let’s hope he builds on this and makes a re start of his player career.

Also I feel Karius needs to be given a lot more then 6 Mo the we gave Simon 4 years and he is still not good so give this one at least one year.

3.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 09:03:21
I agree, rubbish.

4.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 09:45:27
I really like Ox but I think he can do with improving his ball striking, it’s one of the notable things Coutinho brought to the side vs someone like Ox or Lallana in the attacking midfield role, and Lemar would certainly add something there even if I agree maybe not a 90m player.

Hopefully Keita will also help there, as Gini/ Milner have similar problems scoring from distance, which is why I’ve always preferred Hendo in that position when fit.

5.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 09:56:00
Everyone said the same when we signed Salah and Chamberlain. How wrong we were as fans at least on Salah.

I've watched french league for 3 years and Lemar would improve our squad and first 11. Is he worth 90mill? No. But was Coutinho worth 142mill? No. But both players would improve our first 11.

Don't know why we are worried tho. Lemar will prob be off to Arsenal or Barca.

6.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 10:48:44
He’s not really tested playing in France IMO,

7.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 11:04:04
Never mind lemar forget him, this fekir guy is who we should b after.

8.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 11:49:20
Maybe Last season he played better because Monaco was fighting for the title had a better a team and this season they sold Bakayoko, Mbappe, Bernardo Silva and Germain. They were key players its like we hope Firmino to play next season like this one if we sell Mane and Salah.

9.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 12:10:31
Amazing that when he looked nailed on to sign he was the perfect replacement for Coutinho and everyone was demanding FSG pay whatever it takes.

Now there is one unsubstantiated rumour that he wants to go to Barcelona, he's a terrible player 😂

Nobody here has a clue what Monaco asked for. It does seem that whatever it is, Liverpool won't pay it (at least not this month), but at the end of the day he is worth whatever Monaco decide he is worth to them. If nobody wants to compensate them for how much that is, then they will not sell.

Of all the player we've looked at, he is the best. For that reason alone, i hope we can sign him.

10.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 12:14:46
for the record, 2 games watching him is still knee jerk, and a match by match update of your opinion isn't all too useful until you've seen him play for months consistently.

you also need to bear in mind you're watching a player who isn't playing at full capacity in a team that is struggling after selling most of it's best players over the last 12 months - mbappe, bernardo silva, bakayoko, mendy.

if you had never seen alexis sanchez before and decided to start watching him recently, you'd wonder what on earth utd are thinking paying him 350k a week.

11.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 13:42:17
Can’t remember who said it - Shanks or Paisley - but he said ‘if you need to watch a player twice to see how good he is, then he’s not good enough’.

{Ed002's Note - That is a particularly stupid thing to say.}

12.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 13:44:19
completely agree Ravi. I have tried to say this about Lemar but all you get is thumbs down. I honestly don't believe people have watched him play. They see the 90mil price tag and assume he must be world class. I would rather have Ox in midfield and Martins is far better further forward.