Liverpool banter 2

24 Apr 2026 02:37:47
We should look at Dejan Kulusevski. Very good player.
Injury record needs to be looked at, but very good player.

24 Apr 2026 06:54:33
We can look at him if he ever gets on the field to play. Till now he has never given anyone a chance to look at him. ;)

24 Apr 2026 08:41:27
Genuinely thought he was sold

24 Apr 2026 10:34:20
Great player when he's available.

23 Apr 2026 20:15:15
I don't know what's going on regarding managers. But, what's happening with Edwards and Hughes? They've proven to be two journey men. Who's overlooking them two, allowing them or Edwards to steer our future?
Is it Hogan? We need a new sporting director and what everyone Edwards actually is. Seems he's been given far too much power. The transfers and squad have been nothing but a disaster. You can argue he needs time, he was injured, slot etc.

We got absolutely no value for our money and the squad still needs several players.
I'd also guess Edwards would still want a "head coach". That's going to exclude immediately some top names. One which I'd guess would have been Alonso.
I like Hoeness but this game eats up managers who don't carry the personality.
I'd go for Naggllesman. He's the one for me as this stage.

23 Apr 2026 21:31:26
Completely agree, I see us struggling to replicate our successes of the last 8 years if Hughes and Edwards stay on. It's unacceptable, when we were told last summer that we were spending big money to become a dominant force. If FSG don't realise that the men in charge of spending that money are every bit as accountable as the coach then we're wasting our time.

23 Apr 2026 22:56:16
Was Edwards not responcible for getting deals for most of the best players of the last decade over the line? He won't be short of offers

23 Apr 2026 23:27:18
Florian, as Mark Twain said, never let the truth get in the way of a true story.

24 Apr 2026 01:35:39
Florian if you think players signed for Liverpool because of anything that came out of Edwards mouth you need your head checked. Players come to Liverpool because it's Liverpool. The club is hugely successful, has the richest history in England and the best record of any Premier League team in Europe. Not a single player signed up to play for Edwards.

Not to mention Edwards has been involved in transfers since about 2013 so don't forget to add all those flops we signed to that list of players you have there mate, you know, the likes of Balotelli, Markovich, Keita. won't bother naming them all cause there's a list as long as you arm. Out of interest, hows that half a billion worth of players he brought in last summer getting on? Yeah, he's a real genius that Edwards fella, a proper transfer mastermind.

24 Apr 2026 04:40:27
Ed001 got it bang on for Edwards. He has just been promoted beyond his area of expertise. That's why he was great for us in the earlier years but has been hopeless for us as of late.

24 Apr 2026 05:09:35
How would someone that hasn't been at the club for a decade be responsible for signing most of the best players over a decade?

24 Apr 2026 07:11:40
Agreed Dracred Ed001 called it about Hughes and Edwards from day 1.

24 Apr 2026 07:58:49
I don't get the issues around Hughes and Edwards. why do much anger directed towards them both.
Both have had very successful careers to date. Both have delivered huge success at our club.

Our club is going through transition both on and off the pitch however we are still champions, we signed quality players and some very good potential and linked with more quality.

However, many on here want slot gone, his team gone, hughes gone, Edwards gone and many players gone. if we did this, our club would be in turmoil.

Trust the leadership team, they've proven themselves very successful so far. This season could merely be a bump in the road towards a long lasting pathway to success. both on and off the pitch

TheVicar

23 Apr 2026 19:46:15
With City apparently favourites for Anderson, Semenyo, Guehi, Anderson, all players I think the majority of us would agree would have been exactly what we have and still need. Maybe Pep Lijinders was the real mastermind behind us after all!

23 Apr 2026 20:17:34
@Bob if that was the case then why was Lijnders and unmitigated disaster when he went to mange twice on his own esp. at RB Salzburg? Serious question

23 Apr 2026 20:24:59
We ended up with Gakpo and Nunez because Lijnders advocated for Klopp to sign them. I don't think so.

23 Apr 2026 20:25:06
Gutted we are not trying to rival them, would be a great addition for us and exactly what we need in the centre right now.

23 Apr 2026 20:46:47
That's a bit of a reach ?

23 Apr 2026 20:50:20
Does Ljinders sign the players then?

23 Apr 2026 21:12:55
Nunez was a better buy than isak. At least He suited our style and we didn't have to change the whole squad to suit him

23 Apr 2026 21:35:32
Ljinders is no manager, he's no mastermind, he has nothing to do with signings. Take off your tinfoil hat, save it for the Ancient Aliens re-runs

23 Apr 2026 21:39:53
I'm not excited by anything that city are doing. I think their team is average to what they used to have. Now, we got hammered by them but that's because how backwards we've went. Geuhi, was never a fan. The rest, there's better out there. There's always the next guy

23 Apr 2026 22:41:00
Ron, Did you read that in his fabled book

23 Apr 2026 23:19:33
I think Bob's comment was tongue-in-cheek guys. Relax.

24 Apr 2026 00:02:12
John, that's an incredibly low bar. There's no way that Nunez can be seen as anything other than a massive flop for the money we paid for him.

