30 Jun 2026 15:46:25
Hi Eds,
Any news on MacAllister? surely he needs to be shipped out with his performances. Do you think anyone will be coming in for him?
{Ed001's Note - nothing mate, his last season was hardly going to draw in interest, he was dreadful.}
30 Jun 2026 16:42:49
Ship him off to Saudi.
30 Jun 2026 16:59:06
Hopefully, he has a very good World Cup and attracts some interest. Failing that, he just needs to knuckle down and work harder next season. He's not a bad player when he's fit and on form. He just hasn't been fit and on form for about 18 months!
30 Jun 2026 16:50:15
Ed001 what I would say he is not the most blessed with physical attributes like Sobs is so with Slots lack of training sessions I think it will effect him more than most.
I think after 2 seasons of Slots training Ed I think everyone starts a fresh I even effected Salah's fitness so that's saying something.
30 Jun 2026 17:38:56
I'd make nor accept zero excuses for him, Gringo and MKS. He's a Crier. Not an ounce of grit in him at all. How he got to where he is is beyond me. A below average midfield player, imo, and just doesn't have what we require, which is heart.
Brings little to the pitch and I'd suggest even less to the dressing room. Get rid as soon as possible for whatever is offered.
30 Jun 2026 17:42:30
He's had two decent games for us both v RM. Trying to impress them for his move. Don't hold your breath on him putting a shift in.
30 Jun 2026 17:42:53
Mac-Allister, Szoboszlai, Ngumoha, Federico, Jaros (GK) contracts finish 30/06/2028, here we go again!
30 Jun 2026 18:15:00
MK, am with you. I don't think he is a bad player at all.
I don't like his play acting, but he is a good footballer when he is fit. But for 18 months he has not been fit, and that goes for the whole squad, and that is down to one man only, and that is Slot.
All the players, when he first came, still had Klopp's fitness left in them, but he destroyed all of it.
Frimpong was absolutely awful last season, but for me, he starts again fresh this season. Last season was a total right off.
30 Jun 2026 18:31:59
Grino, he's not a bad player mate. Football is rife nowadays with hyperbolic negativity. He lacks mobility and his play acting is pathetic at times. But he is a technically excellent footballer and he is pretty strong in the tackle when he's fit enough to get about the pitch. He's not become bad overnight. Ask the same people who think he's bad if they'd be happy to sell him on the cheap, and then you'll see they're just being dramatic calling him rubbish.
Ironically, those people will say things like "he's crap, sell him to Real Madrid for £60m". It's like they can't see how much of an oxymoron that is. If he is so poor, why aren't we talking about him going to a team like Brentford for £20m? Probably because he's actually a pretty good player. ??♂️
I'm hoping we move him on for a fair price because I don't like his attitude but if he stays, I'm not mad either.
30 Jun 2026 18:50:29
I gave Mac a tough time last season, as I did Konate and Gakpo too.
But then blamed Arne for the likes of Salah and Gravenberch being out of sorts.
I don't reckon we can pick and choose though.
Every player was affected. Mac was great the season before, I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and say it was Arne's slow boring anti football why he was so dreadful.
{Ed025's Note - hes a good player LFC8, but also a charlatan, serial cheat and a big pussy mate..
30 Jun 2026 18:53:45
Head turned, too many injuries, and wasn't interested. New manager or not, that's not the player anyone wants in a team.
30 Jun 2026 19:11:17
I do wonder if the World Cup had any bearing as well. If you look through the Argentina squad, a lot of the players had 'easy' seasons, either playing in lower leagues or spending a lot of time out with niggly injuries, etc.
Just makes me wonder if he didn't put his all into the season to ensure he was fit and raring for the World Cup.
30 Jun 2026 19:24:58
Think he ends up staying. No one will pay what we'd want. Whether that's a good thing or not I don't know. Like Mk, I think there's a good player there but he was terrible last year and should have been benched.
30 Jun 2026 19:26:21
Everyone was bad last season.
30 Jun 2026 19:27:46
Sorry, Grino and MKS, you are both totally incorrect. AM may be technically gifted, etc, but he doesn't have what counts. Desire, commitment, heart, fight, never say die. Think about Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Gerrard; those are the midfield players that matter. When the chips are down, and you need to make your mark, you need players with the right mentality to get you there.
