I still think we need to get rid of a couple more. Llanna (we have mane coutinho firmino plus youngsters playing for the same positions) sturridge he is no doubt our best striker but commitment/injury issues I think we should cash in whilst we can. We have orgi ings benteke mane firmino who can all play in that position. Ballo - nothing needs to be said. I think we should keep Allen he has been a useful player the last 6 months
Unless Firmino was settling in last season, i don't think he was anywhere top
Firmino in his first season far better than say Eriksen at Spurs or Willian at Chelsea. If he shows the same improvement this season we have a very special player.
mane will help firmino improve. I'm not sure whether he (pessimistic) will show the same (rapid) improvement this season? while he's a very technically gifted player, he needs to improve his off the ball movement/on the ball strength, we need to see more of him in possession and what he can do. I hope we can get him linking up with the forward in future, making more tackles/inters and scoring goals, lallana is a very different number ten to him in the sense he likes to retain the ball more and play short passes. with firmino we've got someone who is more explosive who will sometimes run behind the striker like gerrard did sometimes.
(response to g just because we aren't getting the best out of someone doesn't mean they are still settling in, but we have been in transition many times so it's difficult to get them in their best form).
