Liverpool banter 5

07 May 2026 17:50:08
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Manchester United v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

07 May 2026 18:28:21
Can't argue with that ED1 think you were a bit harsh though not defending these multi millionaire athletes moaning about not having enough days off .

{Ed001's Note - yeah, I mean they do have to put in at least 2 hours work a day.}

07 May 2026 19:17:20
Does that include travel to and from work?

07 May 2026 19:30:36
ED001, i'm sure if u just tweaked the match report with the odd name for goals or blunders, no one would ever know n it will save you a bit of time writing it up but more importantly watching this dross again

07 May 2026 21:55:29
Great write up of a poor performance! Why don't the players put in the extra work in training, even if Slot has bu**ered off home? Instead they'd rather go away themselves! It's so annoying, as they must know they're doing it! It's like it's a middle finger to all us fans!

08 May 2026 00:35:30
Thanks for the write up Ed. Appreciate you watching the game again and sharing your analysis of the game with us. Amazing that you could sit through it a second time when I could barely watch it the first time through

{Ed001's Note - I ended up watching it 3 times to try and come up with something new to say. I just couldn't see anything about different from what I had already said!}

08 May 2026 09:08:50
"I ended up watching it 3 times to try and come up with something new to say."


Just how do you do this? How do you subject yourself to this process all the time? I salute you, sir.

{Ed001's Note - stupidity maybe?}

07 May 2026 15:29:14
I'm hearing Julian Nagelsmann is the number one target on recommendation from Klopp to FSG, is this as he really thinks he is a good choice for us or that he wants the Germany job. I actually don't think the latter by the way

But maybe he is the one FSG want

If so how do you guys and gals think a lot this?

For me personally it seems he causes a lot of s**** which the hierarchy.

Maybe the early success he got went to his head

To be honest I'd go for Tuchel no matter how England do in WC or try again for Alonso

07 May 2026 15:45:14
Nagelsmann is not the first choice target, and I highly, highly doubt he'd ever be recommended by Klopp.
Early success? What success? He did reasonably well at Hoffenheim, but it's been pretty awful since then. Nagelsmann's reputation is based on nothing more than his age and early foray into coaching.

07 May 2026 15:47:55
I don't want Tuchel or Nagelsmann. Neither is good enough.

07 May 2026 15:57:21
I don't want Ze Germans taking charge of my club so it's a no on Tuchel and Nagelsmann for me.

My choice would be Sebastian Hoeness or bring Klopp back.

07 May 2026 16:22:56
Tuchel? If you think Slot plays some dull football, I have some bad news for you.

07 May 2026 16:55:32
Hoeness is German though, JK23.

07 May 2026 16:59:58
Shughes, JK is joshing, mate.

07 May 2026 17:02:07
Think he was being sarcastic, Shughes.

07 May 2026 17:14:24
Didn't Carra say this last week to watch out for Julian N....

07 May 2026 18:28:55
And another ITK...

07 May 2026 18:47:54
Tuchel? I thought we wanted an improvement on the football we've had to watch this season?

07 May 2026 19:23:03
Nagelsmann is the German B-Rod. Probably the only manager where I would rather keep Slot.

07 May 2026 22:38:48
Nagelsmann is Teu-Bo, a Teutonic Bodgers. Tits n tirades.

08 May 2026 09:13:15
Tuchel? Hard pass.

07 May 2026 11:25:03
Well done to the club ownership in listening to the fans and reducing their plans for ticket pricing for the next couple of years - 3% in line with current CPI for next season and a price freeze for the season after.

Nice work and well done by all involved in the discussions.

07 May 2026 11:38:04
Hope these same fans don't demand a large transfer spend this summer. And if we don't have a big window, these same fans don't call for FSG out.

07 May 2026 11:47:56
The ticket increase would have raised an extra 1 million something for the club.

That's hardly going to affect the transfer and wage budgets.

Ticket prices only affect fans that buy tickets, so well done those fans on sticking to their guns.



For the people who don't care about ticket prices, then here's hoping for Sky raising their prices and streaming being abolished.

Because we don't want that affecting the club's budget.

07 May 2026 12:13:06
Still income for the club. Let's hope these fans don't turn on FSG when anything doesn't go how they want, and remember they didn't have to pay that extra £2 every other week.

07 May 2026 12:29:25
I can see this from both sides.

On the one hand, everything is going up, so the club is having to pay more to basically run itself. With that in mind, it's not unreasonable that they pass some of those extra costs onto the consumer. It's happening in most other businesses all over the world.

