08 Jul 2020 12:55:41
Hi Ed's. Hope you all well and enjoying the summer!

You have mentioned the issue of a lack of HG players ( Lallana and Clyne leaving ) . Is this is a major problem for LFC, meaning that we would actively be looking to buy HG players?

I see teams like Wolves, who seem to have very little HG players so wonder wether other clubs are in a similar position.

{Ed002's Note - All Premier Leage clubs have to meet the same Home Grown rules. The senior (over 21) squad cannot contain more than 17 non Home Grown players.}


1.) 08 Jul 2020
08 Jul 2020 13:44:10
With no players coming in and no players being sold; we could have a squad of:

Alisson, Adrian, Kelleher

TAA, Williams, Gomez, VVD, Robertson, Matip, Lovren

Jones, Grujic, Fabinho, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Brewster, Minamino, Origi, Shaqiri, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

I've taken Kelleher, TAA, Williams, Gomez, Jones, Milner, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Brewster as the home grown players. I may be mistaken.


2.) 08 Jul 2020
08 Jul 2020 15:23:58
That defence is thin.


3.) 08 Jul 2020
08 Jul 2020 15:41:10
The defense is extremely thin and the forward options excluding our front 3 are either very average (Shaq, Origi) or inexperienced (Brewster) .


4.) 08 Jul 2020
08 Jul 2020 15:51:20
It's not as thin as you think. I didn't put Hoever and Van den Berg into the equation because they can play from the U-23 side when needed and the question was "home-grown status" related. Nat Philips is also not listed (if we decide to keep him) .