05 Jul 2023 22:44:25
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Elliot will never ever be a suitable replacement for Salah. He has ability, but not in the same stratosphere let alone league as Mo.

1.) 05 Jul 2023
05 Jul 2023 23:20:57
No need to be be sorry about it, because some of us have the same suspicion. However, it also doesn't mean we've written him off in the swift manner you've done. Early days still.

2.) 05 Jul 2023
05 Jul 2023 23:27:32
Who said anyone is expecting him to be?

3.) 05 Jul 2023
05 Jul 2023 23:33:53
That's bad news?

4.) 05 Jul 2023
05 Jul 2023 23:46:11
wow what a brave call.
I'm also wondering what is the point in making this claim?
It's not really helpful or empowering for anyone, just seems like a pointless waste of energy.

5.) 06 Jul 2023
05 Jul 2023 23:56:55
I thought Elliott is a totally different type of player.

6.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 00:29:12
Even if we ignore all the ways they are totally different types, tell me again where salah was at 20 and in how many ways he looked like someone who would turn in to being a record breaking world class player?

7.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 00:30:48
Not to mention he’s only 20!

I’m assuming when Salah was bombing it at Chelsea you were posting how he was going to be one of the best right wingers in Premier league era?

FFS!

8.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 01:02:06
Thanks Frode Kippers, devastated now, my life will never be the same again.

9.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 01:10:03
Why are we replying to this nonsense?

10.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 01:48:35
Nonsense stuffs attract the most attention.

11.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 01:49:38
OK harry.

12.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 03:15:48
He doesn’t even play in the same position, bad comparison, might as well say he’ll never be a suitable replacement for Van Dijk while we’re at it.

13.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 05:37:10
At last now that we’ve heard the bad news we can ‘process’ it and start to get on with the rest of our lives. Done, sorry what was the bad news again?

14.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 05:59:04
He shouldn’t be trying to replace Salah. Elliott will never be fast or athletic enough to be a top team’s star player, especially in any of the wide positions. If there is one player Elliott should be looking to model his game on, it’s *deep breath* Bernardo Silva. Elliott has superb ball control, a low centre of gravity, and an excellent delivery on occasion. He’s not as wiry or wily as Bernardo Silva, but there’s no reason he couldn’t be in 5 years.

15.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 06:13:49
I’ve never seen him as a salah replacement, I think he’s best suited to the firmino type role.

16.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 07:33:19
Truth is 99% of current players in world football wouldn’t be able to replicate or replace Salah on that right wing for us.

That’s not a thing to beat Elliot down with.

When the time comes I think we’ll have to adjust playing wise and expectations of what we expect from our right winger.

17.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 07:56:53
Frode Kippers, that is your opinion despite you framing it as a fact.

In my opinion all of Elliott's best football thus far in his career has been played on the right wing. His season at Blackburn as a RW was exceptional. He had 9 goals and 11 assists i believe. Even for us last season, his best games were on the wing in the cups when Salah was rested, including that performance against Wolves that he capped with a wonder goal from 25 yards.

Don't get so hung up on like for like replacements. Elliott doesn't need to be Salah. He doesn't need blistering pace or 30 goals a season if he contributes in other ways. Grealish and Silva started out wide for Man City in nearly all their biggest games last season. Neither of them have blistering pace and neither score much more than 10 goals a season. Do they drag City down? No. Because they work so hard and commit defenders in other ways to create more space for the central players like Haaland and De Bruyne.

I am still of the belief that If Elliott is to have a long term career at Liverpool as a starting XI player, it will be on the right wing in some capacity as that is where he consistently performs well. He doesn't need to be Mo Salah to do that. Mac Allister and Szoboszlai will score more goals than Hendo and Thiago's 1 or 2 a sesson. Nunez/ Gakpo will score more than Bobby's 10 a season. Jota/ Diaz can easily match Mane's 20 a season. Who ever replaces Salah doesn't need to be as good in the same ways. Teans evolve and you develop new threats from other areas. Personally, I'd rather he was the first Harvey Elliott than the next Mo Salah. Maybe he will end up as a midfielder or maybe he'll end up covering a little bit in both roles. Maybe he will even be sold. Who knows. One thing is for sure, is you can't confidently write off a 20 year old and display that opinion as a fact. At the same age Salah flopping at Chelsea.

18.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 08:55:31
Who's going to tell Elliott? Or Klopp?

19.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 11:04:40
Completely agree MK. Other than at the age of 20, Salah was still at Al Mokawloon in the Egyptian league, about to move to Basel.

20.) 06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023 10:49:45
@Rigsby, Frode is, of course.