Liverpool banter 10

25 Mar 2026 13:21:25
Who should be on penalty duty once Salah leaves next season?
It's Szobo for me.

25 Mar 2026 13:35:06
I would imagine Isak, if and when fit. Szob is an excellent penalty taker, but I'd always like my main goalscorer to be taking the penos.

25 Mar 2026 13:35:09
Omg. I was just thinking that this morning.

Not sure about that. You gotta think Isak or Ekitike, whichever is on the pitch.

25 Mar 2026 13:37:00
Definitely not Curtis.

25 Mar 2026 13:37:35
Szobo makes sense, but I guess it depends who we recruit and how well they do in training.

25 Mar 2026 13:57:30
Dom all day, no question, maybe Isak in time, but right now Dom.

25 Mar 2026 14:05:24
Szobo took the pens when Salah was at AFCON. He only missed one vs Burnley, btw.

25 Mar 2026 14:07:36
I've said on here, before, I've never been confident with Mo taking pens. No one was ever going to take them off him, though!

Isak or Szob will do for me.

25 Mar 2026 14:20:37
How many he take, Oli? Be Isak for me.

25 Mar 2026 14:25:39
Same here, Rome, for someone so good his penalties were terrible.

25 Mar 2026 14:55:39
Konate? ?

25 Mar 2026 15:00:34
Has to be Joe Gomez surely?!

25 Mar 2026 16:30:31
Whoever happens to be the best penalty taker. Who knows, it might turn out to be somebody that we sign in the summer!

25 Mar 2026 18:25:06
Forgot Isak played for us, to be honest, Robbie, but that's a good shout.

25 Mar 2026 19:13:15
If you are going to take penalties, you will miss some. Shearer holds EPL record for penalties scored, 56. Also holds record for most missed, 11.

25 Mar 2026 19:45:30
Le Tissier scored 47/48. Not bad.

25 Mar 2026 11:02:08
Ed1 were do you think Salah ends up now club wise? I personally can't see Saudi happening be interested if he goes back to Italy or stays within Europe?

{Ed001's Note - I have no idea mate, sorry.}

25 Mar 2026 11:36:57
He was very complimentary about Galatasaray fans when we played them away. I wouldn’t be shocked if he was to stay in Europe. That was an option.

On a side note, Liverpool as a club must have some serious money. Didn’t picture us letting Salah leave on a free.

We didn’t dip into the January market to attempt to nail top 4 and Champions League.

We seem to be relaxed about not changing the manager even though we’re slipping down the league. Letting players leave every summer with no fees. ?

Something behind the scenes? Maybe those FSG selling up rumours might have some truth in them.

25 Mar 2026 11:43:59
Half think he has no intention to go to Saudi and would have likely stayed.

Can only assume, not many, if any, clubs would be prepared to pay a fee and wages.

Case of cutting losses and getting the wage of the bill.

Does all seem strange, but can understand for both parties why it works.

25 Mar 2026 11:45:03
Just think, getting him off the wage bill is seen as good enough. We might have got £50-60m max for him, and thats only if he went to Saudi. And out of that we probably would have had to pay up his last year of contract.

25 Mar 2026 12:02:58
Let's hope it doesn't mean the Slot rot will continue into next season. My first match was Borussia Munchengladbach in the early 70s, but I won't be watching next season if the partimer is still at the club.

25 Mar 2026 12:18:38
Salah is staying in Europe, imo. He has had chance after chance to go to Saudi and literally write his own pay packet in terms of his wages and has always told them to kick rocks and chosen to stay with us a way lower wages cos he still thinks he can win things and perform. One bad season will not change that, imo.

25 Mar 2026 12:39:56
Saudi makes no sense to me. Salah is a family man, and Saudi laws will not suit his or his wife's lifestyle.

I have no inside knowledge at all, but my gut instinct says he'll end up somewhere like Juventus, Galatasaray, Basel, Roma, or Fenerbache. Either a top team in Turkey, a nostalgic return to Roma/Basel, or an outside chance of a team like Juventus who just love an aging superstar.

