Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018 (MOD NOTE: POST #2805)

beya2009

Klopp such a different manager to Mourinho...instead of criticizing players Klopp does the opposite. Klopp stated Salah on his way to Messi level and I agree...he belongs at that class.

SlickRic

beya2009 wrote: »

Klopp such a different manager to Mourinho...instead of criticizing players Klopp does the opposite. Klopp stated Salah on his way to Messi level and I agree...he belongs at that class.

No he doesn't. Because nobody belongs to that class apart from Messi. Messi's passing, speed and dribbling off either side is ludicrous.

Salah's finishing is eerily similar though, i'd definitely say that. There is no backlift with much of his shooting so the keeper generally has no idea when he'll shoot, and has no time to be set. Look at his third yesterday. He sits so many defenders on their arses and makes keepers look silly because his close control is brilliant and he shoots in a split second.

tinpib

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

I actually can't believe Mourinho skewers his own players like that.

How does he hope to get them playing for him or to attract players to the club in future?

Long may it last!!!

I know. I've always found Mourinho's antics and dealings with the media fascinating, right from his first stint at Chelsea, when he had the swagger and the arrogance and was heaping praise on the team as they were always winning. Then they lost to Middlesborough who were really struggling, and suddenly he lashed into the players.

I remember telling my father about it. I thought it was great, was such a shock to me, and the players responded and didn't lose again for ages. But that's when you use public admonishment sparingly.

He has been at this for a few months now, from little snide remarks to full on skewering, as you say. The kool-aid seems to be refreshing over the wall as well. Long may it continue indeed!

OwaynOTT

martyos121 wrote: »

I volunteer Owayn for that, he loves a good list.

Mo Salah is ****ing orgasmic!

doc_17

gimli2112 wrote: »

Salah is just a constant reminder that Mourinho needs to stay at Utd for as long as possibe

Martial and maybe Rashford could be tearing up the league if they played for Klopp or Pep. We’ve got the best man we could possibly have in charge of us. I honestly think we have a real shot next year at the league if a couple of things go our way.

asteroids over berlin

can we hold on to Salah though, that's the concern now!

Grayditch

There's a good chance Salah is loving his football under Klopp so much that holding onto him in the summer may not be a problem.

Of course there will be clubs who will think they can just have him. His agent might agree.

noodler

Losing him after on year would be unacceptable, obviously.

Four goals, christ. Only getting my head around it now post Paddy's festivities.

Harry Palmr

Don't invent crisis, wait for them to actually happen - then panic.

Two weeks to the next game

Salah as he used to be

https://zippy.gfycat.com/CompleteUncomfortableFossa.webm

Iused2likebusts

We will get another year out of salah atleast.

paulie21

Stupid international break. No doubt Salah and VVD will arrive back with season ending injuries

Grayditch

paulie21 wrote: »

Stupid international break. No doubt Salah and VVD will arrive back with season ending injuries

Why would you even say that.

paulie21

Grayditch wrote: »

Why would you even say that.

Because I hate international friendly breaks. We always seem to pick up a key injury

mosstin

Jesus, why do people think that Salah might leave in the summer. There isn't a prayer, though that won't stop idiots in the clickbait transfer rumour-mongering from inventing stories. Which, of course, will be shared on here, which will feed into a further unwarranted speculation frenzy.

It's a never-ending circle. We will get at least one or two more seasons from Salah. Please just be grateful for now that we have him and that he's doing what he's doing for us.

mosstin

paulie21 wrote: »

Because I hate international friendly breaks. We always seem to pick up a key injury

I'd say that this is one of the many myths that surround us that could easily be disproven. Given the fact that we're a Top 4 side, almost all of our players are chosen for their countries. It wouldn't be unusual for one of them to pick up an injury but the same could be true for City, Chelsea, Arsenal or Spurs.

Harry Palmr

Snowflakes

beya2009

mosstin wrote: »

Jesus, why do people think that Salah might leave in the summer. There isn't a prayer, though that won't stop idiots in the clickbait transfer rumour-mongering from inventing stories. Which, of course, will be shared on here, which will feed into a further unwarranted speculation frenzy.

It's a never-ending circle. We will get at least one or two more seasons from Salah. Please just be grateful for now that we have him and that he's doing what he's doing for us.

I don't think he will leave in the summer as we will surely get a season or 2 from him but unfortunately we have an unwanted track record of our best players getting poached abroad. He's the best player in the EPL so he will be on the big clubs radar this summer.

