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25 May 2026 16:05:12
Sensesi was hugely impressive when I saw him for Bournemouth at Fulham a couple of weeks ago. Won every header, defended well and lots of driving forward runs from the back. Composed in possession and seemed like a leader at the back. Would definitely like him but on a free, makes total sense.
25 May 2026 20:28:15
A light pole is better than Konate, as a club, we don't do things that follow common sense, watch us give Konate 250k a week instead!
25 May 2026 15:23:18
This would be my summer,
Konate to stay, not had the bets season but neither has Vvd.
Harry Wilson, bring the lad back home, esp on a free.
John Stones, take him on a free, to play holding midfield.
Senesi, not sure but would help senior cd.
Diomande not sure how he would adapt, would be expensive.
Livermento, can play either fb/wb sides.
Not very glamorous but the above would add a little more depth, and 3 on a free.
25 May 2026 15:33:08
Konate - Would you sign him if he didn't play for us? Terrible season.
Wilson - Has the odd purple patch, overall not got enough and heading towards 30.
Stones - Played less than 40 Premier League games in the last 3 seasons, no thanks.
Sensesi makes the most sense.
25 May 2026 15:50:46
Senesi, a great shout. Stones not a bad one either, as he is an excellent, experienced player, who would be ok with being back-up. Sort of like the role Kolo Toure fulfilled for us.
Maybe Bowen for depth and character? Bruno G from Newcastle would be my midfield solution (if they are ever willing to do business with us again), maybe with Wharton too.
As for first choice wingers (which we need), I am not really sure who the contenders should be. But it's on wingers and midfield we need to spend on, with bargain deals for defensive depth.
25 May 2026 15:53:59
Stopped reading after Konate to stay.
25 May 2026 16:01:06
My summer would be to sack the manager.
25 May 2026 16:03:44
Konate to stay. ?
25 May 2026 16:10:48
Panicked and thought the second coming of Roy Hodgson was back when you mentioned that summer.
25 May 2026 16:26:05
Wow, the first 3 is certainly like a scraping of the barrel list.
Konate. No. Has been awful. Carried for years by Virgil. But now that Virgil has declined significantly, Konate has nowhere to hide. First one out the door for me.
Harry Wilson.
No thank you. Not good enough.
John Stones. No. Finished at top level. If he ever even was a top level player.
Senesi. Very unsure. Times I've seen him he hasn't looked anything special. Very poor in last game I watched when B'mouth played Man City.
25 May 2026 16:40:20
Konate is terrible and always has been.
25 May 2026 16:40:32
If Temu sold footballers. Every now and then you get something fairly good, but most of the time it's just s****.
I would prefer Anderson, Diomande, & Nunez (back on a free) at least. Then promote within the ranks to fill any gaps.
25 May 2026 16:48:49
Harry Wilson, John Stones, Senesi would be the most Roy Hodgson/Brendan Rodgers summer transfer window ever.
25 May 2026 16:55:57
Thank God, you're not in charge haha.
25 May 2026 17:02:17
I wouldn't say we need any centre halves. Like or not, Konate is signing so he's ours, so we have
Konate
Van Dijk
Gomez
Leoni
Jacquet
Plus the two or three young centre halves we signed in January.
We also have Luca Stephenson coming back from a successful loan. So for me no centre backs will be bought.
Wide men and centre midfield is where we need players.
25 May 2026 17:02:18
No, no, no, maybe.
Diomande way too expensive, Bowen would be a better option at a fraction of the price.
Livramento, injury prone and never going to happen.
25 May 2026 17:45:11
If I had to pick an experienced signing it'd be Bowen for a couple of years, mainly for his leadership, we're gonna miss that with some who are leaving.
25 May 2026 17:46:11
I'd take all those players if it meant Slot leaving.
25 May 2026 15:34:33
I'm sure ed001 will be 100 percent behind those picks.
Buster Keaton face.
25 May 2026 15:34:59
As long as Stone's brings his own wheelchair
25 May 2026 17:38:55
Harry Wilson on a free to add squad depth is not a bad shout. For all those saying not good enough. He is certainly good enough to be a squad player and being home grown and club trained certainly helps with the quotas. He is versatile can cover both wide positions and the 10 position. With 7 allowed on the bench and 5 subs we can do far worse for a couple of seasons. How many benches this season have we been lacking senior options to come on. He can create and score goals plus very good at set pieces. Is he the answer as a stater no. You would want a Diomande type signing but you need squad depth. As losing Salah, Robertson, possibly Konate, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Mac Allister. We need to have a squad to compete in multiple competitions.
