Aaron Lennon was a good player imo.
Yeah, he was alright, a similar but better player. Lots of running but very little end product.
I agree with this. With the smallest bit of space, he's consistently moving the ball from the opponent's half to the final third. Even if he just plays a successful square pass to a teammate every time, that's extremely valuable.
its not about end product. its about pace, power and skill
This isn’t the Fifa 22 thread!
I'll still take him. He's better than the likes of lingard, martial etc.
He really isn't.
He’s a bodybuilder posing as a footballer.
That's setting a low bar! There's are many other players that I would prefer over Martial, I wanted us to keep James over him!
So you'll take him because he is less bad than our bad players. Ultimately he is not good enough and that's really all that should matter. Not who he is better than. Can beat a man but very poor end product.
He has nowhere near the technical ability Klopp wants in a forward. Or any position on the field really.
I'll go with Newcastle. Surely the owners won't pass on the possibility of having the most oiled up player in the world.
His dribbling is outstanding. He's certainly not just a kick and rush player, he actually has extremely good close control and technique while the ball is at his feet. The problem is that it's the only aspect of his game that is good, and he has other aspects of his game that are downright terrible.
May be. Liverpool will lose Salah and Mane in January for AFCON and if the price is right it makes sense to me to bring in Adama Traore as a squad player for the wing position. I think Klopp is a big fan of him. He can play wing back as well so may be Conte will take a look at him too
To do what? Kick and run and not amount to anything? He hasn't registered a single goal or assist this season. If Lingard had done that he'd be getting mailed out to Mars.
That’s where he excels. At one point I thought the penny had dropped and he’d start adding productivity to his game, especially as he struck up a partnership with Jimenez. Never really stuck though. His ability to beat a man is incredible, there are very few players in world football who can consistently beat players the way Adama does. In the wingback role his lack of productivity isn’t as problematic as it is when he’s further forward, and despite the kick and rush claims in this thread he’s very adept at taking players on from a fairly static position.
Yeah that’s pretty much it, his ability to disrupt the opponents shape would be very valuable to the right side. It’s telling that despite him never being a goal scorer and the assists ha be long dried up, teams regularly account for him in their set up when facing Wolves.
Different tool for different job. He is a very effective tool for the right job. He is not a goal scorer and that is very obvious to everybody, but it doesn't mean he can't be a good player in the right team.
That time is coming. He has only 18 months left in his contract, and Wolves needs money to sign Hwang Hee Chan.
Aye that’s also an issue, he’s not worth a big outlay. Wolves will have to compromise if he doesn’t sign a renewal
It’s ok, nothing special, his speed and strength is what he relies on, then promptly sends the ball into row z.
He does rely on speed and strength, but his close control when it comes to dribbling is also very good. He has an innate understanding of when he can get to the ball, so even when he's constantly taking players on, he gets dispossessed relatively rarely. Your second point is fair.
Yeah, I don't understand why anyone says he is not good technically. His technique and close control is very good, his close control is very underrated. He is far from James type, where player is just kick and rush.
I am in the camp firmly believe he is a raw diamond waiting for the right coach to unearth. I can't wait to see how he performs under Klopp or Conte. For anything under 30M he is worth the risk.
The criticism of Saint Maximin when he was in France was that he couldn’t dribble
