20 Sep 2026 20:13:02
Why all the negativity. Not sure what some on here were expecting at the beginning of a new season with a new manager in charge.
Some positives to build on (imo):
Undefeated so far in all competitions.
Team has shown character to come back and get a result when behind.
Isak is scoring goals again.
3 clean sheets in a row in league and defence looking more solid.
Team showing more energy.
Youth getting a chance again.
Slot, Hughes & Edwards gone.
Yes there are things to improve and AI needs time and at least 2 more transfer windows, but can see direction of tactics under AI, similar to when Klopp started.
Wirtz is main concern as is center of midfield. RB & RW need to be addressed too but AI finding temporary solutions.
Maybe time to try Wirtz at RW?
20 Sep 2026 20:33:11
Take the points and get out of dodge for now.
Overall I'm happy with the points total we have and the fact the squad is happy and in relative good health.
At least we know that Iraola won't be in Ibiza for the next 3 weeks and will be actually working out how to improve the balance with the tools he has.
20 Sep 2026 21:27:47
"Why all the negativity."
Cos it's what certain people do on here. They say we are so easy to play against yet B'mouth couldn't lay a glove on us overall and they same people say, "We have a porous defence" after the B'mouth game.
Last week, people almost quit on the team after the Fulham game and today being a marked improvement in a tough away game, winning with a clean sheet, the knives are still out.
Again for certain people, it's what they do.
20 Sep 2026 22:22:12
Cheers Oli. I'm sorry if I disappoint you.
20 Sep 2026 23:51:53
I agree with Dan. There are signs that things are improving, Defensively we are much better than in the first couple of games. Ourr press is better but a long way to go. I like how AI is decisive, dropping Frimprong & Gravenberch, trying Tsimikas the deciding he is worse than Kerkez. His comments on Isak and Wirtz are telling also, how he expects more to come from them. I trust that he will make the right decisions here after giving everyone a decent chance. Overall given that the way he wants to play is so different from Slot and that many players were recruited to fit Slots system we are doing well.
21 Sep 2026 00:32:15
It's like listening to Carragher on commentary for last match. It's like the worse. Dude never seems to have anything positive to say about Liverpool and we were winning the game.
21 Sep 2026 02:29:30
Well said, Oli.
Today was a very satisfactory away win in the PL. Away wins are harder than ever to get, and though the spectacle isn't great across the league, the smaller teams are more capable than ever.
A few things:
1. Jacquet looks a *superb* addition.
2. We have massively reduced the rate in which we concede chances, silly goals, and look miles better from set pieces already.
3. Isak needs to do more overall, but 4 in 5 (in 3 different games, too) is why we bought him.
In the split second the ball fell to him, to a man everyone knew it was 0-1. Sniper.
4. The team is getting fitter. They went the full 90 against an exerted but very fit Bournemouth team with very little drop-off.
5. Iraola has had an imperfect but good start. Don't underestimate how far this team had fallen last season. We are finally showing the signs of being well coached again.
{Ed666's Note - If I’m being critical which I am but think Isak should have had at least two goals. My maligning of him is well documented I think he could do more off the ball but I want him to succeed so much ergo the criticism.
21 Sep 2026 02:58:29
Not sure why people were expecting us to dominate Bournemouth. Arsenal and Chelsea got battered this weekend and United scraped a draw. Playing away in the Premier League is extremely difficult.
{Ed666's Note - I don’t think anybody expected us to batter Bournemouth but I think what people were expecting was a lot more from a squad that cost 650,000,000 pounds.
21 Sep 2026 03:37:32
Interesting comments from Area , Irialo . whatever his name is about Isak needing to work harder in the build up to attacks. At present Wirtz and Isak are regulars but I think it might just be necessity and it might change when Eki is back. I think he offers a bit more in al round effort and industry than Isak and he also knows where the goal is. Interesting to see in the new year.
@TFE, some of the fans on here, for a long time, make the (tacit) assumption that teams turn up just to make up the numbers when we play. People don't / can't come to terms that all Liverpool teams can't play like Jurgen or Bob's or Shanks's teams.
Today's interesting factoid : the last time a new manager had as good a start as AI (five games unbeaten) was Uncle Joe in 1983.
I think that we have a long way to go but we are going in the right direction and, like I say, if we are still in the mix in Jan / Feb I think we will only get stronger and might very well challenge.
After all, don't forget, there's also the winter transfer window and we are going to sign loads of players ?.
{Ed666's Note - Good post mate but I don’t think we see the best of Ekitike till around March at the earliest.
21 Sep 2026 05:21:58
When have we ever played there good even from klopp days.
21 Sep 2026 05:22:54
I think people need to forget about how much a team or player costs. It's mostly detached from ability level and decided by economics of sport rather than talent.
Get where you're coming from ed but finance and talent aren't related anything more than correlationally really as many expensive flops demonstrates.
We are improving defensively significantly, our striker is finding the net after basically being a citizen for a year and no football. Araujo and jacquet have fitted in very well. Cody is turning up every game at the moment.
I think people were expecting too much. A new manager and system, new CB, new rb, new RW, and also recovering from what seems to be the worst squad fitness levels since the spice boys. It was always going to take time and just like when klopp came in I'm happy as long as we are improving.
21 Sep 2026 08:31:37
Rome wasn't built in a day.
21 Sep 2026 08:52:13
I'm personally enjoying this season. It's much better than watching the last one for sure.
I think people forget performances like yesterday did happen in the Klopp era too.
21 Sep 2026 08:58:13
Got to agree with Nevada. Iraola also doesn't give a toss about who costs more money either, if the underperforming players continue underperforming they are going to find themselves on the bench for Nyoni or Koumas or whoever.
Also, we have three clean sheets in the league in a row. Can't we appreciate that this is an achievement? I get the football is pretty frustrating to watch and can even be somewhat dour right now. Last night when Barcola got the ball in space early I expected him to eat the fullback alive and drive forwards rather than hesitate for a split second two or three times and then pass it to somebody else. Wirtz pretty much put in the most enervating performance that we have seen from him in a Liverpool shirt. Isak looked like he was suffering some kind of Space Jam hoodoo until he scored, before that he just couldn't get the ball out his feet at all (which was a vintage number 9 goal, his instincts and positioning were top class).
Still our defense looked pretty impregnable and they had no good chances, the closest that they came to scoring was that Evanilson chance that Ali pulled off a worldie to save, and that can't actually be classified as being a good clear chance. We didn't exactly fashion good chances ourselves, but we have top players who on paper have the quality to put games away even when clear cut chances don't present themselves. Kerkez and Araujo were generally excellent on the night defensively, Rayan got no change out of Kerkez besides that one time he got past him and cut the ball back into the box. Araujo also looks unexpectedly okay in forward positions and pretty imperious in duels and in the air.
21 Sep 2026 09:02:44
Also I have to say that Macca was quietly very very good yesterday. He might be playing for a new contract but his levels haven't dipped since he got back in the team.
21 Sep 2026 11:51:32
if you could spend money like a PS5 micro transaction on buy connection and chemistry, then I'd sooner spend $650million there and whatever change is leftover I'd spend on the squad.