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09 Mar 2026 08:48:22
Hi Diddly Ho,

Been quiet on my side of things for a while, my old source is no longer able to give me insight.

I have been told that Szoboszlai has agreed a new long term deal. I am not sure when the club is going to announce it.

This is a new source vs my old one so, let's see how this goes.

Diddly out.

09 Mar 2026 00:16:22
Any updates on a RB option for the summer?
I like the idea of Denzel Dumfries, great player, great experience, great pace.
Had been injured this season but if we get assurances that he is recovered, he is a cheap option that could do a great job and help Bradley with his rehabilitation and coaching on his defensive duties.

09 Mar 2026 07:07:16
We certainly need one, as Bradley will be 2027 before he gets back to it. Top 4 and another big summer overhaul incoming.

I am personally not a fan of a massive overhaul of the squad, but we really need it.

2 wingers.
2 full backs.
2 centre halves (if Ibou and Joe leave).


2 midfielders (specialist dm is a must).

I'm happy to have Frimpong as a backup right winger and full back in the squad, but I would say we need another left back if Robbo leaves, and a right full back for obvious reasons.

09 Mar 2026 08:47:22
Dumfries, great purchase 4 years ago, a waste of time and money now.

I'd be more tempted to wait and see how Livramento's contract is negotiated, and sound out whether we are interested. Newcastle have gone backwards. Helps out with HG.

08 Mar 2026 13:26:25
Alexis Mac Allister's father (Also his agent) has just revealed that there are currently no negotiations taking place to extend Alexis Mac Allister's contract at Liverpool.

Honestly, best news I have heard all week :P.

08 Mar 2026 14:51:03
He was about to sign a new one, but he fell over clutching his leg when Richard Hughes' PA handed him the pen.

08 Mar 2026 15:32:51
Diaz's dad talked too much, and Diaz was sold, and I don't think it will be too different in Macca's case. He will be sold.

PS: I know Diaz's dad went through s*** in Colombia, and I am not insensitive to the fact that fathers would want the best for their son.

But this is business, and I just don't see a future for Macca with us, and def his dad talking out loud would ease that decision for the club. It's just the way it is.

08 Mar 2026 17:08:10
Macca is one of the worst divers I've seen in years. His play acting is an embarrassment. He offers very little.

08 Mar 2026 17:46:28
I'm pretty sure Diaz's dad was talking about how much Lucho wanted to play for Barcelona before he was kidnapped.

08 Mar 2026 18:12:36
Noo... he said he'd rather be kidnapped than playing for Liverpool.

08 Mar 2026 19:02:04
I'll be honest, I thought he was a steal for £35m but he's just about lived up to that fee.

Disappointed by him overall.

08 Mar 2026 19:39:10
We won the league with him! He was pivotal last season. He's being played out of position in a team that is unfit, and has the worst tactics. Yes, he exaggerates injuries all the time (which I can't stand), but he's a great player and the only one of our squad who is a World Cup winner.

We need a world class manager who can get the best out of our world class players.

08 Mar 2026 19:56:41
We need people like Macca to get their finger out, that's what we need. I'm sure you'll see him breaking his back for Argentina this summer. That'll be all down to the manager, of course.

08 Mar 2026 19:58:01
Alexis might be a soft touch, and his best assets are not particularly suited to the league, but I'm not having it that he's a rubbish player all of a sudden, because the team isn't having a great year, and he's probably better suited further forward than he typically plays for us.

He'll do very well in Spain, I think, and all the best to him if he does go.

08 Mar 2026 22:43:27
That's not very funny, Robbyroll. He could've been murdered. Those gangs don't f*** about.

08 Mar 2026 22:50:14
Flidby - Cristian Romero is a World Cup winner, as is Mario Goetze, and yet neither should ever be signed by Liverpool. Mac Allister has a goal/screamer in him, but that is about as much as he offers and no more. In fact, his fashionable nationality and Messi connections have shielded him from criticism in a way that players from other places wouldn't have been.

09 Mar 2026 02:03:55
With respect, Florian! Absolutely, I get you. However, in reality, no matter what industry you're in, there are managers for a reason. Some employees, few and far between, don't need leadership to excel, and some do. Do any of our players look like they are being led?

09 Mar 2026 06:00:39
I have seen Ekitike dive and playact too. I think Klopp once told Bruno to stop doing that after a game, and that he was a far better player without it. I don't think he would be able to say that anymore if he still managed us with some of ours doing the same every match. Macca is definitely the worst of the lot.

