LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

[From Despair To Where?]

Can't see what ascotgunner was going on about.
All top clubs have plastic fans but genuine Liverpool fans won't be saying what the team WILL do this season-they will let the team do the talking on the pitch whereas many fans of perpetual losers like Arsenal go on and on about what the team will do and it never happens.

I think this season will be less of a cake walk for Liverpool although I still fancy them to be the winners but some of the others like Spurs won't be such a pushover this time and the league as a whole may well be tighter as not only Arsenal but a lot of the others have spent big this Summer.

As for last night's game clinical finishing was the difference in a game that was Newcastle's cup final.
I did a bit of totting up of the money spent by Newcastle for their current squad and it comes to around half a billion pounds-their spending is at the Chelsea/Man Utd levels and with or without Isak there should be no excuses if they fail to make the top 4 and the idea that Saint Eddie hasn't been given sufficient transfer funds is a nonsense.

Most Liverpool fans I know expect to challenge in the League and CL but certainly don't expect to win either.

I do think top 4 will be a big achievement for Newcastle though regardless of how much they've spent. I'd put Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea ahead of them.

[South Coast Royal]

Can't see what ascotgunner was going on about.
All top clubs have plastic fans but genuine Liverpool fans won't be saying what the team WILL do this season-they will let the team do the talking on the pitch whereas many fans of perpetual losers like Arsenal go on and on about what the team will do and it never happens.

I think this season will be less of a cake walk for Liverpool although I still fancy them to be the winners but some of the others like Spurs won't be such a pushover this time and the league as a whole may well be tighter as not only Arsenal but a lot of the others have spent big this Summer.

As for last night's game clinical finishing was the difference in a game that was Newcastle's cup final.
I did a bit of totting up of the money spent by Newcastle for their current squad and it comes to around half a billion pounds-their spending is at the Chelsea/Man Utd levels and with or without Isak there should be no excuses if they fail to make the top 4 and the idea that Saint Eddie hasn't been given sufficient transfer funds is a nonsense.

Most Liverpool fans I know expect to challenge in the League and CL but certainly don't expect to win either.

I do think top 4 will be a big achievement for Newcastle though regardless of how much they've spent. I'd put Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea ahead of them.

Today for a change we are in agreement.

I don't "expect" Liverpool to win the league as some kind of divine right but I do think and hope that they will-their attacking options are already probably the best around and may even be enhanced by the end of the window.

Like you, I would include Spurs this season because of the excellent manager and the likelihood that the two centre-backs will play together more this season than last.

[South Coast Royal]

I think Slot was spot on after the game. If Liverpool can't sort out their leaky defence they won't get near the title. Can't rely on scoring 3 or 4 every week.

Gravenbech suspended for the first game
Macca not fit enough yet (missed the Newcastle game)
Two new full-backs being bedded in
Konate disrupted by the Guehi speculation

All of these are reasons (or excuses) for the less than tight defence in these early games and we will see how things progress over the coming weeks.
A valuable 6 points already in the bag.

In Arne we trust (as they say).

[Brogue]

Jay spearing (36) playing for Liverpool u21’s vs Burton in the vertu trophy on Tuesday



So many questions


How the oxf*rd is he only 36.
How the oxf*rd does he look 66
How the oxf*rd is he playing for Liverpool u21’s
Why the oxf*rd is he playing for Liverpool u21’s

[Winston Biscuit]

Jay spearing (36) playing for Liverpool u21’s vs Burton in the vertu trophy on Tuesday



So many questions


How the oxf*rd is he only 36.
How the oxf*rd does he look 66
How the oxf*rd is he playing for Liverpool u21’s
Why the oxf*rd is he playing for Liverpool u21’s

Joseph Minala approves

[Sanguine]

Hard to believe he's barely a year and a bit older than Virgil Van Dijk. How is he only 36? Feels like a player of a totally different era.

He's a coach for Liverpool Under 21s and has registered as a player for the last few seasons. I believe Under 21 sides can field a small number of over age players. Why he is playing though, I've no idea.

[Sutekh]

Hard to believe he's barely a year and a bit older than Virgil Van Dijk. How is he only 36? Feels like a player of a totally different era.

He's a coach for Liverpool Under 21s and has registered as a player for the last few seasons. I believe Under 21 sides can field a small number of over age players. Why he is playing though, I've no idea.

Apparently Spearing was diagnosed with Addison’s disease a few years ago.

[BRO_BOT]

I think Slot was spot on after the game. If Liverpool can't sort out their leaky defence they won't get near the title. Can't rely on scoring 3 or 4 every week.

Gravenbech suspended for the first game
Macca not fit enough yet (missed the Newcastle game)
Two new full-backs being bedded in
Konate disrupted by the Guehi speculation

All of these are reasons (or excuses) for the less than tight defence in these early games and we will see how things progress over the coming weeks.
A valuable 6 points already in the bag.

