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15 Feb 2016 11:54:31
Sky sports saying matip to join in the summer.

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1.) 15 Feb 2016 09:11:54
Did you hear that from "monkey sponge" on Twitter by any chance?


2.) 15 Feb 2016 12:19:00
its in the Echo now too.


3.) 15 Feb 2016 12:25:34
Sakho he literally just said Sky Sports, not twitter. Sky Sports have just released this through there app and SSNHQ.


4.) 15 Feb 2016 12:43:33
Not surprised really because sahko is NOT boss.


5.) 15 Feb 2016 15:12:31
sorry mate I replied to somebody about liverpools interest in Leon Goretzka not about Matip joining Liverpool.


 

 

 

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15 Jan 2023 19:46:36
Anyone who thinks Klopp should go must be absolutely off their rocker. He’s the best thing to happen to this club in decades, just stop for a minute and ask yourself who you would have replace him? We have the best manager in the world right now, give him time.

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1.) 15 Jan 2023 19:51:55
Fans who are saying this should never mention loyalty ever again. I get that the club is bigger than any person but if we can’t stick by a guy who put us back on the top table then what are we as fans? He’s not derided the fans, the city, the owners or his own players. We never hear of discontent in the club or dressing room. And yet with these results, people are calling for him to go?

Now, having said all that, if he does walk I would think it’s because he felt he lost that connection with the fans and decided he didn’t have the energy to get it back. And fair play to him, we have to be honest, us Loverpool fans can be pretty toxic.


2.) 15 Jan 2023 20:18:16
For me the story is not what has gone wrong at Liverpool.

The most surprising thing is that Klopp managed to keep such a core group of players playing at such a high rarefied level playing “heavy metal” football for so long.

It was never sustainable. Football teams always have a shelf life after all, but Klopp’s Liverpool (VVD, Robertson, TAA, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Firmino etc) had a longer self life at the top than most. Years of brilliance with the same XI.

But now it’s over and now he has to build a brand new team AND hope that lightning can strike twice. Will his unique blend of recruitment alchemy and motivational powers will yield similar results?

The odds are stacked against him frankly. But there’s no shame in that.


3.) 15 Jan 2023 20:23:48
To add to ed1’s point earlier on, Saturday needs the loudest rendition of ‘I’m so glad’ we’ve ever heard, I’d love it just before YNWA so he hears it in the dressing room and I hope it’s sung throughout the game too. Someone on here said it earlier, he needs a Klopp hug himself and that’s the only way we can do it as fans.


4.) 15 Jan 2023 20:40:40
I mean regardless of how good he is/ was, things do change. If he's not up to the current task of rebuilding a squad (that he let fall to such a state), then things need to change. we've had some good years, but its about making it sustainable which it clearly isn't right now.


5.) 15 Jan 2023 21:00:02
This is really winding me up. We’ve had a difficult first half to a season and yes, performances have not been acceptable. However, this was the norm before Klopp arrived and he managed to turn it around to a level we never dreamed we would get to.
Now he and the team are going through a tough time so people turn on him and the players forgetting everything that he did previously.
How some people can call themselves fans is laughable. Being a football fan isn’t just basking in the glory years it’s sticking with the team through tough times as well.
It’s half a season of poor form! With loads of injuries! We haven’t fielded a full strength team all season!
Confidence is low and we all know we are short of a couple of midfielders but there is no doubt in my mind that Klopp will turn this around. He’s built the best side in Europe at Dortmund then done the same at Liverpool. He can do it again if we let him but if we force him out of the door we won’t be back at the top for another 2 decades.


6.) 15 Jan 2023 21:04:19
How is it not sustainable, Dean?
We've had another bad half season.
He might not sustain this bad run and he deserves the chance to put it right. He's the best man for the job.


7.) 15 Jan 2023 20:50:46
Just as much as the players look burnt out klopp also looks goosed, could ya blame him the emotions highs lows razor thin title failiures .


8.) 15 Jan 2023 21:40:33
Must have been those 6 weeks with no games and the warm weather training in Dubai that’s cooked Klopps goose. Must have been exhausting. Players looked like knackered old horses the pictures I saw of them having lots of fun and camaraderie. Poor fakers.


9.) 15 Jan 2023 21:37:12
I agree with you on this Rigsby. I would like to think we are now at rock bottom and Klopp will get us out of this hole. Klopp deserves the chance for at least another 12 months. When we start winning again it will be even sweeter. I would like to know who everyone wants to replace Klopp with.


10.) 15 Jan 2023 22:31:10
Good idea, Lfc hopeful, to belt out "I'm so glad" throughout the game on Saturday. I will play my part.

I'm not sure if those that are against Klopp, on this site, go to matches, but if they do I've no idea how they can sing our anthem.


11.) 15 Jan 2023 23:32:14
Hope the early kick off doesn’t flatten the atmosphere Rome, I think our Jurgen could do with a bit of love.


12.) 16 Jan 2023 01:13:50
25th of May, 2005. Three nil down at half time in the CL final. Liverpool fans singing You'll Never Walk Alone at the biggest game of many of their lives even though it was "game over".
Three nil down from the first leg against the Barcelona side with Messi in and two of our front three out of the second leg. Salah's T-shirt. The Big Div earning his place in our folklore. The fullback that can't defend's corner.
That's what this club is about.


13.) 16 Jan 2023 07:23:26
I don’t think the odds are stacked against Klopp at all Spaceman. It’s what the greatest managers do, building new teams?.


14.) 16 Jan 2023 11:19:16
Yeah I'm not suggesting he is booted out, but I would definitely review at the end of the season. Is Klopp working well within the org (all the people who left), is he capable of managing the signings or should it go back to how most clubs manage it, does he have the energy and ruthlessness to cut some of our older players etc.

If only the season was over now and we could go through a proper transfer season.

I would say, regardless of how much you love a manager, things do eventually end!


15.) 16 Jan 2023 13:40:27
I don’t want Klopp to go either, I want him to go back to playing the winning tactics we had beforehand. Easy to blame Pep for our new ineffective style but Klopp allows him to do that so he does have accountability. Klopp has definitely earned a lot of time to put this right no doubt, but if he persists in allowing another person to make decisions on tactics and style of play then the obvious question is why should he stay as manager? On the other hand that’s exactly what fergie used to do and it worked well so he took credit for it. Same the other way round. If this new style is Klopps decision then he takes accountability for its failure even more so. Love the bloke as much as any other LFC fan but you don’t stay at the top by being loyal to people who got you there when they start to let it slip. Look what happened to Arsenal with Wenger. We all want to be nice people of course, but the world doesn’t turn because of people being nice. The world turns because ruthless and successful leaders make difficult, non-personal and business focused decisions every day. Honestly ask yourselves a hypothetical question - would you rather see us slip back to mid-table but be happy that we stayed loyal to someone who took us to the top temporarily, or mutually part ways with that person on good terms and with huge thanks to ensure we had the best possible chance of staying successful and winning competitions. I’d bet my house most would choose the latter, maybe not now, but they certainly would given that option again if the former scenario unfolded. Sorry for the reality check but my head usually rules my heart unfortunately. Again, just to repeat I don’t want to see Klopp go as I’m sure many will misinterpret this.


 

 

25 Dec 2022 09:53:48
Don’t post so much these days but still read almost everyday. Still the best site in the net, merry Christmas to all the Ed’s, posters and readers and best wishes for 2023.

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1.) 25 Dec 2022 10:14:24
Merry Xmas to all eds and posters. thanks to the eds for all the time they put in, great source of information and fun here.
And hopefully 3points tomorrow!


2.) 25 Dec 2022 12:20:38
Merry Christmas all.


 

 

17 May 2022 23:27:17
Whatever happens on Sunday, this team have taken the quadruple to the last league game of the season. It’s absolutely unbelievable, it’s absolutely phenomenal and I hope we get the bit of luck we’re going to need in order to pip city, who knows, maybe they’ll have a dodgy penalty given against them or something to even out what happened at Goodison and St Jame’s Park. Whatever the outcome, no team in England have ever had such a ride, thank you Jurgen, thank you to the players and everyone else in the club who has contributed to it. Two more games, two more wins and who knows, we’re owed a league title parade after all 😉.

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1.) 18 May 2022 04:58:51
Top post well said sir.


2.) 18 May 2022 06:42:09
Keep the Faith fellow Reds.


3.) 18 May 2022 09:16:03
Well said. Whatever happens it’s been a hell of a season and already and may still get better.


4.) 18 May 2022 09:33:34
Spot on, OP. As long as there is life, there is hope. And as long as there is hope then, there is STILL a chance. Till the last minute, till the last second, till the last kick of the season. WE FIGHT ON!


 

 

16 May 2022 23:35:12
First post in a long, long time as I couldn’t remember my login details 😂. What a season, what an unbelievable season. And for ed25 I’m hoping your boys stay up if only for all the cab drivers, pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels in the city that benefit from PL football every weekend.

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02 Sep 2020 15:41:52
Yeah, but look how much money we had to spend last summer in order to win the league, you can’t have a quiet summer and still be successful, oh hang on a minute.

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1.) 02 Sep 2020 16:43:28
That is complete non sense. Last year most of our rivals did not properly strengthen. This year looks to be very different. Stagnating is not good from a motivation perspective let alone improvement.
We have weaknesses that need to be addressed if we want to remain at the top.


