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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: The Indomitable Ibou
« Last post by William Regal on Today at 12:54:44 pm »Hes looked a shadow of himself since the injury, can only think hes carrying something, Quansah is ahead of him on merit on current form.
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Name 6 of the current squad that will still be here in 5 years(5 years on again)
« Last post by Dench57 on Today at 12:54:43 pm »Adrian
Quansah
Bradley
Elliott
Danns
Quansah
Bradley
Elliott
Danns
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: The Title Race 2023/24- Jurgen's Last Dance
« Last post by LallanaInPyjamas on Today at 12:54:06 pm »I am not sure I believe that statement. To win titles now you have to be almost perfect, we had to rebuild our entire midfield how in god's name would you have expected to have won the title?
I doubt anyone expected us to win the title, but with the players and manager we have, there was always a good chance that we would be in the mix. The last nine games of last season gave us a template to build on and, helped adding a couple of excellent players into the midfield, that's exactly what we did.
Talking about us like we have overachieved is nonsense. We did very well to sustain our form during an injury crisis, but that doesn't excuse falling apart once we came through that period. We'll probably end up in the early 80's for points and I'd say that's what we should be expecting every season with this current group of players.
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General Football and Sport / Re: Arsenal: Top of the divers league
« Last post by Crosby Nick on Today at 12:53:56 pm »It’s ok the luxury tax rules and their govt paying £10b towards the UK will make sure of a fairytale ending……..FOR THEM OF COURSE.
Yeah. Sounds like they own about half of Manchester and they’ve invested in loads of other areas too. Our shite government need the UAE far more than they need us. I just can’t see anyone having the balls to get these charges to stick when they can just threaten to walk away from everything they’ve invested in.
Probably not one for the Arsenal thread, apart them being the ones impacted by them over the last year or two.
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Liverpool FC Forum / The “I need a cuddle because we’ve been so shit recently” thread
« Last post by Keith Lard on Today at 12:53:51 pm »Does anybody need a cuddle wuddle?
In here, imagine a heaven where Glen Medeiros is playing in the background and you’re getting endless cuddles from your fellow reds. 🥰 come on, gib cuddles
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In here, imagine a heaven where Glen Medeiros is playing in the background and you’re getting endless cuddles from your fellow reds. 🥰 come on, gib cuddles
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Darwin Núñez (Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro)
« Last post by alonsoisared on Today at 12:53:25 pm »Thought there was an interesting bit during the game when they had a corner. Think it might have been after we conceded the second. Anyway, as we were getting set for them to take it, Virgil was furiously trying to give instructions to Darwin. I guess he wasn't getting through though as a seemingly exasperated Mac took over giving him instructions. So maybe his English is still nowhere near good enough? Obviously not necessarily crucial to his failures in front of goal but could still be affecting his general play.noticed that, too. Virgil literally shoved him into position at one point.
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: The Title Race 2023/24- Jurgen's Last Dance
« Last post by DelTrotter on Today at 12:52:34 pm »Andy just wanted to get in his usual ‘matchgoing’ comments in case anyone new here doesn’t know he goes the game, he doesn’t know any more than the rest of us
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Trent Alexander-Arnold
« Last post by BCCC on Today at 12:52:25 pm »Massive conundrum for our new manager. Bradley will be RB so it's about where on the pitch he plays to get on the ball. His ability to change the play from deep comes with the risk of his ability to win the ball, higher up the pitch his options to change the play reduce but less liable in the tackle.
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Mohamed Salah - Best in the World *
« Last post by yes on Today at 12:52:09 pm »I know I'm in the minority but I feel that confidence knock of the double Senegal defeats in 2022 coupled with decline in pace and strength has changed his game too much to be our 400k pw talisman. I'm grateful for all he's done. I've sung his name I've screamed love at him in the stands and if I ever met him id kiss his feet and buy him a mango lassi. He is up there with the greatest of all time.
But this morning I've watched his goals from 21/22 onwards again, to see if I've just been unfair. And I haven't. I know he posts good numbers relative to the rest of the squad but that was the system we build, to suit him, and he is no longer the diamond at the top we can rely on.
21/22 he won the golden boot. Can't turn my nose up at that can I? His opening goal at Norwich a great finish from edge of the box. He doesn't do that any more. His fourth a volley he watched onto his foot which he snatches at these days. Omg that twisty goal vs city. And again the next goal vs Watford that's beyond belief. The manc hat trick in October. Racing away from Coleman at woodison.
Then he went to Afcon and when he came back he scored in five of fifteen games. Three of those seven goals were pens, the last one was scraped over the line vs Wolves. He was decent vs the mancs though.
So in that season he went from super hero producing moments of excellence on a regular basis to fairly absent.
22/23 season. He gets a few in the CL group stage to be fair but in the league it's the Fulham goal that bounced off him. Then the goal at OT which was a rebound tap in header. That spin was good to beat city from halfway. Showing that old pace and strength. The rest of his goals were tidy but inside the box finishes. A fair few tap ins. Not many pens to be fair to him but no finishes that I thought wow. Only he can do that.
Now this season. 5 pens and 12 from open play. All rap ins/tidy inside the box finishes except that open goal vs forest. One of his goals was old school salah vs west ham and his goal against arsenal was a salah finish but that's it.
The drop off point for Salah's very special talent is afcon 2022.
This nails it but goals (of any variety) can paper over the cracks. Then some people are blinded by nostalgia and blind faith. He's been on a downward trajectory for some time now albeit from his pretty lofty peak of 3-4 years ago.
When he was injured in the final against Real it felt like that game was lost right there and then, that's how influential he was. It was immediately deflating. Nowadays his absence coincides with some of our best periods. Time waits for no man.
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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: The Title Race 2023/24- Jurgen's Last Dance
« Last post by slaphead on Today at 12:51:59 pm »I'm not sure there was a game or a moment we can look back on and say that's when he lost it. People say the Utd cup game. Maybe. I just think the constant having to come from behind in games caught up with us. I'd like to see how we compare to the top 6 or 7 teams in that regard. What is it now 23/24 games this season that's happened? And something like 17 of them are in the league. It was only a matter of time that a team got a 2nd. Just had to be Everton.