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26 Jan 2024 16:41:18
Well we may as well get this out the way - ed002, if you have a moment, who would be the runners and riders for the big seat come the end of the season.
{Ed002's Note - It It will change, but perhaps:
Xabi Alonso (C) A popular choice and having a great season at Bayer Leverkusen, but very inexperienced.
Pep Ljinders (C) Liverpool could look to trying to persuade him to stay for continuity.
Zinedine Zidane (C) I understand an advisor has told Liverpool not to discount Zindane after discussions over another job for him are delayed pending a change of club ownsership.
Julian Nagelsmann (C) Contracted until the Euros are finished in the summer - talented and perhaps should not be discounted.
Roberto de Zerbi (C) Brighton would fight to keep him but another who will certainly be discussed.
Arne Slot (C) Complete wildcard, but a great coach and very good option.
Michel (C) No obvious interest and may well have another job in mida already. Another wildcard who should be considered.
Steven Gerrard (C) Did well at Rangers but pretty hopeless since. Perhaps a popular choice for some of the fans, it would be very unlikely in my view.}
1.) 27 Jan 2024 10:09:55
Would Amorim be in consideration Ed?
{Ed002's Note - I would doubt it and I would doubt Sporting would be open to offers.}
2.) 27 Jan 2024 10:54:41
Ed002 two questions really as your insight into the game is always a step above most the other views we get on tv etc - who from the list above or those potentially available would be your best pick? Do you feel that Alonso not having the experience is another situation similar to Gerrard where they would struggle in England or do you think he’s a lot more tactically adept like Pep was in Spain originally and arguably Arteta is since joining Arsenal?
{Ed002's Note - Nagelsmann of the likely candidates would work. There is a risk with Alondo and Michel allthough but are have great seasons. Gerrard would not be a good choice. Ljinders gives continuity but would need to be persuaded to stay. Slot would be a bold but good choice. Much will depend on what advice the club is given.}
3.) 27 Jan 2024 11:33:34
Please God not Gerrard.
4.) 27 Jan 2024 12:01:55
Xabi Alonso with the right structure around him seems like the best move. As Xabi is considered one of us, he would get more time and patience in the role than others.
5.) 27 Jan 2024 12:47:09
I don't think I'd want Zidane either great player but not sure he's a great manager, I know he won with Madrid but look at the squad he had.
6.) 27 Jan 2024 23:18:21
De Zerbi comes with the same level of risk as Potter did.
The Sporting manager is surely available at a price, as is everything in that league. Would FSG pay 20m for a manager though?
At least with Xabi he knows L4 and the culture well. I'd be overjoyed with him, despite the inexperience, with the one caveat being that surely we'd be a stepping stone for Real or even Bayern, eventually. 5 years max then, as seems to be the standard in this day and age, apart from when a unique and brilliant individual like Jurgen comes along.
7.) 27 Jan 2024 18:42:45
As always thanks ed002, much appreciated.
Hope the start of 2024 finds you well.
{Ed002's Note - You are welcome and wish you and yours a safe and adverse health and fungus free 2024.}
8.) 28 Jan 2024 11:30:48
Zidane won 2 league titles and 3 CL titles he’s definitely a top manager. He had good players but so what? If we bring him in and give him good players he’s proved he can deliver.
{Ed025's Note - i just dont think he fits OK, comes across as a bit of an arse hole to me mate..
9.) 28 Jan 2024 22:54:10
I reckon Zidane might be a good option. You just know if Pep G gets in his way, that he's just a headbutt away from clearing out the tech area.
10.) 29 Jan 2024 17:19:56
He could well be an arse I’ve never really read into what he’s like. But I think even if he was the most important thing is his cv. I doubt there’s another Klopp out there. Mourinho was an arse too but he won trophy after trophy.
{Ed025's Note - i think Klopp changed the narrative when it comes to management OK, very magnanimous and approachable and bonded with the city and its fans, the likes of Zidane and Mourinho are not like that at all and are egoists who think its all about them mate, i hope Liverpool are better than that and pick someone who can carry on the legacy..
