18 Oct 2026 11:49:06
So many on here were saying we should sell Ngumoha over the summer. A "one trick pony".
Seems to me he's developing nicely.
18 Oct 2026 11:55:20
Very nicely and very quickly, it usually takes time to develop, kid's a natural ??.
18 Oct 2026 11:57:05
The thing is that he is very very good at the one trick that he does. He really needs to learn how to be a threat running in behind rather than always needing to run at the defence with the ball at his feet and he is not a terribly good passer or crosser yet, but one on one he has to be one of the hardest to contain dribblers in the entire league, and he's only 18.
Even when his dribbles don't come to anything they can result in a goal because of the chaos they create when he cuts in the box, as we have seen of late.
18 Oct 2026 12:12:15
Munoz and Rio seem to be pushing each other along nicely with a little bit of friendly competition.
18 Oct 2026 12:43:19
Rekon arrival of Munoz has pushed Rio. Rio is playing more direct and low to the ground. Still don't like the stand still and inching forward that 99/100 ends up in losing the ball but hey, Barcola is don't that too so. lol Rio picking up some bad habits from another 100m+ player!
18 Oct 2026 13:07:01
He should've been on at half time against 10 men
As fate would have it, Frimpong gets injured yet again so Rio did get on quickly, but it definitely worried me how Iraola was forced rather than naturally looked towards Rio at half time.
18 Oct 2026 13:14:48
Thing is Burgher, that beating defenders head on is the most difficult of all the skills you mentioned.
18 Oct 2026 13:15:03
Kids 18.Not liked on here. Truth is though he's better than the £100m plus bloke we have on the left so far this season.
18 Oct 2026 13:26:56
Minteh will bring a different quality to the right side, one which we have sorely missed at times.
18 Oct 2026 13:29:55
Barcola has been with us for 6 weeks, 3 of those was away at international duty. Please can we give the lad a break? ?.
18 Oct 2026 13:54:35
@ASB, no we can't. Just because it's a different league in a hew country for a club that has a new head coach and a different style of play to what the lad's used to doesn't mean we make any allowances.
18 Oct 2026 13:59:09
Truth is Florian, he's not. Maybe he will be and maybe he won't but Barcola has just arrived. Give him a break. Give them all a break actually.
18 Oct 2026 14:28:01
On cow's arses and banjos. Barcola can't finish, we should have just taken Darwin back on a free transfer.?.
18 Oct 2026 15:05:16
I go by what's done in a Liverpool jersey. Yes Barcola is not here long and he may well improve(I should bloody hope so)but so far what I said is not untrue. Give Barcola a break? Ngumoha just turned 18, very few seem to give him a break.
I actually see more football intelligence from Rio at 18 than I do from Barcola. Some of the things Barcola did yesterday were mystifying.
18 Oct 2026 15:23:12
Absolutely Chewy, it's frightening watching Rio when he is in full flow knowing how young he is and how much room he still has to develop.
I'm curious as to what you thought Barcola did yesterday that was mystifying Florian, do you mean when he messed up the counter attack near the end when he looked like he was out on his feet? I think he just ran out of gas the last quarter of the game, he didn't have a preseason and it's a new environment with new physical demands.
18 Oct 2026 15:41:12
The 3 previous LFC left wingers were Mane, Diaz and Gakpo that's the minimum standard for him to equal, will he be as good as Mane only time will answer that? he should at least equal Diaz and Gakpo, but Mane is obviously the Gold standard! the only defence for Barcola is the 3 above played in a far better Klopp team, one plus none of the 3 above scored a hat trick in the UCL, and in a lesser team?
Mane scored his first PL goal on his debut, Diaz scored his first PL goal after 5 apps (21 days, he scored an FA Cup goal before a PL goal, after 2 apps)), Gakpo signed 7 January scored first PL goal circa 35 days later on 13 February against Everton.
Barcola is yet to score a PL goal, but time is on his side? all the three above could also quite comfortably play as a CF also if needed. Talking of goals man United have today versus Leeds conceded a PL goal in every PL fixture so far.
YNWA Andoni.
18 Oct 2026 16:22:02
Rio has definitely improved since last season. He frustrated me last year by not attacking his man directly enough and waving his foot over the ball.
I wonder if he was nervous of loosing position under Slot and Keeping the ball was priority?
Lately he's been moving the ball quicker and turning his defender around. Quick 1-2s in tight areas makes good viewing.
Barcolla looks a little lightweight at times. His runs in behind are good, like to see him get the pass quicker to make the defence drop off us a bit. But overall very early to say at the moment. Hope he doesn't become a flat track bully, playing well against weak teams and not showing up against the big boys.
I'm definitely pleased with the progress overall slightly better than I expected. 2 away wins in the PL already is surly worth noting I think under Slot we would most likely have lost or drawn those?
YNWA.
18 Oct 2026 16:58:30
Rio is 18. Imagine him after another 3 years of development. Those wanting rid of an 18 year old needs to give their head a wobble. Kid has bags of potential but needs time and to learn which is done in training.
18 Oct 2026 18:49:14
Salah wasn't exactly pulling up trees at 18.
18 Oct 2026 22:23:10
In Barcolas case I think he's suffering from a dose of Eki-isak syndrome. He's only a 70-minute man right now. You could see he wasn't really there physically or mentally in the dying minutes, he had a long Summer and no real pre-season.
We've already seen him suffer from cramp, he said in an interview the biggest difference between Ligue 1 and the PL was all the running and we've heard Iraola speak about him improving his fitness so he gets a pass for now.
18 Oct 2026 22:28:03
Past two performances on the right wing have been very good in my opinion. He's shown more variety, both cutting inside and hitting the byline.
19 Oct 2026 10:02:25
I see what you did there, WDW.
And I like it.
19 Oct 2026 11:52:20
Getting Minteh as well now? How many forwards do we need? Midfield and defence need to be prioritised.