Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

SM01 · 03-09-2023 4:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063849#Comment_121063849

Yep Pako Ayestarán - just noticed that myself!

happyoutscan · 03-09-2023 4:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063825#Comment_121063825

Everything I am now if I'm going to insist on being half-honest.

noodler · 03-09-2023 4:02pm

Nunez should have scored at least one but he was involved in two goals and, going by the performances of the subs who came on, thank god he started.

Sobo looks so good.

I wish Joe hasn't made that brainfart because it would have led me to say things like "VVD won't be a guaranteed starter when he returns from suspension" but who am I kidding.

Well done Trent. Consistent and constant menace.

TitianGerm · 03-09-2023 4:03pm

10 points from those 4 games is very good in fairness.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 4:03pm

Darwin woulda coulda shoulda Nunez causes havoc, but dam he misses sitters.

Fitz* · 03-09-2023 4:05pm

The all action chaos attack paid off in this game.

There's goals in whatever attacked is chosen but I like this one. It's a bit more frantic and fun.

Nice to get a CS for the first time this season too. Joe Gomez looked good. Did Jones help perhaps?

Hopefully the Trent injury is not a bad one, and a rest over the international break will be enough.

Charlie19 · 03-09-2023 4:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063868#Comment_121063868

Yeah I looked him up, he was Benitez's no.2 for 11 years whilst at numerous clubs.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 4:07pm

Only blip, is not beating that useless Chelsea side.

hynesie08 · 03-09-2023 4:09pm

Coulda scored 8, coulda let in 4, but ultimately made an above average, well managed team look like a below average mess.

Now let's get that new midfield purring.

brevity · 03-09-2023 4:09pm

Szoboszlai looks quite the player. Very confident.

MacAllister was great too and I thought the defense was good.

Seeing them passing the ball around at the back with no pressure was really weird. Everyone seems very composed.

theoneeyedman · 03-09-2023 4:10pm

A boring 3-0, not so shabby. The early goal fvcked up Villa's plan, but being able to amble through the last 35 minutes is nice. 10 from 12 with those fixtures isn't bad given all the turmoil over the summer. Pull Trent from England NOW and look to 2 weeks time.

noodler · 03-09-2023 4:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063909#Comment_121063909

I felt for the subs a little in that no one seemed overly interested in going forward for much of the time it was 3-0.

I expected more from Villa I have to say.

Wolves away next after the break and we need a huge improvement over the last season's performance there.

ben.schlomo · 03-09-2023 4:16pm

Comfortable, plain and simple. Great to see it. Can relax and enjoy one of our top 4 rivals dropping points now.

Osmosis Jones · 03-09-2023 4:20pm

This was bizarre btw, shoves Gomez from behind then squares up to him.

From the lad who had all his teammates shouting at him for how bad his two previous shots were too 😆

Screenshot_2023-09-03-16-19-13-76_0b2fce7a16bf2b728d6ffa28c8d60efb.jpg

Fitz* · 03-09-2023 4:39pm

Missing out on Mount + signing Szoboszlai instead is such a sliding doors moment. What a player he is and will be.

He could well be the next example of having an effective recruitment plan - buying characteristics, and having a plan for them. Don't just buy names and players because rivals wanted them. Sometimes the number 2 target can turn out to be just as good, if not better than the number 1 target, because their attributes are still needed and used in the team in the same style as the number 1 target would have been.

Gotze -> Mane

Brandt -> Salah

Laporte -> VVD

Werner -> Jota

Mount -> Szoboszlai

gameoverdude · 03-09-2023 4:39pm

Deduct Liverpool 20 points now. They're giving me hope. So unfair.

klose · 03-09-2023 4:40pm

Very good start to the season all things considered. Midfield improved on and forwards looking good with options from the bench. Defence will obviously have a cloud glooming over it but i think we have enough to win games with our front 6.

McDermotX · 03-09-2023 4:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063948#Comment_121063948

Little knee into Gomez on the deck as well.

Real hard man.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 4:42pm

Considering it was a first time in a long time pairing of Matip and Gomez, it was great to keep a clean sheet, even by luck. But now that we won the game, watch them extend VVD's ban, as basking in the sun watching Liverpool win 3-0 is no punishment in their eyes.

ebbsy · 03-09-2023 4:46pm

They look like Newcastle.

facehugger99 · 03-09-2023 4:58pm

Antony kicks the ball away so obviously in the Arsenal v Man Utd match and no booking.

The consistency around these decisions is infuriating.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:10pm

https://twitter.com/GWijnaldum/status/1698351905607410056

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BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:18pm

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1698367887239454981

YES

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:21pm

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1698358428379275290

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BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:28pm

Klopp confident Salah is staying, said he finds it funny how the world is so caught up in it, as Salah wants to stay, and play here.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:33pm

4 more games, and it will be half a season unbeaten .

Wolves away

WH home

Spurs away

Brighton away

Only 1 home game between now and the 20th of Oct/ SAD

Right now 15 league games unbeaten.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:38pm

Salah making all the right noises, now it's a case of will the owners actually give him what he secretly may want, and will it be the owners who accept the millions on offer.. and if so, will Salah throw it back in their faces and refuse to leave. ..

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 5:39pm

It's what I thought when he scored, it was like seeing Gerrard again .

Osmosis Jones · 03-09-2023 5:57pm

Given what he can do further forward I think MacAllister deserves a lot of credit for taking up that deep role today and being very restrained in choosing when to attack. Found himself in the right place to clean up a few dangerous passes too.