HandsomeBob

I agree with the Twatter heads who say Salah needs to do this consistently over multiple seasons before he can be considered in the same bracket as Messi and Ronaldo.......hopefully Barca and Real are listening to their informed analysis. >_>

Thanx 4 The Fish

So if we were looking for a backup who may be ok with some time on the bench, does anyone else like Zaha. Works his ass off, is strong, fast and clever. THink he would fit with our front three better than Ings does.

Grayditch

Klopp literally and specifically said Salah is "on his way" to Messi comparisons.

Kerrigooney

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Snowflakes

Unless you're talking about actual flakes of snow then use of that word should be discouraged. It's association with the far right gives me shivers.

Agent Coulson

Hopefully with the City game we win or at least draw the home game then City beat utd and win the league at utd and are exhausted for the second leg and we run over them.



I would imagine the City players would love to win the title at utd and may just push themselves to the limits to do it.

atilladehun

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

So if we were looking for a backup who may be ok with some time on the bench, does anyone else like Zaha. Works his ass off, is strong, fast and clever. THink he would fit with our front three better than Ings does.

Good thinking, get those rumours going before the Palace game in two weeks.

ZAHA WANTS OUT OF SINKING SHIP

MORAL AT ALL TIME LOW

mosstin

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

So if we were looking for a backup who may be ok with some time on the bench, does anyone else like Zaha. Works his ass off, is strong, fast and clever. THink he would fit with our front three better than Ings does.

No thanks. Absolutely not what we need. Looks decent on the ball but doesn't score enough or assist enough for my liking. Just don't think he'd fit in here at all. It's one thing being Palace's main man, but suddenly there's more spotlight on him here.

Gbear

beya2009 wrote: »

I don't think he will leave in the summer as we will surely get a season or 2 from him but unfortunately we have an unwanted track record of our best players getting poached abroad. He's the best player in the EPL so he will be on the big clubs radar this summer.

We have a decent record of holding on to them as long as is possible as well.

I think there's pretty much no amount of money that'd prise him away. I think it's unlikely, even if he's secretly absolutely ruthless in his ambition to get to one of Europe's top mega-money clubs, that we couldn't get him to commit to another season.

I'm not at all worried about losing him.

Firmino might be another matter.
He'd be a perfect replacement for Benzema.

sabat

I'd say the biggest danger of losing Salah will come not from Real or Barca but from an oil/Arab club like Man City or PSG seeking to "synergise" their brand by having the world's first Arab superstar (definitely in the top 10 in the world and probably top 5) wear their logos. They're also the only ones who'd pay the 200M+ it would take to turn the club's head.

BorneTobyWilde

Club is past having it's head turned. Money is no issue.
We can sell him in 2020 if need be, he's very young. He'll be here for a long while yet.

Agent Coulson

Neymar to Madrid then I could see PSG throwing money at Salah.

Bowlardo

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Neymar to Madrid then I could see PSG throwing money at Salah.

No top top player will want to go to psg at this stage. They’re a hollow heartless soulless ****e club .
They will never win the champions league.
The Neymar deal was embarrassing.

rob316

Winning silverware is the best chance of keeping him here but at the end of the day if a player has a desire to leave he will sooner or later. If it's Madrid or Barca wanting they will get him.

But ya know what I'd rather just enjoy him and than worry after every hat trick he scores that he's leaving.

Gbear

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Neymar to Madrid then I could see PSG throwing money at Salah.

I think Neymar leaving would make them look pretty small time.

I'm not sure serious players will be as interested after they keep failing at the highest level.

Players are already going to be getting a fortune. I'm sure Salah could get 200k if /when he renegotiates his contract in the next 6-12 months.

French players might be easier to sway, and money will be telling in a lot of cases, but I don't think the very top players won't go there in their primes.

I hope the PSG project fails miserably

PhiloCypher

beya2009 wrote: »

Yep and even though Mourinho is put in the category of top managers...I don't think there's another top manager in the world that complains/whinges/rants and criticizes his players openly as often as he does. No way Salah would be this good under him.

Yep, whether it's parking buses or throwing his players under them , there's few to match Mourinho in world football .

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5LI61Wc5A

beya2009

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Club is past having it's head turned. Money is no issue.
We can sell him in 2020 if need be, he's very young. He'll be here for a long while yet.

