12 Feb 2026 10:47:36
I'm really hoping this team turns a corner based on last nights result. There's been a few false dawns of late, but (late collapse against City aside) that's 3 wins in the last 4 and, Alisson mistake aside, you get a point out that City match.
I still get incredibly frustrated with the constant dropping off after scoring a goal. This must be a tactical instruction as it's been happening constantly, it has been routinely stinging us all season - I thought it would yet again last night. Thankfully I was wrong.
I thought the spine of the team last night played well however Gakpo and Salah are still struggling. The final action on both wings is just miles away from what it should be. Summer two wingers are a must, Diomande from Leipzig looks an absolute superstar in the making, he toyed with Bayern yesterday. In my opinion we badly lack a dynamic winger who can take players on. It would open a new facet to our game and likely free up Wirtz and Ekitike even more.
Wirtz is starting to play really well, Ekitike looks tired but he is always a thorn in the side of defenders. A rest this weekend in the FA cup would be a good decision.
I think we may have just enough to get into the UCL this season, finally some players are turning up. Next season a new winger (at least), combative midfielder and a new RB would really aid this team.
Thoughts Eds on Liverpool's fortunes going forwards?
12 Feb 2026 11:07:26
Definitely agree on the wingers..
12 Feb 2026 11:11:07
It's going to be a dogfight to get CL qualification via the league.I think a lot of focus is going into the CL knockout stages.
12 Feb 2026 11:33:42
And remember Ron, United have one game a week, and with us trying to win the CL as best as we can, it will take a lot out of us.
{Ed025's Note - they are playing football for 90 minutes Oli, not digging trenches for 8 hours a day mate.. :)
12 Feb 2026 11:47:16
We've turned more corners than the labyrinth cast.
12 Feb 2026 11:51:57
Add a CB or two to that list.
12 Feb 2026 12:46:36
A replacement for Mo must be found, as he nears the end of his illustrious career. He, for sure, will go to Saudi in the summer. Who wouldn't secure the future of his family? Treble his wages must be mad to turn that down, but, in all fairness, he is not firing on all cylinders.
He is more of a passenger. Any chance he can take Gakpo with him, and with that incoming money purchase Elise from Bayern, but would he want to return to the Premier League?
{Ed025's Note - i dont think Mo needs to secure his future by going to Saudi Hunter the guy is a multi multi multi millionaire mate, and if he does need a bit more he could always get a paper round in the middle east.. :)
12 Feb 2026 12:49:16
I agree on most of that, MonkeyMad. Jacquet is a good start to replace Konate, but I really want us to go and get Wharton and Diomande to replace Salah and Mac Allister. I think that would transform our team, as they're the 3 weak links in our best 11, in my opinion. From a squad perspective, I'd also look at Mingueza to replace Robertson because he's very versatile and can play LB, CB and RB, which will be a huge boost whilst we wait for Bradley's return and also Leoni to fully recover. On top of that, I'd also take a punt on Matheus Mane to replace Gakpo, as although he isn't like for like, he looks a real future star and helps the HG quota long term.
I also think Alisson will go, with Mamardashvili waiting patiently and Ali expressing a desire to return to Brazil. Lastly, I'd like to see Jaros, Stephenson, Nyoni and Rio get plenty of chances next season. They can help to replace the likes of Ramsay, Endo and Chiesa, who barely play anyway. Stephenson especially looked to be very good at both CB and RB last pre-season and is having another exceptional loan spell. I think he could be our very own Wes Brown/Nacho. You need a versatile clubman like that, in my opinion. Jaros, I think, could provide genuine competition for Mamardashvili. He might even be the better prospect.
12 Feb 2026 12:57:03
Hunter64, Salah is a club legend and deserves to go out on his own terms. I think the best move for him and the club is that he leaves in the summer, and no doubt Saudi will come kicking for our Egyptian King! This "secure kids" future rhetoric is a load of crap. He has been earning millions a year since he signed for the club, you don't think their futures are already secure? We're not talking about your typical 9-5 jobber here, we are talking about millionaires.
If he wants to go to Saudi and earn unimaginable sums of money, that is his choice, but let's not pretend he isn't already a superstar with significant wealth.
12 Feb 2026 13:04:25
I don't think Salah will go to Saudi. I think Turkey, or maybe even the MLS, are far more likely. My only reasoning for this is that they'd be better places for him to raise his family, and that seems to be a huge priority for him. Galatasaray and Fenerbahce would both take him in a heartbeat, and he'd be a huge coup for Turkish football.
Inter Miami might fancy a punt on Salah too, though, with Suarez (39), Messi (38), Busquets (37), etc, all getting on a bit. They may be on the lookout for a new global icon. I'm not ITK, I'm just putting 2 and 2 together, but probably getting 5.
12 Feb 2026 13:09:03
I thought Salah ran his socks off yesterday and had an okay game overall. I don't know what people were watching calling him a passenger! Absolute nonsense, maybe not his usual standard, but passenger means he is just stood there, which is simply not true.
