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05 Aug 2019 12:20:20
All the best Simon, great for you on a personal level to be playing first team football again. All the best in the future. YNWA.
1.) 05 Aug 2019 13:19:05
Served us well, I'd say. Almost won the league in his debut season. Alisson is miles ahead and Mignolet has been angling for a move for a long time for the football. This is a perfect chance for him to head back home. YNWA Simon.
2.) 05 Aug 2019 14:26:36
Good luck Migs. Pretty happy with Adrian, thought he was great for west ham.
3.) 05 Aug 2019 18:19:24
Good luck to Good Ol' Mingo. He was not the best GK we've ever had and frankly, he was pretty poor overall. That said, he made several critical saves for us that kept us in many games thru out his tenure. I will never forget that penalty save vs Stoke at Anfield on his league debut. Had that not happened, I don't think that 13/ 14 season happens. He is a CL winner now and his contribution to us winning it via his conduct, professionalism and support of AB1 throughout. You are welcome at Anfield anytime, man.
27 May 2015 17:02:02
Hey eds, what do you make of Ballotellis agent saying he will be staying at the club next season? Do you think the club won't be able to drop their price enough to sell him on?
{Ed002's Note - It is posturing to get to a price where a deal can be done elsewhere. As I have explained, Liverpool want way too much. Mino will posture until he gets his way.}
1.) 27 May 2015 21:57:37
Balotelli, from what I observed last season, is worth f@:kall!!
to get him off the wage-bill would be an achievement.
Personally, I'd make him stay and put him in goal 'cos Mignolet's sh"t!!
On the positive side, Liverpool cast-off Iago Aspas has a Europa League winners medal in his back-pocket!
04 Feb 2015 19:42:10
Hey eds, just was wondering what is your take on Lovren's situation, he is left out of the squad again tonight. do you think he has been cast aside and could be moved on? Or do you feel is more down to the change of formation and he just isn't doing enough to get into the team? Or do you see him playing more next season when Can potentially moves more into a central midfield position when Gerrard leaves us? Would be curious to hear your opinion on his Liverpool future.
{Ed001's Note - he is not happy and right now it is likely he will be off in the summer. Things change though, and he has a few months to get back into the reckoning.}
1.) 04 Feb 2015 21:56:47
He's another player we shouldn't have bought. . a one-season wonder at Southampton. The best season of an otherwise average career and we paid through the nose for him.
He'll end up going for peanuts and we'll continue to rue our treatment of better centre-halves like Kelly, Wisdom, Llori, Agger and Toure.
Southampton must get their best china out when they see us walking towards their offices. It's like our foreign aid policy.
2.) 04 Feb 2015 23:27:24
Cheers eds, i had a feeling that this was likely where he was at. I'd love though for him to break back into the squad, same way Sakho has done, but sadly i don't think that will happen.
3.) 04 Feb 2015 23:35:34
Would anyone want him ed? if so we would struggle to get half our money back.It's a very odd situation because he looked boss for Southampton but just looks lost in an Lpool shirt A return to Southampton seems unlikely due to the fuss he kicked up when they rejected bids from us. I just hope if Lovren were to go we would give Ilori and Wisdom a chance at the club rather than spending a lot more money on another centre back
4.) 05 Feb 2015 09:55:06
Is the story true about Gerrard going to throttle him after one of the games? Personally I think he will be fine once he is fully settled and the pressure is off him a little next season. A bit like Hendo.
5.) 05 Feb 2015 12:45:49
Surely we scouted him properly prior to his move and thought he had the required qualities, even if I didn't rate him I would err on trusting the club as I'm one of those who wrote off Henderson and have had to eat my words.
If it did happen there must be massive questions asked of the transfer committee. Its the scouting network that really needs an overhaul at Liverpool in my opinion. We seem to spend an awful lot of money for an small amount of improvement.
Though on the flip side I am actually quite happy with most of the business done over the summer, overpriced but some really good potential.
