Liverpool Discussion posts 3

10 Mar 2026 21:36:33
Just a general comment on the CL. The quality is truly awful. Watching the Newcastle Barcelona game thinking goals and excitement. It's horrendous. Barcelona are so poor on the ball. Spurs are a joke. Liverpool are the punchline. Bayern are going to stroll this competition.

10 Mar 2026 23:06:14
Nonsense. All teams besides Liverpool are playing scintillating football. In all seriousness, I knocked on the Newcastle game after us, and that is the worst Barca team I have seen in my lifetime by some distance.

10 Mar 2026 19:32:45
It's been all too comfortable this season. How we play, the lack of changing course, the acceptance of where we are and how we've performed.
It's been all too comfortable at the top of the club. This season was allowed to be a write off since October. The January transfer window was the biggest statement by the club to the fans. Soo much invested and much more going into massively improved contracts you'd think it was monopoly money.
This season look's destined for hugh financial loss going forward. We're not winning the champions League and we look soo average to even attain a CL spot.

Slot was comfortable enough to continue this dross, Edwards and Hughes are comfortable with their own below standards in their roles.

Where's the leadership from above? Who's explaining to the owner's we spent half a billion and we've went backwards by a decade in progress? But we continue to mismanage the entire club. Edward's and Hughes are not correct for the model we were. Slot s commercially going to damage us if we continue with this. Fans are switching off the TV's.

The squad is not right. If you buy wirtz you need pace and power around him. Backline need's enforcements and we require as I'll repeat 2 top midfielders to go straight in.

10 Mar 2026 19:53:23
Totally agree Ron, he should have gone after the drubbing by PSV, it's just been a insidious decline.

10 Mar 2026 20:16:30
Well we bought Wirtz and have no power and pace (Isaks fast but injured and Ekitike can run but decides to jog around all game). But then again Wirtz was probably the worst player on d pitch tonight.

Wirtz is weak as f*** very lightweight and overall fellas LFC are not equipped to be a strong force in an away game you are all right no physicality no pace no power no aggressive players

It's like a lightweight Barcelona team without the flair parts
We have an ageing VVD Salah Alisson Robertson and today we have a very weak and lightweight squad which makes them look worse it's sad cos I think it's Arsenal era now and won't be LFC for maybe the same amount of time Arsenal
Took to get here 4 -6 years

Because LFC won't spend alot in the summer

Forget tonight Liverpool
Have major problems.

10 Mar 2026 21:47:31
Wirtz is just back from injury, and yeah he's lightweight, but he's young enough to improve.
He shows sparks of brilliance which is more than most.

10 Mar 2026 22:11:46
Just back from injury? how long he been out 10 days? Shows sparks of brilliance alright, about as many as he shows flashes of averageness. Seriously, theres obviously something there, he's a player but this myth that he's been great for us is just pure lies.

10 Mar 2026 23:13:00
Our only good run this season (apart from the first 5 games) coincided with him actually playing well and setting the tempo. He has been among the better players for us, but a system which is about constantly slowing the game down is not going to suit any forward player too much.

All of them seem to have been much poorer than last season (except Ekitike, maybe - he was good for Frankfurt too).

09 Mar 2026 13:44:15
Allison out, picked up knock in training today.

09 Mar 2026 13:17:09
Just saw headlines that NATO have shot down a missile over Turkey.
Will this affect our game tomorrow night and will it still go ahead?
Have the team flown out there yet?

09 Mar 2026 17:01:24
I suspect it will be fine. The part of Turkey that is always a bit dodgy is the south-eastern corner where it borders Iraq and Iran. Istanbul is the best part of 2000km from there, so I don't think that there would be any kind of immediate threat.

09 Mar 2026 18:24:52
Turkey is a massive country and I doubt Iran has missiles that would reach Istanbul.

09 Mar 2026 19:13:27
Can't see any issues with the game going ahead - I'm more concerned with my holiday there in May.

08 Mar 2026 21:24:15
I see Indy suggesting we're looking at Barella and Gibbs-White.

Any in the knows heard about interest in these? Also possibility of Heitinga returning (assuming Slot leaves)

And yes, I know it's X, but he's certainly had some stuff correct in the past along with some of the guff.

09 Mar 2026 00:51:09
Barella is too old. Gibbs White would make no sense, as we already have Wirtz & Szoboszlai, who are attacking midfielders. Neither addresses the weaknesses we have. I can't imagine even we'd be that stupid to sign those two.

09 Mar 2026 07:12:17
Cheers, Viktor. I knew I could count on you.

Joking aside, the Gibbs-White one, I thought, was a little odd. I always liked Barella, but I wasn't sure of his age, and I didn't realise he's nearly 30.

It's a gut-busting, no-nonsense midfielder. I'm keeping an eye on him... Let's hope we get someone in to toughen up our soft underbelly!

09 Mar 2026 09:47:49
"He's certainly had some stuff correct in the past, along with some of the guff."

That is pretty much the definition of "if you throw enough s***, some of it will stick." Even a broken clock (analogue obviously) is right twice a day and all that.