24 Apr 2026 06:04:15
I would say Nunez is a flop but not a massive one. He did score a few crucial goals and winners en route to us winning the league last season.

24 Apr 2026 06:29:32
If Anderson, Guehi and Semenyo had replaced Macca, Gomez and the legend that is Salah I think you would be hard pushed to say that wouldn't have improved our team

24 Apr 2026 06:32:01
Babbity
Big season for Isak next season then? How much did he.cost?

24 Apr 2026 06:55:53
Ljinders is a joke. Pretty sure if Pep leaves, then Ljinders would be out of City and struggle to get another job. The guy is way too far up his own arse.

24 Apr 2026 07:55:30
@ babbity: my point still stands "we did not have to change the way we play to accommodate Nunez".

24 Apr 2026 08:43:18
Not everyone is built to be head of the ship.

Nunez wasn't a flop other than what we paid for him. So whoever agreed that fee flopped

23 Apr 2026 19:31:10
Checking in with the bookies regarding our manager situation. We have, starting with the most likely odds:

Alonso
Slot stays
Ireola
Hoennes, Enrique, Naglesmann

Beyond that we have Brendan Rodgers available at 50/1. ?

23 Apr 2026 21:54:43
Safe bet Slot stays unfortunately.

23 Apr 2026 22:04:42
Clot goes Hip, Hip, Hooray

Iraola goes Real Madrid,

Enrique stays PSG per contract.

Alonso it is then? if the other also rans were not good enough for Nottingham Forest, spurs or chelsea then they are also not good enough for LFC.

FSG knows if the Clot stays on, pre-season tour revenues and next seasons revenues will fall drastically.

man United started the season as the laughing stock, wonder who rightly wears that crown now, job done Agent Clot!

24 Apr 2026 11:36:04
United have done well under Carrick, which is nothing to do with Slot (or Clot, if you are a 5 year old in the playground). We have been very poor to watch but, I'd be willing to wager that one of the club's major targets for this season is to qualify for next season's CL.

We are being helped with UEFA allowing 5 English teams into next season's CL but irrespective of the numbers of clubs allowed to qualify Slot will probably stumble over the finish line in one of the qualification spots and will meet one of his main KPIs.

23 Apr 2026 19:16:17
I don't know about anyone else but unless something definite happens I think the management chat needs parked!?

We will know soon enough!

Hopefully LFC get CL confirmed asap and we move on from a difficult season!

Should we just rip the bandage off completely by letting Mo, Robbo, Ali and Virgil leave this Summer?

23 Apr 2026 19:59:49
You are literally on a rumours site telling people to park their rumours chat. Okay, lad.

23 Apr 2026 20:06:29
Virgil is still our best and most reliable defender by far. Yes he has not had a great season but then who has. The midfield gives almost zero protection anyway. Also, he is as respected as they come and a huge leader. Selling him would be a very foolish decision in my opinion.

23 Apr 2026 20:07:47
It feels like the biggest issue at the minute especially after recent bits in the media. Potential players will always be talked about but the level of discontent with how we've been this season is gong to lead people to vent and ask for change.


We've been talking about a ball winning defensive midfielder for god knows how many years now, i'd still like us to sign one that's good enough to start.

23 Apr 2026 20:18:45
Yeah, @Slot. That was wild.

23 Apr 2026 20:19:46
No not at all mate LOL! As the last few days on here has shown football changes quickly!

It is the last week of April so if Slot is leaving we will know soon enough then we can speculate on next Manager. Until then there are 5 games to play!

If you know something definite then feel free to share lad no worries!

23 Apr 2026 21:13:02
Oh thanks, beneficent lord!

Well, I'm saving what I know for definite for the Liverpool Facts board, or maybe I'll post them on LFC Transfers 2028-29

23 Apr 2026 21:40:22
I agree, let's stop talking about management rumours, its too negative, let's stop talking about transfer rumours too, actually let's park all the rumours cause there's just too much negative energy right now, let's build ourselves a campfire instead and sing kumbi-f***ing-ya instead.

23 Apr 2026 22:32:22
Let's talk knitting patterns and top off the pow wow with who are favourite Spice Girl is, and whether you should put the milk first?

