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11 Jul 2025 19:52:46
Ed's I'm confused and I have read the posts. I can no longer see who we are pursuing for striker targets? With the terrible passing of Diogo, we must certainly be looking to sign one striker, assuming that Nunez does go to Napoli, that surely is 2 strikers. From what I've read and my own thoughts I doubt Isak moves this window. We don't seem to be chasing sesko or eitkie actively ( unless you tell me we are) Kane and Martinez seem like pipe dreams, although I'd love either. Both improve us. I posted slightly over a year ago about Santiago Giminez, not least because of the Ajax connection. I still think he could do a job as the second striker. However, who on earth is likely to be the first choice. I'm not after a itk answer, just your opinions please and thank you.
{Ed001's Note - the issue is Newcastle have struggled to replace Isak. He is first choice but they have lost Wilson and are struggling to attract a striker, they need two. That is why, imo as I have said a few times on here, I expect us to take a punt on a younger, less well known striker. I suggested Stassin but there are others that have been put forward on here too. That is where I think we will end up looking because an Isak deal is looking less and less likely, even though it would actually suit all parties.
Obviously suits us as we need a striker. Suits Isak as he wants the move, possibly because we are his boyhood club, but that is not certain. It also suits Newcastle as they need a big sale for PSR purposes, to allow them to invest in the team. Selling Isak would pay for 2 strikers. They don't want to lose him, but they didn't want to lose Anderson last season either.}
1.) 12 Jul 2025 00:18:24
I’m starting to change my mind on the subject. To be fair, we won the League last season without a CF really establishing themselves as the number one choice. I still think we need a CF but we do have precedent that we can win with a ‘dominant’ or star CF. Perhaps we just wait until we get ‘the right player at the right price’.
2.) 12 Jul 2025 09:34:46
‘WithOUT a dominant ‘ is what I meant to say.
25 May 2025 20:12:51
So Ed's, great season and nice to see Trent getting some love on the final day. However thoughts turn to next season. there's a lot of chatter about Nunez and athletico. Do you think it's just chatter or is a move likely to happen? And if so is it in any way connected to to us buying Alvarez? I can't see it myself signing wirtz ( if it happens) and a player like Alvarez in one window. Although I'd love to see it. Just interested in your opinions if you have time? Thanks.
{Ed001's Note - they want Nunez and we want Alvarez, whether that will amount to anything is another matter. At the moment, the best option for Nunez looks to be them but Alvarez is not keen on a return to England.}
1.) 25 May 2025 20:58:54
That's what I think too, Ed. We may have to sell Darwin to AM and look elsewhere if Alvarez wants nothing to do with the PL.
2.) 25 May 2025 21:19:08
Best to move on then no point trying to sign a player that doesn't want to play for Liverpool. Sell Nunez to the saudis.
3.) 25 May 2025 21:08:38
Ed1, someone should let him know he’d be moving to Liverpool not England :-)
4.) 25 May 2025 21:45:11
Edd001 alvarez just needs to talk to slot. It was interesting hearing how slot convinced wirtz. Made me more impressed in who we appointed. Starting to have an aura about him now even with the looming shadow of klopp.
5.) 25 May 2025 22:28:34
I think these salah and van dijk situations and following interviews have cemented how important life and being settled is for the players and their families, especially with kids. Moving around a lot, or after a significant amount of time can be huge - if his family aren’t happy, he won’t be.
20 Jun 2025 19:57:57
Es 77., wouldn’t have you down as an imagine dragons fan…would have pitched your more as a Jam fan…that’s entertainment…. Isak no chance at all, Liverpool signing two plus 100m players in one window. What are a sovereign state…I reckon our very top end for a new striker is 60-70m. At the very most. That might get a gyorkees or an evanilson… I suspect the first has too high wage demands and the second is unlikely due to the number of players they have already lost. So it’s a puzzler. For me, with the market like it is and the options as they are I’d keep one of jota or Nunez…get a great cb…use Diaz as the main strand play Cody on the left…maybe pick up a promising young lw as cover.
{Ed077's Note - I wouldn't call me an Imagine Dragons fan. Just know a few of their songs ?
