Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

Surprised we're 3 favourites at 11-2 to win league.

Of course, if we did return to a decent standard, and got a measly 79pts, that was enough technically to win the league this season, with City second on 78pts/

So not impossible. Especially if City dip with Pep gone. We need goals, goals win games, keep it simple. Arsenal scored 71 last season, which seems very very low for a title win.

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VVD's view on the impact Jota's death had on the squad.

Just going to put the all of what was in that tweet from Virgil here,

'Heavy stuff from Virgil Van Dijk:

“This was the toughest season of my career. Especially on the mental level. It just kept going up and down. We almost never had the consistent feeling and level you strive for.

As a group, as a club, as a player, as a person. As a team, we had very good matches, and then suddenly things went downhill again. Then you basically can’t go on.

This year, a lot has come our way at Liverpool. From the moment I received the call with the terrible news about Diogo until the final match, in which we said goodbye to Salah and Robertson. I sat on the grass watching those two guys, with whom I had played for eight years.

I have never experienced anything like it in all those years at Liverpool. It happened the way it happened."'

Having never played or competed at the highest level I am not going to pretend I know what it takes at the top of whatever sport you play. But from all accounts the margins at the top are small between winning and losing, competing and falling apart. The challenges the team, coaches and players, had to deal with was something not many have faced. Teams have lost teammates before in a season but for us it happened just before pre-season where you build your base fitness for the season.

By some accounts our players and staff just didn't seem interested at the time. Then not being there physically would have had a toll mentally before even adding in the tragedy they still had in their minds. My hope is this will have a positive effect for us next season. The players will have dealt with something not many have and hopefully they will take this with them as a positive. It could be a negative as well and it could weigh them down again, but hopefully not.

I cannot help it, I am an optimist when it comes to Liverpool.

That's what transfer windows are for. We'll sign a number of players this summer.

Are you sure they're not for the Grand Prix?🏎️🏁

With all due respect to Fulham, that's a big step down from Liverpool. Also I'd imagine he wants a break to refresh and reset before taking a new job. He will probably look to get a more prestigious job in Europe, and maybe come back to EPL down the line.

In one season, Diaz’s Father was kidnapped so probably skews the numbers somewhat

Point I'm generally making, is that the 106 goal, 100 pts title wins are not very likely going forward considering how competitive the league currently is. Last season if we only managed 75pts, we'd still have won league, and this year if Arsenal only managed 79pts they'd still have won it.

I'm not arguing we'd have won it this season with 79pts, I just said Arsenal only needed it. With our squad, and a few signings, we can hit these 79 - 84 numbers , the days of needing 100 pts is gone.

Comparing Gakpo and Diaz when they were both at Liverpool is meaningless imo. When they were both here they supported each other. They offered different things against different teams, at different times. When diaz left, Gakpo was over relied on with some support from a child and a 10 who didn't fancy the left.

I'm not interested in judging ANY of our players this season. Their job was to climb a mountain bit all they were given were roller skates.

We need 7 players this summer and only then can we properly judge the players and manager.

It may only be paper talk but the fact Rio is getting interest I think he will have to be treated as a starter next season or he could start looking to move to somewhere that will start him as other teams are not afraid to start young players. That’s not to say I don’t fully agree with minding him last season but I think it’s going to have to change for next season.

Those Konate wages are madness.
Good defender but shocking on the ball. He was a big problem in possession this year for us when teams stood off him and pressed Van Dijk.