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31 May 2022 12:43:15
Ed002, just seen a rumour that PSG might be interested in Keita, any legs to it or would his past indiscretions rule out a move anyway?
{Ed002's Note - It seems unlikely to me but their new DoF is working hard to refine their targets.}
1.) 31 May 2022 13:39:27
Is that new DoF Mbappe, Ed002?
2.) 31 May 2022 13:53:07
Please be true. He is ideal for the French league.
3.) 31 May 2022 14:05:43
The new DoF will probably have to run it past Mbappe first lol 😂.
4.) 31 May 2022 14:12:20
Plz be true.
{Ed0666's Note - 2 hopes Bob & no…
21 May 2022 15:39:27
Ed002, sorry if this has been asked already today. It looks like mbappe is staying in Paris, with Haaland at City could this open the door for Salah to get his wish and be back of interest for real?
{Ed002's Note - It is possible but right now it seems unlikely. Real Madrid have other options they have been working on but they have to deal with a balancing act that sees departing wide players and bringing in younger players as they work to keep wages down. They could keep just two of their wingers, add replacements and improve on their striking options and some will argue that might be money better spent.
1.) 21 May 2022 18:01:41
When Real get Edwards and change their MO, it is going to be tough to ever be first choice for any player.
2.) 22 May 2022 01:20:54
I agree Edwards leaving is going to be a huge loss, let's hope his successor learn from him well.
{Ed001's Note - why do people rave about Edwards? What has he done that is so special? He doesn't pick transfer targets, he has ended up having to overpay on every target due to the terms we could offer. The wage bill has risen massively under him and he struggled to offload surplus players due to our wages for fringe players being so high. Not sure what is so special about him that has made Liverpool fans rave so much about him.}
3.) 22 May 2022 08:51:04
Never looked at edwards like that ed1 it doesn’t make him look good at all.
{Ed001's Note - it is not all his fault. He had to overpay for targets as the club was hamstrung with a lack of upfront cash to pay, so had to agree to pay more over the term of payment to get the deals done. But that then meant we had even less cash for the next deal. Hence why we are left paying off lots of deals that are already done, such as for Jota.}
4.) 22 May 2022 12:16:13
Cheers ed1 great answer as always.
{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate. It is a difficult one, he was working with one hand sort of tied behind his back, so difficult to judge him, but what he did was hardly earth shattering. He seems to have rode the Klopp-bandwagon, rather than being a key component of it, imo.}
5.) 22 May 2022 19:10:47
Ed001, I think a lot of people are impressed with the amounts he got for the sale of some of our players - Coutinho, Brad Smith, Jordon Ibe, Dominic Solanke, Rhian Brewster, Mamadou Sakho and others. I agree that some of the purchases from the view of amounts, terms and agents' fees have been quite high.
20 Jul 2021 16:50:50
No space in the 22 for Harry Wilson or Neco, I'm guessing both are nearing moves. No nat either so he may be closer to the door.
1.) 20 Jul 2021 16:59:18
Neither Wilson nor Williams have unpacked their suitcases yet.
2.) 20 Jul 2021 17:21:49
Wilson and Williams only arrived yesterday. Kelleher and Phillips not involved either so are both out the door?
3.) 20 Jul 2021 17:42:26
Karius playing so he's our number 1 now.
4.) 20 Jul 2021 18:40:05
I forgot that they were at the euros so came back late. Its been a long day! Either way I'd still expect wilson to be gone by season start.
5.) 20 Jul 2021 18:01:04
Waste of time even starting the season. 1-1 with weed wacker fc and losing to Stuttgart. If we don't sign Oblak, Pavard, Kante, Mbappe and Haaland among others then we'll never get top 4.
6.) 20 Jul 2021 21:07:25
The sad thing is OMM is that there are probably fans posting pretty much that on Tw@tter and won't be joking either.
