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04 Oct 2024 17:12:27
Hello ed2. Do u know of any interest from lfc in mason melia? plays in league of ireland, only 16/ 17 and v highly rated. word is there string of top english clubbs after him, man city being strongly linked. I don't think he can sign til he 18 anyway.
{Ed002's Note - I am afraid I don’t know and don’t know who to am. He would nee to wait until he is 18.}
1.) 04 Oct 2024 18:56:40
Thanks for response ?.
2.) 04 Oct 2024 19:03:35
Talks are arsenal and Brighton are the two with the most significant interest apparently. as a person who's a soft spot for St Pats I don't see him good enough for arsenal / liverpool.
3.) 05 Oct 2024 05:56:52
Have u watched much of him stenova? he supposedly v good prospect, possibly 1st league of ireland player to go for e1m.
4.) 07 Oct 2024 13:04:53
Most recently as Friday in a local Derby v Rovers. He's a prospect and a very good league of Ireland player. in relation to some of the players we have I think he's a fair way behind. Best of luck to him and I hope he proves me wrong as I'd prefer to be cheering on one of our own (irish) :)
30 Aug 2024 10:29:19
Hello ed2 hope u well, thanks for your info over the transfer window period, v informative.
The Saudi transfer window closes sometime in October, can premier league players be sold to there after today? I. e could salah be sold to Saudi in September.
{Ed002's Note - Yes. They can be sold until the restristration date ends in the other country. Turkey, Middle East .....}
1.) 30 Aug 2024 13:41:02
Wouldn't massively surprise me if salah sold to saudi this window and chiesa is his replacement.
2.) 30 Aug 2024 13:55:18
Salah doesn't have to go, and risking covering him with a new player in a new league with injury form would be insanity.
3.) 30 Aug 2024 14:01:43
Salah has literally said he's not leaving, Digger. None of our main 5 forwards will be leaving this window now in my opinion because Slot also said Diaz is going nowhere. It looks to me like Chiesa was signed to allow Doak to go on loan without reducing our forward options. No doubt next summer when Salah does leave (seems likely after his comments about enjoying his last year) a decision will need to be made as to whether Doak and Chiesa have done enough this season to allow Salah to leave without a further replacement.
4.) 30 Aug 2024 14:05:40
Digger 10 It’s more likely Salah will see the season and hence his contract out and leave with a boat load of cash going direct to him rather than to the club to reinvest (like McManamam all those years ago) . Might be a club legend but there’s no altruism or blind loyalty when you can bank £50 mill! ???????????. More concerned about the Trent situation stagnation if honest ??????.
5.) 30 Aug 2024 14:28:11
Schultzy, I know Salah is Egyptian but there's no need to write your reply in hieroglyphics!
6.) 30 Aug 2024 14:54:23
I am not knocking down Chiesa and he could very well be a fantastic signing, but what you are saying is beyond the realm of reality and possibility. If we are so unbelievably stupid then there is no way up for this club ever again! Sorry, Chiesa is a complete unknown, we don't know if he will take to the PL, or how his form will translate over here, nothing he did last year suggests he could replace Salah at all. My only hope is his form is on an upwards trajectory and he could become a Potential Salah replacement next season if finds the Chiesa of 3 years ago. Because the Chiesa of last seasons is not good enough to replace the best RW in the world.
7.) 30 Aug 2024 15:10:16
The forwards are set, no issues there. In fact we could argue that’s as good a squad of forwards as there is in the game. The issues remain with other areas of the pitch.
8.) 30 Aug 2024 17:08:23
You do know that Chiesa last year wasn't even playing in his best position? Allegri stuck him as a sort of 10 centrally, when his best position is playing out wide as a traditional winger running at full backs. Judging him by his form last year when his entire team was underperforming in a rather conservative setup might not be the best idea, though he by no means performed terribly even when playing a position that isn't his favored one.
9.) 30 Aug 2024 17:26:29
Is the bridge between Luis Diaz and the club still burned or has the situation been remedied?
