Liverpool banter 6

15 Jul 2026 10:16:52
Ed001.

Grant me a transfer please? I'm fed up! I've got severe pissedoffedness watching everybody snapping up good players and us doing sweet FA.
So please mate " make it so"

{Ed001's Note - it will happen, but surely the most important thing is the new coach? He will make a big difference.}

15 Jul 2026 10:35:55
Other than Palestra to Chelsea, I am not really envious of any signings that have been made by other clubs so far. So we're still in the game this summer.

15 Jul 2026 10:38:51
We have already signed two players this window.

There is also a World Cup window, lots of players only just going on their holidays.

Patience, pal, we will get there. On a side note, there isnt a single transfer in our league so far that I think is anything special so im really not concerned at all.

15 Jul 2026 10:57:08
Chrisy, if indeed you are having a serious case of "pissedoffness" (whatever the football that is) just cos other teams are signing players, may I propose taking a mixture of taking a tall glass of Patience, along with a moderate dose of Complete Non-focus on other clubs' dealings?

15 Jul 2026 11:13:45
I'm not bothered at all. The most important thing is that Iraola wants a chance to assess our squad, and he's the expert.

There have been a few transfers - Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, and others have had transfers announced - but like I said I'd rather the manager did his job in assessing the players for his system(s).

15 Jul 2026 11:13:59
Stop worrying about transfers, damn it. Please remember that Liverpool have a squad full of top players, and the reason we were so bad last season was entirely down to one man and one man alone. We have remedied the biggest issue(s) with the club in that a proper coach has replaced Slot and Michael Edwards is gone. We will be much better next season.

15 Jul 2026 11:52:20
It wasn't all down to one man last season.
The same as it wasn't all down to one man when we won the League the season before.
It won't all be down to Iraola if we struggle or thrive next season either.
I understand that it's convenient to have only one cause for something happening, but it's not the way things work, unfortunately. 🙂

15 Jul 2026 12:47:47
No, Rigsby. It really was down to one man last season, and that is Arne Slot. Liverpool were unacceptably, unwaveringly awful last season. Nothing to do with convenience.

{Ed001's Note - what about Peeters?}

15 Jul 2026 13:39:26
Would have taken Senesi on a free.

15 Jul 2026 14:40:58
Tbh I'm just laughing at United buying that fat slow lad Tielemans from Villa. It could all be worse.

15 Jul 2026 15:35:38
Ed, my take on Peeters is that, unless I'm wrong, Slot had the ability to overrule his methods that didn't work. This is why I say everything was down to Slot. Not everything was literally his fault, but all the factors as to why we sucked last season lead back to him.

{Ed001's Note - fair point.}

15 Jul 2026 08:14:40
Congratulations to the Families of the 97 for their immense work with the Hillsborough Act now expected to pass. YNWA

15 Jul 2026 08:59:01
Well said, mate.

To the families, survivors, campaigners and all those who supported, comforted and helped them along the way, congratulations.

Your dignity, tenacity, compassion and commitment to your loved ones is / was superhuman.

I don't have the words to express the respect I have for you and what you have achieved.

You have made this country a better place - and reminded us all never to give up, no matter how difficult things seem.

Thank you.

15 Jul 2026 09:19:14
Well said, Kaiser... the families never ever gave up, even when faced with denial and hostility, door after door slammed shut in their faces, and they still kept their dignity... Inspiration to us....

15 Jul 2026 09:59:50
Well said. 👏👏

15 Jul 2026 10:58:44
Congrats to all those families. It's been a long time coming.

Justice maybe delayed. However, it cannot be denied forever If we keep pushing.

15 Jul 2026 12:09:27
The Hillsborough families are an inspiration to all, and the fight and dignity they showed is amazing.
Agree with the above posters. 👏👏👏👏👏

15 Jul 2026
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15 Jul 2026 06:37:47
Morning Reds. If any of the ITK’s could take the time and have the info it would be appreciated. Just wondering if Joao Gomes is a player Iraola has requested personally?

Ta.

15 Jul 2026 08:28:46
Imagine the confusion of singing "There's only one Joe Gomez, (that's the Joe not Joao one we're singing about), one Joe Gomez!"

15 Jul 2026 09:21:27
With Joe's unfortunate injury record, post-Southgate "red zone"-gate, there is only a slim chance they will both be on the field at the same time.

15 Jul 2026 10:39:27
Joao Gomes has been on Liverpool's radar since at least late 2021/early 2022. He was mooted as a Gini replacement. We tend to continue to follow players we have scouted.

15 Jul 2026 11:00:10
Exactly, Pelican. He has been linked to us for years. Not sure Iraola has anything to do with it. Just a case of him being available and the opportunity to sign him is there, imo.

15 Jul 2026 02:10:37
Has Iraola said anything about not targeting players from Bournemouth like Klopp did with Dortmund? If not, if we signed somebody who's most likely? Personally would like Rayan or Kroupi


Cheers.

15 Jul 2026 10:50:13
Doubt it, as Iraola was out of contract and therefore doesn't need to agree anything with Bournemouth.

15 Jul 2026 00:30:40
The Inside training video was good. I got out of puff just watching it. Great to see some real fitness getting into the lads. Most looked done afterwards.

15 Jul 2026 07:26:34
I know it was first day testing, but it was generally refreshing to see them working hard. The previous videos just looked like conditioning, hopefully, this will turn them into pressing monsters and stop all the late goals we kept conceding last season.

