Probably nailed on for PotY. Will be so happy if pool lose him on a free.
Mo Salah
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His execution as both a creator and finisher is at an absurd level these days even if he's not quite the physically explosive demon he once was. Impressive as feck to watch him carry his team.
PoTY without a doubt.
Probably the best player in the world for the moment?
Dude's unreal. Son's the same age and the difference in how they've aged even into their early 30's is insane... and I still think Son's a very good player. Salah's just at absurd levels for 32 in the Premier League right now.
Seeing Salah play after watching our braindead attackers...sigh
15 goals and 11 assists, in 16 games. Incredible.
He seemed to have rediscovered his old lethal form after his hair transplant. Maybe it was the new hair.
Vini says hi.
Does Vini have 25 goal involvements this season?
And then agrees that Salah is the best player in the world right now
No one is close to Salah this season. Just incredible. Every single game he is contributing.
He’s been better than vini this year.
32 goal contributions by Christmas
Not in the same conversation as Henry apparently.
Raphina, imo, is also right up there with Salah in the shouts for the best player this season. Apart from being really good in his performances, he also has 17 goals and 10 assists in 25 games this season.
On his way to the ballon d'or and it probably won't be close.
This dude has been consistent throughout the season and has delivered excellent end product. I hope he can maintain this form all the way season long because, during the 2021/22 season, his performance started to (a margin)decline around February, which cost him a chance at a top-two finish in the Ballon d’Or rankings (Benzema deserved the award that year).
We still have a lot of competitions and I hope this man can perform perfectly in all competitions. This team needs him as a protagonist in attack.
We still have a lot of competitions and I hope this man can perform perfectly in all competitions. This team needs him as a protagonist in attack.
Absolute beast. What a player.
Behave. Salah is clear. Balon D'or winner for sure
Didn't work for Rooney so impossible for it to work for Salah!
For me the big difference between Henry and Salah, and I really can’t get over this, is that Salah won a CL for his English club while Henry ran to Barcelona. I find it very difficult to ignore this.
Incredible player. One of the best of the Premier League era for sure.
I think going beyond a great of the premier league era
I think he’ll be regarded in general as one of the great names in the history of the game
He’s got 8 incredible seasons in a row at Liverpool, some seasons varying in their level of excellency
If he ends his career here or atleast stays for another 3-4 seasons and keeps producing the numbers he’s producing or there abouts
Your talking 11 blinding seasons on the bounce
The best don’t have the odd decent season, the best have consistently great seasons
I think he’ll be regarded in general as one of the great names in the history of the game
He’s got 8 incredible seasons in a row at Liverpool, some seasons varying in their level of excellency
If he ends his career here or atleast stays for another 3-4 seasons and keeps producing the numbers he’s producing or there abouts
Your talking 11 blinding seasons on the bounce
The best don’t have the odd decent season, the best have consistently great seasons
Really? This is just purely conjecture. The team would adapt, play differently, get another player in, it happens all of the time. Players leave, they're replaced. Tell me, what chance would you have given this team to beat Barcelona in the CL in 2019? Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Milner, Shaqiri, Mane, Origi. That was the starting 11. Notice that both Salah and Firmino were missing? 2 of our best players at the time. Yet that team battered Barcelona. Liverpool is most definitely not a one man team. Did you watch the game yesterday? Szoboszlai playing as a false no.9? Fabulous performance. The whole team stepped up. Salah is the cherry on the top, a world class player, without a doubt, but he simply couldn't do what he does without the other 10 players, could he?
Liverpool are still cobbling the pennies together to keep this demon. Maybe that’s the key to success — take as long as you physically can to correctly reward people who deserve it?
But Barcelona is falling apart domestically while Salah has Liverpool top of the league and Champions League table.
EDIT: just checked and they have one win in La Liga since November 3th, pretty bad that.
Will end up as the greatest foreign player to play in the league, and by that token, probably the best player to play here.
The retractor for me is the quality of defending has plummeted in the modern era of football, but I'm not sure that can be held against him. Hopefully he fecks off pronto
The retractor for me is the quality of defending has plummeted in the modern era of football, but I'm not sure that can be held against him. Hopefully he fecks off pronto
Whether you are a fan of Liverpool or not the PL will miss him when he's gone.
Annoyingly, this is his best season thus far.
The Ballon d'Or will entirely be down to the Champions League, he could have 30 goals and 20 assists in the PL and if Liverpool get knocked out in the quarter-finals he'll be lucky to get top 5 in the Ballon d'Or, just how it generally works.
It depends on the Champions League more than the Premier League I think. He's lost a few finals with a lot of hype to Real Madrid. If he could win a final against Real Madrid where he was man of the match, all of a sudden he's into the all-time great category. If that doesn't happen and they get knocked out earlier next few years, then ultimately he's probably just known more as a PL and African legend in 20 years time.
I definitely will not miss him but have no problem appreciating his class and skill. Never thought he'd prove to be a top3 player of Premier League history and he's steadily on a course to be remembered as one.
Stats wise is he like the top 5 players of all time?
For me if Salah was playing for prime barcelona, in La Liga and for argentina instead of Egypt then i think his stats would only fall short as 10-20% off Messi at that (and im only really saying that because i dont want to disrepect the goat).
I mean look at Salah's stats for Liverpool in the best league in the world vs Messi for PSG in Ligue 1.
The stats are insane.
I think we can instalock the Salah vs Bale thread personally.
For me if Salah was playing for prime barcelona, in La Liga and for argentina instead of Egypt then i think his stats would only fall short as 10-20% off Messi at that (and im only really saying that because i dont want to disrepect the goat).
I mean look at Salah's stats for Liverpool in the best league in the world vs Messi for PSG in Ligue 1.
The stats are insane.
I think we can instalock the Salah vs Bale thread personally.
I will miss his dribbling. I will definitely miss him just like how I miss Henry and other the other greats.
He scored 44 goals in his debut season but he was just a killer in front of goal. He’s more rounded now.
Total machine. Hardly misses a game, ruthless in the final third, turns long hopeful balls into good passes. Up there with the best the league has seen unfortunately.
Needs testing for PEDs.
Not necessarily, especially of the Spanish teams don't win the CL.
The current Ballon d'Or winner is from a PL team that got knocked out in the quarter-finals?
Obviously not and it's not even remotely close?