Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

True but the reason for that could be as simple as anyone who had the ability Trent has wasn't wasted at their clubs playing RB. For example I'm sure had Gerrard started his senior career at RB like Trent did I'm sure he would have bossed games from there too but anyone who managed Gerrard knew that would be a waste of his talents and that he should be further up the field to get the most from him. The same could be said about alot of players including our own Fabinho who played alot of his early career at RB himself.

Moving Trent to midfield has been talked about on and off basically since his debut at RB and tbh I was never really for it before for alot of the same reasons you outlined in your post but I'm beginning to wonder if we are wasting his talents a little while simultaneously exposing ourselves down that side of the pitch while defending. I think we are. And as far as timing goes I think this is the perfect time to try it out full time. We are in dire need of midfielders right now as opposed to pretty much anytime since Trent debuted for us (Except last season of course).

But also at the same time teams have shown signs of having figured us out and our tactics need a tweak. What better tweak to make than to move our most creative player from RB where you only need to worry about him coming from one side to midfield where now all of a sudden you need to worry about his passing coming from everywhere on the pitch and every type of pass as opposed to mainly just crosses. He can do it all, sharp fast through balls, dinked through balls and everything else but also he is our best goal threat in and around the box by miles, outside of our front 3.

It just seems to make so much sense on so many levels to try it, and to try it now. I think it's a no brainer tbh, and just to clarify I'm not talking about this hybrid role BS. I'm talking we get a new RB and play Trent in midfield full time but obviously he could revert to RB here and there if our new RB needs a rest or whatever.

No 12.00 Saturday games for us scheduled so far for next season.

Edit: not sure if it was pointed out when they were released last week?

Deals are as dodgy as fvck, the Saudis/PIF on both sides of those deals, as buyers and as owners of a decent cut of Chelsea through the Clearlake front.

I've said it for several years, there is huge corruption, money laundering and illicit moving of money across borders in the Soccer transfer market. It's the sort of thing that eventually the FBI or some similar authority will eventually get pi55ed off with for some political reason (like FIFA corruption/Lance Armstrong/ the Kinehan cartel) and shut a lot of it down. UEFA have zero power and have been cowed by the likes of City, they are happy to take the bribes, I mean 'fines' and leave the status quo to be.

FSG were so nieve to think that FFP would be enforced.

I think it's less about the position itself, and more about perception and appreciation. He's a fella who's spent his whole career being criticized and blamed for issues specific to right back - for not tracking, or being out of position etc. He's gotten plenty of plaudits for his RB work going forward, but that has always come hand in hand with these critiques.

Officially being down as a midfielder cuts away so much of the blame he gets for whatever goes wrong in defence. It's also just a fact that midfielders are more respected and revered and valued than right backs. I would guess that now that he's shifted more into midfield - the position he played for his whole life until joining the senior team, and the thing he'd always have considered himself to be - and has been getting so much appreciation for his performances there, it might be hard to push him out to the periphery again.

Our midfield three gets plenty of blame for our defensiveness weakensss at time though.

Its not hard to see him getting his share of the blame if he defends and tackles in midfield like he did at RB.

I must say though, and it's a small sample size, he seemed to be getting his foot in a bit more when playing there.

Kante gone from Chelsea, at least they can't take him off the treatment table to have his usual great game(s) against LFC.

Slow news on transfer watch.

Switching over to:

you can make some educated guesses that Liverpool will play on the Sunday of each Europa League game. Maybe a Monday night game for one of them.

I’m a simple man. If I see a panda or breakfast post, I thanks it.

Yeah for England he just played as a regular midfielder, beside Rice and Hendo. Walker played RB in one of the games, Trippier in the other.

Newcastle have apparently agreed a €70m fee with AC for Tonali.

Thought Klopp wanted business complete by pre-season? Or maybe it is complete :(

Could be waiting for the U21 competition to finish?

Some links with Veiga. Who looks very capable. And a guy Varela from Boca

If FSG are unable to keep the club competitive, perhaps it might be a good idea to spend/gamble a bit more on, what I'm coining, "Talented Flight Risks"

There are players that are full of potential but are likely not going to stick around when Madrid or Barcelona come calling. We can sell for a decent amount and re-invest.

This might have been the plan all along but the prices have gone insane so we cannot even afford to buy these players. It's a massive disappointment really

Klopp may have wanted that buy the reality of getting all summer transfers across the line by then is very slim!

Anything new happen since I left.

There's a massive new roof and we signed some lad from Donabate.

No harm if Carvlho goes to Leipzig on loan. They don't have a great record with developing young players from PL clubs but him having a lot of minutes there in a good environment / league is a good thing, coupled with expanding the good relation with Leipzig / RB group.

Thoroughly enjoyed that.

Unless Nunez kills it next season our Summer 22 business is looking a total flop.

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Thuram off to Inter.

Our owners are going to sink in this market.

Goddammit! Rookie error.