Inler

[Thracian]

Interesting people keep saying hes to slow. For me he is no slower than EC last season. He's hardly played you cant expect him to come right into the team and be outstanding. for me he was a little off the pace and his passing was not the sharpest but his interceptions and break up play was generally good and he shows glimpses of class. More game time and i think he will be fine. The question is where does he fit into the system to get that game time. Injury's apart i just done see him getting the minutes on the pitch. He will most likely go back to 4-4-2 V B'mouth with the normal Kante and Drinky in the middle with MA and RM on the flanks with Okazaki or Leo in behind Vardy. i just don't see him getting a run in the team unless we get injury's and then he will only be filling in and still not get the run of games he needs to get upto speed. 

 

 

My ticket says I sat in SK1 but clearly there must have been two games in succession and I missed the one you watched. In the one I watched Inler was doing the daftest things in the most dangerous places but it was still perhaps the best game or part game he's played for the club which says it all really. He seems a genuinely good guy, I wanted him to do well and shine his light for us. But I ended up baffled as to why we invested in the guy.    

[Legend_in_blue]

He isn't good enough. Currently, he isn't. Whether or not he improves during the second half of the season is up for debate.

Speed of thought, not necessarily in a physical sense, but in terms of a footballing brain to react quickly enough in certain situations worries me. I certainly wouldn't play him in a midfield two, he needs someone to cover his mistakes, which happened all too often for me tonight.

Squad player at best me thinks.

[Lionheart10]

He had a chance tonight to prove himself but unfortunately he didn't take it,caught too often in possession,gave ball away and just don't seem to be up to the pace of the PL both physically and thinking.just wonder if this would come given enough game time.

[Bamba's Babes]

He's done. It didn't work. A good character but his place is elsewhere. A shame for everyone. The end. Next.

[MC Prussian]

He's so  talented I wouldn't have wanted him in my Non-League team. 

 

I'm also very sorry King didn't start tonight, Tony.

[NoFuchsGiven]

Thought he put in a decent shift tonight, would still debate selling him though and bringing James back into the fold once fit again.

[The Horse's Mouth]

didnt think he was that bad, made a few misplaced passes but so did everyone. Probably his best performance for us so far, even if that isn't saying much

[whoareyaaa]

Hahaha! How the **** did anyone think Inler did well tonight ? I respect the lad and admire his love for the team on twitter, but seriously, he was dreadful, be honest with yourself.

 

dreadful you must be watching a different game you do realise the score was 0-0 right we had 3 holding midfielders and he done his job, granted he gave it away a few times but so did Drinkwater on numerous occasions. he wasn't brilliant but he hardly put a foot wrong.

 

oh and he had Toure, Silva, De Brunye and Sterling to look after.

[Thracian]

Claudio believed he was good enough to start that should be good enough for all of you . He sees him in training too

 

 

 

That Claudio has found no way to justify playing him more than very sparingly says far more than his starting tonight. In fact I wondered if our Liverpool tactics were actually a set-up designed to aid the introduction of Inler.

Times we've had Kante, Drinky and Shinji in midfield then King comes in and has to play in a middle two against the most fearsome tide of red shirts imaginable.

Okay - only joking about the "set-up" but my point's a serious one. Two in central midfield was asking for trouble.     

[KFS]

Had a few very intelligent touches tonight. Passing is a bit off, but I have hope he can turn good.

[Guest MarshallForEngland]

People seem to be deciding which hits and misses they count for each player. Kante gave the ball away so many times in the first 15 minutes I actually lost count, and nobody said a word. Inler was having a very good game, then misplaced a pass and everybody went mental and patted themselves on the back for predicting he would be awful. This seems to happen sometimes with Leicester players and people on this forum. You just decide you don't like someone and then whatever happens counts as evidence for that claim. The lad has to work twice as hard now and do something superhuman to convince anybody otherwise.

 

I thought Inler's defensive work today was exceptional. He put in vital interceptions at really important times in the game, especially when Man City were hammering us in the first half. His passing and ball retention at the moment is clearly not 100% but not only would you not expect that from someone who has hardly had any game time in this league, you also can't single him out for criticism when everybody was guilty of doing the same thing time and time again. 

[StanSP]

bit underwhelmed by him today.

 

positives were that he held his own against some talented opposition and most notable was being in the right position at the right time to block out some crosses and avert any danger.

 

negatives, however, were ball retention, lack of awareness whilst on the ball, passing. giving away possession to a team like Man City has the potential for conceding goals. Luckily, for Inler, he had team-mates around him who were on top of their game and could help him out when he succumbed to pressure and did give the ball away.

 

I'm not overly impressed with his game today however the whole team battled well for the draw. As he's part of the team he does deserve some of the credit but it's minimal. I'd like to see him have more of an impact on games. Make himself known and put himself about a bit. I'm not sure when we'll see him start next. Possibly Spurs in the cup?

[whoareyaaa]

That Claudio has found no way to justify playing him more than very sparingly says far more than his starting tonight. In fact I wondered if our Liverpool tactics were actually a set-up designed to aid the introduction of Inler.