AM is a million miles away from that level. I couldn't think of a worse shirker than MacAllister. You can have all the abilities in the world, but if you haven't got the balls, you can sit at home. Or on someone else's bench. Good riddance I say. Have zero time for him.
30 Jun 2026 19:43:19
Shankly ghost, you just re-wrote what I said in a slightly more negative way haha. You agreed with me that he's technically gifted, then agreed with me his attitude is poor, and agreed with me that you'd sell him. The only difference between our posts was overall tone!
The only difference really was that I don't mind if he stays.
30 Jun 2026 20:08:08
Shankly ghost, that's total nonsense. He's from Argentina, all them South Americans have Desire, commitment, heart, fight, never say die.
In fact, I would say they have the most in football; they do anything to win.
The play acting is ridiculous from them, but there is not a footballer around that does not do it now, unfortunately, but that's down to refs to sort it out and stop this in football.
30 Jun 2026 20:09:55
It's great that our DoF can just 'ship out' players we don't want and 'get the deal done' on players we do want.
30 Jun 2026 20:20:43
You're absolutely correct, Mks!!! ??? ?? ? ?? And, Grino, you are absolutely incorrect!! He's a clown and a waster... Open your eyes, man!!!!. ?? ? ? ?? ?
30 Jun 2026 20:22:37
Mc is a good player and I hope he gets his best form back.
30 Jun 2026 21:01:28
Sometimes we need to be aware that footballers are also people.
Mac's dad has been under investigation since 2018 for (at least) helping to cover up a paedo abuse ring in Argentina connected to the academy owned and run by his dad.
It's common in Argentina for young boys to be sent to football boarding houses (conditions are atrocious) with the promise of being signed by a professional club.
Mac's dad's academy uses one of these boarding houses and also had a coach in his academy who has now been convicted of molesting the kids at the academy.
When a parent begged his dad to report it to authorities, he is on recorded tape saying "everyone does it, I've seen it four or five clubs."
I imagine that's probably affected his focus quite significantly.
30 Jun 2026 21:02:12
I found it strange that he didn't play a game after we'd won the league last season and he's just never really recovered from that.
The excuse for him not playing was a bit odd too.
They said something like he had lots of minor injuries he needed to recover from so he could be fresh for next season. That clearly didn't work did it?
I think there's more to it than meets the eye.
30 Jun 2026 21:48:11
Isn't he the only player in our squad with a World Cup winner's medal? Could be two in a few weeks the way they are going, and he is a starter in their midfield so he can't be that crap!
30 Jun 2026 23:13:50
Bernard Diomede won a World Cup winners medal.
01 Jul 2026 00:40:19
Sorry, but he's a good player or he wouldn't be playing in the Argentina midfield.
He should be given more of a leadership role in the Liverpool team. That's why he was signed exactly like Henderson was.
Instead, we have fakes and charlatans leading the side, and hence the reason we are a side of individuals.
01 Jul 2026 02:18:48
Nevada, that's some statement that mate.
Effing grimness everywhere.
A bit of silly season speculation and then...
Boom. Wasn't ready for that.
01 Jul 2026 02:22:17
Two things popped into my mind reading this thread.
1. @007, when was the last season that Liverpool didn't have to choose to renew or not renew a contract? The 'here we go again' is a tad melodramatic.
2. I love the thought process that arrives at the conclusion that 'let's hope Macca plays well and we can sell him for a lot of money'.
Er, perhaps if he plays well Iraola might think we should keep him. He's a class footballer when he's motivated. If (big if) Argentina reach the World Cup final, I think I'm right in saying he would be the first player to have played for Liverpool and done so. I hate the theatrics, but to say he isn't a very good footballer isn't correct in my opinion.
01 Jul 2026 08:27:25
If MacAllister, Gakpo and Curtis leave, who is the new whipping boy?
{Ed025's Note - Wirtz or Isac?..
01 Jul 2026 09:21:38
He's a crier and he's from Argentina.
He might just need our love after all that he's done.
01 Jul 2026 13:46:37
Rigsby. They are illusions.
02 Jul 2026 00:49:12
Macca had a poor season but so too did Virg, Jones, Salah, Konate, Gravenberch, Gakpo... Im happy to see Macca stay and play in a more combative team before I make final judgement on him! He's a bit of a scrapper and I like that, not perfect but people on here have him wrote off as a misfit for Sunday league.