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03 Apr 2026 21:16:36
Good to see Roy Hodgson proving the new manager bounce still exists!
With 7 games to go!
03 Apr 2026 21:50:08
It was ugly how it ended for him at Palace, so I hope he gets to end his career on a high.
03 Apr 2026 15:33:43
I f*** love Alison, he is still in the very top tier of goalkeepers in the world. For me, injured or not he shouldn't be let go anywhere until his match is met.
03 Apr 2026 17:04:49
Given that we triggered the extension, it looks likely he'll be here until the end of next season, finding his equal might prove tricky.
03 Apr 2026 17:13:02
I agree. Nothing has changed, really, he's loved an injury for years.
03 Apr 2026 17:32:24
To replace Ali, Salah and Vvd was always going to be an enormous task. 3 all time greats for the club. Salah + Vvd, I think, make our best all time 11 and it Ali r Clem in nets.
03 Apr 2026 20:38:53
Certainly in this era they are extremely difficult to replace, especially like for like. City have the same issue too, tho, with the great players they've had of late. It definitely feels like there's a lack of quality out there.
It is going to be interesting to see what way the club deal with it. Semenyo would have been a handy addition and reasonably well priced too. 🙄
03 Apr 2026 11:58:19
Alisson out til towards the end of the season. Christ.
03 Apr 2026 12:22:48
Time to see what Mama is really worth. He will have a run of games to get into it too.
03 Apr 2026 12:48:52
Ah, that's tough. I can't this season ending a disaster.
03 Apr 2026 13:03:39
Maybe his team mates will finally find out he's left-footed.
03 Apr 2026 13:03:45
PSG will be buoyed, after his heroics there last season. This is a huge loss, unfortunately Mama is nowhere near good enough from what I've seen.
03 Apr 2026 13:59:49
Cafu, the whole season has been a disaster already.
03 Apr 2026 16:14:45
Whose idea was it to buy Mama in the first place. He is extremely poor with the ball at his feet. He doesn't possess the skillset to play for LFC.
Jaros was and is a much better option for no.2. He should not have been loaned out. He was the obvious candidate to replace Kelleher.
03 Apr 2026 11:39:00
Sounds like Alisson is gonna be out for a few weeks according to James Pearce. Well "towards the end of the season" was his words. 🤦
03 Apr 2026 11:57:30
Unpopular opinion, I know, but if Italian clubs are interested in him, then we should let him go. It is ridiculous, the amount of injuries; no other keeper gets them, yet Alisson gets them consistently and at the worst possible times. Something is not right, could be the training he undergoes, the application he has towards maintaining and looking after himself, but enough is enough.
Unconvinced by Giorgi, so suspect we would need to look elsewhere for our number 1. God knows where. I doubt we would though, as it is simply more we would need to cover in a transfer window which requires us to buy a RB, CB, LB, CM, RW and LW. That is an insane number of coverage, considering we spent 450 million last summer, and yet still have these positions to target.
03 Apr 2026 12:28:41
Has anyone seen much of Pecsi for the u21s? He looks like he needs to fill out a bit, and, in goalkeeping terms, still very young. Mamardashvili wanted to prove he could be Liverpool's no1. Personally, I'm less than convinced so far.
{Ed025's Note - Mama is a poor mans Jordan Pickford for me No8, good shot stopper but the rest of is game is pants, poor positioning, not very good at crosses and a worse kicking game than Douglas Bader mate..
03 Apr 2026 12:46:12
Should've kept Kelleher.
03 Apr 2026 12:54:46
Kelleher wanted away, SR.
03 Apr 2026 13:00:58
Mamardashvili has played in 11 league and CL games this season and we've lost 8 of them.
This is a massive opportunity for the lad.
Does it get any bigger than City and PSG away next?
03 Apr 2026 13:16:15
Douglas Bader 🤣
Didn't expect to see his name pop up on here.
FYI for anybody that doesn't know who that is I would suggest a quick google to a) understand how badly ed0025 thinks of mama's kicking but b) it's worth it to learn more about his story which is colourful to say the least.
{Ed025's Note - a great man in history Wazza mate..
