Chez

Look at Diallo for that Jota chance. he just does not mark up. Get him off.

not sure its lacklustre, more nervous and worried about leaving too much space. Maybe we should get after them. Easy to say. They might cut us to ribbons.

You might be right about the need for a formation change, but I disagree more about Tella. he's been poor. Even that crossfield pass was crap and only KWP's pace saved it.

I don't care how much you dislike Mccarthy, Forster aint saving that.

This side compared to the team that came up (and the one under Poch) that went toe to toe with all the big sides. We just don't have players in midfield able to keep the ball.

the formation has limited space for their forwards, which is much needed. I'd be tempted to stick with it, but get Tella and Diallo off. See if Romeu can shift us up the pitch a bit with the better ball retention.

sure, but this Liverpool 11 isn't one of the top teams in world football.

he cant control the ball either. I am starting to think he simply isn't good enough and isn't going to `make it' at this level. He was shockingly bad against Palace. No better here.

like a league 1 side playing them in the cup and hoping for a set piece goal. Show some fuckign bollocks chaps. Get on the ball

Of course he does...

I can understand us dropping deep (its not like we have been playing well), but this Liverpool side ain't all that. We ought to have a bit more confidence in ourselves and push up a bit.

forget the partnership, Diallo just ain't good enough to play CM at this level full stop.

Every keeper in the country lets goals in like that. Schmeichel, Pickford...they all do. We don't care about those goals though.

No.

Tella simply can't control a football. Having another mare so far.

Lovely. Not only a wonderful goal, put probably a foul too, just to piss Klopp off more. COYR.

The BBC website headline says "Reds defeat will hand city title"...ha

Yep. We have therefore filled the side with a few of our own Jimi Traore.

except for that Exocet missile at Newcastle

wasn't that admittance of selection error more to do with playing three up front, than the five at the back? Small ain't up to it yet. Still incredibly young, but I got terrible Ramsey vibes when I saw him in that Cov game. Neither CB nor fullