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Salah is an amazing player but he is quite one-dimensional in a way. Once he decides to go for goal he completely loses awareness of teammates and opponents around him. When he pulls it off it looks great but when he doesn’t it is quite frustrating to watch. He‘d rather try and dribble 3 players than pass to a wide open teammate. He just doesn’t have this part of the game in his locker which is why Neymar will always be the superior player for me.
Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
 

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Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
And rightly so. Personally I prefer Mané over Salah as well as he has everything in his locker - defensively and offensively, albeit not as ‚greedy‘ as Salah when it comes to scoring goals. I think those two are in a very similar situation to Robben and Ribéry some years ago. They also couldn’t stand each other for a long time and Ribéry got quite frustrated at Robben for his egotistical way of playing. After a couple of years they got used to it and realised they have to put their egos aside to be successful. I’m seeing signs of that with Mané and Salah this season but it’s still early days.
 

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And rightly so. Personally I prefer Mané over Salah as well as he has everything in his locker - defensively and offensively, albeit not as ‚greedy‘ as Salah when it comes to scoring goals. I think those two are in a very similar situation to Robben and Ribéry some years ago. They also couldn’t stand each other for a long time and Ribéry got quite frustrated at Robben for his egotistical way of playing. After a couple of years they got used to it and realised they have to put their egos aside to be successful. I’m seeing signs of that with Mané and Salah this season but it’s still early days.
I would agree that the signs are pointing that way. That’s an interesting comparison as well, re Robben and Ribery.
 

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And rightly so. Personally I prefer Mané over Salah as well as he has everything in his locker - defensively and offensively, albeit not as ‚greedy‘ as Salah when it comes to scoring goals. I think those two are in a very similar situation to Robben and Ribéry some years ago. They also couldn’t stand each other for a long time and Ribéry got quite frustrated at Robben for his egotistical way of playing. After a couple of years they got used to it and realised they have to put their egos aside to be successful. I’m seeing signs of that with Mané and Salah this season but it’s still early days.
Mané is the greediest cnut going. He's just not as good as Salah.
 

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Maybe ironic because it’s not true?
Not true after an 8 minute video has been posted right in front of your eyes. And that's only a snapshot of his passing.

Not true, like vaccines don't prevent serious illness from covid.
 

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Do you think passing is the best part of his game?
It might be. Or it might be his goalscoring. Or it might be his pace. Or his indomitable will to win. There is no ONE 'best' part to him. But if you are really looking to pick one, then whichever you choose is the right answer.
 

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Not true after an 8 minute video has been posted right in front of your eyes. And that's only a snapshot of his passing.

Not true, like vaccines don't prevent serious illness from covid.

Riiiggghht. An 8 minute YouTube video. Here is a 10 minute YouTube video of Mane passing, is he a great passer?

Here’s a clue; if the video title uses terms like ‘underrated’ or phrases like ‘who knew this guy could pass?’, then passing/vision is probably not the strongest aspect of that player’s game.

All top players can pass to a greater or lesser extent, it doesn’t make them the playmaking equivalent of Zinedine Zidane.
 

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Mane was never better than him. When they're both on form it's not even remotely close between the two, no idea why this opinion got so popular
 

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Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.

Mane ain't no heedless chicken. He's instrumental he might not score as much but his skill, ball control, footwork and flair causes problems. He's one of he best n the world.
 
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Um, I was talking about Salah

Oops sorry. Both players are instrumental. You can criticize them all you like but at the end of the day it is trophies that matter. They must be being something right because they are scoring loads of goals and winning CL's and league titles.
 
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Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
 

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Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
Loved those goals
 

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Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
Nani’s first 4 goals for United were all absolute belters.
 

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Mane was never better than him. When they're both on form it's not even remotely close between the two, no idea why this opinion got so popular
I’d argue that they were pretty close before Mane fell off a cliff and this legitimized the Mane Vs Salah debate at the time in many circles. Salah’s knack for scoring was his greatest weapon while Mane was that mazy, skillful attacker with an excellent work rate. I seem to remember that Salah was not so spectacular in Europe in the year that Liverpool won the champions league. I seem to remember that Bayern match either in the 2nd round or QF where Mane was unstoppable. Right now there is no question who is the better player as Salah’s consistency has shone through and through while Mane is just getting up from a season and a half long slumber.
 

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He’s just too fecking good
Walked past 3 players like they were not even their!
 

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Garbage of me to make it about United… but it’s genuinely upsetting that the PL was not this good, and Spain this bad, when Ronaldo was with us.

Salah is unbuyable. Nobody can afford him, VVD, Mane etc.
 

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Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
Lauren Robert vs Spurs

 

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The City one is better because.... well, it was against, City. Outside of that, very little to distinguish them apart really.

He's on some form, but sometimes I wonder how ultra bias we are, as he's seemingly getting unanimous praise as the best in the world right now from uk pundits and fans, when Benzema's being absolutely sublime himself, in a weaker team, albeit in a weaker league(always debatable but whatever) and well, just a bit less flashy though. I dunno, maybe I being pedantic for no reason.
 

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Give Salah a Ballon Dior and best player of the league for making us believe that simplicity is what you need in football. Brain beats power.
 

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I don’t think there’s anyone better at the moment.
 

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He is so good man.

Must be a pain for Man Utd fans watching him win stuff with Liverpool, they have to wait for him to play for Egypt so he doesn't win anything (cause Egypt it's way too rubbish).
 

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Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
Mane gets annoyed at Mo because he can't be(at) him.
 

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I’d argue that they were pretty close before Mane fell off a cliff and this legitimized the Mane Vs Salah debate at the time in many circles. Salah’s knack for scoring was his greatest weapon while Mane was that mazy, skillful attacker with an excellent work rate. I seem to remember that Salah was not so spectacular in Europe in the year that Liverpool won the champions league. I seem to remember that Bayern match either in the 2nd round or QF where Mane was unstoppable. Right now there is no question who is the better player as Salah’s consistency has shone through and through while Mane is just getting up from a season and a half long slumber.
For the umpteenth time, Mane' was/is never as good as Salah. One is pure class the other is a hard working, good forward. If ever a striker/forward is described as having great work rate that means he doesn't score enough or doesn't have enough qualities in front goal. Messi, Neymar, Salah, Cristiano, Lewandowski, Benzema, Mbappe and players of that ilk are never described as hard working - they do the goals/assists moments of magic do the talking. The donkeys that run around are hard working.
 

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For the umpteenth time, Mane' was/is never as good as Salah. One is pure class the other is a hard working, good forward. If ever a striker/forward is described as having great work rate that means he doesn't score enough or doesn't have enough qualities in front goal. Messi, Neymar, Salah, Cristiano, Lewandowski, Benzema, Mbappe and players of that ilk are never described as hard working - they do the goals/assists moments of magic do the talking. The donkeys that run around are hard working.
Salah always had the higher ceiling of the two, but I wouldn't call Mane a simple, hard working forward. He was pretty influential in the first part of their title winning season, where he was scoring or setting up winners late in the game. He was Messi's choice for the Balon D'Or voting, where he ended up finishing fourth. If he was only a hard working, any decent forward then plenty would emulate his performance over the last few years. IMO He has great strength, pace, close control, vision, and heading abilities and a tenacity for hounding opponents — it's generally difficult to find a player who excels at all of these skills. Here are his goals and assists from that season :

Loads of clinical finishes and good playmaking on show there.