sm1 Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 We all know how good he is, he was MOM against Man City & Liverpool last season. That's why his long absence from our midfield has been astonishing. Hopefully today he jogged Brendan's memory of how good he is.
rachhere Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Love him. Brendan needs to make sure he’s getting more opportunities than he has right now.
Suffolk exile Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Superb today in everything he did. Got to start next match
dayday Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Should of played against Man City and Liverpool
jmono84 Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Wanted him to score so badly today and he had a couple of chances! He’s a very fit lad after he gets his second wind, he had bags of energy till the very end... very impressive performance!
TheSomersetFox Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Needs plenty of game time over this busy period. Very, very good today
HybridFox Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Thought he'd have been perfect for the Liverpool game but it wasn't to be. Hopefully can play a big part in the remainder of our season now.
adam Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 He is definately far better than Declan rice. God knows how he gets in the england team.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 The tactical foul on Felipe Anderson late on showed a maturity and awareness beyond his years
CityIsBlue Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 The unfortunate thing for Hamza is Wilf......Mainly the fact that Wilf performs much better without a partner. As soon as Wilf came out West Ham actually got through the middle for the first time because Wilf's positioning in a two is often off. For me though, there isn't anything wrong with any of of central midfield options, including Mendy too. They're all very capable, all very different too which is great. Until we get the quality out wide we need, we are probably better off pursuing Hamza at the expense of Maddison/Tielemans. Teams recognise that Barnes/Albrighton/Gray/Perez are not threatening enough so that can push their full backs up, putting more pressure on Tielemans/Maddison in midfield.
st albans fox Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 7 minutes ago, Freeman's Wharfer said: The tactical foul on Felipe Anderson late on showed a maturity and awareness beyond his years Klopp was doing his nut watching that !
Ric Flair Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Superb today and a relief as I thought since the Liverpool game whenever he's had minutes he's not looked as commanding as he is capable of. Sadly, Ndidi has become an absolute beast under Rodgers but there still should be more game time given to Choudhury where possible, our form vs the better sides requires some improvement and I think Choudhury might be key to us doing that.
Hammo Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 His physicality was badly missing against Man City and Liverpool. Barnes, Perez and Maddison are all so lightweight in 50/50s. As Rodgers himself admitted, we need to match the physical toughness of the really top sides. Hamza definitely provides that.
Nicolo Barella Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 13 minutes ago, CityIsBlue said: The unfortunate thing for Hamza is Wilf......Mainly the fact that Wilf performs much better without a partner. As soon as Wilf came out West Ham actually got through the middle for the first time because Wilf's positioning in a two is often off. For me though, there isn't anything wrong with any of of central midfield options, including Mendy too. They're all very capable, all very different too which is great. Until we get the quality out wide we need, we are probably better off pursuing Hamza at the expense of Maddison/Tielemans. Teams recognise that Barnes/Albrighton/Gray/Perez are not threatening enough so that can push their full backs up, putting more pressure on Tielemans/Maddison in midfield. Very pertinent point, we only started to control the game at the very end when Hamza pushed up almost at Maddison's level.
Nicolo Barella Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 I think his performance today damns Rodgers' not including him against Man City and Liverpool.
thegaffa Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 His energy and pressing is incredible and his passing was crisp and confident today.
Tielemans63 Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 36 minutes ago, adam said: He is definately far better than Declan rice. God knows how he gets in the england team. Ah but you see he's good mates with Mason Mount who plays for Chelsea so therefore gets an automatic pass into the England team. You're making the massive mistake of judging a player on his actual talent. That's not how we do things in England. Fancy judging a guy by his actual performances. God, whatever next.
dayday Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Anybody else think Klopps remarks after the Liverpool game earlier in the season made Brendan keep him out of limelight for a while?
Jimothy Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 39 minutes ago, adam said: He is definately far better than Declan rice. God knows how he gets in the england team. I have absolutely no idea what Rice is meant to be. Can't pass, can't tackle. Positionally poor. Doesn't break into the box to score. Isn't great in the air. Isn't composed in possession. He's not a midfielder, he's not a centre back. No idea why there was such a rush to get him in the England team.
twoleftfeet Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Cant be easy to choose Hamza for England when he isnt first choice fo City
CityIsBlue Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 Rodgers selection was wrong against Liverpool/Man City in a sense because we lack the threat out wide to get away with playing two 8's.....But it also demonstrated to the fans/Top etc that we need to address that lack of threat to get to the next level. Guardiola only gets away with playing two 8's out of B.Silva/D.Silva/De Bruyne when he has both a solid back 4, and a threatening front 3. Without Laporte, a Rodri which isn't fully adapted to the pace of the league and Fernandinho taken out of the back 5 and into the back 4 they don't have the stability that we have, in my honest opinion. But what they do have is quality out wide in Sterling, which just goes to show how much more threatening we would be with a quality option there. Even West Ham/Everton gave us problems in the League simply because in that position, with Anderson/Richarlison respectively, they are better than any of our wide options. It only took either to have one moment in the game to either upon us up as Anderson did, or offer a physical goalscoring threat that Richarlison did. For me that Richarlison type would take us to that next level. I think you would get the most out of Perez/Tielemans/Maddison too. Right now, teams just put the two center backs on Vardy and have no concerns about our threat from out wide. Because we don't have one. Didn't Felipe Anderson/Richarlison cost around a combined £85 million? If the board are serious about wanting to challenge, that's what they need to do next, two players of similar quality. Jarrod Bowen is being linked, but he is who we should be looking to replace albrighton.....Not become a key player right away. Interestingly I think those two would've worked great in the same side, but we can't afford the £150-200 million they would cost now. Richarlison......Vardy......Anderson Imagine the time on the ball that Tielemans/Maddison would get if teams actually feared us out wide.
Jimothy Posted 28 December 2019 Posted 28 December 2019 1 minute ago, twoleftfeet said: Cant be easy to choose Hamza for England when he isnt first choice fo City Wouldn't be the first fringe player from a top four club to get in the England team.
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