Liverpool beat Actual Madrid (although it actually didn’t matter) and they aren’t getting sufficient credit score.
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Hey Will Ford…
Have we performed anybody but?
Asking for a buddy.
Gronkie (LFC)
(Erm, no – Ed)
Why get pleasure from looking for doubts in hope, F365
I’ve shunned sharing ideas right here since Klopp’s departure and Slot’s arrival. With no expectations into the season, no one together with our fanbase anticipated us to be right here at this stage.
Having mentioned that Will Ford’s newest article makes me surprise the scraps F365 are choosing on to get clicks or they held Will Ford to the gallows if he didn’t write the article. The narrative right here is that Liverpool haven’t overwhelmed a correct workforce (and therefore we’re most likely on the high).
How about y’all create a world XI after which ask Slot’s workforce to play them? The lads should handle to beat them and y’all would need retired legends to take to the sector.
The article is THE definition of how disadvantaged we’re as brain-numbed zombies who get pleasure from looking for doubts in hope,
Come on F365, do higher brainstorm classes.
M. Nair, Mumbai
(Is tongue-in-cheek not a factor in Mumbai? – Ed)
Liverpool beat Actual Madrid! Sod the accidents
On the finish of final night time’s Liverpool sport I heard the commentary workforce say that Madrid have been at their “naked bones.”
However let’s think about the truthful remark from Bellingham just lately, together with the infinite comparable feedback from gamers beforehand: Madrid is THE final vacation spot.
And I get that. They’ve received extra of the largest prizes; they’re, as statistically as you possibly can say, THE BEST TEAM. Each elite participant needs to play for them…
And that’s why I discovered the “naked bones” remark only a teeny bit triggering.
Sure, we’re working within the higher echelons. Sure, all of the groups are excellent.
However Actual Madrid have essentially the most excellent workforce and squad of all. Any reserve participant is by definition top-of-the-line reserve gamers in the whole world, a participant who turned down each different alternative and went to Actual. A participant who would most certainly get into nearly every other workforce on this planet; not squad, workforce.
So, look once more and I feel you’ll see their naked skeletal bones are, really, extremely fleshy and muscular. And so they get zero sympathy from me.
2-0, you c**ts.
Lew, Oxford
Disgrace it doesn’t matter…
Love that Liverpool received/hate that it issues little.
Aidan, Lfc (additionally love Bradley)
…I’m 20 minutes into Liverpool – Actual Madrid and it hit me.
These new format Champions League video games are a sequence of Group Defend video games.
Good anticipation, however not too many nerves, as a result of if Liverpool win it’s nice… If not it’s of no nice significance.
Each groups will attain the knockout phases (with an additional sport or not) anyway.
Graham
A query for Gary Neville
I’m wondering if our outdated buddy Gary Neville nonetheless thinks Liverpool’s midfield is their weak spot after final night time’s sport. My phrase, all 3 of them have been good! And if that is what fatherhood does to Curtis Jones then I hope he has 3 or 4 extra.
Adam (Leeds)
He’s a keeper!
Wise Liverpool supporter query – does anybody know why Kelleher, together with his final two years of unbelievable auditions, has not been trusted to step up and be number one?
Mamardashvili is a unbelievable keeper and, if studies are to be believed, a relative steal at a deal value 25m plus add-ons however from the surface, it appears like Kelleher has earned the suitable to take the no.1 spot with none concern on PR (the followers appear to like him?) and the 25m may very well be bolstering a deal for an additional, extra wanted participant? Earlier than contemplating an incoming gamers wages being a better premium in the primary, to gamers promoted from inside.
Definitely not a criticism – I simply can’t consider a no.2 within the Champions League extra reliable (possibly Ortega?) than Kelleher, he’s solely 26 and has comparable numbers of worldwide caps to Mamardashvili and whereas Kelleher solely has half the first workforce appearances on the high degree, the one cause he doesn’t have like-for-like is as a result of Alisson has remained on the high of the sport. It’s arguably extra spectacular that together with his inconsistent appearances, he’s managed to stay so persistently strong.
I recognize it may very well be that Alisson intends to signal one other contract and Mamardashvili at 2 years Kelleher’s junior, is blissful to understudy for 3/4 years the place Kelleher isn’t however even then, from the surface in, there’s a particular risk of cashing in on Alisson in his early 30’s whereas there’s a prepared made alternative, moderately than letting him go for pennies or naught in his mid to late 30s.
