Mohamed Salah

[didierforever 7,349]

To be fair Senegal are right up there with Shrewsbury as one of the world's best football teams. Mo can't do it all by himself

stop hating him.

he is the egyptian messi. he just needs to be loaned out and then he will turn into superman and save us from relegation on his own accord!!!

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

To be fair Senegal are right up there with Shrewsbury as one of the world's best football teams. Mo can't do it all by himself

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I dont get why the hell we have 20-23 years old 5th choice AM, who needs playtime more than anything else and when he actualy comes in play, he cant offer almost nothing because he has no form, no play time and no experience or whatsoever. I understand if there was youth project and Salah (or whoever) was part of future, but I dont see Salah anywhere near first 11. We will probably buy 5 more AMs if required before giving Salah a real chance. Neither is he homegrown to fill that quota.

I must say, I have nothing against Salah, but its plain waste of his potential and space in squad to have him here.

An experienced, 30 years old proven AM who is ready to get a game once in a month would be better choice in those games, because he has experience how to act. Not to mention such player can help defence and attack better in crucial game, rather than someone like Salah who wouldnt even know what to do in those situations.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I don't know why people are treating him like some POS player, this is obviously a player with some talent. He scored against Chelsea 3 times (?) in 2 seasons, he also has good performances/goals on his record against the likes of Spurs and Arsenal.

I think if he leaves Chelsea, he will prove himself elsewhere like KDB. It's just more difficult for young players who don't play regularly to step in and perform, and atm his confidence level is probably at its lowest point.

[Tomo 21,733]

I don t understand the stick he gets.

Last season when he got a run of games he was pretty decent (and for the sudden Moses lovers out there, he was not getting any play time for Liverpool due to beyond dreadful performance) not amazing level but enough to suggest he could be a good squad player here.

This season he has made carling cup starts and a few sub apps here and there, while he hasn't been great it's hardly a big sample size is it?

Check out the Bosingwa, Torres, Marin and Turnbull threads, when I believe a player deserves criticism I'm one of the harshest on here I really don't hold back, I just don't believe Salah deserves as much stick as he gets.

[Liquidator 5,176]

I am to Mo Salah what Phil Driver is to John Obi Mikel

[Jase 43,479]

I am to Mo Salah what Phil Driver is to John Obi Mikel

Oh Harry, you got a lot to live up to then...

[LAM09 6,809]

Good to see some members have some sense.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

I don't know why people are treating him like some POS player, this is obviously a player with some talent. He scored against Chelsea 3 times (?) in 2 seasons, he also has good performances/goals on his record against the likes of Spurs and Arsenal.

I think if he leaves Chelsea, he will prove himself elsewhere like KDB. It's just more difficult for young players who don't play regularly to step in and perform, and atm his confidence level is probably at its lowest point.

Scoring against us twice doesn't mean anything though, I don't know why this is seen as a sign he is a good player? Cahill almost always scored against us but no one would argue he was chelsea quality. Same with Robbie keane and countless other. Also, I bet if you see the reaction at the time, we never played particularly well against Basel during these times.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Scoring against us twice doesn't mean anything though, I don't know why this is seen as a sign he is a good player? Cahill almost always scored against us but no one would argue he was chelsea quality. Same with Robbie keane and countless other. Also, I bet if you see the reaction at the time, we never played particularly well against Basel during these times.

Jermaine Beckford, Naismith, I know the list goes on and on.

Scoring against Chelsea does not prove he's Chelsea quality, but at least shows he has talent to capitalize on our mistakes.

I think he could be a decent enough super sub here, but we already have Schurrle coming off the bench every game, so Salah is restricted to playing once every month.

It's just not fair on him, when he still has aspects of his game to work and develop. IMO.

[Jase 43,479]

Jermaine Beckford, Naismith, I know the list goes on and on.

Scoring against Chelsea does not prove he's Chelsea quality, but at least shows he has talent to capitalize on our mistakes.

That part doesn't sound right at all.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Emile Heskey and Robbie Fowler scored against us. They ended up in Australia.

William Gallas both played for us and scored against us. He ended up in Australia.

Damien Duff played for us and was a winger. He ended up playing in Australia.

Mo Salah?...

[Sheva. 5,373]

Btw i've seen Moses' name on this thread a few time, let's not forget Moses was shit under similar circumstances at Liverpool. Now look at him for Stoke where he feels important again and is playing regularly.

That part doesn't sound right at all.

It's pretty straightforward, at least say why it doesn't sound right.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Andrew Mangan, a 28 year old who has never played higher than the third tier of English football and was released by part-time Hyde FC in the sixth tier a few years ago scored against us when playing for Shrewsbury.

To be fair he still looked better than Mo Salah that night...

[Jase 43,479]

Btw i've seen Moses' name on this thread a few time, let's not forget Moses was shit under similar circumstances at Liverpool. Now look at him for Stoke where he feels important again and is playing regularly.

It's pretty straightforward, at least say why it doesn't sound right.

To say he has the talent to capitalize on our mistakes is like saying anybody who manages to capitalize on our mistakes is talented and that includes people like Shane Long, Jozy Altidore, Connor Wickham etc.

[Jase 43,479]

Andrew Mangan, a 28 year old who has never played higher than the third tier of English football and was released by part-time Hyde FC in the sixth tier a few years ago scored against us when playing for Shrewsbury.

To be fair he still looked better than Mo Salah that night...

Boy, you are really trying, aren't you? Still got a long long LONG way to go reach Phil's level.

[Sheva. 5,373]

To say he has the talent to capitalize on our mistakes is like saying anybody who manages to capitalize on our mistakes is talented and that includes people like Shane Long, Jozy Altidore, Connor Wickham etc.

Altidore scored a shitty tap in goal, my comment was solely about Salah seeing how he played and the different type of goals he scored.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Agree that scoring against us, should not be a measurement for us to sign one player.

But actually Salah was very good back then. I quoted this from wiki

'He won the Swiss Super League in his first season with Basel, and was awarded the CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year in 2012. In 2013, he was awarded the SAFP Golden Player award for being the best player in the Swiss Super League'

Someone will said 'it is only Swiss league ffs', okay, but you must be something to be awarded CAF most promising african talent, not only because he scored against us.