Liverpool Banter 4

01 Apr 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, United's Manager Choice: Upgrade or Trust Carrick?

01 Apr 2026 11:18:02
Remember the good old days when we could rip the p. out of Shappy? :(

01 Apr 2026 11:53:33
Shappy must be older than ed025? .
I see he writes even more at length than before. Shappy columns could alone be a reason for fans to switch teams

{Ed025's Note - his penmanship is very good actually Cafu, some of them are longer than "war and peace" but hes a top poster mate..

01 Apr 2026 12:58:13
Only things older than Ed025 are on the antiques roadshow.

{Ed025's Note - possibly JK but im good for my age mate, still play golf (badly) and im still very attractive to women, being rich and good looking helps though i must say.. :)

01 Apr 2026 17:40:10
Many a fine tune played on an old fiddle.

{Ed025's Note - spot on Flash...even though a couple of my strings are out of tune these days mate.. :)

01 Apr 2026 18:05:29
I don't mind Shappy, he's just like us but with crap taste in football.

01 Apr 2026 07:11:14
May I just say congratulations to Czechia on reaching the WC finals! In the playoffs they beat our own boys in green on penalties last Thursday and repeated the feat again last night v Denmark! Huge commitment over 300 minutes of football! Fair play to them!

01 Apr 2026 10:34:45
Should have been us. Big opportunity blown!!
But fair play to them, you gotta take your chance to win a game, and to win 2 penalty shootouts is good going.

01 Apr 2026 13:46:47
Hats off to the Czech Republic. Always been a fan of them since Euro 96. It's been a long 20 years waiting for this after their last appearance in 2006 with that great generation of Nedved, Porborsky etc. Later, to be joined by Cech, Grygera, Ujfalucsi (spelling), Galasek and of course, Jan Koller.

01 Apr 2026 06:46:16
Clearly there were no LFC supporters at the England game last night. To boo off the national team!

Given our season, we've become accustomed to watching dire football.

01 Apr 2026 08:25:07
Rather watch Hollywood Oaks than England, but watching us this season, it could drive you to watch EastEnders.

01 Apr 2026 09:19:39
So many mediocre players who are hyped up beyond belief by the media just because they qualify to play for England.

01 Apr 2026 09:35:04
The only people I know who regularly attend England games are fans of small clubs who see this as their only chance to see the top players.
As for booing, I suspect that reflects ticket prices and the fact managers are using these games to try options out. Wouldn't be too bad at a tenner a ticket, but...

01 Apr 2026 15:04:50
International football is so rubbish, could have got a ticket to watch Scotland last night but cba going. Players seem to love playing for their country but for some reason we don't, it looks a burden to the players to perform.

Might be the way our media is, or the politics involved, but whatever the reason, I personally haven't watched any for years now, apart from the odd game.

{Ed025's Note - its terrible to watch Strom, this England team make Arsenal look like the 70,s Brazil team mate and its so boring to watch..

01 Apr 2026 15:33:25
I defrosted the fridge last night.

{Ed025's Note - your next job is to defrost Tuchel HH..

01 Apr 2026 16:24:32
Ed025 I agree.think the last time I took any real interest was when Terry Venables had us playing well, we hammered Germany at the euros ( I think ), since then its been a mind numbing blur

{Ed025's Note - and would you believe we are joint favourites to win it strom?, just one more thing...how much are you going to put on that mate?.. :)

01 Apr 2026 17:42:24
Talk Sport trying to justify Ben White's selection, saying he shouldn't be booed. England are a joke. They forgot to mention that White got in 3 good crossing positions, and hit the first man every time.

If that was Trent, there would have been 3 goalscoring chances. White got ripped by Mitoma, and went AWOL for the goal. The media would have slaughtered Trent if that was him.

01 Apr 2026 18:35:16
Years ago, I lived in London and was shocked to find I could get tickets to an England friendly on the day of the match. Went with a mate, as I wanted to see a few players, and spent more time eating wings with a pint... such a boring watch.

01 Apr 2026 19:10:58
True strom and Ed25, I haven't watched us for years and don't intend on doing so anytime soon - I'll watch the world cup for other teams but England? no chance. It's like the players have no passion for it, it's awful but we'll hear all summer how it's coming home! what a load of nonsense.

{Ed025's Note - i will watch them Salah just to have a moan and swear a lot mate..

02 Apr 2026 00:03:27
I'm English, but I choose a different team to follow each World Cup. Just can't get behind the likes of Maguire, Pickford and Foden.

01 Apr 2026 22:15:46
Ed025, joint favourites that's got to be a April fools classic joke but if i was going to bet it would definitely not be England

{Ed025's Note - they actually are Strom but how i dont know..

01 Apr 2026 06:18:39
Breaking news.

Slot to he offered new 3 year deal in a 'double your money' contract.

Convinced the squad is good enough to challenge without new signings as Van Bronkhorst is dusting off his boots and Thiago is still wearing his legends match shirt.

01 Apr 2026 08:34:31
Happy April Fools to you too, my friend :D.

01 Apr 2026 08:36:36
It's gonna be hysterical on here if Slot is here next season.

01 Apr 2026 09:48:12
Strange post that Flash.

Every day you seem to thrive in others negativity. Never see you comment anything else.

