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27 Jul 2024 01:42:55
I get everyone is asking about transfers and comings and going's. but just to change things up a bit. people's favourite player for us? Not best player but favourite player?
I'm 45 years old and seen some absolutely class on show over the years but I'll kick things off with my pick . Bobby 😍 what a player and absolutely loves Liverpool and mo and mane would never have achieved the numbers they had without Bobby., 👍👍 Gerrard was a close 2nd but Bobby was just so special and went a little bit under the radar in my opinion. 👌.

{Ed077's Note - Torres for me. Torres in his prime for LFC

27 Jul 2024 02:59:04
I’ve been a Liverpool fan for 30 years give or take, and the player I idolised the most growing up will probably be an unpopular one- McManaman 🫣. I played on the wing because of him, and I will admit to watching him play at Real even though he left us under acrimonious circumstances. I would say that besides choosing Macca for sentimental reasons, Fowler would be an obvious pick, and Xabi was always a joy to watch spraying passes from deep.

I would probably say that overall the best player I have seen play for Liverpool is Virgil at the height of his powers, though, when he was switched on he was in my opinion the most awe inspiring player in world football, a one man back four who could outpace and outmuscle anybody, was never caught out of possession or dribbled past, could win any battle in the air or the ground and with a ridiculous range of passing. So I think that my final answer would probably be Virgil.

27 Jul 2024 03:24:25
Bobby is a great choice.

Fowler for me.

27 Jul 2024 03:35:09
John Barnes without a shadow of doubt.

27 Jul 2024 04:44:50
Alonso was my fav player. Loved the way he could spray balls from deep and he always seemed to be a few steps ahead of everyone else on the pitch.

27 Jul 2024 05:09:07
Good question. Tough to narrow down. Probably Danny Murphy. He wasn't here all that long, but just my kind of player. I'm just old enough to have caught the end of Jan Molby's time at the club, so he's a close second.

In recent years, Bobby and Milner have been right up there too.

27 Jul 2024 05:50:12
A will join in on this point lads a will go with Alan hansen he always seemed to have time on the ball rarely flustered.

27 Jul 2024 06:16:39
Molby for me.

27 Jul 2024 06:24:34
Torres for me too. He made me fall in love with lfc. and football. and then left us.

27 Jul 2024 06:31:04
A player who doesn't get the recognition he deserves, played throughout the eighties won won it all in that era, ronnie whelan.

27 Jul 2024 06:35:47
Favourite player was Steve McManaman, what he could with a ball was amazing. Another was Stig Inge Bjournebye, not a popular player but I loved him as wingback, his crossing was spot on. Always remember the cross for Neil Ruddock in the 3-3 against Man U.

Current squad my fav player is MacAllister.

27 Jul 2024 07:01:23
I was so happy when John Barnes signed for us. He was an amazing signing. I just loved watching him play.

27 Jul 2024 07:05:15
Graeme Souness. Absolutely giant in the middle, could do the lot, if you wanted a game of football he’d be the best on the pitch, if you wanted a fight he’d give you that too. Didn’t shy away from a challenge and you could tell his team mates respected him and opposing players feared him. Best midfielder ever to play for the club.

27 Jul 2024 07:05:47
Suarez for me, just an absolute beast. Current player would be Elliot.

27 Jul 2024 07:12:11
Tough choice between fowler and Bobby but I’m probably going for Fowler.

If I could pick my favourite player for one specific season it would be Suarez for that 13/ 14 season. Watching him that season was joyous. 31 goals and 17 assists in 33 games. With a collection of absolute bangers.

27 Jul 2024 07:12:58
Ian rush for me. Another player who doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.

He will likely be our record goal scorer forever.

27 Jul 2024 00:48:53
I put Dirk kuyt makes more sense I red he'd offered to give advise to work with Slot and Rated Geertruida highly More sense than a ex Everton player John Heitinga with limited coaching experience and far less playing achievements even less understanding and affiliation of what it means to be a Liverpool player . whereas Dirk Kuyt was a hell of a player who's work ethics were second to none and in my opinion a better choice.

27 Jul 2024 05:36:56
What were Klopp’s achievements as a player? The level you play at is a complete irrelevance.

I’ll never understand why people get so wrapped up in roles at a football club they have zero knowledge of someone’s competence in.

I know West Ham fans said he was rated there and really well liked by the players.

{Ed025's Note - you are spot on Shaq..

27 Jul 2024 06:23:01
Benitez and Klopp weren't exactly World beaters on the pitch. Then you have the likes of Wenger, Mourinho, Ferguson in the same boat.

27 Jul 2024 06:37:50
Also not trying to be harsh as they are at the beginnings of their managerial careers, but look at Gerrard, Lampard and Rooney. Great players, still some work to do as managers.

26 Jul 2024 11:56:28
1 thing I didn't agree with slots press conference yesterday was he said this squad Is capable of challenging and its very hard to improve the current squad. I strongly disagree! the 2 teams above us have already strengthened and the reason we finished 3rd last season was because there squads were stronger and we were weaker in key areas . If we don't address this we could easily slip out of the top 4 never mind challenging.

26 Jul 2024 12:18:48
In fairness if that’s what slot and the club thinks then great.

If they believe this squad can challenge then let’s go out and give it our all.