10.) 30 Aug 2024 17:33:58
Hopefully use are correct and salah stays as I think he will score bagful this season . we definitely need him.
09 Aug 2024 17:34:43
Hello ed2 hope u well. I see Billy koumetio has left to join Dundee. Do u know if we received a fee for that transfer? I've read several reports of him leaving but none state a figure or if it a free transfer.
{Ed002's Note - It will only be known when he is registered on the TMS.}
1.) 10 Aug 2024 01:37:55
It's the SPL mate, if we received a fee it would be £200k max, but almost definitely lower.
Will keep an eye on him this season, always thought he would come good at some point.
2.) 10 Aug 2024 09:10:37
Not sure Zubi and Baj or an either or.
There are a lot of games and we’ve seen the impact of injuries before (love Curtis but he’s had his share) .
Bajcetic is not ready to start but would learn a lot by staying. Those 2 plus A Mac, Jones, Szobo, Harv gives you 6 players across 3 positions. Ryan G might go?
I think Zubimendi, Gordon and Inacio will all be landed this month.
10 May 2024 13:41:32
Hello ed2 hope u well? Do u know of any lfc interest in Colwell of chelsea? R chelsea stance on selling him? We rumoured to be interested in him both now and previously. I checked search here but anything on him is going back a year.
{Ed002's Note - There was prior interest but Chelsea have no intention of selling regardless of some remaining interest from elsewhere.}
1.) 10 May 2024 18:12:47
Thanks for response. Would prefer branthwaite myself but Colwell looked good as well.
2.) 10 May 2024 18:23:51
Ed, I've read your summary on CB options that Liv is interested. It seems like there is no clear first choice for CB. Do you know if the club have their first choice CB? Or is it still to early to know?
{Ed002's Note - Inacio would have been first choice. Hincapie would be on the list. David Hancko would perhaps be an option.}
3.) 11 May 2024 13:33:56
Can’t understand why we didn’t sign Gvardiol last summer. We missed the boat on so many great young players that moved the last few years in positions we needed players. Gvardiol, Bellingham, Haaland, Tchouameni to name a few.
4.) 11 May 2024 16:36:31
Maybe because city did ??♂️.
5.) 12 May 2024 01:58:54
@OneKiss mostly because he didn’t want to sign for us. Nice you kept it under your hat until the last but one game of the season.
12 Feb 2024 10:10:47
Hello ed2 hope u well. U have said previously that lfc one of clubs to approach alonso repersentives to see what's his situation is next season. Would u be able to say who other clubs are? Reason I ask is I think he head and shoulders best candidate for us and wondering who competition will be to get him.
{Ed002's Note - Xabi Alonso (C) A popular choice for clubs and having a great season at Bayer Leverkusen, but very inexperienced, although there will be interest in him from Liverpool, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester United. Has made no secret of a desire to follow Ancelotti at Real Madrid - but that won't be until 2026 so they can be discounted at this time although he has the support of Carlo Ancelotti. If he were to win the league this season it would likely make it very difficult for him to leave. There are no clauses in his contract allowing him to leave to join them.}
1.) 12 Feb 2024 10:25:21
Didn't he said that he would like to manage Liv at some point in his career?
2.) 12 Feb 2024 10:37:07
Can’t see him coming to us. Probably stay another year then go to Madrid. He more than likely has a bigger affiliation to them than us, and if that’s the case then would you want him for a season or two? I wouldn’t I want someone who prepared to stay.
3.) 12 Feb 2024 13:13:03
Thanks for response. Not be that simple to get him then. Hope we do as I'm not too sure of the quality of the alternatives.
4.) 12 Feb 2024 13:34:17
Am not sure he would have a bigger affiliation to Madrid over us with this statement he made when playing for them.
am still a Liverpool fan and will be forever, absolutely" and that he will raise his Liverpool-born son as a Red supporter.
5.) 12 Feb 2024 14:01:14
His first choice is very much Liverpool going from the recordings I have seen. His family support Liverpool.
6.) 12 Feb 2024 14:46:47
@ Grino. I don’t think he would choose another premier league team over us if we was in for him too. That’s the level of Isupport for us I think he has. But us v Madrid different story.