01 Apr 2026 09:57:56
Why would anyone want Slot here next season, mate? Unless you support Everton of course!

01 Apr 2026 13:47:41
No. 8, are you saying that Slot will be managing the LFC Legends team?

01 Apr 2026 17:52:16
I didn't say I wanted him here.
But I've also seen nothing that confirms Slot is definitely out at the end of the season. Rumours are just that - rumours.
And it's a fact of life that if he is still here next season it will be major hysteria on here.

Anyone disbelieving that only has to look at the general tone of posts in the last few months.
I made an accurate observation and nothing else.
If anyone wants to read anything negative into that, it's their own affair.

31 Mar 2026 21:46:58
Frimpong with his 100th injury.

This squad is depleted as hell City, PSG, Fulham, PSG.

Looks like szboz is back on slot's favourite position at right back. lol.

31 Mar 2026 22:42:02
Disaster. Hamstring again?!?!

01 Apr 2026 06:39:46
The lad was never injured for Leverkusen... and his 1st season here has multiple injuries.

Must be something in the English food...

Maybe Frimoing should bring in his own Frankfurters for nourishment.

01 Apr 2026 07:06:20
Or maybe they should be trained better.

01 Apr 2026 07:09:38
Play Ramsay at rb against City, give him a go. What have we to lose?

01 Apr 2026 07:32:45
Sad for him, he's clearly desperate to do well for LFC.
He's been unlucky, I can't be angry at someone for being injured.

01 Apr 2026 10:11:53
He's getting hamstring injuries more or less since he came in, it's not the training. Maybe the training's too much for him. 🤔

01 Apr 2026 10:48:07
Why was Frimpong even in the Dutch squad after just coming back from injury?
Unlike Arsenal, who just pull their players, we are stupid enough not to block players coming back from injury. This season is getting worse by the week.

Why was Frimpong's hamstring weakness not picked up in his medical when he was signing for us? Third hamstring injury this season and they are 6-week or more recovery time. I question why we signed him!!!

01 Apr 2026 11:54:36
Isak is still not fit!

01 Apr 2026 12:17:53
If he's constantly getting injured in the way he is, it implies the physical training isn't good enough or the rehabilitation from his last injury was not adequate. Never had a problem until this season.

Given how unfit our squad is, and our part time head coach felt 20 minutes of training was enough for the Spurs game, think it's fair to say where the blame lies.

01 Apr 2026 12:45:03
Problem area. Needs addressing in summer

01 Apr 2026 13:34:37
Oh right, so we won the league last year because Klopp installed fitness in the players, took them through to April, when our fitness fell off a cliff because of Slot (or the players took their foot off the gas with the league won), but when a player comes in and gets injuries basically since day one it's still down to Slot's training? Shouldn't Frimpong have been alright for a few months because of the superior training he had been getting to Slot's the whole season before? Or could it be that his body is finding it impossible to cope with the added physicality of the Premier League along with trying to progress in Europe?

01 Apr 2026 13:49:02
Digger10, Ramsey has been thrown underneath the Anfield basement by Slot. Not sure he's gonna be letting him out anytime soon.

01 Apr 2026 14:17:50
Think Frimpong has missed 25 games already, so plenty more time to add a few more games.
Another player I would sell in summer.
I have said it many times, the right back position is our weak spot.


Guess who will be playing right back in the two, sorry, three big matches.
Our midfield will once again be run through.
Macca will find it difficult.
Can't see Ali playing either.
But we will do our best.

01 Apr 2026 18:03:44
It's a weird thing about the fitness.
I'm curious about what has actually changed in 18 months or so to leave a team that would fight and often overrun opposition up to the final whistle looking absolutely knackered two thirds of the way through the game?
Probably have to wait for Mo or one of the others to get a book written to get the proper lowdown.


I don't think I've ever seen such a drastic drop off in energy levels.

01 Apr 2026 22:39:27
Interesting stat, Frimpong missed 4 games in his final 3 years in the Bundesliga. No record of a hamstring injury either.

02 Apr 2026 06:16:33
Perhaps if Bradley was available - his last injury was just sheer bad luck - Frimpong might have had an extended recovery time, and vice versa, throughout the season. Both have had a number of injuries, and both may have come back too early on more than one occasion.

31 Mar 2026 19:03:35
Potential outgoings for the summer might include

Robertson
Konate
McAllister
Endo
Chiesa
Tsimikas
Elliot

Will include

Salah

Add to that a potential manager/Hughes/Edwards change and a World Cup. It could be a very busy few months.
Rio and Nyoni for me take care of the Endo and Chiesa places if they go. Jacquet is already coming in.

Regarding the rest, they will have to review those who have been out on loan and have a look to see of there are any other youth players knocking on the door. Then it's just the small matter of securing targets. I'm not entirely sure what my point is, but it looks like a busy summer for whoever takes the reigns or keeps them.

