Liverpool Banter 2

02 Sep 2026 11:34:43
I still don’t know why we didn’t go for Cherno Samba, Tonton Zola Mokoukue, Tsigalko, Ibrahim Said & David Prutton.

02 Sep 2026 12:23:25
I think you've just named 5 of the 7 dwarfs there.

02 Sep 2026 12:59:00
Championship manager references, love it 😊!

02 Sep 2026 13:25:07
@Barry,
Why not, as Dopey has just left for Al-Hilal.

02 Sep 2026 14:17:24
cm0102 Prutton would be a dream right now. Or even better, Brett Emerton.

02 Sep 2026 10:44:52
Think Chema Andres will be signing of the summer.

02 Sep 2026 11:15:08
I think Bradley Barcola will be the signing of the summer.

But each to their own opinions.

02 Sep 2026 11:34:31
Vic Munoz is my early pick.

02 Sep 2026 11:40:03
Toss up between Rogers for Chelsea and Barcola. Love Rogers as a player... very expensive but English tax and all that. Hopefully the fact that the club is poison might not help but I think they've got a great manager in and supported him well.

I'm looking forward to seeing Barcola. I think Iraola might rotate him a bit.

He's definitely capable of playing both sides, stronger off the left but quite often with PSG he was rotated with Doue on the right as Kvarta is just top top notch and has cemented that left spot.

Roll on Ipswich and hopefully we can put a strong performance in and kick the season off properly!

02 Sep 2026 12:52:01
Doku/Haaland/Ndiaye seem like a fun attack to watch every week. Ndiaye might make Erling step it up a level... But I think Anderson is a massively overhated player. People are constantly talking about the fee, but he will prove he is worth it by season's end imo.



My bet would be on Munoz though, if not for the question marks over the rest of the team. It might be difficult for him to shine if the rest of the team lets him down.

02 Sep 2026 12:52:25
Barcola will frustrate fans. Henry even pointed out that he's not a guy that will bust a gut to run back and defend.

02 Sep 2026 12:42:08
Who's supplying Barcola? Kerkez or gravenberch? 🤣 We need wirtz and ironically Macca to have big seasons because there's spots in the team that are extremely underwhelming. Kerkez is an extremely lucky boy to be wearing a Liverpool shirt.

02 Sep 2026 14:08:27
RF, Henry has been wrong on a decent amount of stuff. I couldn't be bothered about what he has to say about anything or anyone, personally.

Now I don't rate Barcola like that but he is a good to very good player and will have the platform to show the world that he was not just some scrub on the PSG bench. Over to you, Bradley.

02 Sep 2026 10:42:29
We'll never truly know what went on in this window and why,
But from the outside it certainly looks like a s*** show!

02 Sep 2026 11:45:10
It looked to me that Edwards/Hughes never had a Plan A let alone a Plan B. From Mo going to Slot staying/going and eventually going at end of season, hiring AI in a World Cup year, Edwards going, Hughes about on his way, going all in for Diomande, and when that fell apart it just looked like a scatter gun approach to everyone and no one.


I hope Camara and Minteh join in January as without I fear we'll not make a CL place.

02 Sep 2026 11:50:28
Yay, best time of the year - transfer window shut and the kids putting their social media accounts away and going back to school. Bring on the footy!!

02 Sep 2026 11:35:19
Oh no, @Hoofit. We will know what happened. Ed01 is on the case.

Just give it time.

02 Sep 2026 12:00:43
I've seen on different platforms, we tried for Gusto on loan but were told only a sale from Chelski, and Kone, we spoke to his agent. Don't know if any of that is true.

02 Sep 2026 12:14:18
Does it?

Is it not possible that the coaching staff have faith that they can get the players we have working in the system they want to employ?

We’ve got a few coming back from injury too, so is it not possible that they have faith that these players will come back and make the desired impact?

The priority was to get wingers in. It was obvious from last season that if we are now going to play with a number 9 who we want to score 20+ goals a season, the wide forwards like Salah, Mane, Diaz, Gakpo aren’t going to work.



We needed pace on the wings and players who want to go in behind. We needed to stretch teams a lot more than we did last season.

We got 2 excellent wingers in 1 window. We tried for another but it didn’t work out, so I’m sure we’ll try again in the next window.

In the meantime Iraola has to get the team functioning with what he has. If players can’t do as he needs then I’m sure they’ll be replaced.

02 Sep 2026 13:15:03
Historically we struggle against teams that sit back and park the bus. Not sure how space in behind for players to run helps here. Our biggest issue is lack of discipline in midfield when we commit everyone forward.


Let's not talk about Gravenberch. He won't listen and Iraola has openly said he wouldn't shackle him to play the deeper role. The club should have signed a proper CDM.