7.) 12 Feb 2024 14:48:42
Not only is he coming to liverpool, but his club are now putting out feelers for their next manager. He will fit right in, and take us to another level, heard that he is also bringing over his best centre back, but not 3 players that has been mentioned.
8.) 12 Feb 2024 15:03:21
Ed02, why would winning the league make it difficult for him to leave? Just curious.
{Ed002's Note - There will be a huge push to keep him at the club where he is very happy if he wins the league.}
9.) 12 Feb 2024 15:03:41
Real Madrid are the only thing preventing us from landing Xabi IMO. Carlo until 2026 means we lock him in this summer or miss out (or we wait until Madrid are finished with him) .
Ed02 funny you say that. I actually thought winning the Bundesliga would make it easier for him to depart. What a hero to take them from relegation zone to champions in under two years. Especially for a club often mocked for bottling it. I don't see how he tops that as Bayern and even Dortmund will likely be stronger next season and i expect the opposite for Leverkuson with so many eyes on their players. But then again l, he might want to stay and ride that wave and see what he can do with them in the CL. Just my opinion
Amorins Sporting are also playing serious football. Really like them and he seems to have a way about. Maybe a good 2nd choice.
10.) 12 Feb 2024 15:27:21
L8 he is a Liverpool fan so I think he would love to manage us didn’t only leave because of a fall out with Rafa when he tried forcing him out of the club to replace his Barry.
I think he will be the Liverpool manager next season but only time will tell.
11.) 12 Feb 2024 15:44:09
From what I am hearng it's a done deal.
12.) 12 Feb 2024 15:46:49
There are countless interviews on YouTube where he says Liverpool is his second home and that we hold the fondest memories in his career. His family are also Liverpool fans. Not me saying it but it’s there for everyone to see. He also said he hopes our paths cross and he gets to manage us one day. If we approach him, I think it would be extremely difficult for him to turn us down. Let’s see what happens though.
13.) 12 Feb 2024 16:42:18
I can’t see him choosing Man U or Chelsea if LFC are interested.
Let’s be honest, Chelsea is a bit of a merry-go-round, they go through managers quicker than we go through Prime Ministers.
Man U - a club in a very long transition.
14.) 12 Feb 2024 21:41:12
We need a Manager who has suffered ups and downs, somwone who has walked through the storms. Alonso has none of that.
15.) 12 Feb 2024 21:46:35
Xabi Alonso is coming to Anfield as our next manager……. That’s my opinion……. No inside knowledge on the matter……. but I have a similar feeling to the time when we brought Klopp in… I just kinda knew he would come…… and that turned out as I had hoped
It’s just meant to be.
16.) 12 Feb 2024 22:30:20
Leek, based on your logic, who would you suggest? Sam Allardyce?
17.) 12 Feb 2024 22:31:52
Can’t see anyone but Xabi.
18.) 12 Feb 2024 22:41:18
I don't see him at another PL side if Liverpool are interested. I can't think of a manager who has moved clubs to a direct rival club so Bayern would be a contentious move, as would Barcelona if he has ambitions in Madrid. My guess is he moves to Liverpool or stays at Bayer.
19.) 13 Feb 2024 06:17:52
I think Leek would love Big Sam at the club, so he can say how unambitious FSG are. Personally I'd go for Neil Warnock.
FSG OUT. So unambitious.
20.) 13 Feb 2024 07:40:30
Good morning ed002,
Just our of interest, who would be your first choice to replace Klopp?
Cheers
Drogie.
{Ed002's Note - I think Alonso would be a good choice. I expect Klopp would support Julian Nagelsmann.}
21.) 13 Feb 2024 10:19:48
Hi eds, i would choose Julian Nagelsmann ahead of Alonso. Alonso could crumble badly if face with adversity e. g losing league by 1 pt or losing CL final, or faced with injury crisis.
22.) 13 Feb 2024 10:48:44
Alonso is a humble, quiet man, who I believe will be lead by a longer term vision. If BL win the league and get into the CL as champs, surely he will stay for another season.
