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    liverlad
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    Razors I said I agreed with your post re Firmino & Mane poor touches, I read it wrong & thought that you were stating that they did have poor touches too.
    Whilst they both have poor touches & Firmino gets caught in midfield also, they are not as bad as Salah & they both defend much better.

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    Razor
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    I was stating that when I said “that often”. It was a comparison as opposed to saying that Mane and Firmino didn’t have any poor touches. I just don’t see them doing it as much as Salah is what I’m saying.

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    Razor
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    For me it’s not right that a player of this quality should need 1 or 2 extra touches to get a ball under control, take a heavy touch and lose control and have the balls into feet bounce off him and into the opposition’s possession. Not that he’s a bad player, it’s just he’s done a lot better in the past and this issue has been happening with increasing frequency.

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    NotoriousBingo
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    ask yourself why he is receiving the ball more than them, why does he get away with losing the ball that much, I get your point but its only halfway there… His team mates are using him more as a conduit forward than the rest and I’m not trying to take anything away from Bobby or Mane as they also bring their game into the equation but overall they get more of a change to dribble through the middle than Salah ever gets, he only has that narrow corner to get around players and when they double up on him, he needs a trick or something to get around them as it will either result with him having a scoring chance or Bobby or Mane will have arrived in the box. He could wait and hold up the ball and make the easy move but we will have lost our opportunity to strike them on the counter, he could also draw the foul but the refs are not having much of that. He is getting pulled down on the spin, having his shirt grabbed or having to run with the defender on his back. Bobby and Mane have totally different roles in the team… Also Salah is a confidence player, he can go on real scoring spree, when those lost balls turn into chances… Right now he is on 19 goals in 36 games and he is delivering in assists as well, I think he can get up to about 30 goals this season. One of the best bets around is him delivering a goal at Anfield, its ridiculous how often he scores there.

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