Galatasaray, Basel and Juventus especially all offer legitimate opportunities for domestic silverware and the chance to continue playing Champions League football.

25 Mar 2026 12:43:23
We were on a roll there, we actually managed four posts.

25 Mar 2026 12:51:52
Out of all those teams, MK, probably only Gala can afford to pay his wages, and they're probably hamstrung with the likes of Gundogan, Sane, and Osimhen on big money. Unless he's willing to take a massive pay cut, I can only imagine him going to the MLS, but that seems impossible for somebody as competitive as he is.

25 Mar 2026 13:01:28
Miami would be nice for a couple of years. Roma is a good shout in fairness, but like PB says Mo'd probably have to accept a few quid less to get his return there.

25 Mar 2026 13:12:54
I personally hope Napoli.

We, as fans, deserve to see De Bruyne and Salah link up.

Ta.

25 Mar 2026 13:19:27
Salah will go back to Chelsea...
. ????

25 Mar 2026 13:21:57
Good shout, Carra. Napoli are in that similar bracket to Juve. They regularly take on aging superstars and they'll also give Salah trophy opportunities and CL football.

25 Mar 2026 13:38:00
Galatasaray - and Yildaz will come to us.

25 Mar 2026 14:06:23
Napoli is not a bad propo, Carra. Very interesting, indeed.

25 Mar 2026 15:01:43
If we got 9 years and productivity out of every £30 million footballer, the club would be rolling in it. It's out of respect that the club let him go for free.

25 Mar 2026 15:21:02
Carra,

Can you imagine them two at Napoli together?

I could what a dream that would be.

Jose would be salivating over what should have been, had he not been so blind to what he had in front of him....

25 Mar 2026 17:58:38
Not that Jose was blind, but more about his preference to not trust youngsters, just like a certain someone.

I cannot recall a player who Jose took as a youngster and turned into a great player... Jose mostly worked with quality players in their prime.

25 Mar 2026 19:22:48
You mean he was a cheque book manager.

25 Mar 2026 20:21:07
Well, none of the major European clubs came in for him when he was at his peak so it'd seem unlikely he'll end up at one of those clubs now. Maybe back to a club like Fiorentina on much reduced wages?

Otherwise, I think the only realistic destination for him is Saudi or America.

25 Mar 2026 10:54:04
With us linked to Olise, his stats for last season and this season are the following.

24/25
Played 55
Scored 20
Assisted 23

25/26
Played 39
Scored 16
Assisted 27

Apparently his value is €140m but Bayern want to get €172m.

25 Mar 2026 11:45:12
His stats are great, but he is just not the right type of player for us at all. When Wirtz gets his head up, he needs runners off the ball. Olise will constantly be coming short to collect it, and trying to create in the half space between the defence and midfield. Exactly like Salah does now, his legs have gone, and he can't run in behind or beat a full back. We need to build a functional team, not a team of individuals. Rio looks good because he's exactly what we need to bring more balance to the side, not because he's already a good player.

He's 17, and if you actually watch him, his execution and decision making is nowhere near the levels needed. We're still a better team with him on the pitch than not, though.

If Olise signs, I'll back him to the hilt and hope he finds a way to dovetail with Wirtz and Isak. Just feels like the wrong player to me, though. Great player for sure, but not what we need.

25 Mar 2026 11:48:13
Insane money, but I do think he's the only one out there capable of filling Mo's boots right now. Diomande is very promising, but he's only a kid, having his first good season right now. I don't see him as a ready replacement for Mo. He's also right footed and can play from the left, which is where I would prefer to have him. I think we need to sign both as we literally have nobody capable on the wings right now.



Yes, Rio is promising, but he's a kid and his end product needs a lot of work. Frimpong is also promising, but he's nowhere near Mo's level. He was brought in as RB and that's where he needs to be played. Chiesa, nuff said. And Gakpoo... When you think of the fact that we had Salah, Bobby and Mane in a front three. We are miles off it. Serious investment must be made come Summer.

25 Mar 2026 12:22:23
Mks, I've always seen Olise (very good player, btw) as a wide 10 who likes the ball at his feet out wide to come short and create. Kind of like Cou was when he played on the left when we were on the come-up under Klopp.

