NephilimHunter

Very dumb move by Van den Berg taking that interview. He wasn't trusted back then because he's not good enough, that's the whole point of him being loan out, so he can improve Should have just waited and seen what would happen under Slot first. But with that interview, he might not even be in the pre season squad. And the club won't sell him cheap either

Greenwood hasn't redeemed himself. He hasn't publicly admitted and apologised for his actions, he paid off the victim's family to drop the charges, he never actually got proven in the court of law as innocent. Her going back to him and even having a child together means nothing, she's probably in the relationship purely for the money, its fucked up altogether.

Not a hope in hell Liverpool will sign Olise. Talented player but way too expensive for how Edwards & Co tend to operate (just get used to how it was 3-4 years ago), he's not that player like Van Dijk or Alisson that takes you to the next level. Crystal Palace will want £70m+ for him and the only teams that'll pay that amount of money for him would be United (Ratcliffe's pet project along with Branthwaite) or Chelsea. Also just as an aside, if Olise is over performing statistically now then you absolutely need to look at his numbers long term and how they breakdown season by season because typically over performance is unsustainable and can't be scaled upwards, whereas underperforming can be scaled upwards and improved upon, which is why Liverpool don't tend to sign attacking players that are over performing, different story for defenders/goalkeepers. There's other issues as well in terms of style and system structure between what Glasner does at Palace and what Slot will do at Liverpool that'll influence how effective a player like Olise is in each system and formation. Glasner puts little to no emphasis on Olise to defend, whereas we know that Slot will want his team to press, it's a small difference but it changes the types of opportunities that become available to each team/player which shows up in the data. Just don't be lulled into placing Olise on a pedestal.

I love him to bits, he is incredibly talented, one of the best players against Real three years ago already. But he is too injury prone and does not even fit us stylistically. 55 sounds kind of cheap to me but I'd, with a heavy heart, be willing to sell him too tbh But if he stays, I'll be happy too. He still can prove a lot, yeah he is not probably gonna be pinging balls 60 metres right into winger's feet, but he can develop as well. There were times he was already more than good enough to be a starter

Kelleher is as good as gone this summer. Feels like he's done his time as a No.2 and is ready to be a No.1. Wish him well wherever he ends up. https://x.com/reptracker/status/1795795389456552234?t=W6Bpb9sWYL19OTuR-_zKzQ&s=19

https://x.com/OnsOranje/status/1795809253485359529 i know who im rooting for these Euros, good balanced squad used to think their midfield was a massive weakness but they're looking good there now. An attack of gakpo-depay-simons sounds great as well. Hopefully Koeman can get the best out of them i think the national team is perfect for him. Maatsen and wieffer not going is bs though i have to say.

SIUUUUUU, we’re not selling him for pennies at least 😭😭🙏🙏 https://x.com/jamespearcelfc/status/1795401769150808105?s=46&t=aXhMh5rjASDK7esNe7FFLg

Great news.

If he's sold I'd say if we get between £15-20m for him we'll have done really well tbh, I think he'll get an opportunity in preseason though. I guess a few people owe Big Jorg Schmadtke an apology.

If Klopp were to be asked this he'd answer: "Another defensive midfielder? We have Wataru [Endo] who has been brilliant...absolutely brilliant and settled in so, so quickly. Then it's Stefan [Bajcetic] who was for so long on the sidelines and is hungrier than ever to play and help the team. Tyler [Morton] had a successful spell at Hull and will join the team at the end of his loan. So, now you tell me, where do we need another defensive midfielder? You just want this exclusiveness, but we do things in another way, we cannot go and just say 'Oh, we want this, we want that', it's just not how we do business".

Doesn't help when Pep Guardiola strips all personality and likeability from players either imho, for example Jack Grealish should be inventive and creative like he was at Villa but now he's a husk of his former self terrified of misplacing a pass or losing the ball, Haaland was a better player at Dortmund than he is at City. It's a soulless team and club and it's no wonder why so many local people and others abroad fail to connect with the team.

Because certain users on here suffer from Shiny New Toy Syndrome

Gerrard was well clear of Scholes mate. Mainoo will never reach that level

Saying that shows you know absolutely nothing about him. He's playing regular first team football with the team his Grandfather, Granduncle and Father have played for, a team he supports and a team he loves. Archie Gray has said that he wants to stay at Leeds United, he wants to see his younger brother, Harry Gray, break through and play in the first team with him. He's never ever expressed any desire to play anywhere else even when he has been asked directly about his future, so yeah I'd be fairly confident in saying that he's staying at Leeds. Why do you think he'd move to Liverpool?

