Liverpool Banter 2

25 Apr 2026 17:16:09
Guys. It was nice knowing you folks. For next 3 days I am an all out Brentford supporter.

25 Apr 2026 17:52:50
I think I'll just stick to being a Kelleher supporter.

25 Apr 2026 17:55:43
The "Brentford" above shows the level we are at, relying on other teams to do us a favour. That has never been the LFC way for the top echelon of managers LFC have had. In the past, LFC have always been the trail blazers, never among the also ran's, ye lead from the front and stay there!

For the Clot in brigade, had we finished last season, where we will finish this season, you cannot be serious for the Clot to have a third season?

I've seen Wharton four times this season, anonymous like today, and deffo not worth the money wanted, he's an average player in a poor team.

25 Apr 2026 17:59:19
007, it's spelt Slot.

25 Apr 2026 18:13:09
I was a West Ham fan today and Wolves. Really want Spuds to go down.
As for Liverpool, as long as we finish top 5 I'll be content.

25 Apr 2026 18:37:20
007, We've not always been trailblazers. Also, there have always been seasons when we've wanted other teams to do us a favour.

I agree with you about Wharton.

Ps, at least show the coach some respect by spelling his name correctly. I know this is a banter site and you do what you can to shed humour, but calling him Clot isn't the remotest bit funny.

25 Apr 2026 19:05:24
Win all our remaining games, we get top 3. That should be the target.

25 Apr 2026 19:11:24
Adam Wharton wasn't v good today, but I did see him play the through ball to Larsen when he hit both posts.

25 Apr 2026 19:35:15
Calling him Clot is rather pathetic considering he's won the Premier League title, unlike you who seems to be a bitter armchair pundit. Show some respect.

25 Apr 2026 20:09:28
Calling him clot may not seem funny but it is apt.

25 Apr 2026 20:44:19
And it's really classy as well, @SJL8.

25 Apr 2026 23:18:54
Are people really getting their knickers in a twist because someone referred to the manager as clot? I could think of a few other choice words for him, tbh.

26 Apr 2026 01:36:43
Not me, Nukem, mate. I smile when I see it.

26 Apr 2026 03:22:26
009 - If Slot had us in first place this season would you be on board?

Stupid unrealistic comparison, isn't it?

26 Apr 2026 04:14:31
007, you will find Liverpool have always required favours.

25 Apr 2026 12:03:01
Anyone watch RB Leizbig or the highlights last night?
Diomande was a right handful.

25 Apr 2026 12:37:36
Sadio Mane regen. He looks like he's going to be a star, mate. Would 100% want him at us, he'd be perfect. Hopefully heir Klopp is talking us up.

25 Apr 2026 12:51:27
A star for Man City if the rumors turn out to be true.

25 Apr 2026 13:24:11
He is a special talent, but to get close to Mane levels, he needs to work a lot on his off the ball and pressing.

Mane was absolutely incredible, to be fair. If he gets close to his level, we would be absolutely laughing.



Think he'll take a season to warm to the Premier League. Much like Wirtz. Just to get used to the speed and aggression.

25 Apr 2026 14:09:09
Thankfully City are fully stocked with Wingers. I'd fancy us to land Diomande in the summer. He publicly declared his love for us.

25 Apr 2026 14:11:30
How many Wingers do City need? Calling Bull on that one.

25 Apr 2026 17:17:23
There isn't a winger in world football right now who is on Mane's level in his prime, to be fair. He was so ridiculously strong, had insane acceleration, skill, was incredible in the air, combined brilliantly with his fullback, could roast a defender outside or in, was superb with his back to goal, tracked back constantly to cover for Robbo when he advanced, and could score any kind of goal.

25 Apr 2026 17:30:48
Davey, the real elite players don't need a season to adapt to the PL. We all Want Wirtz to be that player, but I'm doubtful that he is. He hasn't shown enough for me to consider it otherwise.

25 Apr 2026 18:04:39
Wirtz needs pace and runners around him.
We have got no one even looking to run in behind. Give him runners, and you will see him shine.

25 Apr 2026 23:34:59
City have been trying to get rid of Savinho, so they'll probably go for another winger, hopefully not Diomande.

26 Apr 2026 01:42:20
Wirtz is a really poor Coutinho for me. Everyone gives him the ball expecting magic. At least Coutinho grabbed some games by the scruff. Hopefully he makes me eat my words.

