03 Dec 2017 15:29:47
Liverpool this season so far:
Salah: 17 goals, 2 assists
Firmino: 10 goals, 4 assists
Coutinho: 5 goals, 6 assists
Mane: 5 goals, 4 assists.

{Ed001's Note - you have not included the Champions League qualifiers then I guess as Bobby has 11 and 1 was scored in them. Not sure about the other stats and how they would be affected, just know about Bobby's as I was looking them up earlier to check a post.}

1.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 15:53:51
i wouldn't swap our attacking unit for anybodies. I like aoc in a Liverpool shirt, great little, industrious player with goals in him too. It still scares me when we sit deep and try to defend, asking for trouble. if we had carried on attacking Chelsea I think we would have got the win. Spurs are over rated imo, mainly coz they have a few decent England players but they are now sitting in a more relative position, I don't think arsenal will do enough to make top 4. I think we are now looking at the four teams who qualify for ucl next year. I think Liverpool can make second this year

well played lads.

2.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:08:36
As Chris Hughton said yesterday our attacking line up is as good as City’s.
Wouldn’t swap or sell any of the Fab Four.

{Ed002's Note - Even if a couple of them wanted to go.}

3.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:14:35
Couple of them ed? Phil and .

{Ed002's Note - As I have explained already Salah has asked his agent to talk to Real Madrid about any interest they might have in them, particularly given they are already planning on brining in two well known high-profile wide players.}

4.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:21:24
Can we assume that the Salah to Madrid rumours have some substance behind them Ed002?

{Ed002's Note - Salah seems to be keen enough on the idea to have his agent approach them but Real Madid have two high-profile wide targets. He will also have a contract demand which I suspect Real Madrd would be unwilling to match.}

5.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:46:27
Not surprised by the Salah to Real link at all. I genuinely thought he wanted to be at the club for the long haul but its so obvious now that all decent players see LFC as no more than a stepping stone to the big 2 in La Liga.
Was really hoping we could keep Salah for a couple of seasons at least considering I read somewhere that he was a LFC fan and Egypt has a huge LFC fan following. Guess it all counts for nothing if the team does not challenge for major honours on a regular basis.

6.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:51:24
Salah hasn't even unpacked his suitcase yet he is already looking at his options! Charming.

7.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:49:32
Question for Ed002:
Who are Real's two high profile targets for the wide positions? Really hope they get who ever it is they want. Its back to another rebuilding job for Klopp if Salah and Coutinho leave next summer.

{Ed002's Note - Neymar and Hazard.}

8.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 16:59:19
As much as I love ed2, he just made my Sunday evening rubbish. Haha.

9.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 17:15:49
If they get both Neymar and Hazard, I'm not sure how Real are going to fit those two in with Ronaldo, to be honest. Especially as Zidane plays without wide players most of the time.

{Ed002's Note - Bale and Asensio will be making way - two wide players. And the likes of Benzema and Ronaldo will be moving on soon aswell.}

10.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 17:46:07
Ed002 asensio making way? Are Madrid crazy? Would want him in any salah deal (don't want salah to go anywhere by the way) . Think salah will stay anyway cause Madrid will more than likely nab hazard. (hopefully) . Is neymar interested in going to Madrid ed002?

{Ed002's Note - Asensio will not be moving to Liverpool - they have already held discussions with another club about him. The rest of this all belongs on the European pages.}

11.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 17:55:30
If Real will let Ascensio go we should get in the queue for him without doubt

Don’t see Salah going to Madrid if they can get Neymar and Hazard but if they do go for Salah as second choice we will make good money on the deal and we move on

Really like Salah but if it’s just a short time together then so be it.

If Mo doesn’t want to stay longer then we simply move on.

We are LFC and we are a special club and if Mo doesn’t feel that then no hard feelings but maybe he doesn’t know what he is going to miss.

12.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 18:27:08
If this is true about Mo, does it say more about the club than the player? Otherwise why would our new, massively in favour and also leagues top scorer be looking to leave already? The league has only been going 3 months!

Will be gutted if he goes, with him, Can and Couts gone, we aren’t the same team.

{Ed002's Note - It is the player who is having his agent enquire about possibilities in Madrid - that is all. He is certainly not being pushed out by the club.}

13.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 18:52:26
Well then, fingers crossed Real get Neymar and Hazard. That should keep them off nabbing Salah for the next 3-4 seasons considering they will be blowing a considerable portion of their budget on those two players and another expensive forward like Dybala.

14.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 19:14:24
Just when I thought things were going well, I come on here to read this . Sounds like we will be trying to replace Can, Couts and Salah! As well as the defence. what's that horrid word again? Transition?

15.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 19:25:13
Indian buzzer nailed it in one. As long as the club are not challenging for major honours noone will stay long term. I know real Madrid are a huge draw for anyone but this is what really bugs me the posters and even fans of this club saying give karius or ward a chance in goal and I'm only using them as an example. Karius is not good enough and ward I don't care how good he was for Huddersfield last season will never make it as number 1 for a top 6 club in england. People need to seriously wake up to what's going on. De gea proves what a world class keeper does for you. He gets you points and carries the team when needed. Coutinho world class talent, firmino, salah, mane. Do yous honestly believe any of these will end there careers at Liverpool? I hope they do but they will all move on eventually like Alonso reina mascherano Torres Suarez to name a few cause the lure of winning trophies regularly appeals to them because they are winners. The lesser talents mignolet, loven, matips and so on will stay as they won't find a better club than Liverpool. All I keep hearing is transition. Its funny cause we all class Liverpool as a top club but I don't know any other top club that has gone through a nearly 30 year transition. Its getting embarrassing now. How many Chelsea, man united or man city players are leaving for the top 2 in Spain or Italy or Germany. The ones those clubs wanna sell is the answer and that's why they are were they are and we are were we are. And before people start we have spent millions since the start of the premier league so I don't wanna hear that money card nonsense. The difference is they spent well we haven't.

