05 Jun 2026 10:48:53
{Ed's Note - Seano_ has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool Squad Assessment and Summer Priorities
05 Jun 2026 12:22:26
Filling that CF position is going to be tough. With Isak's fitness, they should get some games, but then be limited to sub appearances when Hugo is back.
Hard to find someone willing to want to play that role, and we won't want to spend the sort of cash it'll take to bring a player better than we've already got.
05 Jun 2026 12:35:31
Nice read, Seano. I agree with probably 20+ of the player assessments you made. Only 4 things I'd differ with you on.
1. Selling Tsimikas. I see no point in that. He's a proven back up LB who's won the FA Cup, League Cup x2 and Premier League with us. As back-up he is fine.
2. Gravenberch and Jones being as un-athletic as Mac Allister. Jones and Grav aren't lightening fast, but they're nowhere near as slow or immobile as you've made out.
3. Gakpo lacking pace. He does not lack pace at all. I reckon over a 50 yard dash he's probably one of our quickest players.
He just looks slower because at 6ft4 he takes longer strides.
4. Wanting to sell Isak if we had another option. I just cannot see the logic in that. He's got bags of ability and also if we sold him we'd never recoup what we paid so it'd just be writing off a minimum of £50m. We need him to come good and I think as a goalscorer, Iraola will get the best out of him. He might not press very well, but he'll score goals.
Overall though, I enjoyed the read and found myself agreeing on most things.
05 Jun 2026 12:37:27
Bowen. Can cover the wing, but can play CF.
05 Jun 2026 12:53:41
Nice one, Seano. Broadly agree with what we need to do in the market.
The difficult part might be some big decisions on players some of us would want to keep (Szobo, Macca, Cody, even Nyoni) but need to sell to generate enough money to fund what is now a squad overhaul.
05 Jun 2026 13:06:13
Bowen? What the hell, am I reading here? We are not a retirement home. Rather keep Salah.
05 Jun 2026 13:13:47
Bowens is basically the same age Milner was when he signed. Not sure what your gripe is, RobRed. He'd be a very good signing. He can play RW and CF, which are two positions we look very light in right now.
05 Jun 2026 13:29:38
Centre back also a clear area of concern.
Need one more.
RB, RW and centre mid also urgently needed and I'd argue a back up left back too.
05 Jun 2026 13:45:59
Tsimikas with Beck/Chambers is enough cover at LB, agreed on the other positions.
06 Jun 2026 03:25:31
Cheers MK, my logic for those things we see differently is:
1) Tsimikas cannot challenge for a spot as first choice, Kerkez is a shoe in. Kerkez needs genuine competition to push him on to a higher level.
2) They’re certainly not as cumbersome as MacAllister, but I was thinking more about Iraola’s system, and the demands he placed on his midfielders within it. For that system they’re perhaps a bit slow.
3) Gakpo may be fast, but he doesn’t have that elite level acceleration. He is also a player who cannot take a man on.
I don’t think he offers enough threat in his position.
4) Isak’s talent isn’t my issue, it’s his fitness. I don’t think he will be able to keep up with the rigors of Iraola’s system. The off the ball work, the pressing, is incredibly important for it to work - if he cannot do that then he will undermine the system. I hope I am proven wrong, but I think he is a great player, but not great for us at this moment.
P.S. Bowen would be a shrewd signing in my opinion.