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07 Aug 2024 12:44:21
Anything in these Bastoni rumours Eds? Obviously a good player just not sure I've seen that many great Italian defenders transition to the PL.
{Ed002's Note - Liverpool have their CB targets and he isn't one.}
1.) 07 Aug 2024 13:27:28
Cheers Ed002. I'm not surprised, thought it sounded like a nonsense!
2.) 07 Aug 2024 13:28:23
With Pacho gone, are we only left with Inacio, Ed?
{Ed002's Note - Goncalo Inacio (CB) Watched by scouts from a number of PL sides, including Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, with each declaring an interest. Sporting will not be keen to do business with Liverpool although the club could potentially arrange to pay his full Release Clause in a single payment and force the situation if the player is interested - and that seems a strong possibility to me. Then it will be down to the player. The other sides to declare an interest are Newcastle and PSG, but PSG have a plan over another player. Real Madrid offer a wildcard option but have a far preferred target. Sporting would rather not sell and are looking to a further new contract and an increased release clause. Newcastle have held talks with Sporting in order to be able to speak directly to the player and to understand if there is flexibility in the payment schedule – but there isn't - so they have moved on. Arsenal moved their focus is on Calafiori. The player has also been offered to Chelsea by his agent when discussing another player, but they have preferred options for a long-term Silva replacement although do have an interest in Inacio's CB partner Diomande. The player's agent has also said that Inacio is open to a move to Manchester United and they may push depending on departures. Right now something will be possible with Liverpool if they can persuade the player and pay the funds in a single payment. A van Dijk replacement for Liverpool - so perhaps they are the ones to watch.}
3.) 07 Aug 2024 13:56:28
Thanks, Ed.
Is he the only option left now that the likes of Pacho, Califiori, Yoro, Huijsen have gone elsewhere?
{Ed002's Note - There are others remaining.}
13 Nov 2023 11:39:28
A search didn't bring anything recent up - is there anything in the rumours linking us with Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth?
{Ed002's Note - Lloyd Kelly (CB) Free Agent next summer interesting Spurs, Milan Borussia Dortmund and West Ham. Wildcard may be Fulham, Newcastle or even Liverpool who have a lengthy list of CBs being considered.}
1.) 13 Nov 2023 11:54:32
Cheers Ed002. Can't say I've seen him play really but assume he's half decent based on the list of interested teams ?.
2.) 13 Nov 2023 12:48:17
Might be wrong but I'm pretty sure Liverpool had a lot interest a long time ago when he moved to Bournemouth, would be a very good option to replace Matip with potentially saying that I feel Quansah has shown more then enough to be 3rd/ 4th choice.
{Ed002's Note - There was interest before.}
3.) 13 Nov 2023 12:30:20
How do I search for that CB list ED? Any names to search for?
{Ed002's Note - I don't want to get involved in providing any lists at this time.}
4.) 14 Nov 2023 11:11:18
He would be a great signing.
5.) 14 Nov 2023 18:18:20
Nah, Lfcfan_03beef. We can definitely do better than Kelly, bro.
6.) 15 Nov 2023 10:19:58
If its for free in the summer its a good signing for me too. especially if the club still thinks Chambers needs a loan.
7.) 17 Nov 2023 00:30:50
Only thinking squad option, tidy player with plenty of potential and youd think quite cheap, Ed2 has told us a few times that Tsimikas won't last forever as our backup so would be a fine addition in my opinion. If you haven’t watched so much of him take a little look. Since I made that post I also have seen a few rumours about Ait-nouri (sp sorry if wrong) who I do also like. Neither would spell the end for Chambers I don’t think.
21 Jul 2023 13:16:32
I know we've seen this dismissed before but reading earlier that City and Leipzig are some way apart over Gvardiol - any chance of us stepping in now that we have extra funds available from the Hendo/ Fab sales?
{Ed002's Note - Of course not.}
1.) 21 Jul 2023 16:32:45
They not selling this year and us signing him next???just kidding.
13 Apr 2022 07:23:26
Eds, seen us linked with Gelson Bremer of Torino in the press a few times recently - anything in this? Wasn't sure we need another CB at the moment unless someone is moving on perhaps.
