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12 Jun 2022 08:02:35
Hear on some rumour sites that PSG may be interested in NK (no idea why) .
Anyone think that getting Gini back plus some cash might be a good move.
Gini is not great but would be a solid squad member giving the younger guys chance to further develop.

Otts

{Ed025's Note - bad idea that Otts. Never go back mate it very seldom works..


1.) 12 Jun 2022 08:09:48
You are probably right Ed but he knows JKs system and could maybe help to close out games which we have struggled with on occasions.

{Ed001's Note - please god no! He was not good enough in the first place, which is why Klopp spent so much money trying to replace him. Now his replacement is finally settling in properly (Thiago) and you want to bring the ghost back to hide at times when we would need him to actually show up???}


2.) 12 Jun 2022 08:12:54
Agree with the 'never go back' comment Ed.

Wasn't the greatest Gini fan - he dithered on the ball too often BuT ball retention and energy levels way better than Keita.

I'm offering to drive NK to Paris and will pick up GW on the return , :)

{Ed025's Note - by all means take naby with you ted. He has been a bitter disappointment mate.” And-you can bring rose with turned up nose but don’t bring Gini “ ..?


3.) 12 Jun 2022 08:18:11
Gini was hide and seek champion of anfield 2016-2021.


4.) 12 Jun 2022 08:46:44
Still better than Naby any day.

In fact anyone of us can be better than Naby. ?.


5.) 12 Jun 2022 08:47:47
I’ll always have a soft spot for Gini because of the Barcelona game but no. Would rather Elliot gets the chance again like he did last season.


6.) 12 Jun 2022 10:05:55
Naby will get a new contract and I hope fans start appreciating him.

{Ed001's Note - until he pulls his finger out of his backside and plays like he can do, he deserves no appreciation.}


7.) 12 Jun 2022 10:45:50
NK to PSG, don't knock it, embrace it.
As much as I want every Liverpool player to succeed, it's not a perfect world.


8.) 12 Jun 2022 11:13:24
Gini was anonymous for large portions of games/ seasons but his greatest asset was always being fit and available, something by Keita, Ox and even Thiago have lacked.

If gini was accepting a role as a squad player and accepting that Jones and Elliot are a head of him in the pecking order I would take him back in a heartbeat! But I doubt his is the case and we should realistically be looking for a first team midfielder who could potentially replace hendo in the next few years.


9.) 12 Jun 2022 10:19:09
NK has shown he does not have the appetite for the big challenges . His form is patchy as is his fitness, and IF he does get a new contract, it needs to be on wages that mirror those things.


10.) 12 Jun 2022 11:50:03
Klopp won't take back a player he's previously coached. Hummells and maybe Goetze are the only 2 I can think of that he's brought back.


11.) 12 Jun 2022 12:31:54
I don't think he brought back Hummels or Goetze but he did bring back Kagawa and Sahin.


12.) 12 Jun 2022 14:08:27
Gini a squad player. Didn't he leave doubling his salary.


13.) 12 Jun 2022 14:30:59
Well said eds1!


 

 

 

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28 Jan 2024 00:18:37
Question for Ed001.
You say Xabi is your preferred next manager given that there aren't many viable alternatives atm.
What is his style of play at BL and do you feel it will suit our current squad?
Thanks in advance.

Otts

{Ed001's Note - formation wise he has used a number of different ones, when I saw him prior to Leverkusen he went with a back 4, but at Leverkusen he uses a 3 at the back. So I am not sure which he would choose if he had an open choice, but he does seem to suit his system to the players at his disposal. He likes to control midfield and use the width to attack. It is very much a hybrid of Klopp and Guardiola to be honest. He wants to dominate and attack, rather than just pass around for the sake of it and looks to overload a flank and draw the opposition in to create spaces.}


1.) 28 Jan 2024 06:49:19
I suppose that’s his strengths
1) adaptability - he uses the strengths of the players he has at his disposal rather than put square pegs in round holes and hope it works
2) switches of play - very much what he used to do due to his superior passing range and accuracy
3) shape, positioning and movement - reflective of his game intelligence

Honestly I’ve only started checking out Leverkusen since yesterday so I won’t say I know a lot but they are enjoyable to watch and attacks with a clear focus. I’m fact if he does come to us and plays 3-4-2-1, I actually do think we have the right players for it.

