Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Really sorry for you and you son - that's awful luck. If you can't make the new date work and have any trouble getting a refund, I would be happy to buy the tickets from you.

Dunno why people were trying to squeeze them in before the World Cup the season is over next May, there will be dates left free for cup replays so they can play them then if not needed for replays.

Saw this yesterday.....Keita Injuries:

1 August 2022 - Muscle Injury - 33 days*

21 March 2022 - Knee Problems - 13 days 

31 October 2021 - Hamstring - 35 days 

20 December 2020 - Ankle Injury - 60 days 

Dec 10, 2020 - Ligament Injury - 5 days 

Nov 23, 2020 - Hamstring Injury - 12 days 

Mar 1, 2020 - Groin Injury - 5 days 

Feb 26, 2020 - Angina - 6 days 

Jan 2, 2020 - Groin Strain - 23 days 

Sep 22, 2019 - Torn Muscle - 6 days 

Aug 10, 2019 - Torn Muscle - 45 days 

May 1, 2019 - Groin Injury - 51 days 

Mar 12, 2019 - Knock - 18 days 

Oct 16, 2018 - Muscle Problem - 20 days 

May 14, 2018 - Knock - 48 days 

Apr 16, 2018 - Back Trouble - 3 days 

Mar 19, 2018 - Bruise - 10 days 

Feb 19, 2018 - Thigh Muscle Strain - 10 days 

Dec 22, 2016 - Hamstring - 21 days 

Aug 22, 2016 - Metatarsal bone bruise - 10 days 

Apr 25, 2016 - Thigh Muscle Strain - 10 days 

Aug 20, 2015 - Adductor problems - 11

To be honest I'll take the break there will be no league game now till after the international break so that with a bit of luck should have the most of the squad back to full fitness and maybe even Ox & Naby.

The game against Chelsea will be pulled due to police issues in London .,

That'll mean nearly a monthly between the Everton game & our next league one,

This season is a joke

Good woman Liz.

Just seeing Naby has been called up for the international break.

Honestly if he goes while injured and plays even a handful of minutes he should never play for Liverpool again and I'm saying that as a fan of Naby.

I think he’s been mostly good when he’s played and sometimes very good. But his injury record is atrocious and it’s time to cut loose. He can never be relied upon.

Of course I've watched him and mostly he's been quite average with a few moments of brilliance thrown in here and there, typically against weaker opposition. He's had a handful of decent games against bigger clubs but generally he's been over run and looks completely out of his depth. That's leaving aside his injury record. Looking forward to seeing the back of him.

Looks like the Queen's funeral is confirmed for Monday week so don't see any reason why next weekend's fixtures would be canceled - it was madness and unnecessary to cancel this weekend's ones.

It'll teach your young lad a valuable lesson about supporting Liverpool, it's 95% disappointment!!

Remember this type of pressing?

A world away from the Anguissa goal on Weds

Naby is extremely average, who's best football is always played when we are steamrolling opposition...Everytime we came up against a team who tried to steal a march on us in the middle, and we needed someone to step up and grab control back he completely disappeared!!

I would say Naby is the complete opposite to Daniel who never wanted to play unless he was 100% and his mind was totally in the right place to play.

Naby just wants to play the whole time and probably plays when he shouldn't and that is another reason his body breaks down so often.

However I think it is save to say both have never lived up to their full potential.

Sorry there doctor!

I’ve had long layoffs for bone bruises in my knee and ankle. There’s really no point in trying to look at a one or two word injury summery to decide if it’s justified. It’s just not enough information for an opinion.

One of the worst things about no games is reading some of the horsesh1t posted here.

Lads need to get out and go for a walk or something, it's a nice day.

It's turned out a bad transfer alright, but it's hard to blame anyone for it at least. With some of our other sick notes like Thiago, Ox, and Aqualani, we were aware of issues before they joined - but Keita had a clean bill of health when he joined. It's just been an unfortunate one that he's broken down as he's gotten into his mid-20s (last season aside, when his on-pitch time was really well managed), but it's still the type of signing we should be looking to make in the future.

There's rumor that the Prem decided to pull hem as they thought in numerous grounds minute silence may not have bee respected and it would cause great embarrassment

On those games you mention, was he the only one that was poor on the night? We did pull something back once he was off the field?

What do you mean weaker teams and bigger clubs? Because Arsenal of the last 4 years may have been a bigger club but they were no weaker team than Leicester. So do you include or exclude those matches when looking how good a player is? Realistically we only had 2 rivals on par with us the last few years in the league so most of our matches were against weaker opposition.

I think those that see what they want to see with Keita will stand by their preconceived idea. The same way some supporters hounded Lucas Leiva for most of his career here. I will say we are missing a press in the midfield at the moment, and as good as Harvey Elliott is on the ball for a 19-year old, he does not seem to give you the press we need right now.

There is a reason why Wijnaldum fit into our midfield like a glove and its not his expansive passing or dribbling runs. The same for Milner from a few years ago. You could see the difference Thiago coming on made when he was pressing against Napoli. We are missing this for the moment. Even Ox provided this for us before his injury. There is more to a footballer at our club when we are playing well than playing the ball forward and creating chances. It is also about hounding the opposition off the field. At the moment we have a dearth of players in the midfield able to do this as we have 4 of them injured at the same time, Thiago just coming back, and Milner seemed to have had age catch up to him. Henderson seems like he may have lost a step as well to be honest.

We also have another problem. Salah has been a shadow of himself since the AFCON last year. This was even before his new contract, you could see a drop in his performances. We have gone and given 2 players big contracts and so far this year they are not rewarding us at all and in both cases the players age was a factor but the prevailing feeling was we needed to sign them at all costs. Henderson and Salah both look old at the moment and this is a problem.

In saying that they could turn it around, form is temporary and class is permanent. I hope I am wrong in my pessimism around those 2 but this is as worrying and as big of a problem for our squad than not signing another midfielder during the summer. I hope the coaching staff is working to fix the problem we have at the moment. I am not going to pretend to be knowledgeable enough to know the answer, even if I think I know why we are in trouble at the moment.