Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Think so too... at this stage, Nunez is probably most effective off the bench for half an hour. He's a real handful, and for his own confidence and adaptation, coming in against tired legs should make it easier to have the biggest impact. We could see in preseason he hasn't quite built up the stamina of the other lads just yet. I'd say he'll be flyin' by October.

Liverpool

Arsenal

City

Spurs

Chelsea

West Ham

That's my prediction for top 6.

Everton, Bournemouth, Leeds to go down

Utd to finish 8th.

Liverpool

City

Chelsea

Arsenal

Spurs

West Ham

Everton, Bournemouth to disappear

The biggest worry I'd have about the middle sector is the schedule between now and Xmas, it'll be a game every 3 or 4 days, so no real room for error. Also, we'll miss Sadio, regardless of how we'll Darwin settles in.

Anyway, enough negative chat, hopefully City will take time to settle with their changes and we get ahead and stay ahead. Can see Spurs giving Chelsea a chasing for third, and who knows, maybe Arsenal will pip one of them for fourth, but can't see it myself.

Live watching the league, but hate to see it back, means summer is nearly over 😢

I'd say so, assuming he's fit. Don't think he'll be starting games, but he generally makes their squad. And they've increased the squad size to 26 this year, which makes it more likely again

I doubt he'll start.

That was after a quick turnaround from the summer tournaments so Hendo, Fabinho etc were still in pre season mode iirc.

His full comment is published by the Liverpool Echo.

There's one called LFC Superthread Boards league which I've been a member of for years but i don't know the code :-(

If we want to win the league we need Thiago to stay fit, 25 appearances in the league last season isn't enough, he is key, he elevates our midfield to world class. We dropped stupid points early in the season from winning positions when he was out, our record with Thiago and Fabinho together is near flawless.

It's his use of the word "other" which nails him. Without it, he could get away with his comment by saying they're different things but he clumsily didn't differentiate. The word "other" clearly links the two - you know he believes it. For a fella who comments on football for a living to pretend that he was misinterpreted and used poor English there just doesn't wash.

When they didn’t sack Carra, they’re not going to sack Tyler. He should be retired now though. He’s an awful commentator.

Sky knocking comments off on this post for some reason...

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Exactly, it’d be ridiculous to sack him over this.

It’s his ability as a commentator that he should be let go for.

I’m glad he has apologised. It’s a horrible insinuation that has caused a lot of undeserved hurt and pain to families.

He has apologised straight away but I’d like to see him taken off Liverpool games at least

Leroy Sane is being linked today with €50m being the price mentioned.

Sane would be great but can't see it happening

Klopp would feel no pressure to play Hendo unless he wants to, and given his leadership of the team, he usually warrants his place in the starting XI. Just to give an example, Sebastian Kehl was the captain of Dortmund for all of Klopp’s tenure but he was rarely starting when the likes of Sahin and Bender were in their prime, and he still remained captain.

Henderson plays most weeks for Liverpool because he’s too good not to, it has nothing to do with sentimentality. If his level drops this season, so will his minutes.

I don't get the Hendo hate,

For me we are a different beast when he plays,

Yes at times his own play can be poor of ocurse it can but nobody can convince me are are anywhere near as intense without him,

He's one of them where his presence in the team seems to make everyone do everything half a yard quicker & close and press half a second earlier,

Teams like Arsenal & United will ultimate struggle this season because they have nobody like him who sets a tone & sets a standard, He's a prop[er man on the pitch ,

He'll dig out Trent, Salah, even Big Virg when it's needed

i think Gerrard & then Milner's have had a wonderful effect on him , Although Gerrard does say when he first signed he had that intensity about him ,

I'd agree, I think he's one of those players who's job really goes unnoticed untill he doesn't play, then you see the level of 2 or 3 of our usual star performers dropping off slightly. Hendo comes back and performances rise again.

For a big game I think he's the first name in midfield if everyone is fit.

Henderson is everything you want from a captain and top of that he's a tidy hard working midfielder. Fabinho, Thiago and Henderson is the midfield trio anyone else in the squad needs to better.