{Ed078's Note - I loved Phil when he first came. I was excited. But, with Wirtz, it's not excitement, it's a deep confidence that he has the quality to make Phil look like a flash in the pan.

25 Apr 2026 10:40:17
A lot of ITK folks on X are claiming Premier League is pushing for saving Spurs from relegation. Sounds crap, but if anything funky happens in games involving Hammers it won't be a nice look for the league.
Hammers have the blues today while Spurs visit the Wolves. I expect Spurs and Hammers both to win.

25 Apr 2026 12:18:24
West Ham to beat Everton I'd be very surprised at that.

25 Apr 2026 12:31:16
Sounds plausible...
They are doing everything for Arsenhole to win the league, so why not help Spuds stay up as well... The revenue for those 2 games must be heavenly for the PL.

25 Apr 2026 12:38:18
I never understood why Spurs have always been one of the establishment's favourites. I swear they gaslit themselves into being a "big club."

When I was a child, Spurs were a midtable/bottom half team, but the media always talked about them like their rightful place was in the Champions League. In reality, Leeds, Newcastle, and Villa were bigger at the time, and historically. Spurs don't have much of a history in Europe or of winning things.

They eventually got to the Champions League, but I feel the media's positive portrayal of them helped in a way.

Would some of those players have joined if they weren't perceived as a "big club"? There was a period when we were losing out on players to Spurs. Villa are consistently getting into Europe now, and the media almost treat them like interlopers, even though Villa have actually won the European Cup.

The way Spurs received a permanent seat at the table for the failed European Super League was the biggest shock to me. One of those things was not like the others.

25 Apr 2026 13:00:36
The league isn't doing a very good job of trying to make Arsenal win since City won their game against them and are now leading the table. ;)

25 Apr 2026 13:05:41
Spurs are like Everton, living on past glories. They are both big teams, both have new grounds, both have struggled at the wrong end of the league, and both have gone through managers like there is no tomorrow.
I think Spurs will stay up by skin of their teeth and Everton will get a European place.

25 Apr 2026 13:10:55
That's on Arteta, Drac... If ever there was a manager more scared of taking risks, it's him.

A******** should have been champs a month back already...

25 Apr 2026 13:16:05
Don't forget Spurs won a European trophy last season.

25 Apr 2026 13:27:14
It's because Spurs have a high European coefficient compared to other clubs.
Losing Spurs means automatically fewer CL positions next year.
However, if Villa and Palace win their respective European trophies this year, Spurs won't be missed much.

25 Apr 2026 13:32:51
Babbity, Spurs have won 4 European trophies. Villa have won 1 and still sing about it. Spurs are a bigger club than Villa.

25 Apr 2026 13:56:57
Rome, that's a disingenuous statistic.

Spurs have won 1 Cup Winners' Cup and 3 Europa Leagues, the latest being last year. Villa won the European Cup.

Spurs have won just 2 league titles in their entire history. Villa have won 7.

25 Apr 2026 14:10:05
You put forward a good argument for Villa, Babbity, but my loathing of them can't persuade me to agree with you. Also, most of their league titles came in the 1800s, which is still on the record books, but it's stretching things a tad.



Regarding the argument from other posters that the powers that be are pushing for Arsenal to win the PL and Spurs to stop up. In a word, Tosh.

25 Apr 2026 14:29:01
Yeah, I'm with Babbity on this. Spurs maybe make top 10 clubs.

25 Apr 2026 14:29:13
So how are the League doing everything to win Arsenal the League then? If anything, Arsenal are doing everything not to win it! More conspiracy nonsense.

25 Apr 2026 14:47:26
Babbitt, you said Spurs have no history. They were the first team after the war, to do the double, and they were the first British team to win a European trophy.

25 Apr 2026 17:26:42
Babbity, obviously they're not on par with the likes of us or Utd but they do have a fairly large fanbase. I believe they're ranked about 6th or 7th for most trophies won in England, depending on what you include, and ranked similarly for fanbase too. They were part of the original "big 5" along with Everton back in the 80's before Chelsea and City bought their way in.

You could argue that it should have stayed big 5 and that Tottenham should have been dropped from the conversation along with Everton as they were shocking during the 90's, but they did manage to stay fairly relevant by comparison, outside of poor periods where form did fluctuate quite drastically, they have managed to finish top 5/6 on many occasions since the early 2000's.