7.) 20 Jul 2021 21:43:45
I think you mean ‘people’ rather than ‘fans’ Flash.
8.) 20 Jul 2021 22:05:22
100% Flash. I'd call them idiots though not fans.
9.) 20 Jul 2021 18:01:04
Waste of time even starting the season. 1-1 with weed wacker fc and losing to Stuttgart. If we don't sign Oblak, Pavard, Kante, Mbappe and Haaland among others then we'll never get top 4.
01 Feb 2021 21:32:05
Anything in the minimino to saints rumour ed002?
{Ed002's Note - H was offered to a number of sides.}
16 Sep 2020 11:25:36
So apparently Brewster is off to Shef United, I think this is a great deal for all parties personally.
The lad needs to be playing week in week out for a couple of seasons if he is to hit his potential. We get money in now to invest in players that Klopp feels can help now rather than helping in 3-4 years time.
If it works out we will likely have first refusal, the player may be willing to come back as we have allowed him to leave for his benefit. If it doesn’t we have pocketed some cash for someone that hasn’t developed as hoped at the height of his value.
It is smart business all round in my opinion and if there is a buy back figure it will likely be lower than his perceived value in a few years time. And he is working under wilder who will keep him on the straight and narrow.
I am a huge fan of his but if he stuck around is he even going to make the bench? And that just isn’t good for his development.
{Ed025's Note - your spot on WYred mate..
1.) 16 Sep 2020 11:40:37
Do we have any idea what kind of fee we may be likely to get? What was Liverpools valuation of him?
{Ed025's Note - not at the moment snoots, it will be getting thrashed out as we speak mate..
2.) 16 Sep 2020 11:49:28
Ah, well we Usualy get decent fees, I know it's random but if we could get enough together to bid for patson daka, he looks a good prospect could take game time off our front three I think.
{Ed025's Note - i think if money is available snoots then thiago will be one to be coming in mate..
3.) 16 Sep 2020 11:52:54
We would never buy him back. we need to take that myth away. Let's wish the kid has a stellar career at Sheffield or beyond. At least we aren't making any fake promises to the lad.
4.) 16 Sep 2020 12:08:33
Harry, why wouldn't we buy him back if he proved good enough and there was a position available for him? Truth is none of know what the future holds but do dismiss that we could potentially buy him back seems crazy to me.
5.) 16 Sep 2020 12:08:45
Stop leading us down the garden path ed, I am at me whits end with the thiago buisness.
{Ed025's Note - hes the one jurgen wants mate, i would have thought cover for the front 3 myself but its hard to argue with mr klopp..
6.) 16 Sep 2020 12:28:27
The Lad is good today But he is a proper center forward, something we don't play with. Brewster like Danny Ings is a very good striker. This sale has nothing to do with him needs to prove a thing.
7.) 16 Sep 2020 12:43:44
It’s kinda strange that we let a homegrown out to get Thiago where we are well stocked in midfield unless we are pushing Fab as backup for CB and Gini as CDM.
However, with Brewster going, the cards will be shifting around for movements.
8.) 16 Sep 2020 12:43:53
But harry that's how we play today, in 3-4 years we may have an entirely different system.
9.) 16 Sep 2020 12:54:45
WYred
Sheffield might sell him next summer or maybe in two years, we don't know. Not sure what the clauses are but if there are clauses then the price also decreases. We are not looking at 3-4 years for sure.
10.) 16 Sep 2020 13:30:21
Whilst I wish he stayed, fair enough. If he isn't getting game time and playing every few games for at least 45 mins and starting cup games, I don't blame him. I do think it's a weird transfer as he's HG and looked an absolute baller, played very well for Swansea. I just hope we have a buy back clause in, because if he ends up scoring double digits for SU this season, I'd love him back, we definitely need cover for the front 3, and Ox/ Shaq/ Origi haven't been doing it for me. I would have preferred selling Origi to Villa and keep Brewster, mainly for HG benefit. Oh well, hope he has a great career at SU! Wilder is a good coach and I'm sure he'll do well there.