Problem usually is if players head is turned as I always see it as having dead weight over time until asset is sold. I remember Danial Levy saying he didn't want to sell Bale but had to as he was desperate to leave.

Turtyturd

mosstin wrote: »

No thanks. Absolutely not what we need. Looks decent on the ball but doesn't score enough or assist enough for my liking. Just don't think he'd fit in here at all. It's one thing being Palace's main man, but suddenly there's more spotlight on him here.

Wouldn’t be in favour of him either but a lot of people would have said the same about Chamberlain.

monkey9

mosstin wrote: »

Jesus, why do people think that Salah might leave in the summer. There isn't a prayer, though that won't stop idiots in the clickbait transfer rumour-mongering from inventing stories. Which, of course, will be shared on here, which will feed into a further unwarranted speculation frenzy.

It's a never-ending circle. We will get at least one or two more seasons from Salah. Please just be grateful for now that we have him and that he's doing what he's doing for us.

This and more. He's only at the club a few months and we've already sold him to Real Madrid. Lads, he's going nowhere for the forseeable so enjoy him doing what he's doing at the club you love. We've struck gold.

monkey9

SlickRic wrote: »

No he doesn't. Because nobody belongs to that class apart from Messi. Messi's passing, speed and dribbling off either side is ludicrous.

Salah's finishing is eerily similar though, i'd definitely say that. There is no backlift with much of his shooting so the keeper generally has no idea when he'll shoot, and has no time to be set. Look at his third yesterday. He sits so many defenders on their arses and makes keepers look silly because his close control is brilliant and he shoots in a split second.

He does remind me of Messi so much. I'm not making claims of him being better etc, but just the way he plays and attracts half a team to mark him is so similar. Just look at his third goal yesterday. With one turn, he takes about three Watford players out of it.

Pyjamarama

Turtyturd wrote: »

Wouldn’t be in favour of him either but a lot of people would have said the same about Chamberlain.

Zaha has been sensational for over a year now (when healthy). He'd be an amazing bench option. He'll cost a hell of a lot and tbh I think he's a lock to go to Spurs.

We have such a good front 3 that really its getting a guy just below their level who maybe hasn't hit their full potential. Its a key recruitment too. But the club have NAILED those key recruitments over the last few years so i've full faith in them to continue that.

monkey9

Turtyturd wrote: »

Wouldn’t be in favour of him either but a lot of people would have said the same about Chamberlain.

I'd love to get Zaha. He wouldn't be integral, but he'd be a super back up. And he'd only improve under Klopp.

Vicxas

Salah has said before that he wants to stay on the PL as it suits his style of play better.

Cue the news that he's off to Cityy

mosstin

Turtyturd wrote: »

Wouldn’t be in favour of him either but a lot of people would have said the same about Chamberlain.

I also think he'd cost silly money. Sure, everyone is stupidly priced but given the fact that he'd be expected to be creative, I don't think he's up to it. Chamberlain has many more roles he could fill in the team and so I think he was a good signing at a reasonably decent price. Also, Zaha's injured a lot, isn't he? Took a knock yesterday too, I think.

Damien360

mosstin wrote: »

Turtyturd wrote: »

Wouldn’t be in favour of him either but a lot of people would have said the same about Chamberlain.

Also, Zaha's injured a lot, isn't he? Took a knock yesterday too, I think.

Exactly, we had one of those. Don't need another Sturidge.

BorneTobyWilde

Barca have not had many Muslim players. If Salah was south American I would fear him leaving.

monkey9

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Barca have not had many Muslim players. If Salah was south American I would fear him leaving.

Your posts are wonderfully weird.

ricero

I saw online that lfc scouts are in attendance at the koln v leverkusen match today in Germany. Would love the club to sign leon bailey or brandt to help rotate with the front 3 next season

BorneTobyWilde

monkey9 wrote: »

Your posts are wonderfully weird.

Nearly whole squad is made up of Spanish, South American or Portuguese players. Nothing new in that Shirley.

rob316

Danny Ings to score the winner at the ethiad. I'd be made up for the lad, he put in so much effort yesterday, hope he still has a future at the club.

Grayditch

Ings' goal will come. And it'll be a great moment.

marklazarcovic

Ya know what's absolutely insane ? The amount of chances or final passes that he has not scored/assisted ..there have been another 15-20 you could say would/should have been goals, that's astonishing really,what a impact.