10 Sep 2023 16:15:48
Well now the Salah rumours are put to bed for the moment let's start another one.
Any chance Germany will try for Klopp ed002 with a home euros on the horizon or is it pretty much going to be Nagelsmann.
{Ed002's Note - They may well be interested but I think the timing is wrong right now.}
1.) 10 Sep 2023 20:39:51
Jurgen is an honourable man who will see out his contract, after which, I reckon he'll be done with club football and the way the game is going, and then become the national coach for a good stint.
2.) 11 Sep 2023 00:11:06
Go German national team and be criticised by Franz Beckenbauer or go Saudi league as Messiah and earn close to billion, you decide.
3.) 11 Sep 2023 06:17:22
He said he’s going to see out his contract and then take a year off. After that he said he’ll see how he feels.
4.) 11 Sep 2023 09:03:08
Klopp is super motivated again with the new look squad 2.0 he has. He is going nowhere fast.
5.) 11 Sep 2023 12:14:22
Leeky
Once you accrue a certain amount of wealth what is the point trying to earn more if it makes you unhappy . I cannot see a time that klopp joins the spl .
Liverpool to German manager is how I see it going as he will be close to 60 then so international football will probably suit him plus moving home he will be a god
In Germany as the coach.
6.) 11 Sep 2023 13:05:17
Saw a story on one of the click bait sites which has mentioned Xavi as a replacement if Klopp could be tempted away. How would that go down with everyone?
7.) 11 Sep 2023 13:39:55
Xabi not Xavi maybe? ?.
8.) 11 Sep 2023 13:52:25
@dhc, you have understand the politics of german national Team. It spells Bayern Munich. From franz Beckenbauer to Hansi Flick, to Oliver kahn. We know hoe klopp dislike Bayern Munich dominating Bundesliga with their wealth, hence klopp's revolution with BVB brought such tense rilvary. Klopp will not join national coach. Regarding your statement about $, ahemm. go ask Ronaldo, our beloved Henderson, Mbappe, Neymar and also sooon to be saudi player Salah.
9.) 11 Sep 2023 18:27:58
I hope Klopp stays for longer not sure if he will but what other manager apart from pep can do what he does we havnt had a manager like Klopp in my life time of supporting this club some say Roy evans but to me klopp is special irreplaceable in my eyes I’d rather loose salah than klopp and that’s saying some thing.
10.) 11 Sep 2023 18:32:44
@Lee, whilst I go and ask Ronaldo, should I go and ask Mbappe too? Not everybody is motivated solely by money all the time, it would seem.
11.) 11 Sep 2023 20:53:56
Klopp will never manage for money, he is a socialist.
I see him taking one more job, maybe in the sunshine if not Germany.
I am convinced that he will not extend his contract any further with LFC.
12.) 11 Sep 2023 21:31:44
De zerbi if still available.
13.) 11 Sep 2023 22:35:20
Socialist?
“Champagne socialist” more like. Not criticising Klopp personally as I don’t know his situation but pretty fed up of millionaire ‘socialists’ who have accountants and keep their wealth in tax havens.
Too many of those socialists, basically “do as I say not as I do”.
14.) 11 Sep 2023 23:55:18
I really like the work of De Zerbi and Ange. I've seen Ange's work for a long time now from A-league to where he is now and he has consistently turned out quality football and alwyas seemed to be a real connection between the team and the fanbase.
If Ange was available at the end of Klopp's tenure I'd go for him.
15.) 12 Sep 2023 06:11:54
Ange is a red too.
16.) 12 Sep 2023 08:13:16
Interesting point about the Bayern Munich connection Lee.
But I reckon your comments about Mr and Mrs Klopp going to Saudi is as accurate as your tapas over fish and chips assertion ?
I just don't see them over there myself.
They'd be like mushy peas on tapas, know what I mean?
17.) 12 Sep 2023 08:40:19
Yeah I just don't see the Klopps living in Saudi, about as good a fit as mushy peas on tapas lol.