16.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 19:59:13
Great post IR89. Brutally honest.

17.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 21:10:13
but IR89, eventually we have to change the trend or what is even the point of turning up for a match each week? Spurs haven't won anything with their group yet, but Levy makes it so difficult to buy their players that the continuity they have from year to year increases their chances for success. Imagine if we kept Couts, Firmino, Salah Mane for another 3 years, we would actually have the chance to win silverware consistently, rather then shipping them off to Barcelona or Madrid anytime they come sniffing around. The centre backs and goalkeeper certainly need to be improved but keeping the front line intact makes it easier to convince people to come play for us.

18.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 21:18:55
Ronaldo, Costa, Naymar, Zinadine, Figo, Bale, Pogba money talks, Salah in his wildest dreams couldn't have believed how well he would do here, he's put himself in the shop window to all the top teams in the world, just hope we can get a few seasons out of him first, hell if we do well he might even want to stay.
Fingers crossed.

19.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 21:22:48
But nobody assumes harry kane will leave Spurs.
And nobody assumes Deli Ali would go.
But yet everyone assumes Liverpool would sell, because we have in the past, and this is what's wrong with the football club.

20.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 21:46:37
IR89 is right on a lot there. I think FSG see it too and that is why they refused to sell Couthino last summer as they want to change that pattern and let Klopp a team to win the league.

21.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 21:50:03
What’s the hierarchy’s view/ take ( at LFC ) on this Ed002? There’s been a couple articles written in the tabloids regarding Real Madrid’s interest in Salah so they must be aware conversations are being had?

Cheers.

{Ed002's Note - I didn’t know about the articles but his agent can speak to clubs to ask if they would be interested. I have no idea what the club think of this matter but they will no doubt not want to sell.}

22.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 21:55:35
Fowler, we are NOT a selling club and all the players who have left us of late, made it impossible for us to keep them. They were sold on our terms esp. since FSG came in. You talk about Spurs as and can keep their best players. They can not. Toby wants to leave if they can't pay him what he is worth. Dier was Utd's first choice before they got Matic. Rose is virtually out the door. Alli just changed his agent to get a better move if all goes south at Spurs. Comparing us to Spurs as if they can keep their best players (whereas they are in the same boat as everybody else) makes no sense.

Spurs sold Bale and Modric, two of their best players at the time cos they wanted to go to RM and Spurs could not keep them both. If Kane wants to leave Spurs if RM really want him, he will go and that is the fact. I understand that we have to be able to compete for trophies BUT even at that, if RM come calling, our boys will be keen to look into it. As for Salah, he already said that his dream was to play at Barca, Real and such big clubs since his days at Basel so what Ed is saying is not shocking.

23.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 22:08:48
The usual suspects Ed2, involving the Express, Daily mail and the Evening Standard.

On the flip side, I can understand why RM want Hazard, what a player. I’m lucky enough to have a season ticket on the Kop, I get to witness and watch great talent on the pitxh, not just from and LFC prospective but other teams players too.

I hope we can keep hold of Salah, he’s been a great addition to the team.

{Ed002's Note - Ok, thanks.}

24.) 03 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 22:08:58
But if we keep these players and convince them to put the effort in we will have a team that can challenge. Man Utd kept De Gea (as do other top clubs) so why shouldn’t we keep our players? I mean is Southampton can keep VVD then surely we can keep ours? Couts, Salah, Bobby and Mane all signed long term contracts, so if they want to leave? Tough! If they do an Emre Can and run their contract down so be it, but we stand a better chance of winning/ challenging for top honours if we keep and add to our better players roster rather than try to replace them every summer. If they sulk and don’t put the effort in, drop them for another quality player! If we are going to get back to the top we need to have a top club mentality and show players the club is, was and always will be bigger than them and will still be around and supported long after they are pushing up the daisies and forgotten.

25.) 04 Dec 2017
03 Dec 2017 20:29:49
Great post. Exactly the point I was trying to make. Our biggest names don’t want to, and aren’t staying because it appears the club aren’t that interested in challenging for trophies, so why would they stay.

I dare say Klopp won’t be far behind if they let all of those guys leave - they need to show some desire to win things and spend big like the other top teams, if they want to keep our best from wanting to leave.

26.) 04 Dec 2017
04 Dec 2017 04:57:10
Real are utterly stupid if they let Asensio go. He is Spanish, he is the future and a fantastic player that would walk into most teams in Europe. Why would they even entertain the idea of letting him go? To buy more shiny new toys like Hazard and Neymar? And where would these two even play in the same team? Both are left wing players.

27.) 04 Dec 2017
04 Dec 2017 09:13:36
salah had 5 assists

vs maribor
yesterday
vs watford
vs Arsenal
vs huddersfield.