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02 May 2024 01:22:17
Ed's, is Rashford as a replacement for Salah an option?
{Ed002's Note - I rather doubt it.}
1.) 02 May 2024 10:06:06
I’d hope not. He’s awful.
2.) 02 May 2024 10:16:39
Good lord! Absolutely not! 1) We're a team, not a group of individuals and b) Man Utd to Liverpool?
3.) 02 May 2024 10:31:41
??????.
4.) 02 May 2024 11:36:31
Haha that's funny.1, he no good n 2, we don't do business either way with each other.
5.) 02 May 2024 12:25:50
Deary me.
6.) 02 May 2024 14:24:31
Wow that ones up there with the bald question!
7.) 02 May 2024 15:05:28
A replacement mardy arse?
8.) 02 May 2024 18:35:34
Rashford bad attitude, shows up about 5-8 games a season. Lazy. I'm sure plenty of United fans wouldn't be too fazed to see him sold this summer. Garnacho way more effort, heart and passion.
9.) 02 May 2024 18:56:29
Rash ford would be a good signing on a 6 month loan deal. The reserves need cover for Ben Doak whilst he recovers from his ACL. Koumas would still be first choice for sure, but at least they’d then have an impact sub.
10.) 02 May 2024 20:50:26
God no.
11.) 03 May 2024 01:32:31
Wow, just wow.
12.) 03 May 2024 06:37:23
Leek in disguise…Leek in disguiiiiiiisssseees…. stoonee aageee you’re Leek in disguise.
13.) 03 May 2024 07:57:59
I actually had to go back and double check them posters name. I originally thought Leek up to his old tricks again.
14.) 03 May 2024 14:02:35
It was just for banter, guys! Some excellent replies :) Apart from the Leek comments, that's just one step too far haha.
15.) 03 May 2024 14:59:04
Nice backtrack, Stoneage ?.
16.) 03 May 2024 15:48:42
If you say so Lee. I mean Stoneage
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17.) 03 May 2024 20:52:25
Yikes!
18.) 04 May 2024 00:45:22
Just for banter haha, good one mate I like it. It's almost as funny as the first one :) . lol. Keep them coming leek.
24 Dec 2022 02:35:02
Hearing that Barcelona aren't happy with Raphinha and may look to sell. Could he be an option for LFC eds? Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
1.) 24 Dec 2022 22:16:43
Over to you VVVV ….
2.) 26 Dec 2022 11:23:22
No chance and not good enough anyway.
3.) 26 Dec 2022 16:17:37
He did ok at Leeds. He’s not had much opportunity at Barcelona yet in fairness, all he has to do is wait for the inevitable Dembele injury to get his chance. Given our threadbare attack we could do worse than sign him on a six month loan.
27 Jan 2022 20:39:03
Hi Ed2. Interesting you've noted this week that the teams that are interested in signing the players LFC have for sale (Philips, Minamino) are those that have players we are interested in too (Bissouma, Raphinha) .
Do you think this means that deals may be easier to strike, as both parties are interested in dealing, rather than it being a hostile takeover?
{Ed002's Note - No, I am afraid not.}
1.) 28 Jan 2022 07:21:26
If Miniamino is for sale, why have we apparently canned an Arsenal offer for him?
2.) 28 Jan 2022 08:36:54
Taki should only be loaned out, and if Arsenal made an offer I'd say can cannonly go on laon, no option to buy and let him go there for game time.
04 Oct 2015 11:45:38
Does anyone have any info/theory re the reference to a mystery person having been bought a house for in formby on the BBC gossip page?
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11 Jul 2024
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1.) 12 Jul 2024 06:02:55
Considering their past (Pickford taking a year of Van Djik's career with a reckless 'challenge'/ assault), I'd say it's pretty poor from Pickford.
2.) 12 Jul 2024 06:16:35
Professional sports people mocking other Professionals is just wrong and bad taste.
3.) 12 Jul 2024 06:33:57
Not sure Pickford is mocking anyone really. looks just like a typical photo bomb opportunity.
4.) 12 Jul 2024 06:54:04
Pickford is just a p****.
