07 Feb 2016 07:03:51
Ed001, question for you.
When Sakho joined us, he came with a fair bit of reputation as a solid defender, much due to the fact that he was the captain of a PSG side that had the just bought the likes of Thiago Silva.
But looking at the facts, Sakho left as soon as Qatar invested in PSG. Secondly, he was captain of PSG ever since he first played for them and not really because of his performances there if I'm not mistaken.
So do you think a lot of the faith in Sakho's ability as a defender stemmed from his 'presumed pedigree' rather than actual quality which has always been touch-and-go at Liverpool?
{Ed001's Note - when he is fit and firing he is a solid defender, not perfect by any means, but who it? Every player has their weaknesses. The problem is that he gets injured too often, which is what cost him his place at PSG initially. That is made worse because it takes him a few games to get back to match sharpness after each injury, so becomes a liability for the first few games back. He reminds me of Fabio Aurelio, injured, comes back, plays crap for a bunch of games, hits form for one game then goes off injured in his second and it is back to the beginning.}
07 Feb 2016 07:35:03
His main weakness for me is that quick players can go pass him relatively easily.
07 Feb 2016 07:51:11
Aurelio scored cracking free kicks though. Plus, he usually performed against United, so Aurelio>>Sakho for me personally.
Also, Sakho's performaces to me indicate not rustiness but just poor defending at times. Rustiness is something like Henderson right now. You can see that the passes are right, just underhit or overhit a bit. Sakho's passing makes me feel secure when Mignolet has the ball. And he gets bullied much too easily, much like Skrtel.
I hope him and Lovren perform well though. Fingers crossed.
07 Feb 2016 09:33:01
Still don't understand this thing about sakhos passing.
Everytime I watch the game and the passing stats come up sakho is usually in the top 3 for all 22 players for most passes and most accurate as well.
If you watch him he looks awkward hitting it, body shape looks weird but it's usually a decent pass and that's the main thing.
07 Feb 2016 13:49:12
Sahko makes and completes more incisive and forward passes thane all our mids put together. This useless idea that his passing is aweful is just delusional at its best. The guy is not perfect and needs to improve other parts of the game like every other player so people should lay off the guy. I think he and Lovren will be a Gould partnership if they can stay fit.