Agree on Ange too, a very possible future Liverpool manager?
18.) 13 Sep 2023 05:32:04
Ange will be too old to start a project at Anfield.
24 Aug 2023 06:36:54
Some chatter about a potential deal for Salah with Al Ittihad.
Any truth Ed's?
I know you've said his agent has been touting him around for a while so it wouldn't be a major surprise, especially given the talent that's now already gone to Saudi.
{Ed002's Note - Mo Salah (RW) His agent is hawking him around for one last big payday - Real Madrid are not interested, PSG may be, Middle East certainly with Al-Ittihad. I would expect him to stay another year the head to the Middle East.}
1.) 24 Aug 2023 09:35:22
He is going to take some replacing.
2.) 24 Aug 2023 09:54:38
I have got this funny feeling Salah will go this window. Szobozlai will end up playing on the right hand side but obviously in a different role to Salah.
Get Nunez up top and start getting the ball in to him.
3.) 24 Aug 2023 09:57:10
If Salah stays for another year it gives Doak another year to develop further. If he can work on his end product the guy will terrify the league.
4.) 24 Aug 2023 10:39:32
Doak won’t be replacing Salah next season, in my opinion anyway.
5.) 24 Aug 2023 10:51:37
With a week left in the transfer window we would be insane to let mo leave but it wouldn’t surprise me in this crazy window.
6.) 24 Aug 2023 11:12:12
Olise, Saka, Garnacho. Doak! if you're good enough your old enough.
7.) 24 Aug 2023 12:45:14
But Olise and Garnacho aren’t good enough to replace Salah either?
In fact not many are.
Having belief in Doak is great but we shouldn’t set him up to fail by asking him to perform a role he’s not ready for yet.
8.) 24 Aug 2023 12:45:49
I think we underestimate the value of experience - look how long it’s taken Man City to integrate Foden, who’s an exceptional talent and only now getting a starting role age 23. Even Saka is almost 22.
Ben Doak is 17…. He’s a fantastic talent but let’s not claim he’s ready to replace one of the best ever goal scorers to have graced the PL, it takes years of learning to master your craft, no matter how talented you may be.
9.) 24 Aug 2023 13:27:51
When Salah does leave it won't be a case of swapping a like-for-like ready made replacement in. It will be accommodated by the team shifting focus. Already this year I believe we will be less reliable on him. From what I have seen pre season and in the first couple of games we have seen a shift from being over reliant on his goals to him creating more than he is scoring. In addition we have brought in midfielders who are far more likely to contribute goals than those they replaced.
Our next RF/ RW won't be a ready made Salah clone. It will be a player who fits into the new Liverpool team that is currently being built.
I'm not saying Doak definitely will be ready to step up next season but I'm certainly not writing him off because he is 17. Look at Owen. It's only a few days since people were livid because we didn't sign a 19 year old for £60M who had only a handful of games as experience.
As Jude says. "If you're good enough, you're old enough"
10.) 24 Aug 2023 15:11:41
Exactly Jude. Like I said Doak won’t be replacing Salah next season.
You think he’s good enough? Like really?
11.) 24 Aug 2023 15:28:32
Garnacho? Hard pass on that one, JN. Doak is a kid and needs to develop on his own and at his own pace. Who replaces Salah? Khavatskhelia or Federico Chiesa (hopefully he is back to his best after his injury) would be my shouts.
12.) 24 Aug 2023 18:55:58
A club should never have to replace a single player so to speak and if you look at the change from our front 3 of mane, Bobby, Salah the club have actually done very well at bringing in Diaz, gakpo Nunez at different stages. I'm sure the club will have a long list of possible signings to play on the right. I do also have a sneaky feeling salah will be overtaken by a few as our most important player.
13.) 25 Aug 2023 06:05:53
If we are going to sell salah, you have to replace him with quality. The only player we should be looking at is mitoma from brighton.
02 Jun 2023 19:11:37
Question for Ed002 if you'll entertain it.