Let’s see how he deals with having his key players out for awhile due to AFCON and injuries as riding through missing players, loss of form and facing adversity are such key qualities of a top tier manager.


2.) 28 Jan 2024 07:34:35
Imo more important than tactics and formations will be his man management ability. Particularly needed at a club like ours who have lot less money to spend than it's rivals. The ability to get the most out of what he has. That's where jurgen nailed it.


3.) 28 Jan 2024 07:41:12
Alonso was a genuine world class player and could read the game superbly as a player

On top it his he’s worked under some of the very best

Benitez
Pellegrini
Mourinho
Ancelotti (twice)
Guardiola

Regardless of xabi comes to us or not he is an exiting prospect .

On top of this I can’t wait to reignite the arteta v Alonso debate again used to love the blues trying to tell me arteta was the better player ??
They where wrong ?.


4.) 28 Jan 2024 08:44:59
" He likes to control midfield and use the width to attack. It is very much a hybrid of Klopp and Guardiola to be honest. He wants to dominate and attack, rather than just pass around for the sake of it and looks to overload a flank and draw the opposition in to create spaces. ".

Ed01, Xabi already got my vote already, based on that assessment. Like @Sgynwa, I have only seen highlights of Leverkusen this season and not a full game but based on the sequences of play and the chances they create and score, they are pretty difficult to defend against in transition. They also attack with pace in transition esp. with the wing backs in Grimaldo and Nathan Tella (yeah, that guy from the Saints) .

Like I said yesterday, I am looking forward to the Leverkusen v Bayern game coming up to get a full picture of what Xabi's team is like and I'll be looking out to watch them for the rest of the season, as well.


5.) 28 Jan 2024 09:59:55
Does he play the high press because that’s one of the main key traits that klopps teams play and lfc 2.0 have recently improved on.


6.) 28 Jan 2024 11:53:34
I watched my first 45 minutes of Leverkusen yesterday Ed and I have to say it looked exactly how you said.

It looks on the ball a bit more like Guardiola but it's high energy off it and quick to get forward and get chances.

What I like about it, is there was a very clear effective style which I think you rightly state is a hydrid but also kind of his own. I thought his use triangles was next level to what I ve seen before. Every team uses triangles but it seemed there were two options everytime someone got the ball.

They were able to get it from back to front so easily and quickly.

And did not seem open to the counter attack.

High press also. Not Klopp level press but good.

I like that I can see a bit of everybody that coached him in his style. And I can easily see the Liverpool transition to it.

I don't want a worse Klopp. I want to see someone come in with their own style but also still high energy and press. I genuinely think Alonso is a really good bet for that. Also with his connections to the club already and his knowledge of the people and city, I think it's almost a no brainer.

The only thing I would temper all this with is that Madgaglabach were terrible as Ed25 rightly reminded me of as I was getting carried away with excitement.

I think they are playing Bayern shortly. I'm definitely going to watch that.


7.) 28 Jan 2024 12:44:41
Agree Davey, Alonso's use of triangles is amazing and it seems to function well for both attack and defence. The idea behind it I believe is to always create an overload where the play is.

So in attack, you always have that extra player, very Pep, but much more direct, and with his 2 speed demons on the right, you just need to be caught off guard / lose the foot race / be slow to have covering players back or not have a fullback who's well drilled enough to defend a 2 v 1 as best you can and the chance will come. its no wonder they create and score so much even though Frimpong misses a ton!