5.) 12 Jul 2024 08:59:08
its not real. the screen when he was being interviewed was blue.
6.) 12 Jul 2024 10:39:10
Hey say what u want about Pickford but there isn't a player that makes me laugh more than him, whether it's the cheerleading routine for a simple catch, or the hyped up celebration for a shot right at him. The lad is at least a character and they are sorely missing from the modern game.
7.) 12 Jul 2024 11:04:13
Still a p$|€k Kloppers.
8.) 12 Jul 2024 12:27:00
It's a Lidl bit funny.
9.) 12 Jul 2024 15:21:07
England will lose to Spain and Pickford will never win a trophy.
{Ed025's Note - but if England win DTG....you will win the trophy for prat of the year mate i believe.. :)
10.) 12 Jul 2024 16:03:29
That is clearly photoshopped, I have never seen Pickford get that high off the floor before.
11.) 12 Jul 2024 16:28:38
I love this place. We have both some of the funniest guys around that make me laugh to tears, and also very particular specimens of the sub-species "Cretin Homo Sapien". ?.
12.) 12 Jul 2024 17:05:07
Clearly photoshopped, Pickford’s arms aren’t that long.
13.) 12 Jul 2024 18:48:30
Plus the current England goalkeeper shirt is green.
16 May 2024 17:08:24
Question for Ed001, if you have the time to reply please Ed.
A couple of seasons ago you were of the opinion that if teams went at City then they could be unsettled, but that most teams would roll over for them and have their belly tickled, with managers setting up for 'damage limitation' instead of just going at them, which always resulted in City getting the points at the end of the day.
Do you think Pep has fixed this, and are they better tactically now?
Regardless of how they spent their way to get there, are they the perfect machine?
Thanks.
{Ed001's Note - there is no such thing as perfect, every team has weaknesses and this season they have lost enough points to show they are far from it. Haaland can be taken out of a game easily. Rodri is key as he needs to be shut down and have someone on him at all times. He is petulant and loses his focus when that happens. Walker is terrible defensively and can be tied up in knots, people normally avoid him because of his pace but he has always been a weak link. Diaz had him on toast. In fact their whole defence is a weak link when not on the ball. They defend by keeping it and then using tactical fouls. But if teams just stayed calm when they have the ball and not panic, you can just run them about for a bit and they have no idea what to do.}
1.) 16 May 2024 18:41:09
Interesting. Thanks for the reply Ed.
{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}
2.) 16 May 2024 20:12:06
I think our game at Anfield against City was testament to that. we completely outplayed them. I remember them time wasting at about the 40th minute with thrown ins and thinking - "These are supposed to be the best team in the world? "
3.) 16 May 2024 21:44:11
City have to have credit for being serial winners. It’s not easy to prove over 38 games, year after year that you’re the best in the PL.
Agree with ed1 tho. Pulling my hair out watching teams basically sit deep for a spanking. Far more chance of getting a result if you pressure them.
4.) 17 May 2024 09:37:11
The blatant fact of the matter is that if any team wants to learn how to get at City and make them useless, just go watch us play them under Klopp and esp. in the last game at Anfield a couple of months ago where we (with a depleted lineup, btw) made them look absolutely useless.
Everything that Ed said can be done to Rodri, Walker etc. was done to them in that game and we should have won that game at a canter had our finishing been on point. Teams don't get at them and try to give it a real go. Only Klopp does hence, the reason why he is the ONLY manager to take a title (battered them completely) off of them. Also, there's a reason Klopp's head to head vs Pep is phenomenal. If anyone had figured Pep out in his tenure at City, it is Klopp. Legend, I tell ya.
5.) 17 May 2024 12:50:54
We should have beaten City at home this season. Diaz missed a couple of very good chances, Nunez should also have scored and we could have had a penalty right at the end to win it.
City are unquestionably the best team in the league, if not Europe, but you beat them by being organised and working that bit harder to nullify their quality. Get the crowd going as well and unsettled them.
They didn't beat us because the difference in quality isn't as big as it with most other teams and we did a lot of the above.
