Mo Salah

B20 said:
Suarez vs Norwich is still the best individual performance I've ever seen from a liverpool player. Yes it was Norwich, but as a pure footballing performance, it was simply fantastic to watch. 45 yard screamers, dinking it over defenders before putting it in the net. He did everything in that game.

I went to a Norwich forum afterwards to see their reaction and they were moaning about how naive their defenders were to give a player like suarez space to shoot on the half volley from 45 yards. lol.
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Still have the MotD from that game on tape, December 4th or something it is, I think. I definitely agree with you, that was just an astonashing, jaw-dropping performance. First goal was brilliant, third one even better and capped it off with a perfect FK. The commentator in the hightlights is so good as well - "They will talk about him for decades, and decades to come". Even Suarez looked like he couldn't believe what he just did after his third goal.

Gonna watch it again tonight :drool: Salah doesn't come close to how good Suarez was imo, even if his goals/assists outpit will probably be better at the end of the season.
 
NotBrendanRodgers honest said:
According to John Merro Salah has a £58M release clause and has rejected contract upgrades because he has been tapped up by another club...
Probably bullshit tbh
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It's rubbish. English clubs rarely have release clauses, not to mention they got him for around 45m so having a clause just 30% more than that makes no sense.
 
Treble said:
Yup, it's Norwich. I would take Berbatov's hat-trick vs Liverpool as a better performance than Suarez's vs Norwich. Suarez is a much better striker than Berbatov but it was Norwich...
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There are bigger and more remembered performances I am sure. But it's not always about the biggest stage. It's also about what games you've watched brought you the most enjoyment on the day.

Watching that game, prepped with the thought that 'surely he can't keep up his crazy numbers vs Norwich... can he?' and then see him take it to another level was footballing delight. I've never seen a liverpool player strut his stuff the way he did that day and I'm not sure how many out there could do the same, even to a team like Norwich.
 
crappycraperson said:
It's rubbish. English clubs rarely have release clauses, not to mention they got him for around 45m so having a clause just 30% more than that makes no sense.
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It was £37m actually but yeah, that's probably a bullshit rumour.
 
NotBrendanRodgers honest said:
According to John Merro Salah has a £58M release clause and has rejected contract upgrades because he has been tapped up by another club...
Probably bullshit tbh
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Considering the prices of players these days I find that impossible to believe.

If we for some reason did put in a release clause it’s more likely to be £150m.
 
That reminds of previous talks about Madrid paying release clause to get De Gea. These are always nonsense. Big English clubs don't put release clauses in their players' contracts.
 
crappycraperson said:
It's rubbish. English clubs rarely have release clauses, not to mention they got him for around 45m so having a clause just 30% more than that makes no sense.
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One of the main obstacles there has been for Can signing a new contract was that he wanted a release clause and we didn't.

Be odd if we were letting him go on a free on that principle yet gave a clause to Salah.
 
RobinLFC said:
It was £37m actually but yeah, that's probably a bullshit rumour.
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Roma person confirmed today that with add ons it could reach 50m. Unless the add ons are trophy based instead of appearances/performances, it will definitely reach that amount.
 
Treble said:
Yup, it's Norwich. I would take Berbatov's hat-trick vs Liverpool as a better performance than Suarez's vs Norwich. Suarez is a much better striker than Berbatov but it was Norwich...
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I understand what you're saying here, but I think you're very wrong.
 
crappycraperson said:
Roma person confirmed today that with add ons it could reach 50m. Unless the add ons are trophy based instead of appearances/performances, it will definitely reach that amount.
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Ah didn't know that, cheers. Even then I wouldn't mind if it reaches £50m, still worth every penny in today's market!
 
For a player who doesn't do fancy haircuts, have a glitzy social media following and is not particularly well built, doesn't do any spectacular tricks or flicks on or off the pitch he is absolutely remarkable. Yes he has blistering pace, but he's blessed with excellent movement, making the right runs and being in the right place at the right time. He's also deceptively strong, and like Suarez always manages to get the bounce of the ball to go his way.

