Liverpool banter 4

05 Nov 2025 16:06:42
Is it just me or has anyone really seen Bellingham play that good. Every time I see him he is bang average Rice absolutely dominated him twice last season now twice we have played against him and nothing even city last season when they went out to them he was crap.
Just another vastly overrated English player.

05 Nov 2025 16:10:29
Could he be another of those supremely talented teenagers who get everything they want too early and so just don’t kick on?

The lad has ability, no question but I agree Grino I’m always underwhelmed whenever I watch him.

05 Nov 2025 17:49:19
First time I saw Bellingham play was last season against us.
I haven’t watched England since 2014.
My 2nd viewing of him was last night.
I don’t see the hype to be honest

Would he better our midfield?

05 Nov 2025 18:12:50
That German league can elevate average players into world class.

05 Nov 2025 19:01:27
Lol, how can you write off a 22 year old because he didn't light it up in the few games you've watched him play?

And yes, he would better our midfield.

The PL bias runs deep here. You do realize most players in the PL came from other leagues, including "that German League". maybe look up how many on LFC alone came from "that German League".

05 Nov 2025 19:03:46
I would agree with that Ron 👍.

05 Nov 2025 19:34:06
I've seen Jude play well several times with RM. And tones of players have come to the PL and rocked it. LFC alone has its fair share with Szobo, Matip, Bobbie and even Endo for a spell there. Oh, and don't forget Ekitike.

The PL bias does run deep, as RedMob said.

05 Nov 2025 19:52:01
Didn’t write him off
Genuinely asked a legitimate question.

Don’t feel the need to be ripped for not having an opinion.
I’ll ask somewhere were I won’t get ripped into

Cheers all.

05 Nov 2025 20:28:18
Seen him play good loads of times
Wtf lol.

06 Nov 2025 00:26:41
So many snowflakes on these pages who throw a tantrum the moment their opinion gets torn into. Gazza, you say you have only watched him twice and don't see the hype. That's an opinion based in a very small sample, is it not? And many on here don't agree with that.

Imo, he was a very good player before he moved to RM but he grew a big head there, thinking that he's better than he actually is. His attitude was good in his first season with RM, but I felt that since the beginning of last season, it has been very poor. No one likes a player who strops around the field with a sulk in their face. It is possibly due to the laissez faire approach Ancellotti had and he is still young so hopefully Alonso can shake him out of it.

Would he improve our midfield? I would say it depends on whether we get the version that was fresh out of Dortmund or if we got the current one. Imo, Klopp would have been a very good manager for him when he left Dortmund, much better than Ancellotti was and Jude may have been an even better midfielder if he had come to us. But then again, that's just my opinion.

06 Nov 2025 01:27:19
I must have missed Endo rocking the PL.

De Bruyne is the best player to move from the Bundesliga to the PL.
He was world class and one of the best players of the PL era.

06 Nov 2025 04:52:01
Bellingham is top class, simple as that. His first touch, passing and physicality are all of an elite standard. The only thing he lacks for now is intensity, in my opinion. I think he is trying to model his game on Zidane, who was absolutely amazing in slower tempo matches, like internationals, where his sheer quality dictated the entire game, but was sometimes overrun against very intense or tactical teams.

06 Nov 2025 06:04:20
All I said was on the two occasions I have seen him play against us I wasn’t impressed.
Then a question of would he better our midfield as I don’t have enough information to form a answer.

Wow. It really is a sad state that a question can’t be answered on here without being politely answered
LoweLFC. Thank you bud. All I was asking for was a response to a question.

06 Nov 2025 09:32:10
I’ve never seen him dominate a game or drag his team with him the way Gerrard would do. To my mind he has no leadership qualities as he’s very self centred. Have seen him throw the toys out the pram and have a hissy fit plenty of times when things aren’t going his way. Personally don’t think he’s anywhere near as disciplined or tactically aware in the way that someone like Gravenberch is.

You couldn’t sit Bellingham as a number 6 because he lacks the awareness and discipline to do it. He’s a good footballer, don’t get me wrong, but not the second coming of Gerrard by a very long way. I do think he is very anonymous in big games.

06 Nov 2025 10:53:55
Rigsby yeah, you did. Were you watching him at all or were you in hiding behind your sofa whenever he was playing? Endo was getting rave revies for a few months after his integration in the 23/ 24 season and was getting rave reviews by many on here and in the fan base hence, why he was a cult hero back then.

