Liverpool Discussion posts 3

14 Oct 2026 20:36:33
City struggling against 11 men when the referees not helping them . Interesting.

15 Oct 2026 08:05:21
I mean PSG are the best team in the world (arguably)

{Ed078's Note - I'd say inarguably.

14 Oct 2026 12:12:20
Hi Eds, reds
Watched a bit of the Ath Madrid win yesterday and Barrios stood out to me. I read somewhere a while ago we were looking at him.
Does anyone have anymore info on him and if we are actually interested?
Hopefully bounce back tonight with a good performance.

13 Oct 2026 18:13:18
I still think the squad is adapting to Iraola's methods and tactics so you are not likely to see the best from any player. I think we're getting better as a collective. There was nothing in the City game for an hour until they brought on Doku (a great option off the bench) and Gravenberch got a red.
Wirtz, Barcola and Isak are most in the spotlight because of their transfer fees. They still need to have chance to adapt.

If we haven't seen a big improvement in those 3 players by Christmas then there will be a lot of pressure on them.

I still think it'll click.

13 Oct 2026 21:00:58
Sensible post mate.

13 Oct 2026 22:55:59
Midfield is still too weak and there's no physicality or defensive nous among the shower that we have. Until something is done about that we'll continue to be run through like they're not there.

14 Oct 2026 12:27:39
Fully agree Ron, we were actually pressing as a unit much much better than we ever have in the last 18 months. there's still a ways to go but the signs are there.

Very true Vik. I do think we'll bring somebody in asap, I would expect Ward and Iraola to see that not securing a DM during the summer was a huge mistake (on Hughes part).

14 Oct 2026 21:31:42
Agreed, but can't help but think Alonso was an easier fit for the squad we have.

13 Oct 2026 14:19:59
Away from the City game, Ndukwe had quite a night for Levante. He started and made an error, which led to a goal for Sevilla. Much much later, he scored in 90+10 min to make it 3-3. Proper Rollercoaster of a game.

13 Oct 2026 15:44:57
Did well apart from the error. We've a player on our hands there.

13 Oct 2026 13:39:44
Infantino under scrutiny for an additional salary received in 2024.

Are they maybe using City's blueprint of paying multiple salaries to people ????.

13 Oct 2026 07:40:04
Don't think Anderson covered himself in glory with his reaction to having his shin tickled, dragging his leg like he stepped on a land mine! Bloody embarrassing!

13 Oct 2026 09:26:37
He also tried to rugby tackle somebody (I can't remember who but it may well have been Grav) and the ref waved play-on and never even for a second thought about giving him a yellow for something that was 50 times worse than either of the Gravenberch 'challenges'. Embarrassing refereeing.

13 Oct 2026 18:10:28
It wasn't Andersons shin it was his toe and then lay down holding his knee. Ref thought that was the injury, pathetic reffing.

12 Oct 2026 21:09:15
It feels like the powers that be are trying to play a very expensive game of Fantasy Football, just acquiring the biggest names for crazy money. No real though has gone into the recruitment process.

We are screaming out for a proper defensive general. All the big teams have 1. We haven't had one since Fab in my opinion. The money we have spent on Barcola/Wirtz we could have bought 2 Centre backs and a defensive midfielder and the balance would be so much better. We don't have any depth in the 10 role either. Its so frustrating because i can't see how this gets any better any time soon.

Lamine Camara in January is a start but I really feel we need to start again. Cut our losses.

13 Oct 2026 01:55:47
we don't need centre backs its full backs we need.

12 Oct 2026 21:00:38
Hi guys long time reader first time posting, scouser living in the states. I just want to say wirtz should never play for us again, the way he shirked out of that anderson tackle is nothing short of a disgrace. I just wish there was someone in the dressing room to grab him round the scruff of the neck, a souness carragher even a milner or henderson.

The lads an absolute rubbish house and is now by far our worst ever signing miles clear of nunez or carroll, and if you still see a future for him at the club you're beyond deluded. Same with that barcola we've had our pants pulled down with both of them. Munoz and koumas showing ten times the desire as them pair of cowards but wirtz especially.

13 Oct 2026 00:23:11
Oh sweet jesus here we go again, criticising the smallest player on the pitch for not being Graeme Souness.

13 Oct 2026 02:45:47
I mean, I've made my comment about that particular incident (on banter page) but calling that a disgrace is a bit OTT lol

We all know how football works, so the rubber will hit the road soon regarding Wirtz' Liverpool career.

But I do find it farcical how people can be so absolute about anything in football.

13 Oct 2026 06:11:37
He's right though with regards to how nice some of our players are. I'm slowly going off of football because of it. All this smiling and hugging players before the game (especially the Man City one) is not the correct mentality in my eyes. After the game maybe but before, we are not friends and I have no interest in high fiving you.

Also, how Hughes has gone I hope we can sort out the team because it is disjointed and has been dismantled by him.

13 Oct 2026 08:14:28
What's small got to do with it chewy? It's a mental thing and Wirtz is mentally a fairly. Your namesake wasn't a big bloke was he? He was an animal on the pitch though!

13 Oct 2026 14:07:59
Dennis wise and gattuso were the smallest players on the pitch, didn't stop them getting stuck in. He's a fairy if that's the politically correct term.

14 Oct 2026 14:11:06
Yeah I agree, small has nothing to do with it, but I didn't feel like writing all of the following:

Wirtz is lightweight, not just in stature but in style. He's an attacking midfielder, he's known for his finesse, for being an intelligent footballer who's light on his feet, when we were bringing him in nobody once mentioned Wirtz's ability to win bone crunching 50/50's, nobody cited his ferocious tackling, or ability to play as a bulldog of a DM, he's not the next Mascherano.

Go back and watch the replay in slow mo, Wirtz challenged for the ball, but he tried to nick it as opposed to commit to a crunching tackle that might have seen him injured, which is exactly the type of tackle you would expect from a player of his type, that's just his style, expecting anything else is moronic. When we buy a DM who can't win a 50/50 against the likes of Anderson, then you've got something to cry about.

Last season Wirtz won 95% of the tackles he made, this season he's won 85%, and he won about 60% of duels on the ground. Anderson's tackle win % was only 65% last season. This doesn't mean Wirtz is a better tackler, he's opportunistic, what it tells us is Wirtz doesn't over commit to tackles he knows he can't win, and the exact opposite for Anderson, who also led the league for duels won last season with 297.

So keep on crying about that 1 tackle Wirtz was never going to win against an aggressive, high-volume tackler who's literally the best in the league at winning 50/50's.

12 Oct 2026 19:24:31
Ndukwe starting for the first time for Levante tonight.

12 Oct 2026 22:12:30
Scored his first senior goal too to equalise in the 100th minute.