Have there been transfers that you personally thought were either excellent business / terrible business but went on to be the exact opposite.
{Ed002's Note - Kevin Astro of a should have worked out much better at Marseille and Monaco signed Eidur Gudjohnsen assuming expecting far more than they got from him.}
1.) 02 Jun 2023 19:59:02
How about Liverpool players?
Harry Kewell was a disappointment to me.
{Ed002's Note - Downing was a mistake. Aquila I was ruined by another Liverpool player.
2.) 02 Jun 2023 20:38:28
Not a signing that didn't work out, but thought we should have signed Anelka years ago. Brought Diouf instead. Still hurts.
Agree thought Kewell would have been a good signing, liked Barmby as well. Thought Robbie Keane was a brilliant signing, shame that didn't work.
3.) 02 Jun 2023 20:53:38
Editor 2- Aquilani's career at LFC was ruined by another Liverpool player: was it a goalkeeper, defender, midfielder or attacker/ CF from his contemporaries in the squad. First time poster and would appreciate an answer.
{Ed002's Note - It is unimportant.}
4.) 02 Jun 2023 21:49:34
Keane had apparently gotten a bit fond of a pint by the time he arrived here.
I heard a story about why he didn't last too long in his second Spurs spell, but it's potentially actionable, so I'd best keep it to myself.
5.) 02 Jun 2023 23:03:45
Morientes was a disappointment in the end. Expected so much more from him.
6.) 02 Jun 2023 23:59:50
Great post. For me most disappointing was Ryan babbel. Great player speeed everything just bit of a soft attitude. Should’ve signed Anelka. Worst signing Paul konchesky or Andy Carrol. Best signing firmino just a quality player drifting between lines creating play opening the game for Salah and mane. What a team. I hope we can get one more great team out of klopp before he goes. Special mention for Joe Cole and David ngog lol we have previously scraped the barrel. People on here should remember this when they talk poorly of fsg. They may not be perfect but there’s no David ngog in the team.
7.) 03 Jun 2023 00:47:51
Weirdly for me it was Joe Cole. I had watched so many interviews with his former teammates about how much talent he had and that it was unfortunate he couldn’t fully show it at Chelsea. Then he came to us and got a bloody red card on his debut!
8.) 03 Jun 2023 01:01:28
I'll be completely honest. I didn't rate Milner when we signed him. I know, I know - but I was converted after a couple of games! Most disappointing? Diouf. Can't stand that tw. it.
9.) 03 Jun 2023 01:47:08
Most disappointing Diouf or Keita for different reasons
Biggest ‘what could have been’ Jati Litmanen - I know he played and won stuff with us but if he’d been with us before the injuries ….
Biggest surprise effect Robbo, Millie and Suarez who was better on the pitch than the biggish reputation at Ajax. Not the nicest of people perhaps but I think there were probably reasons for that too.
10.) 03 Jun 2023 07:29:25
Biggest one for me was probably Danny Ings. Really thought he'd be awesome for us and then back to back knee injuries just ended it all.
11.) 03 Jun 2023 07:41:48
Kewell biggest disappointment for me, thought we signed the best player in the league at the time. I can't fathom how he ended up so poor for us.
Robbo was the 1 that I ended up with egg on my face, couldn't understand at time why we trying to sign him.
What a player he turned out to be.
12.) 03 Jun 2023 07:42:29
Kewell and Litmanen were definitely my most disappointing signings. Really thought the title was ours when we signed them.
13.) 03 Jun 2023 08:57:49
Benteke Was a waste of a shirt for me. Just walking around the pitch all game looking uninterested. Also expected big things from Fabio Berini. That might have been to do with the fact that I watched YouTube clips of him, as I hadn’t really seen him play, and he looked like a world beater. Maybe my expectations were too high. I try not to do the YouTube thing anymore when we sign anyone.
14.) 03 Jun 2023 09:09:28
Jack Witham:
Scored a hat trick against us.
We immediately signed him from Sheff Wednesday as the Roger Hunt replacement.