{Ed002's Note - Try searching.}
1.) 13 Apr 2022 11:26:00
I can see Gomez leaving for Villa so that he gets to play. I also see a need for an elite CB who can challenge the rest. Gomez is not that suited to our system, and is unlucky w injuries. I like the look of Bremer, but it appears he has chosen Inter.
Wonder why we bid for Demiral and then didn't go for him once he became available.
2.) 13 Apr 2022 12:29:18
Would have thought Gomez was perfect for our system.
3.) 13 Apr 2022 12:58:48
How is Gomez not suited to our system he's perfect for it. rapid and decent on the ball.
4.) 13 Apr 2022 14:10:43
I think that Ed1 said once that it’s cos he’s not good in the air which is needed for the high line.
5.) 13 Apr 2022 14:25:09
What about either of the centre half’s from Burnley. Ben mee and Tarkowski spelling 🤣. remember when they were highly thought of ðŸ‘ðŸ‘.
6.) 13 Apr 2022 16:33:06
Can imagine dem 2 defending near d halfway line alrite! Gomez on the other hand is nearly as quick as Virg.
7.) 13 Apr 2022 17:35:33
Gomez isn't suited to our system?
Eh?
Baffled by that to be honest.
8.) 13 Apr 2022 18:38:07
Gomez should be playing next to VVD. Klopp has that wrong imo. Gomez would cover the area Trent leaves much better than Matip. And of course Matip is the deflection own goal king. Matip has been good but not as good as Gomez was in the title winning season and of course Gomez could be playing in our side for the next 10 years.
9.) 13 Apr 2022 19:43:03
I've got the faintest suspicion that this Klopp fella know what he's doing.
10.) 14 Apr 2022 01:56:10
Spot on Flash. Best manager in the world, yet all the experts here know better than him, lol.
11.) 14 Apr 2022 09:49:03
Gomez isn't good enough he's a ball watcher. the only thing that bails him out is his pace. Virgil doesn't need pace he's always in the right position. thast thetype of cb we need, not a recovering CB.
12.) 14 Apr 2022 11:25:58
I thought Matip was the ball watcher who is constantly caught out with balls over the top. I don't get where this dislike for Gomez comes from - before his injury him and VVD were the main CB partnership and he didn't put a foot wrong. Personally, I still think Gomez is a better CB than Matip and Konate.
13.) 14 Apr 2022 15:41:52
Totally agree, he needs games, is England best CB when MATCH fit and can assist like Trent too and at one point was the fastest in the team. One hell of a player.
14.) 14 Apr 2022 17:51:37
Centre backs generally need pace in our system due to the high line they defend with (Matip possibly being a slight exception) . And I see Van Dijk using his pace on a regular basis, if he didn't we'd be conceding a damned sight more than we are now.
15.) 14 Apr 2022 19:58:05
Hi ed. do we have any attention on Lovro Majer? Appreciate for your thoughts. thank you.
{Ed002's Note - No, this is just another random player.}
16.) 14 Apr 2022 20:02:50
If Gomez played for another top European side and was available, everyone on here would be screaming for his signature. Top player in my opinion.
17.) 15 Apr 2022 10:11:51
I agree with Stuie, Gomez is our 2nd best CB and perfectly suited to our system, letting him go would be a huge mistake.
18.) 15 Apr 2022 19:15:06
Games stays IMO. Really quick and covers two positions well. The highline typically needs someone stronger in the air on paper, which matip offers, but JG isn't exactly bad either. I'd prefer recovery pace, especially going up against teams that try to pass through the back line.
19.) 16 Apr 2022 11:34:22
Gomez is a top player and his pace means he can play the high line we want very well. Honestly hope he stays as I see him and Konate as our cb partnership for years to come.
20.) 18 Apr 2022 00:02:13
I honestly think Gomez doesn’t get played purely because of his height. Being a top team means that teams target set pieces as their most realistic chance of scoring and Matip and Konate are better at defending them with their height and aerial ability.
Gomez did us proud in the title winning season he was outstanding and if he does leave I’m sure he will be again. Good luck to him.
