Liverpool banter 5

08 Jan 2026 07:57:12
Morning Ed's and everyone.

Just going through some old footage last night with my neighbour and chatting about how GREAT a player Kevin Keegan was - he's the same age bar a year (my neighbour) and took some convincing as he's an ardent Bristol Rovers fan and thought Bruce Bannister was the 70s goat .

"Jokes" aside Keegan was a truly great liverpool player and imo a true world class player and he's in my top 5 Liverpool all time greats . He always rose to the really big time, big game occasions for us .

Question is though that back then clubs like Liverpool would scout the lower leagues for these gems, Clemence was another that comes to mind and players like Ian St John and Hanson plucked from lesser known Scottish clubs .
Other big name clubs always scouted well at lower league levels so why do you think things have changed so much? I know the big club academy systems are supposed to get these youngsters early but there must still be gems at lower league levels not being picked up?

08 Jan 2026 09:11:27
Sad news about Terry Yorath!

08 Jan 2026 09:59:53
We got Robbo from a lesser club for 8 million
Lower league clubs cottoned on and wanted millions for untried players that may stand out in their own level but not the prem .
If you look at what we are doing at the moment we are finding young boys with talent and buying them at a cost some millions some bargains so we still do look in the lower leagues but in their youth level.

YNWA.

08 Jan 2026 07:38:53
Not a rumour or having a go at anyone but I'm sure we all wish Kevin Keegan all the best and hope for the all clear.

08 Jan 2026 08:45:45
well said Lawler.

08 Jan 2026 10:08:08
Here here lawler. Kevin is a superstar a top lad . I was in Germany just outside of Hamburg working the Hamburg fans idolised Kevin and us being reds they used to ask us about his time at LFC he did become a world superstar.


I was told many years ago that he would of managed us but he was not happy the way the club were with Shanks .
Lets pray Kevin makes a full recovery very soon YNWA.

08 Jan 2026 07:29:41
Genuine prediction for tonight. As Arsenal are at home, are flying clear at the top of the league, have nearly all their major players available and we are playing such tepid awful football I think Arsenal win 6-1.

With our 1 goal coming at the very end from a sub who will show more fight and drive in the 15 mins they are on than the rest do the whole game. 45/ 1 for that result if anyone wants to get on it.

{Ed078's Note - so tempted to delete this, but free speech is free speech.

08 Jan 2026 07:41:11
A cheerless life you lead, my friend.

08 Jan 2026 07:41:23
Haha, that's hilarious. I actually wouldn't be surprised if we turned up like the Madrid game and managed to carve out a result. Equally however I can see Arsenal beating us comfortably, I don't see it being a rollover though.

08 Jan 2026 08:08:44
It'll be tight, there will be a goal in it either way.

If any team wins by more than a goal it will be us.

08 Jan 2026 08:17:49
Yes, we struggling but don't write us off. Will lego head park the bus? Fergie even with some of his great sides would park the bus sometimes against us. I've got a feeling that this won't be as easy as everyone thinks. Arsenal are at classic bottle job time with City chasing and we have nothing to lose really.

08 Jan 2026 08:41:17
You must be a joy to live with.

08 Jan 2026 08:43:25
Hi all, long time reader and newbie poster.

Re: the MG situation, if he wants to go to City and spend a lot of time on the bench then so be it, but it is a WC year, so i don't think he will rush into that. Also, what happened to the boy from Bruges we were supposedly after?

Finally, i can only assume that kimuraking is a troll, either that, or he is just a dour faced git.

08 Jan 2026 08:55:07
Kim, just chuck the dummy and throw yourself on the floor kicking and screaming, it'll get it out your system quicker than all these embarrasing posts.

08 Jan 2026 08:58:28
Its either going to be we get smashed 3-0 or we actually turn up like Madrid or the earlier Arsenal game, I'll be equally annoyed and amused if we do beat them.

08 Jan 2026 09:22:05
This is Arsenals moment to seize all initiative and we will truly see what they are made of tonight. If they win I believe it'll be one hand on the trophy.