Never heard of him?
That tells the story!
He played 15 times in 4 seasons.
15.) 03 Jun 2023 10:29:58
For me, I was so excited as a young kid when signing Kewell. Remember checking teletext daily to see if he’d sign. A shame that injuries robbed him the chance of showing his true form for us especially as he turned down the cream of Europe to join us.
Other notable mentions:
Litmanen
Zieger (the LB from Boro who we went to court over)
Morientes
Biscan (hear me out on this one. I naively just assumed he’d be awesome from day 1 after watching Mario Stanic score screamers for Chelsea. Biscan did turn into a cult hero by the end)
Keita (me telling anyone who’d listen that he’s a Sadio Mane clone in midfield)
With players like Joe Cole, the morale of supporting us was at an all time low then and wasn’t expecting much.
16.) 03 Jun 2023 11:44:16
Biggest disappointments for me have been Keita, Benteke, Carroll, but mostly it’s good youth players that didn’t make it with us for whatever reason - Wilson, Suso, Texeria.
Nicest surprises have been Robertson, Riise and Gomez (given the latters price at £3.5m and went straight into the first team as a 17 year old if I remember. Despite his lack of form now considering these things and his PL winning season he’s been a bargain. Always happiest when a player comes through from the youth though so happy with Trent, Jones, Elliott and Sterling.
17.) 03 Jun 2023 11:50:49
I am quite sure it was only injury that ruined Aquilani his ankle problems where worse than the club thought upon signing. Unless Gerrard stood on his ankle in training I can see no other reason for his torrid time with Liverpool.
{Ed001's Note - he was fit for months and Rafa didn't put him in the team because he realised he had been sold a pup. He was just not very good in reality and Rafa had not checked on him properly, instead trusting his scouts. The scouts got it wrong, he just wasn't a good player.}
18.) 03 Jun 2023 11:56:20
Biscan never, ever smiled, except once, after he scored against Fulham.
19.) 03 Jun 2023 13:04:44
Bruno cheyrou, dubbed the next Zidane. (Shaking head)
20.) 03 Jun 2023 13:07:10
When we sold the best and most mobile number 9 in world football in Suarez and then bought the most immobile striker in world football in Balotelli. We didn’t recover until Klopp come in.
21.) 03 Jun 2023 15:17:14
Agree with many of the above, but Joe Cole was also a disappointment as I had fond memories of him at Chelsea and the hammers.
22.) 03 Jun 2023 15:26:58
How has no one mentioned Mario balotelli also an honourable mention for Jermaine pennant.
23.) 03 Jun 2023 18:19:00
Sadly I didn't expect much from Balotelli, couldn't believe we signed him, his attitude sucked, not a team player. Jermaine Pennant, I liked, thought for the time he was with us, a useful player. Even if it was just for the screamer against Chelsea.
Antonio Nunez I was excited about when we brought him in from RM in exchange for Owen. How wrong I was. Litmanen could have been so good, shame that didn't work out.
Stan Collymore was another one, when we signed him, I thought him and Fowler, would bring us the league. Again had some good moments.
24.) 03 Jun 2023 19:12:08
Markovic along with aquilani turned out to be one of the biggest disappointment.
Christian paulsen is another honourable mention.
Mark gonzalez was another one, i remember when rafa signed him i was too excited.
25.) 03 Jun 2023 20:20:21
Worst signings
David Speedie
Nigel Clough
Glen Hysen
Julian Dicks
Paul Konchesky
Jimmy Carter
Bruno Cheyrou
Ryan Babbel
Best signings
Peter Crouch
Gary McAllister
Fernando Torres
Luis Suarez
Allison Becker
Xabi Alonso.
26.) 03 Jun 2023 20:31:31
One I don't think I've seen mentioned is Steven Caulker. Why we ever loaned him I'll never know.
27.) 04 Jun 2023 10:37:40
How has nobody remembered Sean Dundee?
28.) 04 Jun 2023 21:50:38
anyone for GAKPO.
