16 Apr 2026 08:49:03
Now that Ekitike is out for 9 months, is there any chance that the hierarchy could ask Salah to stay till Xmas? With Isak so injury prone, we are very light up front.
16 Apr 2026 10:13:39
No.
Isak should be fully fit, Danns and Wright will likely get chances off the bench, plus we have other forwards who can also cover through the middle.
Rather than making him stay, focus should be on getting a top quality Salah replacement who could potentially also offer cover through the middle.
16 Apr 2026 10:28:54
I agree with you there, Shipley. Always look forward. Who knows, this could be the opportunity that Danns and/or Will Wright need to break through.
16 Apr 2026 10:30:05
Would be an upside to signing Gordon. Can go through the middle.
16 Apr 2026 08:37:21
Really hope we are smart and sensible in the market this summer. If we could pick up Senesi on a free for CB cover and Mingueza for RB for free that's two positions covered for only signing on fees. For me we need two midfielders and id like us to go for Alex Scott and Joao Gomes. Both could be had for sensible fees.
Stiller another one if we can't get the two I mentioned. Money needs to be saved for two new wingers. Diomande is a must and perhaps someone like Alikouche.
For me we need:-
CB cover
RB starter
2x midfielders
2x wingers
Nyoni and McConnell need looking at and a decision made if kept or a prem loan.
16 Apr 2026 10:20:57
We need to sign a starting RB, RW and CM for me. Then, it is about building squad depth.
In addition to Nyoni and McConnell, there is also Luca Stephenson. For me, he would be a great alternative to somebody like Endo, as he is able to cover DM and CB. I think we could really have used him at times this season.
16 Apr 2026 10:34:15
Think Stephenson's done very well in Scotland. Be good to have a look at him in pre season.
15 Apr 2026 23:13:34
Not an ITK, just decided to make a list of players we could potentially sign this summer.
Schlotterbeck
Senesi
Bassey
Hall
Andre
Joao Gomes
Anderson
Wharton
Scott
Onana
Fofana
Diomande
Barcola
Gordon
I know thoughts are divided on him but think Gordon would be perfect for us, plays multiple positions, local lad and gives his all every single game, we've lacked that passion/drive and he would bring it.
Also personally think we need some leaders in, somebody to fire a rocket up others when we're playing poorly.
Anybody in that list people would like to see? Anderson, Gordon and Andre would definitely add some steel and passion IMO.
15 Apr 2026 19:46:15
After David Ornstein reports the hell is happening to our club. Mo gone, Robertson gone, Ali off to Juventus. And now Ornstein again reporting slots job is safe. Top 5 no chance and must sell players to buy new as slot as stated. What a mess this club is in. Klopp's hard work gone
15 Apr 2026 20:45:58
Bit dramatic. We get Champs Lge football and move on.
16 Apr 2026 09:01:38
We will get top five.
15 Apr 2026 18:25:14
Our summer shopping list looks extensive.
Fingers crossed Ali stays.
LB do we trust Tsimikas or look to youth?
RB seems essential with Bradley's injuries and Frimpong not up to scratch.
CM another essential.
RW essential.
And now with Ekitike out, do we also look to add a striker? Gakpo could be used through the middle but isn't really suited for it and in my opinion, and would be better rotating with Rio on the left.
Add to that some fringe players possibly leaving - Elliot, Endo and Chiesa and we look very short.
15 Apr 2026 22:10:21
Gakpo can leave with his mother's boyfriend. He is a highly paid dud.
16 Apr 2026 06:51:19
Jacquet signing and Leoni returning secures us at CB. If Konate does go, maybe we could see a cheap option like Senesi, but it looks like Ibou might stay. I'd really rather he left and we sign Senesi. He's a better footballer with and without the ball. Konate is simply a better athlete.
RB and LB, I really think we should be looking to youth. Kerkez and Frimpong cost £70m less than a year ago, both coming in with good reputations. Bradley is only injured, not dead! Tsimikas is still there if we decide to keep him. We have Beck, Chambers, Ramsay, Stephenson etc. Stephenson especially looks fantastic and is far too good for Scottish football. Wasting critical funds on a 3rd RB or a 3rd LB when we've not even given the talented young lads we do have a chance, seems like a crazy decision.
CM is absolutely essential. I fully agree. Macca obviously doesn't want to be here.