09 Mar 2026 06:42:00
It was after he was rescued, Something Red. And more than once too.

09 Mar 2026 08:13:28
But, Elnino, these guys are not toddlers, you have to tell to hold your hand. A lot of them are very experienced pros. I like Macca as a player. He has been here 3 seasons, and for me it's only this season I've been disappointed with him. But he has been really poor.

09 Mar 2026 09:03:44
Cooler than Fonz... You on about being kidnapped or playing for Liverpool. 😂

07 Mar 2026 16:06:03
I believe I saw that Grab has signed a new contract. I like that news.

07 Mar 2026 17:38:26
At 280k a week, oh hell no. He is nowhere near any levels this season.

07 Mar 2026 18:07:37
Cafu, never satisfied. If he wanted out, you would be moaning.

07 Mar 2026 18:17:05
Moaning, lol.
We're talking some decent players on absolute fortunes a week, because that's the only way that they'll sign, it seems. Either that, or Hughes and Edwards are intent on bankrupting us.
It's not justified, and it's not sustainable. Why are Gakpo and Grav on the closer ends of 300k a week?! It's ludicrous.

What's sob earning next, 350k for him to stay?! These players are not superstars, or near the level of a De Bruyne. Our wage bill has gone completely off the scale under Hughes, and we've nothing to show for it.

07 Mar 2026 18:55:36
Nothing to show for it? We won a league title for goodness sake.

07 Mar 2026 19:12:52
Forget about the finances!

07 Mar 2026 19:55:23
It's not my money, so I don't care. If we want to spend a billion to buy Mbappe and pay him 5 million a week, have at it. I support the club, the badge, not a financial spreadsheet.

07 Mar 2026 20:10:05
The owners have always made the club run as self-sufficient, so don't worry about the finances. If the club didn't think they could afford it, they wouldn't agree to it. And, by signing him to a 6yr contract, the club can virtually name their price should Real or Barca try to sign him.

07 Mar 2026 20:14:31
It's easy to forget because he's been around forever, but Grav is still only 23. He's still got a couple of years before he begins to hit his peak. We've seen for 6 months last season what he's capable of.

Whoever is in charge should be playing him and Szob in a double pivot, with him hanging back like last year.

07 Mar 2026 20:29:36
He is a good player, and we need good players, so good news in my opinion.

07 Mar 2026 20:55:47
Sorry, I do care about finances. This is a club that had a lot of financial issues not so long ago, and, while finances have gotten better, I worry that the team overpays for average players and gets into Manchester United territory.

Paying that much is not good for the squad. Then Szobo will ask more than Grav. Then others will ask for more, and that only works if you have steady income, but we don't even know if we are getting CL next season, so it's a big risk with the uncertainty around the manager and performances.

It would have made more sense when Klopp was here, because we were more consistent in performances.

I hope the rumours are not true because I'm sorry about the club, and finances are part of it.

07 Mar 2026 21:32:37
I always find it mad when people say, "Don't worry about the finances." All well and good, until we are in major trouble, and people question how we didn't see it coming.

07 Mar 2026 23:08:57
People out here complaining about finances, yet Arsenal and Man City have the majority of their starting eleven on over 200k and expect us to compete with that by paying pennys. Bahaha.

08 Mar 2026 02:38:20
@Hamo, there's a club that meets every second Thursday of the month at The Elephant in Woolton. They meet up to worry about the money the club spends on contracts, and it's pretty good cos even though they worry about it, they know that it's nothing really to do with them as they don't own the club.

07 Mar 2026 23:06:33
But Dominican and Hamo you don't have the first clue about the finances so why worry about it?

Too many people getting ideas above their station. Just support the team, don't worry about how much they earn it's completely irrelevant and beyond our understanding anyway.

08 Mar 2026 06:25:45
Grav was one of our best players last season. Yeah, he's been inconsistent this season, but who hasn't. What's the saying, "form is temporary, class is permanent."

08 Mar 2026 06:36:14
Also, from my reading, it's not a flat wage; some of it is based on performances.

08 Mar 2026 07:35:28
When did we all of a sudden become experts in calculating "performance/dollar ratio"? Was there a company short course offered in football economics? I didn't get the memo. Was it pinned up in the tearoom?

08 Mar 2026 09:02:21
Worrying or not, worrying about finances as a fan isn't going to change anything, though.

Unlikely Hughes will pull the plug on the contract because Graham 54, from Timbuktu, is kicking off on the internet.