The guy dogwalked Caicedo and Endo in the EFL final vwith an MOTM perf., made KDB cry to his mommy Pep, went toe to toe with Rodri and Rice at Anfield. Oh, and scored a banger that started the comeback vs Fulham at Anfield.

Is that Endo rocking it for ya cos there's a lot more facts where all the above came from?

06 Nov 2025 11:30:26
Well Lowe 1fc Bellingham did not show any of the attributes you mentioned in your post in our match. I have watched number of Madrid games and the lad just does not get me on the edge of my seat i think he is bang average Rogers of Aston Villa has more about him than Bellingham .


Steven Gerrard would of walked into any era of LFC teams Bellingham would not get into many Madrid eras. I think Bellingham maybe a better center back. YNWA.

05 Nov 2025 14:38:26
You know how I said I wanted Trent booed and I'm glad he was, not just for the stringing the fans along while learning Spanish. It's the fact he thinks we would take him back. The hour after doing the press conference in Spanish I would have of called our own press conference and un retired the 66 shirt number.

05 Nov 2025 14:51:26
The 66 shirt wasn't retired though, was it? So a bit of a waste to call for a press conference to mum-retire a shirt that wasn't even retired in the first place ;)

05 Nov 2025 14:57:23
You're a very bitter person and it will get you nowhere!

05 Nov 2025 15:09:44
I don't think it is retired, John.

05 Nov 2025 15:15:44
The worse thing for me is actually the coverage round it, for instance on the radio this morning the story was 'Trent gets hostile reception' rather than Liverpool beat Madrid. People acting like we are the worse people on earth for booing him. Btw I think booing is the most childish way to show any dissatisfaction, it's hardly hurtful.

The whole Trent thing has been spoken about long enough, but to every Liverpool fan he had it all. Played for our club, was winning trophies and getting paid handsomely to do so so of course it'll sting if he throws it away, to play for a club that historically has had our number. He made his bed and now he can lie in it. Maybe when his career his done he may get a different reaction but until then he plays for a rival and will get treated as such.

05 Nov 2025 15:28:51
I often stand outside the local college booing the students that are learning Spanish.
Well, it's mainly the pretty young girls that string me along when they smile back at me but then refuse to go out with me.

05 Nov 2025 15:30:25
He lost me when he tried to make the trophy presentation all about him, going around with a sour puss on him and bawling his eyes out.

Nunez had to know he was as good as gone and he could at least smile.

05 Nov 2025 15:38:13
It's funny that he's living rent free in your head.

05 Nov 2025 16:13:21
I couldn’t care less about Trent to be honest. He’s gone and good luck to him.

I did think it was lunacy from Alonso to put him on last night though. It just got the crowd up and made Madrid’s job much harder.

05 Nov 2025 16:24:17
Jotas shirt was retired for obvious reasons not Trent.

05 Nov 2025 17:01:16
Daamn Rigbsy, that is hilarious!

05 Nov 2025 19:36:05
"It's the fact he thinks we would take him back. "


And where is this fact coming from? Source (s), perhaps?

05 Nov 2025 20:29:24
His interview on Prime is crack-up. There’s no way the bro only started learning Spanish in March lol.

05 Nov 2025 23:54:06
I’m surprised that anybody is still talking about this. People really do need to get out and about. A nice walk in the fresh air costs nothing and improves your general health.

06 Nov 2025 10:55:21
Nice one, WDW. Also, the constant and gratuitous smearing of Trent is what I personally have a problem with.

07 Nov 2025 00:22:03
WDW - well, weren't talking about it. Then Real Madrid played Liverpool marking his return to Anfield.
And then Prime released an interview with him the week of the match
Not like it just came out of thin air.

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05 Nov 2025 12:48:55
Oh it’s a beautiful day Reds.

05 Nov 2025 10:07:38
Ed001 I know that you don't do reports on cup matches but as a one off could you do one for last night's match PLEASE 😁.

{Ed001's Note - if I can mate but I managed to break my wifi so no proper internet right now. Just waiting on them to call me back to get an engineer out to fix it.}

05 Nov 2025 12:50:29
No problem thank you.

05 Nov 2025 09:32:40
Ed1 - what was the deal with the handball incident?

Originally was a free kick outside the box.

Then they reviewed for potential penalty

And what was the call from there? Seems like they determined it was in the box but not a deliberate handball?