To me, he ain't a wide player like Salah, Mane or even Diaz is, guys who are runners that get in behind and create/score goals, his stats be damned.



Like you, I'm not sure he is the profile we need if, indeed, we are looking at Klopp-like wide players, for ex.

25 Mar 2026 12:38:23
Maybe Xabi wants him to play in a 3-4-2-1. ?

25 Mar 2026 12:46:50
Have to agree with MK here, we don't need somebody to replace Salah's goals and assists necessarily because Isak, Ekitike and Wirtz are there for that.

We need complementary pieces to what we already have, wide players who can beat their man for pace or skill, and can create dangerous situations for our 9 to finish. Diomande is the right kind of profile for what we need.



That being said, I did imagine that Salah was going to reproduce his form from last year playing as a right sided 10 like he did last year, with Wirtz on the other side causing havoc and our 9 mopping up whatever easy chances came their way. So maybe that's the thinking, with two withdrawn 'wingers' and the fullbacks providing the width.

25 Mar 2026 12:51:52
I completely agree, Oli. A left-footed Coutinho is actually not a bad comparison at all. I feel I should keep reiterating that I do not think for one second that Olise is a bad player. I think he's bloody brilliant. I just don't think you need Olise and Wirtz in the same team; and Wirtz works harder. Olise will score goals because he's got a wand of a left foot, but you're right in that he won't be running in behind or hugging the touchline. Nor will he be pressing.

I look at it mainly from the perspective of Isak, and needing to get the best out of the £125m CF we've signed, but also Wirtz and needing to get the best out of the £116m AM we've signed. Isak thrived on wingers like Gordon and Murphy running at the full backs and driving the ball across, so Isak himself could run across the front or off the back of the CBs to poach goals inside 6-12 yards. Whenever I've watched Bayern, Olise is not doing that. He's coming inside and either floating crosses into Kane (who is strong enough to make the most of that) or fizzing passes into Kane's feet (which again he is strong enough to back into the CBs and either roll them or play a give and go under pressure).



Wirtz thrived at Bayer Leverkusen because every time he got his head up, Grimaldo and Frimpong were bursting in behind or down the wing. When Wirtz gets his head up in our team, Gakpo and Salah are both running towards him or stood wide and deep because they want it to feet so they can try and cut inside.

Kane was the ideal set up at Bayern for him. If you think about his best years at Spurs it was with Eriksen on the RW and Son on the LW. Son to give him a selfless runner off his shoulder, and Eriksen who could thread an eye of the needle pass/cross into him. Diaz and Olise are his new Son and Eriksen; Diaz the selfless runner and Olise the magician to find a pass into him. A good sporting director/manager will set the team up around their main goal threat. We simply have not done that for Isak so even when he is fit, I'm not anticipating him to change our season miraculously unless Rio and Frimpong start playing LW and RW, because their style of play is what Isak wants. But then are they actually good enough to play week in week out as wingers in the Premier league?

25 Mar 2026 12:53:24
So confused by this site. on one hand, people think Slot is the problem but then on the other hand, our players are terrible and serious investment is required.again.

Gakpo is terrible, Rio is young, Salah's legs have gone (and he's literally gone in the summer), we have no CDM, Konate is useless, Virgil is past it, we have no true RB, our GK is always injured, our LB is clueless, Wirtz is weak, Macca spends more time on the ground than on his feet.on and on.

If Slot is working with this bad a team, then why is he at fault? Now I know the next thing coming will be "Slot made them all terrible with his awful system and lack of conditioning".

Which brings me back to my first point - is it bad players or a bad coach??? If it's Slot, then stop having a go at the players until we see what a proper coach can do. If it's the players, then lay off Slot for a bit. But I don't see how it can be both.

Do we need to upgrade in certain areas, of course. For me, the priorities are to replace Salah; replace Macca; replace Konate; then assess who else leaves and whether or not their minutes can be filled with someone from the squad or a kid from the academy. We don't need an overhaul.

