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03 Apr 2026 22:23:33
While there isn't much to talk about concerning Liverpool while the internationals are on. That Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior seems a very weird cat, doesn't he? He has come out with some riddles lately, when the players was respecting the ball bfr kick off n a few other bits of strange.

Now 2 Chelsea players seem to have said similar things about moving clubs while on international duty, but one is suspended n the other one allowed to play, but he had 2 great chats with both.

03 Apr 2026 23:48:39
I'm still at a loss how he even got the Chelsea job. Don't get me wrong, I hope they don't get rid of him any time soon.

04 Apr 2026 00:43:35
IR.. I hope they give him a 5 year contract.

04 Apr 2026 00:52:04
Strom, that'd be shorter than the 6 year contract he does have.

04 Apr 2026 06:01:53
SR, I thought he was only temp... 6 year contract, how on earth did he manage to get that.

04 Apr 2026 07:15:28
That is a temporary contract for Chelsea.
Most of their new signings get 15 year contracts.

03 Apr 2026 21:16:36
Good to see Roy Hodgson proving the new manager bounce still exists!
With 7 games to go!

03 Apr 2026 21:50:08
It was ugly how it ended for him at Palace, so I hope he gets to end his career on a high.

03 Apr 2026 15:33:43
I f*** love Alison, he is still in the very top tier of goalkeepers in the world. For me, injured or not he shouldn't be let go anywhere until his match is met.

03 Apr 2026 17:04:49
Given that we triggered the extension, it looks likely he'll be here until the end of next season, finding his equal might prove tricky.

03 Apr 2026 17:13:02
I agree. Nothing has changed, really, he's loved an injury for years.

03 Apr 2026 17:32:24
To replace Ali, Salah and Vvd was always going to be an enormous task. 3 all time greats for the club. Salah + Vvd, I think, make our best all time 11 and it Ali r Clem in nets.

03 Apr 2026 20:38:53
Certainly in this era they are extremely difficult to replace, especially like for like. City have the same issue too, tho, with the great players they've had of late. It definitely feels like there's a lack of quality out there.

It is going to be interesting to see what way the club deal with it. Semenyo would have been a handy addition and reasonably well priced too. 🙄

03 Apr 2026 11:58:19
Alisson out til towards the end of the season. Christ.

03 Apr 2026 12:22:48
Time to see what Mama is really worth. He will have a run of games to get into it too.

03 Apr 2026 12:48:52
Ah, that's tough. I can't this season ending a disaster.

03 Apr 2026 13:03:39
Maybe his team mates will finally find out he's left-footed.

03 Apr 2026 13:03:45
PSG will be buoyed, after his heroics there last season. This is a huge loss, unfortunately Mama is nowhere near good enough from what I've seen.

03 Apr 2026 13:59:49
Cafu, the whole season has been a disaster already.

03 Apr 2026 16:14:45
Whose idea was it to buy Mama in the first place. He is extremely poor with the ball at his feet. He doesn't possess the skillset to play for LFC.

Jaros was and is a much better option for no.2. He should not have been loaned out. He was the obvious candidate to replace Kelleher.

03 Apr 2026 11:39:00
Sounds like Alisson is gonna be out for a few weeks according to James Pearce. Well "towards the end of the season" was his words. 🤦

03 Apr 2026 11:57:30
Unpopular opinion, I know, but if Italian clubs are interested in him, then we should let him go. It is ridiculous, the amount of injuries; no other keeper gets them, yet Alisson gets them consistently and at the worst possible times. Something is not right, could be the training he undergoes, the application he has towards maintaining and looking after himself, but enough is enough.

Unconvinced by Giorgi, so suspect we would need to look elsewhere for our number 1. God knows where. I doubt we would though, as it is simply more we would need to cover in a transfer window which requires us to buy a RB, CB, LB, CM, RW and LW. That is an insane number of coverage, considering we spent 450 million last summer, and yet still have these positions to target.

03 Apr 2026 12:28:41
Has anyone seen much of Pecsi for the u21s? He looks like he needs to fill out a bit, and, in goalkeeping terms, still very young. Mamardashvili wanted to prove he could be Liverpool's no1. Personally, I'm less than convinced so far.

{Ed025's Note - Mama is a poor mans Jordan Pickford for me No8, good shot stopper but the rest of is game is pants, poor positioning, not very good at crosses and a worse kicking game than Douglas Bader mate..

03 Apr 2026 12:46:12
Should've kept Kelleher.

03 Apr 2026 12:54:46
Kelleher wanted away, SR.

03 Apr 2026 13:00:58
Mamardashvili has played in 11 league and CL games this season and we've lost 8 of them.

This is a massive opportunity for the lad.

Does it get any bigger than City and PSG away next?

