12 Sep 2026 12:57:17
Ed001 - a few rumours about Allison today not being offered a new contract. Do you think this is his last season with us?
{Ed001's Note - I think he will probably stay another season.
12 Sep 2026 14:47:02
At least 1 more season would be awesome. 2 would be ideal so there is an overlap with Brughmans.
12 Sep 2026 14:55:52
Will be some tall order for Brughmans to be as good as Allison, but hopefully he doesn't have his head in the clouds.
12 Sep 2026 16:53:18
Allison is a shadow of his former self.
12 Sep 2026 17:32:14
Ali been dropped from Brazil and he did not get his move i just think his head has gone seen that in todays game he was all over the place.
Hate saying anything about Ali but he has just not been him self.
Todays game showed kirkez, frimpong and the greek scouser are not up to the standards of this club. Gravenberch is going backwards needs to sort him self out.
12 Sep 2026 18:03:57
Alisson is starting to get more rash. Obviously hasn't got the same speed off the line as he used to.
12 Sep 2026 21:24:10
I still see Ali pulling of worldy saves that most other keepers wouldn't. I'd definitely be keeping him around we have enough issues, the last thing we need is a crap goalie.
12 Sep 2026 21:40:32
Ali isn't playing for Brazil because Carlo wants to play younger players in friendlies. He said he'll call Ali back up when it's more important.
Let's not assume Carlo thinks he's rubbish now as he's said the exact opposite.
12 Sep 2026 21:48:47
I think Ali has been great for the club, and one of my all time favourite players. The header against West Brom. And his emotional speech when his dad passed away. He's a great guy and a great keeper. He is not being protected very well by our porous team. However, he did keep a clean sheet today, just about.
I'm more concerned about midfield and fullbacks. That was a perfect opportunity for Gravenberch to show some character and fight himself back into the managers plans, but instead we got this. He isn't a serious footballer. I think we need a few serious footballers at the moment.
12 Sep 2026 23:45:06
Given he is about 8ft 5ins and still growing I wouldn't worry about it being a tall order. Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself .
13 Sep 2026 02:06:59
I don't think we required todays game to judge that Frimpong and Kerkez aren't good enough. I suppose our standards are relatively high when Robertson and Trent were at their best, and that could be to the detriment of the two players. One doesn't know his best position and the other switches off far too often.
13 Sep 2026 06:28:19
Clean sheet is one small positive. midfield is one big problem. Graven. Resumed where he stopped last year. The Greek is very poor. He is good in club social activities only. Shift him to marketing.
13 Sep 2026 09:02:29
The things that annoys me so much about yesterday, was these were the types of games that Wirtz was brought in for to unlock the defence. I am just going to be honest and say what I think. There is no doubt Wirtz is a good player, but I don't think it is working and I am yet to see any evidence of this improving.
13 Sep 2026 09:12:41
Fair comment, Inbeta. I'm still a believer, though, and think he'll "come good".
13 Sep 2026 13:03:49
Fingers crossed. We have seen lots of "big players" go to "big clubs" and it not working out over the years. I just hope this isn't one of them. I am just thinking back to players like Suarez and Torres that came in and just hit the ground running. They always gave 100% and always made some sort of impact. I know there were problems with Suarez near the end and Torres, but you cannot deny their ability.
I just don't think I have watched a match yet where I have looked at Wirtz and though "we have a player here" in fact, I've just been disappointed because he has been poor. And people keep saying "he did okay" is okay good enough?
13 Sep 2026 14:39:31
I am with Embeta with regards to Florian Wirtz.
When all the fuss about us signing him came about I thought "who"?
I watch a lot of football and I am sure that I would have known about him if I thought he was any good, but so fare he hasn't shown much.
In fact when I watched the match yesterday I kept saying to myself, which of these teams has 3 x 100 miilion plus players in the team?