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Karl Coppack

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
189 total appearances

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The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

How many midfielders?

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

I understand the point.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

Do you think some people have been a little bit harsh on Frimpong at right-back at times?

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

He's not perfect, he's not incredibly defensively solid, but he does provide something in that team, that extreme quality, which nobody else does.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

And that can be effective in games.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

I mean, it was only three months ago we were talking about, well, Frimpong literally ran this game from right-back because of that pace that he has.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

Yeah, and I think there's a big issue with Frimpong in the sense that he's very horses for courses.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

So for me, if he comes up against somebody who is quick and strong, he's almost ineffective.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

Like when he came up against Jed Spence, right?

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

You just couldn't get past him.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

And he doesn't have another trick in the locker.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

So we can't have Frimpong as our right back for every single game or as our right winger for every single game.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

But there's no way to me that there's no game... Jeff Spencer was playing right wing though, wasn't he?

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

He was, but then, yeah.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

So what I mean is what he does is incredible and it's an incredible quality, but it is the same thing every time.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

If somebody kind of directs that, then that's slightly different.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

Whereas if he's coming up against, I don't know, like Matt Target next season, he's not because he plays for Middlesbrough, but you know what I mean.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

You can see how Frimpong can get the better of him, just give him a horrible time.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

For me, there isn't a world in which next season there is no games where that incredible frimpong quality isn't useful for us.

The Anfield Wrap
Wingers & Full Backs: The Gutter

But I totally agree with the point of Bradley's not coming back and we don't know what player Bradley's going to be when he does come back.