But if we don’t challenge then they can’t say it’s because the squad isn’t strong enough.

We had this a few seasons ago when Klopp told the world we didn’t need a midfielder to then 180 with a few days to go of the window and sign Arthur.

I’ve liked Slots press interviews and he can certainly talk the talk. Let’s hope he can walk the walk as well.

26 Jul 2024 12:32:42
I'm not so sure Hailstones - we fell away the last 5 weeks but were top at April

We looked like we could concede but were scoring a lot before those last few weeks so honestly think if they work on the defending as a unit etc and make us harder to break down we'll not be too far off tbh

Though, even those games we lost we had an absolute plethora of chances that none of the front ones could bury - it was like everyone in the team forgot how to actually finish a chance

Then you have the abundance of referee and VAR calls that just cost us points after points.

Look, not saying we do not need players but we do have a decent team I think.

26 Jul 2024 12:42:43
It's probably him just playing to the media Hailstones and supporting his players in public.

He said himself that he was watching LFC for a while already, even before he was officially announced as head coach.

I have no doubt that he is fully aware that we need to reinforce.

26 Jul 2024 13:16:24
The team last year was ruined with injuries. Not much to improve really replace Matip and Diaz if he goes (hopefully) and maybe cover for endo but bajetic is back. If we can sort the injury / recovery time out that would be a great help.

26 Jul 2024 13:33:59
He comes across quite diplomatic and he will be optimistic and excited for the season ahead I would think stepping up from Feyenoord.

He’s unlikely to say the team needs serious surgery. I don’t think that is in his character and he will be optimistic that it will be strong enough to challenge

Equally I don’t see him as a mourinho or conte type that might use media interviews to leverage something within the club anyway.

I still expect (like slot) that at least 1 player will sign, hopefully more.

If Salah stays I think a RW signing is less essential. At this stage for me, a left sided defender and a centre midfielder would be what is needed. Unless key players leave in which case they would need to be replaced most likely too.

I can’t see the club doing anything drastic like selling Nunez for a new CF, or selling VVD for a new CB. Minor tweaks at most I think.

26 Jul 2024 13:44:17
We lost not because of players but because the way we was playing was unsustainable and a loss of form from key players in the business end of the season.

26 Jul 2024 14:25:45
Challenging and winning are two entirely different concepts. He is absolutely right in that this squad can challenge because it did that last season.
There's over a month left in the window and he is hardly going to come out and say "the squads crap, probably looking at top 4 if I'm lucky"

26 Jul 2024 14:27:48
Hardly going to come out and say the squads rubbish is he.

26 Jul 2024 14:58:00
We will find out the ambition of the club under Slot in this window.
This squad can’t and won’t win the league.

26 Jul 2024 15:12:49
Hailstones if Slot said "we shall see if we can challenge" or something like that, what message is he sending to the Salah"s, Ali's, VVD's and Trent's of the world, some of whom have said that regardless of who the manager is, the standards do not change? Ali said the exact same thing last season when he was asked about Slot coming in. We challenged last season so in the players' eyes and minds, what stops them from doing so this season? It's a mentality thing, my guy.

Slot is saying what the players (esp. the ones I mentioned) want to hear as that will spur them on to challenge esp. since they are used to challenging on all fronts regardless of success or not. Players at the club right now ain't trying to hear "Oh, we won't be challenging this season" cos that's not in their DNA anymore. These guys grew from "Can we? " to "Yes, we did" under Klopp. That will not go down well in the DR and that's not the way you want to start your reign at an institution like LFC who are used to competing and winning over the past decade or so. Just my opinion.

26 Jul 2024 15:26:51
Two things which are weird habits. For some reason everyone thinks we were really shaky at the back when in reality we tied arsenal for best defence until about march or so.

Secondly that we were awful all year, we were top for significant parts of it just failing after those spirit crushing two defeats against United. If either of those is a win im confident we be champs now.

26 Jul 2024 15:27:04
LiverpoolFC8
The money is there to spend, the ambition will be down to Hughes, slot and the recruitment team - Not FSG.

26 Jul 2024 15:29:29
He said it's hard to improve the squad also. This by definition is true as there are a couple dozen players in some positions to possibly only a couple of players if any that improve us depending on the position. And when you remove the ones that are literally not available at any price plus the ones that would cost outrageous fees / demand wages way outside of our structure, well then you realise that it is actually quite difficult to improve the squad and especially the starting 11.

26 Jul 2024 16:19:20
Nice summary PickleRick.

26 Jul 2024 17:09:59
you disagree as you want a Shinny new toy soon as we sign someone you will be ecstatic. Sad and pathetic OG.

26 Jul 2024 17:11:21
stevie Wonder can see that we need atop No 6 , macca needs to be higher up the pitch, wasted at No 6, BAJ needs to be eased back in
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26 Jul 2024 20:46:40
A new coach and tactics can make all the difference. If Leicester can win the league after almost getting relegated than a team that finishes third can certainly challenge and win.

27 Jul 2024 03:04:52
Problem is, Nevada, that we were poor even though we were top of the league for periods last season. I lost count of the games we narrowly drew or won by a goal in the last 5 minutes. Overall, our performances were pretty average.