Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Bring in penalty shootout for draw games. Winner gets 2pts loser gets 1pt.

Deduct a point for every 1K empty seats in your stadium on match day. 😉

Retrospective bans for diving and professional fouls not dealt with by the referee, it's sucking the life out of the game.

Crazy that preseason starts in 10 days.

I know we can't realistically match city's spending but I'm getting worried about next season. They've definitively gotten stronger and if anything we are slightly weaker with Nunez swapped with mane (at least for this season weaker). I really feel we need another midfielder. Something about Jones that I don't rate and hard to put my finger on it. Elliot, Carvalho and Ramsey could all be great but I doubt they'll have a big impact this season and more for the future buys (I hope I'm wrong).

Sorry yeah I should clarify I didn't mean we should have signed Phillips but he does strengthen city's squad (maybe not the first team). We need another midfielder for this season or else we're playing russian roulette with the midfield just as we did with defence not so long ago and let's face it our midfielders get injured relatively regularly. The last bullet proof midfielder we had was Gini

We don't know what other outgoings they are going to have though. Phillips could turn out to be a masterstroke and a bargain, or another Ake, a bench player for almost £50m. I would think he is going to have a hard time displacing Rodri from the base of the midfield and unless Silva and Gundogan leaves as well he is very much facing a uphill battle to make it in the first 11 for City. Then again maybe they change their shape with Haaland and need extra midfield protection to compensate for his style and Phillips is primed to be a starter.

City's squad is not as deep as people think, what they do have is quality players in certain areas but are weak in others. Look at how one injury derailed them in 2019-20 and with the hectic schedule next season we will see how each team copes if they have injuries. But then again they may get lucky and escape a lot of injuries. Add in the World Cup where you expect all of their squad except Haaland and Zinchenko to be away it will take a toll and we will just have to see what happens.

I do seem to remember a lot of negative feelings towards our prospects for the season from 2019 really, when we came so close and didn't sign anyone. But then we ran away with the league. The following season was bad luck with injuries and last year the same, questions whether VVD would be the same or if we had the depth to compete for the title. I am sure a lot of people thought we would be better concentrating on the CL as we had no chance against the might of City and Chelsea with Lukaku, but see how that turned out.

Corner taken quickly… Origi!

The league season is normally a marathon, instead due to the World Cup next season will be two mini-marathons. If Liverpool are within striking distance of top spot at the time of the enforced break in November then I would fancy our chances of winning the league. It's questionable as to whether half of the eligible Liverpool players will be called up for their national squads. In contrast, most of Man City's first team squad will be going to the World Cup and representing countries that will be expected to go deep into the competition. That could have a significant bearing on the performance levels of the players in the second half of the season.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold(?), Konate(?), Van Dijk, Fabinho, Thiago(?), Henderson(?), Firmino(?), Jota, Nunez

Man City: Ederson, Steffen(?), Dias, Laporte(?), Stones, Ake, Walker, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Sterling, Grealish, Foden, Jesus, Alvarez

Chelsea: Mendy, Silva, Chilwell(?), James, Alonso, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic, Mount, Havertz, Pulisic, Werner

Yeah sure, cos wages in general were considerably less back in 2015 but I'm sure if you compared their wages at the time to that of the worlds top earner/s it was close enough to what Mane is getting at Bayern compared to messi and his million a week wages or whatever he was getting at Barca before he left or Mbappe who is on God knows how much money etc at PSG currently

Another under age player reported to be joining the ranks.

Yeah I think this was first announed back in March great to see a young talented Irish kid get a chance at Liverpool.

There's no doubt we are imo.

You can't expect a proven world class player like Mane to be replaced by potential like Nunez in his first season.

Only thing I'd add is the hope more of Robertson and Trent's high balls get gobbled up by Nunez but even then...not like Jota and Mane are bad in the air.

Diaz is Manes replacement. We got him in early because of interest from other clubs.

Sell him..60 million, yep take it..

Sick of his bullshit..it's not all about money...Well sign the contract offered.

So would I.. just hate the saga, end it now or sign. Don't want him leaving on a free. We all know how the club works with money

@54and56 .Well they are looking for a kings ransom or they will leave and not sign on. You said it - they leave if they honour their contract to the expiry date. Its football and has been the case since the Bosman rule. Mane and Salah are legends and dont get me wrong id love if Salah and the club could agree to an extension.

Listen I know what im on about , ive completed championship manager

I'm hoping we get another Suarez and Sturridge scenario with Nunez and Salah which might convince Salah to stay on after a prolific season of goals.

FFS look at the sh!t bag source for the Salah rumor.

Losing Salah and Mane in the same window would be an absolute disaster and would effectively end our title challenge for next year before the season even starts!

If we sign Bellingham next summer it will be first time our fans sing ‘Hey Jude’ in anfield.

I see Andros Townsend had a good rant about Klopp getting his own way with the 5 subs next season.

Yes, Klopp was able to get 13 other clubs to vote with him because he moaned a lot...lets see what the Southampton manager had to say about it,

"Added Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl: "There's no surprise, we've spoken a lot of times about it. For us, I think [five substitutes] will be a game-changer, it's very intense the way we play.

"It helps, definitely. There are some arguments from the small clubs [saying] not to do it because of the sporting difference we have with the biggest clubs, but I always see it as an advantage for us.""

https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/4630827/premier-league-clubs-to-reintroduce-five-substitutes-rule-from-next-season

Yes, he agrees, Klopp moaned them into agreeing with the change. But this is good, it means Klopp lives rent free not just in Pep's head and City fans, but also Everton players and their fans as they will jump on this. Good times.