Bobby is someone who thrives off the crowd, you could see his best two performances this year were when we had people in and he heard his song and the noise. Spurs and Palace
He probably hated this season more than we have
However he still got 18 goals and assists, not terrible as some may want you to think
He’ll be firing again next year and still a mainstay of this side no doubt
It seems a lot of people go by stats, and don't use their eyes.
Firmino is an 8/9/10 hybrid,a modern forward rather than a "striker", who drops deep, drifts wide, is a playmaker, and a forward defender.
People point to Rush and say how he pressed and defended from the front, and they'd be right, but he didn't take up the same deep positions as Firmino, who plays as an extra midfielder at times, but is always ready on the burst, knowing that our 3 midfielders are holding and defending the spaces behind, which allows TAA and Robertson to bomb forwards.
Firmino is not only the glue that binds our midfield and forwards,he creates so much, often one pass before the "assist".
Great engine, great vision, keeps possession well, good passer, good goalscorer and a right pain in the arse for any opposition.
He's going nowhere.
The worry for me, is the Olympics, and AFCON.
If we don't get anyone else in, it'll be because Klopp thinks Jota and Firmino plus one other (Elliot probably) can do a job for us while Mane and Salah are away.
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