Real (bad) deal
Cody Gakpo
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
He's awful. No pace, no strength (even given his stature) and worst of all he has no fight in him.
Liverpool tried him as a false number 9 but it didn't work, now he's just a no impact sub.
Liverpool tried him as a false number 9 but it didn't work, now he's just a no impact sub.
Too big and too slow for anything. Sure he has a nice shot when he has about 6 yards of space free around him though
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.
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)
Thoughts now?
Short attention spanners or just outrageous knee jerk pre season thread title change
Bang average, yeah. Just weird rereading this thread and seeing all the gushing Liverpool and our own fans(!) going on about how great he is
The fraud scored against us and then pissed off into his overrated self. He has a Depayness about him.
He's so average that I'm surprised we didn't sign him.
We dodged a massive bullet with him - he's crap.
Cody Crapko
He’s atrocious. Something about Dutch players. Reminds me of Memphis
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.
Who was he supposed to replace again? Mane?
I am so glad we didn't sign him. I have seen Mark Goldbridge lose his shit when he scores a goal saying we should have signed him.
He is an average footballer really.
He is an average footballer really.
Another howler from the famed Laptop Transfer Gurus but, you’ve guessed it, will be miraculously scrubbed from existence by the Scouse-loving press and pundits.
We dodged a bullet with this one
Bang average player. Always has been. Dodged a bullet here, it’s hilarious thinking back to when they signed him and how all their fans were gloating how they beat us to his signature. You’re welcome to him lads.
Thoughts now?
Short attention spanners or just outrageous knee jerk pre season thread title change
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.
Not sure he'll be here past this summer...
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.
It’s funny seeing Liverpool fans slag him off when they was boasting about him joining them over us after he scored 2 past us. Absolute weapons
He wasn't signed as 5th choice though.
pretty sure Dumpstar had him as the new Firmino during pre-season.
This real deal business happened when he scored against us right? He’s just bang average. Makes up the numbers.
Full of hot takes, that one.
Feels like the thread title needs updating.
He’s bad. Stinky bad. Gakpoop.
Unless he is willing to join a Saudi club they are stuck with him due to his large wages.
I reckon Alonso will be managing Harry Kane in that position.
I genuinely don't get why they signed him
Panic-buy after watching Darwin for a couple of months.
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.
Scored two jammy goals against us and thought he made it
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.
It's his mental game that's lacking. he doesn't get himself involved enough, not direct or aggressive enough.
Yup, perfectly fine as a fifth option for a top team.
Liverpool's problem is that Salah is almost 32 and his body is starting to let him down a bit, Nunez plays like a madman which is hard to do twice a week constantly, and then Diaz and Jota both have had a lot of trouble staying healthy. So Gakpo is rarely actually the fifth option and usually either 3rd or 4th option on any given week. Among that group he is 3rd in total minutes played across all comps.