26 Oct 2026 23:57:31
Why do we need a RB with araujo doing soo well and can also cover CB? Bradley's also returning who's real quality.
But the point is we have someone there now performing and has the right type of attitude on the pitch that every fan loves. He's also given the backline a real presence alongside jaquet.
What RB is available* in world football that's an improvement on araujo or bradley back at his best?
Frimpong was the lesson. Stop buying unnecessarily.
I don't care that araujo isn't a proper rb. He's doing very well there, is defensively solid, positionally spot on and is an aerial threat.
He's also very good when he does go forward.
We're never getting another trent and I'm more than happy with araujo and bradley at RB. Let the midfielders and our many attackers do the damage offensively.
It's the lb position that the club will focus on. Kerkez is still a question mark and timikas isn't our long term answer either.
I hear pundits say we need a RB because araujo isn't a proper RB. Just nonsense. Everytime he's played there he's done very well and leaves it all on the pitch. I love the player and the lad.
27 Oct 2026 03:43:28
How was Frimpong an unnecessary purchase when Trent left and we only had an injury-prone and inexperienced Bradley to fill the RB position?
Araujos done well at RB but he's not really a RB, 2 or 3 times already he's come off at halftime because he was getting exposed. Also, he's on loan, so no plans can really be made for him until we get towards the end of the season, figure out what's what. In the meantime, we need to consider other options, and have our ducks in a row should Ron decide he's off back to Spain.
27 Oct 2026 08:51:23
We definitely need a RB. Irrespective of what happens with Araujo. There are so many variables which could see him only been here the season. The family might look at the English winter about to kick in and want to run for the hills, Cubarsi could do an ACL on the last day of the season or we may not want to pay the £47m as there would be no sell on value.
27 Oct 2026 09:16:22
Unpopular opinion but i still think Bradley needs to prove himself. Even more so now coming back from this serious injury.
27 Oct 2026 10:29:29
Can't imagine that Araujo would want to go back to Barca, the fans cheered when he came to us, while Liverpool fans clearly love him (course that could change, just ask Konate in his final season). I'm sure if we are willing to pay the price he'd love to stay.
Also Chewy, I'm pretty sure there was at least one occasion, maybe two, that Ron came off for Frimpong not because he was exposed, but because he doesn't offer as much going forward as he does defensively. That's probably his only demerit as a defender, though he is actually much better on the ball than I was actually expecting. He can pass it through the lines from deep, but when he's further up the field he can be a bit limited and clunky looking.
{Ed666's Note - Ronald does more offensively than Kerkez and Kerkez is meant to be the attacking one out of the two
27 Oct 2026 10:46:59
Did every Barca fan cheer or are we just tarnishing them all with the same brush?
Luckily that didn't happen with LFC fans after last seasons opener at home to Bournemouth or we'd all be classed as racists.
27 Oct 2026 11:37:42
JK, we're the best supporters in the world. Ask Trent.
27 Oct 2026 12:38:12
Rome no need to mate, many posters on here tell us enough.
27 Oct 2026 13:05:02
JK, I think Bradley well enough proved he's capable the day he absolutely bullied Vini Jr off the park for 90 minutes, what he is yet to prove though is that he can do it consistently.
Rings a bell alright Patrik, Iraola did say something along those lines in a post-match presser one time if I remember correctly, probably a combination of both, there was definitely a couple of occasions where he was getting caught out defensively, dragged out of position and runners getting in behind sort of thing. Funny that, Frimpong being brought on because 'he offers more going forward' when, at least for me, Araujos offered more on the attack in the last 8 weeks than pingpong has in the last 14 months.
{Ed666's Note - I’ll go out on a limb and say Bradley won’t be a Liverpool player in 2 years time. He’s not the future.
27 Oct 2026 13:21:55
Agreed, Chewy. We have seen what Bradley can do the moment he got his chance from Klopp and then Slot at the start. He made a great first impression and so I don't need to see anything else on that topic. That ship already sailed, for me.
All we need to see now is can he stay fit enuff to reproduce the quality he showed when he first began.
That's it, for me. Hopefully, he can do that with time.
27 Oct 2026 14:01:51
There we go that puts another public debate to bed. The ship has sailed, no further opinions or discussion needed.
27 Oct 2026 15:50:19
OliRed, about Bradley you said 'I don't need to see anything else on that topic. That ship already sailed, for me.'
And then about Bradley you said 'All we need to see now is can he stay fit enuff to reproduce the quality he showed when he first began'.
Do we need to see anything or not? Which is it?
27 Oct 2026 20:23:54
Rigsby, there are 2 different questions here, not one, the first being, has he shown he's got what it takes, does he have the ability? The answer is yes. Having to pick Vini Jr out of his pocket at the end of that Real game shows us that.
The other question then is can he stay fit enough to reproduce those performances consistently? That we have yet to see.