Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018 Mod warning post 9350 and 9421

martyos121

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Barca boys kicking lumps out of the Madrid players.

Roberto sent off for slapping Marcelo across the back of the head. If you’re going to get sent off, at least stamp on the fecker and help us out a bit. :mad:

citytillidie

Watching the real game lots of dark arts we have to watch out formin the final

Osmosis Jones

Did he even hit him in the head? Was a very Real Madrid reaction from Marcelo, down like a brick

citytillidie

How did Bale get away with what he did

MD1990

citytillidie wrote: »

How did Bale get away with what he did

Referee was too far from the tackle & it was a long pass.

Bale has been awful. Won't be starting in the final.

Osmosis Jones

MD1990 wrote: »

Referee was too far from the tackle & it was a long pass.

Linesman's not exactly far away

Vicxas

So if we beat Brighton next weekend we're guaranteed CL right? It's still in our hands?

Gbear

That Barca goal certainly showed the kind of weakness we could exploit. Marcello is going to be a pain in the hole when they have possession, but they'll need to be very careful about keeping Firmino's options closed off and tracking runners.

citytillidie

Vicxas wrote: »

So if we beat Brighton next weekend we're guaranteed CL right? It's still in our hands?

Just match what Chelsea do next Sunday, it is all in Liverpool’s hands unless there is a 20 goal swing

ballyargus

Some goal by Messi

Sofa Spud

Nice of the Barca fans to be singing our Allez Allez Allez....

Brego888

With the championship over is Grujic available for the bench for the final?

Sofa Spud

Brego888 wrote: »

With the championship over is Grujic available for the bench for the final?

Nope - not listed in the CL squad submitted to Uefa for the knockout stages so can't play

ballyargus

citytillidie wrote: »

Just match what Chelsea do next Sunday, it is all in Liverpool’s hands unless there is a 20 goal swing

The problem is that since getting out of the 2 goal hole at Southampton, Chelsea have been efficiently doing their business.

We've been shooting ourselves in the foot, reloading and doing it again for the last three games.

I don't trust us at all.

Turtyturd

It’s almost as if there was something else going on.

Vicxas

Turtyturd wrote: »

It’s almost as if there was something else going on.

I'm confused

Agent Coulson

Klopp at the after game presser when asked about transfers.

Grayditch

Would have been nice to secure top 4 today but at least we got through it unscathed. It would be absolutely hilarious if we beat Brighton and Chelsea pipped Spurs to 4th.

Iused2likebusts

Grayditch wrote: »

Would have been nice to secure top 4 today but at least we got through it unscathed. It would be absolutely hilarious if we beat Brighton and Chelsea pipped Spurs to 4th.

No thanks I'd much prefer if Chelsea missed out.

5starpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Read the previous 50 posts calling out every player in the game today for being everything from sh1t to toxic.

But they mostly were awful today, as against Everton, West Brom, Stoke. If we miss out on 3rd/4th I'll be very pissed off.

I know we are brilliantly in the CL final. I know we have injury problems. I know we have had a lot of games lately. I know a win at home to Brighton makes it all irrelevant. But I'm still disappointed with our form, and will be pissed if we miss top 4.

That doesn't mean I want to rip it all up and start over, it means I'll be pissed off.

5starpool

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

No thanks I'd much prefer if Chelsea missed out.

Missing top 4 would likely damage spurs more I'd say.

Grayditch

5starpool wrote: »

Missing top 4 would likely damage spurs more I'd say.

Yep. That and I'd just like it more.

Muahahaha

5starpool wrote: »

Missing top 4 would likely damage spurs more I'd say.

+1, Spurs missing out on CL football would mean they would find it hard to hang on to Ericsson, Dele Alli, Kane & Son. Spurs have the nucleus of a very good team there, be good to see it fall apart.

NIMAN

None of you Pool fans even a little bit worried about missing out on Top 4?

5starpool

5starpool wrote: »

But they mostly were awful today, as against Everton, West Brom, Stoke. If we miss out on 3rd/4th I'll be very pissed off.

I know we are brilliantly in the CL final. I know we have injury problems. I know we have had a lot of games lately. I know a win at home to Brighton makes it all irrelevant. But I'm still disappointed with our form, and will be pissed if we miss top 4.

That doesn't mean I want to rip it all up and start over, it means I'll be pissed off.

Ditto. Really really would like this done next Sunday please. Would be a nice feeling heading to Kiev. Don't want the scenario of the EL final of 2016 with so much hanging on one match happening again.

NIMAN

NIMAN wrote: »

None of you Pool fans even a little bit worried about missing out on Top 4?

Not in the slightest because it’s not gonna happen.

Brighton will be getting a hiding next week so we can go into the European cup final (again) without worrying about that.

