Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Not a hope the players will have that mentality.

Nor the vast majority of fans who have actually watched football properly over the years. Long way to go.

I cannot remember if some games were played that needed to be rescheduled, but looking at our fixtures last year it was only from the QF of the FA Cup that it clashed with the league. So we had to reschedule our match away to Everton to April just after the QF in the Europa League and we lost that match.

This year it is only the semi-finals of the FA Cup that clashes with possible league fixtures. We are scheduled to play Tottenham that day, 26 April, so may need to reschedule it if they are still involved in the FA Cup.

Was Gomez injured or sick today? It didn't look like a typical injury

Yeah sure I get his overall injury record is poor my comment was more on the last 2 seasons for him it’s been good.

Same

We all hate losing and if we lose ourselves from this result on to the end of the season you may have a point. But what squad would you have selected for this match? Remember we played Thursday night against Tottenham, so rest day Friday and travel day either Saturday or this morning, who would you have put in the squad that played on Thursday and that will play on Wednesday again.

Exactly we played mid week and playing a vital league game mid week again. If we weren't going to rest players today, then when? To be honest we still had Diaz, Jota, Endo etc that team should be good enough to beat Plymouth. Really don't see this as Slots fault

Firstly, fair play to Plymouth - were the better side in the day and deserved the win.

Not too disappointed to be out of the cup given the demands on the squad, if the B team could stay in it then good and well, but not worth running the first XI into the ground IMHO.

That said, the performance was poor, very passive and lacking quality. Easy to be hard on the kids in midfield for instance given the lack of control in that area, but the likes of Elliott, Chiesa, Diaz, Kostas were poor, kept giving the ball away and allowed the game to crawl along at a stop/start pace that suited Plymouth. Plymouth didn't do anything really, they just didn't do anything stupid, and Harvey did, and that was the tie right there.

Gomez didn't look right at all, he chased an attacker for a ball over the top in the first few minutes and he looked like an old man. Maybe he was ill or something, but didn't look right from the off.

Tottenham have conceded a goal to Aston Villa in the first minute of their tie so I think it'll be safe to assume that our game with them won't be postponed due to the Semi-Final. 😀

Exactly, I'd take losing today over Wednesday all day

What absolute guff !! What do you define as "too many matches" ? Playing your reserve team in any FA Cup tie is just an insult to paying supporters of the club. It backfired in an embarrassing defeat today and I feel almost a grim type of satisfaction that it did. Disgrace !!

Jesus wept

just some of the lfc echo ratings

Two of our front three are winners at international level and the other is a Copa America runner up.

You would think that be enough to win against a team at the bottom of the championship.

Throw in the the likes of Elliot Endo Kelleher and Tmiskas and you can see why Slott put out that line up.

It does though show that we're a little light in midfield and let's hope our four regulars can stay fit for the remainder of the season

The big plus, if there is one, is not one of them can moan if they're not in the first choice 11 moving forward.

Holy shiiiiit

I'm sorry, but that team and squad is one that we just had to send out today. We have 2 many massive games coming up in a short space of time. Yes everyone hates losing, but sometimes sacrifices just have to be made.

Definitely the correct team picked. They just didnt play well enough. Not Slot’s fault. I doubt a single Liverpool fan who attended the game was surprised with the line-up.

Gomez confirmed as injured not ill. Hopefully not too bad as it seems he was careful to come off before he did proper damage. But a few weeks out i imagine

Jones also injured according to Slot. He was supposed to be on the bench but wasnt fit enough. Doesnt sound too bad, but presumably a doubt for Everton.

The irony that you mention guff in your opening salvo. You think the fans travelling there today thought we were going with our first choice 11? Some quare nonsense.

Jones wasn’t injured he said he felt he wasn’t completely recovered from the training session yesterday. Hopefully positive about Joe he said if he had one more sprint it would go. So not a tear hopefully.

If Slot had started the main lads today and VVD broke his leg you'd be the first one in here whinging.

The team picked today should have had enough to win. They didn't, they let the manager down.

while understanding the points about team etc now while the timing of fa cup games is nearer to business end of season then league cup why this year did we play a stronger team then usual in that competition that results in more miles in our first team players then maybe needed to be . One thing am not having is a a few first teamers coming off the bunch last 20 mins risks derailing our season if that’s the case they are not going to be strong enough in coming months !! No excuses get that league done now in coming months .

Lol the usual mob waiting for a loss and piling in.

We play 5 league games in 15 days, we have a league title on the line, that is the priority. Slot sent the right team out there today but they still should of had enough to get it done.

I'm listening to the 606 phone-in on BBC R5 at the minute. A Plymouth fan was asked whether he would like to win the FA Cup or avoid relegation. Without hesitation he chose the latter. A good example of supporters prioritising league form over progress in a cup competition.

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