10 Feb 2016 18:32:26
Ed001. curious your thoughts on filling some of our weak spots through younger players versus transfers. I believe you have talked a lot of the need to repair the defence. Obviously it will have to be a mixture of transfers and youth. anybody stand out from the youth as real potential starters if not right away, pretty quickly for goalie, back 4 or defensive mid. Is Joe Gomez's long-term future at centre back? what have you thought of Ilori so far, shown you enough to think he has potential to work or not. Is Stewart a real option for defensive mid?
Thanks.
{Ed001's Note - those 3 you have mentioned all have the potential. Gomez and Ilori have the potential to fill the centre back spots, and I do think Stewart has the ability to hold down the defensive mid speck. We do need to look for a keeper, if Ward is not going to get a shot now then we clearly have no intention of giving him a chance. Fulton looks decent for the long term.}
10 Feb 2016 19:10:02
Spurs have giving young player a chance in recent years and done no harm at all to be fair Stewart is a good player Europa league is a opportunity to show case his talent.
10 Feb 2016 19:21:15
I know ilori has been hailed as the Saint, then abused a bit as per normal, but the improvement in fitness definitely helped, he played a midtable or higher team, and conceded less than our usual defence in two games. He has areas to improve but has the time, and physical attributes to succeed. I'm sure playing with Lucas helped a lot, especially speaking the same native tongue. I'm sure having flanno next to him helped too. Would like to see a lineup of like flanno ilori sakho Moreno Stewart hendo can coutinho firmino sturridge some day.
10 Feb 2016 19:43:21
Ed001
have you heard anything about why Ward has not been given a shot despite being recalled. It's the one thing that baffles me about what Klopp is doing. would have thought he would get a shot in one of the cup games. Is there something they are seeing in practice that they don't like?
{Ed001's Note - I have not heard anything sorry.}
10 Feb 2016 20:17:01
Isn't Danny Ward cup-tied? I don't know if that means for all the cup competitions though.
10 Feb 2016 20:30:04
Fencey, they speak Portugese in Brazil., not Spanish.
10 Feb 2016 20:37:06
ilori was shouting at players to get into position regardless of the language - something we do not see enough of since Carragher leaving!
10 Feb 2016 21:02:16
Ilori is portugese.
10 Feb 2016 21:06:27
More No - Tiago Ilori is Portuguese.
10 Feb 2016 21:07:20
I don't understand the Ward situation either, as surely if he had been brought in last night, done well, he would either have taken over the number one spot or at least given Migs a kick up the backside in saying, if you mess up in the PL, I'm here! It's what competition is all about, players keeping others on their toes!
10 Feb 2016 21:17:13
More no, who do you think was speaking Spanish, Ilori?
The guy has 10 U21 caps and was signed from Sporting Lisbon, which I think you will find is in Portugal .
10 Feb 2016 21:27:33
More no, they also speak Portuguese in Portugal, hence why ilori and Lucas both speak Portuguese 😂😂.
10 Feb 2016 21:47:50
He was born in England and has played football for teams in Portugal, Spain and France, so I think he can speak all 3 languages.
11 Feb 2016 01:08:10
Here's my best guess on the Ward situation.
As awful as Mignolet is, it may be that Klopp doesn't like what he sees from Ward in training. Could be that he's just not up to the level despite a decent loan spell.
Similarly, Klopp took forever to give Bogdan a chance, and I expect that was also because Bogdan didn't look good in training. And, once he finally got a chance, Klopp got burned with two huge Bogdan mistakes that cost us points.
He might feel he'll get burned by Ward, too, if he's not looking impressive in training sessions.
Granted, Mignolet has cost us countless points. But he may, right now, be the lesser of all the evils. That is a scary thing.
I just hope Klopp's constant open backing he's giving Mignolet is just BS to give Mignolet as much confidence as possible for us to make it to the summer. And then he's shown the door.