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26 Mar 2026 09:32:59
Sad news about John Toshack's health. Underrated footballer and manager.

YNWA.

26 Mar 2026 09:15:41
Lewis Steele on Twitter is suggesting that Yan Diomande, Bradley Barcola and Michael Olise are on our shortlist, albeit that Olise is considered too expensive right now (probably due to a contract until 2029).

Looking at various other articles online, Diomande could be around half the price of Olise, and Leipzig were interested in Harvey Elliot last summer, so that sounds quite promising.

I guess it depends on how the next manager wants us to play, but Diomande's two-footedness is certainly an attraction.

If we can get £60m+ for Gakpo, then Diomande and Barcola coming in as first choice LW and RW, with Rio as a backup on the left and Frimpong as backup on the right seems like a winning combo.

26 Mar 2026 10:33:17
I like Barcola and Diomande. I think they're both perfect wingers for us. They will work hard, get at the full backs, put dangerous balls across the 6 yard box and chip in with goals too. Fingers crossed, although that sounds like at least a £150m outlay on two players!

I think with the signing of Jacquet secured and the impending departure of Salah, two wingers need to be the focus this summer.

I'd also like Wharton if Mac Allister goes. Unless the new manager wants to play without wingers, but if it is Alonso, I believe he favours a 4-3-3, in spite of the fact he played a 3-4-2-1 at Leverkusen.

26 Mar 2026 10:47:37
Looks like at least 2 wingers will be out the door in Salah nd Chiesa. And then there's also talk of Gakpo going, so we'll need that same number coming in. An expensive summer ahead. I suppose it was always on the cards. We've neglected strenghtening the wingers much over the last 8 years or so.

Xabi, if he ends up at LFC next season, switches between a back 3 and 4, does he? We'd be ok with Frimpong and Kerkez in a 3, which is something, with Dom and Wirtz behind a striker.

26 Mar 2026 15:29:55
I've got a feeling it's Diomande for right wing & either Gordon or Rogers for left.

26 Mar 2026 15:51:44
Is Diomande better on the left or right wing?

26 Mar 2026 20:56:49
He plays more left, but he can play both & is strong with both feet, so ideal on either side to go on outside or to cut in.

25 Mar 2026 18:55:00
Sad to see the news about John Toshack being diagnosed with dementia. More research needed on the link of heading the ball and dementia.

25 Mar 2026 20:42:34
SK, very sad news. I don't know the full stats of ex players getting dementia and the average Joe, and what also needs to be taken into account is the average age of death vs both groups too, to see if the ex players are living longer because of their jobs and fitness levels compared to the general public.

I am not a doctor or anything, but I would guess as you age you do get more chances of getting dementia.

26 Mar 2026 14:54:34
People talking about Sadio, Bobby and Mo as the best LFC front three ever, but I would like to say these three were not bad, Toshack, Keagan and Highway, happy memories watching them play.

YNWA.

25 Mar 2026 15:23:13
Could be a real changing of the guard this season end.

Salah going.

Robbo probably going.

Virg - Maybe will go?

That's all the real old guard of the Klopp era, which has been my favourite of my life. Being an 1983 kid, I missed the best of the 70s / 80s (can't remember until around 87 / 88) and lived through the hellish times that came thereafter.



We really need some characters to come in the door and live up to the past, can't wait to see what the new team shapes into next season, with the right coach this could be a team that dominates for a long time to come.

25 Mar 2026 18:47:22
No more Dutch players pls.

25 Mar 2026 22:22:17
Well I'd hate to lose VVD or Gravenberch. Gakpo was very good last year. All 3 played a massive part in securing a very very rare Premier League title for us. Frimpong was a bargain buy.

The Dutch hate is ridiculous. How about no more Spanish players after Thiago, Moreno, Aspas, etc, all failed.

25 Mar 2026 22:30:04
Have had some terrific Dutch players.

25 Mar 2026 23:05:35
I think you touch on an interesting point. The decline in Dutch football over the last 15 years is very real.

Some fantastic talents used to come out of the Eredivisie, particularly attacking players. How many noteworthy talents have there been in recent years? De Jong, maybe? The majority have flopped in the big leagues.

