Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2016, Mod Warning in OP, 10/7

Riesen_Meal

Vicxas wrote: »

Methinks Firmino is trying to sweet talk young Mario.

Are we doing "a Barcelona" now?

Can Klopp get any better?

dogbert27

Talisman wrote: »

I don't see Benteke fitting in, he needs to be one of a two player forward line and how likely are we to see that? Sturridge, Ings, Origi and Firmino are all more adaptable.

The problem though after 1 season is we will lose a lot of money on him if we sell now and maybe he won't want to leave as no other club will match the wages that he's on.

He has 4 years left on something like 150,000 a year.

We'd need someone like West Ham to take him off our hands!!

NukaCola

Klopp on Sevilla winning the EL for the last 2 seasons....

If you won it last year, what does it mean? If you won it two years ago, what does it mean? Nothing.......
'We didn’t play them last year in the final, we didn’t play them two years ago in the final, so it’s the first time they play against us.


Thems fighting words...

Agent Coulson

I wonder what Linda will be wearing at the game.

Harry Palmr

Clean sheets?

Knex*

NukaCola wrote: »

Klopp on Sevilla winning the EL for the last 2 seasons....

If you won it last year, what does it mean? If you won it two years ago, what does it mean? Nothing.......
'We didn’t play them last year in the final, we didn’t play them two years ago in the final, so it’s the first time they play against us.


Thems fighting words...

"C'mere and I bate ya"

kfallon

Lovren not going to Euros

DrumSteve

How can you not like Jurgen?

Jurgen Klopp interrupted Adam Lallana’s press conference to tease him about Tottenham links before the winger revealed that they are such close neighbours that they can exchange waves at bath-time.

Lallana was mid-sentence in his Europa League final press conference when Klopp burst in for this exchange – as transcribed by the Liverpool Echo:

“What are you doing here?” Klopp asked.

“Speaking about you!” Lallana said.

“Ask him if he knows when Spurs start pre-season training?” Klopp joked in a reference to recent speculation linking the England international with a summer move to White Hart Lane.

“Too late, we have already spoken about that,” Lallana responded.

“I asked him and he said July 1,” Klopp said before descending into laughter.

“I thought you were being serious,” Lallana insisted.

“Are you crazy!” Klopp added before heading back out the door.
Lallana and Klopp are neighbours in Formby and the England man – named in Roy Hodgson’s 26-man squad on Monday – said: “It is nice actually. He has just got a nice family, nice kids and I see him walking the dogs.

“My little boy (Arthur) when I take him up for a bath, we have the landing and one time he (Klopp) was taking out the bins so I put my lad on the balcony and he was shouting: ‘Klopp’ and giving it the fist pump celebration.

“He just looked at him and gave him a wave. It is funny. Brendan (Rodgers) was my neighbour before. Formby is renowned for players living there. It is a lovely area and very quiet.”

dogbert27

Ronnie Whelan thinks Sevilla will be too strong for Liverpool.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/ronnie-whelan-my-gut-instinct-tells-me-that-seville-will-be-too-good-for-liverpool-34721902.html

He's based this purely on his opinion of Liverpool's squad being crap rather then looking at where Sevilla are at.

DrumSteve

dogbert27 wrote: »

Ronnie Whelan thinks Sevilla will be too strong for Liverpool.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/ronnie-whelan-my-gut-instinct-tells-me-that-seville-will-be-too-good-for-liverpool-34721902.html

He's based this purely on his opinion of Liverpool's squad being crap rather then looking at where Sevilla are at.

Ronnie Whelan can **** off.

Vicxas

dogbert27 wrote: »

Ronnie Whelan thinks Sevilla will be too strong for Liverpool.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/ronnie-whelan-my-gut-instinct-tells-me-that-seville-will-be-too-good-for-liverpool-34721902.html

He's based this purely on his opinion of Liverpool's squad being crap rather then looking at where Sevilla are at.

He's an awful bitter ****e sometimes.