So because they decided it wasn’t a deliberate handball it couldn’t be a penalty, which wasn’t the original call anyways, but then that also negated the original call of a free kick outside box for a handball?

You following lol.

{Ed001's Note - yeah they checked first to see if it was in the box. Then checked to see if it was actually a foul or not once they had ascertained it was either a penalty or nothing.}

05 Nov 2025 12:22:27
It simply wasn't a handball. If anyone twa*s a ball at you from 3 feet away, and your arms are by your side, how can that be deemed to be deliberate?

05 Nov 2025 12:34:40
Not that it matters now but it should really have been a corner.

05 Nov 2025 13:07:45
That’s what they decided though @Cooler. It was VAR used properly making the right decisions,

05 Nov 2025 13:10:58
No I didn't think it a handball either.

05 Nov 2025 13:36:07
You are dead right Ernest, I was very confused as to why the ref gave a drop ball to Madrid afterwards. It wasn't a peno or a free but should have been a corner.

05 Nov 2025 14:07:43
It can’t be a corner if the ref initially gave a free kick tho.

05 Nov 2025 14:40:20
Indeed, Drac. It shouldn't have been the a handball to being with, in or outside the box.

05 Nov 2025 15:09:40
I wonder what would have happened had the 'penalty been for Madrid n not us.

05 Nov 2025 16:21:38
I thought it would’ve been a harsh pen but once he’d given the free kick the only job VAR had was to ascertain whether it was inside or outside the box.

It’s not in VAR’s remit to review free kick decisions so they should’ve stayed out of that and just said it’s in the box so it’s a penalty.

It was probably the right decision in the end but the process wasn’t followed which leaves me a bit confused as to why VAR couldn’t intervene with Utd’s goal the other day where the ball didn’t go out? Or the plethora of other decision where they’ve said it’s not in VAR’s remit? They hide behind the process but last night showed they can go outside the process to get to the right decision if needed.

05 Nov 2025 20:33:22
I didn’t think it was a handball for a pen either, but the original call was free kick outside the box.

In normal case, say if it was clearly outside the box, VAR normally wouldn’t intervene for that would they?

So it’s just the fact they reviewed a potential penalty that they then over-turned the original call which otherwise wouldn’t normally have been reviewed?

Ultimately, they haven’t over turned a penalty cos original call wasn’t a penalty.

05 Nov 2025 23:55:16
@Strom, but it wasn’t, was it?

06 Nov 2025 01:33:24
VAR doesn't overturn original calls. It gives the referee a chance to overturn their call.
VAR is not a thing. It's just another referee.

06 Nov 2025 14:40:59
Wdw. your powers of observation are amazing. you're talent is wasted on here.

06 Nov 2025 19:03:04
@Strom, if you want to have a go at VAR or say that the match officials were biased against Liverpool then just say so. “What if” is just pointless as it didn’t happen.

06 Nov 2025 20:14:24
Wdw . im not having a go at VAR. but we all know Madrid would have got it . So you know what I was inferring to . so stop trying to be clever on a banter site ya sausage.

07 Nov 2025 00:23:19
saw a good explanation - basically that the incident did occur in the box so that changed what VAR were reviewing, which in turn basically negated the original call

I can live with that. just kinda wish they'd explain that on the telly and in the stands!

05 Nov 2025 09:10:57
Quick one for ed01,

Great win last night, another stand out performance for Bradley, thought Wirtz had his best game, hard to find fault in any of them actually and I’d love to see us play like this each week. Tempo was bang on, passes were slick and completed, just all round great performance and how I love to see us play, abit of zip to the game not slow side to side.

Does the way that we set up and played last night transfer to the prem? Don’t think I saw one long throw or over the top ball played. so as much as we smoked Madrid at home on a champions league night, do you think the way we set up last night can be transferred into the prem or do we see the same old mistakes?

Just wondering your thoughts on it mate.

{Ed001's Note - it should be transferrable. It is clear the players understand their roles in this set up, which is the main difference.}

05 Nov 2025 14:24:15
Happy days, never doubted the new lads. Always going to take time to gel. Frightening team this when it gets going and fully fit.

05 Nov 2025 14:42:16
Indeed, Ed. If the players don't know what they are doing in a certain system, that's a problem only the manager can fix.

Thankfully, Slot allayed my fears of trying to prove a point by forcing the initial tactics down everyone's throats. On to the Etihad.