I don't know if it is this Dutch trend of not training that is stalling the development of their players.

The Dutch have also regressed stylistically. They no longer practise Total Football. All their managers seem to be obsessed with this slow passing it around in a horseshoe shape.

25 Mar 2026 14:46:08
Jamie O Hara. ?? That's some comment that ??.

25 Mar 2026 14:42:30
How confident are we in Alonso? Watched the Leverkusen system and it was OK but he got battered by us and we also defeated his Madrid.

So yea hanging my head out but it will a 2-3 year build with Alonso before we see trophies.

25 Mar 2026 17:40:38
I can see the fans being really happy to build for 2-3 years before we see trophies.

25 Mar 2026 18:15:34
So very true... Might as well stick with Slot then.
Better the devil you know and all that...

25 Mar 2026 18:30:14
So we should only employ a manager that Liverpool have never beaten? That's going to be a short shortlist.

25 Mar 2026 18:52:48
Gtf 2 - 3 yr rebuild? Start that palaver, and we be doing what Utd have done for last 10+ years. Should and need to challenge next season.

25 Mar 2026 19:00:02
Spot on, JLC. In Slot we trust!

To get the fk out of dodge!

Cafu, how much did you watch Leverkusen when Alonso was in charge? stop acting like you knew how they played when it's pretty obvious you haven't got a clue.

25 Mar 2026 21:02:42
Right or wrong, Cafu, thanks for starting a conversation! Most on here, don't they just sit n snipe at those that do! It's much easier for them that way, but keep up the good work.

25 Mar 2026 23:07:22
As long as he doesn't take us back to the worst football we've seen since the Hodgson era, Florian.

25 Mar 2026 23:14:34
It won a league, Rabbity, in fairness. And, as much as people want a different style, I can assure you they'll want trophies with it.

25 Mar 2026 23:37:54
I'm not just talking about style, Florian. I'm talking about its effectiveness too. 1.58 points per game this season. Only Souness and Hodgson are worse in the Premier League era.

Last season wasn't quite this style. It was more of a transition from Klopp to this. This style is completely useless.

25 Mar 2026 06:47:23
Morning Eds, surprised Akliouche is not being more strongly linked as Mo's replacement. A wand of a left foot, speed and technique, and the best player on the pitch during the PSG tie. They obviously want him too, but at 24, he's the right age and with two years left on his contract, should not be overpriced like Diomonde.

25 Mar 2026 10:15:47
I am intrigued by these links to Aklioche and Olise, but I honestly just think that in the Premier League pace is more important for a wide man. Salah and Mane were terrifying in full flight. Hazard and Pedro at Chelsea too. Sane and Sterling were the same at City. Giggs and Ronaldo at United ruined defences. Mahrez and Sterling at City won everything. Robben and Duff at Chelsea were lethal. Now we're seeing Doku and Semenyo at City, and Saka and Martinelli at Arsenal causing teams no end of trouble. Aklioche and Olise are not particularly fast, relative to other wingers, and I just don't think that will get the best out of Isak or Ekitike in the Premier League. I know there's been the odd Pires or Beckham who buck that trend and didn't need pace to be brilliant in the Prem, but it is quite rare as opposed to how many wingers have succeeded just by being able to go past 1 or 2 defenders in an instant.

Look at how much trouble this season Minteh, Gordon, Yilmaz, Doku, Semenyo, Ouattara, Matheus Mane etc have caused us as a team. None of them are as good as Olise on paper, and yet if we get past PSG by some miracle I'm more worried about the prospect of Luis Diaz or Vini Jr than I am about Olise or Rodrygo.

Purely and simply, because blistering pace is undefendable if that player has a good day.

I really want Yan Diomande as a priority, and as unpopular as this will be, someone like Gordon, Minteh, Ouattara or Yilmaz would be my choice for the opposite flank. Just a horribly aggressive and terrifyingly quick housery master. I think if we put some genuine and terrifying pace either side of Isak/Ekitike, we'll see just how good they are and our strikers will bag the goals we need. The system is more important than the individual. Isak shone at Newcastle because he had Gordon and Murphy either side of him, who were just quick wingers who beat their man and whipped it across. Did we pay £125m on Isak to not build the team around him? Olise will do what Salah has been doing this season. He'll cut back and float crosses into the box. That's fine if you are Harry Kane and thrive off backing into big CB's, but that's not fine if you're Isak, who weighs 10stone wet through and needs to get a run on big CB's.

