Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Of course not. This is Liverpool not Man Utd. 😅

77 assists to go with Bobby's 100 goals for the club.

Would love to see a video of all of them.

One of sports great coaches Steve Kerr paid a visit to the squad.

He is a massive fan of Klopp.

Looks handy, and I'd definitely take him but if we don't get a deeper player I'd be a bit frustrated. Just feel we need an engine more than a ten right now. Especially with Elliott and Carvalho probably needing game time.

So we're looking for another defensive midfielder, dam. I think City have 1, we have 5 plus, wish we'd add goals to midfield, City score from everywhere.

I would argue that we have a better distribution of goal scorers than Man City thus far this season (8 goal scorers vs 6 for Man City). Haaland is responsible for 50% of their goals.

Distribution of league goal scorers to date:

Liverpool:

• Forwards : 8
• Midfielders : 2
• Defenders : 2

Man City:

• Forwards : 8 (6 for Haaland)
• Midfielders : 4
• Defenders : 0

It is what I thought, will Haaland make City better? Or will he score more goals and take them away from other players? They are a 95+ points team before he came in. If they win the league on 89 points and score the same amount of goals as before, did he massively improve them? It will all come down to what they win really. If they don't win the CL it will not be a success as that is the only trophy they have not won yet.

I see Man U is going to spend 100m euro on Antony. Those supporters really are mugs, every year it is the same. They get in a froth over the Glazers at the start of the season, they protest a little and the Glazers spend money. The protests die down as there is a bump from the signings but over the season they don't perform as they have spent money on players they don't need and neglect areas they are short in. The protests start again and we rinse and repeat.

UTD fans are a fickle conflicted bunch. It was all talk of protests, walk outs and storming CEO’s house the last few weeks. Now a few shiny new signings are in the door and there’s no mention of any such protests, the Glaziers are gone quietly into the background again and everyone is excited until 12/18 months down the line when it will be rinse and repeat all over again!

It's a no brainer, buy him, even if you leave him with Brighton,

Look who it is... 👀

Did he need a wee operation I wonder?

Listening to the Atlhetic pod this afternoon Ornstein doesn't think we will sign a midfielder unless it is the right one and they won't panic buy someone like Berge who he has asked about and they is no talk of Liverpool signing.

Sounds like klopp was trying to force the issue, if done he would say less.

Barkley is a free agent.......

Liverpool were 5-0 up by half time - 2 (#3, #5) goals were scored by defenders and 1 (#2) by a midfielder. It doesn't matter what game the goals were scored in or when during the game, goals are goals and they all count the same at the end of the season. Man City beat Bournemouth 4-0, should Foden and De Bruyne's strikes not be considered because City were never in danger after Gundogan opened the scoring?

Silva scored one goal while playing in the front three for Man City, I classified that as a goal by a forward. He scored another when playing in the midfield three, that was classified as a goal from midfield.

But there’s nothing wrong with our current training mannequins?

Journos seem to be pouring cold water on any signing now, right player isn't out there it seems.

It's such nonsense. The right player might never be available, or not be attainable. The management have a duty to ensure appropriate resources or aquire a lesser resource with potential and train them. Excuses does not fill gaps, just kicks a can further down the road.

I find it odd with Klopps quotes last week seemed very pointed and to my mind targeted at the owners to act and now suddenly the mood music is more along the lines of 'oh we'll be fine'.

This right player is like a smokescreen yes you don't just buy whoever (or you turn into United) but there's plenty of "right' players that would be great for Liverpool in some capacity.

IMO if we don't get another midfielder or there's a miraculous turn around in injuries/form we won't be finishing top 4. It's like the 9 nil has people thinking all is right again. It was a great performance but Bournemouth were shockingly bad. I doubt we'll have as easy a game for the rest of the season.

If it’s purely down to FSG not wanting to get fleeced by signing out of desperation this late in the window, it isn’t even a valid excuse. Someone like Carlos Soler at Valencia (currently playing very well against Atletico) is available due to a very reasonable release clause, and Barca were sniffing around so there must be some chance he’d be willing to leave.

And that’s only one good option, actually more than good, he’s a serious player. God knows there are plenty more out there, even a half-decent stop-gap a level below him would do for most of us at this stage just to get more legs in midfield.

I’m frustrated by the lack of action, like many others, and I’m not buying any of these excuses that are being carefully leaked into the media. It’s penny-pinching, pure and simple, and while there have been times that’s been justified within the club in the past, it’s not now. Investment is required, simple as.

Saying there's no value and the market is over priced is bollox. Every player is overpriced, get on with it or get left behind.

It's a folly thinking you can wait for Bellingham when we could fall out of the top 4 and he will have some ridiculous wage offers next summer. The last 2 big transfers from Dortmund (Sancho and haaland) are reportedly been paid 350k per week, could you honestly see us paying that within our structure because that's what it will take.

Fabinho is basically our only dependable, peak, top class midfielder.