23 Apr 2026 23:41:20
@SSSS, the daily conversation about Slot has appeared multiple times every day for the past 9 months. It isn't a rumour - it is just a daily wind-up for obsessives.

Rumours are good fun - do you think the 'conversation' about Slot is good fun? We have established that most of us would like to see him replaced. I think we are up to the third or fourth poll on the same subject. What else is there to discuss about Slot?

24 Apr 2026 03:36:22
That's exactly my point @WestDerbyWandererIV thank you!

This is a great page with good information and contributors!

Slot may well be ok with leaving to be with his family after an emotionally draining season for himself and LFC but by the sounds of it all options are still open! I don't think LFC are sure yet because there is as much uncertainty around Hughes as there is Slot! If people still want to go around in circles then fair enough but nothing is going to happen until the season ends I personally I am just going to enjoy Mo and Robbo's last games in LFC shirts!

24 Apr 2026 07:09:25
Sporty

23 Apr 2026 18:08:16
I just hope whoever they bring in or if Slot remains, they give them the tools they need to implement their formation and tactics.
I see Hoeness plays an out and out holding defensive midfielder alongside Stiller, who is also his captain.
He likes a 4-2-3-1 and his teams to work hard in and out of possession.

23 Apr 2026 18:34:07
Molby, Slot did not even have the tools last season in terms of signing yet he created a variation of the Klopp system which ended up dominated the league, winning it at a canter. All credit to him and the players, btw.

Now he was given more money and way better tools than any LFC manager has had in one summer and suddenly doesn't know how to coach himself out of a paperbag because his system/tactics is ship and doesn't want to change for anyone or anything. That is a Slot issues, not a tools/formation issue IMO.

As for Hoeness, never seen Stuttgart play this season. Never heard of the guy either so can't comment.

23 Apr 2026 19:02:09
I agree Molby. This is the most important thing.

Going into this season trying to play 4/3/3 with a squad built for a 4/4/2 Diamond was horrendous.

No wingers, slow team, and trying to shoehorn midfielders into fullback positions. It was a disaster and Set up to fail from the off

23 Apr 2026 20:48:56
I am not defending Slot and he is very lucky not to have been sacked.
His teams in Holland were built around a solid back four with two fullbacks who could also play centre half and inverted into midfield.
A double pivot in midfield with one being a proper defensive midfielder.
A number 10 play maker.
Fast, hard working wingers who could get to the byline and cut the ball back and a hard working centre forward who could hold the ball up and link up play.


We now have hardly any of those features in our current squad.
Either Slot has abandoned the tactics that got him the job completely, which is then totally his own fault or he hasn't been given the signings that he needs to implement that formation.
There seems to be no coordination between the management and coach.

23 Apr 2026 21:41:40
Fat chance of that happening with Edwards and Hughes at the club

23 Apr 2026 22:52:48
We have a def midfielder (endo) and Slot ignored him until he got injured. We have a fast winger (Chiesa) and he is not being used either - he might not be the player he was but he offers something different.

So not sure we can totally blame the transfer committee for Slots failings.
And imo a great coach will change his tactics to suit the players he has.

24 Apr 2026 07:08:17
So dumping 3 100+ million players on the manager and asking the manger to make them fit in straight away and not signing a CB and winger that we desperately needed in January has nothing to do with it.

Its simple club was overwhelmed with emotion with DJ and then went for too much change too quick in the summer when only adding wirtz would have been fine with addition of a CB.

Season started with Too much change without any time to bed in players and find the best way strategy and formation. Season started well and then it all went haywire the moment we had our first RB injury to bradley.

Again i reiterate this season was planned badly by powers that be and they have to hold responsibility. Slot on his part tried best to soothe players with rest and holidays but that does not work in a demanding league like Premier League. Senior players had disagreements with manager over being overly casual and they questioned his authority which the manager had to put his foot down and bench players ending up disjointing the team.

This is not a season that we got right from the start so the effort to improve needs to be collective. Some big players will leave and we will be much better and fitter next season.

A new manager solves nothing in this moment.
Qualify for CL, win next 5 games and then plan next season collectively starting with getting right players.

24 Apr 2026 08:48:45
Chiesa is not fast nor is he fit enough.

Endo isn't the starting level CDM that people are talking about

24 Apr 2026 11:57:47
Endo is a good squad member who is useful as a sub coming on for the last 20 minutes to close a game down,

Chiesa seems like a decent bloke who is committed to doing his best. I was really, really pleased when we signed him for a modest sum.

Sadly he hasn't got back to anywhere near his pre-injury levels and his body doesn't seem able to get to the level required to play regularly in the PL.