At the same time, it seems clear that LFC and RM are his two dream tickets as a manager, and perhaps a long stint at each is what beckons.
23.) 13 Feb 2024 12:17:02
@ Centrepoint, humility is nice but not required for top manager. Is Paisley a humble man? He said the" only 2 teams Merseyside joke. "
We need a serial winner, someone who has suffered failure, who can pick up pieces if things don't go as planned and go get the next one.
{Ed001's Note - that wasn't Paisley. Please don't make up nonsense out of ignorance. Paisley was one of the most humble men ever. Your ignorance is astonishing.}
24.) 13 Feb 2024 17:54:31
Bayern will do what they do best and poach the best players from them to make it a one horse race again so pointless him staying if that happens.
25.) 14 Feb 2024 06:27:41
No thankyou to Julian Nagelsmann. His wife couldn't trust him, so neither will I.
26.) 14 Feb 2024 18:03:37
Has your account been hacked leek? You never used to post such nonsense in the past. Or am I mistaken?
With regards the new manager, I, like most of is would love to see Alonso.
He’d be given time due to the affiliation the fans have with him. He plays progressive football, Bayer are always looking to play forwards and move up the pitch. The formations he uses would very much suit the players Liverpool have in the squad right now and on top of all of that I think he’ll become a great manager.
Only thing is I would hate for the expectation to be so great that if, for whatever reason, he didn't join, where does that leave the club? I personally like Nagelsmann, has a touch of the Brendan Rodgers about him but I think a very good coach. Outside of those two Im a little lost for candidates that aren't an even bigger gamble.
Certainly going to be a very important summer in the short to medium term for the club.
27.) 14 Feb 2024 19:39:02
Whenever we hype things up such as Bellingham being a shoe-in, it all goes a bit Pete Tong. However we have a habit of getting a rough diamond who goes on to be a great fit. Alonso is a great fit but i cannot help feeling that he will either stay where he is and take Bayer Leverkusen on their Champions League journey or one of the Spanish giants nick him. Hopefully he comes. This may depend on who we recruit as Director of Football, as they will need to be singing off the same hymn sheet. I take it as Red that the owners will frank the plan. At the moment let's concern ourselves with the task in hand and leave the powers that be to get the job done, whatever that will be. They have been mostly spot on over the last 10 years so trust them.
28.) 14 Feb 2024 19:54:00
Scouse john, depends if he likes the loyalty and love of the Liverpool fans or take the risk of the Madrid fans turning on him and having 2 years at Madrid if he can, he would take the job at Liverpool if offered, we need to offer him it, i'm sure we are working hard on it, winning Bundesliga would be the perfect send off, no one else gives a feeling that would soften the blow of Klopp going, can't think of anyone who comes close?
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22 Sep 2024 10:21:31
Hello ed1 good 3 pts for us yesterday, played some good stuff I thought. Have u seen much of the Hungarian lad that plays lb for Bournemouth? Everytime I watch him he impresses me and he only 20 or 21. Would suit us and type of profile lfc would go for I think.
{Ed001's Note - very inconsistent, on his day good but put under pressure defensively and he struggles badly.}
1.) 23 Sep 2024 08:55:38
Needs some coaching but I agree that I think he'd make a good replacement for robbo.
17 Sep 2024 07:09:46
Very interested to see how we perform tonight and react to Saturday game. At end of last season the way we fell apart concerned me as regards the mental toughness of players, the general consensus on here was that klopps departure had taken its toll at end and that why we ended season so poorly. I'm not so sure on that but I think we need to see a strong reaction from players tonight, which should happen if your a strong willed team after a v poor performance the game before. At end of last season 1 performance was worse than the previous 1. Not necessarily saying we need to go out and win tonight, as it will be tough game, but we need to see players stand up and be counted, not fall apart after a bad day at office after a good start.
1.) 17 Sep 2024 11:32:34
The Premier is ye "bread and butter", Saturdays debacle needs to be put right first, the starting eleven against Forest should all be rested tonight for Bournemouth, that will take the "tiredness" excuse out of the way straight away! plus the fact Bournemouth has a full week off.
