Liverpool Banter

12 Apr 2026 08:00:07
I would love to see a performance on Wednesday vs PSG, just something that shows we can go 5 or 6 games without a defeat and with a show of unity within the team.
If the players don’t rate Slot, they should still pull together and play for each other.
Yesterday was a decent start, and I’m not that interested in whether we beat PSG or go through on Wednesday, as we are not winning the CL. I’m more interested if we can show some proper fight and take three points at the Hill D******* Stadium next weekend.


I watched around 25 mins of the Everton game yesterday. They are wide open at the back, but slow methodical football won’t be the answer. High energy aggressive football against 025 lot is the way to unsettle them. Pickford is guaranteed to balls up at some point too, as he did yesterday a couple of times.

12 Apr 2026 09:12:41
Shughes, it's a tough one. It's like being between a rock and a hard place.

PSG on Tuesday night will be a huge ask, and if things go our way, it could even be 120 mins of football, whilst Everton get a full 8 days to prepare.

12 Apr 2026 09:54:53
It won't be 120 minutes of football, that's for sure, JK. But, I do hope we put some heart and fight into it! Not the excuse of football we offered last week.

12 Apr 2026 10:40:07
I think we win 3-1 on the night and take them on pens with Marmadash the hero.

12 Apr 2026 10:53:32
You're remarkably upbeat.

12 Apr 2026 02:14:52
The more I watch Wirtz, the more it feels like Naby Keita. Constantly waiting for him to do something ‘special’, he gets about 80% of the way there, then skies it into row Z, plays a poor pass, or gets thrown off the ball like a toddler. He will be detrimental next season too. If Macca goes, we will have an even poorer version of him in Wirtz to replace him next season. At least Macca shows a bit of dog in him, Wirtz is just a passenger 90% of the time. I’ve seen absolutely nothing of this mythical ’generational talent’ that we are supposed to have bought.

Because we’ve spent so much money on him, we are going to spend the next few years waiting for him to come good, getting excited by the odd game he does something good, but ultimately be let down.

He will be the new Keita. His attitude and absolute lack of fight, urgency or any kind of passion to change a game is infuriating. Him and Ekitike are two who you just want to shake out of their slumber.

I think one of the reasons people are so desperate for Alonso is because they think he will suddenly change Wirtz into a world class star. In reality he just looked good because he was playing in a league where he had 7-21 business days to make a decision on the ball.

12 Apr 2026 04:10:10
April Fools was nearly 2 weeks ago, mate. Wirtz did more in his first month than Keita did in his whole Liverpool career.

12 Apr 2026 04:50:50
I never thought an opinion could be wrong, Bob, but here we are...

12 Apr 2026 05:35:53
You're passing judgement too soon. All our players have struggled this season because of multiple reasons.

Wirtz definitely needs to improve but he's no Keita; he's more like Ozil, in some ways, like that magic/X factor about him, not blessed with power and speed, etc, but that's not the type of player he's meant to be.



Next season, under better management and, hopefully, in a better balanced team, he'll show what we paid for.

12 Apr 2026 06:04:11
This original post is one big pile of codswallop.
1. Wirtz is nothing like Keita. Not in playing style, not in ability, not in personality, nothing. Keita was given an inflated salary for half a decade only to play terribly and, in my opinion, feign injuries.
2. Wirtz a worse version of MacAllister? Wirtz is not a dime less than 10 times the player MacAllister is.
3. Wirtz has an exemplary attitude to football - one of the reasons he chose us stems from such.


4. People want Xabi Alonso because a) he has shown some real promise as a manager and has titles to show it, and b) our current manager is utterly incompetent and will be rightfully sacked the moment the season ends.
As for Ekitike, he looks a talented player but his attitude raises a few alarms.

12 Apr 2026 03:14:41
What's it like to live under a bridge, Bob?

12 Apr 2026 07:41:27
Pure rage bait post this, Bob. Lol.
At least I hope so. If you genuinely believe anything in your post, then you need to stop watching football. It's not for you.