Vex Willems

DrumSteve wrote: »

How can you not like Jurgen?

the headline in that article

Lallana: Klopp waved at my lad at bath-time

rob316

To say that Sevilla are too good for us is ridiculous. We are about on par, I'd give them the edge with the experience they have but I honestly believe we have the better players. We defeated 2nd in the Bundesliga and the 4th team in La Liga to get here, we are more than capable of beating Sevilla.

x43r0

Talisman wrote: »

Bayern Munich's Mario Gotze would fit well at Liverpool - Roberto Firmino (ESPN)

It's refreshing for us to be on the right side of some 'media tapping-up' for a change

Agent Coulson

So who has the balls to start the match thread?

MD1990

dogbert27 wrote: »

Ronnie Whelan thinks Sevilla will be too strong for Liverpool.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/ronnie-whelan-my-gut-instinct-tells-me-that-seville-will-be-too-good-for-liverpool-34721902.html

He's based this purely on his opinion of Liverpool's squad being crap rather then looking at where Sevilla are at.

Probably was listening to RTE's spanish specialist Eamon Dunphy say how good Sevilla are.

martyos121

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So who has the balls to start the match thread?

It would be fitting for a "neutral" to start this one, given the fact we're playing in Switzerland.

Dub13

Paddy Power have been onto me, they are giving us (Irish Liverpool fans) a fairly generous offer Liverpool to win @8/1. Of course its capped but its like free money right...!!!

http://pdy.pr/ikop

PaddyWilliams

Class

Knex*

Sevilla obviously have cup experience and nous, but I wouldn't say that they are particularly better than Villareal. They'll be high in confidence and a lot more accustomed to the final stage, and that will be the main differential, but to say that they will be too strong for Liverpool, I can't agree with.

I would say that both teams can enter this game at a fairly even level, all circumstances considered.

NukaCola

Sevilla are a great cup team.......but, we have seen that we can be also.....our Cup campaigns this season have been excellent, beaten in a final and knocked out in extra time with a last minute goal in the domestic cups, our EL run has been far tougher than anything Sevilla have faced in their last 3 EL campaigns in terms of opposition.....it'll be a very tough game but we should in no way be afraid of Sevilla even with their excellent record in the EL.

Dub13

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Class

I am sure his Mrs is not going to be to happy...

x43r0

Nice feel good video for you

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36293463

This man knows what he's doing with he media eating out of his hand. As a manager in the UK, if you can keep them off your back like this I'd say it takes a fierce load off your back and makes your day-to-day job a little easier

NukaCola

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So who has the balls to start the match thread?

Anyone know who has the best record?

Agent Coulson

My gut tells me Whelan is a bitter ex pro.

DrumSteve

NukaCola wrote: »

Anyone know who has the best record?

Im a proud owner of Led Zeppelin 4... best one IMO.

Wouldn't start the match thread though... I'm bad luck.

flanzer

Agent Coulson wrote: »

My gut tells me Whelan is a bitter ex pro.

Ronnie Whelan in the Indo is a different Ronnie Whelan the regularly appears on LFCTV. I would pay too much heed to him. He'll say anything for the cash

dogbert27

Blast from the past, just saw that Jose Antonio Reyes is still playing for Sevilla. Started 14 games for them this season and 10 sub appearances!!

Sorry that was just league games, he's started 23 in all competitions with 11 sub appearances!

dogbert27

Gameiro will be the one to keep quiet tomorrow night. He's scored 28 goals this season so far, nearly a third of all Sevilla's goals scored this season.

martyos121

We're going to destroy Sevilla with the power of friendship.

DrumSteve

martyos121 wrote: »

We're going to destroy Sevilla with the power of friendship.

"We are merely exchanging long protein strings. If you can think of a simpler way, I'd like to hear it."

marklazarcovic

I fcking love jurgen klopp

Alonso77

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/newcastle-united/latest-nufc-news/richard-keys-launches-astonishing-attack-on-rafa-benitez-1-7915096

LOL what a melt!

So Keys reckons RAfa has done nothing since he left Pool and lists the trophies he has won,. Then he recommends Hughes , who has won fudge all ever, for the Everton job.

OwaynOTT

NukaCola wrote: »

Anyone know who has the best record?

I'm undefeated, so I'll do it, if ye all don't mind waiting to 7pm tomorrow night.
Can't see too much of an interest in the match to be honest, it's only the Europa and it's been moved from its primetime thursday slot to the midweek graveyard slot.