25 Apr 2026 17:32:55
I'm with Rome. Just garbage talk all that.

25 Apr 2026 17:41:49
Elliott, I wouldn't say no history, but not enough to justify the media gassing them up during periods when they were completely average as a team.

I'm not sure whether it's a London bias thing or if it's because their owners Alan Sugar and then Joe Lewis have connections to the media, but the media seem to have had an agenda to push Spurs for a few decades.

25 Apr 2026 18:14:37
Since 2005 they've finished top 5 13 times including 2x 3rd place and 1x 2nd place finish. Exactly what part of that is "an average team"? Sorry, mate, but you're dead wrong on this one and need to rejig what you think constitutes average.

For reference, the next closest for top 5 finishes in the same period are:

Everton: 4.
Newcastle: 3.
Villa: 1.

25 Apr 2026 19:10:30
I'm talking before 2005. The media have always gassed Spurs up.

25 Apr 2026 08:49:55
There's every chance Villa drop points at Fulham today, 3 points from us and the table looks a lot better.

25 Apr 2026 09:07:08
Palace will be tough, getting 3 points today is not guaranteed and I think it's a draw personally.
Still, say 9 points from the last 5 games gets us CL and 5th place though.

25 Apr 2026 09:13:22
We have lost to Palace 3 times this season... With Slot in charge, people actually think we have a chance not to go 4-0 for the season.

25 Apr 2026 10:28:37
Let's just focus on beating Palace.

25 Apr 2026 10:57:20
Palace have lost Guehi though, and he played well in all the games against us.

25 Apr 2026 11:09:37
Think we will beat Palace today, we're due a win against them. Bit of momentum from previous 2 league wins, hopefully. Extremely important we win today as I think more r less sorts Champ League football for us. Our next fixtures v difficult, so we need gap going onto them.


Read earlier we haven't beaten Palace at home since 2021! Couldn't believe it, but they've always being a bogey team for us, I've still the mental scares from when they beat us 4-3 in Cup semi final 1990!

25 Apr 2026 14:23:14
A win now is a must.

25 Apr 2026 14:30:26
I still want 3rd spot. It's certainly possible.

25 Apr 2026 14:34:29
Isn't a win a must every time we play?

26 Apr 2026 00:08:38
Of course it is WDW, but have you seen the state of us this year.

25 Apr 2026 07:16:14
Ed001 I thought Slot press conference said it all yesterday.
He will be gone in the summer back home mutual agreement with Slot wanting to be near his family.
I do wonder how it would have gone if they had moved over Ed because I don't think he is a bad coach and I would say it is just the fitness letting us down.

When you are out run in just about every game but still in touch I think that would have made the difference in most of our defeats.
Players like Mac Allister who are not the most natural athletes will struggle.

25 Apr 2026 09:03:11
He's not a good coach either, mate.

25 Apr 2026 09:09:00
Or a nice person.

25 Apr 2026 09:16:17
Slot is not much of anything, he has not understood what Liverpool FC is, it's a huge empire that he failed to connect with or control.

Slot is just there for the pay cheque and who could blame him, weak management should have sent him packing months ago, yet allowed him to stay to save face and ego.

His way of coaching and approach to fitness, which maximises how little he has to do and can nip home whenever he wants, make work in leader leagues but won't work in elite leagues like the PL.

He has his priorities all wrong as does his coach staff.

A couple of weeks to go and the fans and Slot will be out of their misery.

25 Apr 2026 10:10:23
If the fitness is letting us down, then it's because he isn't that good a coach, Grino.

25 Apr 2026 11:27:48
If you don't think he's a bad coach, you must be watching the wrong team, Grino.

He's tactically clueless, and has allowed Peeters to implement a substandard and highly experimental periodisation programme that goes completely against decades of elite sports science, against the club's own performance data and conditioning programmes that have made us arguably the fittest team in the league for the last 8 years, resulting in a team that has not been match fit for most of the season.



That's not just bad coaching, that's ignorance and arrogance on a whole new level.

25 Apr 2026 12:37:21
What's worse, his wife didn't think there would be as much scrutiny Slot is under and the media and social media. What did she expect from one of the biggest clubs in the world.

25 Apr 2026 14:32:33
How do you know Slot is not a nice person? Do you know him personally? Can we not just keep it to what we can see with our own eyes, without the character assassination of a person we know nothing about? It's beyond childish.

25 Apr 2026 14:27:29
You've got a point there Fatwallet, behind every terrible coach is an out-of-touch wife, she's definitely not been catching enough flak on here.

