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[CCTV]

Luis Diaz is now 7 goals and 4 assists in 12 games at his new club.

Unlike Cody - who is decent but nothing more - he isn’t mainly popping up on the end of a move crafted by others to tap home. He is defending from the front - winning the ball back - driving at teams and causing them to fracture, This is before we look at the numbers. Harry Kane thinks it’s Christmas and he’s been left alone in the house with the Turkey.

Great win last night and we looked much better … but we are massively missing this fella.

Bayern fans believe they have signed the best in Europe btw

So why didn't gakpo start every game but Diaz? as you know best.

Both Diaz & Gakpo started more than half of our PL games last year in our title winning season.
Gakpo had 23 starts & Diaz 28.

Gakpo played 57% of all PL minutes & Diaz played 70% of all minutes.

Gakpo played 61.5% of the minutes when available, missing 3 PL games with a knock.

Can you explain how you calculated Gakpo as having been on the bench mostly in our title winning season ?

[miller0863]

When under the cosh, particularly away from home, Diaz was a great out ball, Gakpo isn’t that kind of player. We have missed that this season

[Steveo]

When under the cosh, particularly away from home, Diaz was a great out ball, Gakpo isn’t that kind of player. We have missed that this season

Correct..

[CCTV]

The stat men are comparing the stats of players who sacrifice themselves up against those who largely slow down the attack - allow teams to spring counters of their slow and ponderous play and turn up to 'slot' (intended) home when others do what they should be doing themselves.

Now that is no slight on Cody - I have seen him many times live and he can be more than decent, but he can also create half our problems - and they don't show up on the statometer the hacks want to present.

Diaz was top level. Anyone who doesn't see that - that's fine.. we all see things differently .. but know that you don;'t have a eye

You predicted an utterly collapse in the post Klopp era based on the quality of players left to Slot. Your eye is the most cockeyed eye in football

[Steveo]

"an utterly collapse"..? Aw poor fella... I predicted a slump - not "an utterly collapse".
I even suggested 15 points from our first 10 games was a distinct possibility, but Klopp's players went on and kept going for most of the season, and took the title.

Sadly for you the club seems to have thought similar to me. that the squad needed major surgery.. It didn't - it needed beefing up. but that's another story..

Are you going to keep bringing up my prediction every time your opinions are ridiculed? Because. we are gong to have to suffer that an awful lot. Rinse and repeat - add a little more by twisting the words each time.. The usual shyte from mr Herny's knob-jocky the F$G Fan Boi..

I could mention the countless times you said we were on course for the title as we approached Christmas 2020. YOur steadfast belief that th squad was massive and that there was no need to replace the senior CB we sold without a response..

But I don't... it's boring..like you... and as most of us know, your opinions on this sport are akin to a 5 year old.

Keep the faith and Cody will outdo Salah yet again this season..

[Steveo]

For the lads who seemingly don't actualy know


Here's Luis doing nothing much in 23/24

[Steveo]

And here again while he was out injured and we were shyte... from a YouTube clip titled
'This is why Liverpool Miss Luis Diaz in 2023"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3VYGrRvXZkA





and this doesn't even touch on what he delivered defensively - winning the ball back and the sheer threat he offered, something only Ekitike is reproducing a bit of at the moment.

The fact is despite arriving into a team with Salah Bobby and MAne and Jota - he was an instant hit.. WHY? because he was dynamite.. he suffered a horrible double injury yet still in his relatively short time here he was hugely influential and important to the the team.. He hasn't been replaced.

The end.

[CCTV]

Luis Diaz is now 7 goals and 4 assists in 12 games at his new club.

Unlike Cody - who is decent but nothing more - he isn’t mainly popping up on the end of a move crafted by others to tap home. He is defending from the front - winning the ball back - driving at teams and causing them to fracture, This is before we look at the numbers. Harry Kane thinks it’s Christmas and he’s been left alone in the house with the Turkey.

Great win last night and we looked much better … but we are massively missing this fella.

Bayern fans believe they have signed the best in Europe btw

You started out with Goals and assists...

Diaz unlike Cody.... your claim.

You've then been told that Gakpo has outperformed Diaz for goals & assists at LFC over their respective careers at LFC,
Last season in our title winning side...
And in the PL exclusively Gakpo has outperformed Diaz.

Now after pointing to goals and assists as the metric of Diaz, unlike Cody...
And having been shown that Gakpo has outperformed Diaz for Goals & Assists...

I can see why your big mad

And yes, forever.

[Steveo]

Mate, seriously? You’re still clinging to that Goals and Assists report? It’s genuinely hilarious. You've convinced yourself that Cody Gakpo....the master of the perfectly placed tap-in - is a better footballer because he’s got a few more receipts in the final third. You are confusing a tidy finisher with a World-Class Force of Nature, and the sheer weight of reality is crushing your argument.

The debate isn't about who cleaned up more easy chances; it's about who makes Liverpool win. Let's look at the only metric that truly reflects a player's fundamental value: the Team Win Percentage. The difference is brutal: Luis Díaz has a higher overall win rate than Gakpo in the league, despite the universe actively trying to stop him.

And here is the context that absolutely destroys your point: Díaz achieved that higher win percentage while battling through the most unimaginable adversity. Gakpo has enjoyed relative stability and consistency since he arrived. Díaz, on the other hand, had his career derailed by two separate, horrific knee injuries that stole an entire season from him, shattering his momentum. But even more gut-wrenching, he had to play football—and scored a crucial equalizer against Luton, by the way...while his father was held captive by kidnappers.

When you weigh all that up - the double injury, the mental trauma, the sheer pressure - and Luis Díaz still has a superior influence on the final result, what does that tell you? It tells you that his raw pace, his relentless press, and his ability to turn a game single-handedly are assets Gakpo simply doesn't possess. Gakpo is a beneficiary of the system; Díaz is the ignition switch. He's the player who frightens defenders, dictates the tempo, and embodies the fighting spirit of the club. You can keep your spreadsheet, mate. I'll stick with the player whose mere presence means we win more often, no matter what personal hell he's fighting through. Díaz is simply built different.

Forever.

[Kev0909]

Stevo mate, you're wasting your breathe

He said gakpo had a better season than salah last season, remember.

He's obviously got a thing for him, it's a bit weird at this point

I think he's just trolling