Mo Salah

Dumbstar said:
I would love to hear the undeluded fans suddenly realising Salah even exists this season. Here's a fun fact I heard on radio. Salah has not won a player of the month since April 2018. Yes that's not a typo.

Ronaldo won it last month. Long may the non-delusion around Utd continue. :lol:
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Am I the only one that thinks the repeated use of 'undeluded' makes no sense here, surely you mean deluded?

Anyway, Salah definitely best in PL right now, I don't know or follow other football enough to compare on that.
 
RooneyLegend said:
You can't be a string puller and a wide forward making runs in behind the defence at the same time so that's a moot point really. Stick to just calling him an average passer which he kinda is.
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Well yeah but my point is (and I don’t want to offend anyone here because he’s clearly a player of great skill), if he had the vision of the very best forward players in history he wouldn’t be playing exclusively wide. Obviously I’m not claiming that peak Hazard or even peak Neymar belong in that category either, but their varied abilities allow them to play wide and centrally.
 
I have to admit I was massively sceptical when Liverpool signed him from Fiorentina and thought they’d overpaid. What an incredible signing he’s turned out to be. You can also guarantee he would be nowhere near the same player at any other team. They always seem to sign players that end up overperforming. They get the best out of their signings: Coutinho, Suarez, Torres, VVD etc., heck even Sturridge was on a huge purple patch when he played for them.

We have a lot to learn - the majority of our so-called ‘super signings’ turn out to be flops.
 
danamann said:
Salah is an amazing player but he is quite one-dimensional in a way. Once he decides to go for goal he completely loses awareness of teammates and opponents around him. When he pulls it off it looks great but when he doesn’t it is quite frustrating to watch. He‘d rather try and dribble 3 players than pass to a wide open teammate. He just doesn’t have this part of the game in his locker which is why Neymar will always be the superior player for me.
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Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
 
NasirTimothy said:
Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
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And rightly so. Personally I prefer Mané over Salah as well as he has everything in his locker - defensively and offensively, albeit not as ‚greedy‘ as Salah when it comes to scoring goals. I think those two are in a very similar situation to Robben and Ribéry some years ago. They also couldn’t stand each other for a long time and Ribéry got quite frustrated at Robben for his egotistical way of playing. After a couple of years they got used to it and realised they have to put their egos aside to be successful. I’m seeing signs of that with Mané and Salah this season but it’s still early days.
 
danamann said:
And rightly so. Personally I prefer Mané over Salah as well as he has everything in his locker - defensively and offensively, albeit not as ‚greedy‘ as Salah when it comes to scoring goals. I think those two are in a very similar situation to Robben and Ribéry some years ago. They also couldn’t stand each other for a long time and Ribéry got quite frustrated at Robben for his egotistical way of playing. After a couple of years they got used to it and realised they have to put their egos aside to be successful. I’m seeing signs of that with Mané and Salah this season but it’s still early days.
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I would agree that the signs are pointing that way. That’s an interesting comparison as well, re Robben and Ribery.
 
danamann said:
And rightly so. Personally I prefer Mané over Salah as well as he has everything in his locker - defensively and offensively, albeit not as ‚greedy‘ as Salah when it comes to scoring goals. I think those two are in a very similar situation to Robben and Ribéry some years ago. They also couldn’t stand each other for a long time and Ribéry got quite frustrated at Robben for his egotistical way of playing. After a couple of years they got used to it and realised they have to put their egos aside to be successful. I’m seeing signs of that with Mané and Salah this season but it’s still early days.
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Mané is the greediest cnut going. He's just not as good as Salah.
 
NasirTimothy said:
Maybe ironic because it’s not true?
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Not true after an 8 minute video has been posted right in front of your eyes. And that's only a snapshot of his passing.

Not true, like vaccines don't prevent serious illness from covid.
 
duffer said:
Do you think passing is the best part of his game?
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It might be. Or it might be his goalscoring. Or it might be his pace. Or his indomitable will to win. There is no ONE 'best' part to him. But if you are really looking to pick one, then whichever you choose is the right answer.
 
Dumbstar said:
Not true after an 8 minute video has been posted right in front of your eyes. And that's only a snapshot of his passing.

Not true, like vaccines don't prevent serious illness from covid.
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Riiiggghht. An 8 minute YouTube video. Here is a 10 minute YouTube video of Mane passing, is he a great passer?

Here’s a clue; if the video title uses terms like ‘underrated’ or phrases like ‘who knew this guy could pass?’, then passing/vision is probably not the strongest aspect of that player’s game.

All top players can pass to a greater or lesser extent, it doesn’t make them the playmaking equivalent of Zinedine Zidane.
 
Mane was never better than him. When they're both on form it's not even remotely close between the two, no idea why this opinion got so popular
 
NasirTimothy said:
Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
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Mane ain't no heedless chicken. He's instrumental he might not score as much but his skill, ball control, footwork and flair causes problems. He's one of he best n the world.
 
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NasirTimothy said:
Um, I was talking about Salah
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Oops sorry. Both players are instrumental. You can criticize them all you like but at the end of the day it is trophies that matter. They must be being something right because they are scoring loads of goals and winning CL's and league titles.
 
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Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
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Loved those goals
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
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Nani’s first 4 goals for United were all absolute belters.
 
BalanceUnAutreJoint said:
Mane was never better than him. When they're both on form it's not even remotely close between the two, no idea why this opinion got so popular
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I’d argue that they were pretty close before Mane fell off a cliff and this legitimized the Mane Vs Salah debate at the time in many circles. Salah’s knack for scoring was his greatest weapon while Mane was that mazy, skillful attacker with an excellent work rate. I seem to remember that Salah was not so spectacular in Europe in the year that Liverpool won the champions league. I seem to remember that Bayern match either in the 2nd round or QF where Mane was unstoppable. Right now there is no question who is the better player as Salah’s consistency has shone through and through while Mane is just getting up from a season and a half long slumber.
 
He’s just too fecking good
Walked past 3 players like they were not even their!
 
Garbage of me to make it about United… but it’s genuinely upsetting that the PL was not this good, and Spain this bad, when Ronaldo was with us.

Salah is unbuyable. Nobody can afford him, VVD, Mane etc.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Can anyone else recall a player scoring two similar-ish outstanding goals almost back to back?

I guess Yeboah had the two for Leeds, but I think they were a few weeks apart.

For what its worth I think the City one is slightly better? Not sure what the general consensus is though.
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Lauren Robert vs Spurs

 
The City one is better because.... well, it was against, City. Outside of that, very little to distinguish them apart really.

He's on some form, but sometimes I wonder how ultra bias we are, as he's seemingly getting unanimous praise as the best in the world right now from uk pundits and fans, when Benzema's being absolutely sublime himself, in a weaker team, albeit in a weaker league(always debatable but whatever) and well, just a bit less flashy though. I dunno, maybe I being pedantic for no reason.
 
Give Salah a Ballon Dior and best player of the league for making us believe that simplicity is what you need in football. Brain beats power.
 
I don’t think there’s anyone better at the moment.
 
Our highest Champions League goal scorer now. Just overtook Gerrard I think.
 
He is so good man.

Must be a pain for Man Utd fans watching him win stuff with Liverpool, they have to wait for him to play for Egypt so he doesn't win anything (cause Egypt it's way too rubbish).
 
NasirTimothy said:
Which is why people like Mane got annoyed with him. He does have a bit of a ‘headless chicken’ element to his game and when he’s not firing on all cylinders he can look terrible. Having said that, you just can’t argue with the quality of his recent goals and all round play. Simply world class.
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Mane gets annoyed at Mo because he can't be(at) him.
 
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