21.) 20 Apr 2022 09:24:58
Do not think Gomez is aggressive enough in the air for us. With liverpool's high line and pressing up front, teams will lump it up, so you need the CB's and DM to be dominant in the air and while Gomez might not be weak in that area, he's behind others.
25 Mar 2022 14:38:50
Just reading that Leeds are looking to buy Ryan Kent from Rangers, fee mentioned is £20m. Any of the Eds know whether there is a sell-on clause from when we sold him to Rangers? Could be a nice boost (or pay Salah's new wage for a couple of weeks) .
{Ed002's Note - Kent's TMS listing has a sell on clause identified on a sliding scale. It seems unlikely anyone would pay £20M for him. It is hard to see Leeds having a need for him.}
1.) 25 Mar 2022 18:08:43
Jaysus are be scraping the barrel we need to be looking for a sell on clause he’s not worth 5m.
2.) 25 Mar 2022 22:20:23
@Jay, some call it scrapping the barrel, some call it sound business sense.
3.) 26 Mar 2022 02:48:43
Jay won’t even pay for Sky Sports yet Liverpool are the ones scraping the barrel ðŸ˜.
4.) 26 Mar 2022 04:18:42
I wouldn't pay for Sky Sports either. Scumbag channel.
5.) 26 Mar 2022 04:21:00
If scraping the barrel means getting 1m more . I am for scrapping my life.
6.) 26 Mar 2022 12:23:03
Jay why is he not worth that Leeds payed £15m for Dan James and he is worse than awful.
7.) 26 Mar 2022 15:21:02
James is doing his best in the epl! Scottish league is below championship level in my opinion.
8.) 26 Mar 2022 18:22:00
VVD must be crap aswell then having played for Celtic, tierney aswell?
9.) 26 Mar 2022 19:50:03
Jay Kent did not look to bad against Dortmund don’t think I have seen James play good once for Leeds or Utd loads of pace and that’s it.
10.) 27 Mar 2022 03:31:28
I don’t watch a lot of Scottish football but I have never thought Kent has stood out for Rangers, I would be amazed if someone would pay £20m for him.
11.) 27 Mar 2022 04:17:39
Kent’s value isn’t really the point.
It is more a case of our revenue streams have been seriously disrupted over the past couple of years and a person who isn’t shy at saying that the club has no money and that the owners won’t spend is saying the club shouldn’t be ars#d trying to make money out of a sell on clause. Just seems strange to me.
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11 Apr 2025 10:14:52
Now that he's staying does anyone think it's worth trying Salah as a pure striker rather than a right sided forward? I'm just thinking he could play that role Ronaldo turned to as he got older as it's a bit less reliant on pace and more on sticking the ball in the net.
Just a thought, it's probably why I work in a bank rather than being a football coach!
1.) 11 Apr 2025 10:25:21
It's not a bad shout, johnnyr1970.
It'd depend on.
2.) 11 Apr 2025 10:28:19
I’d be up for it, if it gives Chiesa a chance to start. We have use him more in the last games of this season.
3.) 11 Apr 2025 10:37:47
Well we’re not getting much output from our other strikers, Salah knows where the net is better than all of them and yes, we could play Chiesa on the right wing as he should be fresh!
4.) 11 Apr 2025 11:01:30
The problem is that Ronaldo has always been a presence in the box, is outstanding in the air and learned how to make the right runs into the penalty area, mo does all of his best work in the half space where he can create for somebody else making the run (and he is near peerless at this) or beat a defender to shoot, he just doesn't have the qualities to beat a defender off the ball to attack balls going into the six yard area, much less crosses into the box. He's not a false 9 either, it's just not his game to make dummy runs or drop deep to link up play. I think he could possibly play as a 10 picking up space in the half space, but honestly that's effectively what he does for us except he starts high up on the right wing drifting into central positions when Bradley or szoboszlai overlap on the outside.
Like a 9 he starts the highest up the pitch when we're defending but like a 10 he often occupies space in the half space outside the box as our creative fulcrum, with players overlapping or under lapping and a central forward cutting into the box to give him options.