25 Mar 2026 12:38:47
MK, OilRed, pure drivel lads, give it over.

"Not the kind of player to create/score goals"

OilRed, Right yeah, cause 40+ goals & assists in his last 2 seasons just doesn't count. I thought Florian was the only one talking nonsense on here.

25 Mar 2026 13:19:31
That kettle's back out, I see, Chewy.

25 Mar 2026 13:30:49
Chewy, you get very rude and obnoxious when people don't agree with you, don't you. This isn't the first time you've lashed out. You can always block me if you don't like my drivel? Look, I like Olise, I think he's very good and maybe even world class. I just don't think he compliments Wirtz, Ekitike and Isak. In my mind if we pay circa £150m for Olise we just have a £450m front 4 that don't really compliment each other. Olise and Isak do not press at all, and Ekitike is pretty average at pressing, so I think that makes us easy to cut through.

None of them offer blistering pace or directness to get at a full back either, which means a low block will still be a problem for us. The balance just looks off to me, at least on paper. You could always explain how/why you think that front 4 will work, instead of just throwing personal insults about. Maybe you'll change my mind.

25 Mar 2026 14:15:12
Chewy, throwing out insults makes you look and sound weak. Sad for you.

For me, Olise is a bloody good footballer (don't need stats to prove any of that) however, he has to fit the way we want to play and if he doesn't then, his stats mean nothing, IMO.

Now you can always try to argue your case against my opinion like a grown up rather than engage in childish, weak-toast insults BUT clearly that is not your strength, based on your own words.

Again, sad for you

25 Mar 2026 14:31:30
And look up the definition of personal insult, will you.

25 Mar 2026 14:49:20
Chewy, in your reliable eagerness to insult and mock others who you imagine to have a different view from your own, you somehow neglected to read Oli's post properly. He clearly said he isn't the kind of player 'to get in behind and score goals', and rather that he likes to come short to score and assist.

The kind of player he wants is one that stays wide or runs in behind the defense ala Sadio and the Mo of yesteryear.

Of course, you're going to come at me now, it's fine though because I expect it from you going forward. Would prefer if we were nicer to each other though.

25 Mar 2026 14:58:26
"Insult and mock" by saying the word drivel?! You lot are something else, knickers well and truly in a twist over nothing.

25 Mar 2026 15:33:53
Not a fan of Olise.

Too lazy, not an 'Alonso player' in my opinion.

Let's sign players who are prepared to work hard?

25 Mar 2026 14:26:49
MK Scouser, rude and obnoxious? Hold on to your handbag lad will you?! Because I said stop talking drivel, which you were clearly doing, that makes me rude and obnoxious?! My own grandmother woldn't call that rude and obnoxious for crying out loud. Get a grip mate, this site is for rumours and banter, if you can't handle somebody casually challenging your opinion I suggest taking up a hobby that presents less opposition, like crosswords.

Balance is the key, not everything works season after season, in spite of Slot's overuse of the excuse, there has been a large shift to a low block this year and constant pressing from the front line when not in possession is not always the solution, we actually started the season off doing that, we were getting pulled out of position and with our weak midfield the opposition was walking through the park, yes, your right, that does make us easy to cut thorugh, if we let it. Everyone just thinks the gegenpress is the gold standard because of Klopp and how he used it, but it's not the only effective tactic.

Look at City and how they dealt with Arsenal, absolutely no pressing from forward positions, forcing Arsenal to play through an overly condensed midfield or go long, they looked clueless, City completely shut them down. It's a tactic I suggested we employ back in December. Anyway, I'm not going to get into a discussion on tactics because any good manager should have a whole range of them in all sorts of variations at his disposal, and no one single approach is the ultimate solution.

But telling me you don't want the best RW in the world right now because you don't think he's very good at pressing is a load of nonsense. As if the ability to press outweighs 40+ g/a a season, come off it.

25 Mar 2026 14:44:33
Oh and Florian, settle down, mate. because I know for a fact you ain't talking considering your record when it comes to talking utter bollocks on this forum this season.

Like I said, settle down.

