Originally Posted by
BOBPAISLEYFAN
Agreed, Trent does have his moments when he looks overly casual, lacking in concentration and far too nonchalant at times, but are you seriously comparing Tsimikas to Trent ?
At least Trent offers devastating delivery, potential goals and an incredible passing range, were as I genuinely don't see Tsimikas as anywhere near good enough as a defender let alone can be considered near as good enough as a marauding left back, a lá Robertson…
Klopp did give him a big hug in the first half because he could see that he was really struggling confidence wise… tbh at times he looked like he couldn't trap a bloody pillow….
They're both terrible defenders.
Stop trying to use the cover of ".....he's great going forward" to paper over that fact that Trent is awful at what's supposed to be his natural position.
At least Tsimika's excuse might be that he's the backup or cover for Robertson and as a result of that and not getting a lot of playing time, he's never been able to fully develop as a good defender.
Trent's been a starter almost his entire career with us and if anything his defensive skills (if we can even call them that) have massively regressed, - laughably and massively so - and the extent to which people are constantly making excuses for him this late into his career is embarrassing and isn't helping him in anyway.
Things like saying he ".....has his moments" as if those are just occassional moments of lapses in performance few and far between massively underplays how terrible he is - especially when he plays against fast and skilled wingers like Brighton's Mitoma or in games against managers who know to concentrate all their attacks down his flank.
I mean, he had to be substituted in the game against Brighton (playing against that same Mitoma who constantly skins him alive every time we play them) for Gomez, who's no great defender himself, because that's just how much Klopp considers him a big risk to cost us points (and that's one of his biggest defenders in Klopp we're talking about)
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