Chewie

Probs should have just posted this here... Or not at all..

Wirtz is disappointing but you can see a possible way through if he has quality to play with. Ekitike and him had a connection. There is no connection with Isak because Isak, for Liverpool, is an absolute dud. No energy, press, dribbling, shooting, heading, playing on the last shoulder,splitting centre halves, pulling defenders out of position. Darwin genuinely offered us more and that's not hyperbole or being facetious about Darwin. He carries no threat for us at all. Neither has covered themselves in a lot of glory but Isak is far too close to a category of number 9 signings that includes ricky Lambert and Sean Dundee, and in terms of return on investment he may be worse. Desperately hoping he makes this observation seem like the rantings of a lunatic. Never wanted a player to prove me wrong as much as this lad.

Re Gakpo, in the valley of the blind the one eyed man is king. Selling the least poor of our very poor forward options is madness. He should be the floor and hes two levels above our ceiling

Don't worry all.. In pre season we were so much stronger after 60 minutes

Gakpo Kerkez overlap What happened there!

Watching this Brentford side and there's plenty of good, and robust, players in this league suited to this league.. And the 3 Bs teams along with Palace have been great at bringing them through. Minteh falls into that category and could be a very able support and foil for Wirtz and Isak who we signed, and believe, to be elite. Not only that, but the standard across a lot of football has become more homogeneous at a higher level with fewer absolute standout players. If minteh signs I reckon there's a good chance he will do well

https://x.com/itvfootball/status/2091176996600451255 This works... What a beauty

There was a coach named Adoni Iraola Who wanted to sign Bradley barcola But when Jones went to Inter We put in for minteh And now the structure makes no sense whatsoever

The Edwards and Hughes era hasn't worked and owners unimpressed. Ones gone and the other going and squad building / regeneration hasn't been good. Barcola and mbaye are likely with Cody leaving and no CM on the radar.. Nyoni is next man up. (really hope the CM plan changes)

I've a clear memory of Arsene Wenger on tv just as France 98 was starting. He was asked who will win and said 'France, they have the strongest midfield'. I think only Ferguson's last 2 title winning teams have bucked that trend. I'd love at least one more but apparently they're not doing it.

Let me play devil's advocate even if to try and talk myself into believing we're OK.. Ali is great and marma is a solid backup With good coaching Bradley, Frimpong and Kerkez should be very good full backs. Frimpong won with BL, Bradley is captain for his country. Kerkez is playing under the manager who made him look like one of the best left backs in the league when we signed him. Virgil has one more year, Jacquet looks great and Aruaja captained Barcelona. Leoni was very promising when we bought him. Grav was - with Bellingham and touchemeni - considered one of the best midfielders in europe. He's still got a lot of ability. Dom is Hungarian captain. Macca is a world cup winner with something to prove. Nyoni is very highly thought of. Endo can do minutes as a very experienced international. Klopp says Wirtz is a phenomenal talent and we just need to get him on the ball as much as we can. Isak looked like one of the best players in the league when we signed him. Barcola, munoz and mbaye are all flying machines (Rio is no slouch and Frimpong is also rapid). We've sped up as a team. Hugo, if he gets back to full fitness, can impact the second half of the season. Bit by bit there is a fair amount to advocate for a lot of players. Maybe Iraola can put an the pieces together and 12 months from now we'll be thinking about how fantastic our largely youthful and rapid squad looks..

Think it's gonna be 3 goalies Bradley, Frimpong, Jacquet, Aruaja, Leoni, Virgil, Joe, Kerkez, tsimikas Grav, Dom, Macca, nyoni, endo Munoz, mbaye, Wirtz, Barcola, Rio Isak, (Ekitike) (Chiesa) 9 defenders for 4 places 11 midfielders and forwards plus Hugo and maybe chiesa for 6 places Jones, Gakpo and Elliott gone from today's squad

I reckon it's clear that things have changed. Moving on a player like Jones in his prime in this kind of lightning deal suggests we won't be droning on about owners not delivering for too much longer.

Yup.. Agreed and fwiw as I usually hear nothing, but what I've heard. The boss plays with 2 in the middle and I reckon Grav, Dom, Mac, and Nyoni are the top 4, Endo and McConnell next in line. Not necessarily what I want, but My own view is that Iraola will place more faith in Nyoni, McConnell, Ramsey etc than Slot. I also reckon the only way a big move for a midfielder happens is if Barcola doesn't and so the budget can go there. All told I think it's No midfielder but barcola/mbaye in with Cody leaving (most likely based on info) Or (just guessing).. No Barcola meaning Cody stays and new midfielder/mbaye in. At this stage i reckon we're still screwed with anyone to backup isak

All they said was that they entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of a minority equity stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings They never mentioned 30%

I think/hope our full backs will be alright this season. When we signed Kerkez I remember a Bournemouth fan talking about how Iraola, being a full back, really trained him up to play the position to a high level. I think he will properly coach whoever plays RB until Bradley returns and then he has a job to coach him properly too. I wouldn't just assume Bradley solves the position through latent ability.

Thank goodness for that. We were just so tight last year I felt it impeded our relentless forward progression

That's to counter balance the signing of Bezos

I'm sure PSG and all other selling clubs will believe this too.. Maybe in short term football fan world they've been holding off completing a few deals to align this announcement with good news for fans.. A little tittle tattle to keep the fans distracted My misread. Thought you were referring to bezos interest in an nfl franchise that I'd seen reported. Your explanation makes much more sense

How does this help that?

Think we reckon Araujo + Frimpong are cover for RB Barcola, Munoz, Rio, Gakpo are the wide forwards (I reckon we're loading the left and will be more pragmatic on the right, including swapping from the left and playing Dom and possibly Frimpong there. Grav, Macca, Dom, nyoni for the middle Elliott might be cover for a range of roles Endo emergency for midfield Wirtz and isak up front. (again Dom and maybe elliot as cover for Wirtz) Not arguing this is sufficient and the assumption Barcola is signing is doing a lot of heavy lifting. No idea what the Isak backup plan is as currently being discussed. I'd say Barcola, then a midfielder, then Isak cover would be a priority

You're just quoting my linkedin

IF you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs... then... You can finish 5th or 6th my son

Imagine all the people......

This just about sums it up.. A quip from the Irish Times report on the preseason friendly between Leeds and man u in Croke Park.. "When it comes to rooting out the influence of Anglicism, the Premier League has met the GAA halfway. After all, this was technically a clash between a private limited company domiciled in the Cayman Islands and a portfolio asset belonging to the investment arm of the San Francisco 49ers."