Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

This.

I said last week, Joe is as good as anyone they might be available if we were to dip into the market. The problem with Joe like a lot of our CBs is the system. Today when he came on, we played pretty compact and hit on the counter. The backs generally weren't left 2 v 2 with half thee pitch to cover. In a normal system like we used today, Joe is just fine, and if he was allowed bed into a system like that he would probably gain confidence and thrive.

We can't sit back and counter every week, because most teams will not take the ball and attack us.

He went through Isaak and then touched the ball.

Didn't see the red card properly either, but I don't think we'll appeal it anyway. Red card seemed a bit harsh.

Definitely won't appeal. I also think it was little harsh. Probably about right. Either way, no chance of that getting overturned. Hopefully there's no extension to the ban for whatever was said to the ref and 4th official.

The entire Newcastle team and coaching staff surrounded the ref begging for a second yellow for Trent, have they already given up on that rule?

I'd expect he can talk football in English to an acceptable standard, but not nonsense Sky interview cliched English.

"Things were bleak early doors Darwin, but you got the nod from the boss and popped up late with a brace. Over the moon?'

There was a great moment when Nunez was celebrating the second goal in front of the geordies and someone in the crowd was obviously giving him some stick, he just winked and blew them a kiss. Classy response.

Are you sure he can't speak English? There's a big difference in communicating between the squad and doing an interview.

Brilliant

He's certainly not the player he once was. He's doing OK defensively but has lost all creativity and ability going forward. His athleticism seems to be waning. For now, he's a concern but far from a problem. A competent CB or DM should help him stabilise.

I'm sure he can speak it. I remember Pochettino had an interpreter for interviews but he could speak English. They ask absolute nonsense in them Sky interviews anyway.

i don't care if he ever speaks a word of English again as long as he keeps banging them in!

We need to build on this momentum. Great result yesterday but as most have said Newcastle should really have been out of sight, the fact they lost says more about them than it does about us IMO. Great mentality from us and we did keep going for it particularly when Jota, Nunez and Elliot came on there seemed to be a push to press again. 7 points from our first 3 games considering the oppositon is unbelievable.

We need another midfielder and a CB fairly urgently and i think we'll be ok. If we get two decent players in i'd back us to get top 4, if we dont i cant see it especially the way they are dishing out yellow cards this season not to mention our old friend injuries. Our first 11 is good the problem is the minute any of the starting defenders or midfielders are missing we are in trouble. We at least have cover in the forward line at the moment.

As for Endo based on the small sample size i think he's exactly what we thought he was - a decent squad player. I dont think he's a good enough 6 for a team challeging for the league we need someone else in there. Would Endo get into any of the other "big 6" teams midfields? I thought he was tidy enough yesterday but seemed weirdly slow or something maybe off the pace of the league. Obviously he's only getting used to the team and systems so maybe thats to be expected. I'm not writing him off but its clear we need another defensively minded midfielder and a CB ASAP.

call me crazy but we could and should have beaten Chelsea too

It was incredible how much of a breeze the rest of the game was for Trent once VVD was sent off, and once Trents wings were clipped, he walked the game. So it's difficult to understand why, with 11 men, when Gordon was giving him such a hard time, that Trent gave him so much time and space, or is it someone else's fault, for not filling in for Trent, is Endo not cleaning up the space, or Klopps fault for burdening Trent with two roles, and expects him to do both without fault.

Within the first 30 minutes maybe, Chelsea were the better team for most of the game.

More likely that Nunez speaks Portuguese from his time at Benfica.

Very important thing to talk about, I know...

Another stat I've seen going around today:

Yesterday Guimaraes and Joelinton each committed 4 fouls and neither player got booked.

In the entirety of last season there was only 1 instance of a Liverpool player committing 4+ fouls and not receiving a yellow card (Diaz vs Leicester)

All the tension started because the referee saw nothing wrong with the most blatant shove in the back you'll ever see