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We need to get bit lucky in CB position with injuries .. if we do, then we should be good as they are quality players. But both Gomez and Konate have not that great history, we shall see
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We need to get bit lucky in CB position with injuries .. if we do, then we should be good as they are quality players. But both Gomez and Konate have not that great history, we shall see
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Such an amazing transfer window for LFC ... and the only question I would still ask is, can Sobo play CB ? 🤔😀 #LFC
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Top player went on a strike, then got his dream move, then replaced by another player, Who went on a strike and got his dream move, just for the another top player, super loyal to the club, extremely professional, to not get his dream move. We all judged these stories differently, didn't we? #LFC
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Football is a beautiful game, on and off the pitch. Nothing can summarize that better than this transfer window. It made people follow wild stories, make judgements about the players and clubs alike.
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Yeh, saw the news. Gutted tbh
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Gutted tbh. There is no reward to act professional, but media experts and ex players will yell you otherwise. No wonder players decide to go on strike for moves. What happens when ManU job is available and Galsner is in the running??
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Does anybody know what the final outcome is on the Guehi deal? #LFC
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This is the other side of the discussion media never wants to talk about. Everyone loves it when the villain in the story is a player
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Top goalkeeper Will be interesting to see all the passing game that starts from goalkeeper. Over to Pep now
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Nobody had any problems when City were spending crazy money, cooked accounts, not punished yet for all the charges, won like 7 titles in 10 years, won 4 in a row ManU did same (dominated transfers) for years, Chelsea same for their success Karma is beautiful thing ... 🤣
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Agree, talk about quitting is childish. He is probably trying to put his authority on the decision-making. Whole thing is bit oddly manged tbh.
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Can not blame him really. if they struggle, managers are blamed, so he is looking after himself/ next few months. Just odd they left it so late for possible replacements
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Looks unlikely they find someone before the deadline, so Guehi deal may not go through. Depending on how things go next 4 months, we may get him even cheaper in Jan, as Palace clearly don't want to lose him on free. Knowing they always wanted money for him and still left it so late is odd
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Not much time left, let's see.
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Must say, if we manage to complete Guehi deal, it will a historic transfer window for Liverpool. Never seen anything like this ever before. Of course, it does not mean automatic success, but I would hope for good few years for the club and all the supporters. #LFC
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🙏✌️
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Finally .. .
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OMG, FAB just declared Isak deal done ✌️ #LFC
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Would keep him, as he is very versatile, and I really like him. Top professional, been really unfortunate with injuries. But he may want regular football and if Guehi comes, it's going to be difficult.
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Any word on the second bid for Isak, has that already happened ?
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Hope so 🙏
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Think Guehi will happen On Isak, either everything is done already and just announcement is pending, or its coming to very difficult ending for the player.
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Does anybody know of the second bid, which was supposed to be right after we play NUFC which was 1 week ago, for Isak? Just one day left, and after making so much noise whole window, hope it won't have dull ending. Guehi looks absolutely must now that Konate is injured #LFC
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Been on his back since day 1, must say Kerkez was mighty today. Good second half, great goal, clean sheet, tough win against excellent side #LFC
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Sobo has been the best player this season.... doing everything #LFC
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Never seen Salah with so many poor touches on his left foot .. #LFC
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Anything sub would do now, we have only one sub so far. Slot might have forgotten that he can sub
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There is clearly a stubbornness from Slot not to change to 4-3-3 As soon as we had Sobo, extra body in midfield, we created something. Need put Bradley on, Sobo to midfield #LFC
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This midfield 2 is not working. Not many passes in the midfield and just too much desperate passes from back to front.
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Not really good in first half ... again too light in midfield, not enough passing. Not happening for Wirtz/Macca .. trying too hard or too clever on the ball. We need to go back to 4-3-3 else can see Arsenal eventually score from corner/free kick. #LFC
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Its weird to see lot of relief among LFC supporters, once the NUFC transfer was confirmed tdy. Relief for me too, won't lie. But waiting on Guehi updates, really hoping it goes through. I have a feeling that some desperate transfer business is about to unfold in the coming days. #LFC
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One thing we learned from last season, qualifying to knock outs is all that matters. There is technically no guarantee you can avoid so cake top teams based on group stage ranking or performance. Though it will help with the prize money. Expect all PL teams to qualify looking at that draw
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Which makes me think they will not budge on Isak price. Basically, it shows how much the transfer market is inflated. Crazy money is being spent....
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Yes, it's started! Q is if there enough time to complete the whole circle of transfers
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Agree, but generally when player wants out, it happens eventually. We have seen this before, other players/clubs etc
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When is the bid coming for Isak
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Glad both Madrid games are at Anfield. Other away gangs are manageable.