So I think the tldr of my whole rant is to say that he pretty much already plays the central role for us when he is most effective. With Conor looking to be our starting right back, I think mo will be in that space much more often, and him, dom and Conor can interchange central and wide positions as the game demands like mo, Trent and hendo used to do. Given that we will definitely sign a 9 that offers us presence in the box, mo's assist numbers will probably go through the roof again.
5.) 11 Apr 2025 11:34:16
Nice one, PB. Also, Mo can always join the attack in moments where Szobo occupies the inside half space and Bradley goes wide with chalk on in his boots which will stretch the defence and open the gaps centrally for Mo and other runners to get into.
Now I don't know if we will sign a true no. with presence or a false 9 like Cunha but either way, none of that should stop us from getting Mo as closer to goal as possible. At least, I don't see it.
6.) 11 Apr 2025 11:35:36
Tried it many times before - it doesn’t work.
You need different movement as a central striker.
You’d be turning an elite RW into a mediocre central striker and there would be no-one as good as Salah on RW.
You’ve got a great player, let him play where he’s most effective.
Just sign a central player, Cunha should be target #1 for me.
7.) 11 Apr 2025 11:39:09
It's an interesting point @Patrick they are wildly different roles that would need adaptation on salahs part but I think it's worth trying it, especially in a few of the end of season games after the title is mathematically sealed.
8.) 11 Apr 2025 11:49:32
We’d have to change how we play and I don’t think that would be worth it.
9.) 11 Apr 2025 12:11:45
Call me crazy, but I think Salah should stay on the RW where he's got 44 goals and assists in 31 Premier League games. Just rest and rotate him more if he's getting older. Chiesa could come on for the last 20 minutes and play in the domestic cups for example.
10.) 11 Apr 2025 12:24:48
Agree with MK, keep Salah where he is. I do hope that the manager is strong enough to rest him or take him off when Salah needs taking off! Recent evidence suggests that hasn’t been the case. I wonder if there was something in his last contract regarding playing time?
11.) 11 Apr 2025 12:58:31
Didn't Salah have a few strops when klopp tried to play him in the middle?
Iam certain there was friction and then Mane was played out of position to cover for firmino.
12.) 11 Apr 2025 13:10:01
Would be surprising to see the club giving our best RW of the last 30 years the biggest pay in the clubs history to then try him in a new position.
13.) 11 Apr 2025 13:44:55
The only strop Salah every threw was when he was taken off in games and even then, I think it's more towards his own performance than it was at Klopp.
14.) 11 Apr 2025 14:20:11
Maybe we could try him at right back? And because sarcasm is hard to tell in written form, I'm being sarcastic! He's a right winger, for gawd sake, keep him there.
15.) 11 Apr 2025 15:07:12
Square pegs and all that. Best rw at the club so why weaken the rw? Just buy a striker.
16.) 11 Apr 2025 15:58:15
Okay, MKS. You're crazy.
17.) 11 Apr 2025 16:18:50
Why change his position when he is the best player in the world at what he does?
Leave him be and find someone who will perform better in the middle. Cunha would be my choice to suit our system the best.
18.) 11 Apr 2025 16:36:02
I think he’d score goals upfront, but you’d lose all those assists.
With Trent going etc we need all the creativity we can get.
27 Feb 2025 11:19:30
Ed001, if you're around, does the club have a dedicated coach for the strikers? I just wondered if we had someone who could specifically work with Nunez to try and improve his finishing? The raw talent seems to be there just feels like it needs some fine tuning. I reckon we should get Kenny, Rush and Fowler in to work with him over the summer break! Might save us a fortune in the long run given we might need a few new players in the summer.
{Ed001's Note - not that I know of. I would like to see Fowler work with him. I know people think God was a natural goalscorer but I know as a kid he worked incredibly hard to learn how to do it. It was not natural, he developed it through graft and I think he would be great to teach other strikers.}
1.) 27 Feb 2025 13:04:20
Ed01, I don't know why nobody has thought about that (o maybe they did and it got rejected) . I remember back in the day that at Ajax, Zlatan had a striker's coach in his youth. His coach? Marco Van Basten.