On the other hand, football has always been a working class sport, and so, by increasing prices, you are pricing out the traditional fans who have been attending matches for generations. My Grandad had a season ticket, my dad did, and I did until I moved away. There are many fans in that category too who are the lifeblood of the club and have been for a century.

It would be a shame to see those people priced out.

However, we live in a capitalist society, so if you want the top players on top wages and to win the top prizes, then you have to expect that you'll have to put your hands in your pockets. It's not nice, but it's the way of the world, unfortunately.

If you want old school football at affordable prices, that is available in the lower leagues. Rightly or wrongly the Premier League is catering for the working class less and less as the years go by.

07 May 2026 12:47:09
Which dummy at the club thought it was such a great idea to announce those price increases when the team is playing such dreadful football.

07 May 2026 12:52:12
There's no justifying passing on the costs to the fans imo. The impact would be minuscule on the club's accounts but not on fans. If they want to cut costs and make the business more profitable, maybe they can start looking at the wages of the players or the coaching staff first.

They're earning more in a week than what a normal person does in a year anyway. I'm sure they can survive if they're receiving a few thousand less each week.

07 May 2026 13:10:44
JK. I pay £9.36 per year on Disney to watch the full EPL season (all 38 games). I'm willing for them to double it or triple it.

Anything to keep JK, my old friend, happy. I feel bad when he is aggrieved. 😂😂😂

07 May 2026 13:13:46
BP, get what you're saying but if people stand back and don't say anything whilst billionaires around the world increase the price on everything and just put it down to inflation and cost of living then we might as well all give up.

07 May 2026 13:16:39
Hardly aggrieved, Aray.

I'm sure the club appreciates your £10 a season, and would be even more delighted you'd be happy to increase that to £30.

Not all super heroes wear capes.

07 May 2026 13:21:19
Yes, but we can all fly, JK. 😊

07 May 2026 13:21:25
I remember last time with the £77 a ticket thing, and FSG came out and said we'll have to find the money another way... and then Jurgan wasn't backed nowhere near what he should've been for 5 years. 😂

07 May 2026 13:26:07
Not Liverpool Football Club, mate.

They're certainly not flying this season.

07 May 2026 13:28:32
After last summer spending, record revenues, how 25/26 has unfolded... This just had very bad idea written all over it.

The owners should just park these ideas and focus their attention on raising revenue via other means. Because for the miniscule amount of additional revenue it would have raised relative to the negative fan response, it's just not worth it.

07 May 2026 13:37:40
Just to clarify, I think FSG are very good owners.

Increasing ticket prices, whilst also increasing merchandise and everything inside the ground (which increases revenue annually already), every season previous, I thought was a poor decision.

It's rumoured PL owners want rid of season tickets, because having a different crowd every week increases revenue as they will spend more money on one off visits.



That would be at a huge detriment to the atmosphere, though, as well as other things. Liverpool already have one of the lowest season ticket holders to capacity in the league.

07 May 2026 13:58:10
Kopcat09, that's what I wanna know. As they say, timing is everything.

07 May 2026 14:28:22
Tempted to throw my tinfoil hat on for this one, but it kind of feels like the whole thing was a strategic distraction: poor form, a lot of unrest amongst the fanbase, booing at matches and calls for Slot's head. Then they announce the price hikes right as we enter the most crucial stage of the season, giving the loudest of us something else to shout about.

In the meantime, they flood the media with stories of Slot staying, then, all of a sudden, the whole price hike thing is dropped just as Champions League qualification is all but secured. It's all a little convenient; kind of makes you wonder, was it really just poor timing?

07 May 2026 14:37:02
Yeah, JK. This season has been anything but flying. Feels like it's been trying to stay afloat and not drown.

07 May 2026 15:57:02
I personally find the outcry re ticket prices a complete joke. If the fans were genuinely poor, they would have been priced out of going years ago. The fans complaining just want something to complain about.

The club and the Premier League sold their souls to the devil back in the early nineties. Football hasn't been a working class game for decades, so what are they all moaning about.

07 May 2026 15:52:29
Kloppice, with your statement, I hope you go the match, like I've done for over 40 years, or you just sitting in your armchair shouting at the fans who pay for tickets.

07 May 2026 16:24:47
How do you watch games, Bobby B?

07 May 2026 16:36:42
BobbyB, that's quite an insensitive statement. It's the usual "hey, it's not my money." Until it is.

