Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2019/2020

facehugger99 · 03-09-2019 02:01PM

I wonder if Mane's outburst will have an overall positive effect Salah's play.

He is certainly very greedy, which obviously all top strikers are to an extent, but he will routinely ignore a wide open player to try to dribble or shoot from a much more unfavorable position.

Contrasted with the unselfish play of Firmino, the optics are jarring and he can be a very frustrating player to watch.

In an idea world, Salah retains all his predatory instinct and huger for goals but adds a few more assists to his locker.

robwen · 03-09-2019 02:02PM

Kyriakos Papadopoulos & Alex Teixera another 2 who had the fans in a frenzy

gimli2112 · 03-09-2019 02:29PM

Salah scored about a billion goals since he signed if he passed all the time he'd be Bobby, we already have a Bobby. Mane's reaction was pretty alarming only in that you don't often see it but I'm sure players think that about each other all the time. I'd say they still get on.

There's plenty of examples of strikers who didn't get on Shearer & Owen, Sheringham & Cole, Balotelli & everybody else.

8-10 · 03-09-2019 02:31PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Of the players we did sign i loved morientes and litmanen

Litmanen is probably my favourite player of all time. He was magic. Spent my childhood watching videos and games of his. Was the signing I was most excited about apart from Suarez and a real shame that it didn't work out. Square peg, round hole with the team and system we played at the time.

There were a few players like that where the Premier League wasn't yet right for players like him. You might laugh but I think Veron was another one, and arguably Forlan at United. Also Brian Laudrup never gave Chelsea a real go. It was a bit mad how players like that flopped where players like di Canio, Juninho, Zola etc did amazingly.

I think you take a prime Litmanen or Veron to the league after 2010 and they have a very different experience.

facehugger99 · 03-09-2019 02:48PM

The way it was reported at the time, we seemed to be very close to signing Lee Bowyer in 2002.

Lucky escape, he never did anything of note post-2001 and he seemed like a right scumbag to boot.

Osmosis Jones · 03-09-2019 03:03PM

Neither Salah nor Mane are off on international duty so they've plenty of time for couples counselling.

Harry Palmr · 03-09-2019 04:17PM

robwen wrote: »

Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Dot, in a quiet moment wondering what might have been

marklazarcovic · 03-09-2019 04:41PM

Fekir and Boyer even did medicals

mosstin · 03-09-2019 04:52PM

ERG89 wrote: »

I remember praying Carlton Cole & Luke Young wouldn't have be signed when Hodgson was around

davyboy1975 wrote: »

Ronaldo and cantona were also nearly ours instead of that other lot.

Ones we didnt sign that am glad we didnt was heinze and the infamous gareth barry saga

8-10 wrote: »

Dele Alli was another one we were talking to

Also there was the famous Jordan Henderson for Clint Dempsey swap!

Widdensushi wrote: »

mkhitaryan was a recent one, hard to know whether we dodged a bullet or could he have worked out.

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

Simao

Rideme Sideways was another one.

Harry Palmr · 03-09-2019 04:54PM

Did anyone mention Michael Laudrup?

03-09-2019 05:05PM

The Shearer and Owen thing is gas, a pair of oxygen thieves...

I don't know who I can't stand more tbh

And Shearer writes for The S*n

Please don't get me started on "Club ambassador ex United player" Owen...

Jesus Wept · 03-09-2019 05:59PM

Phil Laam is coming in the Jan window

Jesus Wept · 03-09-2019 06:00PM

Fieldog wrote: »

The Shearer and Owen thing is gas, a pair of oxygen thieves...

I don't know who I can't stand more tbh

And Shearer writes for The S*n

Please don't get me started on "Club ambassador ex United player" Owen...

No abuse please.

Jesus Wept · 03-09-2019 06:00PM

Three In a row

~Rebel~ · 03-09-2019 06:50PM

gimli2112 wrote: »

Salah scored about a billion goals since he signed if he passed all the time he'd be Bobby, we already have a Bobby.

There's a balance though... It's possible to score pretty much just as many goals, but assist even more. In the ratio of chance quality, i'm happy for Mo to go for it, even if he only has a 40% chance of scoring while the other person might have a 60% chance. So he can totally take his risks and pull off magic... but the two that happened on Saturday were more like 20% to 80%, with Salah having basically no chance of scoring in either case, while the other players were in dream positions that they'd be slotting away in their sleep.

You're never gonna get that balance perfect, but I think he could do with a very small switch towards the selfless. Can still afford to be much greedier than Bobby.

