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15 Jul 2024 00:25:41
I've been in Cork over the weekend. Liverpool and other English clubs apparently had scouts here the other night to watch Cathal O'Sullivan.17 years old and been lighting up the league of Ireland lately.
1.) 15 Jul 2024 08:47:33
League of Ireland First Division. About Conference North standard I'd say.
He does look a player and he is only 17 though. Kid has to start somewhere.
2.) 15 Jul 2024 11:46:35
First division yes sorry was a typo. But as you say he’s 17 has to start somewhere and came through there. He can’t move to England this summer and Cork will go up so he’ll have a season at a slightly higher standard.
29 May 2024 20:25:36
Any interest in Desire Doue Ed’s? Looks an amazing player for his age.
{Ed002's Note - Plenty but not from Liverpool.}
18 Mar 2024 11:41:59
Eds, what do you think of Summerville at Leeds? Is he capable of taking the step up to a team like Liverpool?
{Ed002's Note - Crysencio Summerville (RW/LW) Leeds have no interest in selling but his agent is looking for a step up and speaking with clubs about him - he has certainly approached Chelsea and Spurs and I suspect others. Agent is close to Aston Villa and the City Football Group. Any move will likely depend on promotion being gained or not. Leeds will look for a new contract. I am not aware of Liverpool showing any interest.}
1.) 18 Mar 2024 19:33:10
Don’t think it would work out for him. He’s a Smalltown Boy and Leeds have asked him not to Leave them this way. ?.
{Ed025's Note - love it mate..
01 Mar 2024 12:11:05
Kid by the name of Cruz Medina playing in America, apparently a number of top European clubs have been keeping an eye on him. Know anything about him or any interest potentially from Liverpool Ed’s?
{Ed002's Note - He can't move to England.}
25 Oct 2023 13:54:36
Did we ever have any interest in Declan Rice? Brilliant young homegrown player in a position we badly needed someone and he was available. Probably had his heart set on Arsenal but seems surprising that a player ticking so many boxes wouldn’t be looked at.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
1.) 26 Oct 2023 08:35:48
I wanted Rice with us but unfortunately there was never a chance.
A lot of the posters didn't think he was good enough for a top four team.
Personally I think he's been top notch for Arsenal.
2.) 26 Oct 2023 13:16:02
Great player but was always destined for a London club I think.
Ed did an excellent player profile on him and is worth a read if you can find it!
3.) 26 Oct 2023 17:00:29
Can't believe some posters blocked the Declan Rice to Liverpool transfer.
4.) 26 Oct 2023 20:15:46
To be fair a lot of posters didn’t think Curtis Jones was any good either. We posters have been known to be wrong once or twice.
5.) 26 Oct 2023 22:18:08
I like rice but don’t think he is anywhere near worth £105m. Think he is overrated because his English. But I would love him in our team because we are crying out for a proper Dm but am sure we will find one at a fraction off that price.
I think he is a good few levels below Rodri and Fabinho in his pomp. Rice on the ball for me all ways looks like a cb playing in midfield.
6.) 26 Oct 2023 22:26:18
There are a lot of supporters who don't think Jones is any good. I'm sat on a coach, on way back from the game, who nearly all think that.
7.) 27 Oct 2023 08:51:46
These fans who slate jones don't have a clue, if we’d have paid money for him they defend him as a shrewd signing for the squad.
Not everyone in a squad can be or has to be a world beater, but he does a good job, plays well and keeps his head down. What’s not to like?
8.) 27 Oct 2023 13:31:44
Jones is a good player but if we’re being honest up until 6 months ago he had spent the majority of 3 years either injured or not playing well bar the odd game here and there. It’s good to see him finally playing well regularly though.
9.) 27 Oct 2023 14:07:11
I guess that shows a lot of people sat on a bus can be wrong.
