Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

it's Porto, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Paris Saint-Germain or Benfica in the last-16

Nope needed to be 4-0 3-0 would have gone to overall goal difference and Napoli would have been ahead

Porto or Bayern are the only two guaranteed options so far.

AC Milan if they win and Chelsea lose. RM or Leipzig and PSG or Benfica depending on their results.

Chelsea have won their group, if they lose and Milan win they both finish on 10 points but head to head it is 5-0 to Chelsea

Those last 2 games are so frustrating, we have our problems but there is no way we should be losing these games.

That minute or so where carvalho, Jones, Ramsay and Elliott were passing the ball around like a training ground kick around had me grinning from ear to ear. Is the derby game gonna be televised? Wanna get a better look at some of them.

Jones just isn’t quick enough with his thinking and I’m not sure that is something that can trained.

He just holds onto the ball that split second too long.

Looking at the clips of Napoli fans walking around the City centre wearing masks and carrying baseball bats is scary.

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Hes been doing it for years tbf

Smaller teams play very differently, sitting back and waiting to catch us committed up the field. It’s harder to maintain high intensity too I think, since it’s a bit less of an open battle, and more about just trying to probe to find gaps in a stacked defence.

a more open game just suits us better than having to keep recycling the ball forever trying to break through.

They get the chance at Liverpool under Klopp.

Obviously a very short sample in what was essentially a dead rubber but I thought Ramsey and Bajcetic had good cameos.

Hate to keep piling on him but as soon as he came on Bajcetic looked so much more comfortable than Jones did.

Also I fully understand concerns regarding Darwin's touch, passing, decision making, etc. but it's so clear at this point that we get more chances when he's on the pitch, he causes a lot of problems for defenders.

Having VVD, Konate, Firmino & Nunez on the pitch gives us a great presence at corner kicks & free kicks for & against,

All 4 are very good in the air

Something that we will needed defensively against Spurs who have been very good themselves this season in those situations

Any ideas of what's going going wrong with Fabhino

He is only turned 29, i read this morning that Bajectic won more ground duels 3 in 5 minutes last night than Fab has since September,

He hasn't even played a crazy amount of games ,

Theres a theory that Fabinhos performance must be down to an underlying injury, but Liverpool are known for being all over the sports science so it would be surprising to see a player being played if not physically in the right shape. However maybe there’s something behind the scenes that we are unaware of

Unless he's pushing for a bigger role or more money than we can give him I wouldn't be getting rid of Joe, he definitely has those mistakes in him but I'd be very happy with him as backup, especially seeing as he can cover both CB and RB pretty well.

Clear as day in the City game & last night VVD was far more aggressive and mean & it rubbed off on everyone,

Konate,Tsimakas,Thaigo Milner all where very aggressive, Even Trent left it on Kvaratskhelia a few time

MY biggest issue with Trent this season is he has been pretty awful attacking wise, 0 Prem assists to date,

I know its a knock on effect of the midfield as he can't get high enough to effect the game,

Milner one was a bit strange last night ,

Originally it looked like he over stretched trying to block the ball but if you watch it back he never holds any where & after the game Klopp said he seems fine,

Was it the bang to head he got in the first half he came off right after half time ,Maybe Klopp & co don't want to say as he would possible miss the Spur's game with concussion rules but will check it out themselves & make a call ,?

Just seemed an odd one ,

I noticed that exact moment last night and it really stood out. It was like he just wasn't able to go.

I remember years ago playing ball i got shin splints for about 3/4 weeks and it was the weirdest thing, i felt normal walking etc until trying to sprint/run then bam nothing. Clearly i don't think Fab has shin splints but it honestly looks like something similar is going on with him. He literally has no pace at all anymore and is completely immobile this season. Very worrying if it's not an injury and this is the new normal.

He was never the quickest but he looks stuck the ground most days now. Those little hesitant moves along with the lack of conviction in his press is almost making him redundant. You need to be fully committed and quick footed to win the ball back in those situations and Fab is neither currently...During the summer it was a case of additional midfielder would be useful if we got one in to cover for the likes of Fab and Hendo when they need resting. Now we suddenly nearly need 2 starting midfielders to replace both Fab and Hendo such is their drop off in intensity this season.

If the club were after Tchouameni because they saw this coming with Fabinho, that makes it even worse that we didn’t bother signing our second choice, if there ever was one.

Sangare is having another great season with PSV, he’d have been ideal without breaking the bank, and we were strongly linked with him by some of the better sources. Could well see him arriving in January if there’s still any interest but it’s criminal that such a move wasn’t made in August when the writing was on the wall (or in layman’s terms, when Naby and Ox were written all over the physio’s day-planner).

Exactly he was never quick but what's going on this season is basically immobility in footballing terms. I really hope it's a niggling injury as otherwise your are right this chap cannot continue to start for us every game and we need two starting midfielders next year.

ps delighted with the result and performance last night but i'm surprised we played such a strong team considering Spurs on Sunday is a must win. Great to get the win last night but it meant nothing (i know if we'd won 4 nil or whatever we would have went top but it was always unlikely) and sometimes i think Klopp tries to play the "badness" out of players. Not sure that's the way to go after last season and the clear fitness hangover we still seem to be under.

Lets see what Sunday brings, a win and suddenly things aren't looking as bad.