Minamino is never making it here. He's the physically easiest to dominate player I've ever seen in a red shirt.
Liverpool 2020-21
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Fabinho has signed a new contract. Seems like the club is more focused on renewing contracts of key players at the moment.
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We've just signed the best defensive midfielder in the world?!! 
What a summer! 
What a summer! What's that?We've just signed the best defensive midfielder in the world?!!
Now we've signed the best keeper in the world on a six year contract? Feck me I'm going to faint.
On paper they're getting left behind this window
City - Kane and Grealish
Utd - Sancho and Varane
Chelsea - Lukaku
They've still got a squad that won the title and UCL a couple of years ago though and a good manager so will be interesting to see how far that takes them. I still feel last seasons top 4 will be the one this season as well, those 4 teams are just a cut above the rest
Are they not even linked to any more transfers this summer? Having their top centre backs available again will be a huge boost but I get the feeling they were becoming a bit stagnant in other areas of the pitch last year. Top 4 should be easy for them though (injuries permitting).
Only if winning the league is determined by who had the best transfer window. I preferred the Utd team that signed a young Di Maria. Now that was a coup.
We've just signed the best defensive midfielder in the world?!!
You signed Kante and Oblak?What's that?
Now we've signed the best keeper in the world on a six year contract? Feck me I'm going to faint.
When the feck did that happen?!!
I mean you even highlighted the line where I said on paper and yet you still seem to have ignored it
You're further diminishing the point of even having bothered to post that at all then. Stand by your convictions.I mean you even highlighted the line where I said on paper and yet you still seem to have ignored it
You need a midfielder to replace Wijnaldum and another attacker to rotate with your front 3. You’re right in that the title isn’t won in the transfer window, but 3 of your biggest rivals are adding genuinely world class players in positions of need.
New world class players take a season to fit in to a new way of playing too. We could sign Messi on a free and I'm sure he'd be a bit shit in the first few months with Klopp's rock and roll football.
Imagine Kane and and Grealish, both huge fish in tiny ponds suddenly seeing the game differently with different expectations that they're not used to, i e. winning stuff.
Ps. Yes midfield worries me. Thiago is already injured again.
PPS. Attacking wise we have two new players you didn't see last season. A (finally) well rested Mane and Diogo Jota. Who? Exactly. I forgot he existed too.
The Martin Edwards effect. Watch him sell Neco Williams for 120m to Bournemouth to cover the net spend.You signed Kante and Oblak?
When the feck did that happen?!!
I don't expect much of them. I think it'll be a quiet uneventful season where they struggle, maybe win a domestic cup and then announce Klopp's departure.
But surely you need something more up front? Firmino hasn't been doing well for a while and Mané and Salah aren't getting any younger. Kota has been great of course, but for rotation purposes, some quality back-up seems important. Also, if a good player takes so long to bed in, all the more reason to get one or two right now, so they're available come crunch time, or at least next season, no?
I have us finishing 4th currently. I think City will win it again with Chelsea 2nd and United 3rd.
I don't think anyone else is breaking into that top four. We're not going to lose six in a row at home again and the chances of losing multiple CB's to long term injuries is also slim.
I don't think we've got enough to win the league though. Our midfield suddenly looks very patched together.
Henderson has an awkward contract situation.
Thiago is carrying an injury currently and may or may not settle (he did improve at the back end of last season).
Wijnaldum has gone
Keita will break down injured again
Chamberlain is made of glass and underwhelming.
Milner is old.
Jones is unproven.
Then you've only got Fabinho holding it all together.
I don't think anyone else is breaking into that top four. We're not going to lose six in a row at home again and the chances of losing multiple CB's to long term injuries is also slim.
I don't think we've got enough to win the league though. Our midfield suddenly looks very patched together.
Henderson has an awkward contract situation.
Thiago is carrying an injury currently and may or may not settle (he did improve at the back end of last season).
Wijnaldum has gone
Keita will break down injured again
Chamberlain is made of glass and underwhelming.
Milner is old.
Jones is unproven.
Then you've only got Fabinho holding it all together.
I think the club are looking for better value next summer. More players with shorter or zero contacts, etc. I'm just concerned about this season after witnessing the injury horror show last season.
Klopper has already mentioned need for a midfielder. I think we might get one before the window shuts.
I'm still hopeful we are working quietly in the shadows and land an additional midfielder and a forward.
Not replacing Wijnaldum would be incredibly disappointing, particularly considering you have already signed two world class players, City will likely get both Grealish and Kane, and Chelsea are bound to spend big on Lukaku or another striker.
Not replacing Wijnaldum would be incredibly disappointing, particularly considering you have already signed two world class players, City will likely get both Grealish and Kane, and Chelsea are bound to spend big on Lukaku or another striker.
It would be very unlike us to not be doing that. We always seem prepared and nearly always make the right purchases at the right time. The last five years has been like living through the eye of a shit storm. There's shit we've come through and there's shit we'll end up going through again but right now we're in this perfect moment (as Klopp would say).
