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Liverpool’s midfield needs #IntelligentEngines. The question is what kind of metal survives the machine. Ayyoub Bouaddi is raw ore. Alex Scott is the tempered blade. Ore is seductive because it lets you dream. Before the furnace, before the hammer, before the edge is drawn, you can imagine anything. But ore is still only potential. The blade is less romantic, but it has already been through fire. It has taken its shape. It has met resistance. Ore carries possibility. The blade carries consequence. The fight is now. Bouaddi, 18, has the sort of base that makes scouts lean forward: clean feet, surprising duel strength, and real progression upside. He matches Scott closely on total progression (45th vs 44th), edges him on progression via passes (25th vs 21st) and pass accuracy (38th vs 15th), and leads in defensive ground duels (85th vs 70th) and aerial duels (75th vs 68th). There is real metal here. But Scott has the edge. Defensive impact (84th vs 39th), defensive actions (89th vs 82nd), final product (65th vs 40th), and Total VAEP (57th vs 12th) all point the same way. Bouaddi gives you the material. Scott is already cutting. The defensive maps tell the same story. Bouaddi does not hide: 59 tackles, 62 interceptions or blocked passes, 151 recoveries across 25.9 90s, spread through central zones. That is encouraging. Yet Scott is doing the dirtier work in dirtier places: 60 tackles, 67 interceptions, 195 recoveries, 85 clearances, stronger box protection, and 31.8 Premier League 90s of contact. This is where the blade has already taken blows. On the ball, the gap is not in broad volume. Both sit at 1.5 progressive carries per 90; Bouaddi has 2.2 progressive passes per 90, Scott 2.1. Bouaddi is clean, vertical, and secure. Scott, though, gets into more places where the next action hurts. More final-third threat. More end product. More value. That is the difference between metal and weapon. Scott already delivers the full sequence: #RegainCarryCreate. Bouaddi is close on regain and carry, but the create and total value sides still lag. Bouaddi is tomorrow’s metal. Scott is today’s weapon. For the next two seasons, Scott is the sharper fit: Premier League-ready and battle-tested, able to strengthen the engine room immediately while Bouaddi is still being tempered.

@c43l4n_ A club saying £80m doesn’t mean it’s £80m.

@Doc_A_I Scott is way too expensive.

Liverpool’s midfield needs #IntelligentEngines. The question is what kind of metal survives the machine. Ayyoub Bouaddi is raw ore. Alex Scott is the tempered blade. Ore is seductive because it lets you dream. Before the furnace, before the hammer, before the edge is drawn, you can imagine anything. But ore is still only potential. The blade is less romantic, but it has already been through fire. It has taken its shape. It has met resistance. Ore carries possibility. The blade carries consequence. The fight is now. Bouaddi, 18, has the sort of base that makes scouts lean forward: clean feet, surprising duel strength, and real progression upside. He matches Scott closely on total progression (45th vs 44th), edges him on progression via passes (25th vs 21st) and pass accuracy (38th vs 15th), and leads in defensive ground duels (85th vs 70th) and aerial duels (75th vs 68th). There is real metal here. But Scott has the edge. Defensive impact (84th vs 39th), defensive actions (89th vs 82nd), final product (65th vs 40th), and Total VAEP (57th vs 12th) all point the same way. Bouaddi gives you the material. Scott is already cutting. The defensive maps tell the same story. Bouaddi does not hide: 59 tackles, 62 interceptions or blocked passes, 151 recoveries across 25.9 90s, spread through central zones. That is encouraging. Yet Scott is doing the dirtier work in dirtier places: 60 tackles, 67 interceptions, 195 recoveries, 85 clearances, stronger box protection, and 31.8 Premier League 90s of contact. This is where the blade has already taken blows. On the ball, the gap is not in broad volume. Both sit at 1.5 progressive carries per 90; Bouaddi has 2.2 progressive passes per 90, Scott 2.1. Bouaddi is clean, vertical, and secure. Scott, though, gets into more places where the next action hurts. More final-third threat. More end product. More value. That is the difference between metal and weapon. Scott already delivers the full sequence: #RegainCarryCreate. Bouaddi is close on regain and carry, but the create and total value sides still lag. Bouaddi is tomorrow’s metal. Scott is today’s weapon. For the next two seasons, Scott is the sharper fit: Premier League-ready and battle-tested, able to strengthen the engine room immediately while Bouaddi is still being tempered.