Stones would be a no from me. Good player but far too injury prone and we have enough players that struggle with injuries already.
Senesi would be worth considering should Konate leave as a cost effective experienced option to compliment the development of Leoni and Jacquet. Mingueza of Celta Vigo would also be a good free transfer option as can cover right back and centre back.
What is evident is we need a better and reliable option at Right back. We need to add a midfield that adds some physicality, energy and intensity to our midfield. Elliott Anderson would be the ideal player but the price for him will be high and competition from other clubs. (He appears city bound) so we need to consider alternatives such as Lamine Camara or Monaco or Mamadou Sangare from Lens. Another midfielder like Wharton to take Mac Allisters place in the squad is fine and helps home grown rota but is only worthwhile if we add one of the other midfielders also.
We need a big signing on the wings, need pace, dribbling ability, creativity and goals. Diomande/Barcola look like good options.
A big summer and we need to get the transfers right to have the right balance of players on our squad and depth. So the odd free transfer could be a good option to help with some big money needing to be spent on the midfield, wide positions and possibly at right back.
As the squad depth and balance was not there going into the previous season.
But first and foremost the club need to take a hard look at the coach. As the football and tactics is poor in quality, the fitness and condition of the players is not acceptable. So many issues with regards Slot have been highlighted by many on here. It is worrying that it looks like he will be still here next season. Would love to be proved wrong as if I am then we will be successful next season and he will have turned things around. He doesn't look capable of doing it though.
25 May 2026 18:23:54
John Stones? And with whose knees/legs would he be using, cos it certainly can't be his?
25 May 2026 18:24:29
Forgot about Luca Stephenson, the few times I have seen him, he has done well, full of energy, believe his loan spells have been good for him, get him back into the fold n save us a few quid.
25 May 2026 14:39:08
For all the 450m spent in the summer, we go into the last game of the season needing a result, and none of them starts.
There is nothing to review at the end of a disastrous season.
Heads would roll if there is any sense of accountability.
25 May 2026 15:27:08
I'd say the fans would have been happy if Kerkez and Mama started yesterday, alright.
25 May 2026 15:38:03
Definitely wouldn't have been happy with Mama, mate. Jury is definitely still out on him.
I like Kerkez and I'd have preferred to have seen Wirtz start.
25 May 2026 15:44:11
Edwards and Hughes proving that data and opportunistic signings are meaningless without the human element. Klopp had something these guys clearly do not.
Not one signing has properly shown up.
25 May 2026 16:02:52
To be fair, Mr Spanish, the previous Edwards regime with Ian Graham on stats, was huge on measuring character. I think Rodgers had vetoed Mane as he had heard he was a handful, but Graham and co showed Klopp that Mane was anything but - if managed correctly.
I don't doubt the character of Kerkez, who has overcome his early wobbles, and Wirtz seems driven. Isak, we just don't know yet as he has been unfit.
Frimpong is seen as an infectiously cheerful dressing room guy, but has struggled for the first time in his career with muscle injuries.
I am not sure he is the right fit for rb role, but let's see.
Ekitike. Seems pretty mentally strong to me. Again, not quite fit enough, and then injured.
So, hard to blame the new guys given how many injuries most of them have picked up.
The biggest problem for me is that none of them nor the rest of the squad have looked fit all season.
{Ed001's Note - Klopp wanted Mane, he had tried to sign him previously, there was no data nerds overriding him. It was a Klopp choice.}
25 May 2026 16:03:11
@FatSpanishWaiter, I disagree. They all seem to show up and play well whenever Slot does not play his system and plays the Klopp-variant he played last season with the press and intense running. Funny that, right?
25 May 2026 16:13:02
Why would fans be happy about Kerkez and Mama? Stop speaking for fans, typically when you've spouted so rubbish this season, Florian. Ali yesterday proved why he's the best in the business. As for Kerkez, it'd have been criminal if he'd started over Robbo.
25 May 2026 16:30:38
It boils down to this. A better manager would get a tune out of our current squad.
The good coaches improve players individually and as part of a team.
Slot is not the person to do that job.
End of.