25 Mar 2026 15:49:30
Chewy, your lack of self awareness is hilarious. Your responses genuinely make it sound like you've fully lost your head whilst myself, Florian, Oli and Patrik are just pretty calmly talking about football. I've asked quite politely for you to explain how/why you think Olise will work with our current attackers and so far you've come back with nothing that adds value to the discussion. You've just insulted me and Oli by saying we're talking drivel, then followed that up by saying that along with Florian, the three of us talk nonsense on this site, then really gone for broke with a classic sexist remark about twisted knickers aimed at Patrik!

Can you not see how this looks like 4 grown ups enjoying talking about football and one angry little kid shouting at us all to stop having a good time?

25 Mar 2026 17:14:56
I haven't seen enough of Olise to have an opinion one way or the other, but he's certainly hot property at the moment. My query, though, is about Diomande, is he not meant to be our number 1 target and us his? I haven't seen enough of him either, so I could not compare one with the other. Just looking for others' opinions on him.

25 Mar 2026 17:21:50
Having two players that don't press (Isak, Olise) and one that has a massive amount to learn in that regard (Ekitike) leading the line is not good for any team. We already saw what happened when you put Isak and Salah together in the front line this season.

City didn't press Arsenal from the front because they knew Kepa wouldn't be able to progress the ball the way Raya does, and White and Hincapie are hardly very dangerous players for him to get the ball to anyway. It worked for that game, they're hardly going to do the same thing every game.

Our front press has honestly been crap this season, so not sure why you think it was more aggressive at the beginning of the season.

The pattern this season has been a half hearted front press from two of the forward players (or Dom plus one forward player, with Salah not involved and Gakpo retreating to make a plus one in defence), and everybody else retreating to a mid block.



Once the crap front press is bypassed, the midfield and defenders don't push up, retreat, and allow the opposition midfield time to pick a pass. There's always a massive gap between the front press and the midfield line. It's not simply that we have a 'weak midfield'. A good deal of the problem is tactical.

The best games we've played this season have been with a high press, with the entire team pushing up, Konate pushing up to engage the midfielders, and, because the players are so much closer together, we can swarm the opposition when we lose the ball. To me, this is evidently still the most reliable way to create dangerous opportunities for us.

25 Mar 2026 17:31:37
With respect, how do we know how we want to play, when we don't know who our new manager is going to be? Regards to Olise, I can't see us splashing that much cash out on one player, this summer, anyway. I'd be chuffed if we were to get him, though.

25 Mar 2026 17:58:24
Olired, are you off your tablets or something? How the duck did I get brought into that? The only interaction I had in this entire thread was with Chewy who brought me into it outa nowhere. I responded to him in jest. I certainly had no interaction with you. This place gets crazier by the day. ?

25 Mar 2026 18:00:31
Good point, Rome. If Xabi did come in, we could be playing wingbacks and Dom and Wirtz in behind Isak/Ekitike as double 10's for all we know.

25 Mar 2026 19:26:52
Olise has fantastic numbers in the Bundesliga. So did Sancho, Bellingham and others. Wouldn't take a chance on him.

25 Mar 2026 19:28:02
I'm actually siding with Florian for a change, Chap did nothing. You's lot are something else. Throwing false accusations around like confetti.

25 Mar 2026 19:51:39
Florian, think Oli and Chewy have both lost their heads now. Not sure how we got to this haha.

25 Mar 2026 19:51:48
Starseeker, Olise's record was decent when he was at Palace. Certainly good enough for Bayern to buy him. We bought Wirtz on the back of him having a good record in the Bundesliga.

25 Mar 2026 20:26:44
We could use another Wirtz type for him to play. If we've got likes of Ekitike / Isak up front, Frimpong/Kerkez bombing forward, a more dynamic LW, and runners like Dom from midfield, then I absolutely think we cannot have an Olise type in type team.



It's less likely that we are going to run past teams anyways. So we need to pass and trick our way through the defense.

25 Mar 2026 22:14:42
Me neither, Mk. Ah, not to worry, people are stressed. ?

26 Mar 2026 08:25:14
Geez, my post is a mess lol.

Olise would fit fine in our team alongside Wirtz.