I hate how good this Mainoo kid is…

Fa cup is the same as the carabao as far as i am concerned

3rd with a trophy is better than 8 with a trophy lets stop this nonsense please

What by finishing 8th.??? You even saying this shows how bad a take that is.

As always the City page is thriving on the day of a big game

If McKenna has any intelligence whatsoever he'd avoid both Man United and Chelsea, better off sticking with Ipswich or going to Brighton.

WHAT HAS HE DONE

Lucas Paquetá charged with spot-fixing over four ‘deliberate’ bookings. A single breach if proven carries ban of between 6 months and lifetime. Judging by some of the clips he'll be lucky to play again.

With no CL to his name while managing a PL side, nobody can claim Arsene makes it into the top cut alongside SAF, Guardiola and Klopp. For me he sits in his own awkward tier just below the cream of the crop - Mourinho's in the same group for me. 3 PLs in 22 years without a corrupt juggernaut like City around is poor given Arsenal could very realistically have obtained 8 or 9. Liverpool would have had 3 in 9 years including 4 years of transitionary/rebuild seasons from mid-table, were it not for those cheating fucks. In fairness, both Klopp and Wenger suffered from the owners of their clubs being prudent fucks in the transfer market compared to their rivals. Klopp literally had his Liverpool side finish with a higher points tally than Wenger's best ever season in 4 different seasons. Klopp brought about concussion subs, 5 subs rather than 3, and spearheaded the tactical *necessity* for *all* teams in modern football to press. Wenger wasn't the first to bring in fitness and dietary monitoring/standards - this was first done by Newcastle and Blackburn - heck Fergie was doing it by 1995 before Wenger even came to Arsenal. The only thing he was first at was stopping his players eating chips during the season (and it's not something that's stuck around either, as players carb-load with potatos etc the night before games these days). Klopp genuinely changed the game for the better in terms of player welfare and influenced tactics globally, let alone in the PL.

Yeah, our players get downgraded after small dips in form but rarely get upgraded when they deserve it. Like Gakpo had a few bad games, got a downgrade but hasn’t had an upgrade now he’s back in form? Van Dijk no upgrade all season and Elliott still 77 is crazy. At least Bradley and Quansah have had decent upgrades this year but the rest of the team hardly get the rating they deserve

Some jokes just write themselves https://x.com/anythinglfc_/status/1793277076226617761?s=46

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1792979436855287992?t=DT0RYJHiorT2Y0gkviCv7g&s=19 nah they are nuts just when they started to gel and play some good football they do this. Who's even left in the market thats good enough currently? Back to tucheliban maybe?

No need with Maguire we have better CBs

Southgate has finally dunked on Henderson Shame he didn’t have the balls to do it to Maguire and Trippier too

Arne Slot running out of energy video in November confirmed.

https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk/status/1792586722544320553?t=kisSPzkKaQoKRY8VUwzxWA&s=19 good fucking luck coach you're gonna need it😭

https://twitter.com/BenBocsak/status/1792494941148528907?t=bhrvnEGVHDw7kYbpU_V-Kw&s=19 Very successful loan spell for Viteslav Jaros. Potentially our No.2 Goalkeeper next season?

Man, kids are great https://x.com/monpetitibou/status/1792307375627497802

https://twitter.com/ThatLFCTrio/status/1792310048439320901?t=rKI3fC0vyPWDJMQZS1ADlg&s=19

Klopp starting a new song about Arne Slot 😂

https://twitter.com/AnfieldSector/status/1792249458547118145?t=TiI-KLgkwDqbQqs310DEZA&s=19 My gaffer❤️

Class https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1792249979056054291?t=baJjkZ5egd7akMnpemSeCw&s=19

That was a lot. 😅 Jurgen is such a special person. Just speaks volumes about him when he encouraged the supporters to believe in Arne Slot.

Jude has scored 20+ goal in all comps and playing in a CL Final. It's disrespectful to compare the two if we're being honest.

The fact after only 6 fights at Heavyweight Usuk is already the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion with 3 dominant wins over the 2 best heavyweights prove how shallow the division is but Usyk is a really great fighter he deserves it Congratulations and hope it’s one huge feel good moment for every Ukrainian they need that Congratulations

Klopp turning into batman? https://x.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1791400386231759038

https://s3a.sofifa.net/9fdc6b64c81e12bf0460aad2c83273e0f131fa1e.jpg It’s that time of the year again….Happy 17.!