The sooner the better he is gone and somebody like Iraola is appointed.
Have a feeling he's going to still be here at the start of next season. Unfortunately.
25 May 2026 17:02:11
I still believe it was a fantastic window, horrifically, even criminally misused by poor management.
Isak, Kerkez, Wirtz are all quality players, Frimpong as a utility player of sorts is good enough too. Ekitike as a second option upfront is great, as I said, criminally misused. Leoni and Jaquets are also good additions.
I didn't expect to fix all issues in one window.
Barring Leoni's horror injury, I'd have been happy to go into the season with VVD, Konate and Leoni and Gomez.
The real issue for me is the right flank. Love Bradley, but he's too injury prone, Salah has Chiesa as back up, but Chiesa isn't seen as good enough.
I never could have predicted Maccas' fall from grace and Gravy's new role....
This summer we need a left/and right winger, a right back and a DM. We lack pace and physicality.
25 May 2026 17:47:07
Gravenberch was one of the players of the season in 2024/25 so what does the manager do? Changes his role completely and now Gravenberch looks like a shadow of the player.
At no point has Slot looked at this and gone "maybe I should play him like I did last season?" Not once.
I could go on and on. Unfortunately so would Slot.
25 May 2026 17:42:22
What i meant Frode if you'd ever engage that brain was that with it been Alli(probably)and Robbo's last games there would have been uproar if they didn't start.If you can't understand peoples posts don't reply to them.Look at ye, dying to go on the warpath?
25 May 2026 17:59:52
Frode, I understand your are frustrated, but no need to act like a pig to Flo. You have different views, but the same goals. You want a great team again.
I do think fans have a role in that. Anfield has been quiet for a few years now. Klopp had a go at calling it out early on, but it has got worse and worse.
This is a club whose success is fuelled by the energy of the stadium - that's why we never stood a chance in the fan free Covid season.
As for next season, if Arne stays then I will be behind him - as much as I think he has lost the momentum, and should be replaced.
25 May 2026 18:30:08
"The good coaches improve players individually and as part of a team."
@Cantremember, That used to be the norm and the standard to judge a coach/manager on his job, but, heaven forbid, that is applied to Slot this season, cos all that seems to go out the window where he's concerned.
25 May 2026 13:34:45
Based on the Schrodinger's cat theory:
Arne Slot is currently both retained and sacked at the same time, as we don't yet know either way.
So, everyone's predictions have all been completely correct, and, at the same time, also completely wrong, until the news is revealed.
I do hope that clears up the current situation for you all.
Note: Never apply quantum mechanics theories to football.
25 May 2026 15:57:18
By the same token, he is currently in both Amsterdam and Ibiza.
25 May 2026 16:04:28
Willo, don't be surprised. Slot may have already succeeded at that with all the days off he gets for himself.
25 May 2026 16:06:13
Ok Sheldon.
25 May 2026 16:10:39
But only if you can't see him, Willo.
However, you are correct and win today's first prize, which may or may not be true.
25 May 2026 16:43:16
I gratefully accept your extravagant and also non-existent prize.
25 May 2026 13:15:54
49 years today, we won our first European Cup. Rome, 1977.
25 May 2026 13:31:55
Glued to the tele on that Weds night, mate
Game totally in the balance & the great save by Clemence turned the game back in our favour & Keegan running Vogts ragged all game!
Topped off by the great Barry Davies on comms.
25 May 2026 13:47:11
"It's Tommy Smith!" ...Classic!
25 May 2026 13:55:10
Great game. Keegan was a special player, he had a great game. Their danger man Seimonsen (spelling) was also lethal in front of goal. Terry Mc, Neal n Smith all done the job for us. Special memories, esp with the St Etienne game thrown in also in the quarter finals.
25 May 2026 14:04:04
Be a long time before we see another one of them with Doctor Evil in charge.
25 May 2026 14:06:37
Should have been the first club to do the "treble" that season as well!
We were so poor against a bang average Utd team in the final!
25 May 2026 14:35:52
That's the spirit, Vik ?.
There's an excellent documentary about the trip to Rome. I can't think of the name but it's about the challenging journey to Rome on 1970's railways.
25 May 2026 14:47:31
Brilliant VV. ? ?
25 May 2026 14:50:20
I've got an album of the commentary! Random or what!
25 May 2026 15:06:22
What a ride, eh?