25 Mar 2026 10:45:41
Now that there appears to be some wiggle room around the wage budget with Mo departing, will we see a breakthrough in negotiations with Konate? I don't think his performances this season has helped his cause, but I think there's a good player there when his head is straight ?.

25 Mar 2026 11:17:21
Oh god no, please just let him go. He has had more than a chance to prove he is capable of being a good consistent defender, but fails 9/10.

25 Mar 2026 11:20:35
It's time for Konate to move on too.

25 Mar 2026 11:47:32
Hopefully we let him go, but the longer it goes on without hearing about a pre-contract agreement with another side, the more I'm convinced we're still negotiating behind the scenes.

I'd rather let Konate go and sign someone less unpredictable. Virgil is not as young as he once was. He needs a partner who is less rash and who is more consistent with their actions.

25 Mar 2026 11:57:10
I think we should be looking at replacing both Virgil and Konate this summer.

25 Mar 2026 12:09:38
I wouldn't be against that, Salah. Hope you're well, mate.

25 Mar 2026 12:24:00
Konate needs to go. Gotta stop the bleeding, at some point.

25 Mar 2026 12:47:57
I think Konate can still be a brilliant player against the right opposition. With Leoni and Jacquet next season, he won't be expected to play every game anymore anyway.

25 Mar 2026 13:24:36
I up until recently would have hoped Konate signed on, but at this stage he can go. He's gonna want 300k a week, which is £78m over 5 years. Let him go and get a top partner in for Virg. Or give Leoni/Jaquet a go and get a 4th choice in.

Ibou had a few good games there on the trot, but he's back to his early season form now. Killed us for the 1st goal on Saturday, twice in under a minute. And it's been too often all season.

25 Mar 2026 13:58:31
Konate is a liability. Always has been liable for a total brain melt. He has zero positive attributes as a CB. VVD this season has been totally disappointing based on his previous high level of quality and consistency, but I'd reckon that is still in him and warrants another season to prove it.

25 Mar 2026 16:54:59
I'm very well, thank you, Rome. Hope all is well with you, mate.

25 Mar 2026 18:02:07
Let Salah go to keep Konate????

Is this the twilight zone?

25 Mar 2026 10:30:54
Just out of curiosity…. Why are Bayern happy to let Olise leave the club? I don’t watch many games other than Liverpool, but thought Olise was doing good over there. The top clubs in Europe rarely let their best players leave without a fight, unless there’s a reason.

25 Mar 2026 10:43:25
I can think of several million reasons they'd be tempted to sell!

25 Mar 2026 10:52:53
Purely financial reasons.

They need Champs League success to avoid a big sale.

25 Mar 2026 11:03:36
Thought they didn't want him to go, particularly? That there was talk of a release clause at £100m or something?

25 Mar 2026 09:36:06
It feels like the end of an era. Mo Salah, Bobby Firmino and Sadio Mane are perhaps the most iconic front 3 in English football since Denis Law, George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton.

You just don't get trios like that come around very often. For about 6 years the three of them absolutely tormented defences all over the country and Europe. Treasured memories indeed. Appreciate what we saw fellow Reds, because you'll most likely never see such poetry again in your lifetimes at Anfield.

There's been lots of deadly duos throughout English football history, but it's incredibly rare that you get 3 at once who play so many games together and build a bond that is such a joy to watch. It's a massive shame that they didn't win more together due to the financial doping that's been going on at Manchester City.

Legends. All three of them. I hope they get a statue like the United Trinity did.

25 Mar 2026 09:56:18
Yep. Lethal they were. Only a couple of that great team left. Thankfully, for me Mo and Virg are the best of the lot. Enjoy them while ye can.

25 Mar 2026 10:44:44
I feel like the Salah announcement has instantly killed any likelihood that Slot leaves before the end of the season.

Surely the club will not announce Slot leaving just after the Salah announcement, as this will detract from Salah. Seems we are stuck with Slot until at least season's end, in my view.

25 Mar 2026 11:05:21
Great post MK.

25 Mar 2026 11:41:10
I think the thing that we'll likely remember Mo for was his insane amount of self-belief and his mentality in moments of adversity, he believed from the first second to the last that he was the best player on the pitch and that he would come up with the goods when it mattered, and he managed to maintain that level of focus and presence of mind up to the final whistle. That is very much what separated him from his peers, and it's a quality that we'd associate with the likes of Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, the very highest level of sporting achievement.

