Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Ten Hag seems to have only 1 way of playing and it isn't sitting back.

His hand is going to be forced a little this weekend. Due to Bruno's suspension he will be forced to play Mainoo along side Ambrabat. This will by default make them a lot more compact.

They're just going to sit in this weekend and hope to hit us on the break, or play for 0-0 entirely. We need to score inside 20 minutes, something we have had issues with all season. Going in 0-0 at HT on Sunday will not be good enough.

Considering Liverpool are tending to give teams a headstart I won't panic if we are losing at half time, prefer to be winning obviously.

Klopp mentioned Kaide in the press conference yesterday, basically said his body couldn't quite take the pressure but that was normal at his age. Sounded positive, I got the impression we'll see him again soon, hopefully tonight

I've a feeling that Gakpo will play 45 at least. Too much to just throw kids in together away from home without a senior player with them. Doak is small as it is, so having a front line of (Doak, Gordon, another kid) is a bit too small overall and the ball might not stick up front. But something Like Gordon Gakpo Doak does work. And can switch it at HT to something like Doak Nunez Koumas for example.

I think players that need to be rested, will be. You can't really just throw 11 kids on the field and hope that it works. There has to be some senior players too, to knit it together. Sometimes just throwing kids in at the deep end and having a shocker can have a detrimental affect on them and stunt their development. You also have to look to next Wednesday too, in the league cup. You want players playing tonight to be eager to play in that game too. Players like Endo / Jones / Elliott / and one of Gakpo / Nunez. Get them into a rhythm because it could end up being a similar team next midweek. We're gonna need goals there too.

Hopefully Szobozslai & Tsimikas don't play any minutes at all. But because of the current squad situation, players like Endo, Jones, Elliott can all start as they are not exactly playing 90 mins every week and Gomez has to otherwise it's Quansah on his own. The full backs can be kids alright.

If we come out of tonight with a decent showing, and not having any minutes for each of Alisson, Tent, VVD, Konate, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai & Salah, I'll be happy. That's 7 of the 11 starters on Sunday, including the entire back 5. Diaz / Gakpo / Nunez / Gravenberch are probably gonna have either 30 or 60 mins max each so keeps them ticking along but more importantly it might get them back amongst the goals before the bigger games. Play them into form.

it's a nice mix in the end

Kelleher

Bradley Quansah Konate Chambers

Elliott Endo Jones

Doak Gakpo Gordon

Grand with that except Konate. He gets injured were fucked

One of Konate / Gomez had to play.

There were no other CBs registered to play in Europe, including the B list. VVD/Konate/Matip/Gomez/Quansah are the only CBs registered.

Allison, Trent, Virgil, Salah left back in England. Good stuff, proper rest for them.

It's still quite remarkable to me that we have a player in Konate whose minutes have had to be managed since he arrived at the club. Potentially a superb defender for us but utterly unreliable in terms of getting a run of games together.

It's a throw away game. We look very very shaky at the back. No shape. Everyone looks lost.

Terrible communication on the broadcast from that VAR check

Kelleher unlucky, nearly got there. We don't look good but I'm finding it hard to care lol

That's the best shot I can find of it

Made that look easy 🤣

Great strike Qansah, but their marking from the corner was dreadful.

Midfield is piss weak. Poor from Kelleher.

That Machida is a nasty piece of work. Dived to get Bradley booked and left a boot in on Doak’s head there.

Forgot europe is an hour ahead and missed the first half.

Game any good?

Is that Gravenberch coming on for Konate? Oh Gomez is there too.