2.) 02 Sep 2020 17:32:47
Err Powerlfc, that is patently false. Utd spent 200m if you include Bruno on Bruno, Maguire and AWB. City spent 134m on Rodri, Cancelo and one more whose name escapes me. And Chelsea even tho they had a transfer ban, still signed Kovacic Last summer and already signed Pulisic in Jan of 2019.

Who did we sign? Adrian off his sofa, and 2 kids in Van Den Berg and Elliott and then signed Minamino after the league was pretty much won in Jan. All these clubs outspent us last season so the idea that they did not properly strengthen is pure fiction. Revisionist history, really.

Also, what makes you think we are stagnating? Cos we are not signing who you want? We signed LB cover that we desperately needed yet we are stagnating. Football is not an exact science and signing big guarantees you nothing, as City, Utd and even Chelsea have shown last season. Trust the process.


3.) 02 Sep 2020 17:32:52
I mean, United paid a world record fee for a defender and then brought out the chequebook again for Fernandes in January, Arsenal broke their transfer record for Pepe, Chelsea paid big money for Pulisic, Man City yet again splurged to satisfy Pep's kink for fullbacks and spent well over £100m overall, Spurs broke their transfer record for Ndombele, and you're still going to say our rivals didn't strengthen last season?


4.) 02 Sep 2020 17:41:11
@PowerLFC

utd
Maguire - 78 million
fernandes - 50 million
wan bissaka - 50 million
James - 15 million

city
rodri - 63 million
cancelo - 58 million
angelino - 11 million


tottenham
ndombele - 54 million
bergwijn - 27 million
sessegnon - 24 million
lo celso - 15 million loan
jack clarke - 10 million
gedson fernandes - 5 million loan


Chelsea couldn't sign anyone for getting caught breaking the rules.

Do we need to continue with disproving that teams did not properly strengthen?


5.) 02 Sep 2020 19:02:30
Looking forward to seeing Powers response to this thread 🤣🤣🤣.


6.) 02 Sep 2020 19:04:03
jkh1983, thanks for sharing those numbers cos I forgot about Angelino and Pepe whose fee alone, was enuff to fund 3 players for us right now. I did not even mention Spurs' spending.

Every club outspent us by a chasm in some cases YET we have people making up nonsense to support a figment of their imagination. Pathetic, really.


7.) 02 Sep 2020 19:19:17
You forgot to mention Arsenal, who spent around £100 million on Pepe, Tierney and Luiz and managed to finish 3 places lower than the season before.


8.) 02 Sep 2020 19:28:08
Ye I didn't count them as rivals Thunderbird lol, Madness isn't it Red Meister.


9.) 02 Sep 2020 20:32:38
I did not refer to spending. I specifically stated "properly strengthened". I am aware of the amounts spent by Man Utd, Arsenal and Man City last year. Wasting money on the Donkey CB called Maguire or one-trick pony Pepe was not properly spending.

My concern is that this year those teams seem to be in the process of properly addressing their weaknesses.

Man City will add a dominant CB (likely Koulibaly), added a left-footed CB and an exciting forward and that without the possibly arrival of Messi.

Man Utd added a very good midfielder and are actively working to add Sancho (or equivalent) . Club has stated their clear intention to strengthen and spend the cash.

Arsenal are doing smart business addressing their weaknesses.

My point is that it is naive to think that we could go two years in a row without adding and expect to walk (or remain the key favorite) to retain the league again.

We need in my opinion and in order of importance:
- an option to the front 3 - e. g., Sarr
- Thiago if Gini leaves
- CB

Again this is coming from a concerned Reds fan. And for the record, my biggest concern is to add a genuine option to the front 3. Ismaila Sarr (or equivalent) would make me feel more at ease.

YNWA.


10.) 02 Sep 2020 22:43:46
Give it a rest, Powerlfc. Go read your own post again and you will see why you got all the responses you got. Cheers, man.


11.) 03 Sep 2020 00:15:28
OP said our rivals didn't strengthen properly. which means they spent loads and it didn't work out. which means that there is every chance that the money spent this window doesn't determine who wins the title, just yet!