04 Dec 2020 09:54:51
A question for Ed002 if your available.
What do you think the impact is going to be for British clubs based on the new immigration rules introduced this week. In particular that they are banned from signing any under 18s and only 3 under 21s per window.
In theory it should promote more homegrown talent and prevent stockpiling at clubs but will it financially have a knock on from the way some clubs utilise their academies?
{Ed002's Note - That is why the English clubs pressed to sign 16 and 17 year old players in the summer as has been explained. The three "under 21" per window will have little or no impact, and the idea is to drive the English clubs to start looking for more English Club Developed and Home Grown players. So there is no big deal here beyond no longer being able to sign 16 and 17 year old players. The much bigger impact will come when they lower the number of non HG players allowed in the Premier League and introduced a Club Developed rule as UEFA have already done - that is where Liverpool will be hit, in the same way as they are already playing with a reduced CL squad due to poor squad management - and will have to do the same next season. It is those changes some clubs are fearing.}
1.) 04 Dec 2020 11:11:29
We'll be grand, sure half our squad will have come through the academy again Klopp leaves. We'll have a team built around homegrowners in Trent, Joe, Neco, Curtis, Harvey and the likes of Koumetio and Kelleher over the next few years.
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07 Dec 2024 07:25:35
Real possibility they postpone the game.
They've just abandoned the Aintree race meeting. Whilst there is less risks from the sporting side for the football the fans safety aspect which they have made reference to is largely the same.
We will know one way or another in the next hour or so.
1.) 07 Dec 2024 08:36:03
And there we go. Game postponed.
2.) 07 Dec 2024 08:36:16
Been called off.
3.) 07 Dec 2024 08:53:44
oops, hope they keep it at same time other day. It will test our 12:30 start hiccup.
Was looking forward as tbis is the only reasonable time from here. Other start times are quite late.
Good thing is team will get rest and Everton loose their previous win momentum.
4.) 07 Dec 2024 08:53:46
Extra rest for the lads which is much needed. The frequency of 12.30 kick offs for us is laughable. Full week of rest is just what the physio ordered.
5.) 07 Dec 2024 08:58:29
Wonderful, should get the rest they need, and get some back from injury ?.
6.) 07 Dec 2024 11:02:07
The rearranged fixture will not be a 12.30 kick off, will it?
Surely it'll be a midweek game. Unless we can both play on a FA Cup weekend ?.
7.) 07 Dec 2024 12:09:37
Thank goodness. That was a perilous game with the way our squad is right now. Manna from heaven me thinks.
17 Nov 2024 10:21:14
I couldn't believe what I was reading when I came on earlier.
Rest in peace ed002. My heartfelt condolences to your family and friends.
This site has been an outlet for me (as it has for many) since the old football-rumours days. Ed002 really was an essential part of the growth of this site. Long before the days of a "here we go" we had ed002 and that never changed.
He was both the wise sage and headmaster of this dysfunctional family. You will be sorely missed.
13 Oct 2024 18:10:32
Carsley has Trent at left back. Right.
1.) 13 Oct 2024 19:20:12
Lee Carsey.
2.) 13 Oct 2024 19:31:19
Inverting onto his right foot from the LB might work.
Or it might like that time Staunton played Finnan at left back for Ireland. ie. awful.
3.) 13 Oct 2024 19:42:32
“Inverting onto his right foot”? Didn’t that used to be ‘cutting inside’ @SR? Whilst it might work, trying it in an international qualifier seems an odd place to give it a go. I would also imagine it would irritate left footed English full back who wouldn’t need to invert onto their right foot as their left foot could actually pass / shoot accurately.
Question - if people who can write equally well with both hands are ambidextrous what are people who are equally capable with both feet called?
4.) 13 Oct 2024 19:55:43
Finnan also played left back for us, also, if I remember correctly.
5.) 13 Oct 2024 20:54:26
Ambipedal WDW.
6.) 13 Oct 2024 21:14:10
I see no problem here. Manager has asked him to a job for his country at left back, and he’s slotted in there done his best. Bagged a goal too.