I think they might lean into the criticism they received at Anfield and go for it which will lead to a few goals. A draw wouldn't surprise me.

But for Arsenal, the pressure is all on them, they face a Liverpool side not at it, chasing their first title for 20+ years. If, and it's a big if, we were to score first I think it will make it a very interesting match.

If we nab a win, the heat on Arsenal will be at fever pitch, as everyone will question if they are about to throw it away again.

On paper, we don't stand a chance, but it's a good job it's not played on paper.

I.

08 Jan 2026 09:27:41
I admire your confidence, Sean.

08 Jan 2026 09:44:39
Have I missed something or has Leek (rightfully banned) got a new log in as Kimuraking. tdeh.

08 Jan 2026 09:52:23
Fulham 2 Liverpool 0, it was the only result you could see.

08 Jan 2026 09:57:16
Kimuraking has been around for a long time, even when Leek was still around. Besides, Lee's posts is littered with grammatical errors and weird sentence structures. Not a criticism of Leek since English is more probably not his first language but it's starkly different from Kimuraking.

08 Jan 2026 10:26:10
I'm hoping we win, I'm hoping we put in a Real Madrid performance 👍.

08 Jan 2026 10:27:31
1-3😁.

08 Jan 2026 10:33:25
I can't see anything other than an Arsenal win tonight. Playing poorly or not, they seem to be able to get the win. Of course, it helps when VAR repeatedly give you some huge, head scratching decisions in your favour.
As per the City game, I'm expecting another contentious decision against us.

08 Jan 2026 11:03:48
Tonight's really difficult to call. We could produce an Inter or Real Madrid style performance and win narrowly, equally though we're missing key attackers and Arsenal are playing pretty well. It's always been a tough place to go.

08 Jan 2026 11:34:53
I may be wrong, but I thought kimuraking used to be a fairly positive poster back in the day.
Anyway, hope you're doing alright mate.

08 Jan 2026 12:33:33
It's usually at this point of the season Arsenal literally drop the ball. Let's see. Hopefully we can sneak a win or take a point. If we are beaten badly Slot will be in big trouble is have thought.

08 Jan 2026 22:38:06
Thanks for your genuine prediction, please don't stop haha.

08 Jan 2026 07:50:12
You don't have to delete it Ed. As long as it isn't derogatory or offensive, everyone should have the freedom to say what they think. And everyone should have the freedom to say what they think about that post too ;)

{Ed078's Note - this aged well didn't it?

08 Jan 2026 09:02:24
Ed078 don't sweat it, man. Seems the poster was just trying to get attention.

08 Jan 2026 09:06:53
You're right Ed what a ridiculous post, to think well get a goal haha.

08 Jan 2026 07:24:16
Glaser has said defiantly that Guehi is not being sold this window. So that's an absolute confirmation he's off to City then.

08 Jan 2026 07:52:00
Could you explain a bit more how you got "not being sold this window = absolute confirmation he's off to city"? I'm not very good at math but I think there are a few steps to that equation that you have skipped over that could help us understand it ;)

08 Jan 2026 09:04:19
Drac (and don't beat me up here), it could mean that Glasner does not want to sell Guehi to LFC specifically (for whatever reason) hence, he is happy to sell him to City. Hence, the OP's comment. Just my take, mate.

08 Jan 2026 12:01:50
Palace will no doubt sell Guehi to whoever waves the biggest wad in front their face (assuming the player agrees) .

08 Jan 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Joyfull has posted a new article entitled, The Championship Drop and What It Means for West Ham United

07 Jan 2026 23:39:54
So is it correct Palace want £40m for Guehi?
If it's the case we loose this player for the additional £5m reported to a team we will be competitive with over the next 5 years. How would that be acceptable?

40m is cheap for this player. Yes we are being overcharged, but what's the alternative? We won't get a proven Premier league defender home grown for £40m

My only hope is that we have an agreement / handshake so to speak with MG as I believe he would be a man of his word. He holds value in a promise it's important to him as a Christian. Unlike his Chairman who is now letting it out that a 40m threshold needs to be reached. Snake of a man.