Then in defence, you also always have that extra player, very Klopp, but not as intense as there is a drop off to block of channels, maintain the shape and space dispersion, and when the pass the opposition if then 'forced' to make as other options are cut off, the defender steps in to intercept and create another counter.

at least that's how I see it and it appears very pleasing to the eye and make the team greater than the sum of its parts as they always have numerical, territorial advantage.


8.) 28 Jan 2024 12:59:35
We’ll get to see when inevitably we meet in the Europa final…….


9.) 28 Jan 2024 13:09:47
Davey, did they win?


10.) 28 Jan 2024 14:12:07
0 0 Oli. Loads of chances created. Just extremely poor finishing particularly frimpong.

Great post Sgynwa. You put it far more eloquently then I ever could but once again I agree with everything you wrote there.


 

 

15 Jul 2023 16:17:31
Losing Hendo seems likely. I know we all have to move on but it makes me feel a bit sad to see him go.

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1.) 15 Jul 2023 17:19:09
End of an era. I was at Anfield for his first game for Liverpool. didn't do much other than play with his hair for the most part but I was really pleased to see him progress the way he did with Liverpool over the years.
Sad to see him go but thanks for the memories.
Other than the trophy wins my personal favourite being a belter of a goal at Stamford Bridge.


2.) 15 Jul 2023 17:49:40
Movement is normal in football, as normal as kicking a ball.

Good luck to Hendo, tremendous player, tremendous captain and always represented the club with dignity and class.

Better to leave when you’re still a first team player than to fade into the fringe players.


3.) 15 Jul 2023 18:03:29
Hendo deserves whatever he gets and if he wants to leave then, we should grant him his wish. Always loved the guy for his attitude, tenacity, his will to lead and his will to never be denied what he thought he deserved in football. A true role model and gentleman.

{Ed025's Note - if he does go to Saudi i really hope he gets what he deserves oli, take that how you want..


4.) 15 Jul 2023 18:35:15
Ed025, I will be looking for your reaction when Saudi Arabia bids for (and probably gets) the World Cup in 2030. After all, this is what this frantic building up of their local league is all about. They want to win the World Cup.

Wait until elite players start taking, or being given, Saudi citizenship to qualify for the Saudi national team. ??.

{Ed025's Note - i wont be around then ArAy....thank god..


5.) 15 Jul 2023 19:43:49
God forbid Ed025, don't talk like that. ?.

{Ed025's Note - im not planning going anywhere just now ArAy, im just hoping im not around to see that mate..


6.) 15 Jul 2023 22:17:10
What would Henderson deserve, Ed025?

{Ed025's Note - whatever he gets i suppose Rigsby, i dont wish ill on the guy but if the move went tits up i would no be crying either mate..


 

 

21 Jan 2023 19:58:46
Team looked a bit disjointed today on paper. Didn't see the game today as it was on at 7.30am in the US so interested in people's views but it looked like a team shoehorned together with a lot of round pegs in square holes.

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1.) 21 Jan 2023 20:06:29
I went out with family, couldn’t be bothered to waste 90 mins of my life.

{Ed001's Note - that is what you call fair weather.}


2.) 21 Jan 2023 21:15:20
@Ed01, it also falls into the category of ‘if you haven’t got anything good to say …’.

{Ed001's Note - or of any value at all to a conversation it is better to just say nothing.}


3.) 21 Jan 2023 21:20:39
Or disillusioned.


4.) 21 Jan 2023 21:42:08
Am glad you went out with your family mr bean but what’s the point in posting that mate.


5.) 21 Jan 2023 21:45:47
Call it what you like ??

I had a great day, not watching Klopp trying the same rubbish with the same rubbish while fsg sit on millions.


6.) 21 Jan 2023 21:52:27
Exactly mcgov, let down completely by the whole lot really. Really we were something special and whoever is to blame I don’t know I’m not an insider but the fall from grace was completely avoidable and no one is doing anything about it!

Fair enough you don’t stay great forever but you do something about it, not plod along saying the same stuff over and again.