SuperTortoise · 03-09-2023 6:02pm

Did'nt see the game due to work, who played no.6 for us and how did we play before i watch the highlights?

Enzokk · 03-09-2023 6:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064479#Comment_121064479

(In order not to jinx us) We were crap, they battered us and we were lucky that it wasn't 10-3. Mac Allister I think was the 6 but I could be wrong. In the real world we played well, could play better though and with Gravenberch to be integrated we will see how we do. Say it quietly, we are a very good team again, a little luck with injuries to defense and...you know...

Electric Nitwit · 03-09-2023 6:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064730#Comment_121064730

Shhh 🤣

ShamoBuc · 03-09-2023 6:44pm

Mightn't have been a Super Sunday, but it was pretty good !!

jones · 03-09-2023 7:13pm

I was hoping Arsenal and United would draw but realistically this weekend was as good as I could have hoped for. In 3rd place with 10 points from 12 and a few tricky games out of the way.

03-09-2023 7:33pm

Brilliant football results today. Great start to the season overall.

Looking forward to MOTD tonight.

facehugger99 · 03-09-2023 7:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064898#Comment_121064898

My brain says draw but damn, I still celebrate Man Utd losing in injury time.

SuperTortoise · 03-09-2023 7:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064994#Comment_121064994

Would'nt have minded Utd stealing some points, they won't be within an ass's roar of top 4 this season.

But alas, one can never be disapointed when they lose.

gameoverdude · 03-09-2023 8:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064730#Comment_121064730

NOOOO! Mocker gods are now taking interest! Hang your head.

BorneTobyWilde · 03-09-2023 8:40pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3xIadJDTP4

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bdmc16 · 03-09-2023 9:15pm

Great result today . One downer was Trent injury - Those injuries are almost not never as minor as Klopp makes out to be so hope we are not looking at afew games out.

4 games in and already Konate and Trent injured and VVD on an extended ban as well is pretty unbelievable. Alot fixtures coming together after international break and sending Philips on loan and not signing a defender could really come back to bite sooner than expected.

Interesting to see Endo dropped today .. thought he was bought as a starter like szobo and Mac but clearly Klopp feels he needs time. Fingers crossed for Trent injury but I'll be shocked if he fit in 2 weeks with hamstring related injury.

Widdensushi · 03-09-2023 9:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065440#Comment_121065440

Surely endo was signed as a squad player

bdmc16 · 03-09-2023 9:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065459#Comment_121065459

How did we go from to Caicedo to Lavia who definitely would have starters to buying endo to only be a squad player,doesn't make sense . Klopp said himself endo would surprise people and wasn't bought to make up numbers on the bench.

gameoverdude · 03-09-2023 9:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065508#Comment_121065508

More of a question is how are Chelsea getting away with their spending.

Girly Gal · 03-09-2023 9:46pm

Great result, was expecting a more difficult match, as Villa have been one of the better sides in the league. All things considered, we've had a great start to the season, plus the midfield should only get better the more they play together. A big contrast to last season when after 3 or 4 games the writing was already on the wall, but, turned out even worse than we all imagined. The good start should hopefully build confidence and momentum to have a good season.

Fitz* · 03-09-2023 9:52pm

One interesting titbit from today, and kind of late in the Newcastle game too after Quansah came on.

Trent is kind of adjusting his 'hybrid role' positioning, when he does actually move. He seems to be picking up positions more of a CB rather than a DM sometimes when he is looking to start some attacks from deep. It results in the CB Matip (Quansah in Newcastle game) moving to an actual RB position, rather than a RCB. Robbo stays as more of a normal LB this way too, rather than a LCB.

Enzokk · 03-09-2023 9:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065517#Comment_121065517

Smoke and mirrors when it comes to accounting. They will use amortisation over 5-8 years to make it look better on paper. Cash flow though will be a problem for them going forward. They may be okay on paper (we will have to see though, they may still fall foul of P/S for the PL even with their tricks), but payback will bite in a couple years time when they have no cash unless they sell their players.

gameoverdude · 03-09-2023 9:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065590#Comment_121065590

It's mental. What's it? Close to a billion over two years?

JPup · 03-09-2023 10:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065508#Comment_121065508

Caicedo yes. The plan was that he would have been a starter clearly. But I disagree on Lavia. We could have signed him for £50m at the start of the summer back when we bought MacAlistair and Sobo.

My reading of it was that Klopp and the team saw him as a talented young player but not someone ready to start from day one. More of a long term prospect and arguably only a small upgrade on Bajcetic.

Thats why we tried to haggle down Southampton for so long. He was costing starter money for a prospect profile. In the end, the crazy Chelsea bidding war almost forced us to overpay for him. I think in the long run we might end up the better for that if we sign someone like Andre in January.

Widdensushi · 03-09-2023 10:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065508#Comment_121065508

Well caicedo is responsible for errors leading to two goals early in his Chelsea career so maybe we dodged a bullet,he will probably make up for that,send klopp an email and ask him about team selection,imo he will give Jones and bajcetic as many opportunities as possible.

theoneeyedman · 03-09-2023 10:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065589#Comment_121065589

Saw that today alrite with Joel, certainly a different set up.

How good is quansah? Only saw his 2 cameos and he looks good, but wondering is he first team potentially longer term.

Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

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