Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2020/2021

BorneTobyWilde

We have easiest tie in next round of league games when it come to the top 5. Fulham, no excuses there.

gimli2112

TAA is on a trajectory
In the past he has been compared with AWB and now David Beckham
In time the comparison will be made with Maldini
Past that?
do we dream?

DrumSteve

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

He always gives it 100% regardless but I really feel there's no one who feeds off the crowd's energy quite like Andy Robertson.

Hes easily the Hulk Hogan of the side.

Ikozma

Tonight was as good as its been for quite a while, super performance on the pitch, fans back at anfield, players back from injury, no new injuries, and var actually worked in our favour... Praise the lord

Agent Coulson

Ikozma wrote: »

Tonight was as good as its been for quite a while, super performance on the pitch, fans back at anfield, players back from injury, no new injuries, and var actually worked in our favour... Praise the lord

Since the Leicester game two games ago.

giveitholly

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Since the Leicester game two games ago.

Well kieta did get injured that night!!!

DVDM93

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Since the Leicester game two games ago.

I think his emphasis was on fans being back, players being back from injury, no new injuries & VAR working in our favour.

Not sure we had any of that against Leicester.

facehugger99

KevRossi wrote: »

For European competition, squads are capped at 25 senior players. A maximum of 17 are allowed to be foreign-trained. To carry four more players (up to a maximum squad of 21) those players must be domestically-trained. To reach the maximum squad size the final four must be club-trained.

Liverpool will this year carry the maximum 17 foreign-trained players along with four domestically-trained players and three club-trained players (Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Caoimhin Kelleher), players who spent at least three years on the club’s books before the age of 21.

Players under the age of 21 who have spent two years at the club do not need to be registered to play, which means Curtis Jones and other youth players are not included. Harvey Elliott, having been at the club for a year, must be registered—but next season he will not need to be.

Source: https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/liverpool-fc-news-coverage/2020/10/8/21507440/official-liverpool-confirm-2020-21-champions-league-squad-a-list-b-list-club-trained-harry-wilson

Pick them from this list:

Goalkeepers
Alisson Becker, Adrian, Caoimhin Kelleher*

Defenders
Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez*, Kostas Tsimikas, Andy Robertson, Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold*

Midfielders
Fabinho, Gini Wijnaldum, Thiago Alcantara, James Milner, Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Xherdan Shaqiri

Forwards
Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Takumi Minamino, Diogo Jota, Divock Origi, Harvey Elliott

Sobering how many first team-players we will need to play midweek.

corcaigh07

We can pick from List B also for midweek:

Goalkeepers: Alisson, Adrian, Kelleher, Jaros*

Defenders: Gomez, Matip, R.Williams*, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Tsimikas, N.Williams*, Larouci*

Midfielders: Thiago, Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Jones*, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cain*, Clarkson*, Dixon-Bonner*

Forwards: Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota, Minamino, Origi, Shaqiri, Glatzel*, Longstaff*, Millar*, Stewart*

* List B.

Virgil van Dijk and Harvey Elliott also included as changes to List A not permitted.

Agent Coulson

DVDM93 wrote: »

I think his emphasis was on fans being back, players being back from injury, no new injuries & VAR working in our favour.

Not sure we had any of that against Leicester.

Not from their posting history it's not.

TitianGerm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Bend It Like Alexander-Arnold


Doesn't quite have a ring to it .

How about "Arc it like Arnold"

atilladehun

If you watch some of those sky sports late 90s shows there's plenty of clips of Beckham being quite central as a quarter back. Neville would be outside him. Beckham would follow out wide into the space Neville created.

Trent really is the successor and developer of that crown. He does both of their jobs in one. I love that. If he stayed as the world's greatest right back for his career I'd be delighted. If he did move to midfield I could see him being the new xabi Alonso.