Times we've had Kante, Drinky and Shinji in midfield then King comes in and has to play in a middle two against the most fearsome tide of red shirts imaginable.

Okay - only joking about the "set-up" but my point's a serious one. Two in central midfield was asking for trouble.     

 

Drinkwater and Kante have handled it for 15/16 games as a "two" if King can't cut the mustard in a two then who's faults that? maybe if Inler was playing at Anfield we would have came away with a point? who knows?

[fuchsntf]

Hahaha! How the **** did anyone think Inler did well tonight ? I respect the lad and admire his love for the team on twitter, but seriously, he was dreadful, be honest with yourself.

Hahahaha and ha, I am always honest, Inler was ok, and far from dreadful.Seriously...

[Babylon]

Thought he was fine first half, was wayward second half and it was right to pull him when we did, glimpses of a good footballing brain and a lot of organisation in the middle.

[NewEnglandFox]

Since when does a performance keeping de Bruyne, Sterling, and Da Silva quiet be classified as dreadful? Oh right, when he's not Andy "Scored a bunch of goals in the Championship in 2011" King.

[Thracian]

He isn't good enough. Currently, he isn't. Whether or not he improves during the second half of the season is up for debate.

Speed of thought, not necessarily in a physical sense, but in terms of a footballing brain to react quickly enough in certain situations worries me. I certainly wouldn't play him in a midfield two, he needs someone to cover his mistakes, which happened all too often for me tonight.

Squad player at best me thinks.

 

 

If I were an opposition manager and watched a re-run of the game I'd have a Kante type hovering all the time just waiting to dispossess him for a counter-attack. The bloke is seriously vulnerable on tonight's showing and from what I've seen and commented on in the past.

My only glimmer of hope is that he's a continental footballer who's simply finding it hard to the pressurised style of the English Premiership. But that's really grasping at what may be a loose rung on the ladder.

 

Basics:

a) Play the ball the way you're facing.

 

b) Don't take two touches when one will suffice.

 

c) Don't ever pass across your own penalty box without looking.

 

d) If you're slow make the ball work quickly.

 

e) Never hold back in a tackle - it's the way to get injured. 

 

f) Never dribble in the back third. 

 

All those things are coached at a good junior school yet were ignored tonight.  

[whoareyaaa]

[StanSP]

Since when does a performance keeping de Bruyne, Sterling, and Da Silva quiet be classified as dreadful? Oh right, when he's not Andy "Scored a bunch of goals in the Championship in 2011" King.

 

because Inler didn't contain all of those 3 by himself lol.

[fleckneymike]

A bit of slack wouldn't go amiss here.

 

He has had a dissapointing start to his time here; to come into the side, having played very little football, and work against an established midfield like Manchester City's was always going to be a challenge. He did ok, hopefully he'll do better.

[Thracian]

Drinkwater and Kante have handled it for 15/16 games as a "two" if King can't cut the mustard in a two then who's faults that? maybe if Inler was playing at Anfield we would have came away with a point? who knows?

 

 

No they've not, they've had Shinji helping almost every time. If Inler had played at Anfield I hate to imagine what might have happened. He'd certainly have been a target for pressure if I'd been in Klopp's shoes.      

[ScouseFox]

Since when does a performance keeping de Bruyne, Sterling, and Da Silva quiet be classified as dreadful? Oh right, when he's not Andy "Scored a bunch of goals in the Championship in 2011" King.

 

this is the worst thing i have ever read 

[NewEnglandFox]

this is the worst thing i have ever read 

Just hitting you where your absurd biases are.

[dbtcity]

Personally thought he was poor tonight, for a player with his experience to constantly be caught dwindling on the ball was unreal, yes Drinkwater Kante Fuchs and basically everyone on the park struggled with hitting there man with a pass none of them were naive enough to hang onto the ball expecting to have all the time in the world like Inler continuously did, granted he hasn't had much game time and this was probably one of the toughest fixtures he could be thrown into but I honestly can't see the guy fitting into our team, he's been in and around the team for long enough now to realise the frantic pace of which prem games are played yet seems unable to adapt his game to suit

[Thracian]

Since when does a performance keeping de Bruyne, Sterling, and Da Silva quiet be classified as dreadful? Oh right, when he's not Andy "Scored a bunch of goals in the Championship in 2011" King.

 

 

 

King's got nothing to do with my comments on Inler tonight. It's also a myth that Manchester's attack was entirely "kept quiet". We actually kept them out for much of the game because our back line defended their crosses like heroes and Inler played an occasional part in that.

 

But the visitors constantly had attackers in support and moving into space and to such an extent that their corners and cross-count must have been considerable.

 

But 10-rated Morgan and the rest of the backline were immense throughout and in the first half particularly. But,my life, they were kept busy  but that's not really the point.

 

I didn't actually criticise Inler's work as a defensive cog and in terms of breaking up attacks anyway. What I criticised was decision-making and use of the ball afterwards. If you think I'm mistaken watch a video recording.