Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

We literally just lost the league by a point and the champions league final by a single goal relying on this midfield so you can compete at the top level with it.

Coming back twice away from home to a full of energy promoted side is fine, we see it every season, how the promoted teams grab a result on opening day. Today Fulham did it.

Again, why it's a bit dubious/annoying how we get the newly promoted champions on the opening day every season - not even just a promoted side, but the champions!

Really shabby performance.

It LOOKED like the attitude was wrong, LOOKED like the belief was that all we have to do is turn up here and we'll be OK. Not saying that was the attitude, but that's what it looked like, didn't start well and never got it going. Midfield was shocking, Fabinho way off the pace and Thiago and Henderson not much better. It's bad when you have to break the emergency glass for Milner so early in the season.

I love Henderson. And I've been dismayed at the abuse.

But he needs to be phased out now.

They have a player who has maybe 3 good seasons left in him that cost £110m+ £350k a week wages instead of having a player who has 10+ seasons in him who cost at most £85m.

Leighton Clarkson scored on his debut for Aberdeen.

Probably a case of taking a win against Fulham for granted.

Was it Atletico or Arsenal? I thought it was Arsenal. Regardless, it was the nail in his coffin as it was an easy goal to score without needing to be fancy about it.

I think Noodler mentioned above that he's unsure about Darwin, but that he keeps scoring. I think I was in the same camp, but have loved that he hasn't hid in the last two games. He seems popular in the group, humble and is willing to work.

I really think we could have a colossus on our hands if everything just falls into place.

I was impressed with Harvey today as well.

To finish, that was a penalty all day and if it was given to us we would be saying nothing. You simply can't make contact of any sort in the box any more. I can completely understand players going down under minimal contact in the box. Now, when it happens out the field I start to question why I bother watching any more.

Apologies if this is a bit erratic, I had a few scoops.

Tbh, I can't be too critical of the Firmino decision. I thought Nunez wasted our best chance and his second was going wide (I think) because until a deflection.

If I could turn back time I'd start Nunez but that's life.

Disappointing as hell to hear Klopp saying we have eight midfielders after the game. That's just not accurately reflecting the issue.

Thankfully

some of you should review the thread during the match and ask yourself do I really want to do this, the anxiety, the anger the pain, is it worth it? I mean hell you're all great and welcome but I just wonder would you be happier doing something else.

Henderson's dip is the biggest issue.

No other midfielder is willing to make the runs he consistently and intensely makes, particularly in attack, but his quality on the ball has dipped alarmingly since his peak.

It's getting harder and harder to carry it in attack.

Yeah but there’s far too much football to be played to even think about what this result means, and even still, today wasn’t a day that we were all over them but didn’t win, it was a match where we were poor and Fulham deservedly got something from it.

If we’re within a point or 2 of top in January we’ll have had a great season to that point and I won’t be thinking ‘if only’ about this one.

Bobby was so disappointing today

The goals dried up a couple of seasons ago and now his all round game seems to be disappearing,

Jota needs to come back ASAP

Same preseason for everyone, we had more than enough quality to be beating Fulham,

Fulham stadium was half empty due to there biggest stand being closed,

Its an awful result & give us very little wiggle room in the next 2 games,

Winning now become even more Vitali n the next two games Palace at home & United away,

I don't think I'm the one with the problem

I think Nunez is just a fitness thing. Even just after the ~40 minutes he played he looked wrecked, and was struggling to challenge physically after making the runs late on. I'd imagine it'll just take a couple weeks till he's fully up to speed.

City dropped 10pts in their opening ten games last season, and still won the League with 93 points. So a draw today means nothing, table takes shape after 5 games, and reveals an insight after 10 games into who is going to do what.

The 2 points lost today, are the same as 2 points lost in March or May,

The league isn't over or anything daft like that its just a poor 2 points to lose

, a poor 2 points

It hasn't really been the same preseason for everyone thoough. Liverpool started theirs 2 weeks later than most teams due to giving players extended holidays because of the work load from last season....City did likewise and City only ended up playing 2 preseason friendlies so I expect them to be equally as rusty tomorrow.

Not the best of starts but could of been worst,the response to this result in next few games is main thing now

I think yesterday’s result means we have to win our next two. Nothing better than beating Utd to kickstart the season proper.

Was really disappointed in Bobby yesterday. Hopefully the prospect of a World Cup can trigger him into some form.