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Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018

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  • #2
    Thanx 4 The Fish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,399 ✭✭✭✭Thanx 4 The Fish


    Oh and since I have never had one - First ;)


  • #3
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    I was going to type first but I've won one of these before.


  • #4
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,721 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    I'm just really impressed about how well the club managed the transfer. Compared to VVD last summer, lessons have most definitely been learned. I do hope they keep it up.


  • #5
    Hidalgo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭Hidalgo


    Nice,


  • #6
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,886 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Have we signed anyone yet?

    FSG out!


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Have we signed anyone yet?

    FSG out!

    Apparently somebody got signed in the old thread, but this is the new thread so I’m back to being a dissatisfied grumpy old b*st*rd again.


  • #8
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,403 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Nobody has been signed since this thread was started.

    FSG out


  • #9
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Whats the story with Joe Flanaghan? Is he more or less gone at this stage? Looked a decent prospect one time.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107129498&postcount=9640

    I'd love us to upgrade wherever we can. However you said Lallana will get no minutes next season, I pointed out that is extremely unlikely :)

    No emotional attachment, merely an opinion.


  • #11
    jones
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    Augeo wrote: »
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107129498&postcount=9640

    I'd love us to upgrade wherever we can. However you said Lallana will get no minutes next season, I pointed out that is extremely unlikely :)

    No emotional attachment, merely an opinion.

    I dont think Lallana is good enough for starting 11 that is looking to compete in league and europe. I wouldn't get rid of him but i cant see him starting bar injuries


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  • #12
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    An Egyptian lawyer has filed a €1 billion lawsuit against Sergio Ramos for the challenge which injured Mohamed Salah in the Champions League final.


    For the physical and emotional harm Ramos has caused the Egyptian people. I got quite emotional on Saturday I wonder how I join a class action?


  • #13
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Some bull picture going around by Fekir saying he is headed to Melwood for a medical, it's BS, don't be taken in gents....

    No need to start the van yet...


  • #14
    Trigger
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    gimli2112 wrote: »
    An Egyptian lawyer has filed a €1 billion lawsuit against Sergio Ramos for the challenge which injured Mohamed Salah in the Champions League final.


    For the physical and emotional harm Ramos has caused the Egyptian people. I got quite emotional on Saturday I wonder how I join a class action?

    :pac: that’s fecking ridiculous


  • #15
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,298 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    sounds like firmino was a big part of getting fabinho to sign


  • #16
    Super-Rush
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    I'm checking in.


  • #17
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,586 ✭✭✭brevity


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    I'm checking in.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTx-9X3Kr34


  • #18
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    Kolido wrote: »
    Whats the story with Joe Flanaghan? Is he more or less gone at this stage? Looked a decent prospect one time.

    I reckon he'll end up at Rangers on a free, possibly even Celtic. Basing it on Gerrard/Rodgers links.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
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    astradave wrote: »
    :pac: that’s fecking ridiculous


    It'll be feckin fantastic if he wins and donates us, say, €500 million for the transfer budget...........


  • #20
    Widdensushi
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It'll be feckin fantastic if he wins and donates us, say, €500 million for the transfer budget...........

    He is more likely to buy himself a harem


  • #21
    Gbear
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    There's no real comparison between Clyne and Lallana.

    One's a RB, where he's arguably still the best option and may well start there next season, and even if not, he's the only real backup (Gomez is a job-doer) and he's still well shy of 30.

    Lallana has seldom been a consistent starter in the team when everyone has been fit, he's struggled with fitness throughout, he's the wrong side of 30 and we've loads of options of all shapes and sizes in the positions he's played, and most are at least as good as he is.

    I've no particular desire to see the back of him but at this stage I think he's better off elsewhere. At the latest, he won't be here August 2019, IMO.

    Hendo, Fabinho (it really is exciting to add this one in there), Gini, Milner, Keita + 2 more AMs (eg. Fekir and Lamar) is bags of cover for a midfield 3 and gives us the opportunity to easily switch to a flat 4 or a diamond.

    Lallana is directly in competition with all of them except Fabinho, and even if everything is going well, he'd only be maybe benching Milner or Gini, and that might depend on the competition.


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  • #22
    Fromvert
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    I expect Lallana to still be around the next year but he'll be that nice boost when he's fit and won't be relied upon.

    I can definitely see us going for two big expensive attacking signings. I think it'll be a Fekir type (right age/experience/ability) ready to go first teamer and a young player like Pulisic/Sessegnon type (young, high ceiling with some experience already) who Klopp will try sell to them that he'll turn them into the next big thing. They'd get the Ox/Robertson treatment and not see a lot of football in the first half of the season but when they do it'll be in a very attacking team giving them plenty of opportunities to shine.