LFC 2026

Kelleher
Williams
Williams
Gomez
Trent
Jones
Elliot

fyfe79

corcaigh07 wrote: »

We can pick from List B also for midweek:

Goalkeepers: Alisson, Adrian, Kelleher, Jaros*

Defenders: Gomez, Matip, R.Williams*, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Tsimikas, N.Williams*, Larouci*

Midfielders: Thiago, Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Jones*, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cain*, Clarkson*, Dixon-Bonner*

Forwards: Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota, Minamino, Origi, Shaqiri, Glatzel*, Longstaff*, Millar*, Stewart*

* List B.

Virgil van Dijk and Harvey Elliott also included as changes to List A not permitted.

This is very good news! So...

Adrian
N. Williams, R. Williams, Fabinho, Tsimikas
Cain, Clarkson, Jones
Minamino, Origi, Jota

Maybe?

yourdeadwright

atilladehun wrote: »

If you watch some of those sky sports late 90s shows there's plenty of clips of Beckham being quite central as a quarter back. Neville would be outside him. Beckham would follow out wide into the space Neville created.

Trent really is the successor and developer of that crown. He does both of their jobs in one. I love that. If he stayed as the world's greatest right back for his career I'd be delighted. If he did move to midfield I could see him being the new xabi Alonso.

LFC 2026

Kelleher
Williams
Williams
Gomez
Trent
Jones
Elliot

My take has always been no other right back can do what Trent does, Why would we take a weapon that teams omly ever face agaisnt us away,
Plenty of midfeilders with great passing ranges if that what we are after but no right back in current world football that plays in Trents style

yourdeadwright

fyfe79 wrote: »

This is very good news! So...

Adrian
N. Williams, R. Williams, Fabinho, Tsimikas
Cain, Clarkson, Jones
Minamino, Origi, Jota

Maybe?

Jones amd Neco to start aginst Fulham so i dont think they will play
The lads who came back as subs tonight wont be ablento play Fulham and Spurs too soon for that so i reckon they y play midweek then a weeks rest till Sputs

fyfe79

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Jones amd Neco to start aginst Fulham so i dont think they will play
The lads who came back as subs tonight wont be ablento play Fulham and Spurs too soon for that so i reckon they y play midweek then a weeks rest till Sputs

I was thinking similar but who else is there? We are so down to the bare bones, you're otherwise talking about playing youngsters such as Dixon-Bonner out of position. If the likes of Jones and Williams play, they'll be instructed to take it easy.

Personally I think TAA and Keita might come in against Fulham. Or maybe Keita and TAA play against the Danish lads, to get minutes in their legs?

Fitz*

I have a feeling that both Keita & TAA will see game time in Denmark. But in different roles.

Keita from the start and play 60. He will be a sub against Fulham again but build up fitness with a view with being in full fitness for Spurs. That's not to say that he will start as Gini, Hendo & Jones is a nice trio currently. But certainly a viable option.


TAA will play from the bench in Denmark IMO but then build up with 60 or 70 against Fulham with view to starting against Spurs again then midweek.

J Mysterio

gimli2112 wrote: »

TAA is on a trajectory
In the past he has been compared with AWB and now David Beckham
In time the comparison will be made with Maldini
Past that?
do we dream?

Ah, he's completely different to Maldini.

gimli2112

J Mysterio wrote: »

Ah, he's completely different to Maldini.

my favourite players never to play for Liverpool, Maldini, Maradona and that's about it.

DVDM93

I missed this.

https://twitter.com/goal/status/1335726809820897280?s=20

DVDM93

https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1335727575113617416?s=20

ShamoBuc

MOTD2 Caoimhin Kelleher, I've learned how to say his name so I'm going to say it - Ian Wright

fyfe79

ShamoBuc wrote: »

MOTD2 Caoimhin Kelleher, I've learned how to say his name so I'm going to say it - Ian Wright

Yeah, he nailed it, in fairness.

~Rebel~

That game felt like a real watershed moment in a lot of ways.

Some fans back in the stadium.
A proper solid dominant performance and win.
Trent back.
Keita back.
Kelleher solid with another clean sheet.
Goals from defence and midfield.
The front lads looking sharp and energetic.
Curtis Jones having such a mature all round performance.