09 Mar 2026 10:12:33
Correct, Shipley, but he's been more on the money than some of the usual people in the know, (to the point that David Ornstein even re-tweeted some of his stuff), so he must have some insight.

09 Mar 2026 10:29:49
Possibly the worst rumour he has put out there since he started his professional spoofing.

09 Mar 2026 14:12:38
Honestly, I don't remember him ever getting anything right. What examples are there?

09 Mar 2026 18:26:02
Lfcfan, he got lucky last summer. Sounds like the chicken flipper has returned to form.

09 Mar 2026 23:08:05
He only gets things right because he copies them from here!! Most of the time he's completely wrong but often deletes them. I don't know how many times people have to say about Indy. He's an incel who works at KFC in Leicester - he knows NOTHING, he's NOT an insider, now please can we stop talking about that idiot, it really does my head in!

10 Mar 2026 05:52:17
Barella to replace Chiesa?

06 Mar 2026 00:04:23
Listen, if klopp does return to management, I don't think he will return to us or the Premier League however,

I will say it is the only scenario where I would kike Gerrard on the coaching ticket.

I think Klopp has such a massive personality that he could mould Gerrard into exactly what we need him to be.

I don't want Gerrard managing as he has shown nowhere near enough of a resume to qualify him for the job.

As assistant manager to anyone else, I d feel he cause more problems than he would solve.

But a Klopp/ Gerrard coaching ticket does get me incredibly excited. Think it's a partnership that would actually benefit them both.

It won't happen but a man could dream.

It's the only capacity I can see Gerrard working on a coaching ticket and it would also be my number one coaching pick.

1. Klopp (preferably with Stevie G as AM)

I'll give my top 4 since I'm at it.

It's got to be Luis Enrique. The football PSG played last year was some of the best I ve ever watched and we ve been treated to klopp football. He seems to be high in the betting for some reason but I doubt he comes to us. Would be another dream coaching ticket.

2. Luis Enrique

My 3rd choice would probably not align to most but I'm going Iraola. A big drop in certainty from the first two but I just love watching Bournemouth play and the standard of players there pale in comparison to what we have. I would love to see what he could do at a big team and I would be quite excited if it was us that provided him with that chance.

3.Iroala.

4th would be Alonso. Club legend and has really had a varied career under the guidance of some of the greatest managers with all kinds of different styles. The football he played at Leverkusen was outstanding and there are players at the club who knows what he wants very well. Liverpool are not Madrid. I think he can get the players to work hard here.

4. alonso

I would be absolutely delighted with any of these 4. I know some will denounce Iraola but I think he may be a massively underrated choice with Prem experience and a huge ceiling.

06 Mar 2026 02:27:38
You're right about one thing, Klopp's not coming back, he has zero interest. All the recent talk in the media is based on an unconfirmed report that Red Bull are not happy with him. It's all speculation. No chance we're getting Enrique. If he goes to a Premier League team, there's no chance he picks us over City. He still has a year left on his contract anyway, so for now he's technically not even an option. Alonso is possible, but as I said when he first got the sack, I imagine he's waiting until the Summer to see what offers are on the table. We spoke with him back in January, and it wasn't to see if he fancied a pint. I'm certain we floated the idea of him coming in back then, and he said, 'get back to me in June.' If true, he's technically shrugged us off twice now.

He's a smart lad, career focused, there are other teams out there that would be less of a gamble for getting his career back on track. Iraola is a possibility, I'm sure he'd snap up the opportunity, but obviously not the club's first choice, and understandably so, considering he's essentially got little more to his name than a few gold stars.

If Arne does go, it's not going to be as easy as people think to bring in a top manager. It's going to be a very busy window in terms of managerial appointments, a lot of movement expected. If the likes of Pep and Enrique do decide to move on, it could make things very difficult for us. Time will tell.

06 Mar 2026 07:26:34
I'd have zero issue with Iraola becoming Liverpool manager. He should have been since last November imo. But that's past history. It'll be Alonso and I also have zero issues with that either.

07 Mar 2026 10:07:08
I would not like to see Gerrard back at the club.

09 Mar 2026 14:37:39
Iraola, for me, this man knows the Premiership well, and has kept his team playing well while having to replace stars who have left.

05 Mar 2026 19:47:03
Slot was complaining about how boring the EPL has become yet his team plays the most boring football.

Man can you just take a moment to look in the mirror? Well I guess he has but doesn't see anything wrong with the way we play.

I was watching the Brighton v Arsenal game and couldn't believe how quickly Brighton looked to get the ball forward. It was quite an entertaining game.

I miss the days I enjoyed watching Liverpool play. I really hope we can get back to those times soon.

05 Mar 2026 01:09:02
I'll give credit to Slot for calling out time wasting the last couple of seasons, probably more so this season. Then last week he comes out and says the football being played this season in the PL is, "not a joy to watch", and his "football heart doesn't like" the emphasis on set-pieces this season. I must say I've come to really dislike those two hyphenated words.