Arne (and JK) like us know who the two biggest LFC problems are, MO and TAA who both suffer from the new football "SICK"-ness called the "Ronaldo/ Sterling Syndrome" being it's my way or no way? or if i don't get what I want am throwing me toys out of my pram!
You only have to look at their faces and petulant, childish reactions when JK and Arne have substituted them in games, that to me stinks of smugness and selfishness, it makes me want to look away and Vomit, besides being embarrassed, if they think their problems are legitimate and a big, big worry, they need to step into "our" real worlds to smell the Reality of life presently, I once moaned to me mother, I got a dose of salt and pepper in me mouth, as my mother replied "there will always be someone, who is worse off than you", I never moaned after that (till now! ), as she was right.
There is only one answer to deal with the "Ronaldo/ Sterling Syndrome" Culture and that is to get rid of them ASAP, as it is just going round and round in circles all the time, such as the past two seasons, over to you Arne, as you have my full backing. I only want to watch players whose motive is not greed or selfishness, or the big I am, but who would sweat "Blood" and Tears" for Liverpool Football Club which will always be bigger than any "Big Time Charlies".
You get a better football team when players play for the Club and not themselves, as the old saying goes:
" a team can pull one man, but one man can't pull a team"- "You'll Never Walk Alone" also applies to the above saying.
2.) 17 Sep 2024 12:26:01
Indeed, Digger. The pressure is on now so let's see how the players and esp. the manager react cos this is the highest level he (Slot) will ever coach at so it's his time.
3.) 17 Sep 2024 15:12:13
One can only hope Mr Slot is the next Carlo Ancelotti who won the Premier League and FA Cup in his first season at Chelsea, and the Bundesliga also in his first season at Bayern Munich, and thank god he failed at EFC!
Instant success Kop will rename him as "Arne"celotti" Slot.
and also hope Arne Slot is not rephrased as Arne's "NOT"!
Best of Luck Arne, I think you will do quite well in the years to come.
4.) 17 Sep 2024 17:52:02
Players are now "Big Time Charlies" because we lost a game.
Comical stuff.
5.) 17 Sep 2024 18:31:23
Trent and mo want to be on the pitch from first minute to last because they want to affect the game and believe they can contribute to the team every second of the game, not because they’re big time Charlies who put their own accolades above the team. Sure they shouldn’t throw a strop when they’re substituted but klopp and slot have both stepped in to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Mo has proven his desire and commitment again and again, and here you are with this he’s a selfish player diatribe that the media cooked up again.
He is an elite player with an elite mentality, even when he isn’t playing well he believes he can change a game and he doesn’t go hiding, that’s why he’s produced as much as he has for us. Of course he isn’t going to be happy being taken off given the kind of player he is but we should be glad that he is the way he is and that we have him playing for us.
{Ed025's Note - i agree with all of that PB..
6.) 17 Sep 2024 18:37:41
Aye, Ronaldo didn't train hard and perform brilliantly for some of the biggest teams in the world, did he?
Listen to some of his ex teammates talk about him and you won't get the impression that he is a Big Time Charlie.
If he's scoring over 900 goals I'll forgive the odd tantrum too.
7.) 18 Sep 2024 03:22:29
@Rigsby, as they say, the harder you work, the luckier you get.
8.) 18 Sep 2024 09:58:53
Indeed, WDW. Luck is also "when preparation meets opportunity". You prepare hard and work hard, the more prepared you are to seize the opportunity when it comes.
11 Sep 2024 10:29:37
Hello ed1 hope u well. with the news elliott out for a while, do u think bradley could play in szobo position if needed? Both powerful direct runners. im pretty sure elliott would've been used in szobo position if and when needed. Nobody really else stands out who can play that role, I haven't seen enough of nyoni tbh to decide whether he worth a rattle.
