Transfer Rumour Philippe Coutinho

[Bigduke1234]

Just do it for the piss boiling and rolling heads

I mean this angle is being overlooked, psychological warfare

 

[everton1953]

Golly, this is so depressing. I asked a RS friend last night for his opinion on Coutinho and he said he is a very good player. Yet above I read that he is injury prone, too expensive for just a squad player, no pace or mobility, offers virtually nothing, he is being forced on Carlo by malign influences etc. What on earth is Carlo doing? Or is most or all of the above negativity just claptrap?

 

[Nymzee]

everyone saying he’d demand $150k a week but James could have asked for that and didn’t. We don’t know how much he’s going to ask for.

Bernard is on $100k for goodness sakes.

also our last few signings have been around $70k according to sportrac. Allan, doucoure, Ben Godfrey.

James is on £100k+

 

[arminisgod]

....we lack pace, athleticism and mobility in Central midfield, Coutinho lacks pace, athleticism and mobility in central midfield. We have injury prone and costly central midfielders, Coutinho is an injury prone and costly central midfielder.

Coutinho is talented but I’d much prefer us to bring in the types of player we need.

not true. Doucoure and Allan both have that. We have quite a lot of pace and mobility in the tam. What we lack is quality

 

[nsno-chris]

Did you read the reply? Coutinho with other signings. Squad improvement. To say he offers virtualy nothing is ridiculous. We had all this when signing rodriguez.

So commit yourself to a £30m outlay for someone who doesn’t provide what we need. If people actually watched him at the RS to understand why he was effective, they would realise why he wouldn’t be for us

It’s unbelievably obvious what we need, that’s where the money goes in the summer

 

[mahermi1]

not true. Doucoure and Allan both have that. We have quite a lot of pace and mobility in the tam. What we lack is quality

We don't have a lot of pace really.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Pickford long ball to Richarlison, who squares it to Coutinho to score past that lot would be the stuff of dreams...

 

[arminisgod]

i honestly dont understand the athelticism thing. I watched Bayern dominate Europe last season with Thiago and Gortzeka in CM, Liverpool dominated England with Henderson, Fabinho and Wjinildum

and the best club side i've ever seen with Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets.

You win football matches on a consitant basis by winning the ball back as quick as possible, as high up the pitch as possible. Not by have 2 usian bolts playing CM

 

[nsno-chris]

not true. Doucoure and Allan both have that. We have quite a lot of pace and mobility in the tam. What we lack is quality

And looks what happened when they’ve been injured; look at our right wing option, look at our right fullback options.

What you want to do is add another slow, neat passing midfield who does not have the dynamism to break opposition lines. So when a team like Burnley rock up, we’ll have 99% of possession with actually doing nothing.

 

[rochdaleblue]

Golly, this is so depressing. I asked a RS friend last night for his opinion on Coutinho and he said he is a very good player. Yet above I read that he is injury prone, too expensive for just a squad player, no pace or mobility, offers virtually nothing, he is being forced on Carlo by malign influences etc. What on earth is Carlo doing? Or is most or all of the above negativity just claptrap?

Two kopites I know were absolutely gutted Coutinho left, even for the money they got. However that was 3 years ago. He’s suffered loss of form and injuries since then. Of course if he can replicate his form for Liverpool, he’s walk into any top 4 team apart from city, but it’s a big if.

 

[arminisgod]

We don't have a lot of pace really.

we do. DCL, Richarlison, Doucoure, Digne, Coleman.

What we don't do is move the ball quick enough and find gaps so they can use that pace

 

[kenada_blue]

i honestly dont understand the athelticism thing. I watched Bayern dominate Europe last season with Thiago and Gortzeka in CM, Liverpool dominated England with Henderson, Fabinho and Wjinildum

and the best club side i've ever seen with Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets.

You win football matches on a consitant basis by winning the ball back as quick as possible, as high up the pitch as possible. Not by have 2 usian bolts playing CM

It's more the idea having ball carriers rather than pace - able to beat a man or join attacks on the counter.

But im pretty sure if we got Pip we'd recruit more along those lines. We'd not just stop getting players in cos of it

There's about 6 first team squad players leaving next season. They need replacing.

 

[arminisgod]

And looks what happened when they’ve been injured; look at our right wing option, look at our right fullback options.

What you want to do is add another slow, neat passing midfield who does not have the dynamism to break opposition lines. So when a team like Burnley rock up, we’ll have 99% of possession with actually doing nothing.

for a start Coutinho isn't slow. Another 'neat' passing midfielder? You do realise the game we lost against Burnley this season was when all our 'neat' midfielders with no 'dynamism' were out injured.

 

[nsno-chris]

for a start Coutinho isn't slow. Another 'neat' passing midfielder? You do realise the game we lost against Burnley this season was when all our 'neat' midfielders with no 'dynamism' were out injured.

You’ve just lost the entire argument

Goodnight mate, have a good sleep

 

[ForeverBlue92]

we do. DCL, Richarlison, Doucoure, Digne, Coleman.

What we don't do is move the ball quick enough and find gaps so they can use that pace

I think its a mix of both tbh - we could afford Coutinho and James in the side providing we brought in a pacey RB with good stamina as Coleman hasn't got that burst he used to have to get up and down the field.

Think we need a back up for Doucoure & Allan also.

RW / CAM: Coutinho (with James interchanging)

CM: Bissouma or the like

RB: Aarons

CF: Belotti

That sort of business would be great.