14 Jul 2026 23:40:40
The irony of the Barcola posts after the heat I got last week. He would be a terrible buy and would drowned in the Premier League.
All these World Cup "superstars" are eventually shown for what they are against greater opposition.
Recent biasy for a lot of World Cup players and yes I'll go there, that includes Bellingham too.
Against top opposition the cream gets skimmed and reality hits again.

I go of players entire season not a 6 week tournament mostly against extremely poor opposition in comparison to what players face week in, week out in England and Spain.
Remember, this generation of player is not of the
Quality from 10,20 years ago. A lot of World Cup "giants" have pretty sub standard first 11's.
Look at England btw. Who is coming behind Harry Kane? Where's the future great English no 9's?

15 Jul 2026 00:36:09
Barcola is a top player. He's proven it consistently over the last 3 years and one bad game changes very little in regards to my opinion.

15 Jul 2026 00:57:10
Agree with MK here, using one game to justify your opinion of a player is ironic when you mention recency bias and 'World Cup players', isn't that exactly what you're doing with your post about why you don't rate Barcola? I really hope you're not one of the ones that rated Diomande, because that would spell double trouble for you on the irony department.

😂 I agree he's not worth that sort of fee, but from our top targets he's the best option on paper and it isn't even close. Barcola has shown far greater ability than Diomande currently. The conversation might be different in 2-3 seasons, mind.

15 Jul 2026 03:27:03
So basically there is no one we should sign then?

15 Jul 2026 06:40:24
I see Barcola struggling in the prem. He needs space.

15 Jul 2026 07:16:36
Classy move to use your post to have a swipe at Bellingham.

The guy is dragging England through this tournament. Quite staggering.

15 Jul 2026 07:32:25
Not sold on Barcola at all. And that's not because of last night.

15 Jul 2026 09:23:56
Barcola is a no from me. Every time I've seen him play, he does nothing of note. Fast, I agree, but so was Alan Wells. Same with Diamonde. Surely there are decent wingers out there not costing 100 mill... For that price id want the finished article, not of what they could be.

15 Jul 2026 09:52:40
Stroms, I really rate Barcola and think he's at a similar stage in his career to Mane and Salah were just before we signed them; ready to explode and become world class.

I don't know what to think about the £100m price tag though. Maybe I'm old, but to me, players of that ilk should be £35-40m players, but if Elliott Anderson is £116m, then what do I know.

Because to me he's at a pretty similar level to Jordan Henderson when we signed him for about £20m!

I've decided to just not worry about the money side of things anymore. None of it makes any sense to me. If Tonali is worth £100m, then Barcola is too. It's just crazy that what used to be a £35-40m player is now costing nearly 3 times that much.

15 Jul 2026 10:41:24
Agree with that, MK, and I wasn't overly excited to see Mane and Salah play for us.
However, we had a great manager with a plan to utilise and optimise their talent.

I feel we are on the same path now.


Iraola is good at getting the most out of a team and individuals.

Imagine Barcola being improved to the same degree Semenyo was improved under Iraola.

15 Jul 2026 10:56:39
Exactly that, Ron.

For me, we already have 3 attackers who must start; Wirtz, Isak and Szoboszlai. Barcola comes in and completes that as a front 4. How the manager deploys them together in terms of formation and individual positions is quite simply not my concern.

I'm excited to see just what Iraola can do with 4 of the most supremely talented attacking players in world football.

15 Jul 2026 11:12:34
MKS, I disagree. Barcola is not a top player and is nowhere near the level Salah and esp. Mane was when they signed for us. What Mane was at the Saints is not what Barcola is for PSG. The guy doesn't even play that much for them cos Khavaraschelia (now he is a top player) and Doue are well ahead of him. Now Khavara at Napoli? Yeah, he was at Mane's level before we signed him. Sorry, Barcola ain't that. Doue isn't even that and he is better than Barcola, imo.

You may rate him high and all that, and that's fine as it is all about opinions.

However, let's not start comparing any Tom, Dick and Harry who can bang ball to Salah and esp. Mane before they came to us as beast cos a lot of them weren't.

Seriously, you got people out here comparing that scrub Yacuba Minteh to Mane at Southampton. No way that is a thing cos I remember what Mane was like at Saints and I don't have a short memory. So, I'm not having this comparison neither. We're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one, mate. And that's okay. Cheers, brother.

15 Jul 2026 12:49:47
MK, I know you watch other teams and players around the world more than me, just that the 10-odd times I've seen him, he has been very underwhelming, n I agree with you on the prices of players, bit of a joke now, maybe it's that what's putting me off.

15 Jul 2026 13:20:15
Well, for them to start, MK, surely Dom has to be on the right, surely, which I'm not totally against. Would whip top crosses into Isak and is a pressing machine, which is something we need on the wings. Oli, people shouldn't be comparing Mane to Minteh. When Sadio was Minteh's age he was still playing in the Austrian league.

14 Jul 2026 22:50:23
We all need to calm down or we will lose all our ITKs when
VIk Rob's Ned and Carras him to the fields.

14 Jul 2026 23:16:42
It's my ball and I'm going home !!

14 Jul 2026 22:33:56
Ned, Ned, Ned....

I suspect you’re old enough to know most of the trolls on here are from the worst period ever for having heads so far inserted up their own a** they can’t tell night from day....

You know better, but we get it, sometimes it’s hard not to take it personal....

Chin up, and forward we go... Site needs you.

Stupid Flanders!!!!!!

14 Jul 2026 22:49:35
Agreed. Ned, need your input, so don't let these who have a go get you down, sick of them.

15 Jul 2026 11:13:59
Who's Ned?