  • #23
    Dickerty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭Dickerty


    The Milner/Lallana/Henderson triumvirate will have to keep each other's spirits up next season!


  • #24
    Riesen_Meal
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    33757630_2213928508632304_7721298209665974272_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=4fab41b5526cd04f48e49578ee4a16e9&oe=5BBBAF34

    More Bobby tapping up please.... :)


  • #25
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,284 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Hate to talk Transfer budgets but Liverpool could well spend 200m this summer between Coutinho and CL money.
    FSG finally have in Klopp a guy who can work on a budget and secure back to back CL qualification coupled with a CL final appearance.

    There is going to be a major overhaul in midfield, the one part of the pitch Klopp really hasn't touched, and the one part of the pitch we looked out of our depth in on Saturday.

    100% this will be Klopp's squad by the end of the summer. A league challenge will be expected this season and competitive progression in the champions league again.

    I have finally calmed down over Saturday, gutted I was. No one could predict Karius would cock up so badly, we all thought he was a bit shakey but nothing like that. He handed them the trophy but our midfield was not good Saturday, really hammered home something I always thought we will win nothing with Jordan Henderson starting for us. He's fine for the PL, but against a genuine heavyweight like Madrid, way out of his depth.
    The back 4 were immense though, never gave Madrid a sniff really.

    Gutted for Salah, team's confidence dropped when he went off so early.

    All the gloating from rivals, I tell ya I'd be more worried if we weren't getting to these finals. Klopp has lost to superior teams, there is no shame in it. FSG have to back him now to make sure, we can't blame squad depth and quality in the future.


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
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    rob316 wrote: »
    ............

    There is going to be a major overhaul in midfield, the one part of the pitch Klopp really hasn't touched............

    Grujic, Ox and Wij all bought by Klopp.
    Coutinho, Lucas and Allen all sold during Klopp's reign iirc.

    He's defo touched the midfield.


  • #27
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Have we not signed anyone today yet? Poor old ricero.


  • #28
    Agent Coulson
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    Swap the two best buddies Henderson & Lallana for Sessegnon.


  • #29
    HandsomeBob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭HandsomeBob


    Fieldog wrote: »
    Some bull picture going around by Fekir saying he is headed to Melwood for a medical, it's BS, don't be taken in gents....

    No need to start the van yet...

    Never mind the van get the coptor.


  • #30
    jasonb
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    I have to say, a ninja signing out of nowhere has definitely taken the sting out of Saturday, and got me looking towards next season.

    In the end, what did for us on Saturday was issues we've known about; not enough depth and a Keeper prone to making errors. It was just bad luck that both of them came home to roost in the biggest game of the season, though you could argue that the bigger the game, and the tougher the opposition, the more chance these issues would be exposed.

    We already knew that these issues would be addressed and with Fabinho that process has already begun. And we also know that Klopp doesn't really buy any player just 'cos they're the right position, he also wants to wait for the right player. That does mean that sometimes we put up with an obvious gap for longer than we might like, but it also means that when that gap is filled, it should be by a really good player who is just right for the team. I have faith in Klopp, in FSG and in the direction the club is going. A big change from 6-8 years ago!

    All that said, I can't shake the feeling that, as a team/club, we NEED to win something, and soon. It doesn't matter what, a League Cup (basically the 'least impressive' of the trophies we can win in any one season) will do, but we have to win something. We've won one trophy in 12 years, and that was 6 years ago. If this team are to take the next step and change from potential challengers to potential winners, they need to get the first one under their belts. And it would be nice for us fans too... ;)


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  • #31
    mosstin
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    It occurred to me that that Klopp is becoming as vain as Rodgers was.

    Had his teeth done and, now, just before he hits the beach, he gets himself a Brazilian.


  • #32
    Sofa Spud
    Registered Users Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Sofa Spud


    Assuming all WC internationals are now based full time with their teams, would they get leave for a physical? Have they already gone to their per-tournament training camps?


  • #33
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,397 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Good to see people coming back over to the right side of the fence about Henderson.


  • #34
    Agent Coulson
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    Brazil are training at Melwood and playing there next game at Anfield it really will the time to tap up Alisson.


  • #35
    Widdensushi
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    mosstin wrote: »
    It occurred to me that that Klopp is becoming as vain as Rodgers was.

    Had his teeth done and, now, just before he hits the beach, he gets himself a Brazilian.

