Liverpool Discussion posts 3

08 Feb 2026 13:30:30
Is it just me or does anyone else see that Amara Nallo has no future with us? He just bagged another red card vs Southampton U21. Does anyone have insight into his play or how much he's rating at the club? He just puzzles me everytime.

08 Feb 2026 15:58:16
Came from west ham at 16 and impressed greatly at the start however as time has gone by he hasn't really seem to have progressed. I think you only have to look at the young CB signings in January to see how much the boys already there are rated.

07 Feb 2026 17:57:05
Ed25 if you are around mate, just a question on one of your former players at Everton. DCL. It seemed he was forever injured his last 3 season at Everton. He would play for 3 or 4 games then be out for weeks on end. Is that how it actually was with him as you would see them play more or is that more of a screwed perception by those of us who only occasionally saw him.

I seem to recall he did an interview season before last where he mentioned the toll of being injured a lot and how he would get horrible social media comments calling him a fraud and telling him he was stealing living.

Its just now he's at Leeds he seems to play every game and is flying. Could it be he left just as his injuries were all behind him and it was unfortunate for Everton. Or perhaps the way Leeds play and train suits him better and he's not getting the knocks he used to? I would compare him perhaps to Joe Gomez in respect of injuries whilst at Everton or is that unfair?

{Ed025's Note - i think hes a good player you know KK but as you say a bit injury prone, he went a bit stale at Everton and supporters got on his back because when he was out he was appearing in magazines modelling and that did not go down too well mate, i think a change of scenery will do him good, he is more of a goal maker rather than taker i would say but i must admit he has fitted in very well at Leeds...but injuries are just around the corner i suspect..

07 Feb 2026 19:29:12
Thanks for the reply Ed25. I hope he makes a go of it as he seems a genuinely nice lad. Same as Joe, he just needs a bit of luck maybe.

{Ed025's Note - yeah mate both of them have similar problems, it does not make them bad players..just unreliable..

07 Feb 2026 07:59:11
What's to be made of the Elliott comments from Emery
Saying we're holding him back playing as the release cause would have to be obligated
If he rates him as says he does. Why wouldn't you want to keep him
Strange one all round and feel for Harvey in all of this.

07 Feb 2026 09:19:42
They like him enough to want to play him but not enough to sign. Looks like were sticking to our guns on the original agreement. Bad news all round for Elliott.
For me a recall would have been a better option to at least be able to use him off the bench. More than likely sold elswhere in the summer.

07 Feb 2026 09:45:03
Sad news. All round. I'm a big fan of his
Hopefully he gets a return to us in the summer and can prove his worth.

07 Feb 2026 10:53:52
Yeah bad move all around and I really do feel for him. He moved to get more game time in preparation for the world cup and it didn't happen due to no fault of his own. Imo we should just waive the obligation to buy and just let AV play him without needing to sign him at the end of the loan.

That's the least we can do for a player who has always given his all for us when he played.

07 Feb 2026 16:56:36
He would be used about as much as Chiesa. He's slow and not as good as any of the players we have in those positions, including Chiesa.

07 Feb 2026 16:57:44
Well especially after todays results we absolutely need to hunt down Villa starting with a win tomorrow. I'd be more inclined to take Harvey back than to help them!

07 Feb 2026 18:10:50
TBH I think it's pretty disgusting that they are trying to shift blame to us. It's a shame for Elliot but this is a business and they signed the agreement and now don't want to pay the agreed fee's either transfer or release, that were part of that. They wouldn't do anything if the positions were reversed so with the greatest of respect to them I think they can go swivel.

Such a shame for Elliot but it's not our responsibility, all that's happened is Villa have wasted a year of a player's career and depreciated one of our assets, who at the time of signing was one of the markets most promising players after his England U21 performances. I wouldn't be doing any business with them again any time soon after that personally. Very poor form IMO.

07 Feb 2026 18:39:31
Agreed we shouldn't help them, they chose to loan him and then not use him so that's their problem. Harvey and his agent obviously knew what they were signing up to, and it was a risk for them if he didn't perform. A risk for us as well, but the performance bar was low. Emery basically doesn't rate him.

07 Feb 2026 19:41:09
Was a peculiar comment from Emery, want the player and think he should be playing for them but want LFC to do them a favour essentially because they have PSR issues? They knew exactly what they were signing and the terms but want to shift the goalposts now.

In the end it's Liverpool and Elliott who suffer, I'm sure if a straight loan option was on the table there would have been plenty of options for the lad to go get game time. I know we don't have a recall option but surely a mutual agreed termination would suit all parties?

06 Feb 2026 23:07:09
Grief and PTSD

I'm sure most on here have suffered from both. Bear with me please.

PTSD can still wash over me unexpectedly, from watching a kid at Hillsborough having a police man's coat put over his face after only moments before trying to get my girlfriend to look at the fact he had comedy boxer shorts on. Hid key had come down. I tried to get my Mrs to focus as she kept fainting from her injury's. When I did finally the copper had placed his coat over the kids face. That's PTSD or part of it. I have no doubt our players experience some of that or similar on a daily basis? Think how you heard the news Of DJ20? That shock. When you're on your own and you think of him as a mate. You will relive it, if only for a moment? That feeling can wash over you.
Then the grief. You lose a Friend, college teammate that's hard. That's grief xx

Love you guys. Sorry nearly 40 years on those feeling can still wash over. YNWA.

07 Feb 2026 09:26:59
Horrible what you went through mate.
I think time is a healer with grief, people find their own path in their own time. PTSD from witnessing atrocities is no doubt much harder.
Stay strong.

