Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

For what taking the easy option and passing side ways,

Another injury on the eve of a game is just unforgivable at this stage with him. I've always given him the benefit of the doubt but I'm firmly in the cut our losses camp with him now. I'd take 5 or 10 million if we got it. I know JK won't sign a replacement as he doesn't do knee jerk signings but still, you can't be relying on Naby and it's compounded by the situations of Thiago, Hendo and Ox.

He was at least making runs.

He had nothing to hit. Double maked Salah, Firmino bring a ghost and Diaz coming short so he can try and dribble a bit.

Time to open the Russian vodka I think.

Yes that should be interesting,I have my doubts he is injured,a mystery illness at the start of the season,wasn't brought on against Palace and now injured. Reckon he will be gone by the end of the month. Fingers crossed

We're just very obvious. Keep a tight shape early in to keep us out. Then just try and hope one through ball gets you away on the counter. Then get back in shape and try again.

This summer does appear to have been a missed opportunity to turn over one of the midfielders, be it Milner, Keita or Ox and get in a different option. We're ow overloaded with aging and injury riddled midfielders and we're being outworked by teams.

I remember when we were at least able to use a double or triple marked Salah as a decoy and create space for our other forwards, but everyone’s on their own wavelength this season. Once Salah is marked that’s a lot of our goal threat taken care of.

Go to bed.

To be fair Gomez has'nt played a game in two years, he has an excuse for being match rusty.

Injuries are only so much of an excuse.

He chose not to start Fabinho.

Other than that, Thiago and Nunez (debatable at the moment) are in our best team that weren't on the pitch. Then Matip/Konate. But we all loved Gomez before that poisonous showing.

More than anything, we lost because Utd were more aggressive.

Firmino my god, he hasn't been anyway decent in years now, the legs are long gone.

Midfield was non existent. It hasn't been this season so far, apart from Elliott. Thiago is a massive massive loss. Keita & Jones' unavailability is forcing Hendo, Milner & out of form Fabinho to play.

The midfield is not covering the defence and so the defence is looking worse. Not enough creativity to the front lads quick enough. Relying on Trent & Elliot to play it down Salah's channel and it's easier to defend against as it's so one dimensional.

Bodies are needed. Jota is needed, Nunez is needed. Bobby can't run like he used to and not involved in the build up anymore. His race is run, ad goals weren't his thing but he was always involved. He's not really involved anymore. Matip/Konate is needed.

If you sub Milner at HT then you kill any small bit of morale the team has,

I think he left Milly on the pitch so could keep Virg in line

I think this is pretty much it Milner was bollixing VVD all game for not being up to a decent level and having a total lack of concentration.

And he was **** right.

Just tonight’s players:

Gomez shouldn’t be playing. Not even sure he has any future use. We have seen this before. He is not a good backup at all.

TAA has been getting very high in midfield and getting lost. He has been doing this for quite a while. Can we drop him for a few games or convert him to midfielder after all. He has been targeted in so many games and this is not acted on.

Milner got a new contract. Not sure why considering his age. Loyalty should never come into it.

Henderson despite his ability to motivate people on the pitch, he is not up to it technically at all on the pitch. I personally think he is a technical weak link for a while. Captaincy should not be an excuse to question his ability.

Firmino has lost it a long time ago. Time to send him packing. Nunez is the replacement so I can’t see him sticking around anyway.

Yes we have a truck load of injuries but so many of those same players get constant injuries. Before we question the sports science and medics at the club or how we play intensity wise (or should play), lots of those same players had injury problems before coming.

I still can’t understand how we got to here with a team that won 2 cups last season, was within a point of the league with huge points total and in the CL final. The squad is very thin and has been for a very long time. This feels like the VVD injured season all over again.

Milner is one of the leaders and a veteran, taking him off at HT would embarrass him and maybe the rest of the team as well, while he added nothing physically, mentally his is important in our team.

Klopp is loyal to a point, and is well known for it, Klopp may have been looking at the longer picture by not embarassing the man. Just my take on it.

**** night all round but I did giggle when I read a comment about Virg's defending for Sancho's goal: He looks like he was about to start singing 'Wonderwall'.

And BTW fair **** to Milner for chewing VVD out of it, not many would.

Klopp has said we should've won.

I love that man like a family member, but he can't be serious.

Doing a Tuchel? We didn't deserve to win that. Didn't work hard enough, by a stretch. Ali kept us in it with 2/3 good saves and they hit the post. We rarely troubled DDG. Ya we had all the ball, but we always do, that's not an argument for deserving a win.