11 Jan 2026 12:27:00
So Bradley has sustained a significant knee injury, surely we will have to address the defensive situation at the club now in this window. Frimpong and Gomez aren't exactly robust, and Gomez is required for CB cover anyway. Will we go out to sign a RB?
11 Jan 2026 12:45:13
Who do you think we should bring in that might be available? we need to bring people in (which I agree with) is easier to say than do, especially on the winter window. Might be worth looking at Palace or Spurs or Everton as their seasons were virtually finished yesterday.
11 Jan 2026 12:55:54
Isn't this what the academy is for?
11 Jan 2026 13:33:34
Guehi at 20M and Tsimi back from Roma.
McConnel from Ajax
Elliot from Villa maybe another loan
Get bodies .
11 Jan 2026 13:35:50
Situations like this are what the academy is made for. Why spend tens of millions on a RB for a temporary solution. TAA got his first opportunity due to an injury crisis. Why have youth and academy players if you just got and buy to cover injuries.
11 Jan 2026 13:54:22
Exactly my thoughts, Stuie.
11 Jan 2026 13:58:58
Not disagreeing with you in principle on the academy front, that is after all how Trent got his chance. But do you actually see that happening? I don't. Slott didn't play anyone there when there were injuries last time so why will he now? It'll likely be robbing Peter to pay Paul again and we'll see Dom back there, drastically weakening the midfield.
Gomez can't play a stretch of games back to back and he clearly doesn't rate Ramsey or else he'd have had chances outside of the league cup.
11 Jan 2026 14:11:24
I want to address the Arsenal scumbag and why none of our players went for him. As a manager said to us years one in and all in.
11 Jan 2026 14:18:31
If I was the club I wouldn't be looking to buy a right back to be a temporary fix, I'd be buying someone to be the permanent first team regular now.
Bradley is too injury prone sadly, Frimpong isn't good enough at right back (although I like having him in the squad)
Rotating the 2 players hasn't really worked either.
So just go out and buy someone who's going to be reliable and do a good job there for us now.
Sounds harsh on Bradley but we can't keep relying on injury prone players like Gomez year after year sorry.
11 Jan 2026 14:31:35
Problem is this is unlikely to be temporary, other than to get us through to the summer if we can't get anyone now. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the academy ready to step in or they would have already this or last season.
Connor has never had a run of games unfortunately, he has really struggled with injuries and we'll need to bring a permanent option in either now or in the summer.
11 Jan 2026 14:41:49
Agreed Mikey. If we guy a player now, it wouldn't be just to cover for the injuries. We need reinforcements in the squad anyway and the injuries just made it more urgent that we do something about it now. We need a CB or two anyway so might as well get them in now while we can.
And I may be in the minority but I'm glad that none of our players went after Martinelli and turned it into a full on brawl. Neville suggesting that he got decked there and then is frankly unnecessary for me. Violence has no place on a football pitch for me.
11 Jan 2026 14:55:08
100% agree mate, gutted for Bradley don't get me wrong but not convinced he's good enough! good games now and then isn't good enough, he's the new Gomez injury wise and he's prone to the odd head farts when decision making!
11 Jan 2026 14:55:21
We shouldn't be keeping injury prone players in the squad. Stop giving them new contracts!
11 Jan 2026 15:11:12
Same old problem though, the kids from the academy HAVE to be good enough. We have zero stand out RB's in the Academy at the moment.
11 Jan 2026 15:43:23
Get all the points above, but in my opinion, you'll never know if the kids are good enough unless you give them the opportunity to prove themselves. Lots of people on here were raving about Danns, rightly or wrongly, because he was given a shot.
I cannot believe that one of the worlds top football clubs, after investing millions to upgrade the academy, doesn't have a single RB that could come in and do a job.
If they aren't producing, just shut it down and invest the savings into proven players if that's the case!
11 Jan 2026 19:44:10
You're going to need a manager with the courage to play them in these situations. Klopp had the courage to do so and coach them up while giving them chances and allowing them to fail. Not sure this manager has that in him.