01 Nov 2026 09:25:20
The leagues there to win for us if we strengthen in January. If Camara came in and did the business, we would have a real chance to take advantage.
We have Bradley and etitike to return who will be like two new players. Midfield is our biggest weakness.
01 Nov 2026 09:30:59
Whilst I like the optimism Ron, I'm not as confident about that. I admit it can happen, but I think we will have some patchy run at some point in the season. It's a long season and Iraola has not had this challenge before.
Ekitike and Bradley had bad injuries so I think it's going to take them time to get fully back to their best this season.
Biggest issue for me right now is we are not scoring enough in the league. Goals per game is low compared to our peers.
01 Nov 2026 10:09:00
Love it Ron.
I was thinking last night "Hang on a sec Brighton beat Arsenal and Man City, but we beat Brighton, what does that mean about Liverpool? ".
It shows we CAN beat everyone. We were outplaying Man City until Grav was sent off.
What I love about THIS conversation - is it so sooooo different to the one of the last year. The wise amongst us state that AI will need this season to mount a serious attack next year. The hopefulls amongst are like, nah. F*** that let's go for it this year!
What's great is that within just a few months AI already has us playing like a team, pressing harder/faster, and moving the ball forward at speed. Adding strength in Jan will hopefully only make us better!
01 Nov 2026 10:44:12
can we not do this. There isn't there to be won or lost in January.
01 Nov 2026 11:17:41
I honestly wouldn't take Araujo out of this team and put Bradley in. I know we like to think he's the bees knees because he came through our academy but I remain unconvinced and he's had quite a few bad injuries for a young-ish player. Sad to say but I don't see him as our long term RB solution.
01 Nov 2026 11:42:28
Bradley is an injury prone. Can he stay fit? I'm not sure.
01 Nov 2026 12:03:43
I think we are a fair way off winning the league. If you look at us against city we never looked close to beating them. Today will tell us a lot more about where we are.
01 Nov 2026 12:24:22
I'm always dubious about players we're already linked with and fans start raving about them ?.
01 Nov 2026 13:12:37
Bradley is not a good enough RB if we want to win the big trophies. He's better than Frimpong. But that's not saying much. We just need to buy a proper RB. Strength for this position is as obvious as anything. Sort that with 2 midfielders and a RW then we have a chance to win stuff. Until then we won't.
01 Nov 2026 13:21:00
Love the optimism too! Today will tell us a bit more about us but overall we're playing some decent football.
On Bradley I'm a big fan and I genuinely think he has enough about him to be our RB (IF he can stay injury free). Seems to be a lot of debate about him but I'm a fan.
Bring on number 21!!
01 Nov 2026 13:39:39
I like the optimism, too. I think winning the title is still rather farfetched and unlikely, but at the same time it's definitely possible. I'm certainly not expecting it. But I feel the squad has gelled so fast and everyone is pulling in the same direction with an excellent mentality. And that, together with the individual quality, is always the main foundation for any team challenging.
If it's just Champions League qualification in the end it's fine, too. But if we're not struck with terrible luck in term of injuries and add sensi ly in the summer you get the feeling it won't be long before big trophies are coming back to Anfield.
01 Nov 2026 13:50:38
Maybe we've had our bad patch?
01 Nov 2026 15:05:12
To be fair Longthing until the sending off City didn't look close to beating us either. Looked like it was heading for a 0-0 until then. Not that I'm saying we're going to win the league though.
01 Nov 2026 15:23:53
I'm with footyfan, it was the sending off that changed the game, we was on top til then. As for everyone saying Bradley's no good / injury prone. Go back to bed the lot of you. Check out saliba's injury record bet you would mind us signing him, would you's? Probably find isak has had more sick days also.
Bradley has got the potential to be brilliant, go back couple of seasons he was replacing Trent quite seamlessly too. I love the kid he deserves his chance in AI team setup.
01 Nov 2026 16:30:17
How many predicted Slot would win the Prem in his first season?
The odds are against it happening again, but isn't that the crux of what this club is about? Defying the odds?
A good run of games and a couple of astute January signings could put us in a very handy position for the run-in.
Ya never know..
01 Nov 2026 18:53:12
Insanity, We didn;t have a shot on target today. and are 9 points behind already. We are a miles off.
We might slowly be moving in the right direction, but with this squad there is no chance unless the whole league implodes.
We need a few transfer seasons and to shift some of the dead weight.
01 Nov 2026 18:55:14
Errmm, what do you think now?
01 Nov 2026 19:23:56
We are bang average, so many weaknesses.
