Quotewho's our best player?Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Not an appropriate comparison as Kelleher has actually had an important role to play in Liverpool’s season if they go on to win. No argument on the need to leave.
who's our best player?
Nathan Collins by a mile at the moment. Ferguson at his best would be but his best hasn't been seen in too long to make the argument for him. Collins is one of best defenders in the Premiership now.
Its really not that complicated!!!
i saw someone say recently that every club in the premier league thinks that they have one of the best three centre backs in the premier league and listed these lads below:
forest - murillo/milenkovic
bournemouth - zabarnyi/huijsen
everton - branthwaite
palace - guehi/anderson
villa - konsa
brentford - collins
newcastle - schar/botman
brighton - van hecke
others who weren't mentioned but should be in the conversation:
liverpool - van dijk/konate
arsenal - saliba
spurs - van der ven
city, take your pick who you think
a far cry from a decade ago, where there were barely any decent centre backs in the whole league and City had Mangala and Demichelis, Liverpool had Klavan, Arsenal had Holding and Chambers etc. etc. etc.
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i do think if Kelleher really goes to Newcastle or Chelsea for £40m with one year left on his contract (as the papers have reported this week), then that's a fee that no Irish player in that contract situation could dream of.
Last edited by elatedscum; 25/02/2025 at 7:19 PM.
The center half quality issue of a number of years ago has now been flipped into a similar lack of quality in strikers now.
If Kelleher does move and plays every week I think then it's fair enough for him to come into the conversation of our best player, but right now my personal opinion is he has to prove it consistently first
Its really not that complicated!!!
Arguing over which of our £40m+ rated players is the best is a welcome change of position to be in anyway. And there are three players who arguably fit that description.
Several websites report Eddie Howe's intention to sign a new goalkeeper, with James Trafford (22) of Burnley their first target. However, Burnley are believed to price Trafford at £30m. According to Newcastle Utd fan site www.geordiebootboys.com, Newcastle also tracked Kelleher before the January window. As Liverpool are having to consider reducing his price tag to £20m as he enters the last year of his contract (The Mirror, 4 March), geordiebootboys.com see the Corkman as a bargain alternative to the younger Trafford.
Did anyone see Alisson’s performance tonight? Jesus, unbelievable stuff. Hands down the best keeper in the world
He was unreal, about five top class saves that he had no business even coming close to saving.
It was a performance akin to a golfer breaking 60, or a 5000m runner going through the gears on a record. He was absolutely in the zone and the focus was immense, particularly with the carnage going on around him.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Not getting much protection from his defence today in the Carabao Cup final. Liverpool look surprisingly off it. Probably as well for them that they're 12 points clear in the league because they're not looking in great form right now.
Maybe could have done better with the first but it was well placed. No chance for the second and pulled off a great stop to prevent Newcastle going three up. He’s done ok overall, all things considered.
Liverpool looking like a team that's already on the beach today - 3-1 down away to Fulham at halftime. Liverpool's defenders in particular not helping Kelleher, who did at least keep a clean sheet midweek against Everton
Yeah he made a couple of decent saves. Nothing he could do about the first two. The third he probably couldn't have done much either but it doesn't look the best. His distribution was middling I'd say. Some good counter work but a lot of his clearances landed on Fulham heads
Brian Kerr made the point in radio commentary that Kelleher likes to take a little time to survey what to do when he has the ball - and Kerr indicated that Liverpool needed the distribution a lot faster today, particularly in the second half.
Yeah the few times he got things going fast Liverpool looked very dangerous, spot on from Kerr. I think Kelleher is too aware he's in the shop window and after the mistake he made in his last run before Xmas he does seem to be playing overly cautious.
The defence was brutal today though. Arguably all 3 Fulham goals were giveaways
Possibly his last ever game for Liverpool…
20th game on the season for Liverpool (along with 8 for Ireland). Pretty good season all things considered - vital to their eventual premier league win - played in another cup final and clocked up more champions league appearances.
He will almost certainly get a few more at the end when the league is wrapped up.
I know you can't really blame him for any of the goals conceded, but I would have liked to have seen him save at least one. Leno made a couple of big saves that probably won the game for Fulham. I'd like to see that a bit more from Kelleher
Ah he had 2 good saves. He had the dive to his right late on and had the 1v1 he pounced on earlier in the game.
He also handled corners really well. Had a couple of ones that he caught and had one he punched really well
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