Its no wonder he's so difficult to defend against. A bargain signing for Liverpool. Hate that he's a Liverpool player, but I can't bring myself to dislike him. Just goes about his job with minimal fuss.
 
Cascarino said:
I understand what you're saying here, but I think you're very wrong.
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The quality of the opposition matters. Norwich got relegated that season. But it is just my opinion. I'm perfectly fine with different stances.
 
He is damn good and could even be a better buy than Torres, Suarez and Coutinho. Its depressing how many great buys they do offensively. We definitely have something to learn from their scout team. Thank god they constantly have to sell their best players.
 
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IRELANDUNITED said:
Are you aware that the sides they've faced so far are the worst Porto side in history, Seville, Spartak Moscow and NK Maribor. They may look great against these terrible sides but the minute they play a decent side they will get tore apart, the truth is results like last night are only papering over the cracks for Liverpool, they are as far away from any sort of silverware as they ever were never mind the Champions League.
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What a load of nonsense. Flippant, irrational childish nonsense.

I'm not saying Liverpool aren't without their faults or couldn't be improved but Liverpool have put in some very good performances and achieved results this season that haven't been bettered by teams you'll clearly consider far superior to shitty old Liverpool.

Liverpool may have their faults but to say they're as far away as ever is rubbish. Liverpool may have blips or bad results but they're clearly doing better than they were a couple of years ago and are making progress.

As for getting tore apart the minute they play a decent side, did you see them beat man city the other week? They're clearly amongst the favourites to win the European cup this year.

Put your biases to one side and look at things objectively. Liverpool aren't the best team around but they've often done things this season that others couldn't even hope to.

You sound like a crying kid. Hoping your rivals are crap with all your might doesn't make it so.
 
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Andy C said:
What a load of nonsense. Flippant, irrational childish nonsense.

I'm not saying Liverpool aren't without their faults or couldn't be improved but Liverpool have put in some very good performances and achieved results this season that haven't been bettered by teams you'll clearly consider far superior to shitty old Liverpool.

Liverpool may have their faults but to say they're as far away as ever is rubbish. Liverpool may have blips or bad results but they're clearly doing better than they were a couple of years ago and are making progress.

As for getting tore apart the minute they play a decent side, did you see them beat man city the other week? They're clearly amongst the favourites to win the European cup this year.

Put your biases to one side and look at things objectively. Liverpool aren't the best team around but they've often done things this season that others couldn't even hope to.

You sound like a crying kid. Hoping your rivals are crap with all your might doesn't make it so.
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Are they?
 
balaks said:
Are they?
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I'd say so yeah. Ok they've not got any European history but they're flying and are a different team this year.

If you're not sure, lash the bookies odds up
 
Andy C said:
As for getting tore apart the minute they play a decent side, did you see them beat man city the other week?
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Against Liverpool?

No one knows how good or bad City will be until they meet a top European side, and if that's Barcelona, or Bayern, I'd bet on City being knocked out.
 
balaks said:
Are they?
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Of course they aren't. There are at least five teams that are much more likely to win it this year, which means they aren't anywhere near being favourites.
 
Sarni said:
Doen't he mean Liverpool?
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Oh, maybe he did. I read his post as "we beat City and they're amongst the favs" but looking it over again I guess he could have been referring to Liverpool.
 
Donk87 said:
Oh, maybe he did. I read his post as "we beat City and they're amongst the favs" but looking it over again I guess he could have been referring to Liverpool.
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Yeah, he could have meant either.

City are one of favourites to win CL. Liverpool aren't.
 
Mciahel Goodman said:
Against Liverpool?

