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18 Oct 2026 11:02:39
?? it's surprising the team don't look to put more crosses into the box rather than check back and recycle possession which seems to be the common theme.
Only run I saw Isak do in first half was on the left edge of the box and Barcola just got in the way and headed it.
Can Isak do more. Absolutely
but I'll take match winning goal though over the praise "he ran around a lot and caused chaos" propaganda.
18 Oct 2026 11:12:36
It's not either / or JK.
There will be many more games where we will left wanting more from Isak than games he does nothing then pops up for the winner.
He'll literally need to score 30+ in the prem to get Mo Salah level praise for doing nothing but scoring ( :p )
18 Oct 2026 11:15:58
I think we'll all be happy, JK, when Isak starts getting caught offside about 20 times a game. In addition to just running around like a headless chicken. He needs to work on both those aspects of his game.
18 Oct 2026 11:18:08
Who's giving him Mo Salah level praise?
So you're bashing him on future fixtures that haven't even happened ?.
18 Oct 2026 11:19:26
So would you take Isak over Firmino then JK23? Bobby used to get slated for not scoring enough goals, but his movement allowed Salah and Mane to get in on goal more.
18 Oct 2026 11:35:18
Taurus I'd say a 35 year old Bobby would struggle under Ai's intensity mate and Salah and Mane are no longer here. Barcola got in on goal a few times yesterday and didn't capitalise.
Bobby, Mane and Salah were world class as a 3. I don't think anyone would put Isak in that team era ahead of Bobby.
However a Suarez I would. The guy was world class and despite having the morals of an alley cat he could nut meg a mermaid.
Probably the best player I've seen live over a sustained period of time.
However saying that Salah, Suarez and Mane might not work and we know how class the other 3 were together.
I've never seen someone describe Bobby as causing chaos in fairness and 111 goals for the club is hardly slim pickings.
18 Oct 2026 11:50:33
Isak does make quite a lot over a that do t come off
We have to transition from keeping the ball and playing it safe to playing more risky balls in behind.
That mix of playing short and long passes means opposition do t know whether to press high or drop deep.
We are slightly too predictable at the minute until we get away from the approach taken by Slot and his coaching team
Until we do that, we won't get the best out of Isak, or Wirtz, or Barcola.
18 Oct 2026 12:01:01
Could it be that Isak is being instructed to stay in the box and attack the 6 yard box? At Newcastle he was constantly dropping deep and laying it off, or drifting into the left channel, at Liverpool his radius seems to have shrunk and he is much less involved in general play.
You can't argue with the results so far, he's the second leading scorer at match day 6 despite not having played well in any of the games. His finish last night was absolute top quality, world class instinctive number 9 goal.
18 Oct 2026 12:24:57
Bobby did brilliant JK23 and he did have one season where he scored 27 in all comps. His normal range per season outside of that one was 11-15 per season. His ratio of goals per minutes was actually slightly worse than Darwin Nunez. Nunez had a goal every 195 minutes, with Bobby at a goal ever 225 minutes according to ChatGPT.
18 Oct 2026 12:46:24
JK - I'm saying that Isak will need to hit Mo's goal output year in year out to get to the point we can praise him for doing nothing but scoring. That was tongue in cheek dig at Mo of course.
Back to my main point - Isak needs to do more. We aren't going to have a majority of games where we need him to pop up for a winner whilst doing nought. We need him for all the other games when we're struggling.
18 Oct 2026 12:48:40
I think we need to build our attack around Isaac. He has 5 in 6 in the league. Goals win matches, we need him fit and staying at a high scoring level and the wins/success will follow.
18 Oct 2026 13:21:53
For the record, I couldn't care less about Isaks movement so long as he scores, I knew what he was when we first went in for him, he's not the typical 'Liverpool-style' forward we've been used to, but he's absolutely clinical, and I'll take goals over any other stat all day.
18 Oct 2026 13:23:24
Faith I fully agree and I did in my original post that he needs to do more.
But in fairness I think we could all argue that point about every single player in the squad.
Excellent result yesterday but every player could have done more and done more in previous games.
Games have been far more watchable in my opinion this season than they were last so that's a massive bonus.
Brighton and Arsenal next sandwiched in between Europe and league cup.
2 PL games should be the priority at this point and looking at Ai lineups to date it appears he shares that sentiment.
Main point is great result but lots of areas for improvement for all players.
18 Oct 2026 13:23:35
Well at the moment he has popped up with winners in 50% of the league games he's played so we are not been left wanting. And this is at a time where let's face it we are not exactly playing scintillating football. Stays fit and he's only going to get better for us.
18 Oct 2026 14:12:46
What's wrong with a CF who scores goals? Isn't that what they are supposed to do?
18 Oct 2026 15:07:35
No WDW. A centre forward is meant to feed the wingers ?.
18 Oct 2026 16:18:55
Nunez or Isak?
Nunez couldn't score goals, Isak couldn't press a button, Isak has a very dirty habit of regularly putting the ball in the back of the net! how dare he!
YNWA Andoni.
18 Oct 2026 17:07:11
Say what you will about him, but inside the penalty box, he is lethal. His instinctive finishing is top class, and the power he generates from almost no backlift is so good. That being said, its not his fault we paid 125mn for him and hence he is expected to be out of the world each game.
But he is a world class player and if he stays fit he will bag 20-30 goals a season without a doubt.
18 Oct 2026 22:39:59
JK - yup and that result will do a lot for the team's confidence. Away result at a tough ground, injuries stacking up, adjustments mid-game. That's a great result.
19 Oct 2026 03:52:09
As long as we all live we would be very, very lucky to see a front three that could work as well as Mane, Firminho and Salah. Individually they were all excellent, collectively they were even better. We were spoilt rotten watching those three playing together. They were all different in their style and approach but complimented each other perfectly.
Thing is, they didn't do it straight away, they worked at it and got better and better - a lesson there for us in the current situation maybe? I will say again though that we were lucky beyond belief as fans to watch them play together.
19 Oct 2026 08:36:36
Isak scores the winner and he still gets lambasted for lack of movement
All I can say, is that I don't care as long as he scores, and if his goals end up being the match winners, then Amen.
19 Oct 2026 10:37:10
Personally, I don't even know what this argument is about. Also, why are we comparing Bobbie to Isak. To Darwin and then back to Isak? I am sincerely baffled.
They are all different players who were being asked to do different things from different managers. One can score goals for fun (Isak). The other couldn't but could do other things (Darwin) to facilitateand open space for others to score.
While the 3rd guy (Bobbie) was literally being asked to do everything and facilitate other great goalscorers (his main job) without being asked to score goals, per se. And even at that, man still scored 100 plus goals in an LFC shirt.
Good luck trying to get anything out of this debate.
You're going to need it.