25 Mar 2026 10:55:39
Agree on the pace and power. Would bring out the best in Wirtz. And if they're also hardworking like Gordon or Diomande, it would help balance out Hugo and Ekitike, not exactly been pressing monsters.

25 Mar 2026 11:04:49
I'm 100% with you on Diomande. For me, it is a no-brainer. Fantastic player who has already said that he wants to play for us.

They are still young and need to continue to develop, but in a couple of years, Rio and Diomande along with Wirtz, Isak & Ekitike would be a truly scary forward line.

25 Mar 2026 12:18:22
You can't replace Salah. You have to get the best of what's available and adapt a bit. If we are getting a new manager, the shape and style of okay will be changing anyway (thankfully).

25 Mar 2026 13:06:46
Gordon gets such bad reviews on here, but the guy is aggressive, fast, gets goals and assists. So what if he goes down rather easily, so does the entire Arsenal team, most of City and almost every forward and winger in Europe with the exception of Mo. I think he'd be miles better than Gakpo at LW, nite and day, imo.

25 Mar 2026 13:12:29
Only bloke who could replace Salah's numbers in this league is Mbappe for me. We don't need Salah numbers from our wingers going forward. Next season we'll have a guy in the middle who will absolutely hoover up chances in Isak. Ten to 15 goals from our wingers will be ok.

25 Mar 2026 13:42:55
Florian, we don't always agree on the managerial stuff, but I completely agree with you here. In recent years the likes of Salah, Mane, Son and Sterling have really warped the expectations of what wingers should do in terms of goal output.

When you see players like Doku, Savinho, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli etc driving their sides up the table it should be enough for people to realise that wingers don't have to score shed loads of goals to be effective in a well balanced team. A quick and direct winger who commits players creates space for others and drives the team up the pitch into areas where things can drop kindly for you. They make things happen. We had a little bit of a golden era for goalscoring wingers in the last decade, and we were lucky enough to have 2 of the very best in our team for a long time.

It now has to be about how we get the most out of our strikers though, because Mbuemo and Semenyo were the next best goalscoring natural wingers to crop up and they've now gone to our rivals and are therefore completely unobtainable. The next best available if people want a proper winger who also scores goals is Jarrod Bowen but he is 29 years old, not a sexy name and not a long term solution. So I doubt people will be happy if we sign him.

I honestly think Diomande and Gordon/Yilmaz would be boss for us at RW and LW. Wirtz in AM with Isak at CF, and Ekitike able to rotate with all 4 of them, seeing as he can play every attacking role. That just feels more balanced to me as an attacking unit.

25 Mar 2026 14:10:29
That's a good attacking unit, MK. With Rio and hopefully young Josh Abe pushing through, getting more minutes.

25 Mar 2026 17:32:06
I think Gordon is a fantastic player. Just my opinion. He'd be a great fit for Liverpool.

25 Mar 2026 17:35:31
Gordon for me. Red Scouse, home grown, aggressive, works hard and back, things most are not.

25 Mar 2026 18:06:25
Gordon looks bang average to me, Stewart Downing vibes, a lot of money for very little player. Prefer someone like Diomande who looks like he could become a real star.

26 Mar 2026 11:35:19
100% MK. I'm worried about the strong Olise links... he's not the type of winger we need at all, completely agree we need pace and power on the wings.

24 Mar 2026 22:03:41
Farewell Mo, hopefully a bit of motivation for him to find the old Mo a few more times before the season is out.

Reading that we’ve mutually agreed to terminate his contract at season’s end.

Amazing ending for the club who apparently only buy cheap to sell for a profit.

24 Mar 2026 21:23:50
I read somewhere Mo only missed 9 games in 9 seasons in the Prem. If correct, that has to be a record that will never be bettered, especially for a winger, and given that modern-day players are so much softer and injury-prone, the best ability is availability.

25 Mar 2026 04:49:18
I think he's missed more just due to AFCON over the years.
Maybe missed 9 games due to injury... now that's remarkable if true.