Liverpool FC Premier League Champions 24/25 - Talk /Gossip/Rumours

foggy view from top of Main Stand.

Highlight for me was after equaliser, Alisson ran over to the ball boy in front of us to high 5 him for the quick return of the ball leading to the goal.

Disappointing to see so much diving & feigning injury by a Van Nistelroy coached team.

For anyone that's interested.....

"You know who" are 200/1 to go down.

Sweet dreams my fruity friends.

Gomez has been comfortably your best defender since the Konate injury. He was MOTM against Spurs and should have won it again today...Van Dijk is not fully himself however.

On the VAR decisions last night, I thought this was excellent........

https://x.com/TheKopWatch/status/1872390166431863283?t=_E8mdxnx3PTxkz-Y1Q1PKg&s=19

I thought was very comfortable evening again even at 1 down once we got level only going to be 1 winner,so on to the next one all that can be done is control our games and try keep picking up the 3 points let the others do what they like,I said last night too a few lads in the pub there isn't too many that would of saw us in this position so enjoy it while it lasts

Once we got the equaliser before halftime, in my mind, it was inevitable we’d win.  Leicester simply aren’t good enough, and they got away with it in the first half because our crossing was abysmal, and their energy was incredible.  Despite not being great in terms of quality, their pressing of the man on the ball was good enough to make us think.  That was never going to be able to continue.

A routine win, as it should be.

Mo looks like he’s loving life.  Either he truly is relaxed and is fine leaving at the end of his contract, or it’s done and we’re just waiting.  Same with Van Dijk to be honest.

I don't think we'll do any business in January personally unless we go back in for Zubimendi to stop City getting him

LB is needed but Slot trusts Tsimikas more than Klopp did so as long as there's no big injuries to him or Robertson then we'll stick with what we have I reckon. Even if that did happen we'd go with a short term option.

I just don't know where you are coming from with 'decent game'. He did nothing to make an impact nor give the manager food for thought.

More interesting is the recent Trend by one or two to try to cast shade on Jota to make Nunez seem not so bad.

I think the 2 reasons Darwin isn't a complete liability is:

1. He works hard off the ball

2. There's plenty of goals from players around him

When you compare to other 9's we've seen in the league: Haaland, Lukaku, Rashford, Aubameyang etc, these players would have the occasional games with single-digit touches throughout. Basically they either scored or did nothing. Darwin does a lot more than them but scores way less.

If Salah is out for example and he's still not scoring then it starts to become a big issue, or if he stops tracking back and plays like a Rashford or Aubameyang and saunters around waiting for the ball.

Those players all got away with it because they've all had hugely prolific seasons.

I would still get rid of him this summer, but as long as he's contributing workload and as long as we don't have to rely on him scoring like those teams did for the other players I mentioned then it's mostly a harmless situation and no issues with him being 5th choice (which he is once Jota is fully fit for 90mins)

”Darwin works hard “ is a complete nonsense argument that’s a given from every player I could work hard for 90 it’s the minimum requirement

At times his link up play is decent but it’s his shooting at him constantly being offside absolutely irritates me

Gakpo's 10th goal of the season last night.

Alot of very important goals as well to be fair, the clincher against Madrid. opener against City, equaliser against Brighton, equaliser against Fulham, equaliser last night etc

That cut inside and R2 finesse shot trick is working wonders!

Reports that Konate and Bradley could be back for Utd Game on 5 Jan. Would be an incredible boost to the team if we could have a full squad available for January.

Slot confirmed this morning that Szobo was going to start v West Ham. I’d love to see him throw Harvey in, but will surely be the same 3 as you say. Diaz will definitely start (assuming he’s not injured). I wouldn’t be surprised if he gave Jota a start too.

I'd like to see us work space for Gakpo to get more of those shots off cutting in from the left, we really haven't had a player who can score from distance in that fashion since Coutinho.

With Salah commanding so much attention on the opposite wing and Trent's diagonals out to the left wing there's plenty of opportunities for Gakpo to take more of those shots.

Gakpo cutting in from the left is shades of Salah cutting in from the right over the years, lovely little balance there. Keep Jota fit (big if) Diaz to rotate with Jota and Gakpo and use Nunez when needed and we are in good nick up front. The non negotiables injury wise are obviously Salah/VVD & Grav, let’s hope they can see out the season.