06 May 2024 22:45:13
Darwin will come good and it would be a mistake to sell him.
At least give the new manager a chance to work with him to see if he can get a tune out of him. (Have to say tho, speaking Portuguese would have been one major benefit of hiring Amorim) .
YNWA Darwin. Hope you've left Insta and joined this site instead and are reading this lol.
1.) 06 May 2024 23:17:38
We. Would take a big loss to sell him now.
I'd far prefer to see if he could make it under the new coach. I thought he was improving a lot up until a few weeks ago. But he has gone back a bit to falling over and tripping himself up a bit trying to get past players.
There is massive raw potential but we do need to see him make some consistent steps now and next season.
I hope we don't sell.
2.) 07 May 2024 02:12:59
He’ll be judged by the new recruitment team and coaching staff so I’d be surprised if he’s sold and Ed002 hasn’t heard anything. If a big offer came in then every player has a price.
Will he “come good”? Fact is he’s 25 in 6 weeks or so. He’s had 2 full seasons.
We shouldn’t be talking about “raw potential” in a 25yr old outfield player.
Danns has raw potential, in fact I think he’s a better finisher, but he’s 18.
Nunez should be hitting his peak at 25.
3.) 07 May 2024 04:17:12
Does everybody hit their peak at 25 @Ron, or is that a bit of a generalisation?
{Ed001's Note - usually it is closer to 27-30 that is the peak.}
4.) 07 May 2024 06:44:10
If you are in charge Ed1, what will you do with Nunez? You did say change of strategy that suits his game will help. But is the amount of easy chances that he miss really worth sticking with him because in the long run that miss chances would cost us.
You could argue that our other forward also miss a lot of chances, but he is our main striker so you would expect him to score those easy chances. Maybe a personalise coaching could help him. Putting extra effort on finishing like one on one with keeper perhaps, when to place the shot or when to blast the ball.
{Ed001's Note - every main striker misses chances, easy ones too. If we are not going to play to his strengths, then yes we need to sell him. If we are going to actually help him out, then keep him.}
5.) 07 May 2024 07:18:37
You can’t sign a player at the age of 23 in the hope that they come good at 27 tho. If that was the case we would be better signing him at 26. He has cost a lot of money . Saying that, he still feels to me a player that could break all goal scoring records in a season if he got his act together but the next season he would be back to missing tap ins, he is that inconsistent.
6.) 07 May 2024 08:20:16
Even after the way he acted at the weekend? Reminds me of a fellow country man of his
Working class people paying thousands to see our team and he can't even be arsed to applaud the fans.
Good riddance, spoilt brat.
7.) 07 May 2024 08:36:25
Darwin speaks Spanish not Portuguese.
8.) 07 May 2024 08:42:53
I don't mind him missing chances if he regularly takes some, if that makes sense ?.
I don't like this Captain Chaos thing. He causes less chaos when there isn't the room to run in behind teams and he isn't good with his back to goal. He's very quick and has some qualities but all this charging around is not for me and he's too easy to play against sometimes.
Keep it simple not chaotic. Stay onside, pass to a teammate in a better position and put the ball in the net.
9.) 07 May 2024 09:52:26
I find it amusing that grown adults feel so butthurt that they are reduced to hurling insults at one of their own players.
YNWA and all that.
Playground behaviour.
You find your real supporters in times of adversity.
10.) 07 May 2024 12:04:26
Darwin has more g/ a then Diaz even tho he missed a great chance most
games and is a few years younger still likely to get better so be mad to sell him imo.
11.) 07 May 2024 12:12:19
Spot on, Ed01. Darwin is the only striker I have ever known that is NOT allowed to do what other strikers do as in, miss chances. No grace given at all. Also, he is the only striker I have seen whose fans blame his misses for "costing us the the title" or all that rubbish. Never seen that levelled at Salah, Mane, Bobbie, Torres or whoever when they missed loads. And even when Darwin does well and the GK makes a great reaction save (like Vicario did at Anfield flying off his line and saving his shot with his belly), he still gets abuse. Frankly, Im over it.
