Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

His regression has been shocking. Legit. Most players start slow, then improve. Szobo has not just gone backwards, he's running backwards. Unreal, considering his great start to the season.

Obviously, too, this was Tsimikas' last performance in a Liverpool shirt.

Brought it on themselves. Either it had no effect on the team and it was therefore no need to do it, or it actually played a role in the atmosphere as you would have had fans unhappy due to the 2% and other unhappy that this is being made an issue at all and it was therefore badly timed on Klopp's last European home match.

They're so far up their own backsides it won't bother them a single bit.

Clowns.

I'd blame Klopp more than Tsimikas for that one I think… the guy's barely played since he came back from injury. Less than 30 minutes in total in the last 5 or 6 weeks, and then thrown in from the start? Same with Curtis, just looked miles off it immediately.

And Szobo at half time, when Elliott was playing fine. Would've seemed to make a lot more sense to bring Elliott deeper, and leave a horribly-out-of-form Szobo on the bench for later (if at all).

think it’s fair to say our manager has had an absolute mare tonight

If we can get Allison back and Roberston starting with VVD and Konate we could have a chance. A long shot but we have seen it before.

I think either Trent or Bradley too but Gomez should now be placed back as a squad player.

Crouch really is too big for TV

We've seen these lulls before… actually we see them pretty much every season at some stage. They always seem like the end of the world, where we just can't score goals. And then they end, and things click, and we start playing well again. We desperately need that to happen reaaally soon.

Needs to click on Sunday before 4 away games

They do come across as entitled so and so’s online by.

Anyways, disaster of a night, and it really does feel like the season is now petering out.

Don’t think I’ve ever warmed to a player less than Diaz in many years.

Nunez for me now. Just starting to look like he's a definite level below what's required. Far too streaky and has absolutely no ice in his veins. Give him time to think about a finish and he won't. He has to start off the bench for the next few games. Quite enjoy watching him run at defenders on 65-70 minutes but he just seems generally lacking in guile when he starts.

Kelleher at fault for two goals tonight. Allisson approaching full fitness, thankfully.

FAR too harsh. Poor tonight, in common with everyone else on there, but Alisson is the one first-teamer people haven't been crying over for a few weeks and that's because he's been generally excellent.

Its a team that won 3-0 in Naples recently as well.

As bad as we were, surely you appreciate how good Atalanta were? Their marking and defending was excellent.

For me, not one positive from tonight's performance. You want optimism? The only optimism any of us could have from tonight is that it's unlikely we'll ever play as badly again.

He came on tonight didn't he?

You could leave him on the bench on Sunday and hope Diaz and Nunez get the job done but it hasn't been a winning strategy.

On balance, I'd like to give him 50/60 minutes and see if the game could possibly be put to bed.

Based on tonight's performance, I can see why Quansah started ahead of Konate last Sunday.

I wouldn't have Gomez at RB anymore this season. Leave him at CB or LB. And that shooting is getting on my tits. Thankfully the crowd shouts have died down.

20 minutes to 50 is too many?

What do you reckon, honestly? Another 20, 30?

I suppose we'll see on Sunday but I'd be surprised if he doesn't get fairly significant game time.

On Trent, then play Bradley.

As long as no more Joe at RB

trying to summon some good vibes after a total collapse , we beat palace Sunday and arsenal draw against villa . Praise be !!!

Nunez very poor and not liverpool standard at all, sell the flop and get in toney or whoever, another 1 on 1 tonight at 0-0 and he fecks it up, score that and it sets us on our way, but no, once again he messes it up, he wouldn't lace fowlers or owens boots

I’m an optimist as much as anyone but we are making extreme hard work of games since late February I would say and no player is really in any great form and City and certainly Arsenal look imperious.

We got knocked out of the FA cup and we told ourselves we had the league and Europa to focus on, well league is out of our hands (being realistic) and we are essentially out of Europe after only 1 leg, not saying people are hysterical but it’s more then fair to be feeling abject about it all.

Nunez will always invite extreme opinions, that's the nature of the beast. But the fact is that, at the squeaky bum time of the season, his profligacy in front of goals is something that's unsustainable given there are 7 'cup finals' left. He's missed so many big chances which would have enabled us to get our noses in front in games and we're no longer scoring enough to keep coming back to win games. His general play has been poor recently also. He's always far more of a threat off the bench - the Forest match - when defenders are tiring and that could be crucial against Villa or West Ham for instance who are knee deep in trying to sustain a European challenge.

Goals are starting to dry up a bit so it's natural that the guy who gets the most chances and misses most of them is going to be in the firing line. He's certainly not 'useless' but the more I see him, the more certain I am that he's not good enough to lead the line for us in the long run. He's got that whiff of a 'would score plenty in a farmer's league' about him. I hope he proves me wrong in the next 7 league matches.