Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Just on this clip here. I'm in 2 minds of it

1) Trent is the only one pressing and trying to win the ball back. Actually putting the effort in.

2) A needless case of expending energy as the game has been lost. It's a bit of the 'Wilshere'. Showing himself to be trying after the game is lost. He used to be guilty of putting in tackles and getting booked to make it seem like he is trying, after being poor for an hour and losing the midfield battle - the reason for losing the game.

While I have defended Trent at times this season, I think this example is more #2 than #1.

What annoys me though is that this happens a good bit, Trent will press high, without support from beside / behind him in midfield. He expends energy that maybe could be conserved for other parts of the game. No doubt there will be some clip of him 30 or 60 seconds later jogging back towards goal, or slow to move / react as he is tired from sprinting here. It's not good use of his energy levels. He has bulked up more over the previous years too which seems to have taken away some of his athleticism. He was never the quickest anyways, but his general movement and changes of pace have been affected.

In previous seasons that help was there and Trent was actually brilliant at interceptions around the half way line and would start counter attacks from there. Or his pressing would allow the secondary presser to intercept and start the counter that way.

Rodgers gone, ReaDY mAde rePlaCEmeNT to WhiP us iNtO ShApe fOr ThE run in! Get Klopp OuT nOw hE's DoNe.

DEATH BY FOOTBALL!!1!

Well can't rely on Utd to do us a favor there anyway.

8 points off fourth.

I gave up on it after the Bournemouth game, it's clear this team isn't capable.

Imagine how much worse we might play now the top 4 is no longer a possibility! Even the few who are bothered will give up.

Not possible?? Why so. We're right there ready to pounce. It's funny how United get so much praise, great attack, great defense , and yet we've scored far more, and conceded far less. Not much wrong at Liverpool, top 5 best defensive in the league, top 5 best goal scorers, we're just not finishing our chances, we should have made it 0-2 yesterday, and 0-45 away to Everton, 8-2 home to Leeds, 1-3 away to Forest, but no, we took 1 lousy point from those 4 games even though we had 65 shots, but only scored 2 goals in all those games. 2! from 65!

Remember when Trent was the best full-back to ever play the game? That was hilarious

Nope, he created 100s of chances, and none were taken, and then the opposition scored from the space he left making those chances, which is not an issue, if we score 3 and conceded 1

The current PPG we are looking at 70 points for 4th, that might drop off a little so 9/10 wins out of 11 I think is far beyond this team probably end with 60

Klopp has 2 faults in my opinion, and they’re kind of connected : (i) in game management to reverse a tide and (ii) not having another system to fall back on to deny opposition space when a game is wide open.

Potter sacked.

We always seem to run into teams with a new manager bounce. Hopefully not this time

Newcastle weren't really falling away, it was a minor blip. Guimaraes was suspended and Willock also picked up a suspension. Sean Longstaff was their midfield for a period of games. And Pope lost his head in the Liverpool game. Isak has returned from injury so they have more of a threat up front. They are well capable of securing a top four finish.

The timing of Nagelsmann being available does look very coincidental, alright

In fairness I think it's in most fans nature to get carried away after certain results. It's all part of the adrenaline high that comes from loving a certain team. However there was some ridiculous claims alright after the UTD game, there's a few fans saying we would go and finish 3rd!

I see Conor Gallagher is the latest player we are being linked with today on twitter

This is what I don't understand.

Whatever about how he's played recently, been seeing a lot of "you'll never win anything with Trent in the team" for a team that has literally won everything with Trent in the team.

But he has been and is a defensive liability. He had extensive cover by the midfield for years when he decided to bomb up the line. We operated on the idea that we would just outscore you so losing the odd goal didn’t matter. We now have a completely non functional midfield both defensively and in attack. That has exposed the truth of TAA’s defensive capabilities.

Was the instruction from management also to do a pretend tackle and then not jog back with your man?

I'd like Gallagher, fantastic at palace, they don't know what to do with him a chelsea. Next manager might have ideas for him though.

Did anyone else find Klopp's comments strange when asked about his job future today? He was very nonchalant in his demeanour and admitted he had no fears about his job because of what he has achieved in the past. Obviously this is the case and I myself like most level headed Liverpool fans don't want Klopp going anywhere. But giving how some players are currently performing, I feel the squad has kind of reaked of this attitude all season. Klopp coming out and admitting his security in public almost gives a free pass to some underperforming players if they want to toe that line.

An example I give, when fit the performances of Bajectic were getting a lot of praise with a few MOTM awards thrown in for good measure. And righty so, he was our best player for the last 3 months. But if you actually look back at his performances, he wasn't doing anything outrageous but he was putting himself about the place and just putting in a solid shift. At times it stood out head and shoulders above what was going on around him such was the lethargic almost unenthusiastic efforts from some of his team mates!

Team with most big chances missed in PL

1: Liverpool 58 B.C.M

2: Man City 53 B.C.M

3: Newcastle 49 B.C.M

Team with most penalties

1: West Ham 7

2: Fulham 7

3: Brentford 6

4: Man City 6

20: Liverpool 1 (missed)