He's become the new scapegoat for Liverpool fans, only he got the blame for thar loss. Ridiculous, with 16 g/a as a 5th choice attacker is insane, I personally believe in gakpo and he will come good

Cody has scored many crunch goals....it's just a bad phase that shall pass

I remember when Cody just joined us he appeared very intellectual and mature for me. As Jürgen said Cody is the oldest 24 yrs old player he's ever seen. The quality is there. If he is struggling, someone else should share the blame.

It's not about him being bad. It's the lack of workrate and intensity fans pick up on. Liverpool fans notoriously love any player who works their ass off. See Kuyt, Lucas, Endo, Nunez.

We saw this with Firmino under Rodgers, a little tweak in his positioning from a new coach will make a difference.

Gakpo doesnt deserve the critisicm he gets....😐

I think he is unselfish and plays in any place Jurgan asks him to! Fantastic player

Nunez gave away the ball which was the equilazer and he did not perform at all. Now every one is blaming Gakpo for the loss???

Gakpo was a player Liverpool needed at the time, with Nunez still adjusting. Now that Nunez is the 9, Gakpo doesn’t give the tenacity and discipline that Diaz has. I still believe in Gakpo and the new manager could see him as the 9 or fulcrum of the attack. He’s not bad but he’s not been a hit as well

Just a phase…. Need him and Graven to step it up for final run in. Has potential to be a Henry

I really like Gakpo, I dont understand the hate for him. Every player has a run of terrible form, but they almost always find it again, and when Gakpo is on form he is dangerous.

I think many are forgetting that this is either the debut season for some players for Liverpool, debut season in the EPL or adjusting to rotating frequently instead of playing week in, week out (assuming the player isn't injured, of course). Most of us didn't expect Liverpool to be this monstrous with the midfield rebuild and young talent coming in (having won one trophy already) and hell, I'd go as far as to say most of us didn't expect some or all the newer players to come in like a freight train and run over opponents (Szobo, Macca, Endo, Bradley, etc) and yet here we are so even though I too get frustrated with some of them making the wrong decision before turning the ball over to the opponents, a part of me expects it because again, many of them were not expected to hit Halaand or Salah levels in their debut seasons. And side note, beating Chelsea in the Caraboa final was heavily celebrated because honestly, most of us Liverpool fans didn't expect them to win it (harsh, I know but it's true) and if Liverpool had lost, most of us and neutral fans would've expected Chelsea to win anyway. As for United in the FA cup, this one hurts more because we were expected to win (even though it's Old Trafford) because we had the better run of form and United have been as topsy turvy as a drunk stripper during happy hour this season and even their own fans had low expectations going in so when they won it, their reaction was understandable because they were the underdogs going in and I'm not going to use the Europa league match on the Thursday before as an excuse (while United, much like Chelsea with the Caraboa cup final) had a week to rest and prepare) because I don't understand why Klopp played many of the first team he had available in the Europa match because you could see some of them was clearly fatigued in the United game. We had Sparta beaten already 5 - 1 (there's no way in hell they could have scored 4 or 5 unanswered goals at Anfield, even with a younger side like Lewis, Clark, Danns, maybe Adrian in goal) so why did Klopp field or bring on the starters just before the trip to Old Trafford? Anyway, I'm not mad about the FA cup result and I'm not mad about missing out on the quadruple because I prioritized the league and Europa even before Klopp's announcement.... I'm just disappointed

Gakpo is a brilliant player especially if we are playing against a team with a low block

Cody❤

Its no surprise. Even Nunez was heavily criticized towards the end of last year for not scoring but he was able to make an impressive comeback this year. Gakpo needs to step up. But its also unfortunate since he shares his natural position with Diaz and Diaz is the number 1 preference.

When u say the fans…. It’s not the match going fans,they know his class.The 2 goals he scored against Utd … cutting inside & smashing it into the corner & then the delicate chip …. Football is art & this guy paints a pretty picture …if u can’t see that then your just a stat merchant

Gakpo has developed a mental complex with the emergence of Danns. He was comfortable until Danns got that double in the FA cup. He needs to refocus on the tasks at hand. Klopp has built LFC into a rotation machine where anyone can fill in for the other.! Time for all to refocus and get back to winning ways and rund the rest of the schedule with 10 straight wins!

I felt that. I'm one of those who have been critical...after this awesome analysis I wish for him to stay and get the best out of him, it is just a phase, he is talented he will shine, do coaches even watch ths smart reviews?