If I’ve missed an apparent piece of stories on this – apologies – simply curiosity has obtained me on this one and has not been informative, so some ITK F365 data is what I’m after.
Harold Eddie Hooler
P.S – I actually can’t name which is the higher outcome (status most likely has me leaning beating Actual – however it’s shut given how dominant Arsenal have been) however actually good to see each Arsenal and Liverpool this week placing a severe boot down.
Extra on these Liverpool contracts
Like Adam (Leeds), I’ve discovered that the gloss has been taken off Liverpool’s storming begin to the season by the persevering with uncertainty round Trent’s, Van Dijk’s and Salah’s contracts. I’m certain there’s way more to the scenario than has been publicly mentioned, and naturally the membership can’t simply give all of them no matter they need, however letting your three (in my opinion) greatest gamers get to inside six months of the ends of their contracts all on the similar time appears incompetent whatever the mitigating elements.
On Salah first, I’m firmly within the Give Mo His Dough Camp. I get the place Lee’s coming from – we’re going to have to switch Salah someday within the subsequent few years no matter occurs and gamers of that age can go downhill out of the blue and with out a lot warning. However his comparability with Henderson and Milner doesn’t get up – first as a result of Salah is a a lot better participant than both of them, and second as a result of I’m undecided we did actually get caught with Milner or Henderson longer than we needed.
And his concept of giving him a one-year contract when, as he notes, 2025-26 is an AFCON season and these have a tendency to not be Mo’s greatest, is not sensible to me.
If I used to be in cost, I’d be blissful to supply something as much as three years on his present (reported) £350k every week. That’s about £55m. Sure, there’s a threat he turns into a bit garbage sooner or later and we’re caught paying him. However signing any participant, whether or not 33 or 23, entails monetary threat. If we signal another person to switch him, that another person will nearly inevitably (given our price range) by no means have performed on the very high degree (difficult for the EPL and UCL) earlier than. That might very simply result in writing off £50m+.
And it’s solely the total £55m of remorse spend on Salah if he turns into garbage from the beginning of subsequent season, which appears fairly unlikely. Even when he does begin falling wanting LFC requirements, say, someday within the second season of a brand new contract, absolutely somebody in Saudi Arabia would are available in for him.
I don’t know what Mo’s precise view on the Saudi Professional League is. There’s an assumption in some quarters that as a result of he’s an Arab Muslim, he should be eager to play there in the future. I’m certain it’s not so simple as that. Even so, I nonetheless suppose we’d have some probability of shifting him on if he did begin to fall quick later within the contract.
Re-signing Salah now additionally strengthens our hand in signing his alternative. Give him three extra years and that offers us a great deal of time to discover a alternative or to convey one via from the academy. If we lose him in the summertime, we’ll haven’t any alternative however to signal a alternative shortly, no matter whether or not the proper participant is out there. And any membership we attempt to purchase from will know we’re a compelled purchaser and add £10m on the worth.
The case for providing him an enormous contract now turns into even stronger when you think about what occurs if he doesn’t prolong with Liverpool. He appears decided to remain on the highest degree, so he’d nearly definitely find yourself at a rival membership, both elsewhere in Europe and even in England. Presumably Actual is a non-starter given they’ve already obtained too many celebrity forwards and Barcelona have their wage funding points, however Bayern, PSG or Atletico all sound like potentialities.
In England, I’m undecided you would rule out Metropolis. They re-signed Gundogan regardless of the clear (and now seemingly crystallised) threat that he was previous it. You would argue that they’ll have realized a lesson from that, however you would additionally argue that reveals they don’t have an absolute coverage of not signing older gamers. Shedding our greatest participant on a free to our largest present home rival could be an enormous blow. Or on the very least an enormous gamble on the expectation that his type goes to fall off a cliff very quickly. If not Metropolis, then Arsenal or Man U each seem to be reasonable potentialities. I’m undecided Mo is the “by no means for an additional membership in England” sort, significantly if he’s leaving Liverpool feeling just like the membership have did not recognise him for the all-time nice participant he’s.
On Van Dijk, if we needed to lose one of many three, he’d be the one I’d select. He’s been our greatest defender kind of repeatedly for his time on the membership (minus an comprehensible interval of enjoying himself again in after P*ckf*rd smashed his knee up) and at his greatest he’s higher than any centre again I’ve ever seen. And he’s additionally displaying no actual signal of decline but. Plus centre backs are inclined to go on longer than forwards, so there’s most likely a greater probability of getting one other three good years out of him than with Salah.