He tries but he is just too lightweight for the demands of the PL. It's not anybody's fault and, I'd guess, it isn't for the want of trying but the lad will never reach PL standard, which is a real shame given what he could have done if he hadn't suffered the injury.

23 Apr 2026 17:13:39
Not a huge surprise, as I have said all along and still being told Slot will be in charge next season.

Seems that quite a few people are going back on what they said and utilising the line "things move quickly in football".

Also great to see all the Sebastian Hoeneß experts have come out. Even better all the ones saying they didn't want Alonso anyway.

Sit back, relax, see some new signings come in and let Slot do his job.

23 Apr 2026 17:29:25
Slots gone deal with it.

23 Apr 2026 17:30:52
Slot doing his job at Liverpool is what we are all afraid of unless you have enjoyed the style of football we try to play now

23 Apr 2026 17:40:19
I can't see it, he hasn't been offered a new deal and I can't see the club backing him on transfers if it's his last year

23 Apr 2026 17:41:28
Has anyone stopped him from doing his job? What about the rumours that he's homesick?

He's been caught out this season w set-pieces, long balls, lack of creativity w supposed world-class talent, low-blocks, we can't do basic defending, no pattern to our play, no fight in the players bar Dom, players aren't fit. I want to know who has stopped Slot doing his job and sack them. What will he be caught out by next year as the PL continues to evolve? Will he get the "memo" that he didn't get this last season and adjust accordingly?

Don't care if we sign top top talent. I can get the same golf clubs Rory has but doesn't mean I can hit them anything like him. He's got great players and can't motivate any of them or play to their strengths.

Slot has picked his path and I've never seen a manager more stubborn, arrogant, disconnected, clueless and lacking in personality. Hopefully he's on his way here shortly.

23 Apr 2026 18:11:38
six signings came last summer, and Clot did a great job?

Leicester fans said the same as you ten years ago after a Fluke PL win 5000-1 winners that season, they have since dropped out of the Premier, the Championship and are now in League One.

Chelsea are the current World Club Champions and have just sacked a manager after losing five straight games, Clot lost 9 out of 12 early doors, the worst run of results by any LFC manager in 73 years, it has taken the month of April to achieve 50 plus PL points. Deliberately picked an LFC team to get beat at Anfield, we are LFC we don't surrender any game before a ball has been even kicked.

As for Alonso he got sacked at RM because his results were not good enough, no PL club would ever touch Clot with a Barge Pole why should we? Alonso has a great CV played Clot twice, lost twice with a 5-0 aggregate score.

It's always quicker and easier to reach the bottom than the top, Leicester and Chelsea fans will tell you that also?

As for "John-nies" number six? they can also touch the "Bottom" as well! but not with a Barge Pole hopefully!

{Ed001's Note - Xabi wasn't sacked because of results, he had one of their highest ever win ratios, he was sacked because the players moaned to Perez about him making them work hard.}

23 Apr 2026 18:35:55
Yeah, a manager was sacked for 70% win ratio. Take the day off, mate.

23 Apr 2026 19:00:59
Jonny No6 is a real number two. The ITKs here do an amazing job. I don't know who you think you are to come talking trash.

23 Apr 2026 19:03:12
The club was in talks with Alonso, they've staled, nobody's gone back on their word or trying to use excuses, get off your high horse

23 Apr 2026 19:13:13
Defeat at Anfield in the UCL set off a run of only two victories in eight games, turning a five point lead over Barcelona into a four point deficit in the La Liga.

Though Alonso had a circa 70% success rate, Arbeloa best thus far 65% and the La Liga deficit now stands at nine points.

I can comfortably say however Alonso/Iraola/Enrique would be my choice over Clot, his success win rate so far 25-26 is circa 48%.
P33 16 W, 7D, 10 PL losses. 18 competitive games lost thus far.

Ten Hag won Two Major Trophies FA Cup/Carabao while at man United for circa 2 and a half seasons. So if Clot rightfully goes, his fellow countryman beats him by 50% for Major Trophies won.

LFC under Clot concede the first goal every three games 37/104, a 21% win rate when behind in a game.

Not even Clot can challenge his failures above.

{Ed001's Note - and thanks Mr Bond!}

23 Apr 2026 19:32:31
Didn't know La Liga is a tougher league than the Premier to win OR?

Only two teams realistically win La Liga like the Scottish Premier League, every blue moon a different winner.

Arne Clot had a 65% win rate at Feyernoord, when he won it he also finished second the season after, so what he built he could not sustain, he has a history of this one will suggest!