His lack of effort against PSG was clear to see. He just let Dembele waltz past him. Joao Gomes would be my pick, but I also like Mateus Fernandes at West Ham. We don't need a player like Wharton or Camavinga, who both just strut about playing neat passes. We need some real mobility and defensive effort.
RW and LW are both essential. Gakpo, whether we like it or not, and also assuming he stays, will probably be needed as a CF a lot next season. Rio is still only 17. Salah and Chiesa will leave. It's critical to sign 2 wingers with genuine pace and the ability to go past a full back and put in a cross. Minteh/Toure and Gordon/Diomande would be my picks, because I think you want one left footer and one right footer out wide. It gives you good variation. Diomande and Toure are better on paper, but then Minteh and Gordon have Prem experience.
15 Apr 2026 13:03:59
We have a lot of very ordinary players I mean, mediocre as a result of crazy affinity for "release clauses" and "market opportunities" and I call them mediocre because Slot is not able to get more out of them than their base level like his predecessor.
15 Apr 2026 13:59:12
This squad is littered with players who have won the biggest trophies both domestically and for their nations.
The manager and training staff are at fault here!
15 Apr 2026 15:14:32
People massively over exaggerate how bad our team is. Most of them are title winners with Liverpool, Leverkusen or PSG. There are 4 players in our senior squad who haven't won a top 5 European league; Mama, Woodman, Leoni, Kerkez and Isak. That's our 2nd keeper, our 3rd keeper, our 4th CB, the PFA team of the year 2025 LB, and the PFA team of the year 2025 CF.
This squad should've been competing on all 4 fronts this season. A lack of fitness and conditioning, coupled with shockingly passive tactics, has effectively cost us what should have been a routine title defence. Arsenal and City are not good teams and we should genuinely be embarrassed we've relinquished our title to whichever one of them eventually wins the league.
15 Apr 2026 15:19:59
6 of the starting 11 last night have yet to win the Premier League. A couple of them, 6, have won a Bundesliga. Pretty sure only Macca has won something big on the international stage. We could not pass a ball 5 yards last night in dat 1st half.
I miss a time when a player was actually called out for playing poorly. Now it's all on a guy on the sideline who doesn't kick one ball. It can be argued there were mistakes in the lineup/formation, but c'mon we were p!$s poor for much of last night.
15 Apr 2026 15:45:16
I think if we get the second half of this recruitment revamp right then we could be elite again for years. If we get it wrong or don't do much business it could get ugly.
The rebuild could be legendary if finished correctly. There was no better option to replace Mo's threat/return than Isak, no better up and coming striker to back him up than Hugo, no better creative unicorn to replace TAA than Flo. I've been really happy with how Kerkez has settled, still so young. Jaquet and Leoni look as good of CBs young prospects as you'll find.
We need speed and trickery on the flanks, an energetic ball playing midfielder, and a consistent right back.
Kayode would be my right back pick.
Diomande can play either flank.
MF. Wharton is special on the ball but Anderson has to be the all action best option. I see City linked but he would thrive at Anfield under the lights chasing every man and ball.
Match that with an actual intense pre season, hopefully no tragic events, new signings accustomed to the demands of Premier League (even marathon machine Dom faded in his first season), Isak available, Rio further developed, no headlines about Mo being subbed (as much as I'll miss him) and I think things look a lot different.
I actually think this group will peak the year after next. Which for fans (and worse so bloody pundits) will seem like forever away.
15 Apr 2026 15:58:46
Florian, your man on the sideline is the reason why, bar Rio and Kerkez, the players have been on their backsides all season.
I know that is hard for you to believe.
15 Apr 2026 16:09:20
Talk about 2 different sides of an argument MK 😆. Look, without question we should have performed better in the 2 main comps. But for me I can't get on board that with this squad we should have been competing on all 4 fronts. We went in with a No.1 who has played 32, 35 and 34 games over the last 3 seasons. That's just under 40% of games missed over a 3 year spell. Crazy amount for a goalie, if it wasn't Alli he'd have been shipped out by now. His backup is someone most don't rate. At RB we went with a hugely injury prone academy graduate with a wingback with no Prem experience to compete. An 18 year old Italian (who I do actually rate) and Joe Gomez as your CBs if an injury occurred. LB fine. Jones, Nyoni and Endo as your backups in MF. The backups of a squad wanting to go deep on 4 fronts? On the left a 17 year old who has got better and stronger over the season.