Some might call it an improvement but Chelsea are not great themselves.


7.) 22 Jan 2023 00:00:38
Honestly, posters like Mr Bean drive me bananas. You make no impact by not watching the game and you make zero impact coming on here telling people you didn't watch the game. Meanwhile, 60k fans at Anfield are trying to lift the team and millions elsewhere around the world are trying to remain positive and hopeful and resilient. This has meaningful impact and trickle-down effects on our performances, however minor. Looking forward to you not watching the rest of the season, Bean.


8.) 21 Jan 2023 23:24:00
That feeling of entitlement (“Let down completely by the whole lot…”) .

I’d say it would be beneficial to you, your family and the club if you went out with the family every time we play and as a bonus you don’t even have to tell us anymore, we’ll take it as read.


9.) 21 Jan 2023 23:55:00
You sound like a glory hunter mr bean. Off you pop then see you next time we get to a final.


10.) 21 Jan 2023 23:24:00
That feeling of entitlement (“Let down completely by the whole lot…”) .

I’d say it would be beneficial to you, your family and the club if you went out with the family every time we play and as a bonus you don’t even have to tell us anymore, we’ll take it as read.


11.) 21 Jan 2023 23:55:00
You sound like a glory hunter mr bean. Off you pop then see you next time we get to a final.


 

 

16 Jan 2023 10:31:43
I think just when we look back we will realise that selling Gini was the catalyst for us going backwards, hugely under appreciated imo.

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1.) 16 Jan 2023 10:38:11
I agree.


2.) 16 Jan 2023 10:42:46
Was never properly acknowledged how good he was. I remember Hendo getting player of the year shouts in 19/ 20. He was great that season, but for me Gini was even better.


3.) 16 Jan 2023 10:43:28
I wouldn't say selling Gini was the catalyst, firstly because we didn't sell him, he left once his contract ran out. Secondly, the fact that we didn't bring in a suitable replacement is the reason we are in this mess.

Yes, Gini was effective. However, he would often be a liability too and he is remembered more fondly now because of how poor our midfield is, right now. Plus, Gini was always fit and ready to go, that cannot be said for our current midfield. Gini was ever present, which meant everyone knew how he operated. People around him would switch in and out but never Gini. He was our constant.

The truth is though, we needed an upgrade, but, instead we opted to go for a no-grade because we never replaced him. That is a massive failing in every department, from Klopp to our recruitment staff.


4.) 16 Jan 2023 10:47:44
Couldn't disagree more. Since Gini left he's struggled to do anything at PSG before being bombed out, and then been injured for Roma. We got rid of him at the perfect time just before he declined.

The problem wasn't letting go of Wijnaldum. The problems were a) replacing him with a player the same age in Thiago and b) not having a succession plan for Henderson and Fabinho.

Getting rid of Wijnaldum and Mane are the only correct things we've done in the last 2 or 3 years. We should've regenerated more of the aging squad rather than try and adapt the tactics for an older core.


5.) 16 Jan 2023 10:50:47
Why? does Gini control the midfielders who are left legs? We didn't recruit enough quality, that's the problem and always has been, Qatari's will fund the team properly, any idea how there worth?


6.) 16 Jan 2023 10:56:49
Some of these posts are getting funnier by the day, everyone has lost their marbles. I give it a week before people start saying that we should sack Klopp and appoint Buvac as manager, with Colin Pascoe as his assistant.


7.) 16 Jan 2023 10:59:35
Klopp's words were that our success was built on Gini's heart and lungs.


8.) 16 Jan 2023 11:04:46
Can you imagine if the LFC recruitment director suddenly turned around to Klopp and said ‘here you go man, we’ve just bought a £80m midfielder for you as looks like the team need it. ‘ Got to be jealous of Chelsea’s ability to spend money when needed.


9.) 16 Jan 2023 11:16:06
Couldn’t agree more with MK. If only we sold some of the oldies when they had offers we wouldn’t be begging for money. And as for Wijnaldum, he was a ghost for an entire season. People were desperate to get rid lol.