03 Apr 2026 13:16:15
Douglas Bader 🤣

Didn't expect to see his name pop up on here.

FYI for anybody that doesn't know who that is I would suggest a quick google to a) understand how badly ed0025 thinks of mama's kicking but b) it's worth it to learn more about his story which is colourful to say the least.

{Ed025's Note - a great man in history Wazza mate..

03 Apr 2026 15:41:24
It's not only the games Alli misses, it's the games it then takes him to get his sharpness back when he returns. He's moved like a 40-year-old in some of the games he's played this season. He seems afraid to put his full force behind his kicks, which results in him pulling them.

Absolute legend. Best in my time as a fan, but for me, if we could get a top young replacement in, it's time to maybe part ways after the season.

03 Apr 2026 15:45:27
I vaguely remember him being on "This Is Your Life" years ago. He told the story about his false legs trapping him in his Spitfire when he needed to bail out. He undid them and parachuted without them. A proper hero.

03 Apr 2026 15:56:04
I recall seeing an interview with Simon Mignolet, and he was saying that Ali has very impressive fast twitch reflexes, which are part of what makes him such a great keeper... Fast twitch players are more prone to muscle injuries, and I think in Ali's case his injury record is as simple as that rather than a training or mismanagement issue.

03 Apr 2026 16:02:52
There's no one out there I'd swap Alison for. Best bet would be to sort the sh*te in front of him so he's not got extra to do.

03 Apr 2026 16:20:22
Even if he misses or isn't 100% fit for half the games, John?

03 Apr 2026 16:24:48
I'm struggling to think of another keeper who has had as many injuries as Alisson. When you think the great Ray Clemence played 336 games on the spin. I'm not criticising Alisson, he's our best ever. Just saying.

03 Apr 2026 16:43:23
Regards to Douglas Bader, a tad racist you will find.

03 Apr 2026 16:42:28
Florian he doesn't miss half the games and when he does play he's elite. You can isolate a few moments but who's better. As usual Florian the contrarian would argue with his reflection.

03 Apr 2026 16:57:11
Frode, he misses a lot of games. He then takes a few to get back to 100%. I don't know who's better, I don't know the European Leagues like I would have when I was younger. As I said, he's a legend and the best I've seen play for us.

I would have him for another 10 years on ability alone. It's just the injuries. You bury your head in the sand about them if you want, but they'll still be there.

03 Apr 2026 16:56:37
Douglas Bader Ed025 now that's quality mate 😂 👏. A hero of WWII in the air

{Ed025's Note - he was Barry...if only Mama was as good in the air mate.. :)

03 Apr 2026 17:01:45
Douglas Bader once had to escape his crippled plane after he was shot down. Unclipped his legs then bailed out without them. Crazy to think he would do that. I'm pretty sure his kicking would have been better than Mamas 🤣

{Ed025's Note - he was certainly braver than MacAllister CGD.. :)

03 Apr 2026 18:18:30
Ha ha class Ed! Let's be honest though Mac is no stronger than the average 5 year old, bless him. What happened to the player from the last couple of seasons Ed? I thought he was class when he first arrived.

{Ed025's Note - i really dont know CGD, i cant remember all that nonsense when he was at Brighton mate...but to be fair i never watched a lot of their games, the only thing i can think of is that...he is Argentinian.. :)

03 Apr 2026 18:45:19
The prison camp guards used to confiscate Bader's legs to stop his escape attempts.
Meanwhile, we have footballers who roll large distances when nudged while running fast, then stay down acting like they've been shot.
What a contrast.

{Ed025's Note - they were made of sterner stuff those days Flash, i would not want the players these days next to me in the trenches mate.. :)

03 Apr 2026 18:40:15
Agree Ed, cultural differences. We need steel in the middle of the park and we definitely don't have any real bite. Love Grav as a 6, he is perfect for it but we need legs and a little snap next to him.

That would allow us to move Slob either as the 10 or a 7 on the wing, I think he would be fantastic as a wide forward.

03 Apr 2026 19:05:21
So edd25 how many times have you watched mama play? I remember Pickford was poor when he first came to EFC so as the saying goes you can't judge a book by it's cover.

{Ed025's Note - all of his games at Liverpool Albey...probably the same as you mate..my eyes are not 20/20 these days but i know a lemon when i see one..

03 Apr 2026 19:32:00
I have to say Ed
I'm not with you entirely on Pickford
Everything seems to be a show for him
He often makes the ordinary look spectacular

{Ed025's Note - hes a good keeper SB, never injured and has saved us a lot of points over the years mate, is he perfect..no..what keeper is?, yes he makes the odd mistake but which keeper doesn,t?, he makes a lot of world class saves and for me hes one of the best around..

