14 Apr 2015 01:04:31
There is one player in our starting 11 which I cannot make my mind about and this is Moreno. I don't think he is poor, I cannot remember many errors or losing the ball etc, but I also cannot remember huge contribution to our forward game. He can run with the ball but less skilled in overtaking defenders compared to some of our other forwards, not a great passer of the ball or provider of assists or a finisher.
I don't think he would have made it to the starting 11 of the other big four but we may have to stick with him and see how he developes.
14 Apr 2015 04:00:48
I think he's a potentially great talent with some rough edges.
For example in attack, I agree he struggles to take anyone on one-on-one (but then so do GJ and Manq), but his relentless energy and pace often get him in behind teams and into dangerous positions anyway.
In defence, he makes some great runs back to cover, and some great last ditch tackles, but then he also makes some glaring errors from time to time.
If he can learn to cut out the defensive errors (and I think he can with good coaching), he'll be a really strong player for us, but if not then he risks being seen as a potential liability against the top sides.
If he can do that ad also learn to take on players and use both feet, he could potentially be unstoppable!
14 Apr 2015 06:36:28
He has made 5 errors that has directly or indirectly resulted in a goal this season. Moreno gets into the most awkward positions when defending and looks amateurish as a result sometimes. He also get way to close to his man out wide and then at that point, his attempt at defending is to stick out a leg and hope he catches the ball. He is quick, very comfortable on the ball and can retain ball well, and does go forward a lot. With good coaching, he can be a better defender no doubt and that is what the coaching staff at LFC should be looking at, but having seen how poor our defending was yesterday, 3 years after BR has come in, I do wonder if we will ever be a good defensive side and be able to improve defenders.
14 Apr 2015 06:59:43
I can remember him losing the ball, making errors, losing concentration and costing us goals in a number of games - a fair number of them big, important ones. I agree that his attacking game is lacking as well. He perhaps just needs more time to develop as he is still relatively young - certainly he is a long way from where he see's himself (i.e. at Real Madrid). Hard work and graft and hopefully he improves but it's 50/50 at the minute.
14 Apr 2015 09:24:49
If only someone had warned you all about this in the summer ;)
No to be fair Moreno has potential. I've always maintained that, but if we wanted potential, we could've just saved £12m and given someone from the academy a chance. Now Moreno is here though, I support him and hope he improves. Because currently he is the Spanish Glen Johnson! Thank god he has 8 years on his side to improve.
14 Apr 2015 09:28:14
He needs to have more faith in the players in front of him, he passes back to the CB too much for my liking. Defensively he needs to stop putting his hands behind his back because that is unnecessarily causing him to stand off players, allowing cross to come in and/or to be beaten as your body is in an unnatural position. Also when defending he plays almost like he has no sense of spatial awareness, losing track of wingers etc. But he'll learn to iron out the kinks in his game with experience.
14 Apr 2015 09:50:47
Played the bulk of the season out of position, he's very raw anyway and still very young.
We might see him improve a lot over the next season or 2 or he might flop, I think a lot depends on the players mentality. If he keeps his head, learns and works hard, the potential is there to be a very good left back.
14 Apr 2015 10:36:55
Moreno is our fifth best crosser (behind SG, JH, PC, and RS) with 56. He is fifth behind the same players with 31 chances created. He does need to improve his passing percentage but he is our 9th best player for that but this might account for his lack of assists. he obviously has two goals and clearly likes to take on a shot but he needs some work on his defensive capacity and his passing. I think he's improving and is far from being bad.
14 Apr 2015 15:37:23
During my Stat attack research (see post above) I looked at Moreno stats before deciding to focus on just our CB and Moreno has made more mistakes that led to both goal scoring chances and goals directly than any other defender in europes top 5 leagues.
I'm not saying he is poor because I quite like him (he was also in the top ten for successful tackles) he just needs time to develop.
15 Apr 2015 12:54:27
EMS-
Who would you rather ?
Flanno or Moreno