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Other impressive things about him are that he stays in the game, link up play is really good, needs to bulk up a little physically, but totally agree, he has hit the ground running, unlike other new boys
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One of Sobo best performance for LFC, defensively great at RB, composure at the end to leave it to Rio .... Said enough about Konate, Kerkez VVD was excellent defensively and as captain Ekitike again really good, took his chance Others not that great Team needs ton of work on defense #LFC
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Get that bid out like right now .. whatever it takes. Guehi is way more important than Isak. We are absolutely shite defensively .... #LFC
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What on earth Kerkez doing there ... stupid goal to concede
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Well said 👏
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It takes time to adapt and he probably knows that all well
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Konate trying very hard to get into early shower ... 😢 #LFC
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Konate been poor again and got bit lucky. Wirtz is struggling again with PL pace and physicality. Sobo and VVD were excellent in first half. Would put extra body in the midfield, Endo to come on around 65 min mark, assuming we are still in the lead. Not great so far, but a goal/man up #LFC
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I see few more similar tackles in the second half ..
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With all the narrative before the game, red card was always highly likely in the game .. poor challenge that. #LFC
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Sobo has been excellent as RB so far ... #LFC
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Tactically poor so far ... there is no midfield
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Gravenberch is playing like a pre season game so far, way off pace. Midfield is struggling as expected. #LFC
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Can not remember being so much nervous for the second league game of the season ... What have you done Isak ? 😂 #LFC
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No proper RB on the pitch today, need Konate to be on top of his game, which hasn't been the case off late. Massive game for Jones, wherever he plays, can not be too slow on the ball. Same goes for Wirtz, won't have too much time to dwell on the ball. Kerkez needs to clam down a bit. #LFC
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No matter who plays as RB, it will be tough against Gordon. Jones/Sobo/Gravenberch anybody's guess ... Midfield looks bit light as well, with 4 up top.
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LFC and City have not done well shoring up their defense and will be an issue for them this season. Arsenal, on the other hand, already had excellent defense, needed to get better on offense, and did well to sign a few good players.
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I don't think 4-2-3-1 is good idea today. Usual 4-3-3 feels more logical just to have more bodies in the midfield. NUFC has good physical midfield, so need to counter that somehow. Tough game for sure, hopeing to see more pragmatic approach by Slot/players. #LFC
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I think NUFC sign at least one striker next week, won't be enough to let Isak move, plus huge deals are complicated, so not enough time left. If no Isak, doubt anybody else will be signed. Most likely, would be Guehi and we need someone in defense as well
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Come Tuesday morning if Isak does not hand in transfer request, it's pretty much over. Even if he requests transfer, it could be too late. If he stays at NUFC, for the sake of football, hope he gets back into the team and performs well (except against us). #LFC
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Arsenal, and in particular Arteta, have no excuses left now. It's very strong squad, excellent defense, ton of forward options, experienced midfield ... if it does not happen this season, then when?
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Good for Eze and Arsenal to get the transfer done. Top quality player, we all know that. Arsenal are in really good shape from squad point of view, so should be favorite to win the PL imo. Over to LFC now, if not Isak, who else? #LFC
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This Isak story is pure cinema ... whole situation has put all parties involved in an IMPOSSIBLE situation. are there enough days left to sort out this mess such that it suits all parties.... I have my doubts. #LFC
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It's Monday so we are back with Isak, Wissa blah blah blah .. Biggest story in all this is the way folks in media, especially few ex players, who have done exactly the same stuff with their transfers, are talking about this as if nobody has ever seen it before. #LFC #NUFC
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Was looking at upcoming fixtures in EPL, number of high profile games lined up so early in the season, wow! There will be few surprises at the end of the first 9 games for sure .. top and bottom. Too early, but any thoughts after the first round of fixtures? Any interesting observations? #LFC
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The way our defending has been, feels like Guehi one is more pressing and urgent. Hopefully it happens next week, though agree Palace may drag it till the last day before deciding whether to cash out or let him go free next summer.
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It's getting dragged down till the last hour of last day of the window isn't it. Totally understand the sentiment among NUFC fans, we have been there as well. Just need this done either way for the sake of less daily media coverage 😂
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Konate had his back to the ball, twisting and turning, amateur defending from one of the best. From the very first touch, Konate had poor game.
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A few things noted from today's performances... Konate had terrible game, Kerekez need to clam down a bit, Szobo had mixed game, Ekitike looked great again, Wirtz was good on the ball but got bullied a bit physically. Early season frailties, I would think. Too open defensively #LFC
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Well said. Don't understand why are some ppl so angry always .. imagine the gall to do it, knowing full well it will be spotted on cameras. Hope it's least time he entered Anfield
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Glad we won, really tough game and quite open defensively when leading by two. Don't agree totally with your point. We need to sort our defense, it's not been great since February, cost us CL, League final etc.
