Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Jones might start tomorrow with Henderson, Fab & Naby to start the weekend,

I also reckon Jota will play & Mane will replace him the weekend,

Enjoying @Talisman and @yourdeadwright analysis. Very in depth. Only thing missing is Osmosis gifs of the goals to cap it all off. Has he left boards ?

This picture sums up the shape i was talking about ,

Look at Jones wide left, Hendo central alone ,Naby wide right,

McTomminay, Fred, Bruno Greenwood & Another (not sure who that is left for United ) all inside Jones & Naby we completely by passed the centre of the pitch in front of there two Dm's & they obviously drilled securing that area,

You can see Robbo ( i presume Trent was the same on the right) tucked in just encase they win it to stop the counter,)

Interesting to see Lindelöf following Jones leaving Maguire one on one with Bobby which is a disaster giving how good Bobby is with the ball into his feet and how much space is to Maguire side for runners , Mo is a little wider in that pic than he was for the majority of the first half,

I think that was part of the tactical change they made after the injury to Milner.

I felt sorry for Lindelof. Wan-Bisaka looked like he had been assigned the job of shackling Robertson and ignored any other defensive responsibility.

Look at the build up to the first goal from this replay angle. Wan-Bisaka is in no-mans land facing Robertson.

Robertson dinks the ball past him to Jota. Lindelof closes down and Jota plays the ball inside for Firmino.

Firmino releases Salah and then it's Luke Shaw versus the world.

To add insult to injury, the Man Utd defenders and midfielders were embarrassed by the referee better keeping pace with the play.

Wan-Bisaka showed no interest in anyone but Robertson in the build up to the second goal. Robertson was his man but he didn't get anywhere near him.

Look at his starting position when the ball is played to Robertson.

It was no surprise that he didn't get anywhere near Robertson before he had time to cross the ball.

Shaw and Maguire have their calamity moment, but look at the distance that Trent has yet to cover. Also take note of Milner's position and the fact that Wan-Bisaka isn't even in the frame.

When Trent plays the ball across the box for either Jota or Milner to score, Wan-Bisaka still hasn't made it back into the 18 yard box. Milner seemed like he had the pace of Usain Bolt relative to the Man Utd players when he sprinted into the box.

Jefferson Lerma would be a body, we need a few bodies in Jan.

The Naby goal is embarrassing as you can see in the first picture , there are 4 United players closer to there goal then the ref,

Then in the second picture as he scores there is only 3 in front of the ref, So not only has nobody passed him he in fact passed a United player & made up about 10 yards on Maguire ,,

FSG and Edwards holding off on the Salah contract to see what kind of offers they get for him?

Then if the get offers that would tempt them they could use it to fund the next generation.

Or is Edwards stalling on the deal so he can take Salah to Newcastle with him 😉

Well he was sent on loan to get minutes, and what minutes are better than minutes against your parent club!

kids will play tonight,minamino and divock senior men

Doesn't he play RWB for them (he must have gotten a lot quicker!)? Poor lad could end up having Tsimikas and Mane running him ragged as I wouldn't be shocked if Mane gets some game tonight.

Adrian

Williams - Gomez - Konate - Tsimikas

Ox - Morton - ???

Minamino - Origi - ???

Two kids to take the free spots or could he throw in Mane? Minamino could play left also. Don't know anything about what kids are available/who's next to take the step up but overall it'll be a decent side for taking on a bottom half Championship team.

Jones could and he hasn't played a lot so would not be surprised if he's in. All depends on how the injured guys are getting on

I think the stalling on Salah's contract is to do with the length of it, same as Gini's . Salah's runs out in June 2023, at age 31 . Is he looking for a new 5 year deal, to 2028, to age 36?

I think Liverpool would be happy to extend his contract today to 2025, with increased wages, basically to push the problem down the line.

A new 5 year contract would run from the time the contract is signed, not from the end of the previous one. The remainder of the previous one is overwritten by the new one, with his increased wages and terms coming into immediate effect.

I’m having a bit of a mare here.

Next thing you’ll be telling me Dani Pacheco won’t be available for selection tonight either.

Harvey Blair starts!

Looks a fun starting 11 to watch anyway. Hopefully Ox can last the 90, if he comes off, our midfield's gonna start looking very very young!

Tsimikas man of the match prediction.

Gomez

Hopefully can go a few goals up and Phillips replaces Matip

Unreal save from Adrian there.

Brutal performance so far.

Adrian keeping us in the game!

Great goal line clearance from Williams although I don't think he knew much about it! 😂

Preston really defending in numbers killing the space for passes to Origi and then breaking on the counter. Gomez has been caught a few times.

Yawn. Should be behind. Poor, very poor.

Really poor first half. Front three not really involved and done nothing when they have been. Ox has been okay, couple of nice runs. Forgot Morton was playing til 42 minutes in, game has bypassed him. Can only get better.

Yeah, Gomez has been poor. For one of their chances he attempted to play offside after he lost the ball even though there were 2 Liverpool players about 10/15 yards behind him. He'd completely lost his bearings.