As much as the kid needs to improve a lot esp. in front of goal in terms of his composure, calmness and recognising what type of finish to apply in certain situations rather than whacking it all the time, we need to help and coach him up and play to his strengths and like I have said before, we need to play more crosses in, something we were doing with Sadio and Bobbie BUT suddenly we no longer do this. Funny how Gakpo scored off Harvey's cross, right? Just my opinion.
12.) 07 May 2024 12:18:06
@Rigsby, I agree with you as well. The parts of his game you mentioned are the things he needs to improve on. He needs to be able to play with his back to goal a lot more consistently however, our current system does not allow for that either so what can he do? The whole running around and all that is what he is being asked to do hence, that's not on him now, is it?
Also, he is lethal in the air like Gakpo and Diaz are YET we don't even cross the ball consistently cos we are too busy inverting our best passer on the ball and stick the other best crosser in a back 3 hence he can't get forward. Hence, why people saying we don't play to his strengths have a point., as well even tho, it is clear he has to make some improvements and strides on his own. We have to help him get there as it is a two way street.
13.) 07 May 2024 13:24:07
Oli, it's not just our system that hinders Nunez. If teams sit in there is less space for him to run into.
You can't expect teams to play a high line so that he can get in behind them. He needs to be smarter with his runs and build up play when teams are on the edge of their penalty area.
Regarding crosses, he's often slow to react, imo. Two cut backs were rolled across the six yard box against Everton and he was second to both. He could have scored against City but he shot straight at Ortega because he didn't get enough on it.
And if you think Nunez and Gakpo are lethal in the air you've missed out on some great headers of the ball.
There's a lot to like about Darwin Nunez but he needs to improve in a lot of areas.
14.) 07 May 2024 13:43:19
I would sell Darwin if we got a good offer, but only a good offer wouldn't be giving him away cheaply. Unfortunately i don't think it going to work out for him at lfc, I thought it would as really liked what I seen of him at benfica and at certain times at lfc I thought he just about to explode but it ain't happened.
Ed1 has a point where the style of football now doesn't really suit him but imo even if it did his composure and play in penalty box is just allover the place, some things v good some things OK some things abysmal. I think his biggest problem is he lacks self confidence, the best strikers can miss a sitter but it doesn't bother them, get in next time and stick it away. salah done it for years missed loads of chances but always come back for more. rush only worried if he wasnt getting the chances. if nunez had a bit more aragance/ confidence about his game I think we be talking a real superstar but I don't he will ever have that.
15.) 07 May 2024 14:07:52
Rigsby, great that we can agree that the system does not suit him. Now, could it be that the system is also a problem when playing vs low-block teams? For the most part when we play these teams, we are inverting the fullback hence, clogging up the middle of the pitch which is where majority of the bodies are. In those situations, Vs a low block, you need movement from the forwards BUT also, the ball to be moved quicker. We don't do that so even when Darwin makes the right runs (one of his strengths is his movement, btw), we can't find him cos we're "overplaying" and "over-passing".
Now, you say his runs aren't smart enuff. I disagree here. His runs, movement and how to run into space are some of his strengths as that's why he is a chance-magnet. He just needs to time them a bit better by arcing his runs to avoid offside calls, IMO. The issue again, is that cos we play this slow wretched possession footie, we don't move the ball quick enuff cos we take way too many touches before passing it hence, he is offside by a tad when the ball gets to him. It's a two-prong prob, IMO.
Regarding your examples, sure he prolly should have gotten to one of them vs Everton BUT he can't be everywhere either. As for the City one, Ortega flew off his line and smothered the shot like Vicario did at Anfield so credit to the GK there BUT he made the right run, no? As for him being lethal in the air, just go watch the headed goals he scored at Benfica and even vs Utd in the 7-0 where he scored with the back of his head generating so much power. Or vs Forest and Burnley this season. The guy is lethal in the air, man.
16.) 07 May 2024 15:11:22
11 goals in 34 league games isn't a great return considering the chances we make. A goal every three games, is that really good enough? Nicolas Jackson has a better scoring record.
Let's not inflate his record up by including Europa league it's Micky mouse.
