Gakpo is more like Van Bastard.
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?!
Gakpo is more like Van Bastard.
Enjoy Europa sunshine
Was he any good on his Debut?
From the clips I've seen he looked a little out of shape , maybe he just has a chubby face but I assumed he enjoyed his Christmas.
Not really no
Showed a few decent touches but all in all very quiet. Certainly nothing to write home about.
However it's only his first game, far to early to write him off.
He also played out on the left wing
They should have bought a cm instead.
Horrible signing
He’s absolutely gigantic. It’s so weird seeing a 6ft4 player out on the wing
If he was there'd be about 3 threads on him at the top of the forum right now
Was ononymous like everytime I have tuned in to watch him.
so you think his good performances are onomalies?
That's his preferred position right?
Seems to be, looking at his positional heat map from his games with PSV this season.
Ostute onalysis
Didn't really notice him but does he get an assist for salahs 'offside' goal?
Come on now. Don't be an osshole.
on osshole, you wonker.
Surely not, since that header from the Wolves defender was the sole reason that goal stood.
Opologies.
Yep. Which highlights why we didn’t get him. Also when Diaz is back I’m not sure what they’ll do.
So that’s 2 players ETH wanted that are both crap. That’s not very good is it. 
I agree, think he was a bit of a panic buy for them. Diaz is the better player and will take over that left wing when healthy.
Gakpo is a high risk, high reward kind of player. He loses possession at a high rate, at least that's how he played in Holland.
For me, Liverpool should have gotten a player more in the Firmino mould. A player that links play and rarely loses possession. A player that can orchestrate the attack.
Or a midfielder.
I'm glad they didn’t. They really look all over the place recently, long may it continue.
1 shot on target and RAWK went crazy.
What is he? dutch Bebe? non dancing Lingard?
What is he? dutch Bebe? non dancing Lingard?
Totally agree. they could have done with a CM.
Seems like chaos in their recruitment since they lost Edwards. Paying 100m for Nunez, signing Arthur from Juve, paying Salah 350k per week, letting mane go to Bayern for a very low fee. Bizarre
He's average and I am happy we didn't buy him. He never looked that special to me.
beyond average. Liverpool was dumb to buy him. Will flop hard. Horrible decision and Liverpool will find out soon.
If this is the highlights of his debut, then it did not go that great. He gives the ball away about 50% of every time he has it. He makes a lucky pass when Salah scores and has a decent move about 1.18 into the clip, but the rest has poor - and that was the highlights...
Apparently Klopp decided to buy him whilst he was still affordable at £35m. Would be nice to think ETH was able to make those snap decisions in recruiting players to strengthen the squad like Liverpool do. Obviously we’re still paying the price for the profligacy of the Mourinho and Ole years.
Yes, lets concetrate on players ETH wanted but didnt get. By the way there were talks in the summer of getting him and it didnt go through, obviously ETH didnt want him that bad.So that’s 2 players ETH wanted that are both crap. That’s not very good is it.
Everyone knows about Gakpo and how reasonable he was. It doesn't take any genius to figure it out. However the player and manager have to be willing. It happened for us with VDB but he turner out to be a terrible player. Let's hope Gakpo too fails
Obviously it's not brilliant as the title suggests but just an okay display. To me whenever I watch him he looks a player that relies on physicality and decision making (and of course a very good shot) rather than pure skill or technical excellence. Not that a player with that skill set can't be excellent but that's how he comes across anyway
He was quite good I thought, uses his physicality very well and takes the ball on the half turn well with good awareness.
Bit careless in possession but first game and hes not exactly an expensive signing.
Bit careless in possession but first game and hes not exactly an expensive signing.
Didnt score and the assist wasnt really an assist. Think it's safe to say he's flopped. Quackpoo.
Young CR7 was exhilarating to watch, if a bit frustrating with the end product. This guy is not going to get any people off their seats.