08 Jan 2026 04:25:55
40m is a lot of wonga for someone who will be free in 5 months time. Good player and probably worth that much mid-contract but not right now. He's not the only CB in the world and im sure there is better at half the price.

08 Jan 2026 04:30:33
40m is hugely expensive for a player who would be free in 6 months time. CP knows this and are trying to get us to enter a bidding way wrih Man City, especially since they screwed up and pulled out of the deal at the end of the previous summer window.

Man City's injury crisis is blown out of proportion for me imo. They may have Stones, Dias, and Gvardiol out but only Stones and Dias are CBs. Gvardiol mainly plays LB for them and they bought Ait Nouri in the summer for that position. Not to mention that they have Lewis who plays there too. They still have Ake and Khusanov, who they bought for close to £40m last Jan and can't get a game. Guehi would do well to look at that though since that's where he'll be sat there the moment Stones, Dias, and Gvardiol are available again.

08 Jan 2026 06:50:35
He's worth more than £40 million mid contract.

08 Jan 2026 06:59:45
Few things on the price.

Firstly, if he goes to City now, or somebody else in the summer on a free, would Liverpool be able to get anybody at Guehi's level for £40 million. I'm not entirely sure you would. He ticks a lot of boxes for, in the modern game, not a lot of money.

Secondly, I wouldn't look at it necessarily as £40 million now or nothing in the summer. Somebody is worth whatever you are willing to pay. For Liverpool now getting top four, and having a good run really in the champs league, is all that matters. If Guehi comes in and facilitates that - he's with every penny of that £40 million.

Personally if he would still like to come, if there is any risk at all that he could go to City now or anybody else in the summer I think it would be rank incompetence to let that happen.

Liverpool need him and I can guarantee by the end of a four/ five year contract there wouldn't be a single person moaning we could have got him on a free, they would just be glad we did.

08 Jan 2026 07:31:54
The question is who else can we get that's first team ready for £40m?

08 Jan 2026 07:45:09
He's not free in the summer. There'd be a signing on fee paid to the player. Probably not £40m but there would be one.
£40m for a player at his age, leadership qualities, ball playing ability, character, speed and defensive traits is a no brainer for me.


He can't be available otherwise surely we'd just go get him.
We probably need one more in the summer to replace konate anyway and Virg isn't getting any younger.

08 Jan 2026 08:31:31
Palace employing classic FOMO tactics. If he wants Liverpool let him run it down I'd rather give him a signing on fee than pay palace a cent.

08 Jan 2026 09:23:53
£40M isn't a lot if you miss CL football because we haven't acted and left Konate at the back.

08 Jan 2026 09:46:21
Paying 40m for Marc Guehi with 5 months left is beyond crazy.

08 Jan 2026 11:15:34
Losing out on the riches of the CL would be even crazier.

08 Jan 2026 12:15:23
Chrisymate how do we lose the player for 5 million making it 40 million when he is free at end of season?
He has not signed for any body his team are having a very good season so he possibly stay at his club until the summer. YNWA.

07 Jan 2026 23:39:53
Hi all
First time poster although been looking at the site for years.
Just wondered if anyone knew of any info about a twist in the Semenyo saga. Watching Sky Sports earlier and Jamie Rednapp mentioned that he believed it wasn't a done deal that he would be going to City.

He said he'd recently spoken to someone who said We might be making a move and there might be a twist. Strange as most info states he's on his way to City very soon. Just wondered if this Rednap rumour had any legs.

08 Jan 2026 04:33:41
Just my opinion but I think it's just sky who wants to create drama and generate clicks from nothing. The transfer was not as exciting as they thought it'd be so I think they are just pulling things out of their arse to get people interested. The window has been quiet so far so they need to do something to remain relevant.

08 Jan 2026 07:15:20
He's going to City mate, medical today - it's all about betting with with Sky.

08 Jan 2026 07:26:53
Semenyo and Geuhi are both off to City. There is no way we sign either. What the club are lookong at are young players that won't go in to the 1st team. Absolute clown show right now.