Loafmaster Flex
{Ed002's Note - The scouting set up has been overhauled.}
6.) 05 Feb 2015 13:38:51
You'd have to question why he isn't getting another chance in the team with the new set up. Yes he was awful at the start of the season, but absolutely everyone was. I'd like to see him with Sakho on the ground with him, Lucas in front of him and a partially revitalized Mingolet giving him a little bit more direction
7.) 05 Feb 2015 23:13:59
I don't think he was tried as part of a three man defense.
Maybe that would help him.
8.) 06 Feb 2015 03:49:54
its kinda unfair to alienate him. when we needed a CB i would put him there ahead of Johnson to be honest.
9.) 06 Feb 2015 05:07:22
Can you elaborate on the overhaul Ed002?
{Ed002's Note - It is as simple as staff being changed - Mel Johnson, Alan Harper and Mike McGlynn have left and others have arrived.}
10.) 08 Feb 2015 20:06:22
How come a perfectly good player turned into a shadow of his former self after being coached by Brendan & co. What the hell did they do to him?
11.) 10 Feb 2015 11:02:21
I think Lovren will come good when Brendan eventually deems him ready to step back into the first team. Look at the transformation Sakho has made.
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02 May 2022 14:23:45
Havent been on here in a while, but just wanted to say what a season we have had so far. 7 games to an unprecedented quad, no team has ever come this close. HOWEVER, i do think we need to have cool heads, as nothing is won yet. We need to take it one game at a time, we have a tricky away game in a CL semi final against a strong Villareal side who have knocked out big teams this year. Ideally id want to play madrid in the final, City lost last seasons final, they won't want to lose 2 in a row. But again getting ahead of ourselves, nothing is won yet, next league game is against a tough Spurs team. I think regardless of what happens at the end, we will be proud of the boys, even in January no one expected us to be here. c'mon you reds. YNWA.
1.) 02 May 2022 16:03:58
Again acting as if all wins equals the “quadâ€, its not even in our own hands!
2.) 02 May 2022 23:15:24
Nothing is won yet?
League Cup doesn't count?
{Ed002's Note - Typically not to Liverpool fans.}
3.) 02 May 2022 23:52:27
Won’t mean much to Chelsea fans this year too, I’d guess ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‰.
4.) 03 May 2022 06:14:30
Not to be ‘that guy’ but didn’t Celtic win their equivalent of the quadruple in the sixties? The Lisbon Lions? I genuinely don’t know and wasn’t around then but I seem to remember this being a thing?
{Ed001's Note - yes they did. People forget back then the Scottish League was strong.}
5.) 03 May 2022 09:51:50
15 man squad. 9 games to win the European Cup. 34 games to win the league. Does not diminish the achievement but highlights how today’s players are flogged like horses.
6.) 03 May 2022 13:57:52
Celtic actually entered five competitions (the Glasgow Cup was the 5th one) .
Over the course of the season they played 62 competitive games and I think we will have had to play 4 or 5 more if we get to the CL Final. They won 51, drew 8 and lost 3 (Dundee United actually did the double over Celtic in the Scottish League) .
All up Celtic scored 196 goals in competitive games.
Not too shabby an effort.
7.) 03 May 2022 22:32:17
Thanks for those stats WDW. Indeed a very impressive effort.
04 Jun 2020 15:07:55
Hey eds. Not sure if it has been asked before. Just wondering if you feel with the current financial climate especially in football with seasons and transfer markets all over the place, do you think the over inflated prices we have seen for players over the past 10 years will start to reduce or do you think it will stay how it is?
{Ed002's Note - It will see a reduction this summer for the majority of clubs but some clubs will still seek a premium for certain players. If you take the time to read the posts the financial impact has been discussed a great deal.}
10 Oct 2019 09:48:38
Chris Kirkland today came out and said the PL title is heading to Liverpool that we are too far ahead to be caught. Are people for real? We have played 8 games, i always maintain you can't seriously look at the table until christmas. There is 30 games left, that means there are 90 points available. I don't get why pundits are saying its ours to lose or we definitely will win. We have had a great start to the season, but we are not even near half way, lots of football left to play. At least the fans have the heads screwed on right and are only focused on the next game. Sorry rant over. YNWA.