07 May 2026 17:06:54
Bobby, I think it's time to get your coat.

07 May 2026 20:09:00
Isn't it about time we, as fans who can't get tickets, are able to buy an online season ticket, with the club getting all or majority of the money? Wouldn't affect stadium fans at all. Would love to go to games, but virtually impossible these days... Hospitality is way too expensive. Football for the working class is done.

07 May 2026 20:53:11
Magico, have you tried the ballots mate?

09 May 2026 03:29:23
@Chewy, billionaires tend not to suffer from poor decision making or poor timing.

@JK, watching Liverpool these days is a bit like watching Dr Who in the early 1960's when I was a little kid - peeping over the top of the couch hoping that I wouldn't see anything upsetting if I looked.

07 May 2026 10:59:07
I can only look in envy at PSG and their coach. What a great manager.

Total respect to the man. He knows what he wants and he knows what he’s doing. Would be an absolute dream at Liverpool. I think he brings unity again.

Not saying Liverpool could pull it off but if you want to be serious, for me, that’s the one I would want.

07 May 2026 11:18:58
They are great to watch and their manager is doing a great job, but, as seems to be the case these days, they were assembled with the financial backing of (Arabic) state funding.

07 May 2026 11:45:29
Enrique is the one I want as well. He's by far the most experienced and prestigious one available that's been even remotely linked with us. And I would not be surprised if we got him at the end of the season, despite everyone telling me it's not happening.

07 May 2026 13:19:46
WDW, just out of curiosity. Is it just the Arab owners that annoy you or do you feel the same way about the Americans, Chinese and Greeks that own EPL teams? (PS. 62% of the EPL teams have significant foreign ownership - thank you Google).

07 May 2026 13:26:34
One thing's for sure, Enrique doesn't swan off back to Spain 4 days a week.

07 May 2026 13:39:22
Are all your posts about Slot in some direct or oblique way, Kopcat?

Enrique is an absolutely incredible coach for sure, but he's also rather old as far as top coaches go. Isn't he the same age as Pep? I do wonder how long he'd be able to hack the 24/7 stress of being a prem manager at an elite club.

07 May 2026 13:40:54
Fair point, Wdw, however, Liverpool have buying power themselves. I'm sure he could improve us a lot, and I'm sure he would be backed.

I read something today as well online suggesting Edwards' role may no longer be needed as their multi club model has been abandoned. Unsure on that one.

07 May 2026 13:55:59
Luis Enrique is 55. He's hardly Roy Haversham Hodgson.

07 May 2026 14:07:55
David Beckham: "I spoke to the president, Nasser, at PSG. He said in the first year of Luis Enrique, he virtually slept every night at the training facility, working on how he wants the team to look, how he wants the team to play, and who he wants.

The president says he's never seen anything like it."

07 May 2026 15:55:36
PSG are very impressive, but have you seen how many minutes their first team have played in Ligue 1 this year? Most of them are around the 50% mark. That must be a big advantage coming into the latter stages of the Champions League, being super fresh.

07 May 2026 15:59:17
There is a programme saying how PSG got their money from very dubious means, the World Cup vote n a lot of planes worth billions bought off the French n, hey presto PSG are super cash rich.

07 May 2026 18:25:40
Enrique is the bike you want for Christmas but you know it's not happening, so move on.

07 May 2026 20:21:03
@ArAy, it's not a specific national thing, it's more a case of massive multi-national corporations and politically motivated state funded financial institutions who use people and things (like sport) as a means to an end, be it sportswashing or leverage into new markets etc.

I really dislike football, golf, cricket, rugby union etc being turned from sport into pawns in business games for economic and political games with absolutely no regard for supporters of the game and the future well being of sports.

07 May 2026 09:59:37
Good morning all,
I have mixed feelings about Iraola, I believe he is an excellent manager but he has recently cited that his family are unable to settle in the UK. I have also read some reports he is looking to Spain for his next move.


I hope we are not falling into the same trap as we are with Slot, who wants to be with his family?
I have said before, Alonso is tailor made for us and I would hate to see him go to Chelsea.
Keep up the good work Ed's and thanks for a great forum.
Phil

07 May 2026 11:22:02
Livphil
The situation with Iraola could be different, I don't know.
1. His family seemingly did actually relocate with him to the UK when he took the Bournemouth job in the first place.
2. Spain is a 2-hour flight from the UK rather than a 45-minute one. It may not seem like much, but it is.
3. The Bilbao job has just been taken by the ex-Dortmund coach.

