Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2020/2021

steve_r

Do ye like the Christmas jumper folks? Woke up this morning and there it was, top of the table

Fitz*

Happy Christmas to everyone. Hope ye have a happy and safe holiday.

Top of the tree this morning and make sure ye all remind yer relatives

Tusky

Happy Christmas fellas (and ladies)!

Still can't believe Klopp is our manager.

Grayditch

Happy Christmas, reds.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Tuchel is free....

yourdeadwright

KevRossi wrote: »

Get Xabi into Anfield for the last year of Klopp's reign as an understudy. He can learn from him too and the transition would be easier.

He was always a desperately intelligent footballer, showed through in the few interviews that he did. Much as I like Gerrard, for some reason I'd have more faith in Alonso succeeding as a top manager.

Not sure why in these few days everyone is talking about Xabi hes done nothing yet as a coach,

While at this very moment in time out greatest ever player who also happens to be Liverpool born and bred is absolutely bossing it as a manger, i know its only Scotland but in Europa to he is doing one hell of a job currently

Right now its looking absolutely money on for Gerrard to succeed Klopp, but who knows in 4 years whos in the best position to take over,

BorneTobyWilde

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1342409754266636288

Girly Gal

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Not sure why in these few days everyone is talking about Xabi hes done nothing yet as a coach,

While at this very moment in time out greatest ever player who also happens to be Liverpool born and bred is absolutely bossing it as a manger, i know its only Scotland but in Europa to he is doing one hell of a job currently

Right now its looking absolutely money on for Gerrard to succeed Klopp, but who knows in 4 years whos in the best position to take over,

I don't think anyone would object to Gerrard getting the job if he's proven himself capable of it, he'll need to manage a bigger club in a stronger league than Scotland before anyone can really tell if he's the real deal as a manager. I 'd hate to see him get it on his name alone as that could end in disaster and ruin his reputation at the club. As someone else stated let the appointment of Souness be a lesson to everyone that a former great may not necessarily be the right man for the job. Personally as long as Klopp is happy at the club and he still has us challenging for major honours I'd love if he stayed on well past 24/25.

garra

Season's greetings from the Wijnaldums

atilladehun

No wonder he needs a bigger contract.

giveitholly

I see Salah getting a bit of stick on twitter after he posted a picture of himself and his family in matching christmas pyjamas in front of a Christmas tree. Some muslims are not happy he is celebrating christmas. Suppose that's the way the world is now,no matter what you post online someone will take offence

BorneTobyWilde

giveitholly wrote: »

I see Salah getting a bit of stick on twitter after he posted a picture of himself and his family in matching christmas pyjamas in front of a Christmas tree. Some muslims are not happy he is celebrating christmas. Suppose that's the way the world is now,no matter what you post online someone will take offence

He should have known better in all fairness. It's a big no no for Islamic Faith.

I see nothing wrong with it though, it's only a Tree

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Gini calling the kids up to get the photo taken

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJKG2JwASlT/


https://twitter.com/IlkayGuendogan/status/1342143160466731009/photo/1




Seems it's just Salah because of who he is that will take all the hate, many other Muslim players happy to pose with Christmas Trees and happy to Wish Happy Christmas.

.G.

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

He should have known better in all fairness. It's a big no no for Islamic Faith.

I see nothing wrong with it though, it's only a Tree

If you live your life based on what a book tells you to do that isn't living. Individual minds should set their own rules not arbitrary rules based on religious beliefs. He's celebrating Christmas cos he lives in a western country and his kids are exposed to and believe in western fantasies like Santa Claus and he wants to allow them that. More power to him.

However live and let live, something the folk who criticised him don't seem to be on board with.

BorneTobyWilde

Just picking on him because of his status. Go to Dubai, U.A.E , Islamic countries, and see the Shopping Malls and Streets full of Christmas Trees and Decorations.
He's an easy target is all .

Agent Coulson

Their all after that elusive Santa Clause sponsorship money.

mosstin

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

He should have known better in all fairness. It's a big no no for Islamic Faith.

I see nothing wrong with it though, it's only a Tree

Only a tree? The lads across Stanley Park began hounding Koeman out of Goodison because he had a red tree.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Shouldn't Origi have been captain then if it was the most senior serving player after the first 4 captain's don't play going by Klopp's rules.

Klopp: I spoke to Salah after Liverpool captaincy disappointment, but Origi was my big mistake!

“The rule here is, we have a players’ committee. Hendo wears the armband, and if he’s not playing then it’s Milly [James Milner]. If those two are not playing then it’s Virgil [van Dijk] and if all three are not playing, it’s Gini [Wijnaldum].

“If they all cannot play, then it’s usually the player who is longest at the club. And that was how I saw it in my understanding. Trent got it because he was longest at the club – professionally, not just his youth career.”

He added: “Somebody afterwards told me it would have been Divock Origi, but Div was on loan and stuff like that. That was my fault. I didn’t make it that complicated. It was just, ‘Trent is longest at the club, so he has the armband’.

