20 - Dani Olmo
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Messigician
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Tbf he’s how countinho should have been
wisconsincule
Senior Member
He is what I expected Coutinho to be……
Coutinho was scoring golazos for klopp and liverpool
wisconsincule
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good thing olmo is a true baller and not a pussy
Loki
Well-known member
Did he really start well, or did people just accept his mediocrity in the beginning because he was a 150m hype transfer? I remember people cheering his 5 meter passes in his first games.
In his first 12 LaLiga games, he had 2 goals and 5 assists. One of them a 6:1 against Girona and the other one against Malaga. Olmo has already 5 goals in 6 games, while only playing exactly 270 minutes, which equals 3 full 90 minutes games. And from mediocrity it just went downwards.
Also at Liverpool, Coutinho played in his 16/17 season: 30 games as LW, 5 games as OM, 1 game as RW. That's a statistic of a pure LW.
In the first half of 17/18 season, before he transfered to us he also switched between LW and OM every second game.
I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with his position, but he was simply overhyped because of one single strong season at Liverpool and Bartomeu desperately searched for a new Neymar.
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Messigician
Senior Member
Olmo has already performed at LW
Messigician
Senior Member
Ehhhh
He was playing crazy well for a while tbh
But Liverpool used the counting money very well to sign Alisson and VVD
Yeah that's true. But why only count first 12 games? That first half a season he had 13 G/A in 18 Liga games. That's a good ratio.
The season we signed him though he was in the center with Mane and Salah around him mostly. And btw, at Transfermarkt they list his position as LW even in games he played LCM in a 4-3-1-2.
TheStig
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Hope Flick tries him on the wing some time to rest Yamal/Rapha and to see how he works out there. Could also help with our overbooking in midfield. Of course in gala 11 he plays at 10 but he should help to rest our attackers.
Loki
Well-known member
Just for comparison with Olmo so far. But I think the further it goes, the worse the comparison will get for Coutinho
I don't want to badmouth him too much, he was a decent player overall, but not Barca starting material, out of position or not. He never showed a good or world class performance for a longer period of time than his one good year. For me, he was a typical €40-50m player who can shine if everything else works around him. Bartomeu sadly paid triple of that.
And Aston Villa was also happy to load him off fast enough. Now he plays in Brazil at 32, which is no age for a footballer yet.
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Total-Football
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Coutinho started well ? Loool.. now we just rewriting history.
draconifire
NTC with a Positive attitude
While having Messi, Iniesta, and Xavi. Its a pity why did we try so many No.10ish players in the team, rather than an elite striker and an elite LW.
We always bought players to play them away from their preferred spots.
We always bought players to play them away from their preferred spots.
Coutinho decision making was way too slow. Was the same at Villa bar the early months that convinced them to transfer.
Maybe he lost his confidence, or maybe the speed of Kloppball in that era hid his defenciencies, but for us unless he could open up the shooting option in his first few touches, he could never find the correct pass and dwelled in possession.
Just a terrible player all around for us.
Maybe he lost his confidence, or maybe the speed of Kloppball in that era hid his defenciencies, but for us unless he could open up the shooting option in his first few touches, he could never find the correct pass and dwelled in possession.
Just a terrible player all around for us.
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