Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2019/2020

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we have dropped in odds for the game tomorrow.

Maybe some 1st team players are playing

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Just posted in the General Prem thread but how sweet would it be to see Hendo lift the Prem as captain of the current European , World Champions and with the highest Prem points total ever after the likes of Fergie wrote him off for his running style of all things,

Fergie didn't write him off. He was interested in signing him ffs.

And that's not what you said in the other thread.

It's the most wonderful time of the year
With the kids jingle belling
And everyone telling you be of good cheer
It's the most wonderful time of the year

It's the hap-happiest season of all
With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings
When friends come to call
It's the hap-happiest PREMIERSHIP season of all

Liam O wrote: »

Fergie didn't write him off. He was interested in signing him ffs.

And that's not what you said in the other thread.

It is what I said ?

In his autobiography he said he looked at singing him but didn't due to the way he runs and it would cause injury later in his career

Someone post the video of him lifting the cups.

gimli2112 wrote: »

"This team is better than any Man City team ever" - Robbie Savage

he isn't wrong.

going by the data available, and what everybody would expect to happen over the course of the season, in terms of individual League winning sides, I would say that only Chelsea 04/05 and City 17/18 compete with this team.

now, the rest of this season's story has to be written, but it has been that dominant.

Shooter_galway wrote: »

Guys pardon the ignorance here, what's the deal with "spygate" or is this just a blue moon conspiracy? I know 2/3 left city for Liverpool (scouts) but did we actually sign any of their targets or is just more mud slinging from City?

The scouts that came to Liverpool from City literally still had the passwords for City's network so they accessed it. This was around 2012/13 so we didn't exactly benefit from it considering we were signing the likes of Fabio Borini

dogbert27 wrote: »

“We looked at Jordan Henderson a lot, and Steve Bruce was unfailingly enthusiastic about him.

“But we noticed that Henderson runs from his knees, with a straight back.

“The modern footballer runs from his hips, and we thought this gait might cause him problems later in his career.”

Noticed Henderson doesn't run like a modern footballer. Sounds like writing him off to me! :pac:

Read the first and last line of the quote. They looked at him a lot. They thought it would cause problems later in his career. Never said anything about his ability. It's like Liverpool not signing Fekir due to his knees. Though it was likely Fergie using his old no value in the market excuses to paper over the lack of investment from the Glazers in his later years.

yourdeadwright used it to get a bizarre dig about Fergie still being alive to see Henderson lifting the PL while European and World champions in the other thread.

Edit: no he didn't and I'm an idiot.

Liam O wrote: »

Read the first and last line of the quote. They looked at him a lot. They thought it would cause problems later in his career. Never said anything about his ability. It's like Liverpool not signing Fekir due to his knees. Though it was likely Fergie using his old no value in the market excuses to paper over the lack of investment from the Glazers in his later years.

yourdeadwright used it to get a bizarre dig about Fergie still being alive to see Henderson lifting the PL while European and World champions in the other thread.

Liverpool still wanted to sign Fekir but wanted to restructure the payments based on appearances.

Don't think Yourdeadright said that.

Liam O wrote: »

Read the first and last line of the quote. They looked at him a lot. They thought it would cause problems later in his career. Never said anything about his ability. It's like Liverpool not signing Fekir due to his knees. Though it was likely Fergie using his old no value in the market excuses to paper over the lack of investment from the Glazers in his later years.

yourdeadwright used it to get a bizarre dig about Fergie still being alive to see Henderson lifting the PL while European and World champions in the other thread.

Wrong poster

Liam O wrote: »

Read the first and last line of the quote. They looked at him a lot. They thought it would cause problems later in his career. Never said anything about his ability. It's like Liverpool not signing Fekir due to his knees. Though it was likely Fergie using his old no value in the market excuses to paper over the lack of investment from the Glazers in his later years.

yourdeadwright used it to get a bizarre dig about Fergie still being alive to see Henderson lifting the PL while European and World champions in the other thread.