“Of course I spoke to Mo about it afterwards. When I realised it didn’t work out that well [for him], I clarified it, and then he spoke about it again in the interview, which is not a problem for me.

“Yes, he was disappointed, but I didn’t do it on purpose. I just did what I did, and if I made a mistake then it was that Divock Origi was not the captain that day!”

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/klopp-i-spoke-to-salah-after-liverpool-captaincy/1a1pa0v5dhe001dfirad7hwswe?__twitter_impression=true

Enzokk

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Just picking on him because of his status. Go to Dubai, U.A.E , Islamic countries, and see the Shopping Malls and Streets full of Christmas Trees and Decorations.
He's an easy target is all .

If anything it shows how commercial Christmas has become as countries that are not Christian do have Christmas trees in shopping centers and decorations up.

Charlie19

It's a pity I didn't think of befriending Mendy on insta, could've done with one of those PS5s.

Lesson learned I guess.

conor_mc

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Just picking on him because of his status. Go to Dubai, U.A.E , Islamic countries, and see the Shopping Malls and Streets full of Christmas Trees and Decorations.
He's an easy target is all .

The ironic thing is that, afaik, Islam does recognise Jesus Christ as a prophet that came before Muhammad, in the same way Christianity recognises Moses as a prophet. So I guess marking Christmas (celebrating might be too strong a word) shouldn’t really be an issue.

Anyhow, I digress!

emo72

Football on Stephens Day and no pubs open. This is a travesty. Lying here in bed this morning I can't think of any reason to get up.

Shanotheslayer

giveitholly wrote: »

I see Salah getting a bit of stick on twitter after he posted a picture of himself and his family in matching christmas pyjamas in front of a Christmas tree. Some muslims are not happy he is celebrating christmas. Suppose that's the way the world is now,no matter what you post online someone will take offence

He deserves stick for matching pyjamas to be fair. It's a crime against humanity

Riesen_Meal

Mendy in that photo :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAm3Vp0JnU

BorneTobyWilde

United and Leicester share the pints .

The White Wolf

Never seen a result that perfectly encapsulates the situation; two teams not quite there in 2nd and 3rd, ends up a draw. If we want to I think we'll steadily draw away which again is astounding given the injuries we have had.

.G.

We need to sort our away form, it's the only thing giving other teams reason to think they've a chance. We sort that out and keep our home form faultless and nobody is getting near us.

BorneTobyWilde

City could possibly go 4th with a win tonight, if other results go their way. Spurs could also end up 8th. Crazy league this year.

Enzokk

That game should show people, games in hand doesn't mean points in hand. I remember many years where we were behind on games and when you count them as a win it would always look so much better for our position, but it almost never works out that way. United were only 2 points behind us and our main challengers, if they won their game in hand. Now they are 4 points behind us having played the same amount of games.

yourdeadwright

Another huge game tomorrow nothing more than 3 points will do,
We have to go on a run now

Muahahaha

Dont think Ive ever been so excited about a player returning from injury as Thiago. I keep thinking back to his 45 minute cameo against Chelsea where he set the PL record for most passes (75) in a single half. On his own he had 16 more passes than the entire Chelsea team. Im absolutely salivating for his return, I think we're going to see something special.

yourdeadwright

Enzokk wrote: »

That game should show people, games in hand doesn't mean points in hand. I remember many years where we were behind on games and when you count them as a win it would always look so much better for our position, but it almost never works out that way. United were only 2 points behind us and our main challengers, if they won their game in hand. Now they are 4 points behind us having played the same amount of games.

Could turn out to be a good point for them if we lose tomorrow

.G.

Enzokk wrote: »

That game should show people, games in hand doesn't mean points in hand. I remember many years where we were behind on games and when you count them as a win it would always look so much better for our position, but it almost never works out that way. United were only 2 points behind us and our main challengers, if they won their game in hand. Now they are 4 points behind us having played the same amount of games.

Especially this season. Those games in a hand will have to be crammed in when they are played which certainly won't be beneficial to any team having to play them. If ever there was a season to go out of the domestic cups early it's this one.

yourdeadwright

Muahahaha wrote: »

Dont think Ive ever been so excited about a player returning from injury as Thiago. I keep thinking back to his 45 minute cameo against Chelsea where he set the PL record for most passes (75) in a single half. On his own he had 16 more passes than the entire Chelsea team. Im absolutely salivating for his return, I think we're going to see something special.

Dont forget he came on aginst 10 men,
Hes a phenomenal player but the Chelsea game was perfectly set up for him to be fair,
Fingers crossed he lights the Prem up

x43r0

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Dont forget he came on aginst 10 men,
Hes a phenomenal player but the Chelsea game was perfectly set up for him to be fair,
Fingers crossed he lights the Prem up

God forbid we might get a bit excited about a marquee signing taking to the field

ratracer

Enzokk wrote: »

That game should show people, games in hand doesn't mean points in hand. I remember many years where we were behind on games and when you count them as a win it would always look so much better for our position, but it almost never works out that way. United were only 2 points behind us and our main challengers, if they won their game in hand. Now they are 4 points behind us having played the same amount of games.