04 Apr 2026 01:28:02
Yeah, when it came to escaping, Douglas didn't have a ... best stop that line of thought.

03 Apr 2026 08:45:16
Italy needs Jurgen. Bad.

03 Apr 2026 10:50:13
No, they don't need Jurgen. What they need is going back 40 years or more, when their defenders and midfielders could kick the s*** out of opposition and get away with it.
Now, they can't do this. They have been found out, and their results show it.
YNWA.

03 Apr 2026 11:08:56
Italian football started to die when the match fixing scandal was dug up in the 2000s.

Saying that, I'd back them 10x over to win a major international trophy again years before England do.

03 Apr 2026 11:41:01
They won the Euros in 2021. If I was in charge, I'd allow all past winners of the World Cup free entry without qualifying. Probably, in a tiny minority who think that, like that bothers me. Crazy that Italy aren't there, along with other big footballing nations, when there are countries there just making up the numbers.

03 Apr 2026 11:48:12
They still won a WC and a Euro comp., including a Euro final, since that scandal, so nah, that's not it, imo. I just think they have fallen asleep at the wheel and have rested too much on their laurels to the point that other European countries have caught up with them and eventually, left them behind.

Just look at their group. A (fast-improving) Norway have been in the wilderness for 2 decades and Italy got absolutely dogwalked by them.

In addition, the fact that Gatusso was crying about not being able to make the WC via the group stage (getting pummelled by Norway at home, btw) just proves how inflated their opinion is about their football, and how much teams have levelled. And it's only gonna get worse for them, moving forward.

03 Apr 2026 12:22:39
Seriously thought you were referring to a toilet break there, Oli, until I cottoned on!

03 Apr 2026 14:22:39
I used to love watching Italian football when it was on Ch4, when Gazza played in Italy that was the place to be. Transfers, wages were all the highest. They could take any player they wanted, ie Gazza, Rush, Gullit, all the top German players, etc.
That's because the money was in their league, now it's in the Premier League, but with all the money we have spent our league, esp lately, is dreadful, boring to watch, hope it improves, but can see over the next couple of seasons teams will do an Arsenal, play for corners, free kicks etc.

03 Apr 2026 16:22:08
I think the problem is that Italian football doesn't have an identity any more.

They were always known for their defensive strength, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.

Also, Italy don't really have any world class players currently, at least I can't think of any.

Gone are the days of Maldini, Baggio, Pirlo, Cannavaro, etc. You just don't see any great players coming out of Italy...

Maybe it's the effect of training youngsters to be robots on the field, as opposed to them being allowed to express themselves.

03 Apr 2026 07:15:31
A question for any of the Eds
I remember one of the Eds mentioning Sebastian Hoener as a possible candidate for Liverpool when we was looking to replace Jurgen, who would you say is better suited to club Alonso or Sebastian Hoener? I loved Xavi as a player but after 3 years of management experience is he ready for a massive club like Lfc?

{Ed001's Note - they are both in a similar position, lacking experience. I do prefer Hoeness' football to watch though.}

03 Apr 2026 12:07:02
I think xabi had leverkusen playing some great football as well ed

02 Apr 2026 22:41:07
Where were we when it came to recruitment. We've missed out on so much winter talent.

BBC article

04 Apr 2026 01:32:54
Like who, @Hessle - genuine question.

02 Apr 2026 20:21:05
Bastoni seems to be getting a lot of flak of late. A change of environment might do him some good.

Maybe it is time to tempt Inter with an offer.

02 Apr 2026 20:45:09
An offer he can't refuse (Taps his fingers together, menacingly).

02 Apr 2026 20:49:33
Not a Premier League defender imo.

02 Apr 2026 21:08:03
Isn't he in discussions with Barca?

02 Apr 2026 21:09:30
Maxine Lacroix is much better.

02 Apr 2026 21:27:11
Jesus, that was some quicksharp decline for Bastoni on here wasn't it.

03 Apr 2026 07:14:18
Bastoni is not the answer, he is a good defender, but not great.
He would struggle in the prem.
I called for Maxence Lacroix at the start of the season, a great option, off the back of a great season in the prem for him.
Suggest he would be £60m at least though, and Palace are dirt to deal with, as witnessed with Guehi last summer.

03 Apr 2026 11:12:59
I thought Marc Guehi was the saviour?

Since going there, They've collapsed. 📉

03 Apr 2026 11:47:17
Marc Guehi is a good defender. Nothing more, nothing else. If you listen to the English pundits, he's the 2nd coming of Bobby Moore.

03 Apr 2026 11:49:24
I think the Bastoni ship has sailed.

04 Apr 2026 01:34:19
He was over-hyped. He'd be a liability in the PL.

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