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05 Apr 2025 13:14:00
ESPN is reporting that "talks" have started with Ekitike's reps.
Obviously, no idea if true, but wanted to pass it along.
1.) 05 Apr 2025 14:17:15
I know nothing of the player but I do think it will be a player like that we buy, a bit under radar rather than a isak. Could see us buying isak if we only 1 to buy this window but we minimum of 4 to buy so no way we be firing out £100m plus for 1 player.
2.) 05 Apr 2025 14:55:06
Not sure I would believe anything ESPN is reporting. Mark Odgen and Beth Lindop have been embarrassing recently pushing anti LFC agenda.
Saying that, there does seem to be a little smoke on this player. Opinions appreciated?
Any smoke Ed's?
3.) 05 Apr 2025 15:39:50
ESPN also employed Steven Cohen who had an appalling record of constantly making pejorative remarks about Hillsborough.
4.) 05 Apr 2025 15:52:00
Depends on what smoke you're looking for KC ?.
5.) 05 Apr 2025 16:17:55
Its now being revealed that Klopp and Ljinders pushed for Nunez, whilst the recruitment team wanted Isak.
I wonder if/ how things would have been different with a goal machine upfront but without Nunez's qualities.
I like the look of Hugo, he looks potent.
6.) 05 Apr 2025 22:09:40
The priority should be improving the first 11. I’d rather spend on Isak than go cheaper to make cheaper to make sure we get a backup midfielder.
7.) 05 Apr 2025 23:54:12
@onekiss Changes are almost a certainty to the starting XI, but the current starting XI have also just about won you the league!, it's the squad depth and managers non trust in it that did not let them stay in/ win other competitions as well imho.
8.) 06 Apr 2025 11:53:50
Didn't realise Ekitike is a palindrome. How cool.
20 Mar 2025 11:29:26
ESPN is reporting that Arsenal are interested in Diaz. I don't know if that's true, and would think it's not.
1.) 20 Mar 2025 13:19:15
Al drive him and his dad down there.
2.) 20 Mar 2025 14:30:10
Not sure if AI is that advanced yet, but maybe soon!
3.) 20 Mar 2025 15:10:13
£40,000,002?
4.) 20 Mar 2025 15:13:35
Haha John, as would I mate.
5.) 20 Mar 2025 15:55:06
His Dad’ll think you’re kidnapping him.
08 Mar 2025 01:39:46
ESPN has been linking Liverpool to Angelo Stiller (again), Lamine Camara of Monaco, and Jesus Rodriguez of Betis.
Rodriguez is 19 and seems to play both wings this season.
I think all 3 would be very good additions. Especially Stiller.
1.) 08 Mar 2025 03:04:23
DBAV what makes you say Stiller would be a good addition, have you watched him in the Bundesliga this season? What are his attributes, I see he likes a yellow card, but I would be hesitant as Stuttgart are a mid-table German team in a mediocre league, I would fancy Liverpool to beat Bayern comfortably never mind Stuttgart and I’m just curious as to how good Stiller could be, at 23 he seems like the type of player Ward/ Hughes might go for?
2.) 08 Mar 2025 07:45:42
Has your Dad upset you again shughes? Sorry couldn’t resist
As for mid-table in a mediocre league, didn’t Endo come from Stuttgart?
3.) 08 Mar 2025 07:57:59
Hendo came from a “poor” Sunderland and Robbo from Hull
Sometimes players with potential are not playing at top clubs but they develop into quality additions in the right environment
Pretty sure if people watched Virgil at Celtic they’d have said he’s not that good- he’s only playing in the SPL!
4.) 08 Mar 2025 08:03:50
Endo ain’t much good either tbf. Neither Klopp nor Slott have really favoured him to play him on consistent basis.
{Ed001's Note - he played almost every game under Klopp, what are you wittering on about? He made himself first choice. You clearly aren't much good as a fan.}
5.) 08 Mar 2025 08:34:45
Stetienne - that's why he is on the bench most games.
6.) 08 Mar 2025 12:11:26
If there’s one thing I’d say about Stiller, he looks like he can sniff out a good pass.
7.) 08 Mar 2025 14:49:35
The classic modern day fan.
I’ve never heard of this player before. Quick cheeky google to look at his apps/ goals/ assists. Maybe follow that up with some YouTube highlights.
Proceed to slag player off and deem not good enough.
If only scouting was so easy!
8.) 08 Mar 2025 17:51:26
I've seen a fair bit of stiller and I'd say he's somebody who can rotate with gravenberch and mac allister rather than somebody who can do more of the defensive work to allow them to concentrate on contributing in possession. Most of the play goes through him in Stuttgart, he is their metronome and is sort of like Trent for us but in the deep lying midfielder role, he gets on the ball in his own half and initiates the play forward or sprays it out the flanks. In a way he's quite a bit more like the zubimendi type controlling player slot wanted from the beginning, rather than the more gritty number 6 that people here are hankering for, I can see it happening if Trent is leaving because his primary quality is his vision and ability to pass the ball across all sorts of distances and to do it quickly.