10.) 27 Oct 2023 21:23:15
Onekiss if we’re being honest 6month ago he only just turned 22. So with Henderson Fabinho thaigo miller and so he was never given a run off games. Now he is just coming into his own but I don’t know too many 21 year olds playing loads off football in cm in the premier league for the top 6 teams.
11.) 28 Oct 2023 03:54:51
@Onekiss - why do you think the club persisted with him?
Do you think it’s a possibility that someone at the club who is paid for their expertise recognised that the boy had talent but was struggling with injury and subsequently asked to play a role that he was unaccustomed to?
Anyway, the point still stands that we posters are sometimes wrong.
12.) 28 Oct 2023 14:26:15
I’m glad we stuck with him. I just hope he can stay fit and keep playing well and keep improving.
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03 Sep 2024 15:35:04
Ed1 what do you think of Ian Graham. I'm surprised to see yet another book release about the title we won but I've heard its a good read and worth picking up.
{Ed001's Note - I don't know enough about him to be honest, but I would be very interested to read that book. He has come across well in interviews but it is only his side that is being given. Coming from theoretical physics to football date analysis is something you don't hear of every day!}
1.) 03 Sep 2024 20:59:48
Ed01, I saw some highlights of his interview and some of his takes were quite interesting on certain signings we made and didn't make.
{Ed001's Note - agreed, it is intriguing what he said, though it is only his viewpoint.}
2.) 04 Sep 2024 00:19:00
Personally I don’t trust anyone with a first name as his surname. Or anyone who doesn’t like dogs.
3.) 04 Sep 2024 03:41:57
Ed1, it seems to me we are only hiring geniuses for the position. His successor, Spearman has PhD in in Particle Physics from Harvard. He also used to work at CERN. Only the best of the best scientist can work there.
{Ed001's Note - that is how it should be in all positions at the club. We should only hire the best in any role.}
4.) 04 Sep 2024 03:58:20
Great insight from his interviews.
what I liked most about it is that he explained data is just part of the approach to targeting players, not the only or the most important aspect.
{Ed001's Note - which is exactly how it should be. You can't just use the eye test as you can't see everything just by watching that one player for the 90min, as you need to see where passes go etc. But data alone is not enough as there is not enough repetitions of any action within even a season to rule out anomalies. Plus you need context on top of all that - is the player carrying an injury, for example, or struggling to concentrate as his wife has just left him or someone close to him has just taken seriously ill etc. There needs to be a holistic approach to it, that includes researching his background, family background and friends, what he does in his spare time etc. It all makes a difference.}
5.) 04 Sep 2024 14:02:33
Or Ed01, how does the player react when fans get on him or how he reacts after he loses the ball? Just adding to what you have said.
{Ed001's Note - you could create a huge list of things and, in fact you really should if you are scouting a player with a view to signing them.}
31 Aug 2024 01:48:28
I reckon Hughes let a sigh of relief out when the window closed. We must be the only club that views the transfer window as an inconvenience rather than a time to strengthen. I really like Slot but its going to be hard for him to deliver he league or cl this season with how the summer went. He's been hung out to dry by those above him. We haven't addressed the issues we had last season. Hughes done a press conference when the window opened I think he should do another to explain what went wrong.
1.) 31 Aug 2024 03:16:21
I'm happy to be corrected on here by the Eds or posters on here as I have no inside info, but here's my take.
Liverpool are in a bit of a weird spot now. We have an excellent squad with at least 4 (probably more) world class players in it. There genuinely aren't many options out there that would improve the first team, which is what should typically be required of new signings - you buy one or two improvements for the first team each summer and supplement the squad with academy products. There are exceptions, for example I think Chiesa, while not being a 'free hit', is a relatively low-risk acquisition to reinforce the squad if not the first team, with a high potential ceiling.
I am not as annoyed by not signing players to bolster the squad as a whole - we had been doing that for 20 years before Klopp and had become uncompetitive as a result. Transfers need to improve the first team, and that is how you build a squad.