OwaynOTT

martyos121 wrote: »

We're going to destroy Sevilla with the power of friendship.

redzerdrog

I have never started a match thread in 10 years on this site, so you could say in am undefeated.

SlickRic

Vicxas wrote: »

He's an awful bitter ****e all the time.

FYP.

SlickRic

lads, I know more about Sevilla's, and probably Liverpool's, respective teams than Ronnie Whelan does.

he's in the John Giles section of analysis. he merely talks about what it was like in his day, while throwing in some clichés that he's heard on the grapevine about the teams in questions.

his opinion has no real gravitas anymore.

he's a club legend, but he's bitter, and I'm pretty convinced, doesn't even like football any more.

Iused2likebusts

Just thinking sturridge must have been fit for atleast 3 months in a row now. I'm delighted for him if he can stay fit I'd only swap him for aguero in the league.

SlickRic

Milner gets it.

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/222044-we-want-to-change-the-trophy-list-on-the-wall-at-melwood

A wall in the reception at Melwood proudly displays the major trophies amassed by Liverpool to date – and James Milner wants to ensure it must be changed this summer.

With Jordan Henderson only just returning from injury, the No.7 may be tasked with leading the Reds out in Basel tomorrow night as they face Sevilla in the Europa League final.

The prospect of silverware was one of the draws for Milner to join the club last summer, and defeat in the Capital One Cup decider against his former team, Manchester City, has merely increased that desire.

“Ultimately, it’s about winning trophies,” he explains in a special interview with former Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann, which is available to watch in full below via LFCTV GO.

“You know that yourself when you finish your career, it’s not about how many times you played in the Champions League – it’s about winning medals and titles.

“We’d like nothing better than to have someone in the Melwood reception over the summer changing the number of trophies won up on the wall.”

martyos121

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Just thinking sturridge must have been fit for atleast 3 months in a row now. I'm delighted for him if he can stay fit I'd only swap him for aguero in the league.

I'd take Kane before Aguero, only young yet and he's had two class seasons in a row, injury free too. Aguero is made of glass cotton.

Turtyturd

Chandsome bastard in the German squad.

RainMakerToo

Alonso77 wrote: »

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/newcastle-united/latest-nufc-news/richard-keys-launches-astonishing-attack-on-rafa-benitez-1-7915096

LOL what a melt!

So Keys reckons RAfa has done nothing since he left Pool and lists the trophies he has won,. Then he recommends Hughes , who has won fudge all ever, for the Everton job.

I was unfortunate enough to watch one of the Liverpool pre-season friendlies on a channel with Keys and Gray last August. Both came off as extremely bitter at this stage. Keys reckoned Firmino was a "moneyballs" (not a typo - his actual word) buy, Gray just agreed. I think they're disappointed the whole premiership didn't come out in support of them when they left Sky

Agent Coulson

From Klopp's first press conference as Liverpool manager.

"If we sit here in four years I think we'll have won one title -- I'm pretty sure. If not, the next one may be in Switzerland."

It only to 7 months to get to Switzerland.

8-10

What's going on with Sevilla supporters? They get allocated 10,000 tickets same as us, they have a 42,500 seater home stadium similar enough to us, they are a similar distance away from Basel flight-wise.....yet they return 2,000 of their allocation because they can't sell them??

Why aren't they traveling to support their team?

Harry Palmr

Spanish supporters only leave home with their mother's but they'd prefer to stay at home.

citytillidie

8-10 wrote: »

What's going on with Sevilla supporters? They get allocated 10,000 tickets same as us, they have a 42,500 seater home stadium similar enough to us, they are a similar distance away from Basel flight-wise.....yet they return 2,000 of their allocation because they can't sell them??

Why aren't they traveling to support their team?

Spanish supporters don't travel

8-10

citytillidie wrote: »

Spanish supporters don't travel

I don't understand it. Last year there were over 10K empty seats and about the same the final the year before. I remember going to the Aviva in the 2009 final and the amount of empty seats despite it being an all-Portuguese affair

Maybe English clubs are the exception? I can see now why UEFA are holding it in a small stadium if it never usually fills

rob316

Number of reasons - Spanish supporters don't really attend away games, unemployment is still really high there and they have a final with Barca next Sunday.

LuckyLloyd

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99749179#post99749179

I've got the Big Match Thread Heart