Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

You hit the nail on the head Gini had a certain area which he had to work in and recycle the ball ,At PSG front 3 don't track back so that area has doubled in size.,

I know money normally trumps all other concerns, but AFAIK the regimes in Saudi and Qatar are not particularly friendly. Will the boys in Paris do a favour to the boys in Newcastle? There has been a slight warming between them of late, but still......the lads won't want to do anything that will annoy the big chiefs back home.

Still laughing... absolutely murdered the 'group of death' 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Liverpool area vaccination rate is apparently well below the national average - nationally for adults its over 90%, but Liverpool is only around 70%

(on a broader note, I think looking at areas of high and low uptake, it really tells the story of historical poor governance... consistently see places that have been historically screwed by their state having lower levels of trust in policy, and lower uptakes... like the whole eastern European block, and flyover states in the US etc. Liverpool of course falls into that too - still, I'm a bit surprised by the comparatively low uptake, as it always seems a very forward thinking city, like voting to remain in Europe..though i guess there's consistency with both choices being anti-govt).

Still, I'm sure they could still fill it with only vaccinated people if it came to it. To be honest, I think maybe being proactive in this is the way to go - drop to, say, 60% capacity now, and stagger entry times so the concourses aren't all packed at once (think this is more important than the outdoor seating aspect) rather than risk dropping to 0 capacity soon.

Coutinho has been looking for a loan for the last 4 seasons.

It would be best to play the best team next round over two legs. The likes of Villareal are dangerous, they did win the Europa league, PSG would be a good tie, over two legs. I think they'll beat anyone else, so best to knock them out ourselves now.

It wouldn’t be all bad drawing PSG in the last 16, as opposed to later in the competition. We probably wouldn’t have to worry about facing Neymar as he normally takes about a month off “injured” to celebrate his sister’s birthday in Brazil around that time every year (always found that a bit weird). That’s factual by the way, look it up.

So, just Messi and Mbappé to worry about. We have Nat Phillips. No worries, at all.

Same here. Certainly wouldn't be afraid of PSG if we drew them, and I'd be pretty confident of progression, but would much rather PSG play a different 'contender' as that means a contender getting knocked out for certain. Hopefully they get the likes of Bayern - having one of PSG or Bayern gone so early in the knock-outs simply increases our chances.

Phillips out till early 2022 with a fractured jaw.

Probably happened when himself and Zlatan clashed heads I'd imagine?

I see Jota hasn't trained yet this week ,So very unlikely he starts the weekend,

I'd imagine with Origi form Klopp will keep faith in him rather than risk Jota ,

He even did an interview after the match!

Would OX be an option as a false 9

To be fair he didn't really have any other option for midfield in Milan ,

Origi deserved his start, Mane & Mo want to start every Champion league game so the only relay chance for Takki to play was in midfield

I seen a great quote on twitter from an ex player working for one of the Italian channels , i can't recall who its wrecking my head but anyway he said , talking after the the AC Milan game on how some people said this was the group of death and he said yes it was the group of death but Liverpool where the Grim Reaper ,love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Liverpool players win the PL POTM back to back

He's definitely not ready yet, and it's not worth serious discussion until he proves himself further in his career (though as you say it'll keep coming up just because he's Steven Gerrard)

Buuuut, equally, I don't think we need to put down what he did in Scotland. It wasn't a two horse race when he arrived (and if it was, those horses would've been Celtic and Aberdeen - Aberdeen having finished 2nd for 4 straight years when Gerrard joined Rangers). But really, it was very much a one horse race, and had been almost a decade since Rangers had even finished in the top two. And the manner of their league win was pretty incredible - not just winning it, but absolutely destroying it. And going further in Europe than any Scottish team had in yeeears. He did a very good job. I mean, the general consensus at the time was that it was a daft job to take, as they could never break Celtic's dominance but had fans with massive, and totally unrealistic expectations. But he did it. He stopped Celtic winning 10 in a row, went unbeaten in the process, got over 100 points, scoring goals for fun, and conceding less than half of anyone else. We can recognize that he hugely overachieved and did a really good job, without calling for him to get the Liverpool job.

Just saw there that Todd Cantwell is a free agent next summer.

At 23 he would be a very good signing as free agent.

Edit: that online talk about team was wrong

Seems i was right abkut Ox as a false9

Although he could still play wide

Seems to make the most sense. Maybe interchanging with Mo. But I would imagine we will see him in. Positions like the one that lead to Salah's goal against Milan.

GERRARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!