08 Mar 2026 10:02:35
Don't moan about ticket price rises then.

08 Mar 2026 10:46:45
Our wage bill, on the scale of last season that was published, was as high as it was because of the incentivised bonuses. We won the league. Every player cashed in on the bonus as a result.

Unfortunately, the football world is spiraling out of control financially.

The numbers we see are obscene to the everyday person, but that is the sport as we know it now.

The horses have bolted, and there is no way to get them back if you want to remain competitive.

08 Mar 2026 11:00:19
Barnsey, they rise every season regardless, mate.

08 Mar 2026 11:10:36
It's a lot for Grav, £280k plus bonuses. What will the other players be asking for who have had better seasons than Grav? We will ultimately have a £500m wage bill.

08 Mar 2026 11:13:41
Damn, after Carram Jones I thought Grav was the next to be shown the door.
He certainly isn't a defensive midfielder, and last Saturday none of the midfielders could even be called that, too.

Overpaying wages. VVD and Salah I understand, but Grav, no way.

08 Mar 2026 11:13:43
Gravenberch is 23, with the best years of his career ahead of him. He is pretty integral to the way we play, and was one of the standout players in a title-winning team last year. How much do you think he is worth? It's all very well thinking that, when players ask for that much money, you let them go and scout the next Gravenberch, if only life was that easy.

As for the suggestion that we shouldn't be overpaying for average players like United, this isn't a de Light, Shaw, Mazraoui, or Ugarte we are talking about. The likes of Szoboszlai and Gravenberch are players any top European team would covet.

08 Mar 2026 11:32:18
@Barnsey, we are a multi billion £ business, the finances are a smidgeon more complex than 's***, Grax's new contract means I'm spending an extra 75p on his contract to get a ticket for the match'.

08 Mar 2026 12:09:36
I, for one, am glad he signed a new contract. We have to get used to the fact that money in football is crazy. I'm confident in FSG to run the club in a self-sustaining way.

If we can and want to do it, then we will do it. If that ends in failure, then people usually pay with their jobs and reputation.



Maybe 300k a week is just what first-team regulars get now, and indispensable players get 400k. Squaddies get 150k. It's just the way of the world.

I'm sure we will sell an academy graduate to pay for these contracts, because thems the rules.

08 Mar 2026 12:41:04
£250-300k is the new hundred grand a week. Most players at the top revenue clubs will be or already are on that kinda money. It'll be the norm soon.

08 Mar 2026 13:23:25
I expect the renewal is predominantly to protect his value. I wouldn't trust the figure being bandied about. He was already on quite a high salary, as we had to convince him to join the club while we were out of the CL, and, at the very least, match his Bayern salary.

I doubt it is as huge a rise as is being quoted, as it would make Dom and Ibou deals even more complicated.

08 Mar 2026 14:11:03
JLC exactly the great Ed2 said that numerous time forget it we ain't paying it let the billionaires pay it they don't give a toss as long as when it comes to sell they make a profit

08 Mar 2026 16:38:10
Wdw - "We can say costs are increasing and football clubs are not immune to that, but the vast majority of their expenditure is still player wages and transfer fees," says Dan Plumley, principal lecturer in sport finance at Sheffield Hallam University.
"Clubs are constantly chasing revenue down, not to make a profit, but to stretch their squad costs as much as possible.


"That's where clubs run the risk of alienating fanbases because a lot of fans will see that for what it is.
"Clubs have unwavering loyalty from their customers that you don't really get in any other industry, and there's potential for exploitation that comes with that."

08 Mar 2026 17:48:18
Thanks for that, very instructive. Would you say that the reason the fanbase is at odds with Liverpool is because we bought Wirtz or Ekitike, or because Slot is performing badly?

The quote contains a generalisation about the cost of buying players across the board. As a generalisation, it is a fair enough statement, but it doesn't address, for instance, the FFP changes that are coming in next season which are primarily based on squad costs.



It's pretty obvious that clubs buy the best players that they can and, equally obviously, pay the 'market price' in terms of wages to obtain the player's signature, but there are limits as to what a club can and will be able to do.

07 Mar 2026 08:18:19
Regarding Carras post.
I wouldn't want any Real Madrid player in regards to a Macca sale. It should be the full price that we want. Their team is average. They've two star players up top. When Vini turns up or Mbappes on the pitch they steal the goals for them. They're outplayed in every game I watch. They're an average side even with the most overrated PR machine in Bellingham.