08 Jan 2026 09:06:04
Indeed, Drac. We've all known he was going to City for weeks now. Not sure what all the fuss is about with Sky.

08 Jan 2026 09:29:21
Someone give Kimuraking a hug. Everything he posts is drenched in despair.

08 Jan 2026 11:11:05
It sure is mate, I bet if he fell in a barrel of tits he'd come out sucking his thumb!

08 Jan 2026 13:19:53
Harry Redknap goes to all the home games at Bournemouth and i expect Harry sits with the owners so there maybe truth in this he could of said something to Jamie his lad?
Strangerthings have happened in transfers!
But my feelings he is off to city YNWA.

07 Jan 2026 22:25:02
Well one thing we can't complain about this season is other teams results not going our way!

We would seriously be pushing City in second if we'd been a bit more clinical?

07 Jan 2026 22:57:40
It's a faltering season for most teams, as someone said Arsenal are having it like we did last season. No new manager bounce yet for Chelsea or Utd, maybe Villa will start to struggle a bit more now after a great first half to the season. Everton struggling again as well.

07 Jan 2026 23:01:09
Unfortunately we play Arsenal tomorrow and really can't see us winning that game.

07 Jan 2026 23:02:37
Results going our way . all we have to do is play better, score more goals, defend set pieces, run about, show a bit of passion .

07 Jan 2026 23:05:59
Bizarrely if we somehow conjured up a win tomorrow we'd have the fourth best form in the prem over the last six games. After Arsenal, Brentford and Fulham.

08 Jan 2026 00:08:15
Was thinking the same thing looking at the table and results tonight BR. Funny thing I can see us getting a result tomorrow and drawing at home to Burnley.

08 Jan 2026 05:40:55
I can't see us winning against Arsenal tbh. They'd see it as an opportunity to pull even further ahead of Man City and would be tight up for it. I don't think they'd be as passive as they were when we played them earlier in the season.

08 Jan 2026 07:17:43
Completely agree Dracred - I can see them really going full throttle from the off, get a goal then try and pick us off on the counter, as most decent teams have done to us this season.

08 Jan 2026 09:07:47
@Stromsgodset if only it was that simple with this manager cos based on the evidence this season so far, it's not.

08 Jan 2026 12:32:57
OliRed, if it was only that simple why don't the players just do it themselves?
Do you think Slot is instructing them to go out and draw games?

{Ed025's Note - thats what i have been saying Rigsby, once they cross that white line its up to the players and thats why they have to take some responsibility for this debacle mate..

08 Jan 2026 12:58:46
Ed025.I think the players have got into the mindset from everyday training and tactics, that they play this negative way, but that doesn't mean the players aren't guilty of not winning headers, tackles and basically busting a gut to compete.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely Strom, its a collective mate and everyone should be pulling in the same direction but that seems to be lacking..

08 Jan 2026 19:37:37
It's the manager that's ruining this team. Our press off the ball is non existent and the slow tempo, failure to put crosses into the box and trying to walk the ball into the net is the managers tactics!

07 Jan 2026 19:27:27
Sad to hear Kevin keegan not well. YNWA Kev.

07 Jan 2026 19:49:03
Just read this, sad news and I wish him well.

Also RIP Martin Chivers. Not a great evening for football fans of my age.

07 Jan 2026 20:56:02
Yep sad to hear. Football was a far better game when they played it.

08 Jan 2026 00:16:17
KK was my first football idol. I stood on the kop as a kid watching him. Really hope he's ok . YNWA.

08 Jan 2026 01:48:45
I would love it if he beats this cancer.
Love it!

07 Jan 2026 19:17:31
The leaks have been so plugged already that the team news is 20 minutes late.

07 Jan 2026 19:36:20
either that or the games tomorrow )

07 Jan 2026 20:16:45
The leaks are so tight now that no-one even knows when we're playing.

07 Jan 2026 18:30:08
For fun, who do we want to see in the next Liverpool coaching setup? Bad answers only.

I'll start, Danny Murphy as manager with Stephen Warnock as his assistant. Andrei Voronin appointed as a special finishing coach.

