Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

My thinking too. He'll be the first shipped out. Always seems to take the wrong option when on the ball.

One lad thrown into the deep end after a raft of injuries, the other lad, while doing well since stepping in, made the biggest mistake of the day

We're certainly a good thread for overreacting. Selling Diaz and Nunez, Quansah not good enough etc. A bit of perspective needed. We're joint top with 7 to play.

Would love to see some data from all those suddenly blaming Ramadan

it’s now a perfect storm the inability to get a clean sheet ( Aldridge said same on lfc tv after game ) and not putting away chances . Think we might need to shake up team going forward and tactics hung ho is fine but margin of error . To be honest can’t see both arsenal and city dropping any more points but for ch#%^ sake let’s not make it easy for them

Definitely,we are maybe 5% not good enough at both ends and that is costing us when in a title race with City and the way Arsenal are playing at the moment. It's a testament to the squad in one way that we are still in a title race with the amount of players we have missed over the last 3 months. Having a fully fit Trent,Jota and Jones into that team and we probably beat city and united today. Small margins.

FFS Arsenal were saying that one injury to Saliba last season cost them the title. Can you imagine if they had to deal with the injuries we had

The fact is we've scammed a fair few results this season having to come back from deficits.

You simply can't keep doing it.

Now that might be partly down to the amount of injuries, or a product of trying to integrate a brand new midfield, but either way, you can't get 90+ points having to forever play catch up.

The team have tried their damndest, but if we don't get some control in the list run-in, we've no chance.

It’s possible that it’ll be like 1989 all over again and we lose out to Arsenal on GD!
Thankfully it won’t be as difficult a loss of the league as that horrendous night was.

I cried that night! I was 10, ha.

It's tough, we've always come up short. Whenever we've won it, it's been at a canter (ie. no race) like '88, '90, '20.

God I read that completely differently I thought he was patient and played calmly between the lines.

Joint top with 7 games to go. City would swap places with us 100 times out of a 100.

Mosstin, with all respect and not intending to start an argument, but your 1st sentence belies everything you said afterwards. I like Diaz and Nunez but if I'm brutally honest, neither are good enough to win the league, imo. Nunez can improve, as he's a good bit younger, but Diaz's output isn't good enough for a side hoping to win the PL. I am certainly hopeful both will step up and fire us to the title.

It doesn't at all. Diaz has returned several times over the last few league matches between goals and assists. He and Nunez combined for our first today. They are both wasteful but they will both create chances just by being on the pitch. They won't always take them but when someone like Jota is back, he almost certainly will, Salah too when he's out of his slump.

Salah worries me almost as much. I know he's scored today and against Brighton but his performances have been off in a big way.

Christ. Hugely frustrating.

Of all the poor all-round performances, Mo, Nunez, Diaz etc, the really disappointing one for me was Szoboslai. The others were making errors in big heightened pressure filled moments, but Szobo was making big errors with time on the ball, not closing breaking balls urgently enough, and just looked like his head wasn't there at all. If I could go back in time and change one starter to change the game, he'd be it.

A trip to Atalanta in a two legged tie takes a little bit of the pressure off now, and hopefully can get a few lads sharpened up a bit.

He has dropped his level a little I think, but his numbers are still impressive. I think his injury has had an effect on him, but it could just be his age as well. With Ramadan ending hopefully Tuesday you hope to see him performing better. I have no doubt it does affect athletes in some way but we have been lucky with Salah that he has been performing for us throughout his time here. I think he started slowing down a little 2 seasons ago and again last season a bit more with Ramadan playing no role in that. Still better than most in the Premier League though.

One thing he does have these stretches a few times a season and then bounces back. If he can do that for us for the final 7 league matches I don't think anyone will complain.

Ramadan ending shortly will see better performances from Salah and Konate. To think otherwise would defy all logic.

Szobo has been dreadful so far in 2024, his form was starting to drop off before he got the injury and nose dived when he returned...I'm not sure if its because Trent is no longer down his wing or whatever it is, but he's completely out of sorts.

Someone mentioned earlier during the week that Liverpools average form throughout March was going to catch up on them today and I kind of thought the same myself, even though i hoped it wouldn't be the case.

The last 4 weeks, we are team that goes through the motions for large periods, creating half chances, snatching at most of them, and look genuinely indecisive so often in possession. But what makes it really frustrating, is if the opposition offers any retort or treat to us, we immediately look vulnerable and look like we can concede from any part of the field.

I predicted 6 wins and 2 draws from the final 8 were required from us to win it and I still think thats the case, however there's simply no chance we can win 6 of the 7 now remaining if this form continues.

Nonsense tbh.

94 and 97 points, what cost us is cory getting one more.

You have to draw the line somewhere with blame.

Similar to the cup game in that regard. Another 5 v 2 chance butchered today as well.... Too easy at times.

Theres two Chinese lads ahead of Sonia .