25 May 2026 14:48:11
@Vik "How about nooooo you crazy Dutch b."!
25 May 2026 15:59:58
Brilliant game, I remember watching it as a youngster. What always sticks in my mind is the strange top their goalie wore. It had a black band around the neck with a black stripe down the front.
25 May 2026 16:19:33
The night I started following the Reds. Ahhhhhh. . . . ?
25 May 2026 13:20:04
{Ed's Note - Sly_C has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool's System: Who Benefits and Who Regresses?
25 May 2026 14:37:55
Really can't think of a player that improved this year, you could say Kerkez improved throughout the year, I suppose.
25 May 2026 15:07:31
Jones, Kerkez "improved" if you look at the bar, which is non-existent, btw.
25 May 2026 15:12:31
I don't think Kerkez improved as such, he is still not the player we bought, who was brilliant last year. He started to settle as the season went on, but he's not improved since coming here.
Szob is probably the only player that improved and Ekitike, everyone else took a big step back.
25 May 2026 15:51:04
System? What system?
25 May 2026 16:05:20
VV, wait. There's a system?
25 May 2026 16:26:22
That's the scary thing, chaps, if he's the only one to even look like he can improve or has improved, we have a serious problem. I would also say Dom pretty much stayed the same level from the previous year. It's a sad state of affairs when you have to look this hard for something.
25 May 2026 18:33:00
Exactly, @Jones. As much as I like Szobo, I think he kept his level (or slightly improved it at a stretch, esp. with being a set piece demon), but it has more to do with how his teammates have dropped in output compared to last season than anything else. The manager's system (or lack thereof) has been a chief contributor to this fiasco.
25 May 2026 18:52:15
Compared to the season Kerkez had last season with Bournemouth, did he really improve this year?
Besides Szobos's free-kick ability, I didn't see any improvement in any player.
Get rid of them all and give Slot 1B to rebuild the team...
25 May 2026 13:12:53
{Ed's Note - steve_harkness has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool Need Clarity on Leadership and Direction
25 May 2026 11:49:30
Apologies, but I just needed a space to rant. I’ve read today again that Robbo’s next likely team is Spurs. For them, regardless of whether his level has dropped slightly, it will be a great signing. They’ve lacked leaders in that dressing room and they’re getting a huge personality, who sets standards. For us, again we’re losing a role model for the newer squad, someone who knows what it takes to wear the shirt and someone who lifts the spirits of those around him.
We’re bleeding the club dry of leaders and personality and I can’t help but look at what has happened to Spurs and think that’s the direction our squad is heading. A bunch of decent enough players technically with no backbone. Really, really worrying times for me.
25 May 2026 12:11:45
Talk of Ali, Endo & Chiesa also moving on, who are 3 experienced heads.
In fairness, for what they offer on the pitch, or amount of times they actually play, Endo and Chiesa won’t be big playing losses, but Ali showed yesterday how important he is.
25 May 2026 12:58:25
You can't keep paying someone £200k a week for their personality though. He's finished at this level and needs to move on.
New leaders will emerge.
25 May 2026 13:14:11
Nothing matters if this manager is staying.
We'll finish in bottom half next season no matter what players stay/leave/sign.
He's made one of the most exciting talents in world football look like a donkey in Wirtz. No matter who plays for Liverpool next season, will flop under Slot-Ball.
25 May 2026 12:46:57
You don't need to apologise for an opinion that you've actually backed up and defended. I will try to cheer you up a bit though mate.
GK: Next year Alisson is staying and Pesci should hopefully be closer to the first team. Ali is a leader.
RB: Bradley will be back fit roughly around the time next season starts, and we'll probably sign a right back as well. Kounde has been linked.
CB: Leoni and Jacquet will both be fit to start pre-season and are two of the best young CB's in Europe. Ndiaye has also been really impressive supposedly, Van Dijk is here for 1 more year, and there is a good chance we'll sign another CB if Konate leaves. Virgil is a leader.
LB: Kerkez has had his year to bed in under the guidance of Robbo and at 22 he will only get better next season. Tsimikas will probably be coming back and he is a top character to have in the dressing room.
CM/DM: Wharton looks very likely to sign for us, and there are also links to Lamine Camara. It certainly seems like we're taking this area of the park seriously. Nyoni looks ready for more minutes. Gravenberch and Macca are concerns, but if they don't step up they will simply lose their places or be sold.