I always think about the interview he did where he said that in his first year at Liverpool, he would get really down about not scoring an easy chance, and a team mate told him in the game that the negativity would affect everybody else around him, so he worked on keeping his cool and then smiling through it when things weren't going his way, cultivating the belief that he would put the next chance away.

Then there are all the stories about him reading lots of books on meditation to help him develop those traits, how he would read endlessly about psychology and get in touch with authors to discuss the nuances of theories that could help him as a footballer.

All of this just exemplifies and consolidates how much of an inspiration Mohamed Salah is and has been, as a player, he was constantly working on and evolving his game, and at a relatively advanced age he was still ahead of the curve and redefining what it meant to be a professional footballer at the very highest level.

25 Mar 2026 12:32:01
Great post, MK. That trio is simply the greatest in PL history, all day, every day, imo. They were all lethal and deadly in their own way, individually and collectively.

So complementary, so jaw-droppingly efficient, worked for each other, played for each other and absolutely terrorized the whole of the PL, Europe and the world in their pump. The most feared front 3 in Europe since MSN (Messi, Suarez & Neymar), imo.



I've seen a lot where Utd fans try to rate Tevez, Rooney and CR7 our guys. That's just them coping. 300 plus goals among them, every trophy in the kitty and Balon D'Or-worthy with Salah and Mane. Levels, man. Absolute Levells.

As for Mo, one of the greatest to ever lace 'em in the PL as a winger/forward.

25 Mar 2026 16:06:23
The thing for me, Oli, is that Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo were never even talked about as a great front 3 until the Liverpool trio started getting media attention. Then all the United fans made it up in their heads that Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo formed some sort of elite partnership across multiple seasons. They only actually played together for 2 seasons. In the first season, they were very good, scoring 57 Premier League goals between the 3 of them, and even winning the League and Champions League double. Fair play. The following season, though, there was a massive drop off from Tevez and Ronaldo, and they only scored 35 Premier League goals between the 3 of them. I'm not being funny, but Salah nearly did that figure on his own on a couple of occasions.

It's funny seeing modern United fans try and put that trio in the same bracket.

They were miles off our three as a unit, and the only reason they had a similar amount of success was because the League in 2007-2009 was really weak, with Chelsea and Arsenal in transition, as well as Liverpool financially unable to compete and missing out on all of our transfer targets. They wouldn't have got a sniff out of Klopp's Liverpool or Guardiola's City. It's even more amusing as well, because if these Man United fans knew their history, they could quite rightly point out that Law, Charlton and Best were just as successful as our trio. They were the first English team to win the European Cup, and all 3 of them won the Balon D'Or at some point across 10 years playing together. They don't need to clutch with 3 players who only had one good season together. They actually do have a better front 3 in their history.

25 Mar 2026 17:20:26
That's a great idea, MKS! Good call!

25 Mar 2026 17:23:52
I'm actually not being biased here, Oli, but I believe that our SMF were better than MSN.

25 Mar 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

25 Mar 2026 09:24:48
Brutal review, but as expected, it's unbelievable how far we've fallen.
If I'm correct, you said Vvd wasn't captain material? For me he's absolutely useless, but good at coming out and saying "we can't explain how we are losing or we will have a players only meeting to find a solution" that changes nothing.

{Ed001's Note - he was very good when it was all going well last season, but anyone can be a good captain when everything is great.}

25 Mar 2026 08:27:11
Bless you ed for watching that again. The reviews always bring a sense of closure, but I wish you'd tell us how you really feel about Slot ;)

{Ed001's Note - I will get off the fence soon.}

25 Mar 2026 09:53:05
I would give the armband to Szobo. I can't see VVD being stripped of it though whilst he is here unless we are wanting him to leave. Would not see VVD taking that well.

25 Mar 2026 10:00:19
Problem is, if it's not Virg, who would you give it to? Dom seems the natural option after this season's form, but I'm not convinced at all.