23 Apr 2026 20:24:11
Err, Mr. bond, was that for me? because if it was, I have no idea what you are referring to because I never made such a comparison nor mentioned the PL or SPL in my comment.

You are probably hearing voices that sound like me in your own head which is strange because you have no idea what I sound like.

23 Apr 2026 21:50:46
Mr. Bond, Wouldn't it be 100%? If Slots 1 trophy is 100% then Ten Hags 2 titles are 200%, beating slot by 100%. To use 50% in that context you would say Slot won 50% less trophies, not Ten Hag won 50% more. Easy mistake to make when you're typing a post whilst trying to escape from some supervillains secret lair.

24 Apr 2026 06:25:32
007 comparing Ten Hag's trophy wins at Man United to Slot's at Liverpool and saying it's 50% better is strange.
You'd rather win the carabao cup and fa cup over the Premier League?
Use of maths doesn't work in your comparison.


I like most want to see a managerial change but this isn't one of the reasons for me.
I want to see us playing a different style with higher tempo like we did under klopp. Slot's style is too safe and far less effective.

23 Apr 2026 16:48:30
Not much to say really. My highlight of the Derby Match was the sight of Missie Pickword sitting on his backside banging his hands on the floor like a sullen little toddler. Oh a joy to my eyes. ?

23 Apr 2026 18:37:31
@Mea, did you see the part where Gator arms and Tarkowski looking whierdly at each other after the goal was scored like, "What da heck just happened"?

Priceless, mate.

23 Apr 2026 20:56:17
I think Pickford might have been looking for an explanation as to why Tarkowski was pulling on his shirt!

23 Apr 2026 16:32:29
Of the players who remain at the club who were core members of Klopp's peak years, Alisson is the only one who has not yet shown clear decline. Yes - his injury problems seem to have increased but his handling is still impeccable and he still makes saves where the striker is the clear favorite. Losing him before his contract ends, and for less than £20m, might hit harder than any of the others of Klopp's key men who have moved on/ are moving on.

I think pretty much regardless of who replaces Alisson, whether Mamardashvili or someone else coming in, we might be about to really understand what a truly outstanding goalkeeper he has been for us. I know that people often refer to Clemence as the best we've ever had. That was just before my time (I remember Clemence in his later years at Tottenham). In that pre-Premier League period, Southall is the keeper that always comes to mind as the stand out in my memory. In the Premier League, I think Schmeichel and Alisson are in a group of two as the best (never understood people putting Ederson and Alisson at the same level). Schmeichel and Alisson were/are both so good that they regularly made saves that they had no right to make and they indisputably won matches or held onto draws for the team. Alisson's contribution to what we've achieved since 2018 has been enormous. Not sure I'll ever see another Liverpool keeper as good.

23 Apr 2026 17:21:23
Petr Cech was a top keeper, before his injury.

{Ed025's Note - great keeper Rome..

23 Apr 2026 17:37:34
Galls me to say it but Schmeichel was the best keeper i have ever watched. Allisson runs him close though.

23 Apr 2026 17:43:25
Yeah, I would say prime Cech was up there in the same bracket as Schmeichel and Alisson, with Van Der Sar in the group immediately below them.

I would also argue that Pepe was in the '2nd tier' group too for a few years

23 Apr 2026 17:57:12
The real madrid keeper Courtois is a top top player he is up there with best.

23 Apr 2026 18:41:42
I would pick Ali ahead of them all only because of the extremely open system he played in under Klopp and was still magnificent for all those years.

Also, I think Ali would be even better than say Cech in that defensive system Cech played even tho, I rate Cech and Schmeichel very highly.

Not sure Cech or Schmeichel would survive in that open/high line system Ali played in in his prime. Just my opinion.

23 Apr 2026 19:15:50
Becker the greatest in my view. Along with Virgil, he turned a soft defence into a title-winning one. Apart from a good few months from Reina and Dudek, our goalkeepers had been awful since Clemence. Bruce was part of a successful team, but never top tier.

I reckon that Becker and Schmiechel the two key signings in the Premiership era.

23 Apr 2026 20:26:18
Indeed, Monstersouness. To me, Ali is way better than a lot of people think even tho, they rate him very highly already.

23 Apr 2026 20:59:55
I think Ali is the best, but I also think it's wrong to say he hasn't shown signs of decline. Think most of this season he's been injured or coming back from an injury, and he's looked pretty rusty any time he's played as the season has gone on.

Don't want him to leave, a fit Ali is still the best in the world, but he's not been top class this season.

24 Apr 2026 00:09:37
Iker Casillas, Oliver Kahn, Buffon.

Shay Given was a good goalkeeper for a number of years, not the best but he was solid and dependable.