07 Jan 2026 18:37:48
Brendan Rogers and Arne.

07 Jan 2026 19:03:08
Jimmy Boy, love it. Jan Molby fitness and conditioning.

07 Jan 2026 19:04:41
El-Hadji Diouf.

07 Jan 2026 19:07:07
John Barnes and Jason MacAteer.

07 Jan 2026 19:09:59
Neville sisters.

07 Jan 2026 19:15:55
Tbh that debut Vorinin goal against Toulouse was a cracker 😂😂 I thought we had two top tier strikers in him and Torres.

07 Jan 2026 19:16:00
El Hadj Diouf as discipline coach?

07 Jan 2026 19:26:10
El Hadji Diouf as head of the new decorum and etiquette department.

07 Jan 2026 19:28:28
Suarez back as dietician
Meat only diet….

07 Jan 2026 19:32:44
As long as Adam Johnson isn't on youth recruitment and Thomas Partey isn't in charge of the ladies team.

07 Jan 2026 19:36:04
El Hadji Diouf. Community support
Luis Suarez chef
Jamie Carragher youth team operator
Got have the know it all best in the world at hindsight Jamie Redknapp in charge
Imagine the post match interviews.
Yea if we did everything differently we would of won.

07 Jan 2026 20:07:16
Gazza, is Slot Jamie Redknapp in disguise?

07 Jan 2026 20:09:17
Dream team of mick mccarthy and roy keane as assistant for me.

07 Jan 2026 20:43:40
Hey, Big Jan was fitter and more mobile than our current midfield bar Szobozlai and definitely a better passer😂.

07 Jan 2026 21:28:03
Jesus Viktor 😬.

07 Jan 2026 21:43:40
MM, no arguments there!

07 Jan 2026 22:41:26
Neil Ruddock, Julian Dicks and Paul Konchesky comes to mind as the most wrong sort of choice.

Downing, Keita and Borini would be the ultimate non-event/ boreoff.

Suarez, Diouf and Darwin would be box office for all the wrong reasons.

08 Jan 2026 00:04:11
Gary and Phil Neville.

08 Jan 2026 09:08:55
You mean the chuckle brothers, Strom? Get your popcorn ready, mat.

08 Jan 2026 14:18:17
Well Gary knows everything doesn't he Oli.

07 Jan 2026 18:17:09
Best wishes to Kevin Keegan, who's just been diagnosed with cancer. Wishing him all the very best. A club legend.

07 Jan 2026 18:38:23
Stay strong, King Kev.

07 Jan 2026 18:42:40
Rome . now that's what you call a legend.

07 Jan 2026 18:46:57
Dark day. What a legend.

{Ed078's Note - He'll absolutely love it if he beats cancer, love it.

07 Jan 2026 18:54:04
He sure is, Strom, my friend. My first footballing hero.

07 Jan 2026 19:01:33
Yep, just read it. Thoughts and prayers to Kevin and his family. My idol growing up in the 70s. Legend.

07 Jan 2026 19:04:58
YNWA Kev.

07 Jan 2026 19:23:36
Best wishes to KK

I put on a post a day or so ago he goes under the radar a bit when it comes to our truly great players -.

07 Jan 2026 20:08:19
My first footballing heartbreak when he left for Hamburg. I was gutted.

07 Jan 2026 22:37:43
Get well soon, Kevin. Great player for us.

07 Jan 2026 20:22:59
Ed, you can't make jokes about cancer! You'll be cancelled by the young folks who don't understand the difference between funny and offensive.

07 Jan 2026 22:54:44
Was going to say that ed78 but thought it might be to far.

{Ed078's Note - I've met Keegan a couple of times, good sense of humour.

08 Jan 2026 09:10:25
Ed78, my dad passed away due to cancer. Never lost his sense of humour. Till the very end.

{Ed078's Note - me too mate. If you can, go out laughing.

08 Jan 2026 11:56:56
I remember him on Superstars, too.
He was an athlete, was Mighty Mouse and twice European Footballer of the Year.
And who could forget the Brut adverts? My Dad I would say because he got a gift set every Christmas from us.