He is an awesome player.
But just like when someone said a few days ago that he is better than Salah, Firmimo and Mane.
Who cares??
He is on paper a better allround footballer than Firmino, Salah and Mane.
But for Liverpool's tactics, those 3 are exactly what they need.
I would dare to say that those 3 are better for them even than Messi.
Because Messi would bring more goals, but they wouldn't be able to press or run like crazy with Messi, so their whole system goes to hell.
In that sense, imo it is somewhat childish to jump on these: he is the 2nd best player in the world.
For me, in this moment, I would rather try with Messi and Griezz.
We have already tried with Messi and Neymar and I personally didn't like it.
Again, as if people forgot in 24 hours:
Remember Neymar's matches at Barca:
= when he plays, there is no teamplay. You can forget a match like against Napoli, that won't happen.
When Neymar gets the ball, the action will end in one of these way:
1. dribble past 5 players and losing the ball
2. dribbling past 5 players, shooting and missing a target
3. dribbling past 3 players, being fouled by the 4th and then lying on the ground, holding his ankle for 3 minutes and arguing with refs and opponents.
40 seconds later he will get the ball again and do the same shit: dribble past 3, slow down, provoke a foul and lay on the ground holding his ankle.
4. from time to time he will pas the ball back, but in like 30% of cases
5. here and there he will score
Further, remember my stats from those days: with MSN on a field, in 2016/17 we wouldn't string more than 2 wins in a row for the whole season.
We were playing like a crap and like a solo circus show all the time.
Further, in his last 2 years here, when he was injured, we had a better record (something like 10-1-1 score) than when he plays (where we had only 50-60% wins in his last season).
Add to that his ballhogging, his famous dribbling backwards, his famous trick when he stops, stands on one leg and making a dancing move with the other leg until an opponent hits him.
Then he lies down on a ground and holds his ankle for additional 3 minutes.
Basically, in one season, you will get a total of 800 minutes of him lying on the ground, and he will be guilty for provoking in probably 90% of matches.
I don't think that he is such a good fit for us at all.
Anyway, my favorite game of his.
Re-watch it since we will be watching tons of this shit from the next Friday onwards, apparently:
** Try to pay attention how many times the action is DEAD when he gets the ball. He will either lose it or be fouled (because he is asking for it).
Check the teamflow and fluidity when Neymar is on a field. That thing doesn't exist. You only get a solo circus show.
Frenkie will be killed by Neymar, because Neymar will run the show, while Frenkie should run the show and our actions.
Now pay attention how often he actually manages to pass the ball back to a teammate:
