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16 Sep 2018 18:23:43
Something that has been bought to my attention.
With Danny Ings being at Southampton (and other players on loan at other clubs) would the managers of our opposing team get into the on loan players for any info with regards to tactics or training regimes to try and set out a tactic or formation to beat us?

I know they have their own scouting teams that watch upcoming opposition to analyse us in preparation but it's interesting to know if they pick at players for information to help their cause?

Gazza827

1.) 16 Sep 2018 19:44:18
What could they learn that they can’t learn from watching us play? Most of us arm chair fans can see our strengths and weaknesses just from watching on tv. I’m fairly sure their scouts will have as much info as a loanee/ former players can tell them.

{Ed001's Note - but they do still ask them, in case they do have some insight. Some managers do anyway.}


2.) 16 Sep 2018 21:20:01
Why wouldn’t they? Any information can’t help. In Ings case he isn’t coming back to Liverpool unless something goes very wrong for him over there, so why wouldn’t he try and give his new team a leg up?


3.) 17 Sep 2018 11:01:41
If I was a manager I personally wouldn’t be asking loan players for help, I would find it a bit unprofessional and it’s putting the loan player in a difficult situation.
Besides your supposed to be a manager, I don’t think they should be asking players for help, especially players with split allegiances.


4.) 17 Sep 2018 12:05:09
I think it was last season or the season before. Klopp was on Skysports and he pretty much laid out the tactics of the team. With the amount of money being spent on analysis, they can easily break down the tactics of the opposition no problem. However being able to execute it is another issue in whole.


5.) 17 Sep 2018 18:28:17
Score more than them

Easy.


6.) 18 Sep 2018 12:05:57
Although it'll always be worth the manager asking just in case, if your loanee can tell the manager anything useful that they wouldn't be able to find out from watching us play then either that loanee is shaping up to be a much better tactician than his temporary gaffer currently is or you've been working for weeks on special situational tactics that haven't been busted out yet - which is unlikely to be something we do for someone like Southampton who are neither specialized enough (like Burnley and last seasons patented 8 CB formation) or talented enough to warrant their own tactical approach. Although of course that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous enough to beat us.


7.) 24 Sep 2018 07:23:17
Good on you 1985mikey. Nice to know if you managed a club which was struggling and decided against asking advice of a player ( who’s wages you would be paying) when any insite could keep them up ( and the hundred of jobs that go with it ) If you were to go down he can go back to his parent club and you could move down a division. Sound. lol.


8.) 24 Sep 2018 14:04:40
Just out of curiosity, are there instances where a player goes on loan and can play against the parent club?

{Ed002's Note - Yes in European Competion unless they have already played for their owning club.}


9.) 24 Sep 2018 15:14:22
Thank you Ed.


 

 

17 May 2016 10:37:28
Ed's. Do you know of Klopp bringing in a new goalkeeping coach for next season?
As much as Mignolet is not the best keeper. Do you think the coaching plays a part in his form?

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - I have believed the goalie coaching has been an issue since we lost Valero. We 100% need a new coach, though Achteberg is a great bloke, he is not a great, or even good, coach. I expected him to be the first replaced, but he seems to have slotted in with the rest, so I would not hold my breath on him being replaced.}


1.) 17 May 2016 11:12:56
Thanks for the reply ed.
I think all of us jointly share the shock that he is yet to be replaced.
Do you think it's a matter of Klopp having someone in mind and them not being available yet?

{Ed001's Note - no.}


2.) 17 May 2016 12:19:35
Lets not forget klopp was perfectly happy with weidenfeller who himself is not a good keeper.


3.) 17 May 2016 13:26:20
Who's the bayern goal keeping coach .?!

{Ed001's Note - Toni Tapalovic.}


4.) 17 May 2016 14:43:19
Lfcfan_03beef, Weidenfeller is a good GK, not a great GK but he's certainly better than most.


5.) 17 May 2016 17:41:23
Ed's I don't know if you have heard or seen the links with Chelsea's goalkeeping coach being approached. I saw that somewhere yesterday. can't think of his name now. Petr Cech has talked him up previously about how much he improved his game.

{Ed002's Note - Christophe Lollichon. I am not aware of Liverpool approaching him. It would obviously be an issue if they have made a direct approach.}


6.) 18 May 2016 05:56:31
Sorry Rd002, I meant to write Lollichon was mentioned in the link, not approached. Obviously I take most links with a grain of salt, just thought i'd mention what I saw as goalkeeping coaches were being spoken about.


 

 

11 Feb 2016 16:55:33
Hi Eds. Out of interest with all of the free transfer players which are/ will be available who do you think would be good for us to sign up?

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - none, we need to get rid of players.}


1.) 11 Feb 2016 17:36:05
Even after the clear out which will most probably happen there is no-one you could see us trying to sign?
Rumours of Joel Matip keep coming up. Not a player to your liking Ed?

{Ed001's Note - never seen him play so how could I want us to sign him?}


 

 

20 Jan 2016 14:30:20
Any news on Matip and him signing on with us?
Tried the search engine and no new news.

Gazza827

{Ed002's Note - There is no decision just yet.}


 

 

15 May 2015 18:04:59
Just read a post that Kevin prince Boatang is a free agent. Would Liverpool hold any interest in him?
We can all dream of superstar signings but realistically we have to look beneath that, with the powers and money of the top four and the lure of Champions league football I'm thinking he could be a possible signing??

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - no, he was booted for being a total knob, there will be very few clubs willing to take a chance on him.}


1.) 15 May 2015 21:40:20
Thank you Ed. much appreciat the response

{Ed001's Note - welcome mate, he is nothing but trouble, about as fit to play as my nan on her zimmer, except she smokes less.}


2.) 16 May 2015 03:51:37
Have to agree with you Ed, KPB would be Balotelli Mk. 2 except even worse. My friend (who's a Milan fan) told me that Boateng once got injured because he was having too much "fun" with his girlfriend! That's really all I need to know about him.


3.) 16 May 2015 22:49:37
Ed 001 - I refer you to your first comment, namely we are probably one of those clubs. Balotelli being the obvious latest example


 

 

 

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04 Oct 2023 05:58:29
Maybe this has been said and posted prior. Couldn't see it.

The communication between VAR and the referees should be more and better worded.
Tell the ref exactly what's happening.
Ok Ref, offside decision is. Yes he was offside.
No the on field decision was wrong. He's not offside. Rather than the wording that was used

Secondly, watching the video. From the resulting free kick. Allison received the ball and moments later we was awarded a throw in.
Where is there an issue to stop the game there, review the decision and restart accordingly?

Gazza827

 

 

31 Jul 2023 16:48:25
Ed001
Was wondering if you could do a write up on this one.
Why ex players are not cracking it as managers

Keane, Scholes, Neville, Solsjkear, Gerrard, Fowler, Lampard, Viera come to mind
Great players but getting it right as managers

Is it individual issues or is there a common factor there?

Any info would be great to read.

Thanks.

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - I have added that to the to do list.}


1.) 01 Aug 2023 04:41:49
You know, I have been wondering this myself too. It feels like the transition from player to coach should be seamless, due to the environment they were brought up in, having a mixture of managers with different strengths and weaknesses that they can learn of off. Not to mention the personalities of the players mentioned, many of whom were real leaders that set standards of practice throughout their tenure as a player.

I do wonder if it is a mindset thing. Where, as a player, especially a youngster breaking through, it was about displacing a teammate to take their spot. The onus was very much about individual progression to ensure you could fit into the team dynamic, from youngster to professional. That was a constant mindset.

Then, when you become the manager, the focus shifts from individual to team based. You have to consider so many more variables, variables you are not in control of and can only affect marginally. Instead, you have to place trust in players to be able to meet your expectations in the short and/ or long term. Having patience which, in the managerial profession, is seldom given by decision makers at the club.

This is just my thoughts as a coach myself, I found the transition from player to coach really difficult and frustrating. I knew what I wanted, what I was capable of, and when my players struggled to reach that, I did not have the experience or intelligence to adapt to meet their needs.

Great question, by the way. I will be interested to hear ED001's response, as well as others in the forum.


2.) 01 Aug 2023 05:29:03
It’s simple really, great players had a skill set, akin to their position in the team, ie, strikers have positional sense, pace and above all an instinct to find the net.
They don’t all posses good man management skills and the ability to outwit your opponent tactically. Some don’t have the aura of a manager either, where you have to be fair but firm and display an expectancy for respect from the players under your leadership.


3.) 01 Aug 2023 06:46:19
No passion, not enough desire. They don’t need to work another day as they have financial independence and existing fame.

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


4.) 01 Aug 2023 07:12:06
Many of them also have no real idea why they were so good at football. They can’t work out why the pass they could make in their sleep is beyond the capabilities of 99.5% of people, nor why what takes them 3 tries takes a lesser player 300 to get right.
Intelligence definitely comes into it, but then you have examples like Lampard, who is by many accounts and metrics of well above average intelligence yet is an appalling manager.
Zidane, Enrique and Ancelotti are all examples of successful coaches who were also top players (in Zidane’s case, elite), yet all have only ever succeeded when coaching the world’s elite players, and done relatively poorly when not (Ancelotti at Everton and Napoli, Enrique at Roma and Spain) .


5.) 01 Aug 2023 07:13:12
This is normal in most sports and most walks of life though, most of the best golf coaches are usually good but not great golfers. Being able to teach and do are very different skillsets.

Most people will spend 14 odd years in a school system but very few would make good teachers at the end of it.


6.) 01 Aug 2023 07:15:10
Intelligence

Not saying them lads are in anyway dummies but you need a real
Good level of intelligence and also great people
Skills .


7.) 01 Aug 2023 07:36:56
I think it's about putting players, staff and fans first. I don't think gerrard, lampard etc are quite ready for that yet. As it's always been about them.


8.) 01 Aug 2023 07:45:36
People have aptitudes for different things. - as @Pickle said an aptitude for playing is a different aptitude to coaching

I also think in the modern game with the ever present social media a larger number of players readily believe their press far too much and they are prone to falling into the trap of assuming because they are good at one they will automatically be good at the other.


9.) 01 Aug 2023 07:45:56
Think about this:

1) there are 11 players in a team, many more in decent sized squad. So say an average of 500 top players in prem alone (ok not all world class but mostly high achieving individuals on high salaries)

2) most have gone through a similar route to getting where they are, and witness the approach to management, training, tactics, etc etc you could say they learn in the job but

3) As in all walks of life there are people to which a particular role is suitable - those that get it and know how to apply the learnings - and those to whom it is not (a decent technician not a decent man manager teacher etc) . It is a different skill entirely some will have it in them others not) . Then:

4) there are 20 premiership managers! Ok there are loads of coaching staff around but again they are many technicians who can apply parts of the need.


10.) 01 Aug 2023 07:54:57
Will be a tough question to answer that because for all the ex players you named you then have managers who were Ex professional footballers such as Pep, Simone, Ancelloti, Zidane, Pochetino, Arteta etc and whilst not the most successful player even Klopp played professionally.

I think it could be a case of each manager who failed just didn’t have the skill set or personality to succeed.

Doing it yourself is one thing and inspiring others to do it is a totally different thing.


11.) 01 Aug 2023 08:23:14
@PickleRick, that’s why the saying goes, “Those who can? Do. Those who can’t? Teach. ”.


12.) 01 Aug 2023 08:24:14
It seems to be easier for the Top guys to get high income journalistic or pundit roles (TV in particular) than managerial or coaching ones (knowing that management is a saturated market per my note above) . Typically the news outlets will choose the top players after they retire - again a skill to preset by yourself on TV but there are fewer non-internationals in this space and the jobs are lucrative and less time consuming. I know someone will say they don’t need the money. It want and need are miles apart.


13.) 01 Aug 2023 08:49:49
I think some of these managers jump to the big clubs too soon. Gerrard and Lampard did quite well at Rangers and Derby then jumped to big clubs. Personally think they should manage in league one or two for a while. Mark Hughes is managing Bradford now (no offense to Bradford) . After being with Man City, Stoke etc.


14.) 01 Aug 2023 08:56:43
@Oli, teachers don’t say that, mate ?.


15.) 01 Aug 2023 09:15:47
Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton, 2 of England's greatest ever players, never cut it as a manager. Like others have said, playing and managing are completely different skill sets.


16.) 01 Aug 2023 09:26:23
I think it’s 3 things:

They fast track their coaching qualifications, so haven’t gained as much experience as peers who weren’t top ex-players.

They’re given jobs too soon. Linked to the above point, but they lack experience to coach at the top level and how to deal with certain circumstances.

The best leaders in any walk of life typically surround themselves with a team whose skills and abilities compliment their own. So in the coaching context, if you’re a great motivator, get an assistant who is an excellent tactician etc. So many ex players end up with a back room staff of likeminded people or mates from their playing days rather than what is needed.


17.) 01 Aug 2023 09:44:18
Not yet convinced Zidane is all that to be honest. Get him to build a team rather than guide one at the peak of its powers then we’ll see.

I don’t think there’s any difference with the current crop than any of the previous ones either. Most players that transition into managers fail and always have done. That’s how you sort the wheat from the chaff. Players have barely had to manage to tie their laces and then have to organise a whole team scenario. It’s such a departure from that that most people, let alone players with no real management experience will fail and are not cut out for it.

For every failed superstar like Gerrard or lampard there will be an unknown success like Klopp or Wenger, maybe Potter or De Zerbi and the like in the future.

I reckon if they were truly keen on setting out for a career in management they’d be much better served spending a good few years doing actual coaching first, gaining experience in a different department of football than the playing side and not having to make all the high profile mistakes themselves.


18.) 01 Aug 2023 10:19:16
It's not that simple. There isn't one reason, or even a few reasons, why great players don't always become great managers. Why one doesn't mightn't be the same reason another doesn't.
If I had to put my finger on one reason it'd the cause of most of the world's problems.
Tight underpants.


19.) 01 Aug 2023 10:44:24
A lot of the time these big name players are given jobs at relatively top clubs, based on their names alone.
So they’ve been given really hard (I’m guessing the higher up the leagues you are, the harder the managers job, generally) jobs from day 1, so they tend to fail because they don’t have the level of knowledge or experience to make it work.
Players should start off in the lower leagues and learn the art of management there, but I suppose none are willing to go from earning millions to pennies or put in the hard graft to start from the bottom after making it at the top.


20.) 01 Aug 2023 10:53:50
Some really interesting reading there guys. I’m liking the responses
Nice to see away from the bickering that occurs on other posts

Keep it up guys and girls.


21.) 01 Aug 2023 11:37:26
Interesting that the King is missing from the conversation. Great player to great manager. Or is there an element of Zidan and Pep there; taking a very good team and making it the best? Good work but from a high starting point. Kenny didn’t quite have the open chequebook the other two have been backed with though.


22.) 01 Aug 2023 11:48:59
One that I haven't seen mentioned is Vincent Kompany. Seems to be doing extremely well professionally as a manager but also comes across as a nice guy and above intelligence. Will be interesting to see how his managerial career develops over the years.


23.) 01 Aug 2023 12:03:10
Some cool posts. Nice one, all.


24.) 01 Aug 2023 12:17:43
ND at the time the amount of money Kenny had to spend at Blackburn was like having an open cheque book. Jack Walker wanted to win a trophy with them and invested a lot and along with the appeal of playing for the King a lot of expensive players joined them. Of course by today's standards the fees involved seem really small.


25.) 01 Aug 2023 12:23:16
This is going to sound scathing but I'm going to include it anyway, I think there is a serious problem with the overall quality of British managers recently. Watching a lot of their post-match interviews it's all soundbites and all passion and desire nonsense.

Don't get me wrong, it's important - but if they're on the losing side they constantly seem to blame their players for not having a 'will-to-win'. Completely ignoring one important factor, the other team also wants to win.

If they're on a bad run the best way to turn it round is always to run harder, put more effort in etc etc.

One thing Gerrard, Lampard, Keane and Solskjaer (I'm including him in this because he was very much football educated in this country) had in common is their teams had no real style of play, no semblance of a system or tactical gameplan. Players were signed based on their name, rather than being a stylistic fit. It was all simple tactics and passion.

Ironically this is extremely lazy management. From the outside looking in there was no patterns they had been practicing through the week, they just thought they could motivate their players and the results would happen. Football has moved on, you need more than that. Everyone runs hard, you need another way to win.

The issue is that a lot of these British managers came from an era of more simplicity in football. People like Guardiola and Klopp, and even the likes of De Zerbi, Pochettino etc have totally transformed the way the game is played and raised the bar for what is needed.

Most mid table clubs have a unique way of playing now, every game poses a different set of challenges and different questions for a manager to answer. You need to plan meticulously for each individual opponent.

Back in the days of the merry-go-round of Curbishley, Pardew, Allardyce, Bruce et al you knew what you were up against. It was the same thing week-in-week out. A couple of gameplans would see you through the season. Not the case anymore

Passion and desire will no longer keep you in the Premier League on it's own. It won't even keep you in the Championship.


26.) 01 Aug 2023 12:25:39
SHughes hit the nail on the head. Man management skills is one of the most difficult skills a person can learn. Even average players will be exposed to tactics, training regimes positioning etc from daily coaching. Many will become ‘leaders’ and thus coaches that are able to inspire and lead to short term success over a short period of time, what we know as the new manager bounce etc. Gerrard probably falls into this category.
Real managers, with man management skills to lead, inspire and keep people happy and motivated as a squad even if they aren’t playing, are few and far between. Your Klopp’s, Pep, Fergie and Ancellotti etc.


27.) 01 Aug 2023 12:55:50
Transfer news is very slow ?

Simple answer really, they’re all rubbish managers because they don’t listen to us genius bunch on here.
We know the lot.


28.) 01 Aug 2023 13:33:48
I would imagine every football related forum has a section of fans who always know better than management.
The original source of the expression armchair experts.
Some are actually quite clever, most are just laughable.


29.) 01 Aug 2023 13:41:01
WDW, coaching is a form of teaching or passing down of knowledge to others. And you’re right. A teacher did not say that. It was a former NFL Quarterback (decent level) who now coaches some of the league’s elite quarterbacks in the off-season, who said so.

You can apply this logic to Klopp or to Jose or to any manager who either never played the game at the highest level (Klopp) or never played it at all (Jose) yet became very successful managers. If you can’t play the game at the highest level, you can definitely coach/ teach others how to do so at the highest level.


30.) 01 Aug 2023 13:44:13
Football management needs key skills like managing relationships, coming up with new ideas, communicating those ideas in a clear and concise way, keeping people motivated to play in consistent manner, keeping your staff motivated, creating an environment of learning and innovation, dealing with executives in the right manner. Top class footballers obviously have experience of working with world class managers, know certain tactical ideas and know what it's like to play the game at that level. But that's like 40 percent of what you need. Simply put, those footballers have work to do on the 60 per cent. They also get thrown in to big jobs too quick. I honestly don't know why they don't go as assistant managers for a good stint and learn. Or stay lower level for a while and build up. Scotland is not a good learning ground. Go championship or league one and earn your strips. Ego is the biggest problem. They want to go from player to manager in a hot second instead of learn the job properly.

Just my opinion of course.


31.) 01 Aug 2023 14:19:39
I feel a lot of it is down to luck and the path you take as a manager. It’s the same as a footballer really - of the 100 players who are supposed to be the next big thing as players, only a fraction make it. Some of it is because they choose the wrong team / coach too early or too late. E. g. was Chelsea the right team for Lampard to start and was Villa the right choice for Gerrard? Did they have the right coaching staff, advisors, director of football and scouts around them? Are they as good a judge of the kind of players that they want to buy in all positions and not just the ones they played in?


32.) 01 Aug 2023 14:35:29
Flash you seem like the kind of guy that could be given a bag full of money and you would complain and cry that the bag was too heavy.


33.) 01 Aug 2023 14:46:26
I love the whole "fans think they know more" argument. Well obviously players and managers know more than us.

Shall we just never talk about football again then? I'd suggest changing the subject but I'm not sure I'd be allowed to do that either. Can't even talk about the weather because I don't know as much as the weatherman.


34.) 01 Aug 2023 20:38:58
This is not a new thing bobby charlton failed, nobby stiles, emlyn hughes, geof hurst, martin peters, all winners all failed .

Only a few excell as managers at the very top and win the biggest trophies .

Being an elite footballer does not always make you a elite manager.


 

 

27 Jul 2023 18:42:32
I don't think I have seen anyone be as passionate about Scoring for Liverpool in recent times as Hendo.
My joint favourite moments were his wonder goal against Chelsea and that clip of his crying with Klopp after the champions league win

Be well Captain. You deserve the best in life.

Gazza827

1.) 27 Jul 2023 20:43:46
He was a super player and great captain for Liverpool, no doubt about that.
A lot of comments that he's earned the right to move.
Well, he has the right to move to Saudi Arabia, which is something of an oxymoron in itself.
But there you go.


2.) 27 Jul 2023 22:01:22
Not the right to move to Saudi, but the right to choose to take a payday. Honestly, it is no “right” to move there. He has merely earned, through the strength of his career, the sort of big money deal that only a country like Saudi Arabia would offer in these times.

Does anybody really expect him to turn down 5-10 times what he would have been offered elsewhere at this stage of his career? 20-30 times what Sunderland would pay? I doubt it.

{Ed025's Note - so the £23m he already has is not enough then Quo?, football and the world in general is obsessed by greed mate..


3.) 27 Jul 2023 22:43:34
Ed025, you keep repeating the same refrain, and I'm not sure you get it. 23 million may be enough for you, but it's clearly not enough for him. Why is there a need to be judgemental about that?

For people of your age and mine, 23 Million may be enough today (and it is, mostly ?) . But he's half our age, and in 30 years time, when he reaches our age, the Saudi 100 million will have the same value as 23 million today. And if you're around in 30 years, you'll be the first to pat him on the shoulder and say "excellent financial planning son". ?.

{Ed025's Note - or maybe not ArAy, he could live the life of a king on the interest alone mate, but it is what it is and im not complaining about it anymore, whats done is done and we move on, mind you judgement day is another kettle of fish.. :)


4.) 27 Jul 2023 23:02:39
It just underlines why we should take a lot more of what the majority of ‘vocal supporters of’ say with a pinch of salt.
Jordan Henderson has been a terrific midfielder and leader for Liverpool for the last decade, that's what he was paid to do.
Im sure he will continue to do what he gets paid to.


5.) 27 Jul 2023 23:01:00
Isn’t 1million enough? This drivel money is getting cumbersome.


6.) 27 Jul 2023 23:12:13
Honestly Ed, no. If I were worth £2.30 and someone offered me a tenner then no, £230 and someone offered me £1000 then probably not. £2.3 million and someone offered me £10,000,000 probably. £23million and £100,000,000? Definitely. That’s generational wealth. Not just for Jordan and his family, but for kids and grandkids. That’s set up a dynasty wealth. Only a fool would say no to that.

That is not even accounting for the fact that the only other things truly impacted are some westerners feelings….

{Ed025's Note - every man to his own i suppose Quo, i think £23m is enough for 10 generations myself mate so no i wouldn,t, its the ethics with me, people in the world are starving and dying with disease and lack of water and medicines while these fat cats are buying yachts and now footballers...but maybe thats just me..


7.) 27 Jul 2023 23:28:12
With a decent investment strategy, the interest on his wealth alone, not compounded, should return 30 to 40k a week to live on without touching the principal. If he chose to live on 20k a week, he'd have about 140 million at retirement age.


8.) 28 Jul 2023 04:41:41
Whether he should or shouldn’t doesn’t matter anymore. He’s gone. Let it go.


9.) 28 Jul 2023 09:48:46
Awk Ed25 with the soaring energy prices and interest rates he needs the money

Poor man wasn't on a fixed mortgage rate and got caught out badly with the interest rates hikes

Real big house he has - can you imagine the poor man's mortgage or can you imagine heating it these days?

Poor Jordan ???.

{Ed025's Note - good point Bill. But we could have had a whip round for him mate if he had stayed. Now I just want to be the guy with the cat,o, nine tails.. ?


10.) 28 Jul 2023 12:18:56
Think about how much you do could for those causes with that money Ed025 ?‍♂️
I mean if Hendo came back and ploughed large amounts of money into grassroots football would people still have the same opinion?

Just interested.

{Ed025's Note - I don’t know if he could atone with grass roots football EPS but certainly if he used it for social issues and the poor it would be a marvellous thing to do…I wait with baited breath..


11.) 28 Jul 2023 16:40:23
Atone for what, exactly?

{Ed025's Note - for selling his soul for 30 pieces of silver oli, for abandoning the LGTB+ community, or for working in a country who have a horrendous human rights record...or maybe because he is a greedy sod who abandoned all his ethics....i will let you choose mate..


12.) 28 Jul 2023 18:06:54
Henderson’s hypothetical grandchildren’s hypothetical grandchildren will never have to face the horrors of working a day in their life before he went to saudi arabia. He’s a club legend but let’s not sugarcoat it he’s a greedy hypocrite. I’m sure he’ll be happy now that people he will never meet will get to sit on their backsides all day. I feel bad for anyone in the LGBT community who held him in high regard. Not one person forced him to be an ally. All for PR.


13.) 28 Jul 2023 19:52:20
@Onekiss, you’ve just described thr Royal Family.


 

 

21 Aug 2018 13:17:27
Hi all.
I'm not familiar with computers and find raising so I'm asking for help.

Is there anyone in the know who can set up a sponsor/ fund raising page for Salah.

You'll never walk alone Slah buddy.
My thoughts and well wishes go to you my friend!

If anyone can do this or can help me do it. I will pass on any details needed

Cheers.

Gazza827

1.) 22 Aug 2018 04:30:27
Gazza, I raised the issue yesterday, and Ed001 promised to look into it once Salah's situation becomes clearer. I know Benny Baller has set up a page like that before, so it won't be an issue J dnt think. Personally, I'd wait to hear from Ed001 and once the funding page is set up, we can then make our contributions, and the Eds will figure out how it will reach Salah.
We are fast becoming a family here. Long may it continue.
We'll never walk alone.


2.) 22 Aug 2018 15:43:27
Just catching up with what happened. got to say pretty low act. Hopefully he recovers.


 

 

09 Aug 2018 13:08:13
Come on Ed's. It's been a minute since I last looked and there is no update on all things Liverpool signing another three players by 5pm.
You guys slacking? Of all days

All jokes aside. Want to say a massive thank you for the input that is received on this site by you Ed's and the other people that post. A very much enjoyable read when I get a break at work

Thanks all.

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - cheers Gazza.}


1.) 09 Aug 2018 14:29:31
Will you give yourself a day off Ed after today?

{Ed001's Note - I can't remember the last time I took a day off. No chance for tomorrow as I will have a lot of transfer deals to round up on the Review of the Day.}


2.) 09 Aug 2018 14:55:52
When does tha jan window open?
I’ll.


3.) 09 Aug 2018 15:21:15
January.


4.) 09 Aug 2018 17:23:28
Tbh, this site has been great during transfer window. Best place to get the low down.