{Ed001's Note - not really, no. Mac Allister, Gakpo can both play it, as could Jones (if he is fit), plus there are plenty of youngsters, such as Nyoni who could play it.}
1.) 11 Sep 2024 11:22:24
Elliot's injury couldn't have happened at a worse time for him or the club.
We literally have 7 games now in a 22 day period.
2.) 11 Sep 2024 11:52:55
I've read that at Feyenoord, Slot converted a natural winger into being his AM. So maybe Gakpo, Chiesa or even Salah could be considered as options there if Szoboszlai needed a rest. Salah has played AM for Egypt I believe, Chiesa played as a SS for Juventus last season and Gakpo played AM under Klopp at times.
Mac Allister is the standout though as he played about a third of his games at Brighton as an AM and he arguably brings more on the ball in terms of goals and assists, whereas Szoboszlai offers more off the ball in terms of pressing and selfless runs to draw defenders away.
Huge shame for Elliott, but I believe we've got a really strong squad that will cope comfortably, even with a busy schedule.
3.) 11 Sep 2024 13:16:38
I would imagine it will probably be Gakpo filling in until Elliot returns.
4.) 11 Sep 2024 15:52:02
Jones'll come in now and take minutes Harvey'd had got.
5.) 11 Sep 2024 16:03:23
Curtis Jones back in training, hopefully he can stay fit. Hopefully Elliot comes back stronger!
6.) 11 Sep 2024 19:11:01
We'll be fine.
7.) 12 Sep 2024 11:32:43
Chiesa has almost had a full season last season of playing pretty much as a CF / CAM. We’ll have options.
Part of having a very deep squad with some versatile players.
01 Sep 2024 21:05:51
Some result that ed1! I'm not a fan of fsg as u know, and this summer has been v disappointing from a signing and contract renewal point of view, but I have to say the appointment of slot looks a masterstroke.
When alonso didn't want job there didn't seem to be anybody out there to fill the vacancy but they looked to have nailed it. He cool, calm, confident without been arrogant, already after 3 games we can clearly see what he wants and how he wants to play. not afraid or insecure in himself to use some of previous regime good points and also firm enough to point out bad things, like lack of determination in tracking back on a counter attack which I seen creep in last couple of seasons. Early days but excellent so far.
1.) 01 Sep 2024 23:07:48
Early days and all that but Slot should be getting fair and balanced credit for the amount of doubt he is getting.
He’s taken the team he inherited, which was a great team, and taught them how to play smart and efficient. We looked like an adult version of our teenage selves from last season.
2.) 01 Sep 2024 23:48:39
Was happy when Slot agreed to take over. The best option available. He’s been excellent. Really impressed how he set us up for United and they couldn’t cope. He’s also getting a tune out of Gravenberch. Top four is a very plausible target.
Ed002 was dead right about him as a coach.
3.) 02 Sep 2024 01:20:27
Top 2 VV.
4.) 02 Sep 2024 08:29:58
I'm confused Viktor. I thought our non existent midfield was constantly being walked through? That's been one of your 20 times a day posts for weeks.
Does that mean that Slot actually knows more about his players than you do or just that he has more faith?
Just out of curiosity likes.
5.) 02 Sep 2024 09:02:27
Faith, I agree. that's cos the players the club signed are very smart, intelligent players with high footie IQ. Also, he knew some of the players like Grav before he came here so rather than teach him new tricks, he simply just asked him to play in a system resembling the one he had been used to in his Ajax days and with a technician like Macca alongside of him, it's like both had been playing there for us for years whereas he has only been here a season.
Klopp may not have been perfect but he left a very good crop of players and Slot had admitted that he couldn't believe the player we had at his disposal when he arrived. Many of us didn't believe him at first. I guess he was correct. Let's keep it going.
6.) 02 Sep 2024 11:02:08
It’s remarkable really that the new coach said he wanted assess the players and his initial assessment was that we have a lot of high quality players that would be hard to improve on. It really does seem that he knows what he is doing and also that the much maligned FSG seem to have appointed another very, very good coach.
Interesting that Slot referred to Marmadashvili as one for the future and Chiesa as one for now, which is what the club has been saying they wanted to do in transfer windows for about 3 years or so now.
