Liverpool Discussions

03 Feb 2026 20:14:40
Did anyone see the goal against City on Sunday, where Solanke kicks through Guehi, and the goal is awarded.

My question is that if the roles are reversed, and a defender kicks through a striker in the same way, its a pen

So why wasn't that given as a foul?

03 Feb 2026 20:33:41
It's quite easy to explain JLC.

The officials are making it up as they go.
That same match players pulled back their opponent/ no yellow card

Other matches - automatic yellow.

03 Feb 2026 17:10:21
Most of the rumours recently were put out as we now know to stop the leaks, everything seems to be back to normal now. It wasn't CJ, that much I know. That won't stop agents and the like talking tho 😂.

As VG said the other day, Virg has done a lot of "cleaning up". let's just say there was some cliques forming but that is no longer a case.

Oh and that roundtable meeting was perfectly timed. Don't be fooled by what you see in front of a camera. I for one, don't believe it means Slot is safe.

03 Feb 2026 18:00:40
If we lose against City, Brighton (FA Cup), and Sunderland, not least in the last 16 CL tie, how can he be safe? We'd be out on our arse.

03 Feb 2026 18:25:15
I don't believe anything about that roundtable. I've seen similar roundtables like that before and it never ended well.

03 Feb 2026 20:20:37
Thanks TheFields.

Unfortunately we've been told that you are not an ITK. and that we can't believe what you tell us. OH, and you guys/ girls are clueless

But on a more serious note, thanks for the info mate
I appreciate it, if that means anything anyways, but its always nice to hear from you.

03 Feb 2026 16:38:47
As per my stance and understanding throughout, Slot is not going anywhere.

The club moved quickly to back him for next season and the recent Round Table interview with Billy, Richard and Arne is show the united front they have.

Other clubs are not putting the Directors Football in the face of the media and this move by Liverpool hierarchy was well executed.

Also the leaks seem to have been found. Stories of unrest within the dressing room were all false as I stated previously. There is more harmony and belief around the squad with a view that the Champions League was always priority this season.

Time to back our Manager as a fanbase, he is making the right moves to get us playing in the style we want.

Alonso, as it stands, will not be a Liverpool manager in the near future.

03 Feb 2026 17:05:46
Will believe that when the next round table shows the players, manager/ coach, staff and the execs sitting around a camp fire, with marshmallows on a stick and singing Kumbaya.

{Ed025's Note - but the scouts have to be there as well JLC.. :)

03 Feb 2026 18:02:14
The roundtable is a sponsor appeaser and was filmed a while ago. It signifies very little.

03 Feb 2026 19:19:10
Jonny -

that's nonsense - prioritising the CL is putting all your eggs in a very small basket! Especially with a squad in transition

Every club puts their domestic campaign at the forefront! Fergie swore by it and the same goes for Pep and even ourselves when we were dominating at home and in Europe - get your league form right first and cup completions fall in around it.


Slot is being backed at this moment in time but a faltering league campaign and a struggle to get automatic CL qualification will see him gone imo.

03 Feb 2026 19:57:39
Why would a round table appease sponsors.

03 Feb 2026 20:02:35
Teams in the CL don't play a low block, hence them prioritizing that competition.

03 Feb 2026 20:04:00
Scouts are too busy finding the next bunch of superstars that we will bye in the 3 transfer windows time Ed.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely JLC..

03 Feb 2026 20:30:41
JLC - of course they do,

Are you expecting teams to come to Anfield in a CL second leg tie with say a one or Two goal lead and not set up a low block.

Prioritising going all the way in the CL to the detriment of a top 4 finish is foolish.
We've had to play against teams with low blocks for donkeys years in the prem - it's not a new tactic and it's up to the coaching staff to combat it.

03 Feb 2026 21:22:23
Low Block is our Kryptonite.

Any coach who doesn't use those tactics against us is clearly out of his depth.

03 Feb 2026 13:41:20
My personal opinion is the leaks been plugged and were getting them for another season. It note that in there body language, its very positive now. Whereas slots previously was all over the place.

Thoughts?

03 Feb 2026 12:15:32
I think it's safe to say Arne is here to stay well past the summer with the latest Standard Chartered Roundtable stuff with Hughes, Hogan and Slot seems a very united bunch talking about the future beyond this season.

03 Feb 2026 12:42:49
Really makes you miss Ed002 doesn't it. So hard to pick through the liars nowadays.

Damn near every ITK on here said Alonso was done and Slot had fallen out with those above him. Doesn't look or sound like he's a dead man walking to me. Not to mention they tried to sign Geertruida for him 2 days ago, which would very much have been a Slot choice.

03 Feb 2026 12:46:34
That will disappoint many, Alex4.

03 Feb 2026 13:21:27
And Alonso is on City's short list?

And yet he's nailed on for us in the summer?

03 Feb 2026 13:58:42
I think it was certainly a much easier place to weed out the real ITKs when Ed002 was around because of the sheer knowledge, although the others do an amazing job as they always have it's the site I think it's admitted by most he/ she was a fountain of knowledge in the football worlds.

From the bits I have heard which is nowhere near as much the older I get and the friends I did have in the league has begun to rapidly dwindle with people retiring or going abroad, it does sound like Hughes and Slot have always been very united in their stance albeit with some disagreement on personnel being needed here and there which the interview does point to, however it's from Edwards/ Hogan and possibly higher up the grumbles regarding performance and return for the money spent and building on last year. Feels like a now or never moment for us to go for Alonso as I suspect if he's at City he will be there for a very long time after.