10.) 16 Jan 2023 11:19:21
If only we knew when I player was going to get injured or decline. Then we could sell them before they do. Where’s my crystal ball?. Maybe if he hadn’t moved he might not have been injured ?‍♀️.
Perfect player for the way that we played back then .


11.) 16 Jan 2023 11:20:53
I think it's less Gini the individual and more the midfield set up he was a part of.

When we had Fabs, Gini and Hendo it was a clear system of Fabs at no.6 with two box to box midfielders either side of him who could get up and down the pitch, and cover the fullbacks too. Milner still had the legs to seamlessly drop into this system. All spaces were covered and it allowed our fullbacks and forwards to do most of the attacking. Fans criticised our midfield for being too functional, but it worked and we won both the CL and PL playing that way.

Thiago changed it a bit because he's less about running and more about skill on the ball, and Klopp tinkered with the right hand side, giving Hendo more responsibility to overlap down the right around the same time, but the basic shape was still there up to last season.

But this season, it's gone out the window. Even when we've nominally set up with a three man midfield, one of them, usually the right sided center mid has done a lot more roaming about the pitch and been less concerned with covering spaces. Other times Elliot has played as an outright right sided wide midfielder, and then against Brighton, we played with a no 10. Any of those things pull the other two, usually Fabs plus either Thiago or Henderson, into a two center mid system which is not working.

Gini himself frequently turned up on the big occasion, but was too often too quiet week to week. It's not that he was bad. He was ok. But he demonstratably could be a lot better than ok when it suited him. Always felt he played a bit within himself week to week. Maybe that's why he barely missed a game for us?


12.) 16 Jan 2023 11:24:23
When gini was good he was very good but when he was bad he was the worse player on the pitch. Held onto the ball too much at times for me, taking 4 or 5 touches when one would do.


13.) 16 Jan 2023 11:27:54
we went from only competing for the premier league to being able to compete for everything but only winning the crappy cups.

It is really interesting watching the fallout of our results and the reach people will go to in order to lay blame, find reason etc. Gini is my favourite one I think. Because he was unloved when he was here, suddenly the missing piece in the days after he left, not spoken about for the entirety of last season and then has come up again.

Nevermind that the point people are making is how difficult it is to be so intense in our midfield. So to make the Gini theory come true, it would have to be that he is the only midfielder in the history of Klopp's management career to survive so many years of playing under Klopp which would then disprove the theory that our midfield is currently old and tired. Never mind that his form fell off a cliff, never mind that he then suffered a massive injury and isn't even playing.


14.) 16 Jan 2023 11:29:22
Funny how he was called ghost on here but he is the reason we are struggling?


15.) 16 Jan 2023 12:23:04
Fatwallet mate not by everyone. They're many kopites here who appreciated Gini and still keep on talking about him on live chats.

It was same with Thiago when he replaced Gini not many were sure at the time.


16.) 16 Jan 2023 12:41:45
He was that good that PSG moved him on after 6 months!


17.) 16 Jan 2023 12:58:00
We also didn't appreciate it at the time but that 19/ 20 midfield had depth. Ox and Naby were still useful players at the time, and to an extent so where Shaqiri and Lallana.

Won't look the same now because most of those players are still here now and way over the hill. But in 19/ 20 we had 7/ 8 perfectly capable central midfield players - and that was a team that was accused of not having enough depth.


18.) 16 Jan 2023 13:01:04
Who cares what he did post Liverpool?

Gini was a footballers football player at Liverpool.

Klopp and the rest of the players loved him for a reason.


19.) 16 Jan 2023 13:13:30
Being a good fit for one team doesn’t necessarily mean it works out at another team unless you’re a superstar a the team plays to your strength.
Thiago has won a plethora of trophies for his other 2 teams, doesn’t mean he will do the same for Liverpool. Which is why it’s important to get the right player for the TEAM and not the one that cost most or has the higher profile.


