Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018

Vicxas

brevity wrote: »

The Pope?!

FSG kept that under wraps.

I dunno. He's good with crosses

Fromvert

5starpool wrote: »

Whatever the opinions on Karius, I think we'll have to get used to the idea that he'll still be first choice next season. Mig will leave and ward will likely be our backup.

If we can't get a guaranteed upgrade on Karius we need to upgrade Ward. Take a punt on a 21-23 year old keeper who has some promise. Ward clearly doesn't have what Klopp wants, with all our goal keeping headaches he couldn't get a sniff of a game.

ricero

sign mbappe

Charlie19

ricero wrote: »

sign mbappe

For ****s and giggles.. what would his buyout be?

Probably 500M or so.

martyos121

Charlie19 wrote: »

For ****s and giggles.. what would his buyout be?

Probably 500M or so.

He probably doesn’t have one. They aren’t mandatory in Ligue 1 as far as I know.

Irishmale0399

ricero wrote: »

sign mbappe

Send FSG your piggy bank, communion money and start a collection :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Charlie19

martyos121 wrote: »

He probably doesn’t have one. They aren’t mandatory in Ligue 1 as far as I know.

Oh, I thought it was just the norm to have that addition to big money contracts.

Vicxas

ricero wrote: »

sign mbappe

He'll never leave PSG now they've "bought" him

martyos121

Charlie19 wrote: »

Oh, I thought it was just the norm to have that addition to big money contracts.

In La Liga every player has to have one, but that’s down to Spanish law I believe. In the Premier League you get some players with them but they’re not the norm there either, sure we just got Firmino tied down to a new contract so soon after the season ended because he had a buyout clause in his last one.

After a bit of reading, I think buyout clauses might actually be illegal in France.

Agent Coulson

Mbappe would cost €250m or more.

Agent Coulson

Those who were calling for us to sign Mascherano on a free this summer have have any of you changed your minds after watching him in the World Cup.

martyos121

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Those who were calling for us to sign Mascherano on a free this summer have have any of you changed your minds after watching him in the World Cup.

I’d still take him if we sign Fekir. He has laser precision in passing to Frenchmen.

shamrock55

mosstin wrote: »

This was a smashing save. Was at this game and only watching replays afterwards did we realise how good it was. That said, he's far below the required standard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUV8Wf_0KVM

I was ment to be at that game but didn't go due to snow,went on the lash then so obviously missed out on his one and only save

.red.

Mr.H wrote: »

After that the beat you have is average. Cech hart and lloris used to be class

The next level would be the likes of karius ederson and foster.

The rest are average including migs. Pope and ryan have potential but are still below the standard of what we have. .

Cech and Lloris are well passed their best and both are still about 2 levels above Karius.
Ederson is on a different planet to Karius, our man isn't fit to help him warm up.
Pope and Forster are not good enough(imo) for a club that wants to challenge at the top, but I'd have more confidence in both of them than Karius.
I really don't rate the lad, he's championship level.

Agent Coulson

shamrock55 wrote: »

I was ment to be at that game but didn't go due to snow,went on the lash then so obviously missed out on his one and only save

Jaysus we did well then with a keeper who only made one and only one save all season to get to the Champions League final.


No need for a keeper then at all next season just play 11 outfield players.

Mr.H

.red. wrote:

Cech and Lloris are well passed their best and both are still about 2 levels above Karius. Ederson is on a different planet to Karius, our man isn't fit to help him warm up. Pope and Forster are not good enough(imo) for a club that wants to challenge at the top, but I'd have more confidence in both of them than Karius. I really don't rate the lad, he's championship level.

Cech and lloris i agree.

Ederson i have made my point with. He is over rated and anytime a team actually attacked city this season he has looked dodge. He is not that much better if at all, than karius.

As for pope and forster. This is my fear. We end up signing an average keeper thinking he is better than karius. Its like the calls for ward to start ffs. Many of our fans are really narrowminded to how good karius is.

Mr.H

.red. wrote:

Cech and Lloris are well passed their best and both are still about 2 levels above Karius. Ederson is on a different planet to Karius, our man isn't fit to help him warm up. Pope and Forster are not good enough(imo) for a club that wants to challenge at the top, but I'd have more confidence in both of them than Karius. I really don't rate the lad, he's championship level.

Cech and lloris i agree.

Ederson i have made my point with. He is over rated and anytime a team actually attacked city this season he has looked dodge. He is not that much better if at all, than karius.

As for pope and forster. This is my fear. We end up signing an average keeper thinking he is better than karius. Its like the calls for ward to start ffs. Many of our fans are really narrowminded to how good karius is.

Charlie19

It's a pity that the club couldn't hold onto Reina.

Mr.H

Charlie19 wrote:

It's a pity that the club couldn't hold onto Reina.

He went proper sh1t when rafa lost the keeper coach. To be honest i blame our keeper coach for all our keepers being sh1t

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Mr.H wrote: »

Cech and lloris i agree.

Ederson i have made my point with. He is over rated and anytime a team actually attacked city this season he has looked dodge. He is not that much better if at all, than karius.

As for pope and forster. This is my fear. We end up signing an average keeper thinking he is better than karius. Its like the calls for ward to start ffs. Many of our fans are really narrowminded to how good karius is.

This is the reality.

