30 Oct 2020 11:06:59
Hi ed001. What is your opinion on Clyne as a footballer, now that he's started playing for Palace again? I thought he was a good runner, with okay defensive ability, but he was awkward and uninspiring on the ball (his passing technique was closer to Mignolet than Trent) . Maybe I'm wrong, because a lot of Liverpool fans seem to really love him, and think he did a really good job for us. I saw a discussion recently about how he was our only good defender during Klopp's first couple of years at the club, and that Klopp 'absolutely loved him'. Sounds crazy to me.

{Ed001's Note - awful player and in no way did Klopp love him and was quick to offload him as soon as possible. He was athletic, but had the brains of a chicken and would just run into the centre of the pitch constantly. Defensively he was often missing in the centre as the opposition exploited the space he left. In a team like Palace, where Hodgson will give him rigid instructions and does not require him to actually think for himself, he will be ok.

He does have very good technique, it is just that he usually chose the wrong pass. His biggest problem was his lifestyle. He is a living cliche of the footballers from TV programs with their big flashy parties and jetting around the world to sleep with insta-'models'.}

30 Oct 2020 11:48:23
Thanks ed. Glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't rate him! There are some really strange opinions knocking about these days. It makes football interesting, I suppose, but gushing over Clyne is one step too far in my book.

{Ed001's Note - I never understood why anyone rated him, he was a very average footballer who rose way above his level. Lacked the work ethic to make up for his lack of talent as well, which is the big problem. You usually have a few players in a team who are not as good as the rest, but they are the ones that you need for heart, desire and effort when things are not going well. The water carriers, as Cantona would say, are just as important as the showmen. Or piano carriers in Shankly's quote. But Clyne thought he was the star, rather than the carrier.}

30 Oct 2020 12:06:48
Never rated Clyne, never seemed to be where he was needed, positional was just wrong. Seemed far too lazy as well. In terms of working hard and playing better than expectations, Steve Finnan was the man back then.

{Ed025's Note - his personal life was a disaster bill and that spilled over to his football career mate, the guy had talent but imploded really..shame..

30 Oct 2020 12:16:02
Clyne was around when England didn’t have a great depth of right backs at the time. Fast forward to now and England seem to be loaded with lots of promising right backs.

30 Oct 2020 12:48:09
Another game of thrones reference. That you Harry barathion?

I don't think we'd be the same liverpool with Clyne in there. We wouldn't be known for super dangerous full backs. I didn't think he was awful, he had some decent games, but he would easily be the weak spot on this team.

I wish him luck tho.

Pretty sure Palace are our last game of the season. Why does it always seem to come down to the eagles?

30 Oct 2020 14:05:42
The funny thing about this is when he left certain people sung his praises. I said I was glad he left and got a load of abuse for it lol.

Now, I'm all for wishing a player the best of luck when they leave but acting like he was excellent for us is just delusional. I don't like that kind of nonsense, he was terrible and didn't deserve to be anywhere near our team.

30 Oct 2020 17:48:13
Markus Babbel was probably the best RB I’d seen in a Liverpool shirt until he was struck down by a terrible challenge. Steve Finnan was very good too, but Clyne. 🤦🏻‍♂️
Konchesky was a better signing😂.

30 Oct 2020 19:28:49
Should read terrible challenge🤦🏻‍♂️.

30 Oct 2020 19:37:35
He wasn’t struck down by a terrible challenge. He was struck down by a debilitating challenge.

30 Oct 2020 19:51:56
Why does it keep changing challenge to challenge🤷🏻‍♂️.

30 Oct 2020 19:52:36
Redmersey it’s changed it on you too😂.

30 Oct 2020 21:20:33
You never saw rob jones?

31 Oct 2020 04:51:19
Or even Steve Nicol.

31 Oct 2020 11:06:02
Rob Jones is a good shout to be fair.
I was only a kiddie when Steve Nicol played so never saw him play live. Great player but my point was players I’ve actually seen play.