9.) 08 Mar 2025 21:21:06
If you can't see the value Endo brings then you must be blind (or a troll)
Only problem is he is 32. Just wish he was a tad younger so we'd have him for longer.
10.) 09 Mar 2025 02:00:01
Patrol Burgher thanks for the detailed response, good to hear Stiller has vision and can add passing from the centre of the park, he could be decent? Shaq Attack wind your neck in, I was just curious as I never seen Stiller, but you and others on here love to get on your high horse, I have been watching Liverpool for 54 years so hardly a modern day fan!
11.) 09 Mar 2025 11:39:28
Endo has filled a Milly style role quite well at times (Including yesterday) this season and offers valuable leadership (Captains Japon as well) . You need role players to win the league and trophies not just stars. To think your going to replace that with a developmental youth player is being naive. Stiller on the other hand could be a sufficient Endo replacement if Endo decides to move on (which is likely) . The problem you have is most players want first team minutes when transferring and that will plainly not happen with Gravenberch here.
12.) 09 Mar 2025 12:08:31
Endo should have started yesterday.
13.) 09 Mar 2025 17:32:18
If Endo would be willing to stay as that utility man (he was great at CB that one time), he would be an asset, but alas the man probably wants to tear it up for the last few years of his career.
14.) 09 Mar 2025 23:56:09
I know Mark if Endo had started we would’ve won.
06 Feb 2025 22:41:30
ESPN is reporting Liverpool interest in Angelo Stiller. It's a name I've seen on here before. May just be recycled, but he looks like an interesting prospect.
1.) 07 Feb 2025 00:13:51
I watched a video on him a few weeks back and he looks absolutely brilliant. Signed a new contract with a reasonable release clause.
2.) 07 Feb 2025 01:06:06
Not sure if he’s past it now. Hasn’t been in anything good since Tropic Thunder.
3.) 07 Feb 2025 08:07:01
That's some conk the lad has.
4.) 07 Feb 2025 08:21:03
He looks like he’s taken the ball to the nose a few times, good to see he puts himself in the way.
5.) 07 Feb 2025 10:52:40
If the football doesn’t work out for him he can always get a job as a sniffer dog. He could sniff out drugs or truffles from about 150 miles with that hooter.
6.) 07 Feb 2025 12:57:32
Yeah he could smell a Sunday dinner on Tuesday.
7.) 07 Feb 2025 13:07:15
It clearly looks like a nose that has developed from a cleft lip (a birth defect) to me.
8.) 07 Feb 2025 14:15:48
As they say in The Life of Brian"Blessed are the big noses"
9.) 07 Feb 2025 19:07:58
Surprised he’s not had a rhinoplasty to sort that conk out. Michael Jackson once had a nose bigger than that. Hard to believe.
10.) 07 Feb 2025 20:35:37
The man clearly had a cleft palate and you’re laying into him, no good that.
11.) 07 Feb 2025 21:43:12
Not in the slightest one bit funny lads.
12.) 08 Feb 2025 09:08:08
Crazy, not like he chose his looks, obviously a kid with incredible character who has probably had to overcome a lot of idiots.
13.) 08 Feb 2025 16:23:15
WALKON79.
It may not be funny to you. Comedy is subjective.
I didn't mention anything about a cleft palate Frode Kippers. I just said it was some conk, which is the truth. I didn't say it was bad, or ugly, or anything. I just commented on it.
In other news, he has a range of passing on him that's for sure.
14.) 09 Feb 2025 00:36:08
Cooler of course comedy is subjective. Say he signs and you're at a game will you sing a song about his conk? I'm sure the man would find it funny and inspiring.
15.) 09 Feb 2025 01:12:16
Empathy is also subjective.
12 Sep 2024 05:53:54
Ed2, I believe I've asked this question before, but I'm not sure if it ever got posted.
I'm curious to know your favorite players of all time. You provide so much info about transfers, but I'm interested to know who you enjoyed watching the most.
{Ed002's Note - There are plenty who were well worth watching - the likes of Johan Cruyff, Rivaldo, Ruud Gullit, Zico, Rivellino, Enzo Scifo and Ronaldinho.}
1.) 12 Sep 2024 08:48:04
Scifo was an amazing player, one of those players who could dribble past an entire team from deep, I only got to watch him near the tail end of his career when he played for Monaco but what a number 10!
2.) 12 Sep 2024 08:57:13
My first ever watching of a World Cup was Mexico ‘86
Michael Laudrup- who I think was close to joining the reds at one point - was a fantastic player.