03 Apr 2026 15:41:24
It's not only the games Alli misses, it's the games it then takes him to get his sharpness back when he returns. He's moved like a 40-year-old in some of the games he's played this season. He seems afraid to put his full force behind his kicks, which results in him pulling them.
Absolute legend. Best in my time as a fan, but for me, if we could get a top young replacement in, it's time to maybe part ways after the season.
03 Apr 2026 15:45:27
I vaguely remember him being on "This Is Your Life" years ago. He told the story about his false legs trapping him in his Spitfire when he needed to bail out. He undid them and parachuted without them. A proper hero.
03 Apr 2026 15:56:04
I recall seeing an interview with Simon Mignolet, and he was saying that Ali has very impressive fast twitch reflexes, which are part of what makes him such a great keeper... Fast twitch players are more prone to muscle injuries, and I think in Ali's case his injury record is as simple as that rather than a training or mismanagement issue.
03 Apr 2026 16:02:52
There's no one out there I'd swap Alison for. Best bet would be to sort the sh*te in front of him so he's not got extra to do.
03 Apr 2026 16:20:22
Even if he misses or isn't 100% fit for half the games, John?
03 Apr 2026 16:24:48
I'm struggling to think of another keeper who has had as many injuries as Alisson. When you think the great Ray Clemence played 336 games on the spin. I'm not criticising Alisson, he's our best ever. Just saying.
03 Apr 2026 16:43:23
Regards to Douglas Bader, a tad racist you will find.
03 Apr 2026 16:42:28
Florian he doesn't miss half the games and when he does play he's elite. You can isolate a few moments but who's better. As usual Florian the contrarian would argue with his reflection.
03 Apr 2026 16:57:11
Frode, he misses a lot of games. He then takes a few to get back to 100%. I don't know who's better, I don't know the European Leagues like I would have when I was younger. As I said, he's a legend and the best I've seen play for us.
I would have him for another 10 years on ability alone. It's just the injuries. You bury your head in the sand about them if you want, but they'll still be there.
03 Apr 2026 16:56:37
Douglas Bader Ed025 now that's quality mate 😂 👏. A hero of WWII in the air
{Ed025's Note - he was Barry...if only Mama was as good in the air mate.. :)
03 Apr 2026 17:01:45
Douglas Bader once had to escape his crippled plane after he was shot down. Unclipped his legs then bailed out without them. Crazy to think he would do that. I'm pretty sure his kicking would have been better than Mamas 🤣
{Ed025's Note - he was certainly braver than MacAllister CGD.. :)
03 Apr 2026 18:18:30
Ha ha class Ed! Let's be honest though Mac is no stronger than the average 5 year old, bless him. What happened to the player from the last couple of seasons Ed? I thought he was class when he first arrived.
{Ed025's Note - i really dont know CGD, i cant remember all that nonsense when he was at Brighton mate...but to be fair i never watched a lot of their games, the only thing i can think of is that...he is Argentinian.. :)
03 Apr 2026 18:45:19
The prison camp guards used to confiscate Bader's legs to stop his escape attempts.
Meanwhile, we have footballers who roll large distances when nudged while running fast, then stay down acting like they've been shot.
What a contrast.
{Ed025's Note - they were made of sterner stuff those days Flash, i would not want the players these days next to me in the trenches mate.. :)
03 Apr 2026 18:40:15
Agree Ed, cultural differences. We need steel in the middle of the park and we definitely don't have any real bite. Love Grav as a 6, he is perfect for it but we need legs and a little snap next to him.
That would allow us to move Slob either as the 10 or a 7 on the wing, I think he would be fantastic as a wide forward.
03 Apr 2026 19:05:21
So edd25 how many times have you watched mama play? I remember Pickford was poor when he first came to EFC so as the saying goes you can't judge a book by it's cover.
{Ed025's Note - all of his games at Liverpool Albey...probably the same as you mate..my eyes are not 20/20 these days but i know a lemon when i see one..
03 Apr 2026 19:32:00
I have to say Ed
I'm not with you entirely on Pickford
Everything seems to be a show for him
He often makes the ordinary look spectacular
{Ed025's Note - hes a good keeper SB, never injured and has saved us a lot of points over the years mate, is he perfect..no..what keeper is?, yes he makes the odd mistake but which keeper doesn,t?, he makes a lot of world class saves and for me hes one of the best around..