02 Sep 2026 14:10:06
Karma, committing everyone forward is the first mistake, imo. That means we have no structure atm.

Hopefully, Iraola can implement some structure and discipline into the team.

02 Sep 2026 10:34:02
Is Hughes gone yet? I really hope he sods off as soon as possible. Despite still needing many players to have a squad that can compete on multiple fronts, Liverpool still managed to somehow be the most spending team this summer again (net spend) don't understand this ed woodward approach at all. Its so idiotic.

02 Sep 2026 11:32:47
Last summer we were the biggest spenders but way down in net spend. This season we are top like you said on net spend but that's because we didn't sell any valuable assets. Last season the media hounded us for our huge investment but failed to take in net spend. Will they do the same with City who spent just under half a billion?

02 Sep 2026 12:58:46
Jones, Bajcetic, Salah, Robertson and Konate all gone for a combined fee of £26m... Hard to have a good net spend with such stellar business.

02 Sep 2026 14:10:40
BJ, where did Baj go to?

02 Sep 2026 14:39:00
Celta Fortuna in the Spanish Segunda Division, hopefully he can get over his injuries and get his career back on track, but it seems a massive step down from what we all expected he could achieve.

02 Sep 2026 10:19:58
One to watch is Dario Osorio who has gone to Palace on loan with obligation to buy for £22m. We will see if he's a hit or miss.

02 Sep 2026 10:19:11
So deadline has passed.

It is what it is, Andoni is going to work his magic, the more time he has with the players the better it will be. You can already see it's better than last year.

My question is now when is Hughes being announced as leaving the club?

02 Sep 2026 09:51:06
Thank Fowler that's over - time to focus on what we've got now and see what AI can do with the squad.

Personally I don't think our first 11 is bad at all and a bit more coaching, getting used to AI way of playing and more discipline from the midfield we will give anyone a game.

Individual mistakes, injuries etc are a worry but I think we have enough to get us through to January at least - Arteta has built a decent squad but his style of football is painful to watch, Maresca is tinker man tastic, United are bobbins apart from the rat, and Chelsea blew £200 million on CDM's and ship goals for fun - I concur we ideally need a bit more but apart from maybe City I'd take our squad all day everyday.

02 Sep 2026 09:42:41
Criminal not to sign a right back, right winger or central midfielder.

Still looking forward to watching better football under aa. Hope Ekitike, Bradley and Leoni are fit sooner rather than later.

02 Sep 2026 10:46:33
You’re right, he is the 4th emergency service.

02 Sep 2026 11:37:03
Eki won't be back potentially till late this season or next season.

Tearing your Achilles tendon is no joke and we cannot afford setbacks.

02 Sep 2026 07:50:38
Honestly we could give out about our window but my word, Evertons was rough.

So rough, I don't even mean this as a banter or a jibe.

I think you ll be ok in terms of survival Ed25. Moyes is good at that galvanizing. Us against the world type mentality. I fancy ye to be ok. 15th I feel. But my word.

You don't have to if you don't want to post anything on it, but was wondering if you could sum the window up for ye and how you think ye'll fair this season?

{Ed025's Note - shambles, disaster, 5hit show?..take your pick Davey, im gutted mate, there is light at the end of the tunnel though...unfortunately its a train coming the other way mate..

02 Sep 2026 10:55:26
Cheer up, Ed25. You got rid of one of the few good players you had in Ndiaye, but hey, at least you got Jack Grealish back. He'll be the senior player guiding all your other players into a new dawn.

{Ed025's Note - thanks for that..

02 Sep 2026 11:09:11
Just curious Ed, why did your club decided to go back to Grealish? Did he do good last season? If I'm an Everton fan, I wouldn't want him anywhere near the club. Especially around young players who just started to get featured in the 1st team.

{Ed025's Note - hes a good player Mfahmee and really wants to play for the club mate, we are desperately short of players and we could do a lot worse than Jack i feel..

02 Sep 2026 11:28:30
God, every window you look for that quality to move the club forward but in your case it's just the sheer lack of quantity now also. You don't have the numbers.

I think there genuinely needs to be a post mortem at Everton after this window. The levels of disappointment and then there's flat out undeniable failure. The club needs a rethink on how they operate at the top and what the plan is to progress the club in a sustainable way.

No fans deserve that s*** show as you put it. I was shocked.

How hard is it to pick up a few 15-20 or 25 mill decent young players? Seems Brighton and Brentford are able to get them. And they do not have the size and history that Everton have. Feel for ya bud. Gotta get the right men at the top.

And as much as I read Everton fans are not overly joyed with Moyes, you'll be glad to have him managing in this situation. No better man to get the most out of a squad. He does his best work when it's chaos behind the scenes.

When you sort out the transfer recruitment/ leadership, that's when it's time to find a more progressive manager.