Almost like a plan.
Also interesting to note that the two teams who spent the least in the transfer window have, between them, currently won 6 out of 6 between them.
01 Sep 2024 07:41:37
Hello ed1 hope u well. Big game for us today, interesting to see how we do,1st big test of season.
As regards contract situation of the 3 lads, it's been done to death and not going over reasons why they still in this situation. How do u see it going with the 3 players now as regards staying on r going?
I was pretty confident while ago that vvd+ trent would resign and mo would leave at end of season, no inside info just gut instinct on it. Not so sure now what way it will play out.
{Ed001's Note - if I was them, I would feel unwanted.}
1.) 01 Sep 2024 09:14:05
Ed001 on today’s game what’s your thoughts regarding the starting line up.
Is it a case of if it’s not broken don’t fix it and go same side that started last week or will a tactical change come in and a change here or there.
I’ve even seen calls (not on here) for Endo to start.
{Ed001's Note - stick with what is working for now. Slot has shown he can be quick to make changes if needed.}
2.) 01 Sep 2024 09:54:34
Clearly, Ed01 knows some stuff in the background we don’t know that he cannot share right now hence, it will b interesting to see what the fall out will be at the end of the season or even in Jan when they are able to talk to other clubs, should they not re-sign.
{Ed001's Note - it is not that, Trent was all set to sign and happy to do so. Virgil and Mo have not even had an offer that I am aware of. How is that going to make them feel wanted when they are just left to hang like this?}
3.) 01 Sep 2024 10:23:02
Why aren't we dealing with this properly Ed001? It feels, especially with with Trent, we're self sabotaging. Are we trying to avoid paying players £350k a week in wages and reduce our wage bill? If so, we'll struggle to keep our best players moving forward.
{Ed001's Note - just swapping one incompetent for another and none of them are actually dealing with it. It was put off for the next one and then it got put off again until after the window. It is just incompetence. People not having the balls to deal with it and leaving it for someone else to sort out.}
4.) 01 Sep 2024 10:31:31
Maybe the club is assessing them during the early stages of the season before deciding what to do.
Maybe the players are assessing the club as well.
New manager, new way of playing, older legs, wage demands and offers and all that.
5.) 01 Sep 2024 12:07:35
Ed01, thanks for the info. So if that is the case then, it can only mean one thing: The club isn’t bothered about them leaving should it come to that. I think they will get a contract offer but one that may not be suitable to them and this to me, will b by design.
Cos we all know when a club wants a player gone, they offer an extension that they know will not be acceptable, just to say they wanted the player to stay but rejected the contract extension. This is what I think will happen, based on the info you just provided, mate. Just my take.
Oh and the idea of leaving something undone for someone else to do over and over again, is what we call “Kicking the can down the road” in politics, something that doesn’t bode well at all.
6.) 01 Sep 2024 12:12:04
Ed, I know you're busy, but honestly how hard can it be for these guys? We are talking about 3 of the 4 most valuable playing assets at the club. How can the club officials go to work each day, knowing they are on track to lose 150-200m worth of elite players for nothing, and not consider it a priority to deal with immediately?
To think that Virgil and Salah haven't been offered anything yet is astonishing. One is one of the greatest defenders we've had and shows no permanent decline in his capabilities, the other simply our best player of the PL era, who is reinventing his brilliance season after season.
And Trent hasn't signed yet, why? He's a long way off the dreaded - and outdated - age bracket where difficult alternatives have to be considered. The seeming arrogance of Liverpool baffles me.
{Ed001's Note - it is pure incompetence to leave it so long. There was never a need to and getting it sorted would have made the transfer window easier as well. If you want to convince a player to join, they want to see ambition, the best players I mean, and that means keeping your better players.}
7.) 01 Sep 2024 12:29:17
Edd001 how do they even get away with it? Do fsg not even keep an eye over key players contracts being allowed to run down without anyone answering why? Hughes answered this about a month ago with slot to the press. His answer was an invasive non answer. Highly doubt he'd be saying to his employer above him "we won't be discussing players contracts". What exactly are they being paid to do? Sell a few young prospects and think they're big time Charlie's?