17.) 07 May 2024 17:09:05
Oli, one of Nunez's strengths is his movement but he needs to do it better? Come on! ?
When we play teams that play a low block, they will sacrifice possession to prevent us winning the ball high up the field so we have to play possession football. We still need to move the ball quickly but we also need to be patient because there is less room to run into and fewer gaps to exploit. City manage to do it without Haaland charging around and frantically knocking the ball forwards.
18.) 07 May 2024 18:04:07
Is it the manner in which he misses?
It feels like it’s head down and foot through the ball and hope for the best.
Composed finishers pick their spot, sometimes they miss, sometimes it’s saved.
Darwin seems to just toe-end it as hard as he can.
He hits the keeper a lot, often the keeper doesn’t need to move.
19.) 07 May 2024 20:25:13
Spot on Ron. He makes the wrong decision too much. Shoots when taking it round the keeper is easier. Belts it when a side foot is better.
20.) 07 May 2024 22:37:34
Absolutely bang on FlashTheRed couldn’t agree more.
21.) 08 May 2024 09:14:44
When Nunez plays well or scores the Liverpool system must work then.
Lets face it the lad has lots of positives about his game but the fact he runs offside a lot and blasts the ball more or less every chance he gets is down to him and is not the fault of the rest of the team.
The other 4 forwards seem to get in behind opposition onside despite when the ball is passed, because the timing of the run is just as important as the timing of the pass.
Nunez has to take accountability for it and with that extra bit of work from himself he will improve on this.
22.) 08 May 2024 10:03:10
Agreed with that Ron. Nunez tends to just blast his shot in the general direction of the goal and more often than not, it ends up hitting the keeper or the grame of the goal. He gets into great positions and makes decent runs, albeit some are poorly timed. If he can just calm down and place his shots, he would have a much higher conversion rate.
Tbh, he did seem to improve in this regard for a while earlier in the season but in the recent games, he has just seemed to get more and more anxious and it feels like he is trying to force the ball in the goal. I have a feeling that once he gets that first goal, the floodgates would open for him.
26 Jan 2024 11:52:08
Is Sean Dyche available Eds?
1.) 26 Jan 2024 12:06:09
Have a word.
2.) 26 Jan 2024 12:10:15
To do what?
3.) 26 Jan 2024 16:59:19
Glad to see your humour transplants have been successful lads ?.
26 Jan 2024 11:16:54
If Klopp leaving early is to allow Alonso to come in before one of the other big guns snaps him up, he's done us one last solid. Future proofing the club. He deserves a statue.
1.) 26 Jan 2024 11:21:26
Agree completely. He is the only manager id be happy with to replace Jurgen. He might be very inexperienced but he could be in charge of the club for a long time. Big plus that the fans love him already.
2.) 26 Jan 2024 11:48:43
Sven Goran with Xabi as number 2 for a season, then Xabi taking over……just rumour starting.
25 Jul 2024 04:32:12
All the best rumours involve John Lennon Airport.
21 Jul 2024 23:38:03
Welcome! Care to elaborate on your username? I’m imaging you’ll use the words ‘joke’ and/ or ‘dropped on the head as a child’ ;)
12 Jul 2024 16:30:16
Good Crieff, that's a laboured joke. Well done sir! Let's have more of that :D.
12 Jun 2024 20:27:11
Also, if it's true that Kompany wants him that should tell you something. He knows a thing or two about defending, right?
{Ed025's Note - but he also spent a lot of money at Burnley Stoneage only to get them relegated mate...that speaks volumes for his type of choices..
29 May 2024 16:43:38
Do you think you could get 10 'millions' for a penny?
26 Jul 2024 20:18:30
And the joke goes over Oli’s head as usual.
26 Jul 2024 20:16:41
You’ve drunk Viktor’s Koolade then.
24 Jul 2024 21:08:19
Robbie Savage?
23 Jul 2024 22:07:13
We need a Dreams page to add to the Rumours and Banter.
23 Jul 2024 20:43:19
I’d like to see penalties replaced with free kicks from outside the box. No wall.
Either that or heads and volleys for the win.