7.) 13 Oct 2024 21:19:38
Rome1977 - Once or twice if even that, I would've thought.
8.) 14 Oct 2024 09:43:58
Thanks @StE, I genuinely didn’t know that. @LFC8, perhaps Carsley could have used somebody who has played left back before. Who knows perhaps he could have called a LB into the squad? Trent took a pasting in the press at the Euros being played out of position by the stalking Waistcoat. He was on a hiding to nothing with Carsley’s experimenting.
9.) 14 Oct 2024 10:13:24
WDW3, I couldn't get why Trent was played at left back. That said, I hate to agree with Roy Keane, but he looked like he hadn't played at right back the other night! That said, again, I couldn't care less. As long as he puts in a performance on Sunday, that's all that matters.
10.) 14 Oct 2024 11:09:26
I must admit SR I thought the same thing. If you’re Looking for Trent to come inside and get on the ball then left back does make sense as he can come inside and hit passes and shoot with his right foot. He does it from right back with his left peg but although he can use it his left foot is not as good as his right.
Plus most wingers he’ll be defending against will want to come inside (because getting to the byline is a dying art) so he’ll also be tackling with his right foot most of the time which for a right footed player is easier.
This is the Trent conundrum though isn’t it? Where do you play someone who’s so gifted when given space to play but can’t play in midfield? You’re almost having to make up new positions on the field to accommodate him and as time goes by it’s getting more and more complicated.
11.) 14 Oct 2024 12:33:45
The nations league should be binned. The only international's we should have apart from friendlies is the euros and world cup. A pointless competition. Players are moaning of a congested fixture list, so binning the nations league is a good place to start.
{Ed025's Note - im with you mate..
12.) 14 Oct 2024 17:44:27
It boggles the mind. A talented footballer that comes along once in a while, and no manager knows what to do with him; what his ideal position is.
13.) 14 Oct 2024 18:51:20
ArAy, he's a right back. If he does end up going to Real, I'm sure he'll be going there to play that position. If he stays with us (fantastic) he needs to continue to work on his defending. I'm sure Slot and his coaching team will be doing this.
14.) 14 Oct 2024 20:07:21
Regarding the nations cup, if we didn't watch it (boycotted) would they know in the digital age or are viewing figures still based on small sample focus groups?
Personally don't watch internationals apart from world and euro finals.
15.) 14 Oct 2024 20:48:20
The Incredible Bulk-100%. An excuse for moronic flag wavers to feel excited is not a good reason to play more games. The game is going to the dogs.
Wait till Anfield gets renamed the Mcdonalds field. you know its coming. Ronald out there playin mascot. Ill throw overpriced prawn sarnies at the C*nt.
16.) 14 Oct 2024 23:13:36
@Aray, I agree, it’s almost like they need to invent a new position for Trent, isn’t it? @Rome, I don’t think he’s really a full back, or rather he’s not a ‘top drawer’ full back because, compared to the attacking skills he possesses, his defence isn’t as good. I think he was too good to not start when he was a kid and right back was expedient and then it just sort of stuck. Despite playing in midfield as a junior he didn’t seem to fit the bill as a midfielder for Jurgen, which I think says something.
I’d like to see him play a bit further forward as a right wing back, with three defending behind him (and a LWB) . I don’t think that’s going to be at Liverpool or for the international team. It’s a real shame because I always get this gut feeling that if he was given licence to play his natural game he would be a world beater, but that, to date, he hasn’t reached his full potential.
17.) 15 Oct 2024 15:10:29
Well, the Italian Spinazolla didn't have a prob. playing at LB as a right footer in the Euro's Italy won vs England in 2021.
In fact, he was one of their best players before he got injured during the comp. itself.
31 Aug 2024 12:55:19
Chelsea (h)
Leipzig (a)
Arsenal (a)
Brighton (h)
Leverkusen (h)
Villa (h)
Southampton (a)
Real (h)
City (h)
Newcastle (a)
Everton (a)
Girona (a)
Following the CL fixtures being announced that's our run from 19th October to 10th December.