11.) 16 Sep 2020 19:53:32
Don’t forget about our Japanese pocket rocket! I’d say we are doing well if Brewster leaves and Thiago comes in. Cover for the front three looks like Minamino - ox- Origi- Shaq. That doesn’t look too bad does it? It’s looking possible that Sarr could be added to the mix. That would make a pretty decent window for us!
{Ed025's Note - that cover for the front 3 looks very very weak to me redman, the only one who looks half decent to me would be minamino mate, the other 3 would do well to get a game for rochdale..
12.) 17 Sep 2020 04:22:51
If a deal includes any sort of a buy back that would make him a valuable future option and we get 20 or 25mil income now it can only make sense as it's a risk with very little chance of causing us regret. If you asked me would I prefer thiago in our team for next 2 or 3 years or Brewster I'd 100% say thiago. If the buy back option looks good value compared to his future progression then we could nab a potential bargain when Firmino is no longer our no.9. To receive 20+ for a player yet to play in premier league and only 6months first team involvement at championship level would be silly to turn down. He could either be a solanke or an ings. We would love to have a situation where ings could be re signed at a good price or else be satisfied that we got paid well for solanke and never seek to bring back. Sheffield Utd will know that they can't guarantee to be in a position of strenght in a few years where they could expect to demand much higher fees for him than maybe 30 or 40mil potential buy back fee. The likes of pogba and sancho going on to become so valuable when let go for so little must have frustrated United and city but negotiating with those top clubs made it unlikely they would agree to a buy back where as with sheff Utd it could work out for both parties. Ed are you aware if the likes of iheanacho or moise kean for example were let move with something similar in their contracts as big clubs letting hot prospects leave must want to consider the possibility of future success. Madrid have done this with carvajal, morata and recently hakimi all becoming twice their value over 12 months. Didn't bayern bring gnabry from Bremen at cut price? I'm not 100% sure on that one. Are there many notable big players who were used in that way?
{Ed0666's Note - What I want for Xmas is for you to start using paragraphs in you’re posts.
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05 Feb 2025 20:27:53
What are people's opinions on them supposedly clamping down on wind up celebrations?
Obviously some things are off limits, i. e. the 97, Munich etc. which nearly everyone will agree on. But having a little bit of needle between players and fans is all part of the fun. If you begin to police it, where's the line? Stop removing emotion from the sport as there will be nothing left.
1.) 05 Feb 2025 21:34:16
Suarez diving in front of Golum will never not be funny. As for the arsenal player at the weekend, a lot of fuss over nothing. It’s just people being over sensitive.
2.) 05 Feb 2025 22:04:45
Let players celebrate how they want, football is becoming so sterile I like to see a bit of grit and fight….
3.) 06 Feb 2025 07:02:31
There are other far more important things that need addressing than goal celebrations. If they can't recognize priorities, the game is doomed.
4.) 06 Feb 2025 07:10:39
Gary Neville running the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the away fans was equally galling and brilliant.
5.) 06 Feb 2025 07:44:47
They should concentrate on the standard of refereeing and VAR implementation, than petty stuff like this.
6.) 06 Feb 2025 07:59:16
So we’re legislating for players feelings now? lol
This is dumb and impossible to legislate as players don’t own celebrations.
7.) 06 Feb 2025 09:28:15
Just on the subject of goal celebrations. I understand the reason for booking a player who removes his shirt to expose a message beneath. But surely this is not necessary now. It seems harsh that removing your shirt can be treated the same as a late challenge which can cause real damage to a player.
8.) 06 Feb 2025 11:52:21
@Willo_the_wisp, was going to say the same. We would ask them to focus on the wretched state of officiating in the PL BUT clearly, you will find that in no. 99 of a 100 things to look into in the PL's list of priorities, with clamping down on celebrations being in the top 3.