3.) 12 Sep 2024 11:01:23
I remember ed001 shared exactly how close Laudrup was to joining us and how we messed it up, wasn’t he supposed to join us straight from Denmark and somebody thought he wasn’t worth the money?
{Ed001's Note - no mate, Laudrup himself didn't feel he was good enough to play for us at the time. Strange for a self-confessed Liverpool fan, but that was the big issue.}
4.) 12 Sep 2024 11:24:24
For me my favorite players of all time are all defenders lol- cafu, aldair, zanetti, maldini, desailly, and Virgil haha
The exceptions to this list would be mcmanaman and God.
5.) 12 Sep 2024 12:17:18
Instead of Laudrup, we ended up with Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge and Houghton, so it didn't end too badly, as great a player as he was.
6.) 12 Sep 2024 12:54:28
Good point Rome.
7.) 12 Sep 2024 13:21:15
Loved Hyypia, Patrik. Such a graceful defender. If he'd been a little quicker across the gound he'd be the best ever, imo. Scored a couple of bangers with his feet too.
8.) 12 Sep 2024 14:15:38
I might be romanticising him here and it could purely be nostalgia clouding my memory, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sami lose an aerial duel in our box lol, when I was young I was in awe of how dominant he was, a colossus indeed.
9.) 12 Sep 2024 14:58:49
Paul McGrath has to be up there with the best of defenders. USA 94 against Italy is possibly the best performance from a defender I have ever seen.
10.) 12 Sep 2024 15:09:06
Johan Cruyff for me. From an LFC point of view Patrick Berger Craig Johnston and Tommy Smith were some of my favs.
11.) 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.
12.) 12 Sep 2024 19:58:44
Hyypia was an absolute beast, near unbeatable in the air and positioning was immense. Proper defender, you rarely get the like of him nowadays. As said above if he'd of been a bit quicker he'd of been on Virgils level but he comes second to him IMO as best CB in red that iv seen play. The 80's were a tad early for me unfortunately.
{Ed025's Note - he was very good Westwood, not Jarred Branthwaite good but not far off it mate.. :)
13.) 12 Sep 2024 20:09:54
Apart from the obvious Dalglish I idolised Ray Kennedy and Terry McDermott. Terry Mac's highlight reel is simply ridiculous.
{Ed025's Note - all great players them Flash..
14.) 12 Sep 2024 20:13:30
Digger10, reading up on it, he was indeed linked to us in 83/ 84, according to reports, which say it was a difference in the length of contract which stopped him joining. I just remember watching a video of the 87/ 88 season and whoever it was who did the voice-over saying, that we once courted Laudrup but turned to Barnes and Beardsley instead. We may both be right. He certainly wasn't established back in 1983.
15.) 12 Sep 2024 18:22:42
A poster earlier on mentioned patrik berger as one of his favourite players. i remember him being good with a cracking left peg but as i was young i don't know how good he was. so ed01 what you think.
{Ed001's Note - I have to be careful what I say here, my ma is in love with him so to say anything other than good things will get me in a lot of trouble. He was a very good player, worked hard, quick, good left peg, could hit a shot but did have a few injury problems.}
16.) 12 Sep 2024 22:01:44
John Barnes and Steve Heighway two of my favorite Liverpool players to watch. Trevor Francis and Henry two of the best non reds I have seen at Anfield. I know who thought there was football before 1992.
17.) 13 Sep 2024 00:52:06
I love to watch ronaldinho I'm his prime, never has a player played with the same level of joy as ronaldinho. I also think Ronaldo nazario is the best attacker I've ever seen play.
But my absolute favourite player ever is Roberto Baggio for a variety of reasons. I was also pleased to find out he's one of the nicest people on earth and generous to a fault.
18.) 13 Sep 2024 01:05:11
I like the fact Ed002 picked mostly traditional number 10s.
From a personal view (outside of Liverpool) to add to those mentioned I loved Zidane, Van Basten, Iniesta and Baresi. but Maradonna was the best!
19.) 13 Sep 2024 01:47:20
Cruyff, my favourite ever player to watch but for Liverpool? Dalglish, without a shadow of a doubt. There's obviously quite a few but if I'm picking a number one then it's 100% Dalglish.
20.) 13 Sep 2024 02:02:21
I had limited matches to watch growing up, usually random Champions League matches on ESPN. I loved watching AC Milan. Was a huge Maldini fan, as well as Nesta and Kaka. Always loved watching Shearer and Bergkamp.
21.) 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.
22.) 13 Sep 2024 09:01:37
Agree Digger
We signed Aldridge when Rush went to Juve and then brought in Barnes and Beardsley later, and Houghto
Laudrup was linked prior to the WC ‘86
And of course, we weren’t competing in Europe at that stage either.