    Well he already got caught tapping up but no sign of a divorce yet


  • #36
    Harry Palmr
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    If Fekir is signed (and I regard him as an attacking midfielder rather than forward) then with Can going someone else is likely to follow. The CL rules on home grown players might be a factor and yet the three most likely to be considered disposable are all English - Lallana, Henderson and Milner. I'd imagine Milner is safe enough as a total pro who never gets injured and happy getting 35-40 appearances in all comps), selling a captain is not unprecedented but would be a surprise. So Lallana is probably the one most exposed at this point as he will only play as AM really. A pity as I like him but working on the assumption a forward of some sort is also be bought (and/or maybe Origi back?) it's hard to see him getting much game time. Fit or not.

    Fabinho/Hendo (Milner/Wiji)
    Kieta/Ox-Cham (Milner/Wiji)
    Fekir/Ox-Cham (Wiji/Lallana)

    Firmino/Salah/Mane (NEW/Fekir/Solanke)


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  • #37
    rob316
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    Augeo wrote: »
    Grujic, Ox and Wij all bought by Klopp.
    Coutinho, Lucas and Allen all sold during Klopp's reign iirc.

    He's defo touched the midfield.

    Grujic a young prospect, Wij only ever a stop gap and Ox is only new to the squad. Genuine starting quality is what I'm talking about like VVD, Salah, Mane.


  • #38
    Riesen_Meal
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Brazil are training at Melwood and playing there next game at Anfield it really will the time to tap up Alisson.

    napj0tcc5t011.jpg

    Make sure he doesn't see Achterberg, he will go running out the door... :)


  • #39
    rob316
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    Oh and the crying about Ramos is laughable. It's Ramos so after all he probably meant it but so what he went home with the trophy, if VVD did the same to Bale or Ronaldo we'd all be brushing it off. Keita and Fabinho will hopefully kick a few legs off next season, its just what we need. Milner is about the only player you can count on in the squad to go in hard on a tackle.


  • #40
    redzerdrog
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Swap the two best buddies Henderson & Lallana for Sessegnon.

    Wtf!


  • #41
    Dcully
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    Im delighted with the way the club have got this deal done, not a whimper nothing then out of nowhere a real classy midfielder signs, add in Kieta and if Fekir signs thats one serious midfield.
    After the disappointment of Saturday night its an exciting time to be a Liverpool fan.
    Liverpool and Klopp really seem to mean business this summer.


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  • #42
    Potential Underachiever
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    rob316 wrote: »
    Oh and the crying about Ramos is laughable. It's Ramos so after all he probably meant it but so what he went home with the trophy, if VVD did the same to Bale or Ronaldo we'd all be brushing it off. Keita and Fabinho will hopefully kick a few legs off next season, its just what we need. Milner is about the only player you can count on in the squad to go in hard on a tackle.


    Hopefully they don't clock up too many red cards.


  • #43
    marklazarcovic
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    Just remembered Andy Robertson's last ditch challenge on Ronaldo preventing a certain goal, even Ronnie was stunned going by his reaction.

    What a bargain of a signing. Not out of place in a champions league final for 8 mil.


  • #44
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Following Liverpool sometimes makes you go

    Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be bop bop bodda bope
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    Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub


  • #45
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,298 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    Did toby get stuck in kiev?


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
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    rob316 wrote: »
    Grujic a young prospect, Wij only ever a stop gap and Ox is only new to the squad. Genuine starting quality is what I'm talking about like VVD, Salah, Mane.

    Wij was only ever a stop gap signing?
    Ox is new to the squad, true, so is Virgil :)
    I just think its a stretch to say klopp hasn't touched the midfield....


  • #47
    Agent Coulson
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    redzerdrog wrote: »
    Wtf!

    Lallana was being interviewed before the final on 5Live and talked about how Henderson is his best friend and they on long drives and have really deep conversations.

    Best Buddies.


  • #48
    citytillidie
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    Going over old ground, but this is from last seasons Champions League final

    Strange how last season it was a free and a yellow card and this year it was wave play on

    ******



  • #49
    redzerdrog
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Lallana was being interviewed before the final on 5Live and talked about how Henderson is his best friend and they on long drives and have really deep conversations.

    Best Buddies.

    That wasn't what I was wtf about


  • #50
    Agent Coulson
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    redzerdrog wrote: »
    That wasn't what I was wtf about

    Swapping them for the young lad?


    He is going to be a ballon d'or winner in the next decade we should be doing everything to try and sign him.


    Swap two soon to be bit part squad players I'd be ok with that.


  • #51
    Talisman
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    Dcully wrote: »
    Liverpool and Klopp really seem to mean business this summer.
    It's early days don't get your hopes up too much.

    I think the club still has to move on some players before they commit to big signings: Bogdan, Mignolet, Moreno and probably two from Sturridge, Ings and Origi if we're bringing in another forward.


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