Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Thought Diaz looked sharp when he came on, good to see him back.

So what is best tomorrow, for Spurs to win, or United,

For I know it's best for Everton to win, they're second from bottom after tonight and in serious trouble now

Ah in fairness that Arsenal appearance was Thiago's first game in months - hardly too surprising that he didn't look fit.

I've no doubt he has a private jet, but at the same time i'd say he's no stranger to first class. I'd imagine he's a fella who can nip right out to the runway and bypass all the actual airport stuff anyway.

Sure who knows the mind of a man that wealthy, but either way, even on your own plane, I'd imagine London is an easier transport hub to access than Liverpool, in terms of scheduling landing times etc. Seems as good a speculative reason as any as to why he arrived into London instead of Liverpool.

Oh well if you saw him for a few minutes in one game thats all the sample size I need. Sell sell sell 🙄

Lads, thiago is an absolute Rolls Royce of a midfielder. Anyone saying we "need to get rid" is off their rockers imo.

He was terrible against Forest.

Sometimes he does dally rather than move the ball on simply and quickly.

Ox, Keita, Milner should be really in their last seasons. I’d love Milner to stay on as a coach or something but as long as he’s an option it’s one more replacement we don’t have.

Would absolutely keep Thiago. It’s frustrating how regularly injured he is but he’s a fantastic option to have, especially if we can have a midfield where he’s not needed as regularly as we would have needed him this season.

My personal belief is the FA is waiting for the Man Utd potential purchase to complete and then close the door. Utd have vast income with no stadium investment happening. Glazers won’t do it so they need a fresh face and the FA is on board with this for whatever reason. All my beliefs.

There is an awful lot of talk this year about this pretend financial arrangements City have. If they take the title off Arsenal (which they will), it may be a tipping point. Strangely it was never really a big discussion while Liverpool were battling with them. Utd supporters not really bothered currently about City finances as they may very well be in the same boat very soon.

FIFA not bothered as it would point the finger squarely at their French darling PSG.

John Henry protested about it but then the whole super league discussion occurred, he lost momentum with other owners.

I feel for Arsenal but 90 point seasons are not normal and shouldn’t be seen as such. They won’t win the PL this year despite doing it fairly (built a team with no pretend money washing over them) and City will continue to dominate.

Are there two worse teams to be relying on than Everton and Spurs...? 🙈

Nowhere near high enough!

Thankfully I wasn't foolish enough to take those odds. 😀

When we beat United 7-0 that should of been the point where we began our run of form, now we are going to just fall short of 4th I feel.

If they do drop points against an in form Villa this weekend and we can take 6 points from the home games against Spurs and Fulham. There could be only 2 points in it before they play away to Brighton on Thursday! Now there is obviously slims chances of this happening and they will get forth but it would be hilarious to see how they react if that situation played out....

At the time of the Man Utd game we were entering on a wing and a prayer territory for salvaging the season.

It was preceded by a toothless 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace and followed up with the 0-1 defeat against Bournemouth. Had we beaten Bournemouth, we would have reached the top 4 for the first time this season, albeit only for a few hours until both Tottenham and Newcastle played their respective games. That's a strong indication of how poor the team have been and Bournemouth were bottom of the table at the time. After the game Alexander-Arnold said that the Bournemouth players wanted it more, his statement succinctly summed up our season.

It should also be remembered that Klopp surrendered the initiative against Chelsea by taking Robertson, Alexander-Arnold and Salah out of the starting line-up for what was a must win game. Chelsea's results before and after that fixture make it clear that they were there for the taking but we gave them a pass.

The 5 points dropped in those two games would certainly have put us in contention for the top 4 but we really don't deserve it this season. Relative to the performance levels of the "mentality monsters", the players have been absolutely terrible as a group and the management have also fallen short.

It's not a slim chance IMO.

Liverpool have 3 home games in a row now. Chance of picking up a few wins on the bounce there and apply pressure to the teams above us.

Man Utd look tired and played away to Spurs on Thursday night, after 120 mins at the weekend. They don't rotate much. Villa are in form and played on Tuesday so have a bit extra rest behind them. Villa have a chance. Brighton will want revenge.

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Sorry, even entertaining the notion of 4th is absolute madness.

I guess signing a yellow card magnet will be a step up from a sick note player. At least the games that he'll miss will be somewhat predictable.

I don't think so, were going to run united very close but come up short I reckon. United are out on their feet and have tough fixtures to come.

It's highly unlikely though but would be hilarious if we did.

Think we'll finish 5th this season, and have a great chance of getting back into the top 4 next season with a few decent transfers.

Brighton making moves to sign James Milner on a free transfer.

Fairly bad look for the club:

probably happens everywhere but still not nice to see.

It is sad to read, but it definitely is everywhere (and in every sport, I'd say). To counter it, have you seen all the stuff Trent is doing this week to support those who don't make the grade from academy level?

I call complete bullshit on that story. He's presenting a very one sided varnished view of events.

The key section for me is where he wanted to be paid off for the remaining months of his contract and the club refused.

He claims to have had several options to subsequently leave but the club blocked him and instead kept him on the payroll but sent him out on loan to Scotland.

Total BS.

If, as he claims, he was no longer in favour and no one wanted to buy him Liverpool would have happily let him leave should another club offered to take him on but the reality is no one did and for whatever reason he drifted away from the game but has polished up a story which he can use to build some podcast profile.

Sad really.