20.) 16 Jan 2023 13:44:51
That being said @Irish, what exactly is wrong with Thiago? When Klopp decided to sign him he made a decision to move away from “Workmanlike midfield” to more technical one. It was a calculated and conscious decision. How can you say he isn’t the right player?
Now on the player, I don’t find any glaring weakness in him at all.


21.) 16 Jan 2023 13:45:10
Why do you need a crystal ball, Irish Rover? You should always have a succession plan in place in any line of work, but even more so in football when your key players are approaching 30. As a rule of thumb, most players start to decline at around 30 years old, so age is a good barometer. Another key indicator is players who are suffering from injuries frequently.

Most of the fans have been saying Milner, Ox and Keita needed replacing for at least 2 years. The Klopp and Edwards regime repeatedly made the same mistake of giving new and improved contracts to players they shouldn't have. Matip, Gomez, Ox, Milner etc. I'm confident in my assumption we've probably discussed new deals with Keita and Firmino too, so Ward doesn't seem much better than Edwards. Hopefully they both refuse and we dodge the bullets. We even gave Virgil a new deal after his knee injury, before he'd even played a game! Now we can see it has affected him and he's no longer the force he once was but it'stoo late as he's on that salary for another 3 years now. It's a crazy approach that's left our squad bloated, inefficient and on huge salaries.

Adrian, Matip, Fabinho, Ox, Milner, Keita and Firmino as a bare minimum all need to be let go at the end of this season and replaced with younger models on lower wages, and with better availability records. I don't need a crystal ball to see those players are either in decline or on the brink of it. I just need eyes. Fabinho is the only one who has come as a complete shock. I thought he'd have at least 1 more season in him before this happened.


22.) 16 Jan 2023 13:17:38
Gini was an extremely competent midfielder but he was by no means amazing, it’s easy to remember it that way based on how things are going right now. Signings we have made since him in midfield were supposed to be upgrades. That it didn’t turn out entirely that way with injuries (Thiago) and poor form, or both (Keita) does not in hindsight make Wini a better player. He did his simple job superbly in a team that relied heavily on attacking talent to perform, something he rarely contributed to, semi against Barcelona aside. He was never a better or more important player for us than Hendo or Fabinho. If he were still with us he would be just as useless as the current crop of midfielders give the gaps being left in our midfield due to the tactics being played.


23.) 16 Jan 2023 14:00:02
Pity Klopp can't see any of this isn't it?


24.) 16 Jan 2023 14:01:05
I was, and still am, adamant we should have cashed in on Salah instead of offering a new contract. At the time he was at his premium in terms of financial gain if sold yet it did appear he was starting to drop off.
I do also think the new tactics haven't helped him, but I cannot see him hitting his previous from for LFC again and we are now with a player on enormous wages yet again. The fee we could have received coupled with the saving of his new wages could have transformed the entire team over 2 or 3 windows.


25.) 16 Jan 2023 14:09:55
But you need a crystal ball to see that Gini was going to get injured Mk considering he was injury free at Liverpool?


26.) 16 Jan 2023 14:28:52
This is the problem though, there is no succession planning.

Also, how many players do we get a fee for versus players we sell? I remember there was a Bournemouth joke re: selling players but since then? Lallana, Can, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri and Mané have all left on a free. Soon to be followed by Ox, Firmino, Milner and Keita.

Who has/ will be replacing them? And of the 9, 7 are midfielders!

It is a worrying business model, especially considering the wages paid, on top of the transfer fees, agents fees etc.


27.) 16 Jan 2023 14:29:20
Not “replacing” Gini was the start of the decline.
Getting rid of him wasn’t the problem.
All our problems of late Lie in the transfer market.


28.) 16 Jan 2023 14:52:06
We went down hill because we sold Gini? Have a word. For every one game Gini played really well for us, he had about 7 where he was a ghost.