Not that interesting imho it's solved by selling most of what they have out on loan tbf. Harrison alone has a £20m clause if Everton stay up, Sinisterra already sold for £20m. Real Betis have an option on Roca, Roma have an option on Kristensen and an obligation on Llorente if he plays enough games. There's a couple of suitors for Aaronson as well. Realistically they'll only need to sell Summerville.

Yup - also this just creates more unemployment and will give more of the lower leagues our shitty refs The solution is to remove as much of the incompetent elements of VAR as possible through semi-automated offsides and a far more black and white, simplified rulebook on what's what. Change some personnel and also investigate referees for their allegiances/supporting clubs and ensure they never officiate a game of said club or their closest rival. It will never be perfect, but doing this will make it as close as it's going to get.

https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1790783046213410977?t=ewF7TMWWaX0oGl472fUKPw&s=19 i feel like this isn't the correct solution either. Problem isnt var its the incompetent referees.

They´re a young side, I can only see them get better. Especially if they get Gyokeres

As much as I hate Arsenal and wish for their demise, they're CB pairing is young and tactically astute. Their forwards are youthful and bring energy plus they have goals coming from their midfield. The only way that team fails is through poor management and recruiting. If they make the same mistake FSG did, by not building on the foundations of a successful season (2018-19) then those building blocks start to crumble.

Before the start of the season, I'd give it an 8/10. Now it feels more like a 6. Overall, I'd give it a solid 7/10. We should not underestimate how many changes were made, how many injuries we suffered from, the fact that Jurgen and the whole management are leaving, and, yeah, a good few games where the referees were just horrible. What makes the mark worse is mainly that I absolutely despise some of the performances. Sorry to be the negative one again, but what we played had nothing to do with football I expect from Liverpool at times. Not that I expect to win the league every year, but I do expect to play one of the most entertaining footballs. In so many moments, we were just incredibly dull, even from our star players or very expensive players. I hope that changes soon.

Matos really was an unsung hero of the Klopp era, it's his elite development plan that gave us Quansah, Bradley, Beck, Clark and McConnell this season alone.

You just know that there's going to be a heap of Liverpool players going there on loan next season. Kaide Gordon might be one. Lijnders football ideology is closely aligned with Slot's (they're good friends and came through the same classes for their coaching badges) so it could be beneficial in other ways than by merely looking at transfers.

https://twitter.com/FCRBS_en/status/1790713746173698280?t=NvwhY3JeFCIrvG5DuoKOYg&s=19 if he wants to send a few talents our way all the best to him!

Where does the notion of Barcelona having £75 million come from?

Good luck mate. In the words of Lord Palpatine: "We will watch your career with great interest " https://s3a.sofifa.net/7a5d064891aa2094f6694372592beb471ab1814f.jpg

I like how Macca commented on his mistake on instagram. It was a silly mistake but exactly this reaction assures me that he is a leader who does not hide away from it, takes personal responsibility and improves himself. He had a phenomenal season and finally is a player that even exceeded expectations and made the price tag an absolute bargain.

https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1790321047150997981 If this is true, it might be worth a gamble. 🤔

You are aware that he's not being asked to do that particular job for Nice though, he's an elite ball carrier and that's why Nice have him more advanced, having those skills in a deeper role are hugely beneficial for how Slot likes to play. Wieffer ain't coming, we're not going back and getting any of Slot's former players. However, exactly like Wieffer, Slot will turn a midfielder that has a big physical frame and good technical skills into his version of a CDM, Thuram could be the guy ahead of say Gravenberch for that role because he is always thinking defensively first.

No secret that I wanted him last summer. Last year of his contract next season, signed up with new agents and wanted to move last season. It's a perfect gamble for that price. I know there's some that'll say he's not a pure CDM and that we should sign someone like Ugarte or Palhinha instead, however we've got Slot coming in who made Mats Wieffer into a "Slot" CDM and the key aspects of that role involve good technical skills to create from deep, a big physical frame and the ability to cover a decent amount of ground. Add that to what is a good personality and I think he'd be be a great addition.

LCM or a CAM

https://twitter.com/AnfieldSector/status/1788964002745246132?t=YpPS48bXaLCDZHZkElASFw&s=19 ward's back too

A Premier League boss has been granted a High Court anonymity order in a civil case against him for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. He is being sued for aggravated damages by a woman who says the offences took place two decades ago. A BBC investigation has already revealed the boss remains in position despite a police investigation over the alleged rape of a different girl, 15. The judge said the order was necessary for the "administration of justice". Wonder who this is…

https://twitter.com/LFC_Turbo/status/1788141709827752444?t=DrLQHgJYyxCCJA0J9zB1PA&s=19 this is the man we're talking about. If we didn't have criminals playing up front salah would have the most assists itl