1.) 10 Oct 2019 10:08:22
You know why pundits say it, they want to create a story, tension and get their audience interested.
If they just say early days but lots to play for that wouldn’t be good tv.
2.) 10 Oct 2019 12:24:09
I think we are definitely big favourites as City don't look half as good without Kompany and Laporte but we have to hope the players don't get complacent.
3.) 10 Oct 2019 13:35:26
He's right, we will win it.
4.) 10 Oct 2019 14:33:33
It's his opinion, he can say anything he likes.
Though in the interest of cutting down the BS from our airwaves we should be allowed to throw eggs on pundits who make ludicrous claims that turn out to be wrong.
5.) 10 Oct 2019 19:40:16
Kev, it's a slow news day due to the int'l break. Chill out cos clearly, some kind of sensationalism is required to keep the juices flowing.
6.) 11 Oct 2019 11:55:47
We like to build people up so we can knock them down in this country. Creates 2 stories in 1.
7.) 11 Oct 2019 14:51:30
Fingers crossed we'll do it, things can change very quickly, is this our year? Nobody knows but my god we CAN do it if we remain focused. Its very early but I believe we have a better team out of us and city, bring their title challenge on, the lads are hungry for success after winning the CL, watch them go.
8.) 13 Oct 2019 21:02:13
If it were the other way round, we'd be saying City have already won the league.
05 Aug 2019 14:48:50
Looking ahead to friday and the season in general, I hope us as fans approach the season the same way we did last season. Not focused on the title in May, not worried about city or others around us, and only focused on our own game and most importantly the next game. Yes we got so close last year, and yes it was hard to lose out, but we are moving forward as a club and it is a great time to be a fan, so i say let's just enjoy the time, enjoy our football and focus solely on the next game which is Norwich on Friday. c'mon the reds. P. S well chuffed with the signing of Adrian as No.2, great addition with PL experience, Welcome to the club Adrian YNWA.
1.) 05 Aug 2019 18:50:31
Same with me, OP. One game at a time. Focus on ourselves and support this team from beginning to end, come hell or high water. For those going to Anfield throughout this season PLEASE, do not turn your back on these boys when they are not at their best. We have seen how powerful your influence can be on them positively or negatively. Stay with them throughout and they will move mountains for this great club. Let's Get It!
21 Apr 2019 19:39:10
what an end to the season we have on our hands. Whatever happens happens, we should be nothing but proud of this team and what they have done this season. We have gotten the most points now than we ever have in any PL season and there is still 3 games left. forget about City, we only need focus on ourselves and what we have done this season, only lost once so far this season, and that was to the team that will finish in the top 2 and will amass over 90 points. What i love about this team is the calmness we have in each game, not bothered with the title just focused on the game in front of us. We have 3 games left in the league season, currently 2 points ahead of 2nd, and in a CL semi final, I am sure i am not the only fan who would have bit off someones hand to be in this position. Whatever happens i think we should just relax and enjoy the ride, whatever happens, happens. I for one am immensely proud of this team and cannot wait for the next game. YNWA.
1.) 21 Apr 2019 21:05:49
27 wins and 7 draws from 35 games?
Up there with the very best Liverpool seasons whatever happens in the last 3 games. ðŸ‘.
2.) 21 Apr 2019 21:29:10
If we don't win it this season, those draws will have cost us.
3.) 21 Apr 2019 22:16:33
No, Hamidou. The draws would NOT have. A season comes with ups and downs and if we don't win the PL this season with 97 points in the bag, we go back and try to get 100 points next season, end of. We go back and get better at what we are not good at AND get WAY better at what we are good at. That is how athletes and managers improve. As Klopp said, your argument is "one of the weak-minded and of idiots". I hope you don't ascribe to the group Klopp is talking about?
4.) 21 Apr 2019 23:15:36
Surly we are not complaining about 1 loss and 7 draws.
5.) 21 Apr 2019 23:18:12
Exactly Redwolf. Without the draws we’d be 14 points better off right now. That means we’d have 102 points with 3 games to go. Anyone who thinks that is realistic is an absolute fool and shouldn’t be watching football.