Ah stop, step away from the Sherry . Did anyone really consider Ole’s United as potential title challengers? They are consistently inconsistent and a top 4 finisher this season at a push. Yet again they showed today that they can’t defend for sh1t, Harry is a liability. It’ll be Liverpool or City winning the league this year I think, we’re gonna get stronger as key players return from injury, City will improve in the second half of the season.

BorneTobyWilde

7pts separating 2nd to 10th .

Agent Coulson

Elliott with another assist today.

Enzokk

Oh bore off Tyler, Chelsea didn't win us the title last year. It just happened to be the match that confirmed us as champions. City could have won all their matches from the restart and we still would have won the title. Then no other team would have "won" us the title.

Also, Gary Neville seems to think you can run in such a way that your leg doesn't go backwards as you are running. Because he accused Tierny of throwing his leg back when it sure seemed like he was just running normally. Sure it was a soft penalty, but a penalty it was and he didn't do anything special but go down easily with contact. This was not Bruno Fernandes positioning his leg unnaturally to win a penalty.

Enzokk

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Could turn out to be a good point for them if we lose tomorrow

You are doing it now...assuming something that may happen. I may win the lotto as well tonight, I am not going to quit now and tell my boss to go and screw himself. :P

The point is there was a lot of analysis that United were doing well because with the game in hand counted as a win they were only 2 points behind us and our main challenger. You cannot count that as points in the bank, just like I am not going to assume we are going to win tomorrow. I hope we are, but I am not going to make bold predictions about being 3 further points ahead of a challenger because we haven't played yet.

And there Arsenal goes and leads by 3-0 against Chelsea. That is Chelsea who was never going to concede again after Mendy arrived in goal and with Thiago at the back and having spent £200m this summer. They are 3-0 behind against Arsenal who is in crises and in a relegation battle before this weekend.

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Just been looking at the differences in Matchweek 15 between last season and this season.

Last year:

1. Liverpool - 43 points
2. Leicester - 35 points
3. Manchester City - 32 points
4. Chelsea - 29 points

This year:

1. Liverpool - 31 points
2. Leicester - 28 points
3. Manchester United - 27 points
4. Everton - 26 points

Liverpool have played a game less than last season (14 to 15).

fyfe79

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Dont forget he came on aginst 10 men,
Hes a phenomenal player but the Chelsea game was perfectly set up for him to be fair,
Fingers crossed he lights the Prem up

Don't forget he was also excellent in the only other game he played for us, against the Champions Elect. Even after the attempted leg-breaker on him, he played that beautiful pass into Mane for Hendo's VAR'd-off winner.

This fella was MOTM in the CL final. One of the most exciting signings I can ever remember for Liverpool. Yes, the likes of Torres, Suarez, Salah, Mane, VVD, Alisson have lit up the place since signing, but Tiago is the first player, that I can remember, who has signed for us while undoubtedly world class and at his absolute peak.

davidm20

fyfe79 wrote: »

Don't forget he was also excellent in the only other game he played for us, against the Champions Elect. Even after the attempted leg-breaker on him, he played that beautiful pass into Mane for Hendo's VAR'd-off winner.

This fella was MOTM in the CL final. One of the most exciting signings I can ever remember for Liverpool. Yes, the likes of Torres, Suarez, Salah, Mane, VVD, Alisson have lit up the place since signing, but Tiago is the first player, that I can remember, who has signed for us while undoubtedly world class and at his absolute peak.

I'm going with this

magma69

Anything less than 6 points to finish the calendar year would be a disappointment. Weak opposition with games nicely spaced out.

Agent Coulson

I sometimes think this team works and plays better playing a game every 3 days and they get the momentum going.

When they do get little breaks it seems to take them one or two games to get that momentum back.

Agent Coulson

I wonder have the club lined up any international youth players to be signed up and announced before Brexit kicks in on January 1st.

Fitz*

A year ago tonight. Unbelievable performance from Trent, one of the best individual displays from a player all season in the league. Brilliant team performance too.

https://twitter.com/FootyAccums/status/1342785171163111425?s=19

Fitz*

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I wonder have the club lined up any international youth players to be signed up and announced before Brexit kicks in on January 1st.

The Serbian young lad from Celta Vigo is meant to be on the way. Was previously said to be very close to signing for Man United but has changed his mind now. His father was speaking about it apparently.

https://twitter.com/Tactical_Times/status/1342967936051515392?s=19

Owl.

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Another huge game tomorrow nothing more than 3 points will do,
We have to go on a run now

If we manage to get more than 3 points, it will have been a special day indeed.