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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by redintweed on Today at 03:02:34 am »

Bollocks?

Our net spend last decade is on the level of fucking championship teams.

The only reason we were expecting Top 4 last decade because we had the biggest massive overachiever this game has ever seen.

To expect Top 4 with the money we spend reeks of arrogance and of complete lack of awareness.

If Slot is not a massive overachiever we're in trouble.

I agree with this. If we don't get a class #6 in, we are going to struggle. City have Rodri and Arsenal have Rice, both world class players who dominate games.

We spend big on wages, but are mid table on nett spend. If the manager is not backed in the market, we are kidding ourselves to "expect" top 4. Mo and VVD aren't getting any younger and they are our biggest wage earners. VVD seems something like back to top form, but Mo has been a shadow of himself since AFCON and his injury. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest is FSG sold Mo and used the money to freshen the squad up a bit. Be very interesting to see how the fans react if they do that.

I think Slot is a good choice. I can see why he is attractive to FSG. Lets just hope he is up to the gigantic task of replacing Jurgen, the owners back him in the market (let's be honest, City and Arsenal aren't going to stand still) and the fans get onboard.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *

« Last post by Coolie High on Today at 03:00:38 am »

Assists this season:

Nunez - 13
Salah - 13
Jota - 5
Gakpo - 4
Diaz - 5

This doesn’t disapprove what I said, I said chances, assists is reliant on another person finishing them.

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Gaming Board for consoles, PC & mobile / Re: What games are you playing at the moment?

« Last post by Darren G on Today at 02:51:16 am »

Played Forbidden West for a while, but it ran like gash on my card, which is starting to struggle. May be time to shell out for a 4080. In the meantime, gone back to RDR2, to which I've added some really great mods which have breathed new life into it.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: New Kit thread

« Last post by StL-Dono on Today at 02:49:04 am »

It seems they weren't willing to pay like Nike or Adidas probably, but I really liked all the New Balance designs.  The 18-19 home ones with the collar is maybe my all-time favorite with the possible exception of the 86-87 kit (which I had to buy in a S because it was the last one in the shop.  It barely fit then and I'm only 50 pounds heavier now.)

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by kavah on Today at 02:20:00 am »

Learnings for Slott (he won't have encountered):

The number of games we play 60+ v 40
Crazy scheduling -  Christmas and Saturday noon kick-offs after South American games on Thursday
The League cup
The Everton (and to an extent Man United) games that define their season.
Man City, Arsenal; 2 of the beat teams in Europe. And the rest of the top half probably superior to all the the Dutch League.
Different premier league rules regarding what constitutes a foul
Referees determined to be unbowed by the Pressure of Anfield
Typically xenophobic pundits, the Koeman and Ten Haag experience in the premier league hasn't done him any favours
The CL format means no dead rubbers so we could run out of steam at the business end of the season.

You'd advise him to start the players slow and keep a bit in the tank - but of course if we draw a few games early on or god forbid lose a couple he'll be under a lot of pressure - it's hard to navigate. Good luck Arne 

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News and Current Affairs / Re: India - deteriorating?

« Last post by Bullet500 on Today at 02:12:12 am »

"With India’s election in full swing, Narendra Modi is getting desperate – and dangerous. The Indian PM may still be in a strong position; but incendiary, anti-Muslim rhetoric shows that all may not be going to plan." - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/india-election-narendra-modi-anti-muslim-rhetoric

His speeches are getting hilarious, of late.

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General Football and Sport / Re: LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD - 2023 (FSG posts = get muted) - No Mbappé

« Last post by rafathegaffa83 on Today at 02:10:01 am »

Geertruida is in the last year of his deal and Feyenoord won't let him leave on a free. They wanted €30m last summer when RB Leipzig were interested

https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/108557863/klaar-voor-transfer-feyenoord-verdediger-lutsharel-geertruida-al-op-bezoek-bij-liverpool

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

« Last post by Darren G on Today at 02:07:30 am »

That was true when Klopp was at Dortmund though.

We didn't outperform teams who spent more than us under Rodgers bar one season and Dortmund haven't outperformed teams who have spent more than them since Klopp left.

So for me, it is how much was down to Klopp, and if it was can Slot replicate that over achievement?

I mean even if you think that Edwards was massive part of us overachieving, can Hughes replicate that. For me there are enough imponderables to assume we will be guaranteed top 4 moving on.

It's certainly difficult to predict whether Slot can replicate that. One possible cause for optimism though is that he has done in in the Eridivisie. Ajaz, PSV and AZ have had a far larger net spent over the past five years than Feyenoord, yet they have finished first and (more than likely) second in the past two seasons.  As I say, it's really impossible to predict if he can replicate something similar at Liverpool, but it's encouraging to me that he has managed something similar at least in the past.

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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *

« Last post by Johnny Aldridge on Today at 01:51:26 am »

Been a mad few days with Mo….
My take on it is he’s not right since the injury, he’s playing shit and not involved in the games and the frustration boiled over at the weekend. It’s part of football but it’s mostly kept to the dressing room.

Signing a new contract might make business sense, it locks him in for another season and we can sell him the year after. Without a renewal if he stays next season he can go on a free at the end of it (is that right?) I do think he has another season in him at least. He has enough credit in the bank to be allowed a dip in form, and it’s not just him that’s dipped. Mo will be 32 next season and if he stays some reinvention will be needed, a new manager might get a new tune out of Mo.

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Liverpool Life / Re: Old photos of and around Liverpool

« Last post by kavah on Today at 01:47:07 am »

^ interesting clip, that's the town of my childhood, cool to see it.