Liverpool Thread - 2023/24

[cheekybids]

Or Frank Lampard. Ask any professional and they'll tell you that Gerrard was the more talented footballer, and yet by every measure you care to think of, Lampard massively outperformed him over his career. Even England were better when Lampard was favoured over Gerrard.

Lampard with Gaz Baz was far superior.

 

[TinFoilHat]

No Salad is out for a month.

They'll be pumping Juande Carrol with so many PEDs he'll look like Maradona at the USA world cup.

 

[mexico1970]

They'll be pumping Juande Carrol with so many PEDs he'll look like Maradona at the USA world cup.

Back for the semi-finals apparently.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Not the Akanji one though ;-)

...or even the Dias one ;)

 

[Cellarite]

What's the betting that he makes a miraculous recovery once Egypt are out of Afcon ?

Thinking that an African is going to bullshit his way out of this tournament to help his club side out is nothing short of deluded.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Thinking that an African is going to bullshit his way out of this tournament to help his club side out is nothing short of deluded.

It confused me as well.

The Egyptians literally treat Salah as royalty. If he fakes injury to prioritise Liverpool they'd literally murder him.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Hooper doing the 2nd leg against Fulham to prevent any kind of shock.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Everyone's favourite comedy act has an absolute belter this time. I genuinely burst out laughing reading the first sentence, its one of their best ever.

Can you imagine actually believing this?

Jurgen Klopp has basically been performing a genius football experiment on Darwin Nunez for last 18 months.

Nunez has natural shooting ability and blistering raw pace. I thought Klopp wanted this unpredictable rawness to the break low blocks we faced in 2022, including in the UCL final. But Klopp had something else in mind - he wanted to curb Nunez's natural pace and power, and make him into a controlled aggressive player. And that transition made Nunez look confused, slow and nervous in front of goal last 18 months. Plus he had bad luck with crossbars/posts and good saves by GKs. I was critical of Klopp for all this. But Klopp kept pushing, and now in the last 4 weeks we have seen an efficient and effective Nunez. And he still looks dangerous even though his sizzle has been cut down by Klopp. At this rate, he may become among top 5 players in the world in 2 years and 80 million will look like a bargain. We might be seeing the successful conclusion of another genius J. Klopp experiment.

 

[KentBlue]

Everyone's favourite comedy act has an absolutely better this time. I genuinely burst out laughing reading the first sentence, its one of their best ever.

Can you imagine actually believing this?

Has to be a piss-take, surely? Even the most deranged dipper fan who has forgotten his medication wouldn't believe that...

 

[mexico1970]

Has to be a piss-take, surely? Even the most deranged dipper fan who has forgotten his medication wouldn't believe that...