12 Apr 2026 08:09:41
Jesus wept - how can someone be so wrong in their assessment of a player.

12 Apr 2026 08:13:35
Anyone else think Bob is a reincarnation of Negative Walter? The obvious fishing expedition style writing feels too similar to me? What a sad existence that your pleasure is writing shyte to get a rise out of people

12 Apr 2026 08:16:25
How many Wirtz posts are you going to make this season exactly, bob?

12 Apr 2026 08:26:21
Over the top on Wirtz that, but I have to say I've been a bit disappointed by him. He has, no doubt, serious ability, but just doesn't do enough for me. That period before he got injured, he was starting to really affect games, but since he has come back he is the same as at the start of the season, tidy bits and pieces, but not really affecting the game the way u think he could.


I do believe he will become a top player for us when the team is in better shape overall, I definitely think if he is the 10 u need legs, speed and aggression around him. If we were to sell every player who underperformed this season we would only be playing 1 a side, so I certainly wouldn't isolate him, but next season we really would need to see more from him.

12 Apr 2026 08:51:40
"The more I watch Wirtz, the more it feels like Naby Keita"

It would certainly help your analysis to open your eyes first.

12 Apr 2026 09:07:22
How do people think Wirtz has done this season? And how has he done compared to their expectations for him at the start of the season?

Personally, I think he's had a decent season, but I'll be honest, his season has been below what I expected.

Not a Wirtz bashing, but an honest assessment. Hoping, with possibly a different coach, tactics, quicker players around him, and a year's PL experience, he will have a far better season next season.



Amazingly, only Rio, Trey & Leoni are younger than him in this season's first-team squad, so he still has years ahead of him.

Excited to see him continue to grow.

12 Apr 2026 09:11:58
Bob has been against Wirtz since before he signed for us, so tbf to him, he is consistent in his views regarding Wirtz. I wholly disagree with all that he said about Wirtz, but he is entitled to have his own opinion.

12 Apr 2026 09:12:30
I think more than anyone Wirtz needs a good team press. He is not quick enough to press on his own, so in the tactics, he finds it hard to get close to people. He is tenacious, though, so if we were pressing like a team, I think he'll be really effective.

He has all the tools on the ball, but it certainly hasn't lit it up.

You can see it's there, and he has improved throughout the season with some excellent games, but not enough to match his talent. Far too soon to make any long term judgements. Hope to see the best of him next season.

12 Apr 2026 09:13:44
Agree with everyone's comments except Bob's.

12 Apr 2026 10:18:13
He's been average to good. He doesn't do enough in some games, in others, he shows what he's capable of. I think he'll benefit from Isak settling in to the team, and a better out ball option on the right wing in terms of keeping momentum.

He set up Mo a few times last night and the move just stalled as Mo stumbled, must be quite frustrating for him as well.

12 Apr 2026 10:21:27
For Bob's next post: Why Salah's Liverpool career just needed a few goals.

12 Apr 2026 10:22:45
Bob, disappointed in your post, mate, you usually post some good reading.
Wirtz has played with different team mates, no settled partner. He had a bit of a thing with Hugo, now he has to get to know Isak. He has had Maca, Grav, Jones, Sboz being played at different times.

As far as comparison with Naby, Bob, you are way off the mark, my friend.
Wirtz will be the face of Liverpool in seasons to come. He is without doubt the most talented player in the Prem League. YNWA.

11 Apr 2026 22:27:16
Eds I don't know if you've listened into that ex youth Italian and a few coaches complaining about why Italy hasn't been successful and that Italian youth squads are over flowing with foreign talent.

Do you think we need to review our home grown policy for Premier League, I do feel like each league needs to have as much emphasis on their best players (within reason) I worry money leads to bad process.

{Ed001's Note - yes 100%. I don't think youth teamers should be transferred - they are children.}

11 Apr 2026 22:00:34
Watched the game in a pub in Manchester, had a family gathering (my missus side). I cheered the 1st goal n only me in the pub celebrated haha, got a few looks like I was from another planet but no one said anything, kept it a bit quieter when Salah scored the 2nd, just in case. 😅

12 Apr 2026 03:34:16
Which pub?