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For a handful of games. Then he started excelling there too. Have no doubt he'd excel in szoboszlai's position too. He just has it all.

One thing I really like about ekitike is his first touch. He seems to have that rare Romario-esque knack for not just controlling it but directing the touch directly into what he's doing next. Think he could go far.

His allround game is really poor. Rarely shows for the ball and not really impressive technique. Only really had one strong season goalscoring wise, besides his current at galatasaray. If TAA were staying he'd get some joy from his crosses as he is a fabulous header of the ball, but to me he has all the makings of a big money disappointment.

Hopefully city won't be in the Premier league to contend with anyway. But yeah defending the title is the paramount concern.

He's had a bunch of good games this season and every time someone smugly comments "to think people on here claim he's finished" and then next week he tanks. He doesn't have the legs to be a regular anymore. doesn't mean he won't be contributing.

McNumpty at the beeb claiming: "Liverpool's past mantra is add from a position of strength – and you do not get much stronger than the status of Premier League champions." News to me.

Fabinho was a pretty known entity. He played in a cl notable team and was in the CL team of the season iirc. He'd be hard to miss if you watched non Liverpool games at all. Still don't understand how a player so good could turn that bad so fast. He was probably the best defensive midfielder in the world

Yep. He won't win it for the same reason Houllier never would have either. Too occupied with not conceding and trying to figure out how to sneak a goal without having to commit numbers. Meanwhile, there's two other managers with equally good or better teams telling their players to go out there and win games because they are the better team. It imprints on the mentality.

He's not good enough in the build up for a big club. Your classic goalhanger.

I predicted united to finish 16th a while back. Didn't expect that wolves would put them in the mix for 17th. Would be hilarious if they finished just above the gap.

What was up with April's yellow suit though? I mean how did that ever happen?

I'd add Neuer to that list. Hard to pick them apart though. All amazing keepers.

So target men without pace and skill? I think you are thinking about limited players. Torres did the target man stuff aplenty.

Osimhen has a touch of the haalands about him. Doesn't do and tries not to do much apart from tapping it into the net. Let the mancs waste money on him.

Torres was pretty good.

We do need six players though. Two new fullbacks are a given. As are two new forwards. And a midfielder. I suppose we could run on fumes in central defence for another season. This is what happens when we do nothing for a full season in the transfer market.

Whether they did or not hasn't impacted his future there as much as the fact that he is finished. He can't run. At all. Even his passing is heavy.

Hughes is an absolute legend. I don't think anyone else could have negotiated this contract. Proof of his special relationship with the player.

It's a weird place because our season ended in March and now we're in that all too familiar place, pre Klopp, of waiting for the season to end whilst seeing other clubs still having plenty left to play for. The big difference is of course that we've already won the league.

I'd like to think he'd have more of a support network in the club when it comes to fitness than what they had in the 90s. But I am also thinking of his untapped potential. I recall towards the tail end of his career, when houllier asked him to play deeper and he started spraying passes like a budding Kenny. And his response to the reviews was "I've always had that in my locker. I've just never been asked to do it ". You have to think someone like Klopp would have gone mad at the prospect of a goalscorer like that who could also carry a creative burden from the no 9 position.

Genuinely think he was born in the wrong era. In the modern game, a player like him would be absolutely devastating.

Are you saying you know more than Klopp, etc? Anyway, maybe he did. He certainly had blind spots. This may shock some posters to hear, but it is possible that Slot does too. I like Elliott. I think there's too much technical ability to readily discard. Scholes was the most unathletic player around and he took a long time to really mature. Sometimes it's also about just keeping the player warm while he develops. I don't think Jones makes it without the vast patience Klopp afforded him.

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Klopp used the squad more and trusted players like Elliott and Endo a lot more. But that's honestly a more trite route to go down than just standing for one's own opinion. But maybe the "you think you know better than slot?" posters could bear in mind that that's where we'll end up at this rate.

Doesn't need a whisper. With no Rodri and de Bruyne finished, he's the standout midfielder in the league.

I can't tell you how annoying it is to see Murph deciding,five years into his Liverpool career, to spell Jota "Djota". It's a soft j for one and Jota just means J in Portuguese. Stop it.