Liverpool Banter 2

26 Aug 2026 18:17:54
On the off chance the club is monitoring this site today- ed1. If you were richard hughes- who exactly would you go for at this late hour when addressing our issues. Asking for a stc

{Ed001's Note - I think it might be a bit late to go for what I would suggest, Hughes can't even get a deal done in a full window! But ok:

Sadiki/Lamine Camara - we desperately need someone to put a foot in somewhere in that midfield.
Rayan though he might be impossible so maybe we need to take a punt on someone like Bala. Best player I have seen in Asian football by a margin, since Son. Fast, strong, good technique and skill, though his tendency to throw himself down looking for fouls is annoying. He works extremely hard and is very well versed in a pressing system after working under Paulo Sousa. The options are very sparse, so I think that we need to take a chance on someone like him. He can play all over the front line as well and wouldn't cost the earth I would expect.}

26 Aug 2026 20:17:25
Doubt Richard Hughes is online tbf, he's still trying to figure out his abacus.

26 Aug 2026 20:23:46
Cheers ed1 mate. Much appreciated. Who knows maybe he'll pull something out of the fire .deep sigh

{Ed001's Note - that worries me a lot. It will probably end up being a world record move for Mathias Tel or some other dog muck donkey. Still, least we haven't sunk low enough to have to loan Jack Girlish to rescue our season.....yet.}

26 Aug 2026 20:55:03
What is Bala's full name Ed. Not a name I heard before.

{Ed001's Note - Guilherme Bala - plays for Shabab Al Ahli so I get to see him every week here. He was the best player in the AFC Champions League Elite by a mile last season. Hard to be sure how well that will convert to European footie, but he has looked good against Saudi and Qatari teams with much bigger budgets and some excellent players. I am astonished he is still there to be honest, I thought someone would come in last summer and it is even more astonishing this summer no one has gone for him when there is such a paucity of wingers out there. His workrate, especially when you consider the heat he is playing in, is top class.}

26 Aug 2026 21:33:48
Very very interesting Ed. Thanks for this. I know we're not linked but I'll enjoy researching him so appreciate the name.

{Ed001's Note - I will actually be genuinely gutted when he leaves as he is such a good player to watch but he does deserve a step up in level I think.}

26 Aug 2026 21:50:01
That worries me too, taking another punt and overpaying. Hopefully someone at the club says "nahh dickie lad, see you later". Off you pop.

26 Aug 2026 19:19:15
Smokescreen

26 Aug 2026 19:48:54
Hello John Henry,

You are definitely going in the right direction for Andoni to renew his two year contract?

26 Aug 2026 19:59:48
Andoni is going to ask if there's a six-month break clause.

26 Aug 2026 18:55:55
Liverpool are set to meet PSG's number regarding Barcola. The deal will be in the region of £130 million.

There will be no more signings now after deals for Minteh and Sarr rebuffed, unless a market opportunity presents itself. It will most likely be a loan signing now if anything.

26 Aug 2026 19:15:45
🗣️ Resign! Resign!

26 Aug 2026 19:15:33
Yeah but you haven't got a clue what you're talking abut so.

26 Aug 2026 18:41:05
Ed033 could you do a poll please.

Sarr in

Yes

No

{Ed033's Note -


Sarr In?poll

26 Aug 2026 19:09:01
Never sign injured players.

{Ed0666's Note - I’d gladly sign Minteh now if it meant not signing Sarr.

26 Aug 2026 19:20:31
If it's Sarr or nobody, then it'd be a yes from me. Good player, surprised he didn't really kick on after his last move, maybe prefers to be a bigger fish in a small pond, which would be a worry, but we need pace badly at the mo imo.

26 Aug 2026 20:59:40
Not Sahin again, Barry. 😁

26 Aug 2026
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Liverpool Player Sightings page entitled, Real or not?

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26 Aug 2026 18:59:40
It's a pi*s-take, account that.

