7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

[Raki13]

A crazy bid from EPL and i would punt him , never going to have the consistency to play for Barca. I dont even think hes enjoying being at the club either.

 

[serghei]

Has to start the next match. The bench treatment is doing him no good.

It doesn't do us any good if he plays on LW. That's not what he was brought for.

 

[Jombi]

I think Dembele has cemented his place as a starting LW in EV's set-up. I hope, at least. It is clear by now that EV does not plan on using Coutinho as a CM, though that might change (the possibility is very low nevertheless). If EV stays for the next season, we should sell Coutinho. If EV goes, Coutinho should stay and play as a midfielder under a new manager.

The problem is that all of the managers he has played under in his entire career has played him mostly as left forward. Its not something Valverde has invented.

 

[DonAK]

Klopp played him as an AM in his last season at Liverpool. Tite played him at CM.

He did very well at both positions. What coaches did previously doesn't matter.

 

[te amo barca]

The problem is that all of the managers he has played under in his entire career has played him mostly as left forward. Its not something Valverde has invented.

That’s true, but he was bought and hyped as the Iniesta replacement, meaning that we were supposed to try him in Iniesta’s position after Andres was gone. Tite sees Coutinho as a CM, at least, and Klopp played him there a little bit too. But his LW status throughout his career, of course, is especially a reason due to which a conservative manager like EV is very reluctant to try him in midfield.

 

[Joan]

Klopp played him as an AM in his last season at Liverpool. Tite played him at CM.

He did very well at both positions. What coaches did previously doesn't matter.

Why doesn't it matter? We bought him for his matches as a LF.

Why didn't Klopp play him as a CM before Salah? Or Tite without fit Neymar?

He should be able to perform as a LF, that's been his natural position for most of his career.

 

[Jombi]

Klopp played him as an AM in his last season at Liverpool. Tite played him at CM.

He did very well at both positions. What coaches did previously doesn't matter.

Under Klopp, Cou played the overwhelming majority of matches as left forward.

Tite played him mostly as right forward and left forward.

 

[DonAK]

Why doesn't it matter? We bought him for his matches as a LF.

Why didn't Klopp play him as a CM before Salah? Or Tite without fit Neymar?

He should be able to perform as a LF, that's been his natural position for most of his career.

No, we signed him to play as an attacking midfielder, which is the position he played when we signed him. We signed Dembele to replace Neymar.

Under Klopp, Cou played the overwhelming majority of matches as left forward.

Tite played him mostly as right forward and left forward.

Until he was switched to play AM.

 

[Jombi]

No, we signed him to play as an attacking midfielder, which is the position he played when we signed him. We signed Dembele to replace Neymar.



Until he was switched to play AM.

In his last full season for Liverpool, he played 26 games as left forward and 5 games as attacking midfielder. Neymar is obviously the left forward for Brazil, so that makes things different, but there is a reason why the coaches he's had plays him where they do.

 

[ronniecro]

i'd like to see demb-messi-coutinho up front just once,but i guess it's the same as hoping to win the lottery

 

[te amo barca]

In his last full season for Liverpool, he played 26 games as left forward and 5 games as attacking midfielder. Neymar is obviously the left forward for Brazil, so that makes things different, but there is a reason why the coaches he's had plays him where he does.

David Silva, Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne all used to play at CAM/on the right wing until Pep converted them into midfielders. I can imagine a similar transformation with Coutinho as long as he increases his defensive workrate and does not lose the ball needlessly as much. Seriously, there is no such thing as one fixed position for the whole duration of a career for creative players of Coutinho’s talent and calibre.

 

[soul24rage]

i'd like to see demb-messi-coutinho up front just once,but i guess it's the same as hoping to win the lottery

I think we played those 3 vs PSV away and some games last season.

 

[DonAK]

In his last full season for Liverpool, he played 26 games as left forward and 5 games as attacking midfielder. Neymar is obviously the left forward for Brazil, so that makes things different, but there is a reason why the coaches he's had plays him where they do.

In his last season he played as an AM, and there's no fixed position that means he cannot play another position for the rest of his life.

David Silva, Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne all used to play at CAM/on the right wing until Pep converted them into midfielders. I can imagine a similar transformation with Coutinho as long as he increases his defensive workrate and does not lose the ball needlessly as much. Seriously, there is no such thing as one fixed position for the whole duration of a career for creative players of Coutinho’s talent and calibre.

This. No one thought De Bruyne could play as a CM either, yet he does, and amazingly well too.

 

[Jombi]

In his last season he played as an AM, and there's no fixed position that means he cannot play another position for the rest of his life.

Even in those few games in the fall before he joined us, he played as left forward against the tough opposition like Tottenham, Man U and Chelsea.

 

[Joan]

Even in those few games in the fall before he joined us, he played as left forward against the tough opposition like Tottenham, Man U and Chelsea.

To be frank, mostly due to Mane being (left) out of the squad. But Coutinho shouldn't have problems playing as a left forward.