Good week for the lad
Now we can all hate the ugly scouse rat again.
Now we can all hate the ugly scouse rat again.
Luis Diaz
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Maybe. Although poor form may have been down to more than the kidnapping. Hence that seven game blank for the national team.
That part isn't true. They've scored in 5 out of the last 7 matches, and he scored against Germany (6 matches ago).
Colombia seven match scoreless streak was in the 2022 qualifiers.
Ah. Well there you go. Was listening to Tim Vickery last night and must have misheard. Still though, fairly lengthy goalless run for Diaz coming into last night‘s game.
Absolute fairy tale stuff last night. Two late headers from our boy Lucho to pull off a come from behind victory in Barranquilla, first time we've beaten Brazil in WC qualifiers. Looked like his dad was about to have a heart attack in the stands. Great party here last night.
Please stop listening to Tim Vickery. Guy's an absolute melt. But he does have a Brazilian girlfriend.
Please stop listening to Tim Vickery. Guy's an absolute melt. But he does have a Brazilian girlfriend.
I like how Tim pronounces the names of the South American players.
Where did you go party?
Rivalry aside, I'm happy for him.
I love him as a player and am furious he’s at Liverpool. My Colombian step family now all want Liverpool to win all the time because he’s there.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67461455
Hasn’t the poor bastard had enough?
First being kidnapped and then sent to Liverpool. Too much for anyone to take surely……,,
Hasn’t the poor bastard had enough?
First being kidnapped and then sent to Liverpool. Too much for anyone to take surely……,,
Why is the club taking credit. Surely Diaz is earning enough money himself to fly his parents over.
His dad has initiated the expected arse-wiggling in the direction of Barca.
It seems Liverpool like to sign players with a certain athletic profile, while we basically don't care at all about that aspect (Mount, Antony, etc). This Diaz is also an incredible athlete like Darwin, Szoboszlai etc
Where does this guy rank in the world right now? Every time I watch Liverpool he is involved in nearly everything. Best player on arguably the best side in the world. We saw what happened to Liverpool last year when he was out for so long, and then what happened to them when he came back. Coincidence? As a Colombian I'm obviously biased, but is there a better player in the world right now besides Mbappé and Halland??
He's not Liverpool's best player. It's not even close.
Huh?
If we're talking just left-wingers - Vini Jr., Mbappe, Leao are all better players than him.
Yeah your bias is showing. Are you rating him over Bellingham, Kane, Salah, De Bruyne?
He's a valuable player as part of a very strong set of forwards. I think last season's dip wasn't really due to Diaz's absence as much as the fact the midfield had fallen away very badly.
This season he's been good without being consistently excellent. While he can seem a bit predictable at times he'll also find himself with a goal out of nothing. I think he's a player for big moments. He's not an attacking monster in the vein of Salah and probably not as vital as Jota. However, to have a player as good as him as your 3rd/4th best striker shows how well Liverpool have recruited in the attack.
He is good but not even our best forward, nevermind best player.
So yes, I’d say there are quite a lot of players better than him.
He's a level below Salah and KDB, the two standouts in the league. He probably belongs alongside or nearer to Saka, Foden etc.
I'm not a fan, he's no Mane replacement.
I don't think he does. Saka and Foden are a tier above. I will even say Son is above
The different tiers in IMO
Tier Salah KdB
Tier Haaland
Tier Saka Foden Son
Tier Watkins Hojlund Dias
Not really all that highly, he's closer to Gakpo than he is Jota/Salah/Nunez. He's lost a touch in terms of pace and agility since the knee injuries and even before that he was exciting and unpredictable but had not synced fully with the team.
He's getting goals now which is valuable but he still struggles to beat his man. The difference in that regard between when he joined and now is night and day. Hopefully he gets some of that back. It used to be very fun to watch.
A few weeks ago the general consensus even among Liverpool fans was that he was fecked. Could no longer beat a man and had no end product.
Thought this would be a bump about how he’s fallen off a cliff
I'd put him fourth after Salah, Jota & Nunez in terms of importance among our attackers. He's had a mixed season.
I like him, he's a good option to have even post-injury. He doesn't really hide from the ball.
A lot of their title charge is going to depend on him with Jota and Salah injured and Nunez needing 18 chances per game to score.
A lot of their title charge is going to depend on him with Jota and Salah injured and Nunez needing 18 chances per game to score.
Is that because you're comparing him to Mane? I don't watch Liverpool but it seems like he's one of your best players. Feels like how some United fans used to be less keen on Nani due to the Ronaldo comparisons despite being one of our best players for a few seasons.
Yeah, guess I got caught up in the hype. He's massively hyped here in Colombia, and I was watching the match against Luton which he was tearing it up and the Argie announcers, who are usually far more knowlegeable and astute (and exciteable) than their euro counterparts, were bigging him up as a top five player, and the big reason Liverpool were cack last year was his abscence.
a guy who broke all records and scored 36 goals is not in tier 1?
Yet Salah who scored about half (19) is.Agree with this.
Salah is comfortably a better player. As good as Haaland is at knocking the ball in the net, he's just below the top two.a guy who broke all records and scored 36 goals is not in tier 1?
Haaland even had 9 assists last year compared to Salah’s 13. Haaland’s got 6 assists this year too. Haaland is probably not as one sided as you tell yourself.
Salah averages 9,5 assists, Haaland will probably have somewhere near that again.
Stats taken from FPL
He's massively dropped off since his knee injury. He can't really beat a man and misses plenty of easy chances.
Still a good player but definitely nowhere near the likes of Salah, or even Saka/Foden etc. He's not even one of the best wingers in the league.
Still a good player but definitely nowhere near the likes of Salah, or even Saka/Foden etc. He's not even one of the best wingers in the league.
A true car crash of a post.
There's like 20 players(probably much more) in the Premier League better than him and you tried to sneak him in as the 3rd best player in the world.