03 Apr 2026 08:45:16
Italy needs Jurgen. Bad.
03 Apr 2026 10:50:13
No, they don't need Jurgen. What they need is going back 40 years or more, when their defenders and midfielders could kick the s*** out of opposition and get away with it.
Now, they can't do this. They have been found out, and their results show it.
YNWA.
03 Apr 2026 11:08:56
Italian football started to die when the match fixing scandal was dug up in the 2000s.
Saying that, I'd back them 10x over to win a major international trophy again years before England do.
03 Apr 2026 11:41:01
They won the Euros in 2021. If I was in charge, I'd allow all past winners of the World Cup free entry without qualifying. Probably, in a tiny minority who think that, like that bothers me. Crazy that Italy aren't there, along with other big footballing nations, when there are countries there just making up the numbers.
03 Apr 2026 11:48:12
They still won a WC and a Euro comp., including a Euro final, since that scandal, so nah, that's not it, imo. I just think they have fallen asleep at the wheel and have rested too much on their laurels to the point that other European countries have caught up with them and eventually, left them behind.
Just look at their group. A (fast-improving) Norway have been in the wilderness for 2 decades and Italy got absolutely dogwalked by them.
In addition, the fact that Gatusso was crying about not being able to make the WC via the group stage (getting pummelled by Norway at home, btw) just proves how inflated their opinion is about their football, and how much teams have levelled. And it's only gonna get worse for them, moving forward.
03 Apr 2026 12:22:39
Seriously thought you were referring to a toilet break there, Oli, until I cottoned on!
03 Apr 2026 14:22:39
I used to love watching Italian football when it was on Ch4, when Gazza played in Italy that was the place to be. Transfers, wages were all the highest. They could take any player they wanted, ie Gazza, Rush, Gullit, all the top German players, etc.
That's because the money was in their league, now it's in the Premier League, but with all the money we have spent our league, esp lately, is dreadful, boring to watch, hope it improves, but can see over the next couple of seasons teams will do an Arsenal, play for corners, free kicks etc.
03 Apr 2026 16:22:08
I think the problem is that Italian football doesn't have an identity any more.
They were always known for their defensive strength, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Also, Italy don't really have any world class players currently, at least I can't think of any.
Gone are the days of Maldini, Baggio, Pirlo, Cannavaro, etc. You just don't see any great players coming out of Italy...
Maybe it's the effect of training youngsters to be robots on the field, as opposed to them being allowed to express themselves.
03 Apr 2026 07:15:31
A question for any of the Eds
I remember one of the Eds mentioning Sebastian Hoener as a possible candidate for Liverpool when we was looking to replace Jurgen, who would you say is better suited to club Alonso or Sebastian Hoener? I loved Xavi as a player but after 3 years of management experience is he ready for a massive club like Lfc?
{Ed001's Note - they are both in a similar position, lacking experience. I do prefer Hoeness' football to watch though.}
03 Apr 2026 12:07:02
I think xabi had leverkusen playing some great football as well ed
02 Apr 2026 22:41:07
Where were we when it came to recruitment. We've missed out on so much winter talent.
BBC article
02 Apr 2026 20:21:05
Bastoni seems to be getting a lot of flak of late. A change of environment might do him some good.
Maybe it is time to tempt Inter with an offer.
02 Apr 2026 20:45:09
An offer he can't refuse (Taps his fingers together, menacingly).
02 Apr 2026 20:49:33
Not a Premier League defender imo.
02 Apr 2026 21:08:03
Isn't he in discussions with Barca?
02 Apr 2026 21:09:30
Maxine Lacroix is much better.
02 Apr 2026 21:27:11
Jesus, that was some quicksharp decline for Bastoni on here wasn't it.
03 Apr 2026 07:14:18
Bastoni is not the answer, he is a good defender, but not great.
He would struggle in the prem.
I called for Maxence Lacroix at the start of the season, a great option, off the back of a great season in the prem for him.
Suggest he would be £60m at least though, and Palace are dirt to deal with, as witnessed with Guehi last summer.
03 Apr 2026 11:12:59
I thought Marc Guehi was the saviour?