It felt like maybe the long tiring uphill had been crested and maybe we can have a bit of a downhill, with European football done till the knockouts (for the first team), and more players returning, leading to more opportunities for rotation, which hopefully means fewer injuries.

The Danish game is coming at a decent time and all, where anyone that needs minutes in a semi-competitive environment with zero real stakes can get them. Will help Origi, Minamino, and Tsimikas especially. Those guys will start, and then I could see Keita and Trent going on the trip as well, and coming on for another 30 minutes. Who knows, maybe even Ox might be ready for a few minutes. He seems to be close. With 5 subs and no stakes, it can really be all about getting exactly the number of minutes needed for the lads.

murpho999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3OeQoLPqys

Sorry if posted already.

Just popped up on my You Tube feed.
Made me smile, best Klopp impression I've heard by anyone.

Ikozma

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Since the Leicester game two games ago.

Ffs, I ment as in having fans back, players back, nó injuries etc, stop being such as smart ass picking at every bloody post

Ikozma

Can someone explain how do I ignore certain posters, I just can't be dealing with childish rubbish, life's too short

.red.

DVDM93 wrote: »

I missed this.

https://twitter.com/goal/status/1335726809820897280?s=20

I'd goosebumps watching that last night. Imagine being there for it.

Really happy with last night's game, couldn't have gone much better really.
Delighted for Kelleher. I was seated close to him last year at a GAA match and his head was melted from kids coming up for pics and he didn't complain once. Seems like a nice lad so hopefully these games give him the confidence he was lacking last year.

Enzokk

I would not be opposed to playing a youth-ish team midweek. We get to rest our players and if we lose then Midtjylland gets a nice payday by winning a group match. We lose out on some income though, but having players fit towards the end of the season will be worth more than a group game win when we are already top.

Its a good time to treat that match as pre-season match of sorts for players to get fit and to rest players that have been playing since the start of the season without a break.

dogbert27

Is the CL game being played in Denmark again?

I thought it was moved to Dortmund because of Covid?

gimli2112

Ikozma wrote: »

Can someone explain how do I ignore certain posters, I just can't be dealing with childish rubbish, life's too short

you can just put them on ignore by clicking on their username, unless you have me on ignore and then someone else will have to tell you
it's a fantastic feature

OwaynOTT

gimli2112 wrote: »

you can just put them on ignore by clicking on their username, unless you have me on ignore and then someone else will have to tell you
it's a fantastic feature

Reading the thread for me makes absolutely no sense, I’ve so many on ignore.

gimli2112

I'm not too bad here but to me it looks like no-one's posted in the Arsenal thread in six years

yourdeadwright

~Rebel~ wrote: »

That game felt like a real watershed moment in a lot of ways.

Some fans back in the stadium.
A proper solid dominant performance and win.
Trent back.
Keita back.
Kelleher solid with another clean sheet.
Goals from defence and midfield.
The front lads looking sharp and energetic.
Curtis Jones having such a mature all round performance.

It felt like maybe the long tiring uphill had been crested and maybe we can have a bit of a downhill, with European football done till the knockouts (for the first team), and more players returning, leading to more opportunities for rotation, which hopefully means fewer injuries.

The Danish game is coming at a decent time and all, where anyone that needs minutes in a semi-competitive environment with zero real stakes can get them. Will help Origi, Minamino, and Tsimikas especially. Those guys will start, and then I could see Keita and Trent going on the trip as well, and coming on for another 30 minutes. Who knows, maybe even Ox might be ready for a few minutes. He seems to be close. With 5 subs and no stakes, it can really be all about getting exactly the number of minutes needed for the lads.

