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1st February 2021
04:42pm GMT

Probably someone who has watched him play, Paul, but I digress.
He continues, referencing Schalke's record of just one Bundesliga win all season, and its impact on that most intangible and overused of football terms - mentality.
"You're coming from a losing mentality to a winning mentality, which is difficult," he said. "Let's be honest, at Schalke they're expecting to lose every week. One win all season. They're probably one of the last teams to win out of all the big leagues around Europe. "If Liverpool had drawn with West Ham last night - which would've been a decent result given their injuries - you'd go 'that wasn't very good for Liverpool' Because it's Liverpool. "If Schalke go out and draw with somewhere - with Hoffenheim or somewhere like that - it's party time."Merson then revealed that he was worried when he heard - with his ears - that Kabak was physical. "That worried me. In this day and age, with centre-halves, those days are long gone from steaming into the back of a forward," he said. "So he might have to change his game there, but he's a young kid. You've got to remember he's going to be working with the best in the world with Virgil Van Dijk, and the best goalkeeper in Alisson." We're not going to pass much judgement here, other than it is nice to listen to people speak about players they have actually seen. And that point about moving from a losing mentality to a losing one, let us not forget that Andy Robertson joined Liverpool from who? That's right. Hull City.
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