Tonight Hurzeler, before and after the game, slammed Arsenal and their tactics. They had 40% possession after taking an early lead, which is unbelievable for a team that likes to dominate the ball. Last week Trossard down 3 times, tonight the keeper.

I disagree w Hurzeler when he says it's hard for the refs. It is to some extent but they blow the whistle as soon as someone falls down. To me, the refs are the biggest problem as they are the ones allowing the cheating, time-wasting, "gamesmanship, " etc. The players are just taking advantage of the totally incompetent referees.

Arsenal won't care if they go on to win the league, of course. But, I get the sense that something will be done by PGMOL if things continue as they are. I'd upgrade diving to a straight red, and I'd include minimal contact in that, as well as players purposely initiatiating contact then falling down. We might have a few games that finish w 14-15 players on the pitch initially, but they'd soon get the message.

05 Mar 2026 03:16:58
I think the issue is higher up than the refs. If it stopped with the refs, we would see a bit of variety in decision making; we would see the odd ref being strict by comparison, carding lads regularly for driving, play-acting, and time-wasting.

We're not really seeing that. It's universally poor, which suggests to me that the issue lies in the instructions being sent down from the higher-ups.

05 Mar 2026 04:40:50
Yep, the refs are def under marching orders. But, the levels of inconsistency in their decision making demonstrates how woefully incompetent they are too. PGMOL has to carry the can ultimately for the awful standards of officiating.

05 Mar 2026 10:04:37
There are definitely inconsistencies, but Arsenal have actually made a game plan of exploiting it.

For example, Gabriel throwing himself to the ground under minimal contact gets Spurs' goal disallowed. VVD staying on his feet after the same kind of shove on Tuesday, and we concede a goal.

I've said before, we generally don't take advantage of the poor refereeing enough. There's always instances, of course, but in general the majority of our players try to stay on their feet. It's a good thing, but a bad thing too, as other teams are getting an advantage that we are not.

With Arsenal, it doesn't matter which player gets touched. They are hitting the deck every time. You couldn't say which player is worst for doing it, because they all do it equally, even the likes of Lewis-Skelly, who's fresh out of the academy, so it's obviously a tactic that's trained into them. I watched 10 minutes of their game last night. Trossard dived twice, Havertz dived in the box under minimal contact, and Gabriel fell over after Welbeck brushed his shoulder.

The only decision they didn't get was the pen for Havertz, but he should've been booked and wasn't, so he'll keep trying because there's no consequence.

It was noticeable that when Moyse took over at Everton, the first thing they did was start going to ground easily, which then gave them a foothold in the game and set pieces to exploit, and their results improved. It works.

I've also said referees don't understand the game. For someone who's played the game, you know when someone is fouled and when they're cheating. The refs just don't see it.

Now, the problem is that it's become an integral part of the game, so everyone will claim for free kicks under little or no contact because they've seen other teams get the decisions regularly. It would take a huge shift in the referees' mentality and ability to turn it around.

05 Mar 2026 12:19:46
Slot is a fine one for talking about "football not being enjoyable to watch," given the results this season under his watch.

05 Mar 2026 14:28:10
Bang on, Varry. The best one is where a player knows he's gone down a blind alley. They just stop, stand over the ball, and stick their arse out until the opposition player brushes them off, then they go to ground. Free kick given every time. The refs have to realise what's going on, yet they keep blowing their whistle.

Dead right on the Van Dijk incident the other night too; for me, it wasn't a foul, but if he went down like Gabriel the ref would have blown. I'm all for not playacting, but it's frustrating when trying to play the right way goes against you.

05 Mar 2026 18:01:26
Vik, I get the hypocrisy in his statements for sure. But it's refreshing to see managers like Slot and Hurzeler call out the rubbish we're seeing every match week this season. We need more calling it for what it is.

04 Mar 2026 22:26:19
Fair play to 10 men Newcastle. Even when the powers that be are trying to hand it to United on a plate they still make a meal of it.

05 Mar 2026 01:32:39
I think if Newcastle just played every game with 10 players, they'd be top 4 certs and maybe title contenders. On a more serious note, does anyone want to finish 3rd-5th?

05 Mar 2026 09:39:25
I spoke about Arsenal the other day, and the red cards that they haven't received this season. But for United to have an opposition player sent off, 2 games in a row, is something else.

Especially since both decisions are so unbelievably harsh on the opposition teams.

05 Mar 2026 13:47:57
VAR was introduced to set decisions towards certain teams ie City, Man United, Arsenal and hamper Liverpool just look at how they have treated us; Diaz goal and Macca when kicked in the chest etc. it's clear as day VAR is ran by an agenda and is being used to influence a preference.

06 Mar 2026 18:28:37
Well, ironically, Tony Pulis makes some good comments on the standards of refereeing and the use and impact that VAR has had on the game. The father of set-pieces and time wasting is now decrying their use.