Be interesting to see does he play Adrian or Kelleher in this one,
Id go with Kelleher and play him now every chance we get to help his development ,

Milner was back on the bike last week so possible he could be on the bench for this one too,

AndyBoBandy

Win 4-0 - Check
Kelleher Starts, keeps clean sheet - Check
Joint Top of the League - Check
New Thread - Check
Champions - Check

yourdeadwright

I wonder will Jurgen bring up the Kane backing in thing before the Spurs game seen as we have enough injured players already ,

Be nice to make it public so he stops and at the same time it would really wind up Jose ,

cj maxx

I'm only after watching motd2 . I had forgotten it was 4-0 !!
In better mood now till José puts on master class of trying to nullify any attacking football next week

yourdeadwright

yourdeadwright wrote: »

I wonder will Jurgen bring up the Kane backing in thing before the Spurs game seen as we have enough injured players already ,

Be nice to make it public so he stops and at the same time it would really wind up Jose ,

The Kane Moonwalk? Yeah, it's an odd one how how he gets away with it.

yourdeadwright

cj maxx wrote: »

I'm only after watching motd2 . I had forgotten it was 4-0 !!
In better mood now till José puts on master class of trying to nullify any attacking football next week

I really think if Jose lets us have as much as the ball as City and Arsenal we will kill them ,
Lets not forget there defence still has poor defenders in it ,

Both games he got a bit lucky that they scored first they where

Only worry I have is our lack of pace at CB for there counters attacks , VVD and Gomez normally deal with that part ,

yourdeadwright

6 wrote: »

The Kane Moonwalk? Yeah, it's an odd one how how he gets away with it.

Totally bizarre he's nearly broke Creswell, Lallana and Gabriel necks already this season ,its as bad as high challenge if you ask me ,

yourdeadwright

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Totally bizarre he's nearly broke Creswell, Lallana and Gabriel necks already this season ,its as bad as high challenge if you ask me ,

Maybe they are waiting on a serious injury to occur first.

atilladehun

yourdeadwright wrote: »

My take has always been no other right back can do what Trent does, Why would we take a weapon that teams omly ever face agaisnt us away,
Plenty of midfeilders with great passing ranges if that what we are after but no right back in current world football that plays in Trents style

I agree, unless we invent a time machine and go back to kidnap a 20 year old Cafu.

atilladehun

DVDM93 wrote: »

I missed this.

https://twitter.com/goal/status/1335726809820897280?s=20

Premier Sports production was terrible. Talked over YNWA at the start, cut out klopp doing this.

Fitz*

Fabrizio Romano is reporting that Fabinho is in line for a new contract.

There is also a line in the article that Liverpool want to re-open contract talks with Gini. Gini certainly is showing 'I want a new contract' form anyways!

I'd be happy with both getting new contracts.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/07/liverpool-fabinho-new-contract

yourdeadwright

Fitz* wrote: »

Fabrizio Romano is reporting that Fabinho is in line for a new contract.

There is also a line in the article that Liverpool want to re-open contract talks with Gini. Gini certainly is showing 'I want a new contract' form anyways!

I'd be happy with both getting new contracts.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/07/liverpool-fabinho-new-contract

A new contract for Gini is a must he deserves it I think it would give everyone a nice lift too,

Dcully

Only worry I have is our lack of pace at CB for there counters attacks , VVD and Gomez normally deal with that part

I hear ya and fully agree, only positive from that negative is the they both sit back a bit deeper now and not getting caught as often with balls over the top.

Nijmegen

atilladehun wrote: »

Premier Sports production was terrible. Talked over YNWA at the start, cut out klopp doing this.

I'm getting an aunties address in the UK or something and switching my Prime Video account over before the Spurs game.

Dcully

Anything to avoid listening to Kenny Cunningham spouting rubbish for 90 minutes.

Potential Underachiever

I read that Tyldesley and Mc Coist were on Amazon commentating, seems like a pretty good duo tbf. Must try and sort it out for the next game as my missus does have prime, but no sign of the game on there, it does seem stupid that you have to call/chat to them, to sort it out to watch.

Nijmegen

Nijmegen wrote: »

I'm getting an aunties address in the UK or something and switching my Prime Video account over before the Spurs game.

The just did it over chat for me. Didn’t need to provide uk address.