Luke Garbutt

BigBlueConk · February 27, 2015

He's good enough and the future.

kithnou · February 27, 2015

toffeestillidie said:
Played well today, but honestly who didn't? Gibson looked like Iniesta today and while I would love for him to keep up that level of play, we know it won't happen.

Its tough having 3 genuinely quality left backs, the thought of parting with any of them is upsetting.

Just imagine how good "Geads" would have looked today!
We would have scored at least 10 over the two legs if our magician was on the park.
I know how much my fellow members of the "Geads Appreciation Society", like @deipnosophist @Prevenger17 to name but two of the esteemed, have missed him....

ilikecheese · February 27, 2015

BigBlueConk said:
He's good enough and the future.

With this I will agree.

A bit of a logjam in that area of the pitch though.

granter79 · February 27, 2015

Hope he signs. Hes ahead of Oveido for me and could do a job ahead of Baines I reckon. Some of his crossing and free kicks were quality last night

TheFinnFan · February 27, 2015

They wont let him go after yesterday

toffeeben15 · February 27, 2015

Needs a new contract for me he's can challenge Baines. His crossing is on another level

Christiffa25 · February 27, 2015

Very promising player. Needs to sign that deal. Imo is better than Oveido or most certainly will be long term.

Furey1878 · February 27, 2015

Just think about it though, the club aren't gonna let him leave for nothing. He will sign a new contract.

Bert1985 · February 27, 2015

For me, our best left back. You may think I'm jumping the gun but this kid is a proper footballer. Baines has got a fight on his hands in my opinion.

sexualchocolate · February 27, 2015

granter79 said:
Hope he signs. Hes ahead of Oveido for me and could do a job ahead of Baines I reckon. Some of his crossing and free kicks were quality last night

in the few games i've seen of him his set pieces and crossing have been consistently excellent........shocking if he's let go

Tree13 · February 27, 2015

Christiffa25 said:
Very promising player. Needs to sign that deal. Imo is better than Oveido or most certainly will be long term.

You could be right about that, but consider this: how about Garbutt and Oviedo as a long-term replacement for the Baines & Pienaar left flank duo? The big difference is that both Oviedo and Garbutt can defend, whereas Pienaar was never much cop at that. I honestly believe that Garbutt and Oviedo could continually switch positions between LB and LW during a game and we would lose nothing either way round.

In the meantime, with Baines still in the mix, fitness and form determines who starts at LB. At the moment, Garbutt should be getting the nod with Mirallas in front of him. Jags and Barry nearby should be enough to ensure that any mistakes are mopped up swiftly.

mkrudden · February 27, 2015

Hasn't he only played a handful of games? And he's a better player/choice now for full back?

Yeah, course, whatever you say lads.

maccavennie · February 27, 2015

Don't think he will be signing a deal unless we can get him to commit and then promise to loan him out for a year. I think he fancies his chances at being a PL regular now and there's no way he's going to be shifting Baines long term yet. I wish Martinez would rotate the 3 of them though to play left back and left wing as they all are great going forward and would give us some much needed balance.

AdamEFC · February 27, 2015

Bert1985 said:
For me, our best left back. You may think I'm jumping the gun but this kid is a proper footballer. Baines has got a fight on his hands in my opinion.

davek · February 27, 2015

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/left-back-dilemma-martinez-must-solve-8731946

O'Keeffe. I really dont like this feller's attitude on the Garbutt situation. That's a few times now he's gone out on a limb for Garbutt. He comes across like he's his agent.