No one knows how good or bad City will be until they meet a top European side, and if that's Barcelona, or Bayern, I'd bet on City being knocked out.
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I was referring to Liverpool beating city. Apparently Liverpool will be torn apart when they play a decent side. Not just beaten, tore apart. They played this year's runaway champions elect and beat them.

I was merely highlighting the flippant bravado and baseless nonsense spoken by some people
 
Andy C said:
They're clearly amongst the favourites to win the European cup this year.
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Liverpool definitely aren't amongst the favourites. They have an outside shot if they can avoid any elite teams.

People are waiting to see what happens when City face a proper side. People already know what will happen when Liverpool faces a proper side. Barcelona, Bayern, Real/PSG, Juventus/Spurs, whoever, all will beat Liverpool comfortably (Spurs is Liverpool's the best chance in that grouping).
 
Andy C said:
I was referring to Liverpool beating city. Apparently Liverpool will be torn apart when they play a decent side. Not just beaten, tore apart. They played this year's runaway champions elect and beat them.

I was merely highlighting the flippant bravado and baseless nonsense spoken by some people
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They will. The defense is too shit to win a tie over two legs against elite sides. Solid attack, average midfield, brutal defense.
 
balaks said:
Oh well if the bookies have said that it must be true... City have proved very little in Europe yet. I certainly wouldnt be having them as favorites.
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I suspect they're currently favourites given they're 4-0 up in their tie and along with Liverpool the best placed team to qualify at present. That might well change after next weeks fixtures or the return legs.
 
Donk87 said:
I suspect they're currently favourites given they're 4-0 up in their tie and along with Liverpool the best placed team to qualify at present. That might well change after next weeks fixtures or the return legs.
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Yeah but look at who they were both playing. They both got relatively easy draws.
 
Andy C said:
I was referring to Liverpool beating city. Apparently Liverpool will be torn apart when they play a decent side. Not just beaten, tore apart. They played this year's runaway champions elect and beat them.

I was merely highlighting the flippant bravado and baseless nonsense spoken by some people
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I doubt if it's flippant or bravado. Just and honest assessment of their ability.

You forgot to mention that Liverpool also lost to two relegation candidates immediately after beating 'the runaway leaders';one, after going 1-0 up.
 
Andy C said:
I was referring to Liverpool beating city. Apparently Liverpool will be torn apart when they play a decent side. Not just beaten, tore apart. They played this year's runaway champions elect and beat them.

I was merely highlighting the flippant bravado and baseless nonsense spoken by some people
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Despite United having a shitty attack and is currently out of form, I would actually fancy our chances much more than Liverpool beating a top european team.
 
Mciahel Goodman said:
People already know what will happen when Liverpool faces a proper side. Barcelona, Bayern, Real/PSG, Juventus/Spurs, whoever, all will beat Liverpool comfortably (Spurs is Liverpool's the best chance in that grouping).
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How do people "know" that?
 
Inigo Montoya said:
I doubt if it's flippant or bravado. Just and honest assessment of their ability.

You forgot to mention that Liverpool also lost to two relegation candidates immediately after beating 'the runaway leaders';one, after going 1-0 up.
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oh crap. Losing to an inferior side never happens to the best teams, does it?
 
This is Mo Salah thread, so I guess it makes sense to move CL favorites discussion into a different topic?

On Mo, the best thing about him is he's consistent. He is a threat in each game, no day-offs so far. What I noticed is that when the opposition sits back Salah plays a single forward most of the time, waiting for long balls or through passes. I believe his goal tally is partially caused by this, effectively there are patches when the whole team plays for him.

But yeah, of all the hyped transfers of the summer Salah looks the best deal by a mile.
 
B20 said:
How do people "know" that?
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Conviction based on historical examples of Liverpool being shit when they actually have to defend against world class players. A trend going back many years.

Or bottom of the table/second or third tier players who Liverpool have made look world class. A trend going back a few weeks. Liverpool are capable of one off games, but they aren't a great side, especially away from Anfield.
 
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