Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2019/2020

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Yes it's an in joke. It's only "great" as a news dump to be honest and since the info shut down by the club it's not as useful as it once was. You can't have a real discussion because if you get down-voted the post disappears. Hmmm, then again! :pac:

Then Again!

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Just to be a little worldly for the moment - in the evils of modern ball . Is this a way a players says - I want more money ?

Great news but - back to reality at this stage.

It definitely is a way to say 'pay me'. But like every job, you can be happy in your job and have no interest in leaving but you still want to be paid the going rate. He's become the best centre half and one of the best players in the world so him getting a pay rise is deserved.

With every passing game he's becoming the best and most influential player I've seen play for Liverpool.

Bring Buffon in as number back up to Alisson now he has quit PSG ?

Lallana asked if he was leaving Liverpool this summer.

"Yeah, absolutely no question about it," he said. "I couldn’t be happier here, winning Champions Leagues. I know my ability & I know what I can give"

So that will be like having 2 new players next season with Lallana & Ox fit and ready to go.

MD1990 wrote: »

Lallana's attitude is excellent & he was superb for much of 16/17.

But i can't see him regaining that form as he is injury prone & our style of play is demanding. I would sell if a decent offer came in.

He's out of contract next Summer when he'll be 32 but we've an option of another year.
Imo he's at the very bottom of the first team midfield options now. Behind Fabinho, Hendo, Gini, Ox, Keita, Milner & Shaqiri.

Just on Milner and his employment of the odd cynical foul or time wasting tactics (which is an asset and Liverpool needs players who can execute that stuff). I think it would be remiss not to mention Fabinho too. He's a great man for a carefully deployed clip or trip, followed with a hands-up "i did nothing ref" look. If he continues his excellent first season form (after the settling period), he's gonna be a collossus next season.

SM01 wrote: »

Just on Milner and his employment of the odd cynical foul or time wasting tactics (which is an asset and Liverpool needs players who can execute that stuff). I think it would be remiss not to mention Fabinho too. He's a great man for a carefully deployed clip or trip, followed with a hands-up "i did nothing ref" look. If he continues his excellent first season form (after the settling period), he's gonna be a collossus next season.

Milner seems to have the knack of not getting booked for it though, it’s almost Lucas-esque. Fabinho hasn’t quite got that yet.

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

That's super if Virgil wants to extend his contract.

With regard to Milner he has been an excellent signing for us and seems like an all round nice guy.

On the topic of Milner, Giles was on Dunphys podcast yesterday and spouted some rubbish about Klopp. He likes to call Klopp "one trick poney" etc and his management of the game at 1-0 , wasting time etc.

Dunphy disagreed saying you just have to win anyway possible in a final . Liverpool learned from Madrid last year to be cute with slowing the game down etc.

Anyway, Giles said he would pick Milner over Henderson in every game , I thought Jesus what he on tbh :eek:.

It positively astonishes me that this man's opinions hold weight with anyone these days. It shows the paucity of eloquent footballing heads when he's still in gainful employment in this country. An absolute fossil.

Late to the party, but after being away for a couple of days directly after the final, I at last got a chance at last to watch the match again today. Strangely enough, as much as I gave out about each mistake we made, or each ball that didn't work etc. during the game, watching it back we were actually a lot more disciplined and in control than I thought at the time (due to stress of course!). It was only the last 15-20 mins that Spurs were on top, as they had to go for it.

Anyhow, just some things I noticed...

- As has been said, the penalty was the second quickest ever goal in a final, with Maldini scoring against us in 2005 being the quickest goal.

- The more I look at it, and the more I read up about it, I think it's a 100% definite penalty, according to the rules, but it's a harsh rule. Niall Quinn read out the directive given to Uefa CL Referees by the Head of Referees when VAR came in, saying that if the arm is out from the body and above the shoulder then it *has* to be penalised. So, a definite penalty according to the rules, but I'd have to say the rules are a little harsh.

- Just as Salah is running up to take the penalty, Henderson can be seen sprinting towards the box, timing his run so that he only enters the box after Salah has touched the ball, and will be at full speed to meet any rebound.

- Us scoring was the first time we led in a European Cup final since 1984.

- Mané made some great runs with the ball, especially in the second half, which not only took pressure off us but set up attacks, including Milner's close shot.

- Spurs first shot on target was in the 73 minute, and that was the soft chip from Ali that went straight into Alisson's hands (though from the camera angle for a second it looked like it was top corner!). Spurs then got more on top and from the 79 minute onwards they had 7 shots on target, though some of them were tame.

- Alisson's saves were excellent in how easy he made them look, and how well he executed them. He never once pushed the ball back into the danger area from a save, it was always off to one side, or for a corner.

- When Eriksen took his free kick, Kane just pushed Robertson to the ground to make room for the shot. He didn't lean into him or shoulder him, he just pushed him to the ground. Robertson should have been stronger, but it also should have been a free out.

- Both teams took ages to take their throws, I'd love to time how long the ball was in someone's hands during the game...

- Our corners were poor, too many of them hitting the first man. The last one worked out well though!

- Robertson had some great crosses though, he didn't get an assist but several of them were in the danger area and close to someone getting on the end of them. It was his cross that got us that all important corner.

- How many weird mis-hit shots from Van Dijk led to goals this season? He had one for Origi's goal, he did it for Origi against Everton as well, and I have a recollection of at least one more I can't place?

- Kane finally got a shot on target in the 93 minute, straight at Alisson

- It was the first final since 2010 where a team kept a clean sheet, and the first final ever to have no yellow or red cards.

- I'd never seen the winning team give the losing team a guard of honour while going to collect their medals. Is that a new thing or have I just not noticed it?

That's about it really, great to watch the game in a much more calm manner. We actually didn't play as poor as I'd thought we did on Saturday, we just played in a controlled, 'hit them on the break' manner, with a very disciplined defence, so it looked poor compared to our usual high intensity. But it was just us showing another string to our bow, and showing we knew what it took to win.

Have had the Luis Garcia song stuck in my head for a few days as it was being sung a lot in Madrid and its probably one of my favourite Liverpool songs. So went to have a look at his Twitter and it turns out he is up in Northern Ireland at the moment doing his UEFA B license, alongside Gabby Agbonlahour no less

https://twitter.com/OfficialIrishFA/status/1131984959844093953

He also tweeted these

https://twitter.com/luchogarcia14/status/1134771055703285760


https://twitter.com/luchogarcia14/status/1135235424182517760