IrishRedDevil
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Real (bad) deal
Just how good was this astonishingly average player during preseason?From what I've seen of Gakpo he looks like an ideal replacement for Firmino. He might even be an upgrade.
I said at the time in January that not signing him and going for Weghorst was the difference between mounting a title challenge and being in a race for top four.
Thoughts now?Mods, can you please remove 'Real Deal' from the title again. The short attention spanners on Redcafe have spoken.
(Of course you can keep it on archive for quick recovery when Liverpool play Utd again )
Bang average, yeah. Just weird rereading this thread and seeing all the gushing Liverpool and our own fans(!) going on about how great he isHe's just in bad form. When he was playing well he was over performing and now he's playing badly he's underperforming. Just a bang average winger/forward but he's not a bad one.
Hes just very average, another World Cup star who turned out not to be all that. Has an air of Memphis Depay about him and funnily enough sounds like they're friends.He's just in bad form. When he was playing well he was over performing and now he's playing badly he's underperforming. Just a bang average winger/forward but he's not a bad one.
We tried by all accounts. Agent Van Dijk to the rescueHe's so average that I'm surprised we didn't sign him.
A little knee jerk. Endo, Robertson, Nunez, Mac Alister, Salah all had bad games. But Gakpo is not a starter that's for sure. Not sure we'll get a 5th choice better that will be happy to just sit on the bench.Thoughts now?
Short attention spanners or just outrageous knee jerk pre season thread title change
You reckon Alonso will promote Danns to his position instead? I would. Get some money for him and bring in Wirtz as we ease Salah out season after next.Not sure he'll be here past this summer...
He wasn't signed as 5th choice though.A little knee jerk. Endo, Robertson, Nunez, Mac Alister, Salah all had bad games. But Gakpo is not a starter that's for sure. Not sure we'll get a 5th choice better that will be happy to just sit on the bench.
Full of hot takes, that one.pretty sure Dumpstar had him as the new Firmino during pre-season.
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I reckon Alonso will be managing Harry Kane in that position.You reckon Alonso will promote Danns to his position instead? I would. Get some money for him and bring in Wirtz as we ease Salah out season after next.
Post of the yearHe's so average that I'm surprised we didn't sign him.
YepHe's so average that I'm surprised we didn't sign him.
Panic-buy after watching Darwin for a couple of months.I genuinely don't get why they signed him
Aye, the complete overhyping & meltdown (because we didn't sign him) was absurd over some preseason form. I remember being quite perplexed by it all...Just how good was this astonishingly average player during preseason?
Because we were going to.I genuinely don't get why they signed him
Yup, perfectly fine as a fifth option for a top team.Gakpo isnt bad but not Premier League superstar material. He is no Salah but still a usefull player to have on the bench for a team that is competing for multiple big titles. He is good enough to play in the Premier League, just not good enough to be a star. He is fairly quick, quite strong, quite smart and can hit a ball actually quite good. He just isnt elite at anything really. Usefull player to have in the squad but your club isnt going to win big titles with Gakpo as one of your star forwards.