Liverpool, however, appear to lack either the financial power or the willingness to compete for players who would actually improve the team. Granted, two of our major midfield targets went to Real Madrid, but there was never any suggestion we were in for Declan Rice, for example, a player who would have been superb for us and would have probably stopped Arsenal from competing as closely for the league.
I am okay with us not signing squad players, but we never seem to be aggressive enough in the transfer market. Dilly-dallying, excuses, consistently short of what we need - it just reeks of a club with good scouting and profiling but not having the financial power to do anything about it.
2.) 31 Aug 2024 04:59:40
It’s a real shame with neither city or arsenal really strengthening. A proper defensive minded CM and we could have won the league this year with all the attacking options we have.
3.) 31 Aug 2024 06:05:24
Is that the same Declan Rice who categorically said that he didn’t want to leave London? Unless you can move the City he was never coming to Liverpool so that’s why we were not ‘in for him’. He turned City down for the same reason.
There is always more to these things than you think but too many fans play FIFA and Football Manager and think ‘why don’t we just sign a DM’ and get all hot and bothered when the club don’t do exactly what they want.
We signed 4 first team midfield players last summer, one of whom is a decent DM and one of who is being played in a deeper position now to great effect. We don’t actually play with a DM anymore you are still stuck in the Klopp era. We also tried to sign Caicedo last summer with a huge offer but the lure of a ridiculous 8 year contract at Chelsea turned his head. If you think that was some kind of ruse to placate the fans then you probably also think the earth is flat. You are that stupid.
There’s a massive over reaction from spoilt ‘fans’ who think football is a computer game and new signings means more success. That is very rarely the case.
4.) 31 Aug 2024 06:29:20
“We don’t actually play with a DM anymore you are still stuck in the Klopp era. ”
Why did we reject a bid from Marsille for Endo then? Why did loan Stefan Bajectic to RBL who is a deep lying playmaker?
You talk some serious trash @Becker.
You don’t have to be a Pundit to guess the club needs an additional midfielder (Call him whatever you want)
5.) 31 Aug 2024 06:38:40
BP, I won't respond at length to your rude and rather unpleasant post. But I will say this, I guarantee I am smarter than you.
6.) 31 Aug 2024 07:05:47
UnderAmor before you talk down to others, I propose you “try the search function” on this forum cos the reason we rejected OM for Endo and let Baj go have been discussed on here for weeks now. I could tell you the reasons but nah, I’ll pass.
As for the transfer window, I wanted signings too but if we can’t get who the manager wants them why buy for the sake of it? Also, you are aware that players have a huge say in where they want to move to, right? If Rice wants to stay in London or Zubimendi wanted to stay at Sociedad, there is nothing anyone can do about that. Transfers are messy, unpredictable, frustrating and there are no guarantees whatsoever so people like you need get over themselves and get used to it.
7.) 31 Aug 2024 07:14:23
Perhaps we rejected the bid from Marseille because the club didn’t think it was enough or maybe to protect the sanity of grown men if we had sold our first choice number 6.
8.) 31 Aug 2024 08:13:32
I want the Mancs done in their backyard tomorrow and I want Real done in ours. Like a dinner. Small steps.
9.) 31 Aug 2024 08:29:58
Oli pot kettle black.
30 Aug 2024 22:23:43
Not really of any concern to us anymore but im surprised no one has picked up Matip Eds. No interest in him?
{Ed001's Note - he can sign a deal after the window shuts as he is out of contract but I am not sure he is fit yet anyway is he?}
1.) 30 Aug 2024 23:05:36
Get him in ???.
12 Aug 2024 22:25:22
If we think this window has been bad just imagine next summer. Trying to replace Salah VVD and Trent if we get no transfer fee for any of them will be interesting ? Alisson could well be off too if the Mamardashvilli rumours have any substance. Robertson’s best days are behind him he’ll need replacing. We’ll need a striker if Nunez can’t turn things around. And we’ll still be looking for that illusive number 6. We’ve had no long term planning for years.
