Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2019/2020

Agent Coulson

Mane back tomorrow as well.

citytillidie

Much better pre season performance than last Sunday anyways

Turtyturd

Fans in London doing us proud on the insufferable front...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/clwxi3/reds_fans_in_london_hire_bus_to_have_a_mini/

marklazarcovic

https://twitter.com/ScouserChrisLFC/status/1158011527343017984?s=09

Easier view hon the Boyz haha

BorneTobyWilde

We'll be a victim of a lot of soft penalties, as will everyone else. VAR will make this season like no other.

martyos121

Turtyturd wrote: »

Fans in London doing us proud on the insufferable front...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/clwxi3/reds_fans_in_london_hire_bus_to_have_a_mini/

The most insufferable ones aren’t even on that bus.

8-10

The biggest plus from today is that we saw an effective tactic against the high line we persist with on free kicks. Other teams will have watched what City did today, particularly the bottom half teams who tend to have their better chances against us from set pieces, and now we can work out how to defend that situation.

It was bound to happen eventually but now there's no excuse and we didn't drop any points because it was the charity shield.

Today showed that we're not a million miles away from City, our fitness and sharpness isn't too bad, and we have plenty to work on with 5 days to go until opening day

rossie1977

19 shots on goal or whatever it was and you should really be winning that game.

I can't imagine how potent current Liverpool side would be with a peak Torres or Suarez up top and Firmino playing more of an attacking midfield role.

8-10

rossie1977 wrote: »

19 shots on goal or whatever it was and you should really be winning that game.

I can't imagine how potent current Liverpool side would be with a peak Torres or Suarez up top and Firmino playing more of an attacking midfield role.

In fairness Bravo was probably man of the match and Walker pulled off one of the finest clearances you'll ever see. I wouldn't put it all down to poor finishing. I'm actually more encouraged at where we are now that I was a week or so ago. Didn't expect Firmino or Salah to be ready for the start of the season but they looked sharper than they should be after a week of preseason

Gbear

8-10 wrote: »

In fairness Bravo was probably man of the match and Walker pulled off one of the finest clearances you'll ever see. I wouldn't put it all down to poor finishing. I'm actually more encouraged at where we are now that I was a week or so ago. Didn't expect Firmino or Salah to be ready for the start of the season but they looked sharper than they should be after a week of preseason

All Bravo's saves I saw were completely routine. We kept kicking the ball straight at him.

Turtyturd

Tbf he generally concedes those ones.

facehugger99

8-10 wrote: »

In fairness Bravo was probably man of the match and Walker pulled off one of the finest clearances you'll ever see. I wouldn't put it all down to poor finishing. I'm actually more encouraged at where we are now that I was a week or so ago. Didn't expect Firmino or Salah to be ready for the start of the season but they looked sharper than they should be after a week of preseason

I reckon he hammers it into his own net 98 times out of a hundred.

8-10

facehugger99 wrote: »

I reckon he hammers it into his own net 98 times out of a hundred.

Even more impressive then

Potential Underachiever

Poor Mo wouldn't hit a barndoor with a banjo today, some say he looked sharp but he was rusty as fck regards finishing, serious greed at times too. Still, can see him get a hattrick against Norwich.

Owl.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

How the fcuk is KDB man of the match.

As far as I could understand, Hoddle's only reason for giving it to him was because he was fit. Hoddle is a mental case.

SlickRic

Owl. wrote: »

As far as I could understand, Hoddle's only reason for giving it to him was because he was fit. Hoddle is a mental case.

He also said 'because I played his position' or something else as stupid.

prettyboy81

Homeward bound on Aer Lingus now from LGW. Great game with plenty of talking points. Some heat in London all day.

Penalties were an added bonus for the young lad. Disappointed not to lift the trophy but a great day trip supporting the reds!!!

chicorytip

Osmosis Jones wrote:

Why on earth are ourselves and City playing the two earliest games of the season? Us on Friday night, them Saturday at noon. You'd think the league would cop on and put us on Sunday considering they've just given us this match to play.

Two whole fixtures to fulfill over the course of six days. What an ordeal - it's entirely unreasonable to expect this level of application from these massively renumerated professional sportsmen. Sure they'll be entirely wrecked - the little dotes.

Turtyturd

It’s remunerated...your post are stupid enough without adding stuff like that.