As for some fans, very few that would want Trent back. He has horrendous. Every match he's played, he's played a huge part in them conceding or directly is at fault.
I wouldn't want not one player from that squad. Also rampant with personalities toxic to a dressing room.

07 Mar 2026 09:47:10
I'm sure there's a few good eggs there, personality-wise. Law of averages.

07 Mar 2026 10:10:14
Their team is average? What are you on?

07 Mar 2026 10:13:50
Unfortunately, not true, Davey. Just look at the disrespectful way every single one of them treated Alonso when he told them to do a guard of honour for Barcelona, or when they all had a hissy fit because Rodri had the temerity to win the Ballon d'Or over their precious little skid mark Vinicius. No, not one good one amongst them.

07 Mar 2026 10:34:24
I'd love Ibou to turn them down. Hopefully he has seen the media giving Trent loads again, and that puts him off. I wouldn't even go there for a day out.

07 Mar 2026 11:19:48
Have to agree with you there, Viktor. The whole squad is toxic. I wouldn't want any of them to join us at this juncture.

07 Mar 2026 12:01:26
I think it might be Arda Guler, as Alonso has raved about him, but we have been linked with Camavinga quite recently, and Tchouameni
in the past. Hopefully it's Guler or Valverde.

07 Mar 2026 12:06:57
Trent has not been horrendous. He has been central for them in progressing the ball and creating chances. I would say that I would like Valverde, but honestly, he has been like a not-as-good version of Szoboszlai this season.

We need passers in midfield. Valverde is not a passer, he is another all-action midfielder who can fill in at full back, exactly like Dom, except Dom is better at pretty much everything, except maybe tackling.

07 Mar 2026 12:20:44
Real Madrid being Real Madrid will probably offer us someone like Ceballos.

Last time we got a player from them, it was Antonio Nunez who was crap!

07 Mar 2026 12:38:16
Not a hope in hell Madrid would allow Valverde to leave, or that he would be even remotely interested in the move.

07 Mar 2026 13:52:32
How about Endric (think that's the name). He's on loan in France. He likes the right hand side, has speed and skill too, and he can also play through the middle. Very young, a bit raw, yet bloody good imo.


I'd have him.

Valverde has played regularly at RB this season. He prefers central mid, engine on him is awesome, but would Sloz have to move left as Valverde is more RHS of cent mid.

07 Mar 2026 13:57:03
Yes dave small fish in big pond who come to another club and want to be the big fish in a small pond. My dislike for anything real madrid won't ever change and i still think there is something gone on over the amount of times they have won champions league and European cup i would not trust them as a club as far as i could throw them. YNWA

07 Mar 2026 15:32:40
Wasn't Valverde one of the players who led the revolt against Alonso? I keep seeing mixed reports about which camp he's in. I know Guler was one of the few Alonso "supporters" within the club, and he is now being ostracised by the rest of them.

So maybe he's the only one I wouldn't mind in Liverpool. But my original points still stand, and the rest can rot where they are.

07 Mar 2026 16:03:15
Rodrygo had been linked previously and was in a position of need. I would think his name comes up again, whether there is anything to it or not.

07 Mar 2026 16:39:34
Rodrygo is woeful, lightweight, and ineffective. The fact that Antony matches his output says enough. Rodrygo strikes me as a sort of wet fart who'd down tools because it's a bit cold. People mentioning Guler clearly aren't aware that he and Szoboszlai detest each other, for the record, Guler comes across as a weapons grade knobhead.

So, no thanks.
As for Endrick, that player tried to end Konate's season a couple of years ago, I've never forgotten that. He had no intent to play the ball, he intentionally went to injure Konate. I stand by my view that I would not want any of those people at Real Madrid here.

07 Mar 2026 16:51:52
I'd take Trent back all day, anyone that wouldn't is a bit bitter about it all.

He had a go, maybe the wrong way about it, but he would walk into our team.

07 Mar 2026 17:56:44
When Rat Arnold did that shhh thing, that was to us supporters. That was a massive two fingers up at us. He strung the club along by not being remotely honest about his intentions. As for his performances last season, it cemented my own view that he's a below average right back with an above average right foot. The number of decent performances (not good ones, as there were none of those) could be counted on the fingers of one hand. For the most part last year, he was a dead weight, a liability when defending, and only useful attacking if he could be bothered, and he didn't look remotely arsed most of the time.