25 Mar 2026 10:23:30
Great review Ed, this is what frustrates me the most. How can Slot not see the multiple issues the team has and blindly keep pushing his awful tactics. Then when things go wrong or the opposition score he is jumping up and down on touchline berating players, officials etc. Like he bloody cares, which to be honest I don't think he does!

{Ed001's Note - I am sure he must care, as it affects his future career at the very least, so it must bother him.}

25 Mar 2026 10:59:12
Great review as always. I feel that you held back a bit and could have been even more critical. They were that bad.

{Ed001's Note - I certainly could have.}

25 Mar 2026 11:02:32
I don't even understand Ramsey being on the bench. I can't understand, well, anything. I'm baffled and lost for words how this can carry on.

25 Mar 2026 11:01:57
Brutal but fair words, Ed. It's simply horrible and depressing at the moment. These lot were supposed to bring us stability weren't they?

{Ed001's Note - should never have brought back Edwards, he was hopeless last time, too weak to stand up to Klopp and handed out contracts like they were Mojos.}

25 Mar 2026 11:23:51
Edd001 good review agree with all you said. To me it is like when we were at school and you had a teacher that took no rubbish and would belt you with a ruler then he goes off sick and we get a replacement teacher who is a bit of a wooly back so we new we could take the piss and get away with anything and the longer that teacher was there the more we took the piss this is what is happening at LFC klopp ruled the roost then along comes Slot and the players started to take the piss until now it has gone to far and Slot can't stop it.

{Ed001's Note - good analogy that.}

25 Mar 2026 12:41:52
Ed, you watched that again, man? Hats off to you because I couldn't watched that back. Hit rock bottom? Nah, we are well below the earth's crust, at this point.

"As it was simply the worst performance I can remember by Liverpool since the Hodgson days. "

Are you sure, mate? because I think if we did a poll at the end of the season, there are other performances that would legitimately rival the Spurs game as the absolute worst performance by Liverpool since "insert era/manager" here., IMO.

As for Slot and the two chuckle bros., you've covered it already so nothing else needs to be added. Otherwise, I get banned.

{Ed001's Note - it is the worst I can remember yes.}

25 Mar 2026 18:14:00
That must be one of the best reviews I've ever read.

Thank you Ed1.

Maybe its the tone in which I read it, but it came across not as a piece about anger and resentment, but as though a piece of your heart has been ripped out of you due to the poor state of affairs at the club that you and we love so much.

The end of the season, the end of Slot, the end of Edward's and Hughes, and the end of some playing careers at Anfield just cannot come quick enough.

A truly heart felt review, but I know that the more I think about the review, and go over it again in my head, the sadness and despair will turn to anger and resentment

{Ed001's Note - you are right, it was more despairing than angry.}

25 Mar 2026 03:32:56
To echo what everyone is saying here, all I want to say to Salah is: Thank you.
The best Liverpool player of my lifetime, and the one who has made me leap off the couch yelling in delight more than any other.
All the best, legend.

25 Mar 2026 06:12:38
Completely agree with you, Lowe1fc. I never thought anyone would come close to Stevie, but Mo is pretty close!!! Thanks for everything, Mo. ?

25 Mar 2026 08:28:01
Stevie's 1st. But, my god, Salah sure pushes him close.

25 Mar 2026 09:52:59
I will say, hand on heart, it was a privilege to watch him perform in the flesh.

Players like him fill stadiums. It's what being a football spectator is all about.

25 Mar 2026 10:02:24
Mo was fantastic for Liverpool Football Club and Liverpool Football Club were fantastic for Mo. YNWA.

25 Mar 2026 12:42:43
Watching Salah play for LFC was an honour.

All the best, Mo. You will be missed.

25 Mar 2026 03:27:59
I’m away and just woken up to the Salah news. Will certainly go down as one of the all time greats and will probably be even more appreciated when he’s gone. I still don’t think we will ever see as good a front 3 as Mo, Bobby and Mane.

At their peak I would say that’s the best front line ever and remember Pep being petrified of them ?. Thanks for the memories Mo, we will miss you.