12 Feb 2026 13:12:13
Arne Slot should be giving a lot more minutes to Chiesa and Rio at the moment. Gakpo and Salah offer very little right now and are getting full minutes (in the case of Salah).
12 Feb 2026 13:35:16
Here we go. We labour to a win against a newly promoted side who looked knackered and didn't create much, and suddenly the corner is turned. I think this is the twentieth time this season.
12 Feb 2026 13:38:16
Still need a senior cb too
12 Feb 2026 13:59:23
Definitely not turned a corner, Frode, but they got a draw at our place 2 months back, and they were unbeaten at home, so I take the positives from that.
12 Feb 2026 14:11:16
About right, Frode.
12 Feb 2026 14:27:35
Barnesy87, what about Jacquet? We've not spent £60m on him to sit on the bench, surely? I very much expect him to be starting next season alongside Virgil. We'd then have Leoni and Gomez as the senior back ups, which is admittedly quite a risk, with one just back from an ACL and the other serially injured. With that in mind, I'm certainly not against replacing Gomez as well, but will he actually leave? He seems to be linked away every summer, and every time we don't get an acceptable offer. His contract expires in June 2027, and to be honest with you, he'll probably just leave for free then.
We have a buy back clause for Quansah, which can be activated from July 2027. Maybe not a coincidence? All this is why I think a player like Mingueza, who is more than adept as a CB but can also play multiple other positions (primarily RB), is the best option to improve the CB depth. Then we look to re-sign Quansah summer 2027 and maybe put Virgil on a 1 year rolling deal, to be Sami Hyypia style 4th choice figure head.
12 Feb 2026 14:33:03
Surely Sunderland couldn't have been more knackered than us lads, what with our lack of fitness n all.
12 Feb 2026 14:52:39
Don't you know Florian, every single team in the world is fitter than us until the incredibly rare occasion that they're not, just like every half decent team has us figured out, but every now and then, out of purely good fortune, we stumble upon one that plays into our hands.
12 Feb 2026 15:09:48
Not sure about turning a corner with this team, but last night we played better, more togetherness, a bit more fight. We still lack the bravery n confidence to either finish the game off or hold on to a lead, but last night was undoubtedly better than lately. But its got to continue in every game. I just hope we do.
12 Feb 2026 15:14:07
The post-goal drop off is always weird. It's like there is an instruction to just protect the lead for a few mins, but it just ends up as an epic fail. It always feels like we aren't being coached to the players' strengths, which is to attack mainly.
12 Feb 2026 15:15:31
Not sure about fitness, but good to see the lads weren't grieving on a Wednesday night.
12 Feb 2026 15:25:59
I do think that the team lacks physical and mental fitness generally, and it doesn't help that we are particularly hamstrung with injuries, which means that Slot doesn't have a wealth of options once the 70-minute mark comes up. Against City, we were going man for man, and legs and minds were tired at the close of the game. That's just normal, and any team would start to tire at that point.
Madness that we didn't get reinforcements in January, just so we can keep the quality and intensity levels up late in the game. I still think that is a completely unacceptable decision from Hughes and Edwards. Having somebody like Geertruida there to fill in at right back so Dom can play in the center of the park would make such a difference for us.
12 Feb 2026 15:31:47
Flip back pre season, and the gloating that we had boss forwards, with not one person doubting the signings and existing players on the front line. Now, people are wanting more, suggesting players are tired, etc, and have suddenly become bad players. Unbelievable.
12 Feb 2026 18:51:06
I think it was Bob Paisley who said in an interview, "defending starts by attacking." In his Liverpool side, his first defender was Ian Rush.
12 Feb 2026 20:08:29
I thought we were a reasonable 7 out of 10 against Sunderland. One of our better performances in the league this season. We got the three points, which nobody else had done at their place this season, and, once again, Wirtz showed up well. I think the performances are getting better (not hard to do, really), and I think the win seemed a bit different - a bit more solid or assured, for want of a better word.
Hopefully, confidence levels (at least in the squad) get a bit of a boost. Totally unrelated, but congratulations to Millie on equaling Gareth Barry's PL appearance record.
12 Feb 2026 20:29:36
Well, if Hugo pressed like Rush instead of jogging, maybe we could play like Paisley's side.
13 Feb 2026 01:36:47
@Florian, have another read at what you just wrote and, like me, have a little laugh too. @Frode, totally agree, people harping on about turning corners all season - it's pathetic, although it seems to happen mostly when we win, eh?
13 Feb 2026 10:09:41
You're prolly right. Everton have been playing one game a week for 20 years, and they are still, well, Neverton.
13 Feb 2026 18:58:10
Wdw, mind you, Florian and another few on here were gloating when we'd gone on an unbeaten run, despite us drawing most of them against dross opposition and still condemning us to sixth.