Even if we’d beaten Leicester and West Ham we’d be on for 101 points which would be a league record!
97 points would be an incredible haul and if City get 98 then fair play. That’s what their Abu Dhabi billions will buy you I suppose.
Regardless of that though we have had an incredible season and we should all be hugely proud of our club and the players.
6.) 22 Apr 2019 00:44:27
Red Wold - there is pragmatism in defeat and then there is blind ignorance when presented with the facts. You can also still have for better whilst recognizing areas that let us down. the table doesn't lie, and our performances in most of those games we drew have let us down. Hopefully City have one more blip up their sleeve for us to capitalize on. Also, imo there is a decorum of respect that we should observe when we talk about other posters . . .
when the season is done we can look back at gained / dropped points here and there, they will all be true and objective measures for our points tally.
7.) 22 Apr 2019 06:36:34
Like it or not, Hamidou’s statement is fact. How else could we have got more points than City?
8.) 22 Apr 2019 07:21:18
I reckon beating them might of done it.
9.) 22 Apr 2019 09:46:27
Hamidou, I apologize if the last part of my post (the part stating that your argument was that of the weak-minded and idiots, a quote from Klopp) offended you. I am in no way, referring to you as an idiot or weak-minded. I was making a bigger point that there are ups and downs in a season and sometimes you can't control outcomes all the time. Cheers, man.
10.) 22 Apr 2019 09:44:45
Faith, you accusing me of blind ignorance is hilarious. Using context to explain a fact is NOT blind ignorance. It is called nuanced thinking. You should try it before insulting others of the very thing you are suffering from. Also. there is NO difference btw what you posted and what I posted.
If we don't win the PL, we go and get better at things we did not do right and get WAY better at things we did do right. Again, a season is made of ups and downs. Blips and purple patches. The main thing is to stay the course when you are out of form. There are a tonne of things that led us to the 7 draws. Stating that we had 7 draws is stating a fact without context hence, peeing in the wind, IMO.
Lack of form, injuries, ref. decisions etc. are things that led to those 7 draws while at the same time, we got lucky in several areas and games where we got wins where a draw or loss was staring us in the face. That is how a season works and I am sure you are intelligent enuff to know that.
This simplistic argument of "had we won those 7 games, we would 14 points better". That will only be a fact if you believe we would NEVER lose form, have injuries hence drop points in other games, a trail of thought that is completely baseless and lacks context. Cheers, mate.
11.) 22 Apr 2019 09:46:27
Hamidou, I apologize if the last part of my post (the part stating that your argument was that of the weak-minded and idiots, a quote from Klopp) offended you. I am in no way, referring to you as an idiot or weak-minded. I was making a bigger point that there are ups and downs in a season and sometimes you can't control outcomes all the time. Cheers, man.
12.) 22 Apr 2019 08:47:10
Faithinworks, you appear to be mounting a vigorous challenge to Walter for the ‘Wet Blanket of the Year’ award. Do you seriously believe that this wonderful team has ‘let us down’ In any game in the PL this season? Do you actually watch our games or just look at the result and form an opinion on how the team played? I agree with the bulk of posters on this site, true Liverpool supporters, who quite rightly describe this team as one of our best ever playing a PL season which is one of our best ever. Whether we win the PL title, the CL, both or nothing we should be proud of this fine young team and our fantastic manager. YNWA.
13.) 22 Apr 2019 12:56:10
give it a rest guys. If we win or lose the league by a point we will analzye and reminisce on individual moments as "key" to our final tally. I'm fine with the pragmatism and deeper analysis but it can really be as simple as dropping a single game costing us the title. the margins are that tight and this season is proving it don't ya think?
Also I didn't call you blind or ignorant, just the premise that someone else's view is idiotic for the sake of pragmatism, to me, is blindly ignorant of the objective facts that hamidou was basing his perspective. Again, I'm with you on the ups and downs etc but there a few objective stats out there and the w-l-d and points column are the most important! The table does not lie!
We have a chance and hopefully City habe another down for us to capitalize on.