26 Aug 2026 19:10:29
That's AI generated. The real photo shows BarryinLouth.

26 Aug 2026 19:18:36
Looks more like Lenny Yoro.

26 Aug 2026 19:34:08
Lads, I haven't done my photos yet so don't be panicking.

26 Aug 2026 19:39:05
Also, the other chap in the photo appears to be levitating over some train tracks. The guard would've shouted him out over being over the yellow line!

26 Aug 2026 19:48:57
Is Ian Callaghan still available?

26 Aug 2026 19:59:37
Class Kr. 🤣

26 Aug 2026 18:42:29
So, let me get this straight...

We sold a 28-year-old Luis Diaz because he was considered too old to give a new contract so that we could instead try and sign a 28-year-old Ismaila Sarr, who's nowhere near as good. Hughes, you have delved to unfathomable, new depths of incompetent.

{Ed0666's Note - A lot of posts are cracking me up today and this is another one. Well done Mango.

26 Aug 2026 18:55:18
Diaz wanted to leave.

26 Aug 2026 19:02:52
That's the first time I've ever heard we let Diaz go because he was too old. 🤣 Some people will make up whatever they want to suit their cause.

26 Aug 2026 19:06:52
Think it was likely the wage he wanted and deserved tbf.

26 Aug 2026 18:35:48
Genuine question for the Ed's or anyone who may know more but also may sound stupid but

See during the transfer window do the current squad have any inside knowledge of the transfer dealings like for example with the Barcola stuff do key members of the team know what's happening behind the scenes are just see what's being reported? Or would say Ekitike know more due to being compatriots with him know a little more as he could be getting info from Barcola himself?

{Ed0666's Note - I would be incredulous if Ekitike didn’t know as much as if not more than Hughes about the Barcola transfer as they are Ek & Barcola are mates. But I’ve just read what I’ve written and Cilla Black probably knows more about the Barcola transfer than Hughes.

26 Aug 2026 19:03:00
You're right about Cilla, Ed. What's it all about?

{Ed0666's Note - Don’t send me down a rabbit hole mate 😆

26 Aug 2026 19:11:45
Thanks for the candle and welcome back!

{Ed0666's Note - much appreciated Rome.

26 Aug 2026 19:18:57
666 you're my world.

26 Aug 2026 20:01:14
Hopefully it'll be Surprise Surprise!!

26 Aug 2026 18:09:22
All this transfer flukes and nonsense, must be hard for players to concentrate on the weekend.

It's their job but still when you are this woeful in market and there are so many things being said about current squad it would definitely effect the morale of the team and around the club.

26 Aug 2026 18:29:29
The players live in a rather insular world, so I seriously doubt they'll be strolling out on to the pitch prior to kick off worrying about transfers.

26 Aug 2026 18:45:41
Don't know why. It's one of the best squads we've ever had.

26 Aug 2026 19:04:17
Nonsense.

26 Aug 2026 19:42:08
I'm getting tired of writing this, but I'm bored. Last year's squad was the best we've ever had, and we'd have won the league but for the pesky bald fraud.

26 Aug 2026 19:44:41
Now I know that FM is a contrarian. I could name at least four squads we've had from this century that are better than this. Laughable posts.

26 Aug 2026 20:24:07
You do know that Florian and I are being sarcastic, PP? Just checking.

26 Aug 2026 20:40:41
It's all a Christmas joke!

26 Aug 2026 18:01:30
Well we can all certainly say this hasn't been a dull last few days on here.

Who do we actually think at this point we end up with?

I'm going for Barcola and Mbaye as I just think its typical us to prat about with various other signings only to go back to the one we had basically locked in a while ago.

Interested to here thoughts of Eds and your good selves.

26 Aug 2026 18:18:40
They make sense and I hope we can get Camara too, Monaco need to sell, so a transfer is doable.

26 Aug 2026 20:49:35
Don't know who for the left wing. Wouldn't surprise me if we chase Barcola to the last day, then fail to sign him and he ends up at Arsenal or something next season.

Right wing is looking like a panic buy, so could be anybody.