05 Aug 2015 00:22:54
Hi guys,
Few questions,
1) who do you think will be the most important Liverpool player upcoming season?
2) biggest surprise/most improved player?
3) best signing/most important signing?
05 Aug 2015 06:10:13
1. Coutinho
2. Gomez/Ibe
3. Benteke (Giving us goals)
05 Aug 2015 06:31:09
The answers for 1 and 3 are Benteke I think. It seems to me that our all season is dependent on how prolific scorer he can become. I have little confidence in our defensive abilities, not just because the back 4 but because I am not sure BR knows how to fix our problems in midfield in term of being more dominant and preventing our back 4 and GK to be too busy.
Also going forward I didn't get the impression that we sorted all our problems there in term of creativity, movement and clear understanding of the players what to do with or wihtout the ball when they go forward.
However, despite all these problems, last year we still had 2-3 good chances every match and in many cases there was just no one to take advantage as we were unbelivably wasteful. If Benteke will take his chances his impact on our season will be huge. If he can't, I can't see who will, so the negative impact will also be huge.
For biggest surprise I will go for Sturridge's fitness. You never know with these things but I have a gut feeling that with all the pressure on Benteke Sturridge will be actually fit most of the league which will open a very interesting competititon between him, Ings and Origi for the second striker and hopefully also lead to us playing two strikers mroe often than not.
05 Aug 2015 07:27:20
1. Mignolet. I don't think he's the most important member of the squad, but it's vital he plays well and carries his second half of last season form into this season and improves on it.
2. Ibe. All Liverpool fans know what he can do, but I think this season he will show the rest of the league how good he is.
3. Benteke. We were desperate for goals last season, hopefully Benteke hits the ground running.
05 Aug 2015 08:14:19
That's a very good call on Migs actually - it wouldn't have come into my mind to choose him but you're right.
If he has one or more of his wobbles it will really hurt us.
05 Aug 2015 08:15:07
1 Every player who wears the shirt are important. It's a team game. The squad is full of internationals so the answer must be 12th man. We need to get behind the club.
2 I think Lovren, Lalana and mignolet need to improve on last season so 1 of them 3.
3 Firmino will prove to be the best player we signed. We never scored enough last season. So it's important that all the attacking players we've signed score goals, which I am sure they will.
05 Aug 2015 08:22:16
@fanobip I thought that in terms of creativity but was shocked to find the other day on Sky Sports that last year we created more goalscoring opportunities than the previous season so think creativity is there and hopefully bent eke has a good season
05 Aug 2015 09:38:40
1.) Henderson (Setting an example for the rest to follow in terms of work ethic)
2.) Moreno (If he gains more of an edge to his end product, and keeps concentration for 90mins he could be outstanding )
3.) Firmino (Should provide us with goals & assists,just hope any slump in form doesn't coincide with Coutinho's)
05 Aug 2015 09:57:46
1) whoever Rogers decides on as a DM for the season
2) Ings for me - he's got movement that boy
3) Benteke for me
05 Aug 2015 09:59:39
fanobip
Sturridge fighting for 2nd striker with ings and origi how insulting.
Sturridge fit is our best striker and one of the best in the league.
05 Aug 2015 10:18:30
Lavers, I agree afit Sturridge would start before Ings and Origi. I don't think he will start before Benteke if Benteke have a good start and score goals, but in that case I hope we will play both.
05 Aug 2015 10:35:42
1. Lucas
2. Lucas Fitness
3. Gomez
05 Aug 2015 10:40:42
1) Lucas
As I've said many times if we lose Lucas to injury without bringing in adequate cover, our season could be over before it starts. It's all well and good having hundreds of attackers and hundreds of defenders, but when you only have one out and out central midfielder, you're treading thin ice. So Lucas, for me, will be the difference this season.
2) Gomez
I think Gomez will come in and surprise a few with his natural ability, and the experience he shows which is well beyond his years.
3) Benteke
He will be our best signing solely because of his goal scoring ability. I think Milner won't be too far behind.
Red Rum
05 Aug 2015 10:46:31
1 - Milner
2 - Ibe
3 - Milner
the game is won and lost in midfield , that's why i think BR has bought so many midfielders , but with the eperience Milner has he can go on to be our main player , he can set up the chances our other mids can't see and he is old and wise enough to see the dangers of teams attacking us , i think he will be a big player for us this season, we all know what we are going to get from him with his work rate and add his experience to that then its easy to see why he is going to be big for us this season , i agree with the others though benteke needs to have a good season for us and score the goals that went begging last season also i think he will get into the positions that our other players never got into last season to finish off the good moves we made , also let hope he does not get that much injured because with him and studge up front firing then i'm sure we will get lots of goals , on the defensive side let's hope BR can get a good solid pairing going at least it will help our GK with clyne and gomez all we need for it to be tight is a good pairing at the back , its great that the season is starting very soon i can't wait
05 Aug 2015 11:20:19
1. Henderson. If he starts dictating the game and goes up a level, he could be the difference between top 4 or not.
2. Lovren. Hopefully. I couldn't believe how bad he was last season. BR prefers him over Sakho, and we need this guy to step up.
3. Benteke. Goals wins you games, and with an incredibly difficult away fixture list in the first half, tactical prudence and counter-attacking football maybe a good way to go about the business. We would need Benteke to pull off some magic though, as he will not get the kind of service he will at home in the first half of the season away.
05 Aug 2015 11:26:27
Migs
Ibe
Benteke
05 Aug 2015 12:08:13
Henderson
Keeper
Milner
05 Aug 2015 12:33:07
Harry how can you say Lucas? You've spent all summer saying we need to replace him with Kovacic!
05 Aug 2015 12:48:42
Benteke
Henderson - Has to step out Gerrards shadow, will be interesting to see how he copes
And Benteke again
05 Aug 2015 13:45:57
Adam
Exactly Why I put positions ahead of Player names. I would have named Kovacic had Liverpool signed him. You do realize, BR desperately needed him much more than any other player.
The center of the midfield where your attack and defense starts/stops
05 Aug 2015 14:22:08
Personally I think attack starts with the goalkeeper with the ball in his hands, and defending begins with the strikers pressurising the opposition defense.
06 Aug 2015 15:35:05
1 coutinho
2 henderson/Gómez
3 Benteke