9.) 06 Feb 2025 12:29:35
I am all for it.
However, the Arsenal coach, players and fans can't have thin skin at the same time. You play with fire, you get burnt.
{Ed014's Note - I’m sure the Arsenal coach, players etc, couldn’t give a flying phuck what anyone thinks.
Haaland wanted to be a smart ass cock and got a suitable response.
Added bonus is that clown will always have a head like a robbers dog!
10.) 06 Feb 2025 16:43:09
Players get booked for taking off their shirt as sponsors want their logo in the photo. that's all folks, let the FA say that anything they do is for the protection or well being of anyone when we all know what their priorities are.
11.) 06 Feb 2025 14:18:36
Ed014's Note - I’m sure the Arsenal coach, players etc, couldn’t give a flying phuck what anyone thinks.
And long may that continue when it comes to the "celebration police".
{Ed014's Note - ??
22 Jan 2025 22:07:21
So just looking at the CL table and if it was to finish as it is (incredibly unlikely) but the teams we would face would be one of 15,16,17 or 18th which are currently Munich, Madrid, Juve and Celtic. Hopefully that last 16 tie becomes a bit easier then it is currently!
1.) 22 Jan 2025 22:37:51
The reds don't fear anyone, remember we were the leading team in europe for a fair while under Jurgen.
Its only really been Real that had our number. The rest are toast.
2.) 22 Jan 2025 22:47:06
I thought that teams that finish 9 to 24 play off against each other.
Then the winners of those get drawn randomly against teams 1 to 9 who get to play the second leg at home as they are seeded.
Is that not right?
3.) 22 Jan 2025 23:41:18
Winner should get to choose. School yard rules for the win.
4.) 23 Jan 2025 00:10:03
No there is no draw footyfan. This is copied from a SkySports article:
For example, the teams who finish first or second in the league phase will face a team who finishes in 15th, 16th, 17th or 18th.
Compare that to the team who finishes in seventh or eighth, who could play a team who finishes in 23rd or 24th but also run the risk of facing the team in ninth or 10th spot - which could be a major European outfit.
5.) 23 Jan 2025 01:15:39
There's a playoff for the bottom 8 I think and four winners then get tied against the top.
6.) 23 Jan 2025 05:34:54
9th - 16th placed teams are seeded. Which gives them "advantage" of second leg at home.
17th - 24th placed teams are unseeded.
The match-ups are kind of based on rankins. as in 9th/ 10th could play either 23rd or 24th, 11th/ 12th could play 21st or 22nd.
The unseeded teams are grouped in pairs (17/ 18, 19/ 20, 21/ 22, 23/ 24) with their corresponding ball in a pot with it's pair. e. g., 17 and 18. then a ball is drawn and that would determine the spot on the draw. They'd do that for all the unseeded teams so they're on the draw and then they'd do the same for the teams ranked 9-16. but as above, the balls team 9 and 10 would be in a pot together to determine if they play 23 or 24.
something like that lol
but think the remaining 16 teams are put into 4 group with the top 8 from league phase seeded 1-8. I'd assume the break down would be something like team 1 and 8, 3 and 6 seeded on one side and then the other would be teams 2 and 7, 4 and 5 seeded on the other.
and similar draw where team ranked 1 and 2 potential opponents would be teams ranked 15 and 16.
hope that helps hahahaha.
{Ed025's Note - as clear as mud that Faith..cheers.. :)
7.) 23 Jan 2025 06:10:43
This new format is so confusing. How can we possibly play 15th/ 16th when there’s a playoff to be had and 15th/ 16th can be eliminated in the playoff?
8.) 23 Jan 2025 06:40:24
I thought the bottom teams get relegated. The middle 16 play eachother and then go on to play the top 8 who have a game less. If that's bot the way it is then the whole league phase seems pointless as anyone can basically play anyone.
9.) 23 Jan 2025 07:29:38
??? Best thread in ages.