14.) 22 Apr 2019 13:00:46
wirral, I must admit watching live at 3am probably clouds my judgement! I love the team and have been advocating for the journey FSG has been on from the beginning when most on here were calling for the to sell up and get out. You seem to be jumping to a whole bunch of conclusions that I haven't even thought about. . . Overall am stoked with this historic season, and in some of the games when we dropped points I hoped we didn't, I really think It is ok to feel let down in that moment and then look forward to the next match. That is a pretty human thing to do. Shivers, it's not like I'm calling for the FA to withdraw our participation award, crikey. . .
15.) 22 Apr 2019 16:22:04
Faithinworks, in an earlier post you stated “our performances in most of those games we drew have let us downâ€. I disagree. As other posters have pointed out, there are myriad reasons why those games ended in a draw and to claim that they were mostly down to substandard performances ignores the reality of a football match and a top level football season. To extend your statement to it’s logical conclusion, there has never been a Liverpool season that has not let us down because we have never won every game and we have never won every competition we have entered. I am happy to accept the totality of this season’s wonderful performances and achievements - even if we fall short of both PL and CL this season - rather than pick over the bones of the small number of games when we didn’t win.
16.) 22 Apr 2019 21:08:28
Brilliantly put, WW. I have a huge problem with people nit-picking in order to prove a broader point, as if those isolated incidents occurred in a vaccum. Using 7 measely draws to say we lost the title completely ignores the fact that we have won a stunning 28 PL games and recorded JUST one loss. Again, big picture.
Also for context, we have dropped 17 points this season as a whole while City has dropped how many? Yeah, 16 points. Should we win it, will people now say that it was the 4 losses that let them down? Anyone who has the audacity and naivete to say that our boys let us down in any way this season would we not win the PL this season, will be met head on with fierce rebuttals from my end.
{Ed0333's Note - I blame Theresa May and The Krankies if we don’t win it
17.) 22 Apr 2019 21:17:37
Wirral, I'm not picking over the bones of a small number of games. Just expressing the feeling at the team. Do you think Klopp really feels happy flappy after dropping points at home to Leicester and manU? Doubt it, and we seem to be caught up in the semantics of "being let down". don't get it twisted, I think our guys are great, and we could replace that line with disappointed / guttered / missed opportunity. Whatever, you're going way deeper about it than I think I am! On the other hand, pointing put these draws isn't the death knell of a supporter? At the moment those results are a difference maker. I hope City can pick up at least a draw in their coming matches that we can take advantage of!
{Ed0333's Note - don’t worry mate my sister has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca and I asked her to pray for a United win or a draw against City. We have divine inspiration on our side.
18.) 22 Apr 2019 22:43:02
oh for goodness sake, this is starting to feel like left-leaning politicians fighting with each other. We're on the same team fellahs! Yet your guys pragmatism, general "level-headedness" and aversion to knee-jerkism is getting in the way of accepting another poster's perspective. Which, to bring it back to where I came in, imo is all that Hamidou was raising about our dropped points. Then he got shot down for being an idiot. Gees, let's know let our pragmatism get the better of us aye?
I'll just say one last time - The lads have been fantastic this year. Win or lose, they have done the club proud. That doesn't remove the feelings of disappointment in matches where we dropped points we shouldn't have. In that moment it felt disappointing (as klopp himself expressed many a time in those post match pressers! ), but then we move on to the next match. Very few, especially not me, was calling for Klopp or FSG's head like some do. But you know who those posters are on here!
Let's hope over the coming weeks that we go perfect and City drop at least a couple points. I think manU are a great should this week.
19.) 22 Apr 2019 23:27:52
Ed333! yes, I think there is a great chance at Old Trafford. just hope it's for the fellahs in red lol.
I was thinking back to the season after our title charge under BR. and at times we looked so bereft of ideas and identity. We'd show up for the big matches for the first 20mins and then the quality of our opposition would come through. I am hoping, for one match, manU can pull on enough passion to pull a result!
17 May 2019 13:14:41
Mane is going to madri. Your friends rumours are spot on. He will be on the plane and will touch down into madrid. Also off to madrid will be firmino and salah. Erikson of spurs will also be heading to madrid. Though they all will be playing in the CL final and not signing for any other clubs
Ynwa.