The only other opening this summer that could match Iraola's stock is Real Madrid, but that could easily derail his career.

I disagree that Alonso is made for Liverpool. I think Alonso is liked by Liverpool more than he likes Liverpool, but that is just a personal opinion. He made a disastrous choice going to Real Madrid despite advice not to.

07 May 2026 11:50:47
One thing I know for a fact about Iraola, if we get him, is the days of passing around at the back will be well and truly gone.

I've made my feelings very clear already. Iraola would be a fantastic choice. I'm getting prematurely excited here about him coming. Need to calm it down a bit. Probably won't happen because I want it too much.

07 May 2026 14:02:47
@Davey, As much as I want Xabi to be the manager (Enrique ain't happening, imo) cos he has won stuff and knows the journey that leads to glory, I absolutely love Iraola and the football he plays. B'mouth are one of my fav. teams in the PL to watch and that is thanks to him and his staff and of course, the players.



Most importantly, he has a way of getting the absolute best out of his players esp. the younger ones like Elie Kroupi Jnr. and several others. It will be very interesting to see what he can do with more funds, better players and on the big stage with a bigger club. If it is with LFC then, so be it.

07 May 2026 19:26:13
It's quite easy to start picking holes in each of the managers we are linked with.
Alonso - plays with 3 at the back and not a system we've played well. Didn't do so well at Madrid.
Hoeness - won a cup but only managed mid-table teams. Could he hack it in the EPL?
Iraola - can he deal with the pressures of having to win every week? His style of football creates lots of injuries.

Will his family want to move away?
Enrique - could he cope playing 60 high intensity games per season? Can he still do it without having the most money in the league?

However, every manager is a risk and there is no guarantee of success.
They are all fine managers and have had recent success. How can you expect to know how they'd cope without them actually doing the role?

07 May 2026 07:43:52
So I’m not one to pos rumours and that’s because I have no source, no inside leak and no connections to the game.

What I do have is a wild theory. Slot is gone end of the summer - what’s creating uncertainty is who is replacing him and I think Alonso was the natural fit until a certain Enrique said he’d be looking for a new challenge if he won the Champions League again.



Heard it here first (probably not).

07 May 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Tomthumb1212 has posted a new article entitled, Rangers Left Paying for Bad Calls in Big Moments

07 May 2026 07:10:42
Well, after last night's performance from Olise it's a mahoosive no from me! Thought he was dog s***! Glad PSG won though because Arsenal might have had a chance against Bayern.

07 May 2026 07:34:25
You write someone off based on 1 performance? Hope you are not involved in scouting.

07 May 2026 07:38:28
I said no to Olise the other week, clear quality but a one trick pony. I think we need to get back to buying the next up and coming player who fits a profile and has a particular mindset.

I would love Bowen and Diomande in the forward positions, someone like Sadiki for dm/cm, and then we need a rb option. Sell Marma and Macca, and bless Elliott (he deserves a decent move).

07 May 2026 08:10:07
Olise is a superb player, his numbers are through the roof this year in terms of generating chances, taking shots, xg, take ons, everything. One problem is that he can only play one side (and a very specific way of playing that one side, mostly in the right half space like Mo last year), and has basically no defensive work rate to speak of. He would also cost a huge amount for whoever manages to convince him to leave Bayern in terms of wages.

Diomande is 19, is already statistically doing the business in his first season playing in a top 5 league, has massive room to improve and learn on the job, is frightening in one-on-one situations, has excellent work rate and is a willing presser and runner off the ball, and despite the fact that he tends to play as a right footed player on the right side, is pretty much unstoppable even when he likes to go on the outside with his dominant foot and beat his man for pace.

He is an absolute cutback merchant, it's his forte, which is clearly what we need.

He's a big risk, given his age and experience, but at the same time you could say his age is a big reason to pay the big money. He could go on and become one of the best in the world in one or two years. He has also shown that he can play the other side if need be, and he's only making 15k a week at Leipzig, if the fee was large you could triple or quadruple his wages at Liverpool and it still wouldn't come close to what some of our starting 11 or even Chiesa are making.

07 May 2026 08:21:54
Olise would walk into our side. Top player. No chance of coming.

07 May 2026 08:24:31
Not for me, hard pass.

07 May 2026 08:37:36
I think he’s a very good player, but I want us to go back to 2 rapid wingers like when we had Salah & Mane. I haven’t seen Diomande play, so can’t vouch, but someone of the ilk please.