10.) 23 Jan 2025 07:40:30
They have made the playoffs confusing, there's a draw after the league phase. But 9/ 10 will play either 23/ 24.
If it was me, I'd just have 9th play 24, 10th play 23 etc. then in the last 16 do it like the NFL where the top seed gets the lowest rank seed (based on the table), then just cascade down from there.
And shaq effectively the 15th, 16th 17th and 18th play each other, and two progress. Then 1st and 2nd will play either one of the two.
Their thought process is that this should give 1st/ 2nd the fairest advantage. As theoretically 9th/ 10th play 23rd/ 24th and you'd expect the two higher placed teams to go through.
11.) 23 Jan 2025 09:06:40
I thought I had a rough idea of how it was going to work. I haven’t got a clue now. ?
Guess I’ll just have to wait and see. Quite looking forward to the draw now. Every day’s a school day.
12.) 23 Jan 2025 09:48:02
Only one point away from being crowned the first champions league league winners. The quintet is on! I read that the top 8 have home advantage in every tie in the knockout phases. Then I read that the last 16 is a random draw. Footy mob has shown me a table that belongs in the spreadsheet world cup. Football is becoming like technology. The older you get the more unfamiliar it becomes. I don't know what the exact idea of a league format was but if was to keep the money teams on top it's kinda not worked out that way this year. Overall it looks to be a failsafe to still keep big teams in the competition despite a few bad results. I do like the fact that you only play a team once in the first phase though. The team that finishes 24 could win the whole thing this year. All clear as mud.
13.) 23 Jan 2025 10:06:57
I have just read all the posts describing how the draw works . I never had a clue how it works n thanks to everyone, iv got less of. clue now .
14.) 23 Jan 2025 10:10:28
Anything can happen in knock out football! it's not a gimme?
15.) 23 Jan 2025 10:08:23
Handout 25 lol
It makes sense in my head and drawn as a diagram lol.
{Ed025's Note - im still trying to process it Faith.. :)
03 Dec 2024 19:39:48
So I thought I’d do a little looking ahead to see if it was time to get carried away.
Our max points haul 109
Arsenal/ Chelsea 100
Man City 98
Average title winning total is 91 over the last three seasons, highest is 93. So if we based winning the league on 94 points. We need 20 wins from the last 25 games. All based on Arsenal or Chelsea only dropping 6 points from the remaining 75 available. Which if they do that then fair play!
We find ourselves in a fantastic position and hopefully our route to number 20 starts tomorrow by turning 20 into 19 needed.
1.) 03 Dec 2024 19:47:05
@Wyred, VVD said in interview, just focus on next game. I will challenge the players to stretch the lead to 20 pts.
2.) 03 Dec 2024 19:51:02
Leek - more chance we sign Mo to an infinite length contract for $1m/ week than we stretch the lead to 20 in the next game
?.
3.) 03 Dec 2024 21:41:31
Maths maybe ain't his strong point Faith.
I'm not sure what is to be honest.
4.) 04 Dec 2024 13:00:00
Flash, @Leek's strong point is talking up Arsenal in a way to bring LFC down. Now that, he has down to a science.
30 Aug 2024 10:38:15
So when is it acceptable to ask about the winter window? ? honestly the constant questions about the same thing must be incredibly frustrating but the site is great and is checked probably more often then I care to admit! But appreciate all the effort that goes in and hopefully you get a small break before the January questions start.
1.) 30 Aug 2024 10:56:32
WY, I’ve decided to wait until Monday to start asking about the pre contract between us and Mbappe, if he’s joining in January, lol.
TYVM all Ed’s Marvellous work not to mention the accuracy.
2.) 30 Aug 2024 11:35:30
Kew Mondays mood on here will be very much determined by Sundays result.
3.) 30 Aug 2024 11:55:03
I’m still waiting for ed2’s long awaited sharkopod. He is cutting it close if it is to show up before the window closes. Any moment now.