Of the good players Leipzig/Salzburg produce, you seem to sign the duffers (Keita, Minamino). Should be third time lucky with Konate.
Mane says hi...
This is making McFred sound fairly decent! You could use Saul. Also if reports are true, Sabitzer being offered to Bayern at €15 to €18 million is an absolute steal.
Was thinking of the players you sign directly from the clubs mentioned but didn't word it well.
VVD injury aside, the Jota injury had a big impact, as your front 3 needed that quality in rotation. Jota looked liked the real deal the games he played. Mane was unusually poor, don’t expect that type of season from him again.New world class players take a season to fit in to a new way of playing too. We could sign Messi on a free and I'm sure he'd be a bit shit in the first few months with Klopp's rock and roll football.
Imagine Kane and and Grealish, both huge fish in tiny ponds suddenly seeing the game differently with different expectations that they're not used to, i e. winning stuff.
Ps. Yes midfield worries me. Thiago is already injured again.
PPS. Attacking wise we have two new players you didn't see last season. A (finally) well rested Mane and Diogo Jota. Who? Exactly. I forgot he existed too.
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Looks like Robertson will be out for few weeks.
Yeah didn’t look good. He walked off but so did Van Dijk at Goodison.
I thought he broke his ankle, he is really lucky that he didn't. Looked awful in slow motion replays
Who's the backup? That looked awful. Few weeks at the very least.
I did ankle ligaments, and the ankle just felt tight.
I even went on again for a minute, headed it, then came back off.
3months out of football.
I even went on again for a minute, headed it, then came back off.
3months out of football.
This has happened two days in a row now. Happened yesterday before the friendly against Bilbao.
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I read that Nigel Spackman had to apologise for something he said about the above situation?
why 2 games in 2 days? 2 different squads?
Have heard they're interested in Renato Sanches. Thought he looked pretty decent for Portugal when I saw him at the Euros and he seems to be getting his career back on track?
Really not sure what to expect of them this season.
Really not sure what to expect of them this season.
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Yeah basically. A lot of younger players were on the bench yesterday and today.
Tsimikas has had a decent pre season so hopefully he can fill the gap.
Shaqiri is likely going which is why he's not involved over the weekend.
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We've had a decent preseason, all well structured and everyone getting game time but not too much. Some youngsters I never heard of showing a lot of promise alongside the seniors (Clarkson mainly).
Ox looked outstanding, obviously he's now due a year long injury but yesterday he was 'Pep's nightmare', as someone referred to him on another forum.
One injury to Robbo is manageable if Tsimikas stays fit and plays like he has so far. Outstanding left foot. In CB I couldn't choose my LFC FF CB as any one/two of Konate, Matip, VvD and Gomez deserve to start.
Midfield is a bit lighter until Fab, Hendo and Thiago gain some more fitness. Up front can you believe Firmino scored. And he scored twice!! Just shows what having Jota and Ox pouncing on that number 9 spot does to your motivations.
The gloom has somewhat subsided and the sun is beginning to shine. Commence the (real) football!
Ox looked outstanding, obviously he's now due a year long injury but yesterday he was 'Pep's nightmare', as someone referred to him on another forum.
One injury to Robbo is manageable if Tsimikas stays fit and plays like he has so far. Outstanding left foot. In CB I couldn't choose my LFC FF CB as any one/two of Konate, Matip, VvD and Gomez deserve to start.
Midfield is a bit lighter until Fab, Hendo and Thiago gain some more fitness. Up front can you believe Firmino scored. And he scored twice!! Just shows what having Jota and Ox pouncing on that number 9 spot does to your motivations.
The gloom has somewhat subsided and the sun is beginning to shine. Commence the (real) football!
This is going to come back and bite you my friend. I do expect us to be better than last season though, assuming we don't break down with injuries.We've had a decent preseason, all well structured and everyone getting game time but not too much. Some youngsters I never heard of showing a lot of promise alongside the seniors (Clarkson mainly).
Ox looked outstanding, obviously he's now due a year long injury but yesterday he was 'Pep's nightmare', as someone referred to him on another forum.
One injury to Robbo is manageable if Tsimikas stays fit and plays like he has so far. Outstanding left foot. In CB I couldn't choose my LFC FF CB as any one/two of Konate, Matip, VvD and Gomez deserve to start.
Midfield is a bit lighter until Fab, Hendo and Thiago gain some more fitness. Up front can you believe Firmino scored. And he scored twice!! Just shows what having Jota and Ox pouncing on that number 9 spot does to your motivations.
The gloom has somewhat subsided and the sun is beginning to shine. Commence the (real) football!
Not sure what I've said to come back and bite me. I've already got Ox down as being out for the season in 3..2..1...
One thing we have achieved is a real good preseason. All planned to how Klopp wanted it and not affected by covid outbreaks or unnecessary money making friendly games.