The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - #DankeJürgen

[trileacman]

Real pity about ox he was playing great stuff before the injury. It'll probably put paid to his career but he is relatively young still.

[under the bar]

Not convinced by him in the small bit ive seen. But has to be better than Karius.

If he signs

If he manages to get through his first match without concussion I guess you can always use the strap line -  "Allison:  head with nowt taken out" ?

[blewuporstuffed]

Who oversees transfer policy at Liverpool, Klopp? Theyre doing a mighty impressive job.

Michael Edwards I think is the man behind getting alot of these deals over the line.
No doubt they are paying top dollar, but he seems to be doing a good job

[TabClear]

Who oversees transfer policy at Liverpool, Klopp? Theyre doing a mighty impressive job.

Michael Edwards I think is the man behind getting alot of these deals over the line.
No doubt they are paying top dollar, but he seems to be doing a good job

Serious dough being paid out. The best part of £200m since Jan so that's the  Coutinho and champions league money done. Serious statement of intent from FSG so hopefully the team delivers.

Gutted for the OX, just when he had really started to show what he was capable off.

[blewuporstuffed]

Who oversees transfer policy at Liverpool, Klopp? Theyre doing a mighty impressive job.

Michael Edwards I think is the man behind getting alot of these deals over the line.
No doubt they are paying top dollar, but he seems to be doing a good job

Serious dough being paid out. The best part of £200m since Jan so that's the  Coutinho and champions league money done. Serious statement of intent from FSG so hopefully the team delivers.

Gutted for the OX, just when he had really started to show what he was capable off.

I big statement alright, but i suppose its off the back of a few years of pretty much zero net spend

[Boycey]

Careful now they don't like net spend around here...

[Captain Obvious]

Bought by Roma for €7.5 m in 2016.
Sold for €75 m 2 years later. Monopoly money.

At least the fans will have a new song


https://youtu.be/C9GlC9GyF4Y

Serious profit there in a short space of time i'd wonder what value a younger Buffon would be nowadays. Is the next step to sell Karius but what club will buy the concussion story?

[trueblue1234]

Keep Karius but loan him out. Hold on to the Mig as backup.

[laoislad]

Mignolet won't hang around to be back up. I'd say they'll keep Karius and sell Mignolet.
I see also Leicester are interested in taking Danny  Ward.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Mignolet won't hang around to be back up. I'd say they'll keep Karius and sell Mignolet.
I see also Leicester are interested in taking Danny  Ward.

12m bid accepted apparently - madness

[AQMP]

Alisson's brother is called Muriel.

[Milltown Row2]

Mignolet won't hang around to be back up. I'd say they'll keep Karius and sell Mignolet.
I see also Leicester are interested in taking Danny  Ward.

12m bid accepted apparently - madness

Good going for a EPL winning team

[supersub]

That's a strange attitude trilleac is a squad not what Liverpool have been lacking?

Not really no. We were lucky with injuries this year and had little need for depth in the squad. Most guys played a lot, didn't get injured and held their form. If you ask me out real priorities it's 1. 1st Choice Keeper 2. 1st choice Centre half 3. Add sub midfielder and sub striker.

We'd a huge squad when Klopp took over and after his 1st year he gutted it, a bloated squad of half interested prima-donna is of f**k all use to anyone and I think Klopp realises that. What you risk in terms of decimation by injury with a small squad you gain in a increased sense of camadarie and togetherness in the dressing room.

"Squad depth" is a buzz word I find used as a lazy analysis of why teams fail rather than getting to the root of the problem. A strong first 11 is better complimented by young, hungry if yet unproven group of subs who'll do what the manager wants rather than a slew of highly talented misfits sitting on fat salaries.

Uniteds glory years had at best a mid rate replacement side. Park, Smith, Fletcher,, Macheda, Saha, Anderson, Nani were all highly effective players off the bench at united who were found out as Bog standard hack merchants when moved further afield. United now have a star-studded, astronomically expensive bench who are probably less effective than the mid rate guys of 10 years ago.

Couldn't disagree more.

Squad depth is essential to mount a sustained challenge for honours on all fronts. Any team who has won and/or consistently been challenging for league titles have had at least 2 or 3 players on their bench every game capable of starting or who are equally as good as some of the players in the starting xi. Squad quality rather than just depth is what Liverpool have been missing. Chelsea, Utd, Arsenal, City have all had this when competing at the top table.

UTD and Arsenal are at the top table but they aren't competing. Leicester won the PL with a good solid group of players, a star-studded bench is not a pre-requisite for PL success. Yes it is for wider, more prolonged involvement in several competitions at once but I want the PL above all else.

You have misread or misunderstood my post. When Utd and Arsenal were competing at the top table, as in when they were winning or challenging for titles. I'm not talking about now. I also mentioned consistently competing for titles. Leicester was a once off freak in more ways than one - where have they been since? That's also one out of 28 seasons?! So as stated to consistently compete you need a good squad. I agree I want the PL too but I don't want it once and then fade away like Leicester, or Blackburn. To compete and win consistently clearly takes huge quality throughout a squad.

[dec]

Live blog from today's preseason game

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2018-19/first-team/blackburn-rovers-v-liverpool-live-matchday-blog
60 Substitution Liverpool bring on Caoimhin Kelleher in place of Loris Karius, while Blackburn make a whole host of substitions.

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/academy/player/caoimhin-kelleher

Liverpool secured the services of talented Republic of Ireland youth international goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher in the summer of 2015. Caomhin, pronounced Quivine, was born in Cork, and features for the U18s and U23s. He joined the Academy from Ring Mahon Rangers and featured for Ireland U17s in the U17 European Championships.

[laoislad]

2-0 win tonight v Blackburn.
Markovic      and Sturridge with the goals.