Allison or Oblak? Probably both unlikely, but if we miss them then it's Pope and Foster, however unsuitable or suitable they may be.

Miss them and it's probably going to be Karius again.

The wildcard would be if Mignolet left but I don't know how likely/unlikley that is.

5starpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Jaysus we did well then with a keeper who only made one and only one save all season to get to the Champions League final.


No need for a keeper then at all next season just play 11 outfield players.

Should ask the PL if we can play fly goalie or last man back.

marklazarcovic

Should play with two keepers in goal

Charlie19

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Should play with two keepers in goal

Or put Mane guarding the post.

Gbear

Cech is worse than Karius.

Sofa Spud

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Collins_(broadcaster)
Someone's havin fun again with Peter Collins wiki page...

Sofa Spud

Sofa Spud wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Collins_(broadcaster)
Someone's havin fun again with Peter Collins wiki page...

Its you isn't it?

Or do you just like looking at this wiki!!!

Sofa Spud

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Its you isn't it?

Or do you just like looking at this wiki!!!

nope, just thought I'd check it again after finding it the first time to see if his previous questionable romantic life had been updated...

He's still earning 2.3 million a year, so that must be nice for him.

ricero

Reports tonight that lfc and lyon have resumed talks and that Klopp was furious when the Fekir deal broke down.

Hopefully its true and Fekir gets done. Be great to have the sum of our buisness down before the pre-season tour of the USA.

Agent Coulson

Nothing at all in France tonight to support claims emanating from the English press about a supposed attempt from Liverpool to restart negotiations with Lyon for Nabil Fékir

https://twitter.com/gffn/status/1013192069383360512?s=21

gimli2112

sacre bleu

if I'm going to be surprised I may as well do it in french

Zak Flaps

Is it just me or has Fékir looked less than impressive in his few appearances in the WC ?

Yes I know he's only been introduced as a sub a few times, but I thought he'd be better
than he has shown!

shamrock55

Karius made very few saves of note,
He made far more blunders and mistakes then any game changing save.
You'd be nuts to be happy to have him between the sticks again next season.
Those happy to see him stay on do not come on here complaining about him next season when he does the exact same crap again

Mr.H

shamrock55 wrote:

Karius made very few saves of note, He made far more blunders and mistakes then any game changing save. You'd be nuts to be happy to have him between the sticks again next season. Those happy to see him stay on do not come on here complaining about him next season when he does the exact same crap again

Myth.

No one has said they are happy to stick with him. Many have said that some of the names mentioned are no better than him. Why waste money without upgrading significantly?

If it was between schmeichel, pope, forster or karius then yes i would say stick with karius. At least next season we might be able to use the money we would have waste and buy someone who would actually be an upgrade.

Agent Coulson

Keita & Fabinho are officially Liverpool players today.

Vicxas

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Keita & Fabinho are officially Liverpool players today.

AND our first pre-season game is in 6 days. Could see them very soon

machiavellianme

shamrock55 wrote: »

Karius made very few saves of note,
He made far more blunders and mistakes then any game changing save.
You'd be nuts to be happy to have him between the sticks again next season.
Those happy to see him stay on do not come on here complaining about him next season when he does the exact same crap again

This. Plus he'll be under significantly more scrutiny this season after such high profile blunders on the biggest stage. His first mistake will be the talking point in the papers for weeks and for such a poor player who relies on confidence to get him through most games, this will be his complete unravelling. They've no excuses left. He can't be concussed for an entire season.

Agent Coulson

TAA, Woodburn & Herbie Kane have all been nominated for the Golden Boy Award.


Lorven’s younber brother has also been nominated.

HandsomeBob

Not a pressing need now with Fabinho in the team but I'd really like to see Herbie Kane break through to the first team. Sounds like the type of player we've needed desperately.

Grayditch

Just get a new keeper. He made an absolute bags of a CL final. It's grand though. We'll get over it. He'll get over it. At another club.

5starpool

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Not a pressing need now with Fabinho in the team but I'd really like to see Herbie Kane break through to the first team. Sounds like the type of player we've needed desperately.

I'm sure we'd sing about him being one of our own just to annoy spurs fans.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Vicxas wrote: »

AND our first pre-season game is in 6 days. Could see them very soon

And giving all of the money to Chester. Will be a decent one and expected to field a strong squad.

martyos121

5starpool wrote: »

I'm sure we'd sing about him being one of our own just to annoy spurs fans.

Surely “Rock you like a Herbie Kane” is the way to go?

Sofa Spud

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

And giving all of the money to Chester. Will be a decent one and expected to field a strong squad.

LFC TV are covering it too, KO at 3pm on Sat and then only two weeks until the Dortmund game on the 22nd, with a handy 9pm KO our time - would hope to see both of the new lads start that one...

brevity

Poor Aspas.

Harry Palmr

At least that bury the memory of his corner.

not yet

Karma is a bitch Sergio..

Dry your tears mate.

martyos121

Harry Palmr wrote: »

At least that bury the memory of his corner.

Ironically, that’s where his penalty probably ended up.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Favourite moment so far, seeing Ramos crying at the end of that one!

martyos121

The sweetest sight in football.

Sofa Spud

Don't want to jinx it for Lovren (so I guess I just have!) but win tonight and he might be missing the tour to the States...