10 Mar 2021 13:06:37
Good day guys, I have been thinking about firmino, s role in the team, about how he could change his pattern of play to suit the team, since he has been found out on his present role, what I'm trying to say is that can kloop not make him a goal poacher? or is he too old to adapt his game. looking at it when kloop was in Dortmund, he always had goal poachers, for example take the case of Robert lewandowski, it was kloop who made him the great player he is today, though I must admit he has taken his game to a whole new level since then, but the main point is kloop nutured him. my point is I think kloop can do same with firmino, that is just my take though others might disagree, like some will say he doesn't have speed, but come to think of it, lewandowski is not very fast so I think it can be done with firmino, though he can still be a team player but the point is he should be more in the opposition penalty area and allow the rest of the team to do more of the play, what do you guys think.

1.) 10 Mar 2021
10 Mar 2021 13:39:23
His best strength is his ability to create space and chances for others and his worst is his finishing and you'd want to give up the former and make it all about the latter?

{Ed077's Note - It would be like Man Utd moving Fred into a more advanced role and asking him to create and score.

There is a saying which goes something like:
Accentuate the positives, hide the negatives.
The OP is suggesting doing the opposite.

2.) 10 Mar 2021
10 Mar 2021 13:59:43
Bobby could create space in a phone box with Gemma Collins apparently.

3.) 10 Mar 2021
10 Mar 2021 14:48:38
Champs, I don't think Bobbie has been found out as much as many would think. Let me explain. I think Bobbie's best games have been when our team have been able to squeeze up the pitch and most importantly, the press is on point. Even in the games we have won and played well in this season, majority have come when we were really good in the press and with Hendo in that midfield orchestrating.

When that happens, Bobbie has support from midfield and runners ahead of him which them makes him drop a lot less deeper to orchestrate and we all know that when Bobbie is on song, we are very difficult to handle. Since that has not been happening consistently due to obv. reasons, the press is woeful and disjointed, the runners ahead of him are low on confidence and worse, Bobbie cannot even get anywhere near the box consistently score nor orchestrate cos he is busy dropping deeper into his own half hence, making him look useless.


Should he play better and do more or get players in to help out cos he plays WAY too many games? Of course and I am all for that BUT the fundamentals that I mentioned above have to be addressed first before anything else. Just my take.

4.) 10 Mar 2021
10 Mar 2021 14:53:13
I could do the same though JK. With the addition of a chainsaw.

5.) 10 Mar 2021
10 Mar 2021 16:45:15
The low block has hugely hindered Firmino’s contribution to the team.
The two massed ranks of 4 or 5 opposition players in their own half has denied him any space and he’s got nowhere to go.
Klopp’s and the team need to fins a way to make him useful and effective again, in my view.