 

 

 

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26 Aug 2023 14:05:20
Amazing stuff Ed.
First ones on me pal. Enjoy.

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08 Aug 2023 19:52:39
Take a positive from that. That’s a heck of a drop in monthly wages we’re keeping.

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13 Jul 2023 20:40:52
To who Reynard?

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12 Jul 2023 12:29:33
I saw a YouTube video of the players return for training. He do looks in great shape. He’s staying and is fighting for his place
Last season and then I think he will go.

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22 Apr 2018 16:21:18
Woah! Desperate Dan should not be mentioned in any form of bad writing as in a example along side the express.
The Dandy is legendary. I still dream of Cow Pie
Ed’s my respect to you is there but but please refrain from the mocking of The Dandy.

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13 Jan 2024 13:11:10
Hi Ed, am I right in saying that Rodolfo Berrello (? ) was very good in getting our youth set up going but he was hindered by Benitez putting stops to certain things?
Was t he seen as one of the top youth coaches at the time.

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - Rafa brought in the guys from Barca's La Masia and then wanted them to have carte blanche to set up Liverpool's academy. It was a lack of funding that caused problems, as Gillett and Hicks ran out of money in the recession and then fell out with each other. Prick Parry then turned on Rafa and tried to block everything he wanted to do.}


 

 

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12 Jan 2024 11:37:13
Wouldn’t say a conspiracy Ed. Just confirmation of observation and a request of knowledge of the rules.

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12 Jan 2024 09:57:50
One point I will make is
When the Fulham player (I forgot his name) was rolling around on the floor from the palm of VVD. He received treatment and wasn’t sent to the sidelines to be brought back on when deemed appropriate from the ref. He was involved in the free kick that was awarded to Fulham.
There is no separate rule is there. Treatment recieved. On the sidelines to be called back on is how it is right?

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{Ed002's Note - Obviously another conspiracy against Liverpool.}


 

 

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02 Jan 2024 23:06:14
Ed.
Coming away from the point of cheating which is being claimed
My view is, if it was deemed cheating. VAR should of sent the ref to the monitor and asked him to review his initial decision
Again. A fail of use to bring the game to a better standard.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing and VAR should be used for that purpose
Contact is contact but simulation is simulation

I honestly don’t understand how people think they can do what they do and not realise there every movement is scrutinised by pundits and fans of the sport
It’s beyond belief that in any sport. Participants will knowingly cheat under spotlight
The beautiful game is now a business of cheats sadly.

Gazza827

{Ed025's Note - i think we all know Gazza that VAR is not fit for purpose mate, they seem to get involved when it suits them, you see so much of it now that its becoming the norm and its a terrible blight on the game, you see players facing up to each other head to head then one of them goes down clutching his face and rolling around to get his fellow professional sent off..whats that all about?, the punishment has to be harsher for me or the game is finished..


 

 

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12 Dec 2023 09:10:29
Nice read Ed
Couple of bits from me

With the inverted Trent role. Do you think it’s to much to ask of Quansah? As said he was already taking most of the attacks and then to have to cover the gap left behind from Trent, either covering that or moving over if VVD covered.

I genuinely think Joe Gomez right back, give us the width. A run of games he’s a player! Helps out the centre backs with a back four and no inverted positions and within that we can then use Trent in a central position with his availability to cover if needed.

Gazza827

{Ed001's Note - I think it is too much for any centre-back really, the set up needs to be more fluid and change to a back three when on the ball. It is nothing new, teams have been trying this inverted full-back for many years now, it is just that we are not switching to a back three when we have the ball, to allow the full-back to invert safely. It ends up with the right-sided centre-half covering the entire right side of the pitch, which is too much. If it just switches to a back 3, with a left-sided centre-back instead of Tsimikas/Robertson, then Virgil can just move central and help. As it is, we just have nothing down the flanks, in defence and attack.

I am with you on using Gomez and Bradley, when he is fully fit. Just go to a proper back four, shift Trent into the centre and stop just ending up in a central bottleneck when we go forward.}


 

 





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