Since going there, They've collapsed. 📉
03 Apr 2026 11:47:17
Marc Guehi is a good defender. Nothing more, nothing else. If you listen to the English pundits, he's the 2nd coming of Bobby Moore.
03 Apr 2026 11:49:24
I think the Bastoni ship has sailed.
02 Apr 2026 16:06:08
Heard from someone closely connected with the Club that Alonso has agreed a four year deal, starting in June.
Also heard that Bradley is out until 2027, so right back is a priority for this summer.
Given the circumstances of the season, would personally have liked to see Slot given more time, but understand why others wouldn't - Spurs and 2nd half of Brighton were unacceptable.
02 Apr 2026 16:41:03
Palestra being linked again.
02 Apr 2026 16:59:56
More time? He should have been sacked in November, he's been given 7 months more than any other club on the planet would give him. Why should he get more time? Genuine question.
Say we do give him more time, we give him another £200 million, but Edwards gets his way, of course, so more confusion about the direction the team needs to go, Slot doesn't get who he wants for his system, whatever that word means to him, we continue to churn out dross, struggle to stay in top 5 all season, and we're right back where we are in 6 or 12 months time.
Then what? We sign a second rate manager after missing out on Alonso, Virgil and Ali are gone, top players will get fed up, Isak goes to Barca, Dom goes to Madrid, Ekitike back to PSG... No thanks.
02 Apr 2026 19:18:48
JoeBuck, More time to prove what? To turn what around? What else do we need to see that we haven't seen already after months of this crap? I can keep going, but I'll leave it there.
02 Apr 2026 19:18:52
Ah, c'mon Chewy, 7 months ago was September, the bloke only won the title in May. 😆 I would hope the lessons of last year have been learned. I strongly believe whether Slot, Xabi, Ireola, Jack Charlton are at the helm, LFC are one good summer window from having a complete squad.
The weaknesses in our squad should be addressed, and we should be back challenging on all fronts next season. Think it's gonna be another big spend though.
02 Apr 2026 19:19:39
Slot has sucked out every ounce of football joy. We as fans give him thanks for what he achieved last year. But I just can't think of him staying with us anymore. But who knows.
02 Apr 2026 19:56:00
@ Florian, Sick of hearing how we got a "weak squad", nearly all through Klopp's time we had a first 11-14, the drop off in quality was evident after the first team, but the performances didn't drop too far. Face it, Slot is not that good.
02 Apr 2026 20:15:34
Would the lack of desire and determination in the team not concern u, Florian? At the end of the day that's the manager's job to get them motivated and prepared to give everything to the cause. We can say players get paid fortunes and should do that anyway, but sport/football doesn't work like that as we all know.
No doubt issues in squad depth and ability, but it aint going to matter who we sign if we so lacklustre and disinterested looking as we have been for virtually all season.
To me something has gone v badly wrong with Slot +his staff and the players.
By the way I'm not having a go at u, I respect your opinion on manager and u make some good points on management issue.
02 Apr 2026 20:33:29
This season has been one of the worst in recent times because it's the hope that kills you. The players look like they can't be bothered, and the manager looks like he is clueless.
Parting of the ways seems like the only solution, and if a new manager comes in and can't put a rocket up these players a##es, then we'll likely see a similar outcome next season.
02 Apr 2026 20:36:04
My post was more about Chewy's concerns about how the upcoming transfer window would be handled than who the manager will be, Digger. But since you asked about the lack of desire and determination in the team I'll say what I've said all season. Desire and determination should be a given and a minimum every time a player pulls on that shirt no matter their relationship with the manager.
As for a player looking disinterested, he shouldn't be here then. I remember the football under Rafa and Houllier could be terrible. Much worse than this season, but the players still, for the most part, tried every week so I don't buy into this modern pandering to the feelings of the poor players.
02 Apr 2026 21:18:27
I get what you say about the players, Florian, but if them players have told Slot that they are not fit enough, that their strengths are playing fast paced attacking football and Slot decides to slow the play, making it a passing game and lack intensity, totally different to the way ee won the league, then they can only go so long before they can offer little for the shirt.
02 Apr 2026 21:35:24
Where has it been suggested the players told Slot they are not fit enough? Have to say I've never seen that reported anywhere, not even on here, which, let's face it, is Slot-hate Central.