OwaynOTT

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Poor Mo wouldn't hit a barndoor with a banjo today, some say he looked sharp but he was rusty as fck regards finishing, serious greed at times too. Still, can see him get a hattrick against Norwich.

The year before last, when he scored an incredible amount, he generally took 3-4 shots before he scored in the earlier part of the season.
I'm hopeful he will score more theirs year than last. He looked very sharp and up for the game today. Bodes well.
You seem a little unhappy with some of the team today by the way.

Osmosis Jones

Seen City have just purchased their third £50m+ fullback in the past 2 years, madness.

giveitholly

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Seen City have just purchased their third £50m+ fullback in the past 2 years, madness.

Who is that?

Osmosis Jones

giveitholly wrote: »

Who is that?

Cancelo from Juventus, and well it's technically around €30m along with Danilo, another fullback they bought only two years ago for £26.5m

bennyineire

Not sure if mentioned here already but then Pool v Norwhich game will be screened on Sky One this Friday. They done the same last year for the opening game.
Looking forward to it, Friday night lights in Anfield after a good test today.

Hopefully we hit the ground running early, we will need too, to have any chance this year again

Potential Underachiever

OwaynOTT wrote: »

The year before last, when he scored an incredible amount, he generally took 3-4 shots before he scored in the earlier part of the season.
I'm hopeful he will score more theirs year than last. He looked very sharp and up for the game today. Bodes well.
You seem a little unhappy with some of the team today by the way.

How so?

martyos121

bennyineire wrote: »

Not sure if mentioned here already but then Pool v Norwhich game will be screened on Sky One this Friday. They done the same last year for the opening game.
Looking forward to it, Friday night lights in Anfield after a good test today.

Hopefully we hit the ground running early, we will need too, to have any chance this year again

What’s our record in evening kickoffs on Sky One like? I don’t care if it’s 0-0-0, these things matter!

Osmosis Jones

It was deft touches all around today

Osmosis Jones

Mignolet's off, we're signing a backup GK.

https://twitter.com/_pauljoyce/status/1158112888894177283?s=20

Simon Mignolet set to join Club Brugge. Due to undergo medical tomorrow. Liverpool will look to sign a new No2.

martyos121

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Mignolet's off, we're signing a backup GK.

https://twitter.com/_pauljoyce/status/1158112888894177283?s=20

Adrian is still without a club. He’s a step down from Mignolet but I don’t think he’d be the worst option on a free transfer.

Most clubs would gouge us even for a third string keeper at this stage in the window. This should’ve been sorted weeks ago, but it’s not a major issue if there’s any money there to be spent at all.

Iused2likebusts

It's just great that after all these years we don't have to put up with the likes of mignolet or karius in goal.

Agent Coulson

How much are we getting for him?

Edit I just saw £6m for him.


Butland would be a decent shout I'd say he would jump at a chance to get out of Stoke

redzerdrog

Good for him and by all accounts he played a big role behind the scenes last year

However he was bloody awful for us I think he was the worst 1st choice keeper I remember for us so I am glad to never have to go through that pain any more

MD1990

What a step down for Mignolet.

Shows you bad a keeper he has been. Very good character though.

Turtyturd

He was decent in the 13/14 season for the most part but quickly declined.

Not good enough to be number one but comfortably the best number two in the league.

gimli2112

always remember the game away against arsenal a few years ago 2 up and cruising and he let a nothing shot past him and it all fell apart

ERG89

Turtyturd wrote: »

He was decent in the 13/14 season for the most part but quickly declined

Made a total mess of a Negredo shot that season at the Ethihad, I think my dog would have had the strength to stop it. Pretty much that game I wanted him replaced since.
Pretty bad fee for him. Literally 10 times less than Allisson in every possible sense.

Agent Coulson

Ye we can get £12.5m for Ward but only £6m for Mignolet seems like we are letting him go on the cheap.

Irishmale0399

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Ye we can get £12.5m for Ward but only £6m for Mignolet seems like we are letting him go on the cheap.

I assume its a thank you from the club....let him go home on the cheap. Just read that it is €6-7 million up front rising to €9.

Agent Coulson

Back to Southampton it seems for McCarthy.


FSG should have just bought them as a feeder club it would have been cheaper.

ben.schlomo

Wouldn't touch Butland, an overhyped mistake machine.