23.) 13 Sep 2024 09:06:40
BenRichards, I noticed that too, It think Ed002 has a type! My favourite players to watch as a kid (away from the obvious Torres and Gerrard) were Totti, Del Piero, Seedorf, Kaka, Nedved, Pandev and Ronaldinho. I just loved Italian football around that 2005-2010 era because they had so many good Attacking Midfielders and Second Strikers. Seedorf was the only anomoly as he played slightly deeper but he was just a monster.
Great picks Ed002.
24.) 13 Sep 2024 09:42:59
The list is long for me but here are my faves in no particular order; Ronaldinho, Maradona, Batistuta, Socrates, Rai, Barnes, Gascoigne, Waddle, Rijkaard, (Brazilian) Ronaldo, Zola, Hagi, Et'o, Weah, Stoichkov, Maldini, Baresi, Valderrama, Zidane and I will stop at Buffon.
25.) 13 Sep 2024 11:33:11
Laudrup said that a deal was agreed with liverpool, over a 3 yr contract. As he was about to sign, the board came back and said they wanted it to be over 4 yrs.
Laudrup was upset with the way the club tried to change there agreement and decided not to sign.
26.) 13 Sep 2024 16:22:00
I remember that was what he claimed himself, but it seems pretty bogus if you ask me, why would he kick up such a fuss about an extra year?
27.) 13 Sep 2024 18:00:28
Domestically Barnes was my favourite. Loved watching foreign football, for some reason always like Jean Pierre Papin and Basile Boli from Marseille, waddle Hagi Stoiichkov Baggio. Boban, Rui Costa.
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20 Apr 2025 19:58:04
Let's win 1 more!
1.) 20 Apr 2025 21:39:52
Spurs turning up to roll over.
2.) 20 Apr 2025 21:46:55
We can't go into thinking the game is won before kick off. We haven't been controlling games like before, Elliot needs a start. Please.
3.) 20 Apr 2025 22:38:35
If we approach the game the same way we have been approaching our games for the majority of the season esp. the way we did today vs LC then, I think we should be fine.
{Ed025's Note - it just shows how strong the league has been this season Oli, you made LC look like CL contenders mate.. :)
13 Apr 2025 17:16:21
Let's win 2 more.
05 Apr 2025 14:32:48
Just win 4 of 8.
1.) 05 Apr 2025 18:06:25
3 wins and 1 draw would do it. I can see Arsenal dropping more points.
2.) 05 Apr 2025 21:26:38
Just play as well as we can against Fulham - that’s all that matters.
17 Apr 2025 18:00:47
Great news. Excited to hear it and that the behind-the-scenes work paid off.
24 Feb 2025 14:57:31
I'd be in favor of those changes. I prefer Hato to Kerkez, personally.
A lot of this will be wishful thinking, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a clear out. Elliot and Gomez will want more playing time. Jota is never healthy. Nunez has had his issues and Diaz always seems to be trying to work a way to Barca.
Slot stuck with the team he had and is doing well. I'm excited to see him get the players he has identified as those he can excel with.
24 Feb 2025 14:54:53
I would be very in favor of Zaire-Emery and Hato if those rumors are true. Gittens would also be a very good signing.
15 Feb 2025 16:39:38
It appears he is good friends with Konate. Would be a very good signing and it would be something to have a you core to the midfield of he and Gravenberch.
I did see that PSG are interested in Konate. Let's hope both he and Zaire-Emery are teammates with Liverpool!
27 Jan 2025 16:45:09
How do we know they aren't closer to signing? Simply because new contracts haven't been announced?
We have no idea what's going on in the negotiations. The press do not either. We'll see what happens.
18 Apr 2025 21:26:59
I would go for Hato before Kerkez.
16 Apr 2025 13:24:04
I think Slot is doing what every new manager does. He's trying to determine the players at the club that have the qualities he values and can put to good use. If the players want to improve under his system, they have to adapt to it.
He's doing another thing all managers do as well. He's leaning into the players he trusts to demonstrate those qualities on a weekly basis.
I'm sure Slot wants everyone to improve and will use more options when he feels he has them. This is his first season in the PL and I expect he's learning the ins and outs. Hopefully, he has a squad with more players he feels he can utilize effectively for next season.
15 Apr 2025 20:23:57
I've always disliked the narrative about the league being down as well. Liverpool is winning the league because they are the best team.
Every team had the opportunity to win every game. Liverpool won more matches against the same "down" competition as every other team had to compete against.
14 Apr 2025 20:41:14
I'm with Babbity, Fekir and Konoplyanka were the first q that came to mind.
13 Apr 2025 19:20:34
I don't scratch my head at Trent. He's worked hard for the club and won everything there is to win with Liverpool.
If he leaves, he's doing what HE thinks is best for him. Objectively, I don't think anyone can blame him for that.
He's a young professional who is going to make the move that he thinks is best for his future. I hope that whatever decision he makes, he stands by it and makes the most of it. He seems like a good guy and I wish him well if he leaves.