However the drop off from him to Quansah/Gomez/Konate is far smaller than from Salah to Chiesa/Doak/Gakpo. I additionally suppose the danger of getting caught with him if his type drops off later within the contract is greater as a result of he doesn’t fairly have Salah’s celebrity standing. So I very a lot hope we preserve him, but in addition he appears the one whose loss could be the least damaging and the place the danger of getting caught paying quite a bit to a participant who doesn’t play in a few years is biggest.
On Trent, it’s a bizarre one. I nonetheless bear in mind (however can’t discover on Google) these Steven Gerrard quotes after he determined to show down a transfer to Chelsea. He mentioned he may simply have gone off to Chelsea and doubtless received extra medals, however when he got here again to Liverpool afterwards, who was going to wish to hear about it? I actually hope Trent feels the identical approach, however I’m undecided he does.
Even ignoring the cash aspect, elite soccer just lately has grow to be extra in regards to the particular person and fewer in regards to the workforce. I can’t think about any Scouse Liverpool participant ten years in the past saying what Trent mentioned about dreaming of the Ballon d’Or. Michael Owen, for all he had a little bit of an ego on him, mentioned he discovered the ceremony at Anfield the place he was given his Ballon d’Or a bit embarrassing and couldn’t watch for it to be over so they may get on with the match.
All the things appears to be falling horribly into place with Actual – Carvajal’s damage/decline, the bromance with Bellingham, them being the largest membership on this planet for the time being and Trent’s particular person ambition. I do ponder whether the match tonight (as I write) may have an effect. Madrid are 4 factors and twelve locations exterior the UCL high eight with 4 video games to play. Lose at Anfield they usually’re in a little bit of bother (albeit nonetheless favourites to undergo on this low-jeopardy format). I do know that even Madrid getting knocked out of this 12 months’s UCL makes no direct distinction to Trent, however you’d should suppose that seeing them getting overwhelmed, and listening to in regards to the squabbling amongst the Galacticos, whereas watching Liverpool (thus far this season…) sweeping nearly all earlier than them would have an effect on his considering.
After all Bradley’s nice – he’s a greater runner with the ball, maybe a bit faster and focuses higher on his defending. However there’s no different participant on this planet like Trent, and I’d hate to lose him. I’d additionally like to see whether or not Slot could make him a good higher participant.
I’m certain Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes are avid mailbox readers, so please guys, pull your fingers and your LFC chequebooks out and get these contracts signed.
Tom, LFC
Loving the Chelsea finance chat
Firstly simply need say it’s a refreshing change to get a mail about one thing apart from the same old stuff and secondly it’s good to see a mail which not solely discusses soccer funds however really understands it as nicely.
Individuals appeared very shocked when Clearlake began handing out 8 12 months contracts I nevertheless was not. The reason being I’m additionally an enormous NHL fan and it’s frequent to see lengthy contracts like this in American sports activities for precisely the identical cause boehly et al did it right here – avoiding monetary restrictions. In hockey groups have a wage cap set by the league and lengthy contracts are sometimes a strategy to circumvent the cap by shifting a big proportion of the expense both to the again of the contract or spreading it out.
So it didn’t shock me actually.
I’m an enormous loser (as I’m certain the opposite readers will attest to) as a result of I really learn soccer golf equipment revealed accounts to try to perceive how groups spend cash. I’d say the overwhelming majority of individuals together with pundits and ‘consultants’ don’t perceive soccer funds and so it was a very good change of tempo to see a mail discussing it and understanding it.
Lee
Fantasy Man Utd
Because the media retailers have all determined that United want yet one more overhaul and an entire new workforce to go well with Amorim right here’s my alternative.
Guidelines of the sport, you get to select one participant from a PL membership to suit into your plan. Don’t want 427 paragraphs to elucidate, only a checklist.
Gk – I’m conserving Onana however take Leno as 2nd alternative
CB – Mickey van de Ven
CB – Gabriel
CB – Branthwaite
RWB – Reece James
LWB – Lucas Digne
CM – Rodri
CM – Bruno Guimares
LF – Jarrod Bowen
CF – Liam Delap
RF – Mo Salah
Steve (ex -Flixton Pink), Ontario