18 Jan 2016 11:27:29
Ed01/ 02,
Anyone would do it.
Y isn't Tex getting a chance. I am a big fan of him and yesterday was the perfect game for him to make a mark in the absence of Coutinho. We have no creativity up front and Tex would have unlocked Firmino with his skills.
Could you let me know mate?
{Ed002's Note - The manager clearly doesn't see him as good enough.}
18 Jan 2016 11:39:55
Yep, it's really that simple. When his attacking specialties are being ignored for the contributions of a struggling defender to get a goal back, you know the manager doesn't rate him that well.
18 Jan 2016 11:40:10
I agree with Edd002 on this seeing as I talk about texeria all the time. I think klopp just doesn't think he can contribute more than lallana or even milner depending on position. That or he doesn't trust texeria. Milner and lallana will run all night, klopp obviously does not think texeria will. But the main problem as I say yesterday is players working hard isn't winning us games.
I hope texeria has a brilliant game in the replay against Exeter but I still don't think it will sway klopp.
18 Jan 2016 12:05:33
Big
He did play really well the last time he played for us. He is a very creative player in the mold of Coutinho and its shame the manager persist with one dimensional status Central midfielder ahead of him.
He should be playing regularly at his age. I could see him leaving the club if he isn't getting games I am afraid.
18 Jan 2016 12:07:14
Maybe he ain't as good as you want / believe he is a bit like ilori?
18 Jan 2016 12:19:50
He isn't good enough defensively to put him in the team he doesn't work hard enough and makes lazy fouls so he doesn't have to keep trying. That's all that is holding him back imo. If he doesn't earn some trust on the pitch then he rightly won't play. Games like Exeter where twice he didn't follow their full back back and the lad should have scored 2 headers are the exact reasons he won't play.
18 Jan 2016 12:47:15
I think it's because he's so much like Llalana and Coutinho so bringing him on as yet another no.10 type player doesn't really change anything. At least if you bring on a big man or a pact winger it allows you to shake things up for good or for bad. I do wish he'd get a real shot though, think he has real creative flair if he got a decent run.
18 Jan 2016 12:49:43
He wouldn't have made any difference against United. Lallana, Milner, Firmino, Can and Henderson all tore United to bits with their fast passing and slick movement.
Unfortuantely they have about 9 goals this season between them in all competitions! That certainly showed in their shooting. Teixeira is a creator more than a goalscorer and we weren't struggling to break them down. What we needed was a Sturridge, Ings or Origi to come of the bench to grab a goal. Sadly we had captain lazy, Benteke to call upon. Teixeira for all his skills and creativity has never scored a goal in senior football and doesn't score that many for the youth sides either. We missed our decent strikers and only goalscoring midfielder; Coutinho. He might have a shocking conversion rate, but Coutinho is a bigger goal threat than any other midfielder in the team.
{Ed001's Note - Teixeira does offer decent dead ball delivery, which we are sorely lacking, as we never create anything from corners and free kicks....}
18 Jan 2016 12:51:33
Zimbo
You do realize we plyed 4 CM yesterday and not ACM. And when we did play 3 ACM together, we scored goals. Firmino needs runners alongisde. he needs clever movments and player sho link up well with him. Tex is a very good shout considering we had 3 CM in the middle to do all the defesinve work.
18 Jan 2016 12:57:05
Zimbo, you hit the nail on the head. Teixeira wouldn't have offered anything different to what we already had on the pitch. Ibe offered pace and Benteke and Caulker gave us targets in the box. Klopp needed to try something different not just make a like for like Substitution.
18 Jan 2016 13:08:32
Have to admit Ed001, I wasn't aware that Teixeira had decent set piece delivery in his locker. Would be nice to see it mixdp a bit though. I think Moreno can whip in a decent corner from the right side and would probably get Coutinho taking them from the left.
They need to be told though "don't float it in, whip it in with pace and make your team mates attack it".
18 Jan 2016 13:10:53
Actually we don't know what texeria would have offered as he wasn't on the pitch. He would have offered a hell of a lot more than lallana in the second half.
18 Jan 2016 13:12:12
Worrying that Teixeira's Liverpool career very much resembles Suso's in terms of always being in and around the match day squad but not being able to get a game.
Shame really, but then we seem to have an abundance of very average no. 10's.
18 Jan 2016 13:24:08
Well all he's got to do is score a couple vs Exeter and force himself into the managers ideas. It's up to him.
18 Jan 2016 13:38:50
Not_again I actually think we were more of a 4-3-3 and Teix is not really a winger so would have been asking a lot of the guy.
Agree with your point on playing 3ACMs and 4-2-3-1 though and made that point elsewhere. Llalana and Milner aren't really the best wingers in the world and could perhaps have been more effective alongside an Ibe or Teixera as a trio in attack to support Firmino.
18 Jan 2016 14:40:04
EMS weren't you saying a few weeks ago that coutinho has terrible conversion and wouldn't be missed if he left?
18 Jan 2016 15:09:26
I never said he wouldn't be missed if he got injured. Just said I wouldn't be that gutted if he was sold. He would fetch a decent sum which could be reivested into a more problematic position (goal scoring wide player for example) . Firmino once settled into England, will be a better CAM than Coutinho for us in my opinion.
We didn't miss him against Arsenal but in games like the United one when things aren't falling for us, that's the kind of game he pops up with a screamer in. We missed goal scorers in general. In fact when you look through our squad, after Sturridge, Ings and Benteke there is nobody you'd fancy one on one with the keeper. And Benteke can't be bothered to try for whatever reason.