12.) 03 Sep 2020 02:11:25
But power the reason those clubs didn't strenghten despite signing big money names is because they had to gamble in the market to adress where they saw weak points in the squad. You can't use hindsight to say that last summer you were not concerned by that spending yet this summer me overly worried despite the business actually being of less high profile from those clubs. To say ake is a top CB or a young unproven Spanish winger make city stronger despite them now without kompany, David Silva and Leroy sane since they last were a better team than us. To think arsenal have addressed their weak areas simply by signing an unproven defender from French league or that United have dramatically become a threat simply by adding a young player from Holland who plays strongest in the position that Bruno fernandes and Paul pogba already can offer. All those rubbish signings you mention last summer are still in those rivals squad along with their ageing best players or the likes of vertonghen, Danny rose, erikson, kompany, d. silva, Leroy sane, Pedro, willian, hazard, lukaku available anymore despite being key players when they were closer to competing with us. The fact we are not needing to chop and change with new faces is proof that we are better set up to have an improved performing season to others. Bayern and PSG were in CL final with both lineups not really including any big money marquee players they added last summer. Juve had pretty much the same domestic success without even the marquee addition of de ligt being needed and Madrid too despite hazard not improving them. The runners up like inter Milan, Barcelona were the big spenders apparently getting stronger last summer. Dortmund added many big names yet never closed the gap to bayern in Germany. West ham, Everton and Aston villa never improved despite well spending above others. Atalanta, Leicester, Sevilla, enjoyed strong seasons without much disrupting of their players as an example. We've just come off our best ever season and period of strong European joy with this squad breaking records under the world's best manager and you think that we're destined to stagnate and not be able to use this same group of players who have proved undoubtedly over last 2.5 years to be the ultimate mentality monsters that every other club and supporter would dream of having.

Don't be so sure the grass can be greener when it's unlikely to ever be as green as we have it now.

{Ed0666's Note - did you miss the Paragraph class at school mate?


13.) 03 Sep 2020 03:12:37
Red Meister - Let’s remain courteous to each other please. I stated an opinion. You clearly disagree and that is fine with me. I re-read my initial message and do not find an inconsistency. In any case, have a nice day sir.

{Ed0666's Note - kill him with kindness mate. Well played.


14.) 03 Sep 2020 10:05:41
Powell, additions to the first team in the last year are tsami, mino and curtis Jones and neco Williams. It may not cost 100mil but that's not the point. Those 4 could make 100mil if we sold them this January though, possibly.

You only go out and sign 4 or 5 players if you're not happy with the team. When you are happy you don't need to sign players, or you bring in 1 or 2. Well, we have brought in 1, mino feels like a new signing too. In my mind that's 2 new players. And I highly suspect we'll see thiago signing.
So that's 2 strong additions to an already strong team. And taki who only played minutes last year. We snapped him up for this season, not last.

Tsami
Taki
Thiago.

That's 3 strong additions. It might not cost 100mil but neither did salah, robbo and aoc.


 

 

 

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13 Feb 2023 16:32:42
If you’ve got a spare £1500 you can get a ticket right next to the box to have a good look yourself ??.

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08 Feb 2023 12:02:01
Well, where do you start with that. If true then he certainly does need some help from the club and even more help from the supporters.
If it’s someone making up nonsense then it’s pathetic and stuff like this shouldn’t be trivialised as idle gossip.

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23 Jan 2023 23:55:06
And to be seriously controversial, Allison would probably raise more and Kellegher is younger but with bags of promise, would anyone do it?!

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23 Jan 2023 23:53:42
He’s a cracking keeper who deserves a shot at being a number 1 somewhere high level that’s for sure.

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30 Dec 2022 09:32:25
?, ed25 you crack me up sometimes.

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04 May 2023 15:23:02
Yeah that Vinicius is crap, never caused us any bother at all ?.

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04 May 2023 13:33:51
At least you didn’t claim Nunez was headless Ed! I think he’ll come good, strange season this one what with the World Cup in the middle, shirt pre-seasons etc, and also not helped by injuries to him and the other strikers, plus a poor midfield. Blimey, just writing that list, what a lousy season ?. Anyway, I think with a more settled side and some time to properly develop a new attacking system he’ll be okay. He also wasn’t helped by that ridiculous red card against Palace at the start of the season. Let’s not forget he netted against City in the charity shield and Fulham on the opening day and they ruined his own start to the season with a moment of stupidity.

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10 Apr 2023 12:06:37
I know what you mean Oli, I think we used to turn city over and Peo used to be so afraid of our attack because we used to turn up and play a structured but full throttle simple game plan, to win the ball back high up the pitch and attack out of them, while his players were all trying to play 8 different positions each.
With regards to ed1’s comments I think he’s bang on. Their second goal yesterday you could see the gaping hole in the middle of defence where Konate went out wide to cover (although never got anywhere near blocking the cross at source) and VVD just looked lost in the middle, not knowing whether to cover the front post or stay in the middle etc. once we lose the ball the whole right side of defence just turns into a shambles. It used to be Hendo dropping in to cover which presumably left the centre backs in their own zones, but the centre backs getting pulled here there and everywhere is painfully, plainly not working for us.

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01 Apr 2023 20:12:44
Great point thunderbird.

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20 Mar 2023 12:46:54
Totally agree with the Trent coming inside comment Ed. He’s completely out of position when we lose the ball (which to add to he seems to be becoming more sloppy with his passing, although is that due to midfielders giving options? ), and there doesn’t seem to be anyone slotting into his position, like hendo did when Trent attacked but stayed wide. We’re so open it’s painful to watch and I can’t believe they’ve not addressed it properly.

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