Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

It was a word on Thiago after the Utd game. Well it's Andy Robertson this time.

It's not so long ago that some were questioning whether he was all that much better than Tsimikas, but he has been simply unbelievable over the last couple of months.

Crucial goal yesterday. Crucial tackle on the line. On Tuesday, his defensive work gets us on the front foot for goals three and four. He looks as fit as you would look at the start of the season. He's rallying the crowd. He's digging Van Dijk, of all people, out when he's sloppy. He's just an incredible leader, professional and football player.

Trent gets most of the plaudits because he's English, and to be fair, he's probably the most technically gifted passer of a football in the entire league that's not named De Bruyne or Thiago, but Andy Robertson's ability to lock down one side of the pitch, run up and down incessantly, and have quality consistently in the final third - it's just remarkable.

if you could pick one guy on our team to score the goal in a tight derby game, it's him. he's the one they all love to despise.

So after Everton write to the refs about the pen the FA have written to Lampard to explain his post match comments

Back to back clean sheets for Leeds now anyway, that's the sort of stuff we want to be seeing before their match with City on Saturday.

Marsch really does have them looking a lot more defensively compact now. They've not been great on the ball, but really all we need form them at the weekend is just to park the bus successfully enough, with that threat of Raphinha and Dan James pace on the break.

Villa might have something to play for on the final day as well they are getting quickly dragged closer to the bottom 3.

Yeah, like I can understand not giving both pens, but if you're giving the Gordon one, then you have to give the Origi one. Very similar types of contact. Ref was pretty consistent in that regard tbh.

Yeah wouldn't like to be going into that one needing a result. The narrative of it is the thing that'd give you hope more than the actual reality of Villa's ability - and the last thing you want to be relying on is an unlikely narrative coming off!

For me it's really the outside chance of Leeds, and then the real chance of Wolves. Hopefully the Wolves game get's scheduled for an awkward time too. Feel like that's a game they'll always be up for, as they've a good record against City over the past few seasons. City only baaarely squeeked past a 10-man Wolves earlier in the season at the Etihad too, thanks to a very dubious penalty decision. reckon that might be on some Wolves players minds.

That Wolves game likely to be the midweek before the final league game. I can't see anywhere else it can go. Strange it hasn't been confirmed yet. I wonder would they want to have us and City playing at the same time since we've to play Southampton too. They'll want both games on TV though.

Has the new manager bounce worn off? Or are the players not very good? I thought they had a decent enough first 11?

if that had been Salah tho, definite pen

Klopp spot on here with Origi....

Club legend, cult hero and a super lovely chap to boot, we all love Divock...

It's Santi Aouna who is pushing it and apparently he is reliable for French transfers. Ornstein also reporting on it.

Was he at Monaco when Fabhino was there? Maybe he can put in a good word for us!!

I don't think Tchouamemi will have any issues adapting to the PL. If he doesn't join us though I'd prefer if he went to Spain or Italy because he'd make every one of our rivals midfields better.

If we could get him this summer and Bellingham next summer that would be the midfield looked after for a good while.

Speaking of Tsimikas, I think we might struggle to hold onto him this summer, he's way too good to be sitting on the bench.

And Elliot as well. That's us sorted for 10 years.

Manuel Lazzari at Lazio is a player I’ve seen play just a couple of times this season, but straight away I clocked him as an ideal backup for Trent. Very, very attacking and pacey wingback but he’s not too bad defensively either (not as good as Trent, who is perennially underrated at defending). Let’s be honest, a traditional no-nonsense right back isn’t what we need given the way we play.

Its obviously very unlikely we’d be in for a 28 year old wing back in Italy that doesn’t have too much buzz about him, but he’d certainly be on the cheaper end of the market and there’s little doubt he can bomb up the wing and get the ball into the box.

I wouldn’t be writing Neco Williams off, mind. He’s been excellent for Fulham and while he clearly isn’t a natural defender, it could be coached into him if the will to learn is there. And he obviously wouldn’t cost a penny. He’s more than good enough going forward at least.

Brilliant 😂

Stones off injured.

City having to work hard tonight.

I'm sure this will pox it but City going back to Madrid with a single goal advantage facing 90 minutes at the Santiago Bernabéu is something I'd say Ancelotti would have accepted before this game started.

Should be a cracking 2nd leg.

Think I'd prefer to face Madrid as our pace up front and high line at the back will be so different to anything they have faced this year and with the age they have in midfield that we should be able to over run them but then.................Benzema!!!!

If we get through I would rather play City.

I think Hendersons form has been bad this season, i wouldn't have him in our starting eleven in a champions league final if we get there.