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How can people honestly watch Pepe and then still believe he won't come good, forget about the money obviously it was an insane figure which we paid for him. But you can just see what he has in his locker. The problem is we're just not getting him into threatening positions often enough. The way the team is geared up at the moment we're not really playing away that sees Pepe getting those spaces. It's why I want someone like Benrahma, if we attract the opponent to the left hand side and switch the ball quickly to the right Pepe will have space to cause damage. Martinelli on the left is more of a forward looking to get into space, so he benefits from doing the same but with the other flank. Look at City when both Mahrez and Sterling are playing, they draw the opposition to one side and then all of a sudden Mahrez/Sterling or whoever has a bit of space to operate on the other side. It's what their entire attack is based around. At the moment we're still in the early days of perfecting Arteta's style which I assume will end up similar to a Guardiola team where our main aim is dragging opponents one side and then quickly finding the players in space on the other side.
With Pepe you can see he's dangerous, look at everytime he plays he draws several opponents to him, they know he can absolutely rip teams apart given the space hence why no team allows him to have the space. Against United he found himself free and scores a goal, he also hit the post with a great effort, against West Ham finds space and curls one into the top corner, he then gets an assist in a similar position. He goes past players with ease, he's hard to stop when he's running at defenders. He has so much that makes a top top wide player that to write him off is beyond crazy it makes sense. You can really separate the people who just care about numbers and those who actually watch the game by how they view Pepe and if they're calling him a flop or not.
We were only really debating against the agenda merchants and people who struggle with price tag bias.I know ball.
Not worth it mate, instead of a discussion there would just be insults and stuff. It’s hard to talk about without coming across accusatory.@Macho I was just about to like your post but I guess that’s a can of worms for another day.
This is the sort of post I would expect Liverpool fans to make comparing the Henderson to Viera@Macho I was just about to like your post but I guess that’s a can of worms for another day.
Gervinho comparisons are so lazy. I keep mentioning how Klopp wanted to sign Pepe and that’s because he’s a wide forward who was intended to compete with Salah and Mane, not a more traditional winger like Gervinho.
Pepe at his best could be a more technical version of Salah. Salah is practically a wide striker and has better goal scoring instincts but you could argue that Pepe is the better ball striker, dribbler and passer - he also has a better frame which could be utilised in the future.
Du-rag Vince >>>>>>Walkin' in to the Pepe thread, looking for them haters like...
...how you like him now, mother-****ers
Would be decent first season if he manage to end it with 10 goals 10 assists. So far is he got 6 goals 6 assists. Hopefully he go to another level until end of season.
Even if we had signed Zaha for the 80 million we were supposed to do, he’s not even posting those numbers and he’s grown up in this league.He is a 80 million player with focus on the end product, no so much in terms of ball retention and build up plays. A decent first season for this type of fee would be around 25 G+A-PK in the EPL, he is now with 8 (3 NPK Goals + 5 Assists), maybe he can reach 20.