@DanielJ1920 @jd_courage40739

@Doc_A_I @jd_courage40739

Well, thank fuck

@ZaanTalksFooty So we’re all Palace fans now.

@Doc_A_I He’s ours unfortunately for them 🫣

Tonali to Spurs makes sense on profile. He can help control the middle that they lacked all season, progresses the ball cleanly, and gives De Zerbi a midfielder who suits his build-up game quite well. Where he’d really help is the duels. Spurs were too easy to play through; Tonali wins his battles, which adds the steel that midfield was missing 💪 But I would be surprised if he picked Spurs over City/Arsenal 🧐

@raylang1708 Yes.

@Doc_A_I What if both jones and mac leaves the we could actually get them both right?

@hassinator ‘Richard Hughes is confident that Andoni Iraola will assess the squad and find it stockpiled with talent to mount a credible title challenge. The club also does not want to block the pathways of Joe Gomez, Harvey Elliott, Watsru Endo and Federico Chiesa’.

@Doc_A_I he had his first summer off so dicky Hughes can get his finger out this year 😊

@hassinator Yup. Both would be fine. But need to then move Mac and Jones both. Lots to do then.

@Doc_A_I all good points though bouaddi output exceptional at three years younger. Scott has the added advantage to knowing Iraoloa’s system. wonder if we fancy both? bouaddi would be a much cheaper deal than archie gray of whom im a fan.

Alex Scott: Progressive & Defensive Actions.

Ryan Gravenberch will be revitalised in 26/27. In 24/25 he was already hitting the thresholds Liverpool needed: 74th percentile for defensive actions, 81st for progression via carries, 88th pass accuracy and 70th Total VAEP. An #IntelligentEngine in the making. By 25/26, even as the team underperformed, the profile properly clicked. He became an incredibly secure operator: rarely coughing up the ball under pressure, making sharp decisions in tight spaces, and showing genuine composure in possession. Elite hold-up play, the ability to inject momentum, and the intelligence to know exactly when to reset or drive. That is the midfielder Liverpool needs. He wins the first contact, survives the duel, and turns the next action into territory. #RegainCarryCreate. Data and visuals via @pranav_m28 and @ScoutLabApp. Their work makes this analysis possible.

@Carl_M79 His ragebait for Arsenal and Bayern is 10/10.

'...officials increasingly convinced that the destination is either Liverpool FC, the crown jewel of English football, or Arsenal FC, the North London set-piece dependency project.' 😅

@JHFootballAgent @David_Ornstein 😂😂😂😂

Once again, my exclusive has been stolen by @David_Ornstein. I called Pierre Sage and his three year deal two weeks ago. My sources told me the deal was done. I was the first to break the news. I am really upset that again, my work will continue to be stolen by journalists with bigger followings. #CPFC #RCLens

@Carl_M79 @MWilcoxlfc7 It's the cost, Carl. They'll ask for £30m, he then will likely ask for £150k per week. No resale value either. Is a lot for a player due to turn 30 in a few months time. Would rather put that money towards a younger player.

@Doc_A_I @MWilcoxlfc7 Bowen would be fine as a squad player. Could cover wide and central forward positions.

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@MWilcoxlfc7 @Carl_M79 I would rather gouge my eyes out than get Bowen. Nice player, totally the wrong age profile. And this recruitment team holds onto players til they're shrivelled prunes. So he'd end up being here till he's 45.

@Carl_M79 And/or Bowen.

@michaelevansuk @MoSalah (This is a joke).

@michaelevansuk @MoSalah Come on, Mo. Keep your winless at a World Cup record going. Then blame the coach for it.

Come on Mohamed . For old times sake. Oh, and happy birthday @MoSalah

@Kish_P14 Where do you find these pages.

Yes yes yes

@YouKnwDutch Don’t lump me in with them.

@Doc_A_I we are obese, you guys are skinny fat and flabby

Yes, extremely