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Just how slow is he on the turn? Coutinho isn't exactly lightning either.
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
He's unbelievably slow Jeff !
Think the lad has had some unfair stick to be honest. Didn't have a great game but would rather see a defender who is lacking pace go all out to win the first ball rather than letting quick players like mane and coutinho get face on and go either way. Koeman should ultimately take responsibility for the defence on Saturday because he decided it was a good idea to go 3-3 vs mane firmino and coutinho, when none of our centre halfs had any pace and looked like they were running in treacle. I think Pennington has it in him to be a prem league defender but needs someone with pace beside him to cover him.
Please not tomorrow. Please no.
Azzurri
Player Valuation: £70m
He wasn't great, but I don't think he was too horrific.
Coutinho has done that to supposedly some of the best defenders in the world and he had no protection from Mane, Coutinho and Firmino all game.
It was a big surprise for me that he started and it's not a decision I'd have made. But he'll learn from this and eh, at least he scored in front of the Kop. Ultimately I don't think he's got the physical attributes to be a Premier League centre back, but I hope I'm wrong.
Coutinho has done that to supposedly some of the best defenders in the world and he had no protection from Mane, Coutinho and Firmino all game.
It was a big surprise for me that he started and it's not a decision I'd have made. But he'll learn from this and eh, at least he scored in front of the Kop. Ultimately I don't think he's got the physical attributes to be a Premier League centre back, but I hope I'm wrong.
Liamliverpool86
Player Valuation: £8m
Could of done with browning not being on loan for the derby ... meant to be really hard to get past one on one
BigDunc'sFod
Player Valuation: £35m
Shane Duffy mk II so far. Decent but not good enough. Also is he 22?
n01efc
Player Valuation: £25m
Injuries
Koeman and Unsworth have talked about Pennington being ready recently and he was no worse than jags or Williams. Have said that we need two centre halfs to replace jags and f-m. Would be more than happy for Pennington to be our fourth choice centre half next year on the proviso that we have got two new centre halfs in and jags and f-m have gone. I thought Williams was going to be a monster for us but hasn't quite worked out that way but would still be a good third choice next year.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
I agree mate.
Pennington is not long back from a long injury lay off and since he's been back he has been playing second string football where, overall, he's looked comfortable. He's then thrown in the deep end against the most mobile front 3 in the league, one of which has been one of the best players in the league this season and the other 2 are Brazil Internationals. He was way off the pace and I'm not surprised.
Mobility is not Pennington's strong point and sadly not Jagielka's and Williams's either. Our back 3 on Saturday were all too similar. Plus Pennington, as far as I'm aware, has absolutely no experience playing in a back 3 in a competitive game.
I don't doubt he has a good career ahead of him in professional football, hopefully at premier level. Not sure whether it will be with us given our recent ambition since Moshiri joined us. I think Holgate is slightly ahead of him and he has stiff competition from Browning and Galloway too and I can only see perhaps one of those three still being here by the end of next season.
Absolutely no need for some of the stick he's had on here though.
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