07 May 2026 09:05:34
Olise is a brilliant player, be perfect for us, also Im not saying get Harry Kane but that man knows where the net is, a supreme goalscorer.

07 May 2026 10:13:39
Just been announced Darwin being released by his Saudi super club on a free transfer.

Not often World class players are available on a free.

Should we bring him back?

07 May 2026 10:26:28
Scouse John, I'm much older, so a 'Soft' pass for me.

07 May 2026 10:32:21
JK, having got to know your posts over the last couple of years, I possibly detect just a touch of sarcasm!

07 May 2026 10:44:30
Not sure Olise was ever an option to begin with, personally.

07 May 2026 10:53:31
ManofTod, "We need to get back to buying the next up and coming player... I would love Bowen." 🤣

07 May 2026 11:17:40
Next up-and-coming star? Lewandowski.

07 May 2026 11:25:46
If we're looking at up and coming stars, why not give our very own Salah a shot? True that he has had a less than stellar season, but inconsistencies are part and parcel of blooding in young players ;).

07 May 2026 11:40:32
I'm sure Chelsea are interested in Nunez jk.

07 May 2026 11:52:14
Hahaha, Rome was a little bit in there, mate, but on a serious note, if he's on a free and Ekitike is out for a year, then it might not be a bad deal.

He has an affiliation with the club, and if wages are right, he'd be ideal in the squad.



Worst case scenario, it doesn't work and you sell him for 20 mill in a season or 2 and the 40 mill the club lost on selling him last season is reduced further and it's 100% profit on the books.

07 May 2026 13:01:19
This is the third post in recent days suggesting we get Nunez back. Things are pretty bad at the club but not that bad. I hear Nathaniel Clyne is still playing if we're short of a fullback.

07 May 2026 21:29:29
He would walk in to our side and he would walk about the pitch until it's passed to him.

Too lazy, not for me.

07 May 2026 23:00:40
Liverpool are missing what Nunez brought to the team. Energy, pressing, speed on the break, creating space for others, defensive work at corners. But, miss a few chances, and people forget about everything else. Incidentally, I've seen Ekitike miss quite a few sitters this season.

09 May 2026 03:34:23
@Kemlyn, Agree with you about what the team needs but Nunez isn't the man to act as the blueprint for the team. He is just a headless chicken who, once every 20 games or so, looks good for about 10 minutes. He couldn't make the grade when we were a good side.

07 May 2026 00:28:42
Maybe with the French league being a one team league and Enrique potentially winning back-to-back UCL titles, he’ll feel like there’s nothing left to prove in his current role and look for a new challenge. What better challenge than to take over a Liverpool team reeling from losing Klopp and propelling us to new heights? The man is a tactical genius and his teams play a brand of football that is hugely entertaining.

We can but hope. I’d watch that any day over boring, pedestrian Slot ball.

07 May 2026 06:47:13
Kvarshelia: "At PSG, if you don't run, you are on the bench."

Good mentality.

07 May 2026 07:08:54
That is one unbelievable team!

07 May 2026 07:28:19
If I could hand pick a manager then he would be my first choice.

Guess we'll have to see what happens at the end of the season.... My gut tells me he'll go to City to replace Pep, which will be rather annoying... Either that or I went a bit too heavy on the Jalapenos!

07 May 2026 07:30:18
Clutching at straws here with the attempts to get Enrique. Not even sure why he'd come with our awful set-up.

07 May 2026 10:18:18
I would love Enrique too. But he does seem pretty happy there, with what is a very young team. Seems most unlikely.

07 May 2026 10:47:00
Davey, sadly, that used to be here under Klopp and even Slot last season.

And then this season happened, where we lead the league in distance walked per 90, a stat I did not even know existed in all my years of following the sport.

As for Enrique, we can always hope. I'll believe it when it happens.

07 May 2026 10:55:56
He's only just built that side, he's now seeing the fruits of his labour, you don't jump ship at your peak. Also can't see him coming in under Edwards.

07 May 2026 14:06:13
Me neither, Chewy. Enrique has a big say in transfers at PSG, I read somewhere, cos that was why Chelsea didn't hire him a few years ago, cos as their fans say, their suits wanted a "Yes" man. Sounds familiar?

Edwards, esp., and Hughes have shown they are not able to handle that type of personality, imo.

09 May 2026 03:36:13
If FSG want to move the footballing side of the club to the next level in the next 5 years, Enrique has to be the manager at some point.