The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - Arne to Slot right in?

[gawa316]

Liverpool Brondby just kicked off.

The Liverpool team in full: B Jones, Kelly, Ilori, Agger, Smith, Lucas, Rossiter, Coutinho, Suso, Borini, Teixeira.

Substitutes: Ward, Allen, Ibe, Coady, Skrtel, Flanagan, Adorjan, Phillips, Wisdom, L Jones, Peterson, Stewart.

[Shrewdness]

Brondby 2 Liverpool 1...90'th min winner.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

91st actually

@LFC  ·  4h
GOAL - 91mins: Ferhan Hasani drives through the middle and converts high into the net to put Brondby ahead #BIF 2-1 #LFC

[brokencrossbar1]

Young Ibe did very well when he came on,  a lot of rustiness as expected and this was Brondby's last pre-season game as they kick off the new season this weekend.  Dean Saunders is a c**k as a commentator

[supersub]

Young Ibe did very well when he came on,  a lot of rustiness as expected and this was Brondby's last pre-season game as they kick off the new season this weekend.  Dean Saunders is a c**k as a commentator

[Bingo]

Rodgers OUT 

[From the Bunker]

Robbed this from Football365 mailbox. Jez our use of the transfer window has been grim the last couple of years.

Feeling Optimistic About Liverpool

There seems to be very little that prompts as much as debate in the mailbox as 'Scouse maths' and transfers, but Tom G's mail this morning struck a chord with me.

It has been incredibly frustrating being a Liverpool fan over the past two-three windows, watching poor players sign and seeing noted targets join Chelsea, Spurs, etc. but this year has seen a shift in that. Yes, Sanchez moved to Arsenal, but our other targets have been secured rather swiftly.

And, anyone who wants to scoff at the idea of it being our best window in years, take a look at the facts...

2014 -
In: Lallana, Lambert, Can, Markovic.
Out: Suarez, Aspas

2013 -
In: Sakho, Alberto, Ilori, Moses, Aspas, Mignolet, Toure, Cissokho
Out: Carroll, Shelvey, Downing & Reina, Borini, etc. on loan

2012 -
In: Allen, Borini, Sahin, Assaidi, Yesil
Out: Adam, Aquilani, Kuyt, Bellamy, Maxi, Cole

2011-
In: Downing, Henderson, Adam, Enrique, Coates, Bellamy, Doni
Out: Meireles, Ngog, Konchesky, Insua, Jovanovic

2010-
In: Meireles, Poulsen, Konchesky, Jones, Wilson, Shelvey, Cole, Jovanovic
Out: Mascherano, Babel, Riera, Benayoun

Losing Suarez is a blow. No team can recover, but it is also just one player at the end of the day. We have a bigger squad, more capable of dealing with the demands of a minimum six extra games and, hopefully, the ability to actually compete in the FA or League Cups. Last summer, money was wasted on Aspas and, while Ilori and Alberto might turn out to be good, we could ill afford to spend £10m on potential with a squad as thin as ours.

2012, the outs column is better than the ins (Joe Cole aside), while the major success of 2011 was getting £4.5m for David Ngog! (And Jordan Henderson)...

Summer windows generally go quite badly for Liverpool. Hindsight next May might say the same thing. But as it stands, our business has been conducted quicker, quieter and more efficiently than Liverpool fans have seen in quite some time.

I'm sorry the Mailbox isn't full of doom and gloom merchants, some of us want to at least try see the glass as half full before someone knocks it off the table.

Oh, and, finally, Brendan...Sort out the f*cking defence! No Bertrand, and if Southampton want £25m for Lovren say no!! An extra £5m would get Benatia ffs!! Surely we have enough stamps on our Southampton loyalty card for a freebie at this stage?

Kevin, LFC, Cork

[Gabriel_Hurl]

#LFC set to sell Fabio Borini to Sunderland for a reported £14M. Tidy 3M profit for a player that never lived up to his manager's billing.

[laoislad]

That's great business if it happens!!
Buy Remy for 8mill and still have money left over.. They haven't even touched the Suarez money yet.

[brokencrossbar1]

#LFC set to sell Fabio Borini to Sunderland for a reported £14M. Tidy 3M profit for a player that never lived up to his manager's billing.

A possible £20m in from the sale of Borini and Assaidi to Stoke....crazy good business if it happens!  More or less covers Remy and Bony!

[laoislad]

Sky Sports reporting that a fee of £8.5m has been agreed for Loic Remy.
£14m in for Borini and buy Remy for £8.5m is fantastic business IMO.

[laoislad]

Borini in the starting 11 for the game against PNE today.
Maybe he isn't off to Sunderland.
Be strange him playing today if a deal is done.

[Carmen Stateside]

Borini on plane to US for the tour.  Looks like he could be digging in his heels.  Great sign of the lad but i think he would be better going in search of first team football.

[el_cuervo_fc]

Fee agreed for Lovren?

[TabClear]

Rumours of Lucas to napoli on loan. While he has been a great servant and should stay as a squad player but I'm hoping that Can will be a step up offensively in that role.

if borini stays we will have a couple of decent strikers as back up to sturridge but lost the best in the league. not a good result in my opinion.