Firmino
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He’s quietly having an excellent season. I love the way he brings our other forwards into play. I’m not sure we’d be as good with a proper number 9 like Kane or Lukaku. Both of them are better centre forwards but Firmino gives us so much both on and off the ball.
Terrible goal celebrations though.
Terrible goal celebrations though.
He is playing for a perfect where his style is used to his full. His all round movement is also amazing but my only complain with him is he massively depends on other attackers to have a great game. Which is why when either salah or mane have a bad game he also goes missing. But having said that 16 goals already is an amazing feat.
I mean Kane is a different kettle of fish for me, a complete forward who's not only an unbelievable goalscorer but superb in his link-up play too, but with Lukaku I would agree and I get the general idea of what you're saying.
I do think Firmino can be a bit wasteful at times and that's probably why people have talked about Liverpool getting a 'proper' CF, but he's selfless, creates space brilliantly for those around him and is excellent at building up play and advancing transitions.
In that sense, I think you have to accept he's not perfect as very few CF's are good enough to do what he does on and off-the-ball in terms of all-round play AND bury every good chance they get.
And with the goals he's got and the number Liverpool have scored as a team, clearly they can often afford to waste one or two good chances because you're creating so many.
I despise the look of him.
The weird hair, the bleached teeth, the way his head looks 3 sizes too big for his scrawny body.
The effeminate, lollipop-headed tool can play football mind. Really good player.
The weird hair, the bleached teeth, the way his head looks 3 sizes too big for his scrawny body.
The effeminate, lollipop-headed tool can play football mind. Really good player.
Good player, and I like him for a Liverpool player, he seems like a nice character.
Could see him at City actually with the way he plays.
Could see him at City actually with the way he plays.
Pool have put together a really good front 3 fed by Coutinho. Thank fk they have a championship level defence behind them and Klopp doesn’t seem to bother with improving it. Not that they have the funds needed to rebuild the defence anyway.
We clearly have the funds .... or did you not follow last Summer at all ? Lemar and VVD both lined up for massive fees (after the Coutinho, 'no sale' had been issued).
Love how underrated he is and how little attention he gets compared to Coutinho/Salah.
Let’s him quietly get on with it, probably the most important player in getting Klopp’s style to work.
Let’s him quietly get on with it, probably the most important player in getting Klopp’s style to work.
Great thing is he doesn't know too much English either so he's never up for post match interviews and I doubt he listens or knows a word about what the media in this country say about him. That might not seem big but compared to some players we've had who mention how much press negativity gets to them, is a welcome relief.
Just let's him get on with being a vital cog in the machine.
The postive thing is he functioned well without Phil earlier on in the season when he had Mane and Salah either side. He's a multiplier and makes others better but he won't work as well if the balance is off.
One negative is his deal has 2.5 years to run and he doesn't seem to have signed an extension yet. We really do need to start winning trophies again and escape this barren run.
He is a very important cog in Jurgen Klopp's system.
If Real Madrid insist on letting Cristiano Ronaldo be their focal point, Firminho is the ideal replacement for Benzema.
If Real Madrid insist on letting Cristiano Ronaldo be their focal point, Firminho is the ideal replacement for Benzema.
Such a good player. Most underrated in the league, imo.
I agree, very modern striker..
Shhhhhh.... Id prefer if this was kept on the downlow. Lets go back to him not being a 20+ goal a season striker and therefore not good enough.
At least I know what happened to James Coburn’s teeth.
He has improved and upped his game since his Hoffenheim days. The way he brings others into play is fantastic
He was brilliant for Hoffenheim.
The finish was absolutely brilliant. Perfectly weighted and directed.
The guy is certainly effective.
The guy is certainly effective.
Remember the thread that was comparing him to Depay?
He’s stepped his game up this season. Looks like the complete forward with a ridiculous work rate.
Who was the other player we were after that we picked over Firmino a few years ago? Firmino's proving an excellent player you have to say. Whoever we got over him obviously flopped. Think it was Memphis, not sure. His Hair was super annoying with the top knot (sadly like de gea now) but he seems like a likable player and looks like he has fun when he plays. Good shout for whoever said he would be a good replacement for Benzema, as he's the ideal forward to link wide forwards into play but also maintain a decent output himself.
Jose would make him chase long balls and play in numerical inferiority, I'm not sure it would've worked that well.
I think he is playing out of his skin and well above his normal level under Klopp, maybe its cause, it is a world cup year afterall and his place as a starter isnt guaranteed.
The way he is playing though is fantastic, his running is great and was one of the main reasons city couldnt build from the back. I think that game will be analyzed a lot by rest of league on how to go about facing City.
The way he is playing though is fantastic, his running is great and was one of the main reasons city couldnt build from the back. I think that game will be analyzed a lot by rest of league on how to go about facing City.
I feel he's a light version of Suarez the way he hustles and bustles with defenders. Think he's s real pita to play against.
I think his stats are very similar to his time in the Bundesliga. He is not a world beater but tend to be underrated sometimes. After his goal against City someone posted in the game thread: "how Stones lets a player like Firmino bully him out of the ball"..i mean, even something basic like this, his work rate, the constant pressing over the defenders, he is the striker who won more tackles, not even that they want give to him.
We should have signed this guy ahead of Depay. Unfortunately Depay's hype was really high summer 2015, so yeah hindsight is great.
Massively underrated. He does so much good work off the ball that goes unnoticed but at least he’s starting to back it up with numbers. 17 goals and 9 assists so far.
Currently outscoring Lukaku, Morata and Lacazette and having a fantastic season.
Currently outscoring Lukaku, Morata and Lacazette and having a fantastic season.
Good player indeed.
20 goals and 8 assists this season, such a ridiculously underrated striker, can score so many different types of goals and works relentlessly! I think he is probably our most important player atm
The teeth on him.
I agree he has been very good this season.. Very underrated player .
Yeah very good. Mane though, what’s happened to him?!
He was brilliant on the right side last season but Klopp moved him to the left to accomodate Salah which is why his form has drastically dropped
I wish Tite would play him with Ney and Willian being Mane and Salah, and emulate Lpool a bit. When he drops deep and the wingers stretch the backline, things happen.
Quite a unique talent
Guy doesn't get tired. Not sure about the stats, but surely he's amongst the hardest working players in the league? Never seems to stop running
Firmino is very underrated. Good to see him play great this season. Needs to show this kind of play for the NT though. He has been pretty average to poor for us.
Ah the days when Firmino was behind Ricardo Oliveria in the pecking order....
There was an image posted a while back that showed he made the most tackles and interceptions from all of the forwards in the league since the beginning of either 2015 or 2016.