08 Feb 2026 17:41:35
Chrisymate i have never got over Hillsborough i know what your going through mate we were under the police box and the copper would not open the gate and we were stood there watching the dead laying out on the pitch . I have had counseling but it is always there good luck Chrisymate keep it together buddy were all with you mate YNWA.

06 Feb 2026 20:26:39
Ed001 and all others with Salah looking like moving in the summer, and hopefully Isak fully fit do people think we might change formation maybe 2 up and Wirtz behind. Or do we think wide players will be signed and Ekitike and Isak rotating up front.

Another midfielder signed and maybe a a diamond or will we change game to game horse for courses as they say. If we do sign a right winger who is the top pick?

06 Feb 2026 23:45:03
Think they'll rotate mate.

07 Feb 2026 11:51:12
Highly unlikely seen as neither Hugo or Isak are capable of 90 mins.

07 Feb 2026 17:57:06
Think they will be next season chewie.

07 Feb 2026 19:12:27
Too good to leave either out for me. I'd okay them both. Ekitike and Isak can both play effectively as a no 9, second striker or coming in from the left, so I'd go for a system where Isak Ekitike and Wirtz all start and interchange those positions. Then say we get Read you' got interchanging RFB and RW.

06 Feb 2026 11:18:12
On this day
God bless the Busby Babes.
No colours in tragedy, ever.

06 Feb 2026 21:43:33
RIP Busby Babes. We've had our fair share of tragedies so more than any other fanbase we are aware that some things transcend football rivalries.

Everyone should mourn so many young men taken too soon.

My thoughts and prayers are with them and their families today.

{Ed025's Note - well said VB..

06 Feb 2026 10:34:19
Remembering those that were lost in the Munich plane disaster. God bless. More things important than football. YNWA.

06 Feb 2026 12:13:14
With you on that Rome and Myrtle

RIP.

06 Feb 2026 19:06:35
Let the day be in memory of those that lost their lives and for those that survived the Munich air disaster God Bless Them all .

05 Feb 2026 13:01:41
I see city unable to fill their ground. For a semi final that's unbelievable. the good news - there was loads of room to park their camels. YNWA.

05 Feb 2026 12:22:41
Great review of our new signing by Adam Cleary on YouTube called why Liverpool think Jeremey Jaquet can be the best in the world. He's a top channel.

{Ed025's Note - i will wait until i see him in a non-farmers league side before i judge him KP, and certainly not be relying on You tube clips to assess his worth mate..

05 Feb 2026 14:45:24
Since 2018 only two teams have won the PL the same as Ligue 1.

{Ed025's Note - but the standard is totally different Endo, quite a few French clubs would struggle in our conference league mate..

05 Feb 2026 17:34:31
Hopefully he's more Saliba than Yoro.

05 Feb 2026 12:06:37
Really good piece on jacket by Adam clery on you tube, a lot of in depth info on him.

06 Feb 2026 21:55:29
Also a good piece in the guardian too.

05 Feb 2026 09:46:00
I haven't done one of these posts for a while, but here we go!

Ins
Diomande (RW or LW as he's two footed)
Malick Fofana (LW)
Boudadi (CDM)
Wharton (CM)
Read (RB)

Outs
Macca (CM)
Gakpo (LW)
Salah (RW)
Robbo (LB) - sadly
Chiesa (Forward)

Should get decent money for Macca, Gakpo and Salah.

If we can't get agreement with Konate on a new contract, then an oven-ready CB would be useful too to allow the younger ones (like JJ and the others we are buying for the U21s) have time to develop.

Ph, and also Ins - XA, Outs - AS

Not thinking about absolute figures as "we don't discuss money" (RIP).

Did consider Endo as part of the Outs, but for the price we would get, he is a player who can virtually play all over the park, and doesn't make a fuss, and is a leader so if he is happy to stay, I would keep him.

A decision to be made potentially on Elliot as I can't see Emery leaving AV anytime soon, and he clear doesn't rate him so I expect he will be back with us in the summer.

Thoughts?

05 Feb 2026 11:15:04
If we buy a proper number 6 I'd sell Grav out of all midfielders. Not as good at passing or shooting as Macca or Jones. If we buy a CDM and a CM I'd sell Grav and Macca. Don't think we will play with 2 wingers if Isak is fit and Wirtz and Ekitike can come off the left so probably keep Gakpo and buy only one winger to replace Salah.

We need a proven CD to replace Konate and cover VVD.

06 Feb 2026 22:24:56
Have to say haven't seen either Read or Boudadi play so can't comment on them. Like the look of both Diomande and Fofana from bits I've seen.
Wharton is a definite for me great little player, but if he signs I'd say he replaces McAllister out of the midfielders we have.

So likely departures for me would be.

McAllister.
Endo as we have Nyoni who can take his place.
Gakpo.
Robertson.
Seems likely Konate leaves also.

04 Feb 2026 15:38:40
Huge respect to Pep Guardiola for his brave comments outside of football! Would have never thought he had the balls ?.

04 Feb 2026 16:12:38
I have so much respect for him because of that. When a football player or a relative of theirs dies, people express sadness…., but when thousands of people, including football players, get slaughtered, many people turn a blind eye.

05 Feb 2026 11:01:26
Odd seeing as he works under the owners who also fund and support the paramilitary group in Sudan.
Seems he's happy to complain but also happy to take the same money.

05 Feb 2026 11:26:27
(Though I appreciate him talking about it in public)