03 Feb 2026 15:09:38
Of course they all looked in good spirits. We had just beaten Barnsley and were yet to draw with Burnley or lose to Bournemouth.

03 Feb 2026 17:07:54
Where were all these people talking of unity BEFORE the interview? need to stop being so gullible people.

03 Feb 2026 11:58:47
Alonso isn't nailed on.

Strong end to the season and Arne stays and Xabi ends up at City, I reckon.

ITKs are clueless and the true silver tongue charlatans.

03 Feb 2026 12:41:19
That last line hits hard 🤣.

03 Feb 2026 17:08:37
And you know this how exactly?

03 Feb 2026 10:57:41
Just seen on Liverpool's Youtube channel Arne Slot, Richard Hughes and Billy Hogan on the Reds Roundtable. Quite a nice change of pace from the usual actions of upper management, I'm more used to people higher ups hiding behind the manager and letting them deal with all the blowback. But, credit to him, Hughes was willing to come on and be open about things.

Not saying Slot or Hughes are safe, by any means, but I doubt both would be willing to do such a thing, if they had been told that they were surplus to requirements at the end of the season. I get the feeling Slot's sacking may not be as far down the pipeline as many believe, nor Hughes for that matter.

03 Feb 2026 12:43:21
I have said it all along that people should take the itks on here with a pinch of salt, don't you think its strange once the great ed002 left us, we suddenly have 6 or 7 itks? Ed002 would probably have shut their nonsense down like he used to bless him 🙏.

03 Feb 2026 09:06:22
Any info from the ITK's on the progress of the reported new improved contracts for Szob and Grav?

And is there any talk of a new contract for Nyoni (contract ends Jun 2026)

Also are Jones, Ali and Baj (contracts ends Jun 2027) ) getting new contracts?

Many thanks.

03 Feb 2026 17:11:35
Dont ask them Mcgov. they are useless apparently.

They know nothing and all the info they give is BS of the highest order.

They'll tell you Macca is going to RM, but then we'll make him our next captain.

Dont trust them mate. they are the biggest conspiracy hacks to ever join a public forum.

03 Feb 2026 02:11:21
Why sign a defender for next season when we need reinforcements now? I understand he may be a good and targeted player but surely bring someone in straight away.

03 Feb 2026 06:15:44
The signing makes sense so he doesn't end up elswhere. I can only think barring the Guehi debacle and last minute Geertruida attempt there wasnt anyone suitable available. By all accounts Gomez and Frimpong aren't long term, Ibou is back and its only 1 game a week for a while so fingers crossed on no more injuries.

03 Feb 2026 09:25:08
Presumably we decided that there were very few players immediately available who were worth pursuing, and financially made sense. Other than Geertruida of course, with whom it genuinely looked like it might happen, until Sunderland pulled the plug.

I guess one way to look at it is at RB we still have Ramsay (plus Frimpong will be back in a few weeks). At CB we still have Virgil, Konate and Nallo (plus Gomez will be back in a matter of days). Then at LB we still have Robbo and Kerkez (with Beck due back in a couple of months). 6 fit defenders and 3 returning before the end of the season. Maybe the hierarchy are looking at it and thinking that Slot needs to make use of what he has? It's only Leoni and Bradley who are out for the season and if the club decided that didn't warrant a panic signing then fair enough.

Personally, given Slot's clear lack of faith in Ramsay, I'd have looked to bring Luca Stephenson back from Dundee and sent Ramsay back the other way to get some minutes in Scotland. No idea why we haven't made that happen to cover the Bradley injury.

I would've liked a CB for now because there is now a lot of pressure on Virgil and Ibou to play nearly every game. I understand that maybe they'd rather wait for Jacquet than sign a lesser player or one less suited to what they want, but it does leave us on a knife edge for this season. If Virgil gets injured, the season is probably a write off. He's one of only 5 outfield players to play every single minute in the Premier League this season and he's 34 years old.

03 Feb 2026 01:47:29
Understand he is on loan at the moment does he now belong to Villa or did that not materialise?

03 Feb 2026 09:29:18
I assume you are talking about Elliot? If so, he is still a Liverpool player. My understanding is that there is a clause in his loan agreement that states that Villa must sign him for £35m at the end of the season if he plays 10 or more games for them.

I believe that so far he has played 8.

02 Feb 2026 22:01:21
Now that the jacquet deal has been agreed and medical all done what will happen if chelsea or another club decide to come back in for him? I take it its just a matter if trusting him to keep his word.

02 Feb 2026 22:39:17
It depends on whether we're at the stage where actual binding documents have been signed by both parties or not.

If they have, he's coming here, end of. Unless someone wants to give us £80m for a player who's never kicked a ball for us.

If not, I suppose theoretically another club could come in for him, assuming they reach a deal with Rennes that is.

03 Feb 2026 09:30:35
The club made an official announcement so I assume contracts will have been signed and are now legally biding.

02 Feb 2026 15:38:43
More rumours designed to whoever is leaking info to DAVE Whatever his name is - Youri Baas and PSV defender Ryan Flamingo are the latest new faces being linked with a deadline day move.

02 Feb 2026 16:14:26
If you search baas online we have been linked with him since last summer. He's a left footed lcb who can play lb as well so would be ideal signing.

02 Feb 2026 17:22:25
If we sign Flamingo he won't have a leg to stand on.

{Ed025's Note - love it Rome..

02 Feb 2026 18:09:20
I'll be in the pink if Flamingo signs today.