Another quality vid 👌🏽

I am all for Gakpo...

he's done well but he can improve. Dont write him off, support him.

Nah, he’s actually buns

No problem.

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

he is not even strugling he has 1 less goal than jota and 1 more than diaz. He is just in some bad form atm.

Blame it on headloss!

Last year it was Robbo and Gomez getting ripped apart for no reason, now it's Gakpo. Quite funny that everyone loves Robbo and Gomez again this year. Just people always wanting to hate and blame for no reason.

The hate hes getting because this guy lately has been playing like an absolute fridge, his pace is gone, Dalot got to the ball before him and he was ahead. He cannot win a header from a lobbed pass, despite being 6"4 in height, contrast to Endo whos 5"10 and has the headers win for a DM this season and not to forget his agility has been in the mud, constantly loses the ball and poor decision making in the passing department. I will still support him as hes one of our players, but hes fallen way off the mark from last season.

He's started in every game we've lost this season...

We let Untied score 4 goals against us - this fact isn't Gakpos fault. We scored 3 goals, that should be enough but wasn't due to our own msitakes.

Only a small group are moaning ,the rest can see

Form. Temporary. Class. Permanent.

Honestly don't see anything bad about his season. He got goals and assists... The Epl is a difficult league even when deployed to his favorite role, he would still struggle.

Main issue with Gakpo is he does not leave it all out on the field every game, he seems like hes always conserving energy for something but never goes full tilt. Earlier on he showed more passion with bursts of speed and challenges but recently that has changed imo.

I think the current system, moving towards a traditional 9 with Nuñez rather than a false 9 like Bobby, doesn't help Gakpo because he isn't really a tricky winger like Diaz, nor is he an out-and-out striker. But he is clearly a good enough player, albeit his lack of minutes limits how comfortable he looks on the pitch sometimes. I personally think he couldn't be more perfect for Alonso's current Leverkusen tactic in one of the 'free 10s'. Given the freedom to roam in the space betweent the oppositions defence and midfield, as well as drifting wide, could suit him perfectly and return him to being a focal point like he was at PSV due to his clever movement and liking to use his first touch on the turn. At the same time, I think it would be to Diaz' detriment as more of a direct winger he may not suit having to play more in central areas. Either way, one game where he came on as a sub and didn't do much at a time the whole team was poor is not going to be my yard stick for whether he has a long future at the club or not.

When his played at LW his looked good...can't blame for being out of position

The fact that he is pinpointed for losing to Man U, and not mix up of Elliot and Diaz, is irrelevant. We want UCL top seed in 24/25! Actually, Gakpo saved our legs for EPL & UEL top spot challenges. Winning both or one will get us the seeds. I thought he was playing increasingly better his last 6 games: from hopeless to respectable. Keep the faith!

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Gakpo definitely has the talent. It's just the system we play. Salah and Diaz stay wide, so we need a central presence in the box. It used to be Mane and Salah playing as inside forwards, so Bobby could drop. Not anymore.

Not a liverpool fan, but considering the number of chances given to Darwin, people attacking Cody are hypocrites

they did doubt Nunez but currently they are saying otherwise so am not worried he is fine

It seems only media types are calling Gakpo. I've not seen or heard the same anywhere else.

Klopp and the training staff completely destroyed his confidence when they started playing him in midfield. Stuff he would have done automatically before now take that one second longer.

All he needs to do is get involved in play again and stop second guessing himself in front of goal. His decisiveness is what got him all those goals last year

Liverpool cannot utilize him as a focal point because he is very poor with his head

He's so inconsistent and flits in and out of games, often choosing the wrong options eg. shooting instead of passing etc. He's not terrible, but neither has he impressed. He's consistently inconsistent. Not worth £44m based on his performances so far but lets hope he comes good eventually...

I'm getting tired of the snide remarks about gakkers, lucho, back when bobby was with us. We need to stand together and stop bickering.

Gakpo is an undoubted talent but yet to show his ability at Liverpool. Yes he is played out of position but he can be infuriating at times and needs to perform better when starting games. A great asset on the bench nonetheless.

I think he cant give over 🙄 Go on bro

Change the manager they will cook

Gakpo’s languid running style doesn’t look good on the eye. He’s surrounded by teammates zipping around and it makes him appear extremely lazy - lacking in intensity - odd man out. He may well be giving 💯 but looks like he CBA 🤷🏾‍♂️

I'm ok with gokpo, some people just complain because they can.

