Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

We have all the players we need to play differently, but how can you fault the last 4 years, how could you justify changing

Nunez could play on the shoulder, with a 3 behind, but you'd have to lose a boring midfielder, but we tend to play 3 boring midfielders always.

Got Burley last year from the ballot so I'm hopeful something will come through.

Standard Chartered must have stumped up some money to renew there sponsorship.

Liverpool were looking for a world record shirt sponsorship deal.

The backroom staff have a new addition. Frigyes Vanden Auweele is the new head of osteopathy with a focus on the prevention of injuries and the optimisation of performance.

According to his business website he is contracted to Liverpool until June 2024.

Unsuccessful in all games, feckin knew it. If anyone gets one for a game they don’t fancy attending, I’ll gladly buy it.

Same

Unsuccessful for all games also

Decent half and a good goal from Hendo, Ox off with a strain by the looks of it

Hoping to get a better look of the lads next week

Who pays attention to friendly game match reports

Yeah Darwin is defo going to be a slow burner based on his first minutes but then again he's only training since Saturday. Love all the rivals writing him off as Andy Carroll already. That worked out well when Virg was dismissed when we signed him. We don't miss often in the transfer market and I expect nothing different with Nunez. Carvalho looks very good. I'm expecting him and Harvey to get plenty of minutes when the real business kicks off. Mo Diaz and Bobby up front when we start IMO unless Jota is fit by then which seems unlikely.

Who honestly cares about pre season. It's purpose is for the first XI to get fit and the fringe/youth players to try impress the manager. Some of our worst players have been the most impressive in pre-seasons gone by. Nunez can take his time as my fan with a brain will give him plenty of patience.

Yeah, preseason some players flatter to deceive, opposition are short a bit of fitness, sharpness, that's why I find it ironic that some people are getting so excited about a French player that they wrote off a couple of months ago.

Nunez feeling the pressure already, posting unnecessary social media responses to his performances. Why feel the need to respond, it's been 60 minutes so far, not 60 games. But I guess the people calling him a flop after 60 minutes are stupid... he has no need to respond to stupid people.

There's only two teams in this league proven capable of 90+ point seasons and its us and City. The rest can improve but they still have it all to prove when it comes to that bar. I'm encouraged by the amount of churn apparently in city's squad and pray they lose Silva too. Nunez for Mane is not optimal but the others trying to catch up, in a congested season, have it all to prove, we just need to keep things the same.

Chelsea where nowhere near us in the league last season, have they actually improved on that with their squad? Doubtful

United, not for me Jeff, huge step up for them to get near us.

For me it's city and Liverpool for 1st and 2nd again, everyone else battling for third and fourth.

I don't think Haaland is a silver bullet for them. They were hardly lacking goals! Let's see how it goes but they have to change to accomodate him and they've lost a few other lads. The league may go to who gets the best start. Not having loads of squad churn can help.

City seem to be turning over a lot of players. Not sure if that’s good for them alright. The likes of Sterling’s goals will be missed by them

Villa are ready to sell Chukwuemeka for £20m instead of losing him for a free next summer.

Could well be worth a punt at that price I doubt you'd lose money on him long term if it didn't work out.

20 million is enough for him,that's a big amount for a player who might never get a steady place in the senior squad, if we currently had him we would be delighted to get that fee for him, maybe 10 million.

The wheels came off for Chelsea last season when Chilwell and James got injured in November, it was in the same time frame that Lukaku had his whinge on Sky Italia. Tuchel's system was working up to that point, Lukaku wasn't scoring goals but Chelsea didn't need him to. Lukaku occupied defenders and linked up with the runs of Havertz and Mount. Chilwell and James provided the width to stretch defenses and Chelsea were scoring plenty of goals while conceding very few. Before November, they had conceded only two goals in the league (Liverpool 1-1, Man City 0-1) and steamrolled every other team. Then in a matter of weeks it all went wrong and they struggled against the fodder teams - draws with Burnley, Everton, Man Utd, late winners against Watford and Leeds. Alonso and Azpilicueta didn't offer the same dynamic as Chilwell and James and dropping Lukaku meant removing Havertz from the link up role.

Rudiger and Christensen are big losses for the defence but Sterling is a definite upgrade for their attacking options. Lukaku is gone and if Tuchel can get the players all pulling together in the same direction then I see no reason why they can't pose a threat again this season.