4.) 30 Aug 2024 12:01:50
I bet the traffic in terms of questions has to be least this year as there was no real action from new LFC transfer team.
5.) 30 Aug 2024 13:05:22
You'd be surprised Sami. Just because we don't make signings, it doesn't mean that there won't be rumours. Just take a look at the rumour's page. A few that were just posted yesterday have been pushed out of the three rumours pages that we have.
13 Aug 2024 08:21:24
I don't get why some are so upset about Zubimendi 'rejecting' us. This window has been very quiet and the ITKs need something to talk about. We hadn't even agreed a deal with the club so the transfer was no where near close. And all the talk was just about us being interested or making him an option. The rest of the chat was social media getting ahead of itself.
This summer was always going to be difficult with a new backroom team and hierarchy. But let's see what the season brings before we lose our tiny little minds.
1.) 13 Aug 2024 08:38:07
It’s not even him turning us down because it was probably to be expected. It’s mainly the fact we can’t even get our 3 best players to sign deals. VVD says he hasn’t even been offered one. The season starts in a few days, we look a mile of challenging to me.
2.) 13 Aug 2024 08:41:46
There's no place for sense on here at the moment WY.
If you're not a hysterical screaming child then you're not a proper fan!
3.) 13 Aug 2024 08:56:25
I think the kicker was when Ornstein came out and said that Sociedad expected him to move to us, WY, if that didn't happen I'm not sure folks would have had such high expectations for him coming. I'm still not sure why everything happened the way it did, it's all very bizarre, and I'm sure everything will come to light in the future, but let's hope the club are moving on to another option in the background.
4.) 13 Aug 2024 08:36:22
Nobody is upset of player rejecting us. This has happened in the past as well. It’s the manner and time. Why waste 2 two and half months! The kid was available all summer. One should do their homework well before. Hughes is showing his true Bournemouth level.
14 Jan 2025 10:41:59
It was a reply to another rumour, think it was on page 2 of the rumours.
14 Jan 2025 07:46:08
It's not just the figure it could be how it's paid that's the issue.
However seems like the interest is genuine, cheers Macca. But the fee seems to be in the right ball park too. Hopefully the club can get an adequate replacement as Jota can't be relied upon and it's a huge risk going into the run in a senior player down.
10 Jan 2025 15:41:06
A Dutch newspaper I think saying it's imminent.
04 Jan 2025 20:36:13
It’d be horrible. We’d be renamed L, moved to London and he’d probably change our crest to DOGE.
09 Dec 2024 12:31:15
Still remain hopeful of a triple announcement however I think at the very least we will get virg by the Christmas tree.
02 Feb 2025 18:54:07
Nothing changes and we move on to the game in hand, worst case after that is 6 points clear with 14 to play. Then they still have to come to ours in a game where hopefully, if the gap maintains, all we need to do is not lose.
There will be twist and turns as neither will win their remaining 14 in my opinion but we are in a fantastic position as the finish line comes closer.
30 Jan 2025 18:28:06
i'll give the club the benefit of doubt as it's January and other than city, everyone seems to be in the same boat with a lack of signings.
But we need a really busy summer otherwise the club will majorly be in the spotlight.
As for the contracts, right now, I am not sure any stay and actually see a scenario where Robbo and Ali are added to the old guard leaving too. The only saving grace is no one has announced a pre contract agreement and I am sure the other club involved would be shouting it from the rooftops.
30 Jan 2025 15:14:38
Or did you just trust the wrong guy ??.
30 Jan 2025 12:30:37
There seems to be conflicting information, ESPN as an example have it as you describe whereas UEFA imply the brackets are completed on Friday.
In short I'll wait until Friday and work backwards from there, as I am trying to work it out but still non the wiser!
30 Jan 2025 07:27:47
Zed the draw on Friday will determine everyone’s route to the final.