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Minimal contact can be hard to miss in real time. How did VAR clear that? I had no clue.
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Very disjointed performance in the first half, getting bullied a bit physically. Glad we got the lead and best player on the pitch for us so far scored it. #LFC
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Players like off in terms of on the pitch coordination #lfc
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So close to the new PL season, super excited!!! Could finally be the year Arsenal wins it .. strong defensively, and may get the goals from Gyokeres. Although, hopeing for #LFC to repeat the title. Too many changes to the team, so may find it difficult to hit the ground running. predictions ?
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Agree, his penalties have gone from accuracy to power, which is when you start missing
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Hugo and Weirtz had excellent game .. Gakpo looked super leggy, pretty much the same he looks most games. Surprised that Salah looked bit isolated most game. He is the one who is almost always ready on the day one of any season. I guess more critical reviews will start from Friday
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It's not something we wish to take away from community shield Sozbo to be regular taker pls
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Wet might need to re-sign him to get some passion in the midfield 😂
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Really poor second half, bit legged most players, expected. As everyone is saying these days about our transfer window business, defensively team looks not well balanced. We shall see ... #LFC
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Moment he came in, we started looking better offensively. It's so surprising that he is even on the list of players moving out.
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It's funny how so called American Soccer experts were saying Inter Miami could pose a strong challenge to PSG. It's been men vs kids so far. #CWC
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Ultimate goals are more controversy, unnecessary debate, and trolling on social media .. big headache for clubs to coach players, better for media companies to discuss useless topics on who said what, why and how it affects dressing room .. lol
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I rate him a bit more than Jones and agree that it would be a great move for him.
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I think they just saw what happened at ManU and decided based on that. Crazy thing for me is that Ange never did anything to improve the team defensively, and you can not survive in this league without good defense. Even crazier is that they defended quite well in the final.
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Agree to an extent. Bajcetic is an interesting one, let's seehe gets any mins. There are definitely few games/teams in the league who roll us purely on physicality. So need to plan for that
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This is as one-sided as it can really get at this level Inter have about 15 mins at the start of second half to score, else this game is just about done. PSG scoring again is more likely than Inter getting back into this tbh
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Great going so far, but not seeing too much talk of a DM. We need to strengthen defensively, hoping to see some progress on that.
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Quansah situation will depend heavily on what Konate does this summer. Need to extend contact or leave Konate form has dipped in the second half, so definitely, things are on his mind Quansah form has dipped even more, but tbh has not played enough and regularly.
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Can see a draw between Forest and Chelsea. If Villa wins, which is highly possible against poor ManU, they will take the 5th spot.
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I like Jamie, but he has gone too far on the other side just to prove he is not biased. Sometimes, the most obvious option is the correct one as well, which in this case is Gravenberch
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Imo, he will take Germany job next. Really hard to imagine where he could go at club level.
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Though, I hope Quansah stays. He is young and has potential. Plus, the Konate situation does not look great, and his form hasn't been good either. Others are not bad at all, but they might prefer to move on and play more regularly
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Not really bothered about the recent results, but club might just cash out on Elliot, Quansah, Kelleher (not his fault) and Chiesa. Whatever they get from these sells might go towards at least one big money deal .. I hope its Isak. #LFC
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Surprised Madrid is not going for him, now that Alonso is moving there. They need player wit th similar profile Just thinking, do we really need him, at steep price point over a forward Will be great tho if we pull this off
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They all should just do hugs, shirt swaps, discuss holidays etc etc Just give the trophy and celebrate the whole game Lol
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Do not think either will happen though. Both will cost lot of money .. and we need quite a few players, so can not see us spending 100 mil on one player. Likely Isak stays or go to Barca. Wirtz may go to Madrid/City
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Easy choice Isak ...
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Lol .. might as well play under 21s They earned it, though, so no complaints
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Agree, defensively not that good imo, but better than Trent. Hopefully, he can give good offensive output in terms of goals/assists
AJ in bSKY (@ajpool.bsky.social) reply parent
Poor second half had nothing to do with Trent and booing. Levels have dropped, which was expected. Just don't know why usual starters are still playing
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Agree that left wing is not really a burning situation right now, so unlikely that we see anybody moving out/in. Not super convinced though with Diaz, he started well, went missing, and now finishing well. Gakpo is more consistent but injury prone. Would be glad if he gets pay upgrade though
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Can see more goals in the second leg as well. Barca has to defend better to have any chance