We went down hill because we failed to act in the transfer market when we were on top (like our competitors do), and as and when it was clearly needed, and that includes axing players that are not performing.

{Ed025's Note - i think your spot on bulk..


29.) 16 Jan 2023 15:00:25
We didn't sell him and we did replace him.
Players don't stay around forever and Liverpool is not the be all and end all for most players.
Get over him. He was a solid player, that's it.


30.) 16 Jan 2023 15:48:04
Solid player! We could certainly do with a few of those right now.


31.) 16 Jan 2023 16:34:21
OP, you mean that selling Gini, a player that used to get absolutely slaughtered for hiding during games esp. away from home? The same Gini that Klopp was open to selling before the 18/ 19 season? You mean the same Gini that got absolutely belted for being soft and was literally accused of tanking games and playing within himself in the final 4 months of his final season cos he didn't want to get injured and miss the Euros?

Again, The same Gini who left us to chase the cash at PSG cos Barcelona wouldn't pay him what he wanted and neither would we (no issue with that) YET blatantly lied that he left us cos if the abuse he was getting from his own fans? That Gini? Give your head a wobble, bro.


32.) 16 Jan 2023 17:18:00
markp08, when we won all our major trophies in the last few years that’s what our midfield was, just solid, nothing fancy, no world beaters. I agree, we could do with a few solid midfielders.


33.) 16 Jan 2023 17:51:28
2 or 3 solid players is exactly what we need imo. You can build a team around them because they just keep going. Gini wasn’t everyone’s favourite but you could rotate around him. It kept the other players fresher and we got less injuries. At the moment we can’t rely on anyone in midfield.


34.) 16 Jan 2023 18:18:16
He WAS solid. I don't know what he's like now and I'm not bothered because he's nothing to do with us.
I wouldn't say he was more solid than Henderson, Milner or Fabinho.
They were also solid midfielders that helped us win the League and CL.
I'd like Souness back but it's not going to happen.


35.) 16 Jan 2023 18:32:27
Gini played more games than any of those players Rigsby. Solid AND reliable ?.


36.) 16 Jan 2023 18:47:00
Gini going was no hardship to be fair. Let's not try and pretend he was or is a class player, because he was far from it. The best thing about him was he was always available and a steady player. Obviously he'll be remembered mostly for the goals in the Barcelona game. He wanted to go let's remember. Agree 100% that we didn't kick on in the transfer market following our success. THAT is what's got us where we are. The likes of keita and ox and probably milly should all of been cut loose and replacements for hendo and backup for fab definitely brought in. It takes money to stay on top.


37.) 16 Jan 2023 19:19:20
We do need solid and reliable, I just can’t believe out of hundreds and hundreds of midfielders some how we can’t find one that improves us, is available and is a decent price. It’s not rocket science we have needed someone for years. The best our scouts can do is recommend the most expensive, sought after player in the world. Great job that.


 

 

25 Dec 2022 09:05:31
Merry Christmas to one and all on the site, especially all the very knowledgeable Eds.

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12 Jun 2022 08:09:48
You are probably right Ed but he knows JKs system and could maybe help to close out games which we have struggled with on occasions.

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{Ed001's Note - please god no! He was not good enough in the first place, which is why Klopp spent so much money trying to replace him. Now his replacement is finally settling in properly (Thiago) and you want to bring the ghost back to hide at times when we would need him to actually show up???}


 

 

 

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13 Sep 2023 18:07:55
Stuie how many of our current team get in the Italia 90 team?
Bellingham I guess?
None of the back 5 imo.
Who pushes out Lineker, Beardsley, Gazza, Platt, Waddle etc?

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11 Aug 2023 05:09:28
Money?

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21 Feb 2023 11:52:56
Best right back in the world what are you drinking?

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14 Jan 2023 10:36:58
Come back here tomorrow and tell us you were wrong, my gut says we lose by 2.

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11 Dec 2022 08:58:50
Good post WM although taking off Saka and Hendo could have cost us extra time.

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