So no concerns here.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Klopp at the after game presser when asked about transfers.

Going by that response I reckon the Fekir deal is done.

garra

NIMAN wrote: »

None of you Pool fans even a little bit worried about missing out on Top 4?

As a "Pool" fan I'm worried that we won't one of our next 2 matches.

As a Liverpool FC fan I'm enthralled by the season we've had and look forward to a gripping finale to the season.

Whatever shall unfold, these lads have entertained us and shown us they can compete at the very highest level, which is nice.

Charlie19

NIMAN wrote: »

None of you Pool fans even a little bit worried about missing out on Top 4?

I am..

Two really hard games left that both can result in CL qualification.

I'm hopeful that playing Brighton at home, with them already safe will give us the best chance.

If that happens then it's a very successful season and anything after that is just a bonus.

koppy

Only thing to worry about going forward is our squad. I think we arw very weak outside our first 11. Hopefully the way injuries have weakened us lately will show that we still need investment. And not just 1 or 2 . 4 to 5 players needed.

In terms of this season I think top 4 is vital. Confidence going into next season. Champions league then be a nice bonus.

Turtyturd

Squad is nowhere near as bad as people make out. It’s ravaged by injuries at the minute but nobody could’ve predicted that we would lose all of our midfield replacement options by this stage of the season. We’ve had Clyne out for most of the season, Gomez been injured, Klavan, lost Matip for the last couple of months.

It’s a balancing act that’s tough to get right. Have any more than 6 midfielders at the start of the season and you have one or two sitting on the bench getting no game time. Even the best crystal ball wouldn’t foresee 3 of them out injured long term at the same time. With Keita coming in the only area we really need depth is someone to swap in up front to give one of them a rest. Bring in a decent cb that pushes Lovren to the bench and that’ll give us more depth at the back.

Widdensushi

Turtyturd wrote: »

Squad is nowhere near as bad as people make out. It’s ravaged by injuries at the minute but nobody could’ve predicted that we would lose all of our midfield replacement options by this stage of the season. We’ve had Clyne out for most of the season, Gomez been injured, Klavan, lost Matip for the last couple of months.

It’s a balancing act that’s tough to get right. Have any more than 6 midfielders at the start of the season and you have one or two sitting on the bench getting no game time. Even the best crystal ball wouldn’t foresee 3 of them out injured long term at the same time. With Keita coming in the only area we really need depth is someone to swap in up front to give one of them a rest. Bring in a decent cb that pushes Lovren to the bench and that’ll give us more depth at the back.

Not replacing Coutinho and letting origi go on loan has cost us, ings and solanke have not stood up and are not good enough. Possibly at Christmas there was no expectation of getting this far in the champions league and the plan was to get the main target in the summer rather than settle for a player that was available at Christmas similar to the way the vvd transfer was handled.

Turtyturd

If Origi has stayed he’d probably have played the same amount of minutes as Ings or Solanke so I don’t think letting him go on loan was a major contributing factor.

I think Coutinho going/not being replaced is hurting us more in a physical sense than anything else. We’ve coped with his departure better than anyone expected but if he was still here or we brought someone else in it’d be another option to give someone else a break. But Klopp has earned a bit of leeway with those decisions.

Lukker-

Ye either need a box to box who can take a player on, or a deep lying play maker to pick a pass. Ye miss Coutinho vs. teams with a deep line. Your front 3 play their best football in the phase before the box, but didn't have the interplay in the opposition box today to break down Chelsea's defense.

A target man as a plan B would also be helpful, ye resorted to long balls and deep crossed a good bit late on, and while it put a good bit of pressure on Chelsea ye lacked the someone to knock the ball for team mates, or head on goal themselves. When VVD pushed up Chelsea looked a lot more shaky.

~Rebel~

Charlie19 wrote: »

I am..

Two really hard games left that both can result in CL qualification.

I'm hopeful that playing Brighton at home, with them already safe will give us the best chance.

If that happens then it's a very successful season and anything after that is just a bonus.

Yeah, Brighton playing away from home are absolutely woeful - second worst record in the league. In a one off game, they're pretty much the perfect team to play. Already safe, but only due to their home form.

HandsomeBob

The Echo made a good point. Between a week's break and what should be a rocking atmosphere at Anfield, the team really should put Brighton to the sword comfortably.

If they can't well then they don't deserve Top 4. Simple as that. No point in getting worked up by it or by letting clowns wind you up.

LuckyLloyd

HandsomeBob wrote: »

The Echo made a good point. Between a week's break and what should be a rocking atmosphere at Anfield, the team really should put Brighton to the sword comfortably.

If they can't well then they don't deserve Top 4. Simple as that. No point in getting worked up by it or by letting clowns wind you up.

