3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Roma deserve all they get, their tactics are terrible.

Agreed. I would have thought Roma might have expected early long balls hit over the top for speedy small players to run on to. It's hardly revolutionary.

Italian quality defending ....... not!

But half his current potential is still very good, and that should have been seen by our coaches.

Edited April 24, 20188 yr by Phillip

I think if Liverpool beat Madrid in the final, Salah will get the Ballon D'or

f**king hell he's going to win them the whole thing isn't he. 

3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

And we sold him, a player that has turned into one of the best players on the planet 

Our impatience with younger players under Mourinho has set us back so much. If we kept hold of these players we sold, we would have the best team in world.

We never learn.....we dont give managers time or players.

3 minutes ago, Brutos said:

Chelsea do not give players time, the majority of thr fans are the same

Sadly you hit the nail.....

Just now, enigma said:

Embarrassing we drew 3-3 to this lot at home and lost 0-3 away

Tells you about Conte's reactionary defence-first tactics.
Even while playing quick intricate passes, Liverpool can play a long ball in a heartbeat and one of Firminho, Mane or Salah will get it and torture opposition defence line with it.

I hate to say this, but this Liverpool team is good.

God, I would hate a Pool-MAdrid final

Salah is unbelievably good. Arguably best in the world at the moment. 

Gutted he isn't doing in a blue shirt, but I don't think anyone saw this sort of potential. 

Of course they did that's why they bought him from Basel but we want ready made players. We do not build players ever.

 

8 minutes ago, Jezq8 said:

I know it’s been said but to think we let Salah go, was such a big mistake.

same with de bruyne and lukaku 

Yep, we are repetitive, but it's not something we aren't just going to get over. Salah player of the year in England (will probably win world player of the year with the way things are going) De Bruyne runner up and most important player for City right now, Lukaku a regular 20 goals a season striker (has a lot missing in his game though) 

I remember watching Salah in his Basel days, he used to get tons of chances to score for them, he just missed more often than not. Eng product was the main part of his game that he was missing, but now it's pretty much spot on.

Edited April 24, 20188 yr by Scott Harris

what odds on Roma getting an away goal? I think that's their only hope - even going down 3-1 might be ok but they'd have to come up with a better defensive plan for the return leg 

5 minutes ago, Brutos said:

9 minutes ago, big blue said:

Salah is unbelievably good. Arguably best in the world at the moment. 
Gutted he isn't doing in a blue shirt, but I don't think anyone saw this sort of potential. 

Of course they did that's why they bought him from Basel

When we bought him from Basel, you could see the talent was there, he just needed time, patience and play time, but of course the manager and board thought otherwise.
Is it surprising that the same impatient fans want Bakayoko and Morata shipped out after first season.
We may ship them out and they will turn extremely good players again and we would be left biting our nails.

Edited April 24, 20188 yr by BiafranBlue

Just now, carrickblue said:

what odds on Roma getting an away goal? I think that's their only hope - even going down 3-1 might be ok but they'd have to come up with a better defensive plan for the return leg 

Not bad if they change the tactics now, they still got a few chances and Nainggolan is the best midfielder on the pitch, if they can even up the play instead of getting battered then I expect them to be able to control the game and make chances.

16 minutes ago, enigma said:

Salah is everything we want hazard to be

Hazard is a better footballer overall, Salah's end product is more clinical though.

Depressing. Really depressing.

2 minutes ago, BiafranBlue said:

Morata shipped out after first season.

O indeed. Didn't even take a full season for most to turn on him but we were defs going to have 3? 4? years of patience with other players?

2 minutes ago, BiafranBlue said:

When we bought him from Basel, you could see the talent was there, he just needed time, patience and play time, but of course the manager and board thought otherwise.
Is it surprising that the same impatient fans want Bakayoko and Morata shipped out after first season.
We may ship them out and they will turn extremely good players again and we would be left biting our nails.

I don't want Morata to be sold, but i would be fine if Bakayoko was sold. Bakayoko has never shown any potential in his career, even last season at Monaco he was average every time i watched him. I was always against us signing him. If he ever turns into a world class footballer, i will be really shocked.

3 minutes ago, BiafranBlue said:

When we bought him from Basel, you could see the talent was there, he just needed time, patience and play time, but of course the manager and board thinks otherwise.
Is it surprising that the same impatient fans want Bakayoko and Morata shipped out after first season.
We may ship them out again and they will turn extremely good players again and we would be left biting our nails.

To be fair salah had pace, dribbling skills and was a clinical finisher at basel. Bakayoko I agree, needs time, but he doesn't have any notable attributes tbh

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Hazard is a better footballer overall, Salah's end product is more clinical though.

If you stuck a man on Salah all game it would negate most of his play, stick one on Hazard and it would be a waste of a man. Unless like Hererra you can foul him 10 times and get no cards

5 minutes ago, Brutos said:

Of course they did that's why they bought him from Basel but we want ready made players. We do not build players ever.

 

Come on, if Salah was looking like turning into one of the best players in the world a Basel, he would've cost a he'll of a lot more than £15m, and we wouldve had more competition when we bought him. 

We played double that for hazard, and we fought off every big club in the world to sign him. 

I agree we should've shown more patience with 'big 3' that got away, but it's a debate that has already been done to death on here.

22 minutes ago, Stim said:

And nobody here would have the patience for him either. He was morata level missing chances at Roma according to their fans.

He was Cuadrado level. If someone says they saw his current form coming they'd be a massive liar. Can't recall anyone desperate to buy him back from Roma.

I would love to go back and see if the same posters blasting Mourinho were sticking their necks out for Salah when & a season after we sold him. 

I very much doubt it, given that a lot of fans on here love to write off players after one season. 

Michael Oliver will referee the FA Cup final

Glenn hoddle the Liverpool fan haha, absolute cringe fest, shut up Glen. Anyway, Liverpool have been far the better team, deservedly ahead, Roma haven’t turned up. 

Edited April 24, 20188 yr by Floyd25

2 minutes ago, sonic90 said:

Not bad if they change the tactics now, they still got a few chances and Nainggolan is the best midfielder on the pitch, if they can even up the play instead of getting battered then I expect them to be able to control the game and make chances.

Nainggolan is definitely the most tattooed midfielder on the pitch but James Milner pissed all over him in that 1at half.

this ref seems to spot every free kick for Liverpool and miss every free kick for Roma

Roma only have Dzeko as an offensive threat