Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Now you know how Toby feels all the time 😃

Massive game for us this weekend,

We got beat in this fixtures last year and if we are to be contenders we need the full 3 this time , We haven't beat them in a few years at home as it was 1-1 the season before that,

With Chelsea up the following week a game which we could easily lose it makes this weekend even more important ,

I expect us to go out fired up and after a frantic first half we will grind them down to win by a couple in the second, Mane & MO to score also a sneaky feeling VVD will score a header

Lampad was a great goal scorer but to me the debate is only Scholes v Gerrard ,

I think Scholes seems to become better with fans every extra season he is retired, Don't forget Fergie once singed Veron to replace him, he also wanted to sign Gerrard

Both lads played at the same time and Scholes played in a better team but Gerrard was the one picking up every individual award you could think off,

Scholes was a great player no question and became a more important player late on in his time ,

Gerrard was an absolute force of nature he would blow top teams away on his own , absolute remarkable footballer,

I seen that hope he can travel to the funeral ,

I reckon Milner starts as 6 again ,

Rafa signs his first former Liverpool player for Everton, Andy Lonergan.

Those games were with no fans so lets see what it will be like with fans back in the ground, and with Liverpool not playing midfielders in defence

We need better back up than Origi & Taki , Mane was shocking for a long time and we had no adequate replacement,

Gini started most games last season be necessity & he has left ,

If last season thought us anything its that a better squad is needed ,

Ya I'm delighted we are been overlooked to be honest. Given the quality of the first XI and our manager its a bit ridiculous that all of a sudden just Chelsea and United are been talked about as City challengers.

I agree, always nice to go slightly under the radar. Chelsea were very good after Tuchel came in, and Lukaku will make a big difference to them, will be close. I genuinely think we'll finish ahead of United, but they've made some big transfers so it's easy to see why the attention is on them

We were top until start of Jan 2021,

We also topped the table for the games Feb to May, we had a blip of a few games, losing 6 in a row at home was it?

And City were so poor last season, points total wise, and lost already this season.

I think we walk to the title this season, naa we stroll to it.

I can't think that way yet, but fair play.

We've a few too many question-marks for me to get bullish about things. IMO we're 3rd favourites right now, with Chelsea first and City second. That swaps if City get a proper striker/focal point in though.

We'll know in a month or so how our returning players are doing, and if our poor-performers last season have stepped up a gear.

Prior to getting Lukaku i'd have agreed, but I think Lukaku will turn a lot of those draws into wins. He brings a totally different dimension to their game that they didn't have before, especially against those stubborn defensive teams.

The one thing he's never struggled with is being a battering ram against poorer teams, which is exactly what Chelsea need for those potential drawn games you mentioned. Totally different type of player to Immobile, and a much better fit for their squad. He's also a much better finisher than Werner, which by default adds a hell of a lot more goals to their game. Not to mention that I very much doubt he'll be used the way Jose used him at Utd, as a back to goal player dropping deep and having to hold the ball and try to create something without a tactical plan. He'll be 20 yards closer to goal for Chelsea, and will play more like he does for Belgium I'm sure.

You said you reckoned they'd draw too many. Chelsea draw games when they have loads of possession in the final third, but can't force the issue and make something happen. Very few CFs in the world disrupt an opponent in the box like Romelu Lukaku does. His colossal presence alone in those moments will cause the bit of chaos needed to open things up. Think he's ideal for them tbh, moreso than he might be for other teams (like ourselves).

I could see City suffering from the 'too many draws' thing if they don't get a forward in alright though.

I don't think they should be rushing Robbo back myself to be honest have him rehab the injury till after the international break.

Klopp is such a great orator and to think English is his second language.

Klopp really just has that aura and charisma about him if he wasn't in football you could see him running a billion dollar company or running a country.

Hopefully they'll at least rest him for the middle one against Moldova... will definitely start against Denmark and Austria, and 3 games is an awful lot for a lad coming back from injury.

Great to see so many are positive about our chances as opposed to the "we didn't sign anybody" doom and gloom merchants. I too am very bullish about the new season. We are essentially back to the squad that won 26 out of their first 27 games the season before last, swapping Gini for Thiago. As Toby has pointed out it was a terrible 2 month spell last season that messed us up, otherwise we were on track for number 20.

City are City, they realistically can't get any better than the machine that won 100 and then 98 points even with Kane and we were right with them for the 98 season then got 99. Chelsea are obviously better but still have to prove they can go at that sort of pace and United have a very good squad but a weakness in the managers office. Shame they don't have tough game until mid October but the season is long and we all play the same teams twice.

Us Optimists might all be proven wrong but if you can't have (sometimes deluded😁) hope as a footy fan what's the point of it all.

Yeah Liverpool are known for having a relatively low base salary with absolutely mad bonuses so I can only imagine the eye watering ancillaries that come with it!

Is Jota expected to start today or anywhere to get a reliable early team leak?

Any hint of a reliable team yet?

Bobby or Jota is the biggest decision really. I think I would go with Jota from the start for his quick bursts into space over 2 or 3 yards, and also his ability to move from wide to central areas.

Henderson and Elliott come in for Milner and Ox

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