1.) 12 Aug 2024 23:25:20
And yet Quansah, Bradley, Trent, Jones, Elliot, have cost us either nothing or peanuts. Nyoni looks the next to establish himself. I'm not panicking yet.
2.) 13 Aug 2024 01:40:30
Every other team has their own young players coming through though not just us. You still have to spend to win.
17 Jul 2024 13:45:22
If we went into the season looking like this
Alisson
Trent Quansah VVD Robertson
Mac Allister
Elliott Szoboszlai
Salah Darwin Gordon
Jaros
Bradley Konate Inacio Beck
Endo
Gravenberch Jones
Diaz Jota Gakpo
How would we predict the season to go? I think 3rd again but CL could be tough. We have plenty of depth in terms of numbers but a lot of players with question marks around them wether it be contract, age or being good enough.
1.) 17 Jul 2024 14:21:18
It could go as you say or even better. But I wouldn't put Gordon ahead of Gakpo, or even have him join. Unless he's decided to go, I would keep Diaz and still have him start.
2.) 17 Jul 2024 14:44:52
Champions, both domestically and in Europe. Mind you I think that every year.
3.) 17 Jul 2024 15:00:14
Where does Bajčetić fit into this onekiss?
4.) 17 Jul 2024 15:09:59
That first 11 is to open and would need a top class holding mid, not MacAllister, It would push top 4, with a declining Salah we would lack goals, i would sell him and bring another forward in.
5.) 17 Jul 2024 15:11:28
McAllister at DM is a failed expirement.
6.) 17 Jul 2024 15:31:25
Top four at a push, just about make it to the quarters of the champions league, maybe a domestic trophy but not much more than that. Don’t see anything there that deals with the soft goals we give away and midfield is way too weak.
7.) 17 Jul 2024 16:17:00
We 100% need a DM.
8.) 17 Jul 2024 16:20:11
Longthing
Baj was late again, he didn’t make the team selection.
9.) 17 Jul 2024 16:27:21
Bajcetic will be there but I put Gravenberch in the lineup ahead of him purely because he actually played last season. Hard to know where Bajcetic is at. I think he’s better as one of the 8s than a lone 6 personally.
10.) 17 Jul 2024 17:37:18
Bajetic is too busy growing.
03 Oct 2024 15:46:40
Duran would be a very good signing I remember being linked to him loads when he was still playing in the usa. Mbeumo I think is the most Liverpool style forward I’ve seen in a long time I’d pay big money for him.
03 Oct 2024 15:45:20
We need a striker. Nunez hasn’t worked out unfortunately.
11 Sep 2024 10:39:10
I mean Bradley is great but if Trent leaves we absolutely need to sign a right back.
03 Sep 2024 23:29:52
Both with bajcetic coming back next year move on Jones and Endo.
30 Aug 2024 10:49:26
Ending the window with glaring holes at DM and CB would be so disappointing. I like the two we brought in but hard to give the window more than a 3/ 10 if it was to close now.
03 Oct 2024 18:35:23
Boro fans seem very happy with Doak so far.
03 Oct 2024 18:33:53
There have to be some sackings if any of Trent Salah or VVD leave for nothing. Can’t blame Trent though, hasn’t been offered anything which I can’t wrap my head around. What is he supposed to sign? Seeing his mate Bellingham winning the league and CL must really tempt him.
03 Oct 2024 15:43:12
Pick your best team I think. Bologna could have easily won that had we rotated. I think after the break we will start to see more changes though.
15 Sep 2024 12:29:07
The midfield without Mac Allister is extremely average. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to wrap my head around that disaster of a transfer window.
09 Sep 2024 16:45:09
I watch Valencia regularly Ed have for a long time as I developed a soft spot for them in the early/ mid 2000s. He’s a brilliant keeper. He’s the sole reason they weren’t relegated any of the last 2 seasons and if they stay up again it will be because of him. If he isn’t the Alisson replacement he will still end up playing every week at one of Europe elite clubs.