As for Fowler then it means he must have faked it to make it as a natural goalscorer cos my goodness, he made goal-scoring look so easy and natural. Like he was born to do it. Total Legend.
{Ed001's Note - he worked so hard to become natural I think is the point. I hear a lot of people say it can't be coached, but a lot of it can.}
2.) 27 Feb 2025 13:08:34
I never knew Fowler worked that hard to get the finishing he had. Always seemed like it came naturally to him since it rarely looked like he struggled during games.
{Ed001's Note - natural talent is a tiny part of any player's chance of making it - hard work is 99% of it. He worked his backside off, those free kicks were just hours of practice.}
3.) 27 Feb 2025 13:14:17
Nunez is a pro footballer who trains everyday and has been here 2/ 3 years - if he hasn’t got it by now he’s never going to get it. Time to stop flogging a dead horse and look for a replacement. I’ve also seen him score some worldies in training footage so to me shows it’s a mentality issue. Guy just has 0 composure in games.
4.) 27 Feb 2025 13:30:33
I saw a YouTube with Fowler and that foster chap. Fowler was saying it really annoys him when people say he was the most natural finisher.
He said he had to train his maximus Gluteus off to reach his amazing levels and nothing was natural about his finishing.
5.) 27 Feb 2025 14:07:46
Unfortunately I just don’t see Nunez getting where we want him to be. He’s had pretty much three seasons now. I’d go all in for Isak personally.
6.) 27 Feb 2025 14:08:00
Nunez looks great in training videos though, the lad can finish, just not when 60k eyes and tv cameras are pointing at him.
Surely if it’s a confidence thing a sports psychologist would be the way to go?
I’m sure we had one at the club (maybe in Brendan’s days? ) who worked wonders with some of the players.
{Ed001's Note - he is still there, but I personally find him wholly unconvincing. For something like this, it is very personal anyway. I would think it would make sense to hire him an individual 'performance coach', who does the psychology but while working on other things too. Someone who speaks his language and that can be there to help him overall. Not everyone can be Salah and just do it all by themselves, he is a special person. Most of us need someone to help us.}
7.) 27 Feb 2025 14:09:55
Hello johnnyr1970, I am like you would love to see Nunez as our centre forward for the next five years?
He blew it for me when he didn't even go over to clap or show appreciation to the LFC away supporters at Aston Villa recently even after missing a winning sitter late on. I thought he had turned the corner yet again! with his two away goals at Brentford, but it was just another false dawn yet again! You can lead a horse to water, but sadly you can't make it drink it!
That showed to me sadly that he has no interest in LFC or its loyal supporters, so why should I have any mutual interest in him, he's made his bed so he can lie on it now for me.
Also the you tube video of him not even clapping Jurgen at his "final guard of honour" has only further shown his non interest in anything Liverpool Football Club.
8.) 27 Feb 2025 14:10:51
From what I've read he can be unstoppable in training his problem seems to be transferring that ability to the games.
9.) 27 Feb 2025 14:42:02
"Nunez looks great in training videos though, the lad can finish, just not when 60k eyes and tv cameras are pointing at him. "
@Mikey to be honest and in the moment when I watch Darwin in these training videos, I have always wondered the same thing.
10.) 27 Feb 2025 14:43:54
Thanks Ed01 for debunking this narrative that goal-scoring cannot be coached cos clearly it can with Fowler. It all depends on how much you want it and Fowler showed his excellent work ethic on the topic. Again, absolute legend.
11.) 27 Feb 2025 14:56:12
Not a bad shout that ed001, getting in a personal coach who speaks his language, sadly I think it’s too late for him and I expect him to be gone in the summer.
Really gutted it’s not really worked out, there’s definitely a special player in there somewhere.
12.) 27 Feb 2025 19:49:03
Don't be sad 007 your horse probably just had too much hay or whatever it is horses are eating these days, don't get me wrong he certainly would appreciate you leading him to the water I just think it's his choice to drink or not to drink and you shouldn't be allowing yourself to get down about that.
13.) 27 Feb 2025 21:15:30
It’s over for him, how long are we going to wait for him to get it.
The year before we signed him was his outlier year, he was great and so were his stats.
Sadly that was an exceptional year, the rest of his career is what it is.