01 Nov 2026 20:34:57
Didn't think we'd win the league before today. But today certainly wouldn't have made me less optimistic about where we are going. We played well. Came up against the best defensive team in the league.
Wouldn't mind the zero shots on target, but for the gunners blocking like their lives depended on it we'd have had 6 or 7. We are going places under Iraola. We will get better and better.
01 Nov 2026 21:09:14
I found this game extremely frustrating to watch. Arsenal are terrible and just defend. But on the flip side of that, they look like they could score at ease, if they wanted to.
I kind of felt that we played into their game plan.
We didn't play great, but we have played a lot worse. Kerkez is not good enough, I think most on here would agree.
01 Nov 2026 21:24:31
disappointingly played against 13 today inc ref and VAR.
A great advert for replacing refs and VAR with robots at least they won't have any bias.
02 Nov 2026 01:20:55
Ron, I've said it for the last two seasons. I personally found it obvious after observing it, but the big argument on here was always defence. The defence has been exposed and the strikers are not receiving enough service. Even a Henderson in this team would make a significant difference, and it's of his past ability what we need; commanding, influential, energetic and doing the simple things well while holding that position.
Roy Keane was the best at it and United built around him.
02 Nov 2026 02:24:30
We are a level down from Arsenal, and perhaps maybe City. We haven't had a full squad available yet this season so we should improve with the return of Bradley and Ekitike and Leoni.
Winning the league this season is very unlikely but not completely impossible, CL, on the other hand is a possibility, though not something you'd bet your house on.
We are getting better the longer the season goes, a couple of signings that are ready to be starters in the Jan window and we'll improve even more and at a quicker rate.
I can see us winning a trophy this season but I think a co-ordinated approach to bring together a squad that the coach actually wants over the next two or three windows and we'll be at, if not above the level Arsenal are at, and will definitely be in the mix for the PL and CL next season.
02 Nov 2026 02:25:55
Forgot to add, that will be the end of AI's contract and it'll be very interesting to see what he chooses to do.
02 Nov 2026 07:34:12
It's a fair argument WDW, we're certainly better than last season.
While a lot of hope was pinned on coaching though let's be honest we've mainly improved because we bought guys who can defend and are committed in Araujo and Jacquet.
The attack and midfield are generally quite average in terms of output, but Trey looks promising and Macca has improved as his contract runs down. To counter balance that I've not seen much if any improvement in Kerkez or Wirtz tbh, Grav has gone backwards massively, and Szob is a puzzle to get in the side. I can see all four going or being benched.
Barcola shows glimpses but needs to toughen up and show more steel and be clinical. Rio seems to have improved, Gakpo is up and down, often down. Isak slightly better.
Theres a lot of moving parts to resolve, and Iraolas short contract is just another factor in what's already a difficult transition. Its interesting times, just need to be very patient.
02 Nov 2026 08:37:01
We're at least 24 games away from winning the league IMO.
87 points will probably be enough.
02 Nov 2026 12:17:21
When they said we had zero shots on target in the first half Macallister had a shot from about 40 yards that went into Ray's hands does that not count these days? maybe it was the same person who couldn't see the shirt pull.
{Ed025's Note - and one of Alissons kicks went straight through to Raya Worzal, shall we count that as well?...come on mate get a grip..
02 Nov 2026 18:01:33
Spot on, Flo. We will not be wining the title going against a team in year 7 of their project with the same manager and defending champions while we are in year 1 with a new manager. That is pure logic and basic numbers.
Even the year Slot won us the title, the core of that team had won everything while being one year removed from winning it, potentially. That was then. This now and that squad, is not this squad. Just facts.
Can we get close? Of course but that won't happen in a week. We need to continue improving and get better progressively. I trust Iraola.
02 Nov 2026 19:04:10
I'm much more on the optimistic side of this debate, partly because I think it only benefits the team if the supporters believe we can win the league this year.
Agree with some of the criticism of our attack yesterday; it was frustrating and it looked like we ran out of ideas. BUT we still were able to play with both Arsenal and City and lost mostly due to a mistake (Arsenal) and poor decisions (both). I think this team could get to the point where they are undeniable and can overcome those set backs (like Klopps team used to), but for now, even while we're a work in project, we still looked competitive against the "leagues best".
I tend to think the chemistry, fitness, and guile needed to have a devastating attack is coming. This could be our period of bad league form.
02 Nov 2026 22:39:22
maybe we stop playing players on the right one week, left the week after, right again, let them stay on the left and for the righgt we get an out and out RW.