Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

Only nice if we beat Wolves! Not an easy game, they have really improved.

Fkin Brighton away in the early KO after the midweek champs league

My feeling is that Wolves beating Villa is a double bonus to us. I'd rather us going in to the game playing them as a genuine threat, rather than the bottom of pile team who then catch us off guard. Whatever they've done to pull off that win (and the draw with Arsenal) I hope Slot and Co. have the team drilled to handle.

Just to update this a month later; he's now at 3,510 minutes for the season having still played the full 90 in every game outside the Carabao Cup. That's more than anyone listed above other than John Terry, with still an absolute minimum of 1,170 minutes remaining in our season (that's if we get knocked out of both the FA Cup and CL in the next round). It's a ridiculous load being placed on one player yet he's shown himself to be well up to the task.

Not sure if it's more important, I think at this point securing top 5 is high likelihood and a draw perhaps would not be a disaster, however FA cup is a legitimate shot at a meaningful trophy which would be a very positive way to close out the season and build some good vibes leading in to next year.

From a momentum and fan perspective though there seems to be a much higher onus put on the league performances than anything else this year, so perhaps the team will be much more motivated to perform well on Tuesday, and do a rotation for the cup.

I do think though that winning both games should be the expectation.

Atmosphere has been dire since Covid. It's such a shame but that's what happens as you expand the stands and sell more and more hospitality tickets

We were a little more workman like last season compared to previous years I'd have said.

Up to sides to combat it and enforce their own style.

I hope this doesn't put a jinx on him!

While I’ve not been Slots biggest fan at times recently, his absolutely spot on with this!

Never in my life have I flicked off as many live games as I have this season. The Everton UTD game last week was the absolute pits, I was obviously hoping on hope that Everton got something before it, but after 90 minutes of watching them, I was nearly glad UTD took all 3 points!!

It’s a love hate relationship for me: love it when we win and then can relax following the rest of the games and hoping for the right results. Painful when you loose though and can’t enjoy the rest of the days matches then.

I really hope we don’t go down the path of simply following the current trend leaders on this.

I think there are very obvious ways around this current style without joinging the dinosaurs. A big part of it is having pace in the team, and sadly we’ve lacked a lot of that this season. Frimpong could be vital for us if we can keep him fit.

You need fast, wide players who can stretch the pitch, take on their man, and get to the byline. That forces these compact, central block teams to defend wider areas instead of crowding the middle.

Basically, you have to keep these teams honest. The reason so many teams show no fear against us now and really go for it is because they know they can commit numbers forward. We don’t have the pace to punish them. Even if we break through their central blocks, they’re confident they can regroup and get back into position against us.

We have to change this.

On that, I think you can see glimmers of how we can put those teams to task with the combination play between Wirtz and Ekiteke already. Not that they have blistering pace but they work really well at getting in between and behind the lines which punishes teams. As you say, get a fit Frimpong going, continue to bring Kerkez along and we have some of the pieces there. So much needs to be done in the Summer to sort the CB positions out but Salah needs replacing and Gakpo needs real competition.

Salah has been a passenger the past few games. He's in semi retirement mode at the moment and needs to move on in the summer.