Scouse John, do we not still have a first 11-14 now? I'd argue a lot of the players looked at as squad players under Klopp were better than their counterparts in this squad.
02 Apr 2026 21:44:49
Florian, unless they've made changes to the calendar, November through May is 7 months. "One good summer from having a complete squad" yet last season we won the league and significantly strengthened the squad during the summer, but now it's incomplete, something doesn't add up there. There's zero trust left for the fools in charge to appropriately strengthen the squad this summer after the complete balls that's been made of the last 12 months. You said yourself we need another big spend, most would agree, but we've already been told that won't be happening.
Good point you make about some of Rafa's football being poor to watch, but yet the players still gave it socks, nobody ever questioned their commitment or efforts. Rafa was a tactician, and although he didn't always play the most beautiful football he knew how to get results, the players could see that, hence the passion they retained through difficult periods. Yet, this season we're also seeing a ''tactician'' do what he feels is best to get results, but on the opposite end of the spectrum we've got players looking totally deflated and fed up, very clearly lacking the passion we're so used to seeing. Why?
We're talking about two similar scenarios, we should be seeing similar results, but the players' attitudes tell two very different stories.
Because unlike with Rafa, the players under Slot don't see the vision, his choices don't make sense, he continues to implement the same old ineffective tactics week after week, players played out of position, crazy substitution calls, wild excuses in the pressers. Players very quickly take notice of a manager who's out of his depth, his choices become the talk of the town amongst the squad, doubts become rumours, tactical decisions become jokes, and very quickly the manager becomes a bit of a laughing stock when he's out of earshot. The doubts in the manager's ability, the questioning of his approach, judgment passed on his poor decision making, all of that has a huge effect on the players, and it shows through a lack of drive and passion, players look beaten and lost. To an untrained eye it might look like a bad attitude, but it's not.
Bad attitudes develop in individuals, they stick out like sore thumbs, Garnacho springs to mind. We don't have any Garnachos. What we have is the majority of the squad very evidently displaying the tell tale signs of a team that has long lost faith in their manager.
02 Apr 2026 22:14:50
Sorry Chewy, I went back 7 months from 2day, seen as the post was written on the 2nd of April. Would you not say the squad is incomplete, Chewy? I think most fans would. Who said a big spend won't happen again? A big spend doesn't have to be over 400m, but it would have to be sizable. Rafa got results according to yourself. I loved Rafa, but he did finish 37, 21 and 23 points behind the eventual winners in his time here.
He made some weird choices himself in his time here. As for the rest of your post, you talk some game with "to the untrained eye it might look like a bad attitude but it's not", in particular getting a giggle out of me, but it's all hearsay and your own opinion.
03 Apr 2026 00:04:52
Florian, you are wrong about the football being worse under Rafa. He had a very limited budget, he also had H&G fighting an internal battle, but Rafa had the squad fighting for the 90 mins. Slot has had all the tools n fumbled aimlessly into games.
He has lost the support of the players n fans. In fact, the only one who idolises him is you... You argue with everyone who comments against him. Now it's getting a bit worrying.
03 Apr 2026 01:50:12
I would absolutely say the squad is lacking. Unlike a lot of people I wasn't fooled by the big money summer signings, we didn't replace like for like, we weren't buying for a system that's worked perfectly for 8 years, and we didn't actually spend big, just as many outgoings as we had coming in and recouped half of what we spent. We're still owed a full summer transfer budget from '24, FSG got away with murder there, and it annoys me that nobody talks about it. Now we see articles last week talking about how Liverpool won't be spending big this Summer. I never bothered looking into who the originator was, but it seems like the kind of piece the club would put out given our current situation.
But the point I was trying to make was that last summer, outside of Jotta and Trent, we didn't really need to strengthen the squad. We had a winning formula, a little more depth would have been nice as always. On paper we certainly did seem to strengthen, some huge signings, but only to go backwards. You say now the squad is incomplete, I agree. What I don't agree with is having the same fools in charge of strengthen this squad, who somehow managed to make a title winning side weaker than it was in the first place, and somehow, they managed to do that by signing players who are actually better than the ones that left, it's mindboggling.
