- Joined
- Jun 10, 2007
- Messages
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So you are Liverpool pre KloppThe problem for me isn't Valverde, it's our "Sporting" department that consists of a bunch of former players that want to put together a Fifa side instead of giving a manager what he wants. We never needed or could have used Coutinho in any valuable way, either in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1 (Valverde's best formation) with the squad we have. Malcolm was a good signing on paper but a longshot given his limited skillset and the players we already have. A proper Valverde side, and Barca side for that matter, consists of a 8-10 players who put in a shift, win the ball, keep the ball and dictate the pace. That Bilbao side are mostly Valverde boys and they beat us the same way he used to beat us. It was gross.
Abidal, Segura and these wackos keep signing and fighting for "Specialists" and wingers. The midfielders we sign aren't creative or holding, but somewhere inbetween; which is fine, if we still had an Iniesta to carry the ball around zip it. Any notion that Coutinho would replace him was ridiculous. They're not remotely similar. My problem with Valverde at this point is his formation choices, not necessarily team choices.
I got bad feelings when we signed him and they didn't go in for Inigo Martinez one of two players Valverde asked for. We needed a CB, Inigo was quoted at 40million, we bought Paulinho instead.
As long as he's still got the dressing room, he's going to be okay for the year, one would hope. Messi, Saurez, Pique, Busquets have all spoken up for him. Benching Busi could have sealed it though. We shall see. The maniacs run the asylum at this point.
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