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Some judging him on his price tag already!

Price has nothing to do with him. If we underpaid, or if we overpaid, that’s purely good work or bad work by our moneymen, nothing to do with the player.

We judge on his output, workrate, job he’s been asked to do, and make allowances for age/experience and getting used to the new environment.

I have never seen Ekitike play, other than brief highlight snatches, but based on that i don’t think he’s anything like a Bobby. He seems raw and exciting. Stats show him as sixth leading scorer in the Bundesliga last year with 15 goals, a healthy 8 assists, but he had more shots than anyone else, so he misses plenty and/or takes on shots he shouldnt. The moneymen have decided he has great potential, he is not the finished product

So with very limited knowledge, I’m expecting an edge of the seat type of player, rather than a calm, hold up type player. Really looking forward to seeing him and i wont be one those going mad that he misses chances and is not instantly a Torres/Fowler goalscorer.

If it helps you don't have to worry about Friday as there's international fixtures the preceding midweek. And Monday isn't an issue as there are European games the following midweek.
So really comes down to whether Liverpool are playing on Tuesday or Wednesday in Europe that week, which is 50/50. If Tuesday then our preceding league game must be Saturday. If Wednesday then Sunday becomes a possibility, but it could still be Saturday. So I'd say it's roughly 75/25 in your favour for staying with Saturday.

And the draw for when the CL fixtures are out is 28 August. It wont be until then when it’s known if Liverpool play Tues or Wed 25th/26th and then you’ll know if the Forest game is Saturday or Sunday (although agree that Wednesday doesnt automatically mean Sunday, but i think it’s likely)

I presume they will separate Arsenal and Spurs for CL fixtures, so one of them will play on Tuesday, so the derby will almost certainly be on Saturday. Both City and Newcastle in CL too, so would need both of them to be on the Wed to allow that game to be Sunday.

I would bet ManU v Everton is a dead cert for Monday Night Football

And similarly enough, Nunez is seen as a dud because of the high price paid for him!

When you dress to match traffic cones you better be able to back it up on the pitch.

A bit of the Joel Matips about him 😂

Ekitike is an interesting signing, I’ve said it before that I watch a lot of German football, and he is in no way worth that money. But this is the market Liverpool are operating in these days, and due to the low availability of strikers, it has created this price bubble, so pay it and move on is all you can do!

I just can’t understand how Liverpool will line up this season, himself, Wirtz and Salah is not a front 3 I’d put together, if they’re all to play their favour position. Unless Wirtz is not going to be part of that front 3 and will play as a deeper No.10. With Gakpo, Ekitike and Salah up top. This to me would be unbalanced, as Wirtz would not give anything even near the cover that Szobalazi would provide. And given who’s playing as the full backs now, that additional midfield cover is needed more than ever.

On the basis of what has been seen in pre-season so far, the positions of the forward players will be a lot more fluid this season. In the game against Stoke at the weekend there was a lot of interchange between the attacking positions. Szoboszlai lined up in the right back position for the first half but was popping up in the #10, #9 and #7 positions. Wirtz floated left and right from the #10 position. Salah drifted into the #10 position confusing the defenders and creating space out wide. He didn´t look threatening but Iḿ sure that is because he has to adapt to not being the focal point for the attack. At the start of the second half, Gakpo was the #10, Chiesa was the wide #11 and Doak was the #9, the three of them also interchanged. On the right Bradley combined with Frimpong and the Stoke players didn´t know what players to cover.