09 May 2025 22:38:16
Hi eds1
Just thinking about Salah and his end of season form. As far as I can remember, most seasons Salah form dips towards the end of the season. So obviously he is tired and needs a rest but never gets subbed this has happened with both Klopp and slot so do you think he has a clause in his contract that he must be played if fit?
As he gets older how do you think we would deal with this situation?
{Ed001's Note - it is not a clause, just that no one wants to take off a goalscorer. Slot has taken him off a lot in matches this season. It would help if we had better options to fill the space when he is not on the pitch.}
09 May 2025 23:39:49
Do you think Ramadan has something to do with it? He’s famed for how he looks after his body and fuels himself. A month of fasting could have an impact on his energy levels in training and on match days.
10 May 2025 01:43:17
End of the day we pay him to be good all season ?
I too wondered if he had a clause around substitutes lol cos there are so many games he seems to be there in hope something magical happens.
Bit like CR7 towards the end at manU. Actually I’d kinda be worried he becomes that kind of player for us. Obvious legend and can nab a goal but would hope we also consider team functioning as a whole unit.
10 May 2025 04:10:29
He's not subbed off because it's madness to take him off. Even half fit, there's always the chance that something could happen. He can have a quiet 89 1/ 2 minutes and still be a match winner.
10 May 2025 07:18:49
Looking at Salahs minutes he does play a hell of a lot same as Virg and Grav this season and you could probably put a case together of both of them also slightly dropping off from the extremely high standards they originally set the first half of the season.
Salahs been subbed off 6 times in the premier league and twice in CL. Of our league minutes this season Salah has played 98% of them.
Amazingly Virg has played 100% of those games.
10 May 2025 07:36:07
Some players are just so dangerous it’s better to have them on the pitch even if they aren’t playing particularly well.
10 May 2025 13:57:03
Slot often mentions how we don't tend to win by big margins. I suspect he would be taking Mo off more often if we were getting 3s and 4s ahead in games.
Something to work on for next season!