It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[kun]

Noussair Mazraoui not confirm to Bayern already?

Shit your probably right

 

[youngbob]

Ederson
Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne, Bernardo
Mahrez, Haaland, Foden

Steffen
[new RB], Laporte, Ake, Zinchenko
[new DM]
Gundogan, Grealish
Jesus/Sterling, Alvarez, Palmer

Would be fine going into next season with this.

 

[Bluemoon has risen]

I think it depends on outgoings, but there's no doubt we need a striker (Aguero replacement), a midfielder (Fernandinho replacement) and left back (Mendy replacement).

I think Palmer / Alvarez have replaced Torres so no need for anything else there. If two of Jesus / Sterling and Mahrez leave we'd need another forward (Nkunku?).

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

I think towards the end of the season we've seen our squad is just too thin to cope with the intensity of playing in every competition.

Need to be aggressive in the summer and recruit well.

I reckon another 4/5 players are needed along with Alvarez:
- Another striker (Haaland)
- Goalscoring wide player (some similar to Son)
- Left back
- Fernandinho replacement
- Maybe even a right back and keep Cancelo on the left side (he's better there)

We've been too short at full back and in the forward department for too long now.

If Liverpool need a goal, they could theoretically have Diaz, Mané, Jota, Origi, Firmino, and Salah on the field. That is a lot of goals to be able to call on over the course of a season

 

[plebhead8]

Pretty sure it's been previously mentioned in here but i'd listen to offers for Laporte at this point, clearly has no chemistry with Dias and Stones is better than him. Tired of him shitting the bed so often now, he clearly has the quality to be up there with the best but really not convinced he can be trusted in big moment anymore, and judging by last season he wouldn't be happy sitting on the bench either

 

[FantasyIreland]

Pretty sure it's been previously mentioned in here but i'd listen to offers for Laporte at this point, clearly has no chemistry with Dias and Stones is better than him. Tired of him shitting the bed so often now, he clearly has the quality to be up there with the best but really not convinced he can be trusted in big moment anymore, and judging by last season he wouldn't be happy sitting on the bench either

It has been discussed,on his thread,and that comment is not a unique one.You have hit squarely on the head how he is viewed by myself,and others.

 

[plebhead8]

It has been discussed,on his thread,and that comment is not a unique one.You have hit squarely on the head how he is viewed by myself,and others.

Apologies for the repetition, I'm just lost at how everyone can see Stones should be playing every week apart from Pep, surely has something to with Laporte threatening to leave last summer?

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Apologies for the repetition, I'm just lost at how everyone can see Stones should be playing every week apart from Pep, surely has something to with Laporte threatening to leave last summer?

Just balance, Laporte is a natural left footer. Along with the injuries being misaligned. Stones has started every game apart from Burnley since Feb, before the injury.

 

[supercity88]

Just balance, Laporte is a natural left footer. Along with the injuries being misaligned. Stones has started every game apart from Burnley since Feb, before the injury.

Dias, like Cancelo, is better on the left side. Maybe it's something in Portugal that makes a right footer more comfortable on the left side - I don't know! Stones is better at RCB than Dias. Stones and Dias is clearly our best partnership as shown by how solid we were advancing to last year's final.

Laporte comes back in and the defensive capitulations come back in. Losing Walker makes a difference of course. Fully fit and under pressure he has the ability to drive into space and get us up the other end of the pitch. But Laporte has been directly at fault for a number of goals we've conceded in our CL exits.

We should be looking to replace him with someone quick, even if they're not consistently amazing defensively. It would make so much difference dealing with the counter to have someone who can win a foot race.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

I will insist that unless we improve our squad depth, we will continue to suffer with peaking early and then having to deal with the business end of seasons in decline. We need a bigger squad. The kids don’t solve that because Pep doesn’t use the kids