{Ed001's Note - FSG are very hands off, this is on Edwards, Ward and Hughes now. It should have been sorted before those 3 were involved, but that does not excuse them not dealing with it the moment they could. For me, you have to question their competence to do their roles when they are failing to deal with the most pressing issue at hand as soon as humanly possible. They have had months now and it is still hanging over our heads. Even if they do get the contracts sorted, questions need to be asked about how it was allowed to get to this point under them. It is frustrating as it is very straightforward to actually deal with.}
8.) 01 Sep 2024 14:36:03
You'll upset Becker being critical of the club like that. He's the number one super fan don't you know.
9.) 01 Sep 2024 15:06:44
Aren’t we all fans @Endo? Someone who didn’t really support the club would have to be really, really sad with no life at all if they just came on here to be negative just for the sake of it and try and get a reaction.
10.) 01 Sep 2024 16:00:28
It seems that fans are more bothered about the contracts than the players or the club.
Maybe because the players and the club know more about the contract situations than the fans? Is it more about us being kept in the dark than what really happens?
11.) 01 Sep 2024 20:35:52
Absolutely agree ed, it’s only human nature to not feel valued in circumstances like this. Poor club management and poor man management, nothing says your not valued more than silence.
05 Oct 2024 05:56:52
Have u watched much of him stenova? he supposedly v good prospect, possibly 1st league of ireland player to go for e1m.
04 Oct 2024 18:56:40
Thanks for response ?.
13 Sep 2024 06:52:12
Rome77. Wasn't trying to act the know it all, what I was getting at it was that he would've been in a previous team and wouldn't have effected us so much of buying 1 of that front 4,as that front 4 a joy to watch and for many a football supporter around my age that is why they fell in love with football and lfc.
12 Sep 2024 19:56:37
I might be wrong rome77 but I think we close to buying Laudrup around 83/ 84, few years before that brilliant front 4 u mentioned.
He would've been some player for us in any era or any team.
07 Sep 2024 08:38:48
So do I. Best cb I've ever seen.
06 Oct 2024 09:08:50
Unbelievable how many injuries Alison picks up, i've never seen a goalie have so many. Such a pity as he's a truly great player. We will miss him at the emirates for his presence on arsenal set pieces.
04 Oct 2024 10:18:34
I would guess what has happened, and its only a guess, that when club shouldve been sorting his renewal, summer 22,they where slack on it and took for granted that he be no problem to get signed up.
Then kloop made his decision to quit and trent then didn't want to negoiate as he wanted to see who new mamager is and what ambitions of club are trsnsfer wise. We got slot and im sure trent was thinking whose this, like rest of us. He then wanted to see what slot like before he sign anything, i would imagine he quite impressed so far. The summer transfer window v poor and i would say he disappointed with lack of ambition and that is a minus as regards him signing.
Only me guessing no inside info.
03 Oct 2024 13:33:12
Nunez for the size of lad he is, is v disappointing when competing for a long ball or goal kick from keeper, never seems to get a flick on or hold it so team can get up field.
Last nite with bologna tactics of man marking allover field left ali too kick long to forwards, i don't remb nunez winning 1 header r hplding it up at all, his oppentent dominated. Has te do better in them 50/ 50 type situations.
01 Oct 2024 19:55:00
I think use will win it ed14,excellent defence which prob best in Europe. Credit to your owners for backing manager time and again, fair play to them showing ambition.
I think when arteta came in he had to put an 'edge' in2 arsenal as u always felt they soft touch and he has done that v well.
I must admit I don't enjoy watching them at times as they seem to delay everything and slow game up a lot, it's obviously a tactic and it hard to watch at times.
Arsenal 1st, city 2nd, lfc 3rd is how I see it planning out, I don't think lfc will be too close to use to be honest, but we have done well so far.
{Ed014's Note - thanks mate and good luck for the season
01 Oct 2024 10:15:16
Ole deserves a 2nd chance imo.