That’s the right attitude.

Demosthenese

Team will be unrecognizable in a weeks time ... Klopp will have em chomping at the bit against Brighton who should be safe by then. Then we rock on towards CL final. It wasn't a bad performance yesterday, just we conceded a typical Giroud goal v Liverpool! We took initiative in early stages and threw what we had left at them in final minutes. Chelsea are a decent team when they are arsed. Even Hazard turned up yesterday for his traditional handful of great performances - probably realising that Madrid would look over the game.

Have faith lads ... 2 games away from a brilliant season.

~Rebel~

Demosthenese wrote: »

Team will be unrecognizable in a weeks time ... Klopp will have em chomping at the bit against Brighton who should be safe by then. Then we rock on towards CL final. It wasn't a bad performance yesterday, just we conceded a typical Giroud goal v Liverpool! We took initiative in early stages and threw what we had left at them in final minutes. Chelsea are a decent team when they are arsed. Even Hazard turned up yesterday for his traditional handful of great performances - probably realising that Madrid would look over the game.

Have faith lads ... 2 games away from a brilliant season.

Already guaranteed safe - none of the bottom three can get higher than 39 points, and Brighton already have 40.

LiamoSail

Just read on the BBC that Ronaldo went off last night with an ankle sprain. Any that could keep him out of the final?

the whole year inn

LiamoSail wrote: »

Just read on the BBC that Ronaldo went off last night with an ankle sprain. Any that could keep him out of the final?

He was taken off a precaution.

marklazarcovic

Not a hope,had his goal, probably took himself off as a precaution..did not come out for 2nd half but was in no discomfort in dugout it seemed

Vicxas

LiamoSail wrote: »

Just read on the BBC that Ronaldo went off last night with an ankle sprain. Any that could keep him out of the final?

Nah they were quick to ensure that they were telling people he'd be back before the CL final.

Turtyturd

Yeah I’d say he told Zidane he wasn’t going back out.

Real Terry/Di Matteo vine of that relationship.

TitianGerm

Widdensushi wrote: »

Not replacing Coutinho and letting origi go on loan has cost us, ings and solanke have not stood up and are not good enough. Possibly at Christmas there was no expectation of getting this far in the champions league and the plan was to get the main target in the summer rather than settle for a player that was available at Christmas similar to the way the vvd transfer was handled.

The problem was Can, Lalana and Ox all getting injured together. We haven't been able to freshen up midfield for weeks, bar TAA playing yesterday.

It obvious that our midfielders can't press as much as two/three months ago and I'd expect that they are all concerned that if they go "too hard" they might get injured as well.

Vicxas

Someone was messing with Fekir's Wiki page last night:

D'Agger

HandsomeBob wrote: »

The Echo made a good point. Between a week's break and what should be a rocking atmosphere at Anfield, the team really should put Brighton to the sword comfortably.

If they can't well then they don't deserve Top 4. Simple as that. No point in getting worked up by it or by letting clowns wind you up.

Yup, Gerrard on BT after the game said about United that the league table doesn't lie, they've performed better in the league this year. If we don't get 4th it'll be because we didn't perform well enough to get that position, be it in the last few games, first few games, Christmas/January, simple as.

Problem is depth for sure, Ings & Solanke aren't at it. Our midfield is bolstered by Keita and Ox coming back. Whilst I haven't seen the matches he's played there - Trent moving into midfield makes sense and I'd be interested to see what Klopp can do with regards developing him there as he's played there for the youths.

I reckon next season we might see Harry Wilson kept in the squad this year as somebody who can come in for Mane/Salah on the wings, but we need somebody who can slot into CF - Timo Werner maybe? Either way our CF backup is disappointing. If Sturridge was able to stay fit I'd be happy with him coming on

Agent Coulson

I was emotionally drained and exhausted after watching those two semi finals I can only imagine what effect it had on that group of players trying to get into the biggest game of the careers.


I would be pretty sure no matter how much outwardly they say it's just another game and Stoke and Chelsea are just as big to them as the Roma games I'd say myself that's all bollix.


Those players minds were only on getting to the Champions League Final no other games.


Now they have a week to focus on Brighton and I think that will happen they will get the points they need to claim a top 4 spot.

Then two weeks to get ready for the final.

MarkY91

NIMAN wrote: »

None of you Pool fans even a little bit worried about missing out on Top 4?

I am. I'm frightened. Seems the usual posters here are living in a fantasy world though.

Widdensushi

MarkY91 wrote: »

I am. I'm frightened. Seems the usual posters here are living in a fantasy world though.

Chelsea can also lose one of their games and we will get fourth even if we are beaten, I am not in the least worried. The team needs a break and will get a week which should make the difference.