08 Jun 2025 14:54:59
There is a world class player somewhere in Nunez…if he stays I’m not unhappy… if he applies himself in training and works on his composure and finishing I think he could be as good as anybody.
08 Jun 2025 14:34:52
Love it if he stayed, get some of the boot room vibe going again.
05 Jun 2025 22:32:11
Wouldn’t have him on a free and min wage 007? You are crazy. He’s a top class striker, better than Nunez and jota, he is definitively one of the best 10 strikers in the European game. If we got him for a reasonable fee circa 60m he would undoubtedly improve us.
23 May 2025 19:31:10
Saka, palmer, haaland, lamal, vini, Alvarez, mbappe, maybe rice these are the only players I can think of who would command a fee in excess of 100m. So we are cash rich right now, but miss out on the cl for one season and the wages would cripple us on fsr…so I just don’t see it Akira, although obviously I hope you are right and I am wrong.
{Ed001's Note - anyone who pays half that for Palmer is being fiddled for a guy who goes missing every time it matters.}
12 Jul 2025 19:44:43
Diaz is a very good player, one of the best in the pl in his position. If you disagree name three who are better, both from the eye test and their stats. Liverpool know this, he is difficult to replace. If he wants to leave that is a problem, but you can’t make players stay, so we dig in. Pay his value or don’t, they are clearly willing to risk a free transfer and is it such a bad idea in the era of PSR? I don’t think it is, I think PSR turns the old thinking on its head. Let players run down contracts if there isn’t a suitable target, bank the allowance and wait for the right player. It feels counterintuitive, but say we sell Diaz for 60m and buy a Gordon for the same money, but probably higher wages. Is Gordon significantly better than Diaz, no, does he have a higher ceiling, maybe. The only real advantage is the financial asset of the player, but if we don’t win things is that worth the trade off? I’m not so sure…I think th3 market is changing and our owners know it and are acting accordingly.
05 Jun 2025 20:15:46
Klopp’s team was a better 11. I’d argue that Rafa’s team had better individuals, Salah aside. Gerrard is probably Liverpool’s greatest player in the premier league era. Alonso was arguably the best passer of the ball in the pl era for any club, except maybe de bruyne, that’s a highly debatable point though. Suarez was a terrible human being but an amazing footballer. Mascherano was the best dm we’ve had in the pl era. I like Rafa, but he should have done better than he did, he bought some truly awful players, it it was in fact his call on the players, and sometimes he actively try to over complicate the tactics. If Klopp had some of Rafa’s players he’d have won multiple titles and Cl’s. That said both legends obvs.
12 May 2025 20:31:59
Love the optimism Salah and I think we have good reasons to be optimistic. I do agree with other posters that it will be harder next year and the gap much smaller. Haaland will not have the same season and will be back to scoring 30 goals, Foden will be better ( he better be for his sake if he doesn’t want to be playing at Spurs) but City have work to do in their midfield and that will take some time to embed. Arsenal will be a problem if they get a world class CF who settles fast, I’d be worried in Watkins, Jonathan David or Isak joined them. Villa will continue to improve under Emery and a couple of signings for them could make them dark horses in a title race. However, none of them have a squad as strong as ours and if we invest right, I think we should go into the season thinking that we’ll win it. Honesty can’t wait to see Slot’s impact in terms of the players he brings in. Exciting times.
{Ed001's Note - I noticed Foden has obviously been knuckling down and training hard as he looks a lot fitter than he has for a while now. This season he was looking overweight and struggling for most of it.}
08 May 2025 20:22:16
If we don’t give Connor a chance we are crazy. He’s the best young rb in the league, potentially in Europe ( for his age) natural defender, great range of passing, athletic and tenacious. The injuries are a problem, but he’s a young lad growing into his body. I played a lot of sport in my teens and twenties. Mainly basketball and tennis. Until I was 23 I had regular niggling injuries. After that I played till 30 with whole years of no significant injuries. I don’t think that niggling injuries when you are still young means that you are an injury prone person per se. Apparently we are about to increase his weekly age by 50-60k. We aren’t doing that because we are concerned about him being a long term injury problem. My point is forget the rest, we’ve already got the best.
28 Apr 2025 17:01:33
Me too, but with a vodka thrown in and some tobasco ? what a night, what a day.