Liverpool Banter 2

25 Aug 2026 10:34:55
Hey guys, just a normal fan here and not in the know at all... But did get a good bit of info from a former player... He said look out for Thursday afternoon ish... Bb is flying in to sign for us and it's 100% nailed on. Looks like it's over, lads, and we have our man.

25 Aug 2026 11:36:14
God, I hope so, mate. Is it a former Liverpool player?

25 Aug 2026 11:37:47
Cheers once let's wait and see that it's finally done.

25 Aug 2026 11:58:21
Love it!

This rumour definitely has legs. Djimi Traore works as an Uber driver in Paris and is fully booked Thursday afternoon.

Deax + deax = quatre.

25 Aug 2026 09:58:58
Transfer window is not closed yet.
Me, the same as all guys, hope we will have a few additional players coming in, AI said we will sign some, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
But no matter who is brought in or if nobody is, I’ll be getting behind the team that’s on the pitch weekly - players we least expect may step up and other slot into positions to help the team and the group start playing like a well oiled machine.


Can you say it's been a bad window for Liverpool - maybe you can but leave that to next January / May and we can all do the we should have signed … or ….

25 Aug 2026 09:35:15
Is Minteh homegrown? Asking for a friend.

25 Aug 2026 10:40:46
Tell your friend "no, he isn't homegrown for Premier League clubs". 👍

25 Aug 2026 10:41:58
No, he's not.

25 Aug 2026 10:43:36
He's injured and very poor value for money. Is that all we require now on the wings? Pace and power? His end product is terrible, he's not a decent shooter, and he fetches what, 4 goals a season? So 60/70 million to work to improve that is a good signing? Appalling business.

25 Aug 2026 10:56:54
Ron Funk,
Minteh is exactly what we need. Or would you rather watch 20 stepovers and then lose the ball?

25 Aug 2026 11:22:39
He would be home grown in the Gambian 1st Division.

25 Aug 2026 11:40:14
I'm with you, Kemlyn, it's as if it is. It's fashionable to out the ball in the box anymore! It seems doing a couple stopovers and rolling the ball back to someone else, or running into someone, is all that's needed now.

25 Aug 2026 11:40:47
Kemlyn, spot on, the step over and cut inside offers no cover defensively, Mintah offers better pressing and able to get crosses in.

25 Aug 2026 11:35:03
Exactly what we need is a headless chicken who can't score or assist?

25 Aug 2026 09:19:02
Liverpool did this before with Suarez money. FSG didn't learn then...

Management and sporting director got squad planning all wrong. I knew we were in for a ride when his first signing was Chiesa, who has completed a total of 32 games in his three years at Liverpool.

The midfield of Szbo Grav and Macca won us a league. Grav looked good in first half of title winning season, but second half teams found him out. Rather than adding a more defensive minded midfielder they go for Wirtz. Beginning of the end.

Diaz left. His speed and ability to beat a man was never replaced. For some reason Slot thought Gakpo could fill Diaz void and it quickly backfired.



The money used for Isak should have been spent on wide players who could also play upfront in case of Ektike injury.

Director also seems obsessed about signing small players even though the league is getting way more physical. Make it make sense.

People talk about our spending but it was spent on the wrong players without much planning.

Good luck to sporting director as I believe he is heading out but Liverpool need to think long and hard about next sporting director and overall vosion. Especially as it's clear FSG are heading out. I already accept it may take 2 seasons to fix.

25 Aug 2026 11:21:45
The recruitment strategy has been wild since Richard Hughes came in and Michael Edwards returned.

If Hughes does leave next week as rumoured, he will have set the club back 3 years with his recruitment. I look forward to the puff pieces about how it was someone else's fault.

25 Aug 2026 10:06:21
The Barcola deal is on.
Le Barcola is off.
C'est la vie.

Lovely Jubbly, bonjour.

25 Aug 2026 10:41:33
Schrodinger Barcola.

25 Aug 2026 10:11:44
Hi Ed001,
Was wondering what you thought about Alisons performance in terms of kicking? Maybe it was just me, but don't think he took any kick offs and very rarely kicked the ball long, always seemed to be looking got a shortish pass. Do you think he, s trying to look after his hamstrings?

{Ed001's Note - he did not look fully fit, so probably just being careful.}

25 Aug 2026 10:32:11
I personally thought that his all round performance looked rusty. Awful positioning for the first goal and made a couple of dodgy punches when it would have been simple to just catch the ball.



I fear when we need to replace Ali as he was the best keeper in the world, but he does get off lightly at times. Mama would have had absolute pelters on here for a performance like that.

25 Aug 2026 11:12:45
100% Shipley. Even our other world class players of the last decade, like Salah and Virg, get pelters, but Alli gets a free ride. I stand by wat I said last season, we should have been looking to move Alli on, misses far too many games (some just to make sure he'd be alright for a WC) and has rusty performances then getting back up to speed before the inevitable next injury.

25 Aug 2026 13:27:10
He also made 2 good 1on1 saves Sunday. Although his positioning for 1st goal seemed wrong.

25 Aug 2026 09:03:52
Hi, Question to the Eds and in the people in the know that know far better than me

Why is it that as fans we can see what the team is crying out for but the owners/sporting directors cannot or we seem to do things in phases as a club, this has happened for years when you look back

When we needed strikers under Brendan we ended up with Lambert and Ballotelli, Under Klopp we needed a DM and ended up with Arthur Melo, needed a Centre back and was a last minute dash for Kabak and Ben Davies, we also seem to leave ourselves short and wait for a crisis to happen.

Is there something I am not seeing, I am talking about the General planning and signings of targets, when we won the league we only signed Chiesa when people knew then that we needed some bolstering.

Thanks for the work guys, looking forward to the reply.

Hopefully a good end to the window where we could be surprised.

{Ed001's Note - it is not always that simple. In both Brendan and Klopp's case, they were not agreeable to the signings put forward by the recruitment team, which left us short. In particular the Melo case, where he rejected multiple midfield options, saying that he didn't need one, then decided he did at the last minute, which left Melo as just about all that could be got.

As for the defensive situation, you seem to forget the dash for the centre-backs was caused by all the centre-backs going down injured and only needing short term replacements.

These last three summers were supposed to be about fixing it, Edwards had removed the interference from the head coach and he was supposed to work with Hughes to plan the rebuild properly. As we can see, unfortunately we got two men without a clue and so have ended up in a mess.}

25 Aug 2026 10:28:01
I think it's no wonder Klopp ended up burning out since he had to deal with the two of the three stooges.

25 Aug 2026 08:51:34
ED001 are you worried as much as everyone else is concerning wirtz fitting in this team or has this become a popular talking point for headlines because of his high reputation and significant fee of his move to Liverpool?

Many thanks in advance

{Ed001's Note - it is just pundits spouting crap as usual. He will be fine when he gets some movement to pick out and that will come with Iraola in charge.}

25 Aug 2026 08:28:05
Ed of Gakpo does leave this window would you expect 2 wingers to arrive or at least are we trying for 2?

{Ed001's Note - I would think he would only be allowed to leave if 2 forwards are coming in, but that would suggest Hughes was competent, so I have no idea!}

25 Aug 2026 10:25:15
Ed, do you think the new investors would want to have a say on who is going to be our next DoF? Maybe they want their own pick to be the next DoF.

{Ed001's Note - you don't go for a place on the board unless you want a say in how a company is run.}