29 Mar 2025 09:23:04
I can watch a player for one game and know whether he is a good footballer or has just been hyped up. Chiesa is a natural talent who barely has to try to be good on the pitch even though his work rate and dedication is second to none.
How he hasn’t been playing instead of the other two is beyond me. Chiesa’s one and only downfall is his injuries if he is fit he should be starting in this side week in week out.
Also, how worrying is it that we will have 4 different starting defenders next season if I get my wish and Konate leaves too.
29 Mar 2025 09:44:01
Just off to get my popcorn for this one.
29 Mar 2025 09:46:20
???.
29 Mar 2025 10:27:48
Given how poor Nunez and Jota have been recently there is no excuse not to give Chiesa a start in the next few games.
29 Mar 2025 10:28:45
1st sentence proves you have no idea what you're talking about. Anyone who has EVER worked in football would tell you it takes at least 25-30 full matches to truely judge a player (for a transfer) some teams scout players for seasons.
29 Mar 2025 10:30:35
Joking/ sarcastic response.
That one game wasn’t against Plymouth in the cup was it?
Seriously though:
Think it is a common feeling from all fans that we should have given the non starters more minutes this year, but looking back through the season when we have rested the starting 11 or a game is a week apart, we look non-existent in the first half like the rest has had a negative effect.
29 Mar 2025 10:45:32
Actually agree on the chiesa issue. How he's not played more upfront instead of jota and Darwin is crazy.
On the konate claim. Never the lads a beast. Gomez needs to go more. We need another player like matip to come in, without the later injuries of course.
29 Mar 2025 11:00:03
I mean it’s the opening sentence.
No offence NBG but with that opening, you’re in ‘cuckoo land’.
29 Mar 2025 11:20:05
I can read one post and know whether the poster is a clown or not.
Size 24 shoes for the scout.
29 Mar 2025 11:25:26
I can read one post and know whether the poster is talking through his arse or actually knows something. Stop talking through ya arse Nicol.
29 Mar 2025 11:46:04
Sofa_Fan, that's not true. Our run to the EFL semi final at lest, was mostly made up of these second choice/ back up players you are now saying looked non existent. Now did they look non existent (which they weren't) cos they had no rhythm, something you can only get by actually playing? Yeah, I'll let you figure that out.
Bottom line is that these players like Chiesa and Harvey or even Endo, should have been getting minutes in the league esp. after certain games had been done and dusted. Slot didn't do that so that's on him. Stop blaming the players. It's embarrassing.
29 Mar 2025 11:52:48
In fairness last season Klopp used the squad more.
We finished 3rd in the league, won the league cup, got knocked out of the 2nd rate European comp and lost to our biggest rivals in Fa cup
This Season Slot is potentially winning the league, we lost the final of league cup (played awful) went out on Pens in the 1st tier CL league to one of the best teams in Europe and lost to Plymouth who will likely be in league one next season playing said squad players.
People live and die by their decisions and if Slot wins us our 2nd league title in 30 odd years then I doubt he will regret his.
Obviously if we don't win the title then that's the other side of the coin.
This might sound like a Klopp bashing but it's not. I'd still happily admit I preferred watching Klopps Liverpool live compared to Slotts but at the same time Slott has done hell of a job for season 1.
29 Mar 2025 12:34:07
No Oli what’s embarrassing is the fact you don’t even watch games yet you come on here talking down to other fans like you have a superior complex.
29 Mar 2025 12:36:39
Olired - sorry mate if that wasn’t clear, I meant when the first 11 had a week between games we have been poor in the first half of the game I wasn’t on about the not considered starting 11 in harvey, endo etc.
29 Mar 2025 12:43:59
To be fair Oli you had Bajetic as a shoe in DM after 90 PL minutes ?.
29 Mar 2025 14:06:42
Olired- Perhaps you could read Sofa-Fans' post again, he is obviously not referring to the back up players.
However, you imply that his post is embarrassing, where in reality you have failed to read his post correctly.
Sofa-Fan actually makes a good point, which I am sure you will agree with, once the fog clears.
29 Mar 2025 15:02:28
NicolBecker are you a football scout?