Liverpool banter 6

09 Apr 2026 18:40:08
Just would like to say all the best to Robbo for the future. Has to be Liverpool best value for money signing ever.

09 Apr 2026 18:33:37
Confirmed that Robbo will leave at the end of the season - the brilliant Klopp team goes and another leader in the group gone too.
One of the best LB we’ve seen at the club, what a bargain as well.
Cheers Robbo, thanks for the superb service you gave us - wishing him well wherever he may end up.

09 Apr 2026 19:42:43
Hi Ed's, any of you know if Milly has done his coaching badges yet? I would love to see him go into management / coaching. I think with his mentality he will be very good in the years to come.

{Ed001's Note - I don't think he has completed them yet. Why not Lallana?}

09 Apr 2026 21:01:24
I don't think Lallana is on the same level as Milly. Milly looks like he would chew a few of the current players up if they gave him the ego b*******. Bit of Yorkshire grit in that bloke.

09 Apr 2026 19:28:28
Oh Andy Andy, Andy Andy Andy Andy Robertson.

Thank you for everything and God speed.

You magnificent *******.

09 Apr 2026 19:21:56
One for hindsight.
Last summer, we let Salah leave on a free transfer, won the league player of the year etc. Offered half or more of his new wage to a prime age Diaz. Kept Nunez and used Isak money on Mbeumo and maybe an extra body in midfield.

Not taken the Guehi deal to deadline day, offered £50m in July. Would Slot got more from that squad than the one he has now? Or would it have been the same? What I’m saying is have we got square pegs in round holes?

09 Apr 2026 20:10:55
No, cause his tactics are dogrubbish. People like to try and blame the players, the transfers, the Diogo tragedy but we were terrible during the tail end of last season after Slot started introducing his own prefered style of play, which was long before any of the above happend.

I'll admit that Guehin might have helped somewhat solidify the backline but it wouldn't be enough, we're getting trampled on all over the park, 1 decent defender is not going to fix that. Diaz stays, sure there's more energy on the left but Mo is still gone and Diaz isn't picking up that slack, we'd still be playing slow indirect football which doesn't suit Diaz either so there's no doubt he'd be underperforming along with the rest of the team. Nunez, as much as I like him, had little contribution last year, Slot gave him just 7 league starts, clearly not his prefered coice of striker, the kid wears his heart on his sleeve and was never going to cope well under those circumstances.

Yes we have square pegs in round holes, the pegs are Slot, Edwards, Hughes and Peeters, and the holes are in their heads.

09 Apr 2026 19:06:09
So Robertson has just announced he's leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.

What a player! To think we got him pretty much in a swap deal for Kevin Stewart.

Really does feel like an end of an era.

{Ed025's Note - great player Rusty..

09 Apr 2026 19:51:55
What a player, lads. The best LB we had in years and only £10m.

09 Apr 2026 19:57:52
Fantastic player. What a privilege to have seen him playing to the maximum. He was proper.

09 Apr 2026 18:05:15
Ed's or anyone in the know. As much as I'd love Alonso to be the gaffer I just can't see anyone else but Jurgen turning this around.

He's known to have his sabbaticals then go back into management. Is there even the shred of possibility that he comes home as he's had his rest and probably hates to see what's happening?

09 Apr 2026 19:10:16
Nope, he's not coming back.

Don't lose hope for the future. If Arne Slot won us the league, you should hold hope someone else can!

09 Apr 2026 19:14:44
Depends on what you mean, turn it around.

Win the league next season? No, I don't think there's many managers that can pull that off.

Improve us to the point where more competitive, hungry, more attractive to watch, more comfortable in the Champions League spots next season - I think there's managers out there that can do that.



It's not an instant solution.

It's a building job now.

But it can be done. Still, many quality players at the club under the right leadership and tactical plan. But it will take more than one season now.

09 Apr 2026 19:34:43
Same, mate, these lads will take the mick out of him, can't imagine Alonso shouting and roaring, and that's what these lot need. We also miss Milner and Hendo like crazy, they've never been replaced.

09 Apr 2026 19:51:08
Qosr, Elliot Anderson is the spiritual successor to Henderson/Milner. Even if it's just one transfer in the summer, we need to do everything to make Elliot Anderson happen.

09 Apr 2026 19:57:09
I’d go as far to say most of our big personalities and voices have not been replaced. It’s crazy the imbalance of the squad and some of the recruitment failures. Did anyone genuinely think Isak would play a lot of games? My memory of him at Newcastle was he was permanently injured.

How was that a good move? I’m so pissed off with these guys in charge.

09 Apr 2026 20:24:29
Did Klopp go back to Mainz, or Dortmund? No, he's not coming back. He genuinely hates many aspects of the Premier League; the schedule, the stress, the media, the weather... He's Global Head of Football, he gets paid millions to work from home in sunny Mallorca where he can spend a lot more time with his family. Don't forget Klopp's move to Red Bull was not on a whim, it was a long-term plan. Red Bull initially made contact with Klopp over 2 years before he made his announcement, which was also around the same time he bought his current Mallorca home, that's no coincidence.



Just watch the Steven Bartlett interview with Klopp from last year, go to 1:54:43, or stick this on the end of the URL &t=6883s, watch how he answers the question about the possibility of returning to Liverpool. Pay attention to his body language and facial expressions. He says it's "theoretically possible" but his body very clearly says "absolutely no chance, mate".

09 Apr 2026 17:49:08
Now that I have calmed down after the game and had a lot to think. Rewatched highlights and well.

So Arne went from major confident fluid football to winning the league to problems against low block to playing low block football.

Wild!

09 Apr 2026 18:32:06
Since getting knocked out to PSG last season, we've only won 50% of all our matches since (29 of 58 games), conceding 79 goals in that time.

09 Apr 2026 18:47:40
I'll caveat that Cafu to say that when teams come out and play, like City and PSG, we struggle too. We aren't fluid in attack, and we can't defend. The latter was very evident early in the season, and was the first thing we needed to fix.

Never been addressed. The lack of changes in tactics, levels of fitness, determination, etc., as the season has "progressed" is truly staggering. It looks intentional at this point, which of course is unthinkable.

09 Apr 2026 19:59:50
Yeah, I don't think MacAllister, Gravenberch, Gakpo, Konate, Salah, or VVD have been trying all season. And if they have, then they must all be finished cos not one of them has been good, or even acceptable.

09 Apr 2026 16:46:24
At least my home town Dundalk are doing well ?

Come on Da Town.

Isn't that right SG ?.

09 Apr 2026 18:38:22
You're on the money there, Bazaa!!! They're flying it! H'On the town!!

09 Apr 2026 18:43:41
Bazza, you from town, are you living there now? No need to answer on this forum if you don't wish to, obviously! Just wondering!!

09 Apr 2026 19:10:49
I went to secondary school and socialised for many, many years in Da Town.

09 Apr 2026 19:13:01
Another Louth man here. Clogherhead just down the road.

09 Apr 2026 19:59:54
H'on the Clogherhead!!! I'm in the Sunny South East though. Have been for years.