Gakpo will turn it around the evidence from last season showed that... but just like others players have and will have he's going through bad form it happens .. but it seems to be a trend to continuously hammer players when they're low on confidence

It's not that he's bad imo, I honestly jyst don't see how he fits the current setup in a consistent manner. When he's good, he's great, but it truly feels like a coin flip every game.

Gakpo is too technical for fast paced Liverpool. I hope he switches club and thrives somewhere else

Nah. Gakpo is struggling because he tendency to drop and ask fit the ball to feet is but a good fit because the midfield, especially with Macca in the 8, is able to get between the lines. So he's ending up in the spaces that the 8s want. The creativity in mid needs an outlet, so penetrating runs are more valuable and productive than playing in the hole. This is true both in the wings and through the middle in the current version of the Liverpool attack.

every time i see him play or do anything i just think he looks like a winger 100%, the only reason he’d be a striker is cus he’s tall or cus he’s good at shooting but that isn’t gonna be wasted on the wing cus with trent and robbo at fullback he can win headers at the back post, fullbacks in the prem are often under 6 foot so they’d struggle to mark him. I think he struggles to turn in the middle cus he’s not good at checking his shoulder before he gets the ball which he can work on for sure but getting out wide with ur man infront of u looks way more comfortable for him

No problem here! klopp doesn’t evening play him in his favourite position. Most people hating on him are not Liverpool fans🙏🏽🙏🏽

cody is going through a patch, but he has also been out of position in most of his games he will be okay but it just sucks because he need him now

i think he’ll be the backup LW for diaz as that’s his best position then diaz will probably go to barca in the next couple years and that left wing spot will be seen as gakpos until he proves he’s not good enough there which i don’t think he’ll do

Gakpo would thrive at Left Wing to be honest

He cost £37mil. Already got something wrong in the first 10 seconds

He's been our 5th choice attacker and has more g/a than diaz while playing in multiple positions he's been fine idk y people are hating

Gakpo and Gravenberch will be the type of players Xabi Alonso relies on, if he becomes our next manager. I’ve no doubt both will flourish under a manager like Alonso.

I back Gakpo silence the noise

i think he'd just be better being played off the left, instead of being moved around all the time

It’s tough for the kid… I think it’s a case of square pegs, and round holes… Edwards’ greatest skill has been recruiting players that play in a manner in line with the manager’s philosophy… Cody is nowhere near a bust… I don’t think LFC have worked out how best to use him…

Disrupts the attack too much and selfish at crucial times

This is aging really well

Its nunes fans those critisizing him, they are trying to hide nunes mistakes

his best position is left winger. too bad we already have luis diaz there.

I think he could be a good false 9

I hope you’re right because currently this man a tree on the field.

Liverpool fans online r just hyperbolic - he will come good . I would sell Diaz while his value is silly and give gakpo the left where he has a higher ceiling. Then reinvest. The same people who will call this crazy will slate Diaz when he eventually has a stretch of over dribbling and poor decision making. I wouldn’t sell Diaz in an ideal world but it could be lucrative

Nope I’m keeping him all day

For me gapko is better finisher than diaz. We need him in LW

Gakpo would be better than diaz on the left diaz is a good dribbler but not finisher

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Nunez took more flak than this guy. All Gakpo goals are far post tap ins.

Gakpo is being despised by Liverpool fans cos he's lazy and lacks intensity Endo is not the best passer of the ball or best clean ball winning DM like Paulinha, but cos of his work rate,running tireless for 90 mins he is loved by Liverpool fans

He’s not that bad when Nunez was a flop people were still defending him why not Gakpo?

He does not press!!! Even as a substitute, he comes on and I see Eilliot, Diaz all running their guts out to press, and I see Gakpo casually jogging around...

I hate how Nunez has to move to LW just for this doof to play central🚮

Not at all

He cant finish though.

Panic buying 😂

He wasn't all that before we signed him, despite the media hype and he's not all that whilst he's been with us! The last 3 months, he has been very poor 😡 He was a bad signing!

Gakpo needs more game time, he is a good player for Liverpool.

Nunez is still pretty lackluster

Fuck you talking about, he’s doing fine Thankyou!

People hating on diaz makes me desire him to leave to man city

Gakpo is not good at anything. He is not being called out enough for being the worst flop in history amongst keita and markovic. He's also an arrogant slime

I want him and Gravenberch out, terrible Ljnders signings

Cuz hes useless

He was 37 mil quid transfer, and he doesn't even run anymore, he's done. Hope Edwards minimizes the loss in the summer