Eagle » Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:35 pm wrote:He's becoming a worry IMO. He was never a world beater but he looks a shadow of the player he was before the injury. Just seems to be passing through games at the moment.
Agreed. He's our captain, so he's almost required to start every game, but he's just not contributing like we need to. He shows up here and there, but has largely been anonymous for most games. I really don't know what we will do, but I wouldn't want to be in Klopp's shoes in this situation. I think most know he will need to pull his captaincy because your captain needs to start every game.
The other problem is- who would replace him? We hardly have anybody in the team that's going to start every game, and that Klopp will be confident will continue to be a starter for us. Surely not Mignolet. Our CB's are always swapping in and out, but may be Skrtel? He'd be my best choice I think, but Sakho and Lovren look like they may be our CB pair for now. Lucas isn't a mainstay. We have a lot of youth- Coutinho is really the only guaranteed starter right now, maybe Firmino at the moment as well but I'm not sure Couitnho is ready for that burden. Can is too young, but I could see him captaining Liverpool in the future. We just don't have many options right now.