In Arne we trust (as they say).

Think you've been pretty poor this season, but you're doing the thing that wins titles i.e. winning when you haven't turned up

[6ft Kerplunk]

He's a coach for Liverpool Under 21s and has registered as a player for the last few seasons. I believe Under 21 sides can field a small number of over age players. Why he is playing though, I've no idea.

If I was a coach of Liverpool U21s I think I'd sub myself on every now and then too.

[South Coast Royal]

I think Slot was spot on after the game. If Liverpool can't sort out their leaky defence they won't get near the title. Can't rely on scoring 3 or 4 every week.

Gravenbech suspended for the first game
Macca not fit enough yet (missed the Newcastle game)
Two new full-backs being bedded in
Konate disrupted by the Guehi speculation

All of these are reasons (or excuses) for the less than tight defence in these early games and we will see how things progress over the coming weeks.
A valuable 6 points already in the bag.

In Arne we trust (as they say).

Think you've been pretty poor this season, but you're doing the thing that wins titles i.e. winning when you haven't turned up

They have played 2 of last season's top clubs in their 3 fixtures and a Bournemouth side that I reckon will be pushing for a top 8 position this season and now have 9 points out of 9.
As you say, not necessarily playing well but still winning matches is what champions do

[Orion1871]

I think Slot was spot on after the game. If Liverpool can't sort out their leaky defence they won't get near the title. Can't rely on scoring 3 or 4 every week.

They've already won the league. All of their challengers were crap last year and none have improved in their crapness.

[BRO_BOT]

Slot OUT

[windermereROYAL]

Isak, 4 touches in half an hour, somebody should tell him he`s not on strike anymore, Wirtz not a single assist in 8 games, Liverpool broke the British transfer record twice to get these two in.
Granted still early days but they haven`t exactly hit the ground running have they?

[Sanguine]

Isak, 4 touches in half an hour, somebody should tell him he`s not on strike anymore, Wirtz not a single assist in 8 games, Liverpool broke the British transfer record twice to get these two in.
Granted still early days but they haven`t exactly hit the ground running have they?

Isak hasn't trained properly for a summer, so probably gets some slack in terms of performances. Wirtz's stats are disappointing, but he equally hasn't played 'badly'. It'll probably come together - Slot could do with that being sooner rather than later. Caicedo was disappointing for six months at Chelsea, and is now (once again) one of the best midfielders in the league. Equally I'm not sure Enzo has ever justified his price tag.

[BRO_BOT]

Isak, 4 touches in half an hour, somebody should tell him he`s not on strike anymore, Wirtz not a single assist in 8 games, Liverpool broke the British transfer record twice to get these two in.
Granted still early days but they haven`t exactly hit the ground running have they?

Isak hasn't trained properly for a summer, so probably gets some slack in terms of performances. Wirtz's stats are disappointing, but he equally hasn't played 'badly'. It'll probably come together - Slot could do with that being sooner rather than later. Caicedo was disappointing for six months at Chelsea, and is now (once again) one of the best midfielders in the league. Equally I'm not sure Enzo has ever justified his price tag.

Changing from long-term successful managers is tough. LFC in the '90s, Utd in the '10s. Hopefully, LFC experiences this now.

[BRO_BOT]

Not that Klopp was actually that successful when compared to the two reigns mentioned above

[Sanguine]

Not that Klopp was actually that successful when compared to the two reigns mentioned above

Klopp was incredibly successful when viewed through the intelligent lens that both you and I are capable of, Brobers.

In any 'normal' era, Klopp got three titles and double digit trophies - and inheriting a basketcase of a club that was a long way from troubling the top.

But yeah, maybe Slot's 'transitional' season is this year instead of last, we'll see.

Interesting stat on Wirtz though (which somewhat lends itself to the view that he has 'looked' better than 0 goals or assists) - 21 chances created in the PL this season, tied first with Grealish.

[South Coast Royal]

So, as of now top of the Premier League.
Through to the next round of the Carabao Cup
A win in the Champs League against the team that thrashed Real Madrid 5-2 last weekend.
The two defeats have only been by the odd goal.

Hardly cause for great concern to Liverpool fans and so many clubs would love to be in their position.
In Arne we trust.

[BRO_BOT]

Not that Klopp was actually that successful when compared to the two reigns mentioned above

Klopp was incredibly successful when viewed through the intelligent lens that both you and I are capable of, Brobers.

1 league title, 1 CL, 1 FA Cup, 2 League cups

1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th 8th...

...is what history will record












...but yeah, he's better than that

[Silver Fox]

1st league title for 30 (?) years

No doubt you'll be pretty pleased with whoever is the first to win one at OT one day, if you live to see it