31 Mar 2026 19:46:40
You missed Gomez and Jones of the list of possible departures.

31 Mar 2026 20:20:50
And Bajetic and Ramsey! I'd personally expect Gomez to see out his last year and Jones to stay as a squad player.

31 Mar 2026 21:14:48
And maybe Gakpo?

31 Mar 2026 21:28:06
I don't see Gakpo leaving, personally. Chiesa will go and we bring in another winger to legitimately challenge him. Rio is too young to do so right now.

31 Mar 2026 22:18:14
I thought we were building a team around Bajetic.

31 Mar 2026 23:52:01
Yes JK, it's the U23's.

01 Apr 2026 00:43:42
I think that you are thinking of Keita, @JK.

01 Apr 2026 04:50:58
Yanet Garcia for me. You're welcome.

01 Apr 2026 10:49:17
You missed the most important one out, Arne Slot.

02 Apr 2026 06:18:44
Has Chiesa given up? Every time he looks like he is getting close to a start, he gets a nasty cold or toothache or something, that seems to stop him playing.

31 Mar 2026 18:42:35
@Ed025 a very sad day for you tomorrow mate. I believe it's Carol Kirkwood's final appearance on BBC weather tomorrow morning before she retires.

{Ed025's Note - a sad day for all us weather fans Willo, all i need now is for the BBC to recruit Emila Fox to replace her mate.. :)

31 Mar 2026 18:52:11
Jo Blythe is a good 2nd place on Granada Weather though.

31 Mar 2026 19:35:15
Lucy Verasamy. Google her (that's not a euphemism).

31 Mar 2026 21:19:40
Rome, I thought I was the only one to know about Lucy. Worst kept secret comes to mind. ;-)

31 Mar 2026 21:28:20
KPee, let's keep it to ourself, mate. They don't know what they're missing!

31 Mar 2026 21:31:30
I Googled. Thanks Rome!

31 Mar 2026 22:14:56
I definitely will, Rome. Like you say, they don't know what they're missing!

01 Apr 2026 12:19:29
Whoever is replacing Kirkwood has some big boobs, I mean shoes, to fill.

01 Apr 2026 18:09:35
Get someone old enough and their boobs might be in their shoes, Vv.

31 Mar 2026 15:18:15
If we turn up against PSG like we did against Madrid. That’s all I could ask personally and I do think it’s a bad chance to sneak it. This time. Against the odds, yes, but we’ve done that before.

31 Mar 2026 17:23:17
Unfortunately I fear this might be an absolute embarrassment for us. I think their speed will completely overwhelm us. I hope I'm proved completely wrong, but these players and management just don't inspire any confidence.

31 Mar 2026 18:53:05
With you. Sadly, we are no longer talking of Klopp team or other teams pre Klopp, when there was spirit and endeavour that took us through. Slot is an advocate of walking football, turning top class athletes into unfit versions of their former selves.

31 Mar 2026 19:10:49
Don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility that we'll turn up and play like we did vs. Madrid in the home game.

I don't see us doing it in both the home and away leg, though. So, it's a case of whether Ali can do his Spiderman impression again.

31 Mar 2026 21:30:15
OP, Slot doesn't wanna play the way we played vs Madrid. That being said, he has played a diff. system in the CL than in the PL so who knows at this point.

31 Mar 2026 22:21:04
Oli, I'm pretty sure you put cont & dic into contradiction.

31 Mar 2026 13:45:06
Bookmark this Ed033: there is no way we are winning the Champions League. This is not a fat wallet situation. You are a clown if you think we have a chance to win the Champions League. NOT HAPPENING!

{Ed033's Note - Why would anyone want to bookmark a 99.9% certainty?

31 Mar 2026 14:40:30
Stranger Things has happened.

31 Mar 2026 15:05:26
Going to be considerably more difficult if recent reports from Paul Joyce are true that Allison is a major doubt for upcoming fixtures, including the trip to Paris.
As we all remember, it was Alli's heroics there last time that stopped us getting battered in one of his most amazing performances for the club.

{Ed025's Note - one of the greatest keeping performances i have ever seen McGoveb, without Ali you were getting beat 10-0 mate..

31 Mar 2026 15:05:41
I sense a ploy here ....

Fatwallet was wrong in the end. I think DS wants the same outcome.

31 Mar 2026 15:25:33
It's 100 percent not happening Ed 033. This is not some reverse jinx scenario where the last time we bookmarked something it was willed into existence.

It is absolutely. NEVER HAPPENING. You heard it here first!!?? and I'm not afraid of bookmarking saying I was the first to say it. No sir!

31 Mar 2026 17:34:15
Even I wouldn't have said bookmark this, Davey.

31 Mar 2026 18:53:36
I'd be surprised if you were the first to say that, Davey.

31 Mar 2026 19:37:13
It's not really a bold statement tho. Every year, we are not likely to win the Champions League, even at our peak.

31 Mar 2026 19:58:53
Liverpool are beating PSG, we will win 2-1 in their gaff and 3-2 at home.

31 Mar 2026 21:31:05
Davey, did you consult with our resident @Fatwallet before your prediction?

01 Apr 2026 06:41:45
How do I change my user name to JLClown?