The performances against United & Everton were particularly shameful.

And let's not forget that summer of 66 nonsense, his ego farce exceeds his ability by some margin. No, don't want him back at all, and it would be a criminal waste of valuable club resources to even consider it. If it dies bt work out. He can enjoy seeing his years out at a mid table club.

07 Mar 2026 18:26:41
Trent's a full back. He's in the Madrid line-up as a full back. He's defensively appalling. That's not even up for debate. He's been written about across Madrid's papers for how bad he is defensively. His overall game has also been exposed and spoken about.
You're mentioning progressive passing, lol, when half of his passes have been to the opposition. The lad will always pass some superb balls, but again, he's been horrendous.

He's been out of position and found out many, many times defensively. We're also talking about bottom of La Liga opposition, too. Let's see how he fares against Doku.
I do not want any player back who saw this club as a stepping stone to build their brand. The club moved on. BTW, how's his Ballon d'Or coming along?

07 Mar 2026 18:30:27
Meg, you are entitled to your opinion, but to say anyone that wouldn't take Trent back is just bitter, you cannot say that!
You can't force your own opinion on others to make such a ludicrous comment. That's what dictators do!

07 Mar 2026 19:49:58
@Baz, So basically saying people can have an opinion as long as you agree with it?

07 Mar 2026 18:39:55
As a dictator of this group, I hear what you're saying and sentence you to prison for not agreeing..

Maybe full on, but he gets into our team currently.

08 Mar 2026 08:59:28
If supporters who don't want Arnold Rat back are bitter, then the likes of Meg who pine for him to come back are nothing but simps and cucks, given how Arnold Rat shat on the club and supporters. This means more yeah?

08 Mar 2026 11:20:42
You're using the Madrid papers as a barometer for how he's been playing? They're sensationalist rags of the highest order. Have you actually watched him play consistently?

08 Mar 2026 11:42:26
Look, he will never be back, just for the simple reason that the club won't pay big money for a homegrown player who left the club for pittance. He's also 28 this year. Like when the club walked away when Real were asking too much to bring Owen back.

08 Mar 2026 12:40:39
Trent is not a rat he tried something most of us would do given the chance.
Learning a new language is not unusual a lot of people do it believe it or not it helps when you visit different countries you will find a lot of footballers will learn a new language Trent was no different. If we can bring back Trent then yes do it, it only improves the squad if we don't then i hope Trent does really well for madrid. YNWA.

PS would you have Klopp back he was learning Spanish while manager at LFC i was told?

08 Mar 2026 13:45:54
You're right, Albey, he had to do it. How else was he going to win his Ballon d'Or?

08 Mar 2026 16:26:00
Whether you think he's a rat or not, Liverpool would still be in the title fight with Arsenal and City if Trent had still been here this season. It is no coincidence that Salah's form has fallen off the cliff, since the only player who could give him the early ball he needs left the club.

08 Mar 2026 17:04:58
Maybe, but that only adds to the frustration that the bright lights of Madrid were too hard to turn down for him. But, sure as all the pundits said, "He'll win the title every season over there."

07 Mar 2026 07:38:55
If we can get Salah, VVD and Gakpo off the wages that is almost 1M a week saved and we would not be far off from where we are today without any replacements.

Hindsight taken into account, I think club succumbed to pressure to hand out VVD and Salah new contracts.

It all fell apart as soon as the new contracts were rolled out.

Never will know the what if we let them go and signed replacements where would be.

07 Mar 2026 07:51:22
Of the 3 u have named, only 1 I would sell in summer is Salah. Last chance to get a good fee for him. If he was willing to be a rotation option, u could make an argument for keeping him, but that won't happen.
I'm going against the grain with Gakpo, as I believe he is a v good player to have in the squad, can cover 3 positions, and there is always a goal in him.

He has had a poor season, but he is not on his own there. Probably not good enough to start week in week out, but v useful to have as 4th choice attacker.
Not a chance in hell would I sell Vvd, still head and shoulders your best defender, and his availability is unreal.

07 Mar 2026 08:04:47
Why would we sell Vvd? He's still the best defender at the club by some margin and can still play. Some odd error ain't dissuading me from that fact. Until we have a capable manager, I'll refuse to criticise any of them.

07 Mar 2026 08:47:43
Another ridiculous post about money.
Just because we save 1m a week, it definitely does not leave us far off from where we are now.