14.) 28 Feb 2025 04:36:58
After 3 years he can not speak basic English. I don't think he can play in the Championship either.
24 Feb 2025 17:39:45
Interesting that no-one has picked up on Slot's comments that the quiet transfer windows have been deliberate so far, so they can fully assess the squad depth.
Hopefully, this can put an end to the constant slating of the management team at the club.
If nothing happens this summer, especially in the obvious positions, by all means then let the moaning restart.
1.) 24 Feb 2025 18:26:36
Wait for summer?
You'll have folks moaning within 3 or 4 posts.
Transfers mean more to some than the games themselves.
2.) 24 Feb 2025 18:35:00
Johnnyr1970, I've posted exactly the same, on more than one occasion. Richard Hughes is the new whipping boy, having taken over from Pep Lijnders. We are all entitled to our opinion, I share yours.
3.) 24 Feb 2025 18:52:20
Look, when I used to play Championship Manager, I would buy and sell the whole squad every year and bank loads of profit whilst still winning EVERY game! Why can't we do the same?!
4.) 24 Feb 2025 19:06:58
But how can we possibly ever compete with Man City?
They sign all the best players and we just can’t compete!
I mean when was the last time we beat them?
Let alone dream of doing the double over them.
5.) 24 Feb 2025 19:40:18
Without conceding a goal.
6.) 24 Feb 2025 20:39:55
Exactly, Flash. As much as I enjoy what we are doing right now, I am dreading the summer window esp. with all the "LFC is gearing up for a HUGE summer" I've been reading all over the place, of late.
7.) 24 Feb 2025 20:42:59
@zeddicus - and all without **** saving ;-)
8.) 24 Feb 2025 20:50:02
Oli, who said "LFC is gearing up for a HUGE summer"? Have the club said that? Anyone saying it outside the club makes it meaningless. Why are you dreading the summer? There's help out there.
9.) 24 Feb 2025 22:07:08
Slot said we will definitely be making signings in the summer in one of his press conferences.
10.) 24 Feb 2025 22:18:36
They’re getting stick because we’re on the brink of losing 3 world class players in one go.
11.) 24 Feb 2025 22:44:28
It must be on SM about us having a huge summer transfer window.
LFC8, we're on the brink of losing them, are we? Was that on SM, too?
12.) 24 Feb 2025 23:07:31
Has anyone heard anything of Harry since yesterday?
I wonder if he's imploded.
13.) 24 Feb 2025 23:29:21
Have to agree that transfers have overtaken a huge part of the game. Don't get me wrong, transfers are important to the success of a team and every great team has dipped their toes in the transfer market, us included. But for some fans, that's the only thing that they're interested in. Even now, SM is filled with which players are transferring where instead of the games themselves. It's easier to find transfer rumours than the results themselves on SM.
14.) 25 Feb 2025 06:37:00
It almost feels like some are willing for it to go t*ts up for us just so they can right about how we should of signed players. You see the same posters only post something when they get a chance to validate their opinion and say something negative like after a draw or loss, regardless of how well the rest of the season has gone. You can guarantee even if we win the league and champions league the same people will say we just got lucky with injuries, it was short sighted from the club etc etc.
15.) 25 Feb 2025 07:38:47
? love it Zed I was the same.
16.) 25 Feb 2025 08:56:26
Rome1977!, it's all over the internet, not necessarily here. My dread is that when things don't happen the way the internet wants, they will be out there doing our heads with their whinging about what what like you said, NOBODY at the club told them. Do you understand now?
Me need help out there? Speak for yourself next time, mate.
17.) 25 Feb 2025 10:41:00
Oli, I really couldn't give a flying fish about the Internet and what's on there, maybe that's to do with my age.
My stance on our transfers and criticism levelled at the club, is let's wait till the summer. If other posters have a different opinion to this that's their right.
Have a good day.
18.) 25 Feb 2025 11:15:27
Don't believe everything you read on the internet, Oli.
And how can the internet want anything?
12 Feb 2025 11:13:08
Older folks here might recall the year we lost to Burnley early on in the FA cup back in 2005. I still remember the wonderful logic applied by one of my colleagues a few months after that awful game when he declared that Burnley were now obviously the best team in Europe!
