I see you are living up to your user name with that post. That last part contradicts the first part.
Just say he's boss and save your energy.
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I see you are living up to your user name with that post. That last part contradicts the first part.
Just say he's boss and save your energy.
This is a really good point. I felt similar about Lingard in LVG's second season where he seemed to go on that run of ballsing up our one chance in each game; the question being why is it falling to him.
Been a great signing has to be said.
He was so quick on the break for the first goal it was savage to watch has to be said.
I do not believe his rate of scoring will continue at all though.
If someone said at start of season he would score 13 goals they would have snapped your hand off tho. Great start by him
He was so quick on the break for the first goal it was savage to watch has to be said.
I do not believe his rate of scoring will continue at all though.
If someone said at start of season he would score 13 goals they would have snapped your hand off tho. Great start by him
Agree entirely. A player that I thought wouldn't step up and, even when he did, I assumed it wouldn't last. Bit the bullet and popped him in my fantasy football team last week and he's proved me wrong. He's come a long way since Chelsea...another player whose career they've stalled.
He has been a great signing for L'pool, but as he is, it's easier to see the reason he's not suitable for other teams. Quite wasteful which some other teams wouldn't afford. Pretty much Aubameyang esque in a sense.
He has been a great signing for L'pool, but as he is, it's easier to see the reason he's not suitable for other teams. Quite wasteful which some other teams wouldn't afford. Pretty much Aubameyang esque in a sense.
Liver-birds' assessment above is on the button for me. His wastefulness is overstated though of course he's not as efficient as most top strikers he actually has a far better conversion rate than Harry Kane and no-one would say Kane is wasteful ! A decent assessment comparing with all the top PL strikers (prior to yesterdays' 2 goals which will improve those stats considerably) here : http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...verpools-mohamed-salah-more-clinical-13817657
As for his goals per minutes played stats (prefered to goals per game) :
Salah : 13 goals+ 3 assists, 17 starts + 2 subs, a goal every 89.5 mins.
Lukaku : 10+3, 14 starts, 126 mins
Aguero : 9+0, 9 starts (+1 sub), 85 mins
Kane : 13+3, 13 starts (+3 subs), 86.5 mins
It's worth noting that Liverpool have played 7 out the Top 10 teams in the PL so far this season so his goals have not all come against relegation fodder. This bodes well for the rest of the season and there's no logical reason why his scoring rate would drop off, especially considering that in many of those games either Mane or Coutinho, or both, were absent. I'm not saying he is going to match Kane or Lukaku or Aguero but overall he's not far behind and I now hope to see 20 PL goals from him this season (Salah 7 so far), that would put him right behind Suarez as top scorer over the past 6-7 seasons.
Well Liverpool tend to struggle v lower sides so that stat doesn't really tell us anything
Misleading. Kane doesn't miss gilt edged opportunities like Salah seems to regularly.
Oh really. Isn't that another myth, based on performances from the previous couple of seasons, persisting ? We've played 3 teams from the bottom half of the table and won all three this season.
AH...3 games.
Case closed then. Notice I said struggle and not failure to win but whatever...
Case closed then. Notice I said struggle and not failure to win but whatever...
Misleading ? Stats are stats. If Kane is not missing the gilt edged chances then he's missing many more half chances, the misses have to come from somewhere to make up the stats. Please note that of course I'm not saying Salah is a better striker, they are completely different plaeyrs, just saying that the commentary on his misses is a little misleading (esp. if you listen to, and believe, posters on forums) when we look at the actual figures.
He's probably missed a couple of huge sitters that stick with people, creating the perception that he's prone to miss chances - even more so because he's so left footed and looks so awkward on his right side.
In reality Salah's a very efficient finisher.
Incredible start to the season for Salah. 13 goals already? Even if he slows down, he could hit 30 in all compets which would be unexpected.
I'm referring more to the fact that Kane takes on shots from any different situations and takes far more speculative efforts, thus skewing the stats.
Just watched match of the day and I definitely think he is improving in this regard to be fair. I know they were fairly straightforward chances yesterday but he seems to be finishing with more confidence and conviction than earlier in the season.
This is one of those things where you have to use your own eyes watching games and not relying on stats. Kane takes potshots from all over the pitch hence why his conversion rate probably isn't the best, but obviously if he gets a decent chance the overwhelming majority of the time he'll tuck it away.
Salah by contrast seems to have only been on the end of good chances this season for the most part, yet has missed some really easy ones.