The Nabil Fekir transfer fell through because he was a money grabbing bollix who along with his brother-in-law wanted to renegotiate his contract and include a commission for their family after he had completed the medical. Despite the knee injuries, the club were willing to sign him but the shenanigans with his brother-in-law killed the transfer.

giveitholly wrote: »

I see the Monday meltdowns has moved to the general thread today,beautiful to read

Well let me wander over there and have a sconce good sir.

Picked a few Critchley presser quotes from here:


Taking charge at Anfield: “Incredible really. I never thought it would happen once (being in charge of first team) let alone twice. Looking forward to what will be a special night. Young players will get a unique opportunity.”


"The club have done a great job with the ticket prices. It could be a full house, and hopefully an exciting game."


"You can't buy experience like that [Villa Carabao Cup game]. It's probably worth a million of my coaching sessions!"

“You learn so much about them but more importantly they learn more about themselves. I was pleased with a lot of aspects of that performance but I couldn’t help but be a little disappointed with the result. It was a little bit harsh on us. Yeah we got some plaudits for how we played but we didn't do well enough in both penalty boxes, that's not a recipe for getting success. If we want to go into a results driven business we got to win games of football. We didn’t keep the ball out at one end and we didn’t score in the other. Our aim is to try and do a lot better than that tomorrow”


“Shrewsbury deserved their replay. They created a lot of problems for us. Obviously we will have a different team but maybe the expectation is different for them given the team they will be facing. That's what makes it an intriguing, exciting cup tie. There's a bit of the unknown about the game”


"When you see the staggering season the first team is having, for the manager to still support the younger players and give them so many opportunities is remarkable really."


Asked about his team being written off: "Not inwardly, we're talking about doing well and what things we'll need to do well. Is there more pressure on Shrewsbury now to win the game because of the team we put out? Possibly. That might work in our favour. Maybe there’s not been enough spoken about Shrewsbury and how well they played in the first game and they deserved this replay. I’m sure their players are delighted they’re coming to Anfield on what should be a great night for them. Hopefully we can, I wouldn’t say spoil it but give a good account of ourselves as well.”


“It's important the messages are similar (to what Klopp would say). We work on our process, our plan. You're never quite sure what young players produce as still learning the game, but that's the beauty of giving them opportunities.”


On words from Klopp: “The manager has made it quite clear with his statement. He gives myself, staff and players unbelievable support. I can speak to him whenever I like when I'm down here. He supports the young players unbelievably well as he’s shown this season. Even when he isn't there, his presence is felt by younger players and myself.”

“I also think that maybe 1% that came into(Klopp’s) thinking the way we played against Aston Villa showed the boys deserved another opportunity”

I think the game tomorrow night will depend on how physical Shrewsbury are going to be.

it's like they were talking about JH early on in his Anfield career

Because he's the hero Gotham Liverpool deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight

MD1990 wrote: »

Henderson strong favourite for POTY now.

Is Ramses Allison the greatest name for a player who has played for us.

MD1990 wrote: »

Henderson strong favourite for POTY now.

That's likely a result of Liverpool fans backing him in recent weeks to be fair

MD1990 wrote: »

Henderson strong favourite for POTY now.

still think VVD is the POTY, and the only reason he's not is because he won it last year.

i wouldn't begrudge it to Henderson one iota, obviously, as he'd be second for me. but i feel it needs to be said.

MD1990 wrote: »

Henderson strong favourite for POTY now.

Why are there non-Liverpool players being mentioned??!!

Or failing that you could always fashion one out of cardboard and tin foil like those FA Cup ones.

Like other long suffering fans on here I'm finally starting to accept/believe that this might actually now be our year...the Leicester result was key, and the manner of the Wolves away win sealed the deal in my head...obvs City totally sh1tting the bed has helped as well :-)

Find it slightly bemusing that fans are now selecting what game is preferable for us to mathematically seal it, and how many more records we can set before seasons end.

My one regret is that I changed jobs 18 months ago after nearly 10 years working with insufferable banterific ar$eholes in the old place....would love to saunter back in there in a couple of months carrying an inflatable and/or tin foil trophy over my head