Vvd is still one of the best Cb out there, but yes, let's get rid of him to save a buck.

Gakpo, not everyone's cup of tea, but maybe if he had some competition for his position, people would be speaking differently of him.



Mo is Mo... age has caught up with him, unfortunately. Still lots to offer if we could maybe change his role.

07 Mar 2026 08:58:47
On Gakpo, far too predictable, one-footed, and well and truly worked out by the opposition. Also, 3rd choice centre forward on his best day. At £200k per week (reported), far too expensive to be a versatile back-up. Could probably command a decent fee.

Selling him in the summer is the ultimate no-brainer.

07 Mar 2026 10:41:26
Gakpo, yes. Vvd & Mo, not yet, both have been way off, but you can't buy experience. The Rios and Nyonis of this world have no one better to look up to as a model pro. Yeh, Mo has dropped off this season.

Let's see what he's like in a team that plays quicker, and the opposition have more than one player at a time to defend against. He has earned the right to end his career here. Crap or not.

07 Mar 2026 11:00:42
Like the man said 'Let's not talk about finances.'

07 Mar 2026 12:44:19
Vvd still top class. Frode, so every poor player performance this season is because of Slot? And people call me deluded.

07 Mar 2026 13:12:23
Vvd easily still top 5 CBs on the planet. Imo still the best even if there has been a drop off.

07 Mar 2026 15:57:30
Definitely Gakpo and Salah to go.

07 Mar 2026 16:38:38
By this logic, why don't we just sell all our players and save millions each week!

07 Mar 2026 17:45:31
I think I have been watching a different Vvd. There is zero leadership from Vvd this year. He is a yard slower at 400k a week. 4 goals conceded this year because of his individual mistakes. No, he is no longer the world's best defender.



You folk should not be such red tinted. If an offer is available for Salah, Vvd and Gakpo we should take it and run, and I think that's why we gave them 2 year extensions - so we can get something in case it doesn't work.

07 Mar 2026 20:47:36
I never care about the wages when it comes to Virg. And Salah for that matter. The way I see it is they have earned every penny. They could have been earning much more at other clubs for the bones of a decade, but stayed loyal to us.

Both all-time 11'ers. In Virg's case, if we just got him a top partner, he could play for years yet.

07 Mar 2026 21:35:59
Agreed, Florian. Both have earned their current salaries.
Vvd could still play for a while, especially if he has the right partner. Salah has earned the right to choose. He's such a professional that he's a great influence.

From that perspective, my concern is, if he didn't start as regularly, would he be a hindrance? But part of me thinks if we signed a young winger like Diomande, as an example, he would be perfect for 1 more year.

07 Mar 2026 03:33:17
Fresh take: We want to sell Salah and Gakpo, but if they're not 'starters' it wipes a combined £40M off their price tags. So Slot has to play them until the summer.

07 Mar 2026 04:29:28
Combined 40m for both of them? That's a steal!

I really hope Salah stays. If we really get a new manager next season, I wonder if he'll be back scoring goals.

Gakpo? I'm not sure. I don't have much thought about him, and I definitely won't miss him.

07 Mar 2026 08:16:42
I personally would be more than happy to see Salah, Konate, Gakpo, McAllister, Robertson, and even Big Virg go, regardless of the disruption it may cause. I would rather see a young, hungry team try - and win nothing - than this bloated transitional mess. Most of them have been great servants, but it's time.

07 Mar 2026 09:35:47
But if we play them, and our current (crappy) league form continues, and we don't qualify for the Champions League, then we lose £110 million.... That's a £70m hole the club are digging for themselves with this stupid short-sighted thinking.

07 Mar 2026 12:46:12
Not Virg's time yet. Still top class.

06 Mar 2026 22:19:46
Not MOTD fever here but I’d defs be looking at Joao Gomes from Wolves
When they go down. Cheap and perfect replacement for McAllister/Jones as a squad option. Would add some bite and mobility in midfield and not bad on the ball.

06 Mar 2026 22:44:50
Absolutely. Should have signed him in the summer of 2023.

06 Mar 2026 23:48:11
Hang on, hang on - we all agreed we are signing Mane from Wolves. I read it on this very board less than a week ago. He can play on the left, right and middle, and his level of development is light years ahead of Rio. Isn't that right, chaps, or did I misread the scouting reports last week?

