Scotland fans have been gushing with praise on Twitter over Liam's performance on Thursday against Moldova. The Daily Record described it "as a strong showing at the back from the Leeds skipper, he won all his duels. Came close to adding a third when his header was cleared off the line". It's great to see our captain finally getting the praise he rightly deserves. Over the last five seasons, he's improved year upon year. And it's not just his defensive qualities, his passing rate is top notch, and he starts more attacks from he back than anyone. I've highlighted before that the Daily Mirror have already rated him as one of the top performing centre backs in the premiership, and the stats back that up.
https://www.premierleague.com/players/3622/Liam-Cooper/stats?co=1&se=418
well said bb
How many times have we all looked at players in the past (many of them sadly) in white jersey's not giving two flying fcks?, Not even breaking sweat??
How many times have we all said "i don't care if we are beaten so long as the players put a shift in and left everything on the pitch"? How many times? and for how many seasons? Thankfully that cant be and shouldn't be fired at this current crop of players.
Now how many times can Cooper be accused of not trying?
and that's just the on the field stuff,
now look at the work / commitment / desire / passion that Cooper delivers off the pitch @ TA, in the community, all around the city of Leeds (schools / hospitals / youth groups / etc) they are immeasurable but as bb rightly points to he imprints the LUFC DNA into other guys.