We will find out about the squad soon enough as that's a brutal 8 week run.
Our season is made or broken in that period.
1.) 31 Aug 2024 13:16:58
Brutal is an understatement. ?.
2.) 31 Aug 2024 14:14:06
All I see is 11 top games .
3.) 31 Aug 2024 15:44:35
Atleast 3 losses there.
4.) 01 Sep 2024 12:15:43
Squad couldn’t be improved should be easy enough to win them all.
5.) 01 Sep 2024 12:20:34
It is what it is. You play who is on your schedule and keep it moving.
14 Jun 2024 10:04:46
As of last night Taylor Swift has more appearances at anfield than Arthur Melo does.
What a loan signing that was. ?.
1.) 14 Jun 2024 10:32:27
Wassa Brilliant
Can she play DM or inverted fullback?
2.) 14 Jun 2024 11:05:31
And before anybody starts - a) it’s a joke and b) I meant for Liverpool.
I know he played for Barcelona against us. ?.
3.) 14 Jun 2024 11:07:58
The Melo signing. boy, that was a Cruel Summer, though looking forward to the window opening this year in the next Fortnight.
4.) 14 Jun 2024 11:09:39
DM JK, notoriously tight at the back, big pair up front, we have a hell of a contest on our hands here, let’s hope they can get round the back and penetrate, it could be all over quite quickly.
5.) 14 Jun 2024 11:16:36
Not really JK, she’s more tailored to the right wing and swift!
6.) 14 Jun 2024 11:34:38
This is the sort of under rated comment i am here for!
7.) 14 Jun 2024 14:44:50
You guys have too much free time on a Friday. ?.
09 Jan 2025 17:40:29
Great to see you again Macca.
19 Dec 2024 20:59:09
As a scouser who supports Liverpool I just can’t comprehend being offered 250k to play for the club I love, likely captain in the next few years and wanting more money (or leaving for that matter) .
I know it comes down to what he thinks he’s worth and maybe this is a very naive view but I just don’t get it.
At the end of the day I get football is a business for the players as much as the clubs but when we are talking obscene money anyway it just makes me sad that the love you have for a club is overshadowed by money.
29 Aug 2024 21:38:34
The thing is we know from Ed002 that we have had interest so it’s plausible which makes it so much more enjoyable a rumour.
If it comes off we might need to find a suitable jet equivalent of the babelcopter.
14 Aug 2024 17:44:23
Jeez is that thing still going, now I feel old.
14 Aug 2024 17:43:35
So those games Macca had a stinker at 6. Did he play alongside anybody or, as Klopps formation pretty much also was, was he on his tod?
MKs point was that both Macca and Gravenberch have played well in that position previously alongside somebody. Not on their own. You aren’t wrong Frode that he did struggle in that position in the first half of the season but he was essentially being shoved into a Fabinho type role on his own that he wasn’t suited for. That’s not the way Slot sets his teams up. He sets them in a fashion that both of them have already played well in. That was MKs point.
19 Jan 2025 11:22:41
“ It was just Virgil carrying Joe, or Ibou, or quansah etc. imagine how unbeatable we’d have been if we got someone next to him who was the level beneath, and not 4/ 5 levels. ”
It’s amazing how often we needlessly slag off some of our players.
12 Jan 2025 18:16:59
United have been a severely underperforming team full of players with an attitude problem.
Them turning up two weeks in a row for the big games of us and away at the emirates is not surprising.
11 Jan 2025 07:52:22
Well we don’t have “the” early kick off do we.
There are three FA Cup games that kick off fifteen minutes earlier.
So given the FA hate us it could be worse eh. :)
11 Jan 2025 07:50:13
I was surprised to open this and not just see the word: “yes”.
11 Jan 2025 07:37:59
I still don’t get any of this to be honest.
I mean Dyche football was horrible but for him to say he couldn’t take the team any further when he took Burnley to Europe! Nah, something doesn’t feel right.