re: OFFICIAL Liverpool FC 2015-2016 Season Long Thread: Basel Bound!

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Is he though? What is his best position? Does he play there? What formations suit him best? He's not really a number 10. He's really more of a false 9. He's fricking brilliant, I'll give you that, but I don't see losing him and what he brings in the same sense that I viewed losing Suarez.

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To me, Cou's importance goes past tactics and play, to an extent. I agree completely he gets lost in a lot of matches, and is a tweener when it comes to true position, but to me, he seems to be a key cog in the team chemistry. He kinda brings the older crowd together with the new batch of young guys. He and Firmino seem to be the gel that holds the team chemistry together. While I understand Klopp can be cut throat at times, I think chemistry can be as important as tactic or talent. Ask Leicester. Yes it can be built up over time, but how many times will we be starting from scratch in regards to chemistry? BR was a continuous torturous cycle of it, and to start Klopps reign it took us a while to find our groove. But to end the campaign, we had a ton of chemistry with guys playing well together. I would hate to ship off a central part of that.