Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Well I guess that puts the '' Gakpo has no pace'' theory to bed, considering he started far behind Nunez and Salah, but was ahead of them when ball was crossed

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Only criticism of him is I think he should have released Bobby on his left instead of Salah on the right when he made the break around the 2:50 mark but I think at his age his automatic instinct would be to give it to Salah

Obviously medical team found out what was up with this lad...

Google tells me his sister's birthday is March 11, transfermarkt tells me he played every game in March last year.

He was injured two of the three Marches before that, no records for the fourth.

He does seem massively injury prone though - and with the Premier League being a bit more physical than the French, I'm not sure that'll work out.

It's not about the money, money, money

We don't need your money, money, money

We just wanna make the fans dance

Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the, uh, cha-ching, cha-ching

Ain't about the, yeah, ba-bling, ba-bling

Wanna make the fans dance

Forget about the price tag

Man U selling out, literally, shaking their finger and City, and then hopping on the same gravy train.

Thats fine as we could never possibly tempt such a player to begin with.

Yeah, to be honest if being run as an actual functioning entity means we can't always be competitive at the top end, I'm kind of ok with that. That's just my own feeling on it, as I know myself that my interest would start to drift off a bit once it stops feeling like something the club is doing, and starts feeling like something this random outsider is doing that the clubs name happens to be attached to.

But aside from anyone's personal morals or opinions, it's going to be a really big issue for the sport in general over the coming years - money in football has continuously ballooned over the past few decades, but it's been off the back of increasing TV and marketing revenue. Growing income has led to increased wages and transfer fees, and they've all grown together as a single enclosed system. When that increased spending starts coming from sources external to the sport and is no longer limited by the sports financial success, that's when you get a bubble, and it would be only a matter of time before things take a turn for the worst.

Sounds good on paper, but when the chips are down and the reality of a bid becomes formal from Qatar or similar, we'd not want to sell, the majority of the fans that is, once these type of state funded owners are in, they're in, they're not leaving, unless the choose to leave, and that would be by burning the place to the ground on the way out.

The future, although it may be a few years away, is a franchise not linked to a city. A super League would allow games played anywhere in the world. Not a good future.

If we’re ever bought by despotic Middle Eastern owners that’s the end of Liverpool as a burning interest in my life. So yes, I absolutely would care.

I find it frankly scary how Utd fans I know can so quickly forget the savage criticisms they threw at the City project over the past 15 years.

Because if the club doesn’t mean anything or represent anything, just cheer on whichever team is best year to year. Or the one that has your favourite player. Or the most compelling narrative. Whatever, let’s stop pretending any of it matters.

United out spent everyone in Europe over last 10 years, so not as if they need Qatari ownership, as it stands United can complete for any player they choose to go for, they like to act like it's all someone else's fault, but Glazers spent over a Billion in last few year on players, no one comes close to that

So Radcliffe is better option, as the money the club generates is enough already, it's all about the right owner, same with Liverpool, although we do need to compete money wise.

If the team were owned by one of the Middle East countries I would pack it in as well. In 2007 I was hoping for DIC to take over Liverpool, but it was a different time then and knowing what I know now my views have changed. I just couldn't bear the thought of having to defend the owners when they have done something terrible, which they will, because I am invested in one of their playthings to whiten their image. Now you could say I don't have to defend the owners in that case, but the amount of effort it will take to put out that I don't agree with them but then cheering their spending for the club would just be too much.

The mental gymnastics I would need to do to move from my vehement dislike of City and PSG and now Newcastle and the way they are owned to all of a sudden being proud and happy with the same, just would not be worth the hassle. It's not like they will miss me as a fan, spent very little at the official store and not been able to go to a match yet, but for my own peace of mind the hassle of being called a hypocrite by City/Newcastle fans and derided as a soulless whitewashing toy of a despotic regime by the rest of the clubs is just not worth the hassle. The fact that they would all be right is just more of a reason really.

To add to this, I don't mind flying Etihad or Emirates as they get me to where I need to go and I like Dubai as a destination for a holiday or stopover. But I can justify that by saying Singapore isn't much better for immigrants and no other country or airline is clean when it comes to history. But that is a transaction, supporting Liverpool is me investing into the club and its fortunes. At least that is how I justify it😕

You’d just have to let it go. Release yourself from it as a fan. Just watch football for entertainment purposes if you really can’t find other things to do.

The Man City project has been a spectacle. I have no interest joining it.

Jaysus.

The mental gymnastics have begun early.

Shocking from them. Was really hoping they'd stay the course and win the PL this year.

Have Villa fans stolen the Allez Allez Allez song?

Oh right.

Couldn't make out the lyrics, just the tune

Van Dijk is back in the line up.

Nice to see the bench looking stronger again too, simply having one or two players that can come on and contribute in a positive way could make a huge difference.