Osmosis Jones · 03-09-2019 07:20PM

Just saw our old pal Emre Can got left out of the Juve Champions League squad, no injury or anything.

fred funk }{ · 03-09-2019 07:28PM

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Just saw our old pal Emre Can got left out of the Juve Champions League squad, no injury or anything.

Whoops!

03-09-2019 07:30PM

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Just saw our old pal Emre Can got left out of the Juve Champions League squad, no injury or anything.

He peaked at Liverpool.

Probably scored one of the best goals I've seen. Great hair.

rob316 · 03-09-2019 07:32PM

Wouldn't fit the midfield now at all if he came back.

ebbsy · 03-09-2019 07:32PM

Michael Owen, what a twat for joining Utd.

Agent Coulson · 03-09-2019 07:33PM

Can owed the club nothing the club owed him nothing.

He left the right way he did his best when on the pitch and saw out the contract the club gave him before moving on he didn't kick up a fuss or have his agent do anything except find him a new deal at a different club out of the eyes of the media.

Harry Palmr · 03-09-2019 07:33PM

He's on easy street. Fix hair, sit on bench, look chansome, get paid.

eigrod · 03-09-2019 07:33PM

Can’s and Coutinho’s experiences after leaving should make others think twice before making up their minds to jump ship.

Umaro · 03-09-2019 07:42PM

robwen wrote: »

Kyriakos Papadopoulos & Alex Teixera another 2 who had the fans in a frenzy

Klopp had only been at the club 3-4 months at the time and it did feel like the club needed to land this signing to show they were backing him. If we'd won the Europa League final off the back of it then it'd have been an amazing signing. We'd be back in the Champions League well ahead of schedule and Klopp would've had a trophy straight away. Instead Teixeira goes off to China and we'll never know how well he'd have suited us.

Not that I'm complaining with how things have turned out since but it did seem like a real shame at the time!

~Rebel~ · 03-09-2019 07:44PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Can owed the club nothing the club owed him nothing.

He left the right way he did his best when on the pitch and saw out the contract the club gave him before moving on he didn't kick up a fuss or have his agent do anything except find him a new deal at a different club out of the eyes of the media.

Yup, still have plenty of time for him, has made interesting career moves, always done the right way with no drama or nonsense in the media.

Juve is a weird place at the moment, as they've done this sudden short term build around Ronaldo to the detriment of their longer term future. If he sees out the next year there, he'll be alright I think, as things readjust.

gimli2112 · 03-09-2019 07:50PM

6 wrote: »

Probably scored one of the best goals I've seen. Great hair.

A career summed up in 11 12 words, impressive,

atilladehun · 03-09-2019 08:00PM

~Rebel~ wrote: »

There's a balance though... It's possible to score pretty much just as many goals, but assist even more. In the ratio of chance quality, i'm happy for Mo to go for it, even if he only has a 40% chance of scoring while the other person might have a 60% chance. So he can totally take his risks and pull off magic... but the two that happened on Saturday were more like 20% to 80%, with Salah having basically no chance of scoring in either case, while the other players were in dream positions that they'd be slotting away in their sleep.

You're never gonna get that balance perfect, but I think he could do with a very small switch towards the selfless. Can still afford to be much greedier than Bobby.

Just score all the goals and pass all the times you're going to miss. Maybe there's a club legend knocking around who could give him a tip.

03-09-2019 08:02PM

Was he starting much for them last season?

I thought he picked up a bad injury not long after joining them....

I've nowt against Emre (other than his dashing good looks and fashion sense) and thought he handled his exit well from the club...

Widdensushi · 03-09-2019 08:06PM

gimli2112 wrote: »

A career summed up in 11 12 words, impressive,

you should know he only does multiples of 6

~Rebel~ · 03-09-2019 08:32PM

Fieldog wrote: »

Was he starting much for them last season?

I thought he picked up a bad injury not long after joining them....

I've nowt against Emre (other than his dashing good looks and fashion sense) and thought he handled his exit well from the club...

He played a lot last year once he came back from injury, but they just brought in Rabiot and Ramsey on free transfers in midfield, and then couldn't shift a few high earners like Khedira, so they've ended up with an accidentally bloated squad.

Their intention I think would have been for Khedira and Dybala to have gone, and then Mandzukic and Can to be in the CL squad, but since they're stuck with those guys on high wages (and of course both still decent and brilliant respectively) they're including them.

Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2019/2020

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