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I’ll take only the league every season and I’m feeling good about us getting that over the line in the next 6 weeks.
 

But lack of depth and some of our starting 11 no-showing the last 3 months has really hurt us this week.
 

FSG need to stop being cheap asses and upgrade the roster if we want to win anything next season. 

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Just hope we come back from the break and get a win against Everton because we're all going to start feeling really tight if that doesn't happen. I hope the moment is not too big for Slot. Perhaps spend the next two weeks figuring out how to get Diaz and Jota more involved. I think teams have figured out how to handle Mo. Add to that no TAA for who knows how long. 

2 minutes ago, Bodowned said:

Chiesa shown more in 15 minutes than Díaz has in 10 matches.

Diaz does nothing for me

So two yellows for time wasting and an extended var review. I wonder how far past 8 minutes this goes?

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

Diaz does nothing for me

He’s bang-average at best. If Barcelona want to stupidly throw €70M at us for him this summer, then I’d take it in a heartbeat. It’s already unforgivable that we didn’t take the Saudi money for Nunez in January and let City walk away with Marmoush. Jota, Nunez, and Díaz should ALL be gone.

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He’s bang-average at best. If Barcelona want to stupidly throw €70M at us for him this summer, then I’d take it in a heartbeat. It’s already unforgivable that we didn’t take the Saudi money for Nunez in January and let City walk away with Marmoush. Jota, Nunez, and Díaz should ALL be gone.

Yup. Think we need at least two forwards in the summer

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Just now, hobbes2702 said:

Yup. Think we need at least two forwards in the summer

 

3. Darwin, Jota, Diaz need to go. 4 if Slot doesn’t like Chiesa. 

1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

3. Darwin, Jota, Diaz need to go. 4 if Slot doesn’t like Chiesa. 

Well we know that isn’t gonna happen. We are gonna get one second tier option.

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Losing to Qatar FC and Saudi FC in 5 days is a shitty week. 
 

happy for my Newcastle supporting friends but fuck Saudi Arabia 7 days a week. 

The most head-scratching part of this Chiesa saga is that he makes £150K/week. He’s the FIFTH highest earner in the entire squad and he’s been chained up in Slot’s basement for 6 months while we watch Darwin, Díaz, and Jota produce fuck-all week after week after week. Also painfully obvious how limited Szoboszlai is as an attacking midfielder against more physical and technical midfields. Invisible and passed around against PSG and put in a replica today. We need a creative #10 — a Coutinho-redux who can break down low blocks with his dribbling, passing, and outside shooting. 

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No one plays with creative number 10’s any more. That position is extinct. Szobo got played around because he is worn out (has to attack and cover TAA and Grav defensively). Go watch him during our 5 league games in 15 days if you want to see what he is capable of. 

8 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

No one plays with creative number 10’s any more. That position is extinct. Szobo got played around because he is worn out (has to attack and cover TAA and Grav defensively). Go watch him during our 5 league games in 15 days if you want to see what he is capable of. 

He has 17 G/A in 78 appearances across EPL and UCL with 18 big chances created as a midfielder who positions himself like he’s a forward when we’re in attack. The only consistent compliment you can give him across all of his minutes is that he’s a high-energy workhorse. So we paid £60M for a better-looking Jordan Henderson. We need more output from him if we’re playing donkeys like Nunez, Díaz, and Jota upfront. Harvey played 3 passes in 20 minutes (one for an assist) that I haven’t seen Dom try once this year. Szoboszlai is absolutely a critical part of our midfield rotation going forward, but he is not (for me) a nailed-on starter every week. He’s too passive drifting in & out of matches when we’re in possession and lacks technical ability on the ball. He can’t create space on the dribble and is mostly a lay-off merchant to the wide players. Somebody, at some point, needs to have some ambition to play through the middle.