AM: Wirtz is in a similar boat to Kerkez. He's had his year to settle in and again, at 22, he's only going to get better. Szoboszlai will likely step up to the role of vice-captain. Also, keep an eye out next season for Kieran Morrison; he's a real talent.
RW: A priority. Diomande, Bowen and Akliouche all linked. Frimpong will probably end up as the back up RW but there will be a signing here. Frimpong is a great character despite his shortcomings as a player.
CF: Isak is one of the best players in the league with a pre-season behind him. It's a shame about Ekitike, but don't sleep on Will Wright. That kids ready for more minutes.
LW: Chiesa will probably leave, but we have a great young talent in Rio who has to play more, and if Gakpo does go, we might even have the cash to go big on Barcola. Minteh, Nusa and Toure all linked too.
I know right now things look bleak, but we're Liverpool. We always bounce back. When our superstars leave, we always find a new magic duo. Gerrard and Owen, to Gerrard and Torres. Gerrard and Torres, to Suarez and Sturridge. Suarez and Sturridge, to Coutinho and Sterling. Coutinho and Sterling, to Salah and Mane. Every time we think we've lost something irreplaceable, we're proven wrong. New stars arise. New leaders step up. Supporting Liverpool is a rollercoaster at times, but there's always been more ups than downs.
This season was a real low point, but maybe we need to take a step back and remember what we all said before a ball was kicked. This season wasn't about the football, it was about grieving and transition. Somewhere along the way, we all forgot that, myself included.
25 May 2026 13:33:13
We are lacking leadership? The Mary Celeste had more leadership than us, not one player has stepped up with leadership this year.
25 May 2026 13:40:42
I don't think Robbo gets in their team, but I can see how he'd be used as a squad player like he was with us. Strange move unless he fancies living in London.
25 May 2026 14:34:43
Great post, MK Scouser.
25 May 2026 14:49:20
Great post, MK - if nothing else it makes me feel better about the next season!
25 May 2026 14:50:30
Nice one Adam. ?
25 May 2026 15:12:37
"I've read today again that Robbo's next likely team is Spurs."
I said this before. The fact that Robbo was ready to go to Spurs, who had gone to hell and a hand basket, just tells you all you need to know about what he (along with Jones, who could be gone to Inter just cos of Slot, as well as Ali) were going through in that dr under this manager this season.
As for leadership, we cannot be demanding leadership from the players when the guy that is supposed to bring it from the top of the playing staff (as he is in charge) has none of his own to begin with.
25 May 2026 16:16:01
Robbo is finished at this level? I'd say he isn't and I'd have kept. People said Hendo was finished years ago and I'd have him in our midfield yesterday. Slot has regressed all of these players.
25 May 2026 17:24:48
Premier League injuries has Bradley not back until 1st Jan 2027. Ekitike is October 2026.
25 May 2026 17:31:27
Who's to say we won't buy a good leader. Also, players like DS will step up to the plate, I'm sure.
25 May 2026 17:47:25
Good points MK, espec about LFC always seeming to unearth some great talents in attack (though imho, the frailty of our defense needs to be seriously addressed, first).
About supporting LFC being a rollercoaster, an old friend used to put things in perspective by saying to me:... "Try being a West Brom supporter, Mate." ??
25 May 2026 18:55:16
And that's the big plan, BigBauldy...
The suits upstairs have their Yes Man in Slot... and Slot is now going to buy his Yes Men, whilst getting rid of anyone with a voice.
25 May 2026 11:46:52
Ed001 as you have stated further down the page that if Slot stays then everything else doesn't matter. We could spend another €450m plus but if he's there then it'll be money well wasted. I have been following Liverpool since 1980 and this season is the first time ever that I had absolutely no heed in watching matches.
Now this is something that I'm not proud of but it is a effect of the horrendous style of football being forced upon us by The Goonie. We all just need to pray that Mike Gordon has seen and heard enough ?
{Ed001's Note - you only started following Liverpool when you were in your 50s?}
25 May 2026 12:06:41
Early 50's. ?
25 May 2026 12:13:23
Incredible, Barry. You must be sponsored by Oil of Ulea.
I wouldn't say you look a day over 85.
25 May 2026 12:31:57
Awh stop, I'm blushing, JK. ?