Osmosis Jones

Well Mig, you really did save the best for ehhhh first? He literally peaked in his debut for us and it was all downhill from there:



Like a lot of these really aren't normal mistakes, they're genuinely bizarre





He seemed desperate to concede against Bordeaux in the Europa League, first with this mad header and then eventually conceding from an indirect free kick because he held onto the ball for 22 seconds (that's not the whole clip by the way, the gif can only be 15 seconds long so there's an extra 7 seconds of Mignolet just standing around with the ball to be seen )



Completely losing his whereabouts and letting the ball roll out of play:



Conceding a free kick because he's looking elsewhere organising the defence:



This isn't all of them, it's not even close to all really, he's honestly fascinating to look at in retrospect.

Turtyturd

There were links to Fraser Foster the other day. Didn’t realise he was (a) as old as he is and (b) had fallen down the pecking order at Southampton so much.

BorneTobyWilde

It was
Rocky One today
We got that crap kicked out of us early on, but gradually got into it , we were far the strongest team come the end, but we still lost. We all know who was the best team out there today. Bell saved them today

Riesen_Meal

https://www.clubbrugge.be/nl/nieuws/princiepsakkoord-simon-mignolet-naar-club-brugge

Confirmed on their website, fair well Migs, a pro til the end when not playing and seemingly a nice character around the dressing room....

cj maxx

Fieldog wrote: »

https://www.clubbrugge.be/nl/nieuws/princiepsakkoord-simon-mignolet-naar-club-brugge

Confirmed on their website, fair well Migs, a pro til the end when not playing and seemingly a nice character around the dressing room....

In that link he's called a red devil

Osmosis Jones

cjmc wrote: »

In that link he's called a red devil

Belgian national team nickname too

~Rebel~

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

It's just great that after all these years we don't have to put up with the likes of mignolet or karius in goal.

As first choice yeah, but I was perfectly happy with Mig as backup. Not easy to get a decent quality number 2, given that anyone that's actually properly good will go somewhere to be first choice. Especially so in our case, where Alisson will only be replaced in goal if he happens to get injured - rare enough for keepers.

About the best options are someone very young (generally not a good option in keepers, as they really need tonnes of experience to be good), or someone that was once top level but is now at the end of their career. Hopefully we find someone good, and at the same time not looking for massive wages, in the latter camp.
<edit> maybe someone like Subašić... just about fits the profile. 34, but still decent quality, and definitely winding down his career.. into the last year of his contract at Monaco, so could be gotten cheap.

Happy for Mig though, and good on the club for letting him go cheap to a club back home. I'm sure that fee allows them to give him decent wages he'd otherwise be tough to justify in that league.

cj maxx

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Belgian national team nickname too

I thought they cocked up the nicknames

Blanco100

why the hell are we letting him go 5 days before season starts. No other fit keeper on the books, why could this "thank you" have been organised in early July?

Always a whiff off the club like they are desperate to make money from sales like this at 11th hour.

We'd rather bank 5-6million and walk the tightrope our 1st choice keeper stays fit.

Worse case scenario Alisson and Robertson were to get injured, we would be ill prepared to cope.

Its a very strange "think positive" approach but its clearly the yanks watching their bottom line aswell

~Rebel~

Blanco100 wrote: »

why the hell are we letting him go 5 days before season starts. No other fit keeper on the books, why could this "thank you" have been organised in early July?

Always a whiff off the club like they are desperate to make money from sales like this at 11th hour.

We'd rather bank 5-6million and walk the tightrope our 1st choice keeper stays fit.

Worse case scenario Alisson and Robertson were to get injured, we would be ill prepared to cope.

Its a very strange "think positive" approach but its clearly the yanks watching their bottom line aswell

If they were looking to cash in they'd have sold him to an English club. He's still more than good enough for any of the teams in the bottom half, and those are the circumstances he does much better under anyway, in a team that's on the back foot facing more shots and keeping him engaged.
Really wouldn't go blaming 'the yanks' on this, especially when its that little money.

And for all we know, this has been the plan since the end of the season, and they've been sniffing around for a replacement since then. These things don't happen in a vacuum where everyone at the club is suddenly only now switching into 'find a keeper' mode. If anything, its more likely that they've let him go this late in the window because they've just identified someone they think can replace him. We'll see I guess.