Leo No.8

Rio is exactly what you want as backup to Barcola on the left. He looks very out of place on the right, his whole game is based around cutting in. Bring in an established right sided attacker and Munoz looks ideal as backup on that side, we’re then in a good spot. We really need a physical CM as well.

He looks like he’s got his big contract and doesn’t fancy risking getting injured anymore. He’s not the player he was, looks like he’s lost a yard of pace and is afraid of being tackled or physical contact. His performances for Liverpool so far are in the David Ngog bracket.

Thought he started well but just drifted out of the game from about 15 minutes onwards.

Seems constantly half arsed and sh*ts out of tackles. He’s going to have to score loads of goals to get me over that.

Think he’s been awful. Barcola deal is absolutely crucial if we want to do anything this season.

Dominik Szoboszlai reveals the difference between training under Jürgen Klopp, Arne Slot and Andoni Iraola: “Klopp’s sessions were intense. You knew from the first minute that you had to be ready because there was no time to switch off. “Then Slot came in and things were different. He was very careful with the training schedule, especially with the workload. He wanted us to be sharp, but he also understood that you cannot train at maximum intensity every single day. “He would constantly monitor how we were feeling, how much we had played and how our bodies were responding. There was a lot of focus on recovery and making sure we were fresh for matches. “With Iraola, the intensity is completely different. The tempo is extremely high from the beginning and you are constantly being asked to run, press and make decisions under pressure. “I thought I had experienced intense training under Klopp and Slot, but Iraola has taken it to another level. You finish a session knowing you have given absolutely everything.” Like the sound of this regarding Iraola. Also very much explains the dull, slow paced garbage we watched last season.

Think Italian footy will suit Jones well tbh, good move all round. Nyoni looks genuinely ready to play PL football.

2018-2020 was the golden period, the best football I’ve ever seen a Liverpool team play. Was a joy to watch. The defining factor for me is I don’t think Bobby or Sadio were quite as good after that period, it was their peak. Mo kept churning out the numbers but I think it was his peak as well, apart from his glorious throwback in 24/25.

Yeah me too, definitely.

Hughes has been an unmitigated disaster. Hired a goon as manager who lucked into Klopp’s last team being ready to win, then spent enormous amounts signing players everyone knew for above market rate to succeed only in building an unbalanced squad.

Don’t make a fuss about training lads. Come on, Jacquet in.

Mane can play right across midfield and the forward positions, he’s versatile.

Bit surprised there’s been no Mateus Mane chat with Wolves down, he looked brilliant last season.

If we’ve had Barcola top of our list all summer and have only just found out that PSG want 170m Euros, then we are truly f*cked.

Sammer was unreal but injured all the time.