The biggest mistake was the right back area. Yes Ramsay has been injured but you don't make a 19 year old lad who's only played SPL level football your second choice right back.
Trent has had a bad time of things and we could well have done with a competent deputy like Robbo has. Someone we can rely on. Instead we went on the cheap for a kid with 0 experience at an acceptable level.
He is now back fit of course but is behind Joe Gomez and James Milner because Klopp cannot put him in.
Some will say how can you write him off hes not even played for us yet? Well the fact that he hasn't must mean something.
I dont write off the SPL or the player just that at this stage of his career being on our bench is of no help to anyone. Like Robbo moved to Hull and made a name for himself there, there's a stepping stone on his progression he's never going to get back.
He shouldn't be here, he should be playing football lower down the division.
We wanted a cheap solution to a position at right back we have always neglected.
Name me another top club who's 2nd right back is a midfielder/centre half or an untried teenager.
It's the position in the team where the lack of investment is really shown to light.
He needs loaning out, and we need to spend some money on a competent deputy who can come into thus team if the garden is rosy or the shut has hit the fan.
That’s all really confusing
Until this season TAA has been pretty much ever present because he didn’t suffer injuries and because of crucial he was to the way we played - he was superb.
We had Williams as back up - Welsh international along with Gomez and Milner
But because Williams wanted more regular first team he left so we replaced him with a Scottish under 21 international
What sort of player do you think would look to come into the club to be back up to TAA knowing that he would be sat on the bench - getting a young talent in is exactly the way to go
Milner has been in that role a number of times and never let us down , Gomez has played there a lot - especially when TAA was coming into the team and at some points being preferred to TAA against the top teams in Europe
The cover is there for that area
As for Ramsey - yes it’s poor that you are dismissing him already , he has had a few injuries to the start of his career and has only recently got fit to sit on the bench and will no doubt play in the cup game - Robbo if I remember correctly didn’t start playing in the team until November maybe December when he first arrived.
Christ let the lad kick a ball for us first
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