1.) 12 Feb 2025 11:34:44
Djimi Traore with the backheeled winner?
2.) 12 Feb 2025 11:47:37
Opinions will always chop and change to suit.
Last Thursday we were celebrating reaching a domestic cup final at Wembley and then 3 days later we were glad to be out of a domestic cup because they are a hindrance to our league campaign.
All season there's been calls for Slot to rotate and give more minutes to Endo, Chiesa, Nunez, some youngsters and Elliot Etc.
We go out of the Fa cup where these players would have seen more minutes and it's now a good thing as the players are playing too much.
3.) 12 Feb 2025 11:52:23
Surely you don't have to be old to remember 2005?! That was the game the might Djimi Traore scored a wonderful back heeled own goal I believe. They were dark times to be an LFC supporter.
4.) 12 Feb 2025 11:57:52
Good ol Djimi Traore, own goal. Applying the same said logic, Plymouth are now one of the best teams in Europe!
5.) 12 Feb 2025 12:40:46
Wait, Im not that old, @johnny, lol. I do remember that game and men, we struggled domestically that season even tho, we did great in Europe.
6.) 12 Feb 2025 13:44:47
JK the opinions would've been exactly the same had we exited the Carabao cup early on but the closer you get to a final the more importance you put on it. Even then, you can bet your life that if we'd had the Everton game on Sunday instead of Plymouth in the cup the team against Spurs would've been very different.
At the start of the season the 2 domestic cups are the least important. You make changes in those games depending on the team you are playing and the upcoming workload to keep the main players fresh for the League and the Champions League.
You know this but you seem to be intent on arguing about it.
7.) 12 Feb 2025 16:29:37
Becker the pecker, I’m not arguing, I’m merely giving an opinion.
8.) 12 Feb 2025 17:10:24
In what world is winning the league cup and fa cup (the 3rd and 4th priority as you’ve put it) a better season than another team winning the League, CL and Fa cup.
Yes we played in every game but winning 3 out of 4 trophies is closer to a quad than winning 2 out of 4 trophies.
Looking forward to your meltdown reply post Becker the pecker. Hope it’s as good as advert gate one where your dummy came straight out of the pram.
21 May 2025 21:22:31
I so wanted Nunez to come good but it seems unlikely for whatever reason. If he goes I wish him well (and hope we can clawback at least £50m for him)!
21 May 2025 08:48:00
Both decent players IMO, they will improve that Leeds team and have excellent experience in the PL.
19 May 2025 22:37:49
Hmmmm, we’ve not done too well with the last prolific striker that we got from the Portuguese league. Let’s leave this guy for Man United.
17 May 2025 07:51:42
I can’t see why we’d have Frimpong and Kerkez at RB/ LB in the same team either TBH. That’d be back to the swashbuckling early Klopp days and put way too much pressure on our CBs. Makes sense to have a more defensive minded LB IMO.
17 May 2025 07:28:43
Thunderbird - if a club lost money ‘within reason’ every season then it would cease to exist pretty quickly. The £105m over 3 seasons is a maximum value and not something to actively aim for.
21 May 2025 15:52:20
I’m not thinking anyone will pay £50m for Elliott. I reckon we might get £25m at most TBH.
21 May 2025 17:26:19
He’ll need to pay more than that!
20 May 2025 08:21:50
I agree House Of Cards. Personally I don’t see Kerkez happening, it’d be back to the old heavy metal football days with him and Frimpong in the team and I’m not sure that’s Slot’s style. Think we’ll see a CB who can play LB as well.
20 May 2025 06:53:55
Paqueta is still under investigation. I read an article just this weekend which talked about the mental toll it’s taking on him. He could well face a significant ban if found guilty so to buy him now would be a foolish move for any club.
I have to say that I don’t mind the idea of getting David in. His goals to games ratio is pretty good compared to some of the strikers we seem to be linked with. I’ll let our coaches decide whether or not he’s suited to our team though.
18 May 2025 09:00:29
And doesn’t Ben Seghir play on the left? Not sure we need another player for that side….