But let's be real here Arsenal sent a guy well further along in his development off to France for the season because he was 6th choice winger. They also have a kid maybe even more talented as Rio who has made a fraction of Rio's appearances because they don't see him as ready. RW, Chiesa look the blokes a tryer but he is not good enough. All this is without the struggles of Robbo, Virg, Macca, Grav and Mo and basically missing Isak for the season. But forget them last few because they are just things that happen at every club that you just have to get on with. There are players at Liverpool that none of our competitors would want in their senior squads. There are obvious weaknesses. In no way is it realistic to expect it to compete on all four fronts.
15 Apr 2026 16:19:21
Fpf, are Rio and Kerkez superhuman or something? The man on the sideline will be gone soon. I really really really hope he's the reason, as you think, that most of them couldn't make a 5 yard pass last night.
15 Apr 2026 16:55:25
Florian, I suppose you think Artemis II is a hoax too.
15 Apr 2026 17:06:59
Wouldn't have a breeze whether it was or not, Fpf. No interest.
15 Apr 2026 18:40:43
Just to take some of the heat off Florian, I've been saying all season that most of the players have to take responsibility for us being garbage, too. It's not all on Slot. Our squad is nowhere near as good as City or Arsenal.
As an example, neither Jones, Gomez or Chiesa would get near either of their 22-man squads, and they've been on the bench for us most of the season.
We've got a massive summer ahead, whether we get shot of Slot or not.
15 Apr 2026 19:24:49
Nyoni and Ngumoha wouldn't be on their bench every week either. Endo also for me would not get in their squads.
15 Apr 2026 19:29:06
Agreed, Rome. I'm not convinced Endo gets near their squads, or even Macca, Frimpong, Robertson and Mo tbh. We've also got the likes of Bacjetic still floating around the squad lists and Trey who we hardly ever see.
If we're talking first teamers, I'd say Szob and Isak get in Arsenal's team, that's all, and VVD and Szob get in City's team.
I've discounted Ali because he's never fit.
Our squad planning, contract renewals, and transfer business has been a bit of a shambles. Too often opportunistic like Chiesa, and also very driven (as someone else said) by release clause pricing and ease rather than true negotiation for a player based on the tactical fit.
15 Apr 2026 20:08:26
I don't see a big spend this summer, maybe we replace Mo and Macca if we can get shut of him. But that's it imo. Last summer was out the blue for us and we did get a chunk back in sales to help, but maybe the odd kid for the future. We generally don't spend do we?
15 Apr 2026 20:49:52
I reckon a coupla hundred mill net. That seems to be the new standard for the big sides. It's what we did last year, for the talk of record spends we recouped half of it through sales.
15 Apr 2026 21:13:17
I was a strident all on Slot accuser. Whilst I still believe that the majority of what has gone wrong this season is down to him, I now also believe that those players representing the club are just not pulling their weight and have put in seriously substandard performances throughout the entire season since September. Rome has said this all along, and he and I debated it strongly on this forum. FM has been more pro-Slot than many others, but in fairness he's not totally wrong either with his analysis, even though I don't agree with him on most occasions. He is, after all, entitled to his opinion.
For me, now, after enduring the season so far, I have come to realize that the blame runs throughout the club, with Management, Coaches, Players not excluded from criticism. They all deserve it, and it can be apportioned whichever way you feel yourself. They have let the club and us supporters down to the point of embarrassment, and they should all hang their heads in shame. Their attitude has been horrendous throughout and half of them should never set foot on the Anfield pitch ever again. Let's hope we achieve top 5 and get the choices right in the summer to progress beyond this mess.
15 Apr 2026 21:33:51
I think I've been Pro-blameshare.
15 Apr 2026 11:59:45
An absolute shambles of a season.
Uninspired and pathetic at times from the manager, baffles me how anyone could be happy with this.
Questions need asked of Edwards and Hughes too, nowhere near good enough from the club and far too easy to “burn” seasons.
Uninspiring and tiresome.
Ken.
15 Apr 2026 17:50:20
Imagine next season with him still here KK...
15 Apr 2026 10:36:44
Can I be added to the live chat?
{Ed033's Note - WD40 added.
15 Apr 2026 11:16:45
This should oil the discussions.
15 Apr 2026 11:24:43
Things should be running smoothly in the chat now.
15 Apr 2026 14:56:01
Lubricated live.
15 Apr 2026 15:53:03
Chewy, that's a whole different sort of broadcast, one probably involving webcams and some specialist interest groups.
16 Apr 2026 00:22:58
Dying laughing, Zed, how did I not kop that before hitting reply.