Look at the picture. Kane misses opportunities all over the place. I am very sure there were some great chances missed as well. Its like with Zlatan. The fact he scored many goals creates the myth of a clinical striker. Kane is English which adds to the hype. Some people even compared him to Messi.
Kane is a great striker, but Salah is the better overall player in my opinion. Salah creates more chances by himself. He makes unbelievable runs in tight spaces Kane can only dream of. Is probably in this regard the best in the league.
Kane is the wrong comparison anyways. Compare him to Sterling. And Salah is definately the better player.
So you are saying Kane's decision making is quite bad and Salah's much better? After all a missed shot is a missed opportunity no matter how you put it. It's wasted possession.
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There's one - he plays for Liverpool and you're incredibly inconsistent.
That last paragraph is misleading too. He scored once in the 4-0 rout against Arsenal, got the consolation in a 4-1 defeat against Spurs, and apart from that his goal against Leicester away has probably been his only league goal in a tough fixture. He has exactly been a flat track bully so far.
Well Jesus. I have no idea how you come to your conclusions re Kane. That's mind boggling, but for a different thread.
TIL Salah is a better player than Kane.
Harry Kane goals:
2 against Everton
2 against West Ham
2 against Huddersfield Town
2 against Liverpool (one was a gift from Louvren)
Flat track bully?
Great start for salad. Let’s see if Liverpool can build on it into next season
Kane is literally just after bullying Sergio Ramos and taking Real Madrid apart as a one man figurehead in attack. Not to mention what he did to Dortmund.
Why are you focussing on Kane in Salah's thread? You genuinely seem to have a massive chip on your shoulder re Harry Kane, and that's only 3 posts in here. What's your specific beef with Kane?
Giving the ball away doesn’t necessarily make it a bad decision, sometimes you have to try stuff that’s risky and expressive otherwise you’d hardly create anything...
There are times when Kane might hit it from 35 yards and it’s a couple of feet off target, as opposed to playing a square ball out to a FB who’s got two defenders ahead of him on the wing and then as a result passes back to a player in his own half, in that situation it’s not the worst thing in the world to have shot.
He looks to be a top player it has to be said.
De Bruyne, Lukaku and Salah...some of the talent Chelsea sold in previous years is shocking.
De Bruyne, Lukaku and Salah...some of the talent Chelsea sold in previous years is shocking.
You mean Borussia Dortmund that leaks tons of goals lately? Dortmund that could not even beat Apoel Nicosia?
You mean Real Madrid that has their worst start into the season for a long time? Yes I give him credit for that.
But if CL matters, why did you not mention Salahs goal against Sevilla? Because it does not fit your narrative?
I did not start the comparison. I like Harry Kane. I already mentioned it. You just seem to ignore it to fabricate another story me “having a beef with Kane“. I don’t like people applying double standard. Its you who tries to create an image of Salah being a fraud by picking stats you don’t accept against other players.
Why do you hate him so much? All this effort just to attack him for no reason.
He's class.
Perfect player for Liverpool and Klopp's style of play. They're just constantly at you and so fast on the break. I can't think of two better players for that system than Salah and Mane.
Perfect player for Liverpool and Klopp's style of play. They're just constantly at you and so fast on the break. I can't think of two better players for that system than Salah and Mane.
The type of player which is very useful if you utilize him properly. Like fellaini but in a different way.
His finishing is weird though, his technique doesn’t seem very clinical or refined. But seems to finish those chances so well on instinct.
His finishing is weird though, his technique doesn’t seem very clinical or refined. But seems to finish those chances so well on instinct.
14 goals and 3 assists in 18 games now and top scorer in PL as a winger!
What a signing so far
What a signing so far
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He’s an absolute baller, had my doubts before but would love him here now he’s that good.
Best winger in the league atm imo, Mane, Sane and Martial aren’t far away tbf
Best winger in the league atm imo, Mane, Sane and Martial aren’t far away tbf
Probably the signing of the summer so far. He's a bit of a weird player as whenever I've watched him he's not looked clinical, but has great numbers.
I hate to say it but sterlings having a pretty good season so far too
He really strived in the Liverpool system where they don’t have a target man to focus on. But I would say he surprised me so far on how effective he is as a goal scorer.
What a player, signing of the summer.
The funny thing is, similar to Ibrahimovic last season, he's missed loads of guilt-edged chances as well. He genuinely could be on ~20 goals already for the season.
At it is 19.11
Scousers have great wide players with him and Mane. Absolutely cracking signing, shame we didn’t go in for him.