01 Feb 2025 16:39:04
A few observations about the match so far. Bournemouth need to gain European football so they can re-invest the money into the ground, which will allow for more than two camera angles, and allow for a change from the half way line / row G coverage. Commentators chat out their back end most of the time, and especially the female ones. Trent left his Bournemouth shirt at home given how much he gave the ball back to them. Salah is a legend, sort his contact now.
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01 Feb 2025 00:36:16
Does anybody else get the feeling that Trent's situation has been resolved either way, and dare I say it at the cost of jinxing it, but positively for us.
All the rumours of him going to Madrid have suddenly died down, the spanish papers (Marca etc) are not whipping up outrageous claims like the deal is done anymore, there were reported links of Real for Kimmich, and so on. I just get the feeling that even if he hasn't signed on the dotted line yet, there has been a decisive breakthrough n the talks. otherwise, there's no chance the spanish press wouldn't have continued with their shenanigans.
Also, in case of Salah it still seems there's no agreement, otherwise Slot wouldn't have made those comments.
For VVD, I know he recently said " I don't know about his long term future", but his deal still looks like the easiest to finalise among the three, and I am optimistic for it.
31 Jan 2025 16:02:52
Now I know its not exactly Pulitzer prize winning journalism, Rumouring Gerrard taking a coaching role at Liverpool potentially assistant manager at end of season.
But what do we think about Gerrard being assistant manager or in the first team coaching set up. a good value adding addition or nostalgic value only.
I think we can safely put any potential manger ideas to bed for him. But.
Along with Lampard and Rooney, do you think they damage there playing days legacy at thier clubs, by repeatedly failing at managerial level at lower level clubs? And being remembered as much as failed managers as quality players.
For me personally I want the best coaches, assistant managers etc, over an ex legend for any nostalgia. but if Slot rated him as a coach on merit, I can't see a down side.
Just interested on peoples views.
30 Jan 2025 16:33:57
Arne Slot proved for me last night that he is the perfect manager/ coach to replace Jurgen! Why?
He was playing a PSV manager he absolutely loathes and absolutely hates, in a similar hate/ despise history to Benitez and Whisky Nose confrontations.
He could quite easily have played his best eleven and absolutely spanked Peter Boaz the PSV manager on his first visit to his homeland after taking the LFC job, to rub salt into the wounds of a bitter rival, and also have had the "last laugh"!
In choosing not to and taking one for the team so to speak! he proved to me that Liverpool Football Club will always come First, and Arne Slot comes Second in any decisions he will make for this great football club.
Another Shankly we have here in ARNE-field, all he needs now is for a similar person who has great financial power to put Liverpool Football Club First and his own personal needs Secondary and get fully behind Arne.
30 Jan 2025 14:56:16
Its incredible how good you need to be both physically and technically to be a starter for us. Morton has impressed almost every time he has played this season, yet you see how hard it will be for him to even become a rotation option for us. While technically really good, he just doesn't have that x-factor, and more importantly, he can't make it up with his physicality either. I am pretty sure he will have a very good career, but it doesn't look like it will be us. Similarly, Elliott might be our best midfielder technically, but his lack of physicality can be be such a negative at times. It's unlikely he will ever become a starter unless he learns to use his body more effectively (maybe like Bernardo Silva) . One thing I do know is though, he would be an absolute star in a league like La Liga. Mcconell looks ready for more minutes in the second half of the season though. Maybe he can be the in house Grav understudy. For all his qualities, I don't think Endo will ever be trusted in important matches by Slot because of the lack of quality on the ball.
30 Jan 2025 09:32:05
Managed to watch the game last night and what stood out for me was how much we missed the range of passing from both VVD and Trent from the back.
The back line were constantly pressured into mistakes at the back as the outlets were so restricted. I think when VVD plays and Trent isn't, it isn't as noticeable but with both our, it was so one dimensional.
Thought considering the changes, the team did alright. Few mistakes here and there but expected under the circumstances. Chiesa played like he had a point to prove too.
29 Jan 2025 20:59:33
Entertaining game if defensively poor from us. Bradley hasn't been having a great night. Also, perhaps shows why Slot doesn't trust Endo in important matches. He has misplaced several passes, and is just not the player Slot wants his No.6 to be. Mcconell always impresses whenever I see him. Danns having trouble winning any duels with the centre backs, should be a good learning curve for him.
Also, I hope we move on Morton now, when Mcconell seems to have moved ahead of him in the order. He will have a good career at a top Championship side, or maybe even a lower level PL side.
29 Jan 2025 14:10:40
Solid rumour I heard last night. I was in the pub and got chatting to this bloke, think he was a bloke anyway, said he was a janitor at the uefa headquarters, don't remember his name or anything but I do vaguely remember him saying that we are chasing a LB from either France or Holland, can't remember that much either, said we're odds on to sign whoever the fella is by tonight.
Anyone here that's in the know heard anything like that themselves?
29 Jan 2025 13:28:15
What is this nonsense that the government are helping re generate old Trafford and the surrounding area. I couldn’t see them ever doing this in Liverpool. It’s actually quite terrible and makes me feel sick to my stomach. An absolutely disgusting city’s full of disgusting people and two of the biggest fraudulent football clubs in the country. Why is it that evil always seems to prosper. Simply ridiculous how both these clubs think they can do whatever they want. Simply disgusting.
28 Jan 2025 18:05:08
Liverpool players NOT CALLED UP for Girona game tomorrow night.
Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Salah, Gomez, Jota and Jones.
Copied from Romano.
Great to see these lot having a rest ready for the Bournemouth game, get in!