Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Milner seems the obvious Trent replacement but i wonder will Klopp try Gomez or even Tsimakas at right back

Its not even because of Milners lack or pace i say that more down to freshness of movement and mind that will be needed against City,

Why would he play our second choice lb at rb? When we have a perfectly capable Milner, an adequate replacement in Gomez or Neco also.

Actually there some method behind the madness ,

City's winger constantly cuts inside so its on to Tsimkas stronger side, seen many manger do it over the years Rafa used it on Messi when we beat them over there, ( famous golf club swing ) , Also Tsmiakas has a wand of a left afoot so be nice to have his passing range in the team with Trent out ,,

Look at City Cancelo is a RB who plays a lot at LB in the same way .,

I’m grand with Milner at rb, but would disagree that Tsimi or Robbo can’t play at right back - and indeed play well there. It’s not exactly the biggest change in the world. It’s not ideal to have to come inside to play your best quality final ball off your left, but that’s about the only issue. Defensively, and in build up play, both would be grand, and both are solid all round footballers. Sure Robbo finds himself all over the field, including occasionally ending up trading places with Trent on the right as it is anyway.

It’s certainly an option anyway and something we’ve seen from plenty of fullbacks before, like Arbeloa, Lahm, Irwin, Cancelo etc. Sure Gomez first broke into the team as a left back, and obviously Milner himself spent a whole season as our left back very capably.

like, they stayed left backs because they’re left footed…

you sort of undermine your own argument by citing Milner and Gomez in particular - two right footed players who very successfully played left back for long periods. Neither had played there until they did, and both were absolutely fine there.

it’s just not as big a deal as you’re making out…

For me switching a full back all depends on how bad their weak foot is. If there's zero threat from their weak foot then it has to be ruled out. If their able to put in a decent cross with their weak foot then it's possible and in some cases a nice variant. If the opposition only have to worry about the centre then the full back loses a vital threat. Body position and first touch are very instinctive. They have to be able to alter those in a top level game. Lahm, Irwin and Milner are/were great. Finnan i didn't think was great at it for example, or Ashley Cole.

I don't know if Robertson would be great. His shooting for example is awful on either foot. I don't think he's a utility man. Tsimikas i think has a wider football ability. It'd be interesting to find out.

I agree with the point that they have to have a half decent week foot - don’t have to be great, but just able to loft in a floating ball, or a stunned low pass as an option. Surprised you mention Finan there as a negative - imo it was perhaps the most impressive part of his game. He got tonnes of assists off his left. Robbo has always looked similarly capable off his right foot too. It’s something he uses fairly often, as for all the up-the-line-swing-in-a-cross runs he makes, there’s also a lot of checking back inside to take part in the interplay around the box.

Yeah, he was. I think he got a run out for Ireland on the left once and was out of sorts. Could have been before his Liverpool days. He had a shaky start at Liverpool too and i think in my head he was comfortable on the right and discombobulated on the left. I could be seeing though.

It's only watchingthat you hear his NW accent .

Yeah, exactly. We'd failed to bring in the preferred choice for the 16/17 season - Ben Chillwell - so they went with Milner for that whole season. Then signed Robertson the following season. It did take a couple months for Robertson to earn his starting spot alright, but it was Moreno that started rather than Milner.

Moreno only lost his place the season Robertson came in due to injury. It is interesting to me that Robertson was just "finding his feet". I believe there was a lot of skepticism about his signing and how it was money wasted because he couldn't displace Moreno immediately. What is more interesting is that Klopp didn't replace Moreno immediately either after his horror show against Sevilla in late November. It was an ankle injury that meant Robertson came in permanently to replace him.

I think tomorrows the tyoe of game where Gini will be a big miss, Just the experience and shift and believe he had in then big games,

8 hours between the last 2 posts before this on a day before a massive game. Must be a record in here. Everyone quietly confident or dreading the worst ?

Atletico is some team, played 8 and won 5 and their GD is 5. They won their last match 2-0. I don't know what that team is, but they sure are one of a kind. Before the match against Barcelona all their previous results had only 1 goal in it.

It's ironic that they can't afford to sack Koeman. They so so want to, but can't afford to pay him off.

Liverpool ruined Barca, via that special night, and via Coutinho

This Liverpool team and manager are the best I've seen and could be the best I ever see so I'm always confident they can win against anyone.

3-1 win in a wild game

Ah simone is another level of negative football and cynicism. It's turgid stuff to watch

It doesn't really matter what we expect, we know they'll give us a good show

City with a big game midweek that they lost?

Nobody talking about liverpool as they keep winning and creating a hatful of chances?

Quietly confident.

There's goals in Liverpool so there is a big reason to be optimistic.

Man City are not conceding shots, let alone goals so there is a reason to be pessimistic.

Something will have to give. We'll know a lot about both teams with how they start. I think Liverpool will want to start fast and try and get the early goal. Maybe even try and win the game before 30 mins, which has happened before in these games. On the other hand, we could also see City just try and kill the game and play out a draw. They also have history with that. City playing away at the Bridge & Anfield in the opening 7 games without defeat would be a big boost to them in the title charge.

If it was away i'd have been worried, but with us at home im a little more confident.

https://twitter.com/SamueILFC/status/1444016969003454465

Have a great weekend so far with my kids team winning a local Derby yesterday.

We will both be glued into this in a couple of hours. Bit worried about our right side but expecting this to be some match..