06 Mar 2026 23:50:31
January 2023, even.

07 Mar 2026 06:49:35
WDW, I thought Rio was fantastic last night. He needs to improve his decision making, but that can only come with more game time. He gave us an injection of pace into our attack, so much better than Gakpo, so we would have been even better if we had Ekitike to front as well.


I see Gakpo had his hand in a bandage. Rumours say that he got it caught in the till, where he has been stealing a living all season under the watchful eye of his dad, Slot.

07 Mar 2026 08:27:01
Still slagging players and manager after a win.
YNWA, eh?

07 Mar 2026 10:03:44
Just fickle fans being fickle fans, Flash.

07 Mar 2026 10:29:52
I thought Gakpo played well. Not sure Rio is ready to replace him just yet, but I'd be happy for them to be duking it out for the left wing spot.

07 Mar 2026 12:47:40
That was the general consensus, Wdw.

06 Mar 2026 19:24:09
Does anyone else think that Slot leaving at the end of the season (if it happens) will actually be mutual? I feel he's homesick, he's giving players time off etc so he can go home and has no family network around him? I don't feel he's lost the spark so to speak but has been blinded by tactical inadequacies and possible homesickness.

06 Mar 2026 19:38:05
For all we know Arne's probably loving it over here on his own. Out for a few scoops every evening, then hits the casino. Probably like a bloke coming home from a stags having to go over to Holland every few weeks. Depressed outa his head. 😆

06 Mar 2026 19:38:22
If he feels homesick, he shouldn't have taken the job in the first place, knowing this was going to happen.

06 Mar 2026 20:14:22
I hope you realise there are quite a lot of unanticipated family events that can happen over an 18-month period.

06 Mar 2026 20:42:34
Done to death.

06 Mar 2026 20:54:03
I think, if he goes, it will be labelled mutual anyway, no matter what the circumstances. Given the fact that he won us the league in his first season, the club would be more than happy to mutually part ways out of respect for his career. I'd be extraordinarily surprised if he was officially sacked. I don't think his leaving will actually be because he's homesick, although if he does go, I'm sure it will be cited as a factor, but we all know the truth.

I've heard that nonsense pedalled far too much. It's all too convenient for the Slot apologists that he just so happened to become overwhelmingly homesick at the exact same time his position came under fire. That's some coincidence.

06 Mar 2026 21:01:19
Slot isn't great. Saying the players are not giving their all is no excuse.

06 Mar 2026 21:33:20
I reckon he's been blinded by fullbacks bought who don't suit his inverted fullback system, breaking the transfer record twice for a guy who needed half a season to adapt, and another guy who isn't fit and is now injured, a CB, CM, and a highly paid liability on the RW who have all fallen off a cliff, high-profile departures, and multiple injuries to the backline.



Could go on.

And, I don't care that the obvious reply is going to be about making excuses. At the end of the day, he has to manage through those factors.

06 Mar 2026 22:26:16
For the record, I'm not a Slot apologist. I am, and have been, since most of this season, Slot out. So all this "apologist" nonsense can stop.

06 Mar 2026 23:04:32
We won tonight.

06 Mar 2026 23:14:36
The family thing only comes up cos we are below the expected level.
When someone's out of favour, ppl jump on their haircut, their kecks, the lot.

07 Mar 2026 12:56:05
The fact that apologist is used concerning a man who, in his only full season, gave us No.20 and is still in two competitions this year, just shows the absolute state of the modern LFC supporter.

08 Mar 2026 10:03:28
I've been thinking this for a while (mutual leaving).

I just got a feeling that he's never really settled at Liverpool and made the full connection, and it doesn't help that he lives near Manchester!

He's never brought his family over, never bonded with the fans as much as previous bosses, and only has one year remaining come the summer.

For the sake of everyone's reputation, and to keep everything amicable, I wouldn't be surprised if things haven't already been discussed and sorted and he walks away himself at the end of the season to take the Ajax job (I'd imagine Spurs might also make him an offer if they remain in the prem).

Then we bring in Xabi.

Might all be bullshit!

Personally, I have a lot of sympathy for Slot, and it's been a really difficult time that would have tested anyone. He's not entirely blameless, but I wouldn't be against him being given the chance to turn things around. That said, I do fear he's lost too many of the fanbase, and it may be too much of a hill to climb.

Getting Alonso would be great, and I'd be delighted if it comes off. I just can't help but feel for Slot, and it disgusts me how quickly some of our fanbase turned on him this season, especially considering the circumstances of last summer.