13 Jan 2019 14:58:59
I don't think we ever should return to players that forced their ways out of the club, Coutinho's overall game went seriously downhill especially in the last 6 months he was at the club, as said he threw his toys out of the pram to try and force his way out of the club and get his move to Barca, In my opinion, if any player waits until the end of the season and tries to leave on good terms then fair enough, but the things he did can't be forgotten. But for me the biggest reason why we shouldn't bring him back is because our overall game has improved so much since his departure. We were too reliant on him and our movement of the ball to play the counter attack slowed down when he was in the team. It would be a major step back to bring him back. He made his bed, he needs to sleep in it now. Our club has moved on and we are having an amazing season, we need to look forward not back.
Also a big thank you to all the eds, I know you get allot of stick sometimes, but all of us are grateful for all the hard work you do to keep us in the loop.
27 Dec 2018 00:29:05
I wouldn't take coutinho back. He forced his way out and acted terribly to get his move to Barcelona. Our play immediately improved once he left, he didn't do the press as well as the current players we have. Also i feel because he was able to produce that bit of magic the other players seemed to rely on him to pull something out of the bag and try pick out coutinho when there was better option available. As for coutinho, i thank him for his service, but he forced his way out, and ultimeately, the club has moved on, we are in a much better position now compared to 12 months ago.
31 Dec 2016 10:32:19
Great servant for the club, for me before his bad injury a few seasons ago against chelsea he was one of our best players in my opinion and felt he would succeed gerrard as captain some day, alas it didn't happen. But a great player for us over 10 years, he had a tough start to life at anfield but changed his game and became a real talented player. If im not mistaken he is the last surviving player from rafa's reign. Hope he does what is best for him. Would love to see him stay until the end of the season but if he does go ill be happy for him. YNWA Lucas Leiva.
24 Aug 2016 21:47:23
Agree with Hart, he is a rubbish keeper, even flicked on the Man city game tonight briefly and there he was flapping at crosses. Credit to Migs, at least he is a decent shotstopper, but if Hart was with our defence, he would probably be worse then Migs in my opinion, definitely just as bad, he will struggle when he moves on to a team who do not have as good of a defence as City does.
As for Sakho, has it really gotten that bad with him? I have not really been following his story since he was sent home from America. Is Klopp looking to get rid because of his attitude? I thought he was still injured, that's why he was still not in the team.
30 Aug 2020 17:58:12
As @theunbearablereds said, focus on the next game. That's how we won the league last year. I for one am not thinking of winning the league, just the next game. It's a long season and there will be countless twists and turns in it.
16 Jun 2020 09:37:52
I wouldn't have a problem with him back in theory, despite how he left. My main fear with him coming back would be that our game had progressed so much since his departure, couts for all the good he was, slowed up play allot in my opinion. Or else the players would overly rely on him to produce some magic. If klopp wants him back and the club want him back then no problem.
03 Jun 2020 15:47:57
Cheers ed2.
{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}
03 Jun 2020 15:02:37
Hey ed 2. Potentially this could be a stupid question so if it is i apologized. Just wondering what happens when clauses as this expire on a certain date? Does the potential selling club have more of the power to sell at a price they feel the player is worth? Not necessarily related to Werner just wondering how these types of selling clauses work when a date is applied to their contract. Hope all is well with you and your family during these uncertain times and thanks for all the hard work you do.
{Ed002's Note - In terms of Werner they can charge what they want to clubs outside of Germany regardless. The clause in his contract was added because of Bayern Munich. But as he is damaged goods now they accept that he will very probably leave in the summer. If there is a release clause in a players contract and there is a "date" included, then it is simply no longer relevant after that date passes and transfers fees are simply negotiated.}
27 Mar 2020 13:32:29
GK- Clemence
RB- Nicol
CB- Smith
CB- VVD
LB- Neal
CM- Whelan
CDM- Souness
AM- Gerrard
RW- Keegan
CF- Rush
LW- Dalglish
Playing a 4231 formation. I think this team would be unreal, could pick a few great teams with the list provided.