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3 minutes ago, Bodowned said:

He has 17 G/A in 78 appearances across EPL and UCL with 18 big chances created as a midfielder who positions himself like he’s a forward when we’re in attack. The only consistent compliment you can give him across all of his minutes is that he’s a high-energy workhorse. So we paid £60M for a better-looking Jordan Henderson. We need more output from him if we’re playing donkeys like Nunez, Díaz, and Jota upfront. Harvey played 3 passes in 20 minutes (one for an assist) that I haven’t seen Dom try once this year. Szoboszlai is absolutely a critical part of our midfield rotation going forward, but he is not (for me) a nailed-on starter every week. He’s too passive drifting in & out of matches when we’re in possession and lacks technical ability on the ball. He can’t create space on the dribble and is mostly a lay-off merchant to the wide players. Somebody, at some point, needs to have some ambition to play through the middle.


 

The statistics don’t back up your argument that he doesn’t produce. He’s an extremely well rounded midfielder that is asked to do a ton in his current role. His recent drop off was totally predictable due to us playing so many high level matches in a short period of time. 
 

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Seems disingenuous to post comparisons against “all midfielders” which includes players who don’t venture forward with any frequency. Compare his stats to other attacking midfielders or wingers (which is where he spends his time in possession, as evidenced by his heatmap) and you can plainly see his limitations.

 

 

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Where he touches the ball is not substantially different from where players like Wirtz, Musiala, Cole Palmer, Bruno Fernandes, etc. find possession but his output is most definitely a step down. You can say he works harder out-of-possession than some of these players, but nobody looked at Szoboszlai in the Bundesliga and thought “we should get this guy for his pressing!” He played 70% of our UCL minutes and had 0 G/A in the last 7 matches in the competition and created 0 big chances in all of his appearances combined. The technicality of our forwards and midfield is a step-down vs. the likes of PSG, Arsenal (less so when it comes to forwards lately!), Barcelona, etc. and it’s something we need to solve for. 

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Trent Alexander-Arnold targeting April return from high ankle sprain, while Ryan Gravenberch set to be assessed by Liverpool after leaving the Netherlands' squad due to an injury he suffered in the Carabao Cup final. #LFC

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Macca scored

diaz goal and assist (scored last game as well)

Darwin benched for two no names

 

We have a week for everyone to get rested for us to kick the shit out of the Ev. 

15 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Bye Trent. You will be missed tremendously. 
 

 

Sad. It’s pretty clear how much less creative we are when he isn’t playing. Massive loss that I worry we won’t be able to replace.

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19 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Sad. It’s pretty clear how much less creative we are when he isn’t playing. Massive loss that I worry we won’t be able to replace.


been posted a lot on social media but it’s the truth. 
 

 

It's sad but it's inevitable. Real Madrid is the ultimate destination for some players. I didn't think Trent was one of them given he's from Liverpool but maybe he was just ready for a change combined with playing with his buddy, Jude. It's like joining the Lakers. 

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#LFC line up v Everton: Kelleher, Jones, Konate, VVD, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jota, Diaz.

Subs: Jaros, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell, Quansah.

Alisson returned to training earlier this week, but was ultimately deemed unavailable for selection. Liverpool decided not to take any risks as they followed the concussion protocols. GK took a blow to the head playing for Brazil versus Colombia 12 days ago.

As reported earlier in the week, the derby comes too soon for Conor Bradley, who isn't in the 20-man squad. Curtis Jones a surprise choice at RB - should certainly provide more attacking threat than Jarell Quansah. Played there in League Cup v Leicester last season.

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We need Diaz and Jota to show up and do some shit.

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The post Trent future with our current squad. No one to unpick a lock besides Salah who is doubled team and trying to play the ball to dumb and dumber.

It's amazing how useless Diaz and Jota have become. Time for Gakpo to come in. I'd like to see Chiesa. You know what Darwin will give you which is not much. 

I like that from Grav. Lord knows no one else is trying. 

That was Jota's first goal since January. We need him to come alive. It can't only be Mo. 

No card on Pickford but one on Nunez. Ref is a dildo. 

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