25 Apr 2026 06:47:31
025 You were on fire last week, predicting a loss for us against PSG but a win in the derby, pulling in £225 each with your mates. 👍
What’s your prediction today for the Palace game?
I’m going 2-2 draw.

{Ed025's Note - i think they will be easy meat for you today Hughesy, they have one eye on the Europa cup and are safe in the Premiership now, im going for a very comfortable 2-0 for the reds and Wirtz to score mate..

25 Apr 2026 09:09:18
I hope you're right, sir, as our last 4 games are tough, and I think we need 9 points minimum from the last 5 games to get 5th.

25 Apr 2026 16:57:41
You were right about Wirtz!

25 Apr 2026 08:52:46
Hope you're right Ed025, Palace seem to be our "bogey team"!

{Ed025's Note - easy peasy Willo..

25 Apr 2026 05:48:42
🚨 Arne Slot on his future: "I'm mainly here for the short or mid-to-long-term, and mainly the Palace game".

"There are conversations about next season but my main focus is this season".

Things may be getting clearer it seems.

25 Apr 2026 07:05:51
Yet there were some on here dragging the ITKs on same subject matter. Why haven't we learned from history? It was the same with Rodgers, and it ended in celebration for me. I think I agree with ITKs. He will be gone. He doesn't even seem interested anymore.

25 Apr 2026 08:04:11
So Slot has given us every possible managerial option regarding his future. I remember how hopeful I was at the beginning of the season.

24 Apr 2026 23:04:19
Question for ed25.

What would you say of klopp now if he had been Everton manager for that spell.

If your honest- it will be good to hear.

{Ed025's Note - i have always had admiration and respect for him MLG as i have expressed from the time he came mate, if he had been our manager we would be the kings of Europe by now..not just the kings of Merseyside.. :)

25 Apr 2026 07:35:13
The phrase "can't polish a turd" comes to mind Ed. Klopp is a great manager but I think even he would struggle under Moshiri and the dross that was brought in during that period.

{Ed025's Note - you are right Drac, Moshiri never had a scooby mate and what looked like a good idea at the time turned out to be a bit of a disaster, but he did get the stadium built so i might just cut him a bit a bit of slack..

25 Apr 2026 09:14:44
Klopp, with the money you spent/wasted under Moshiri, unthinkable.

25 Apr 2026 09:18:31
I'm not an Everton fan ED25 but I do hold a soft spot for them in a way that I remember the old rivalry before it became a toxic cess pit thanks to "social media".

Having been to the new stadium though I was thoroughly impressed, one thing moshi right was getting this done. He may have completely screwed the team over but the new stadium is great and I love the location. Here's to Merseyside dominating the PL in the years to come.

{Ed025's Note - that would be great RTSM but we are still a way off at the moment mate..

25 Apr 2026 09:46:19
A Stadium ed25!! that is a sardine can one step away from Birkenhead and they are supposed to be building a ferry terminal right out side your ground for the boys from north wales and Birkenhead so really you are a woolly back club. 👍

{Ed025's Note - we welcome all supporters Albey because we are global mate, the ground is magnificent and if you were not such a bitter red you would admit that..

25 Apr 2026 10:28:48
Klopp wouldn't have been able to save your lot, Ed. The rot within your club runs deep. Decades deep, sadly.

{Ed025's Note - but he turned your lot around Oli and you were a basket case before he came in mate, we have been poor for a number of years thats true but it was never going to be a quick fix and i belive we are heading in the right direction..

24 Apr 2026 21:44:39
Just watching the Sunderland vs Forest... what’s people’s view on Ballard? He looks a decent young defender.

24 Apr 2026 22:25:33
Yep, I think so too, any time I have seen him he was impressive imo.

24 Apr 2026 22:44:27
Looks very good when sitting back defending crosses. Foreheads like a magnet to the ball. Does he have the pace for a team that would want to play a high line? Haven't watched loads of the Mackems.

25 Apr 2026 09:48:52
Ballard is an Ex Arsenal player, so should be good at corners and dead ball kicks, that's all they practise all day and every day.

25 Apr 2026 11:33:45
Couldn't help meself Florian, no offence mate, just a bit of banter, must admit I still have a 16 year old sense of humour at times. Ed's obviously didn't like that one, apologies lads, didn't mean to cross a line, I'll keep it PG in future