Leaving the three muppeteers in charge for another window is just a disaster waiting to happen. If you can't toast bread you shouldn't be let roast the turkey.
Rafa got results according to everybody, he's got a Champions League, FA Cup and UEFA Cup to prove it. He also finished 3rd on two occasions and 2nd behind Utd, missing out on a Premier League title by only 4 points and taking the team to no less than 6 cup finals. Let's not forget he was dealing with a s***house of a club back then, a lacklustre squad in many regards, nightmare owners and a board who was only delighted to sell our top players for profit. We were a stepping stone for a lot of players for a long time. If Slot had to deal with all of that we'd be battling relegation.
It is my opinion, but unlike some people, it's actually based on facts.
03 Apr 2026 04:39:47
Is what other clubs do really a measure for what we should do?
03 Apr 2026 07:37:11
I think the 1st thing we need to do next season, whoever may be the manager, is make us a horrible team to play against again. I don't mean horrible in an 'Arsenal' way of playing, I mean us playing, particularly at Anfield, on the front foot, aggressive in the tackle, and in the 1st 10-15mins of the game, the opposition shouldn't have time to lift their heads.
A player in midfield who sets the tone.
I get the impression teams see us as a soft touch, get stuck into them and they fold. We started well at Brighton, Milner hit our lads couple of good whacks in 50/50s and we folded like a deck of cards.
03 Apr 2026 08:38:44
Florian you're just a liar, the football was not worse under Rafa or Houllier. This blaming of the players is folly too. If you think another manager wouldn't get a better tune out of the players then you're deluded. Well I know you're deluded. He's got a squad most would kill for. You're just trolling as usual no one can be that thick.
03 Apr 2026 11:51:55
So Rafa and Ged are now being thrown under the bus to save your boy, Flo? You've hit rock bottom, man. Sad.
03 Apr 2026 12:21:56
I agree chewy all you hear about is what Slot has spent yet since he got here we've spent less than all of our rivals i'd imagine.We also had to replace Diaz who was hugely important and Nunez who although not a patch on Isak contributed more last year than Isak contributed this year because of isaks injury.Jota and Nunez provided 11 goals and 7 assists last season to 13 goals and 5 assists from the front two this term.And its not as if the forward whoever its been hasn't had chances.Hopefully we get a few outa Isak between now and seasons end. Did Rafa win the UEFA Cup with us? And the 6 finals is a bit of a stretch seen as we qualified for two of them automatically😆Look i loved Rafa and realise what he had to deal with but is Slot not also dealing with a lacklustre squad in many regards, and according to many on here two absolute imbeciles in Hughes and Edwards? As i said i loved Rafa and will always be thankful for the good times he gave us but he also had his poor seasons like Slot is having now.Thats definitely facts.And i would have backed him then the same as i back the manager now, thats just the way i am.I keep saying that i think Arne is gone in May but if somehow we won a trophy over the next few weeks he would leave with the same amount of major trophies as Rafa won in his time here.He might win more than Arteta and Pep manage since he came in too.
03 Apr 2026 12:25:50
Frode, it was worse. We were a counter attacking team under Ged against any half decent side. At least Slot goes out to play football against the big sides. Takes them on. Rafa was also known as a defensive coach. Would you class Slot as a defensive coach, Frode?
03 Apr 2026 12:39:38
Oli, as I just said to Chewy, I supported Rafa through his bad seasons. If the new manager comes in and struggles, I will back him. I've backed Slot. Can you see the pattern here? I will back the LFC manager (especially one who delivered a title in his one season) through hard times. It's not for everyone, especially not this generation, it seems.
{Ed025's Note - thats called bind faith mate..
03 Apr 2026 13:40:45
So if the new guy comes in and struggles do we slaughter him Ed? Or do we get behind him? Thats what i do with our managers.If a new guy does struggle initially people will say its a transition season but this right NOW is a transition season.I don't know, do people only expect good times with no bad with the answer always to sack the manager? And people wonder why players have so much power these days.
{Ed025's Note - no FM you just tell the truth. if he is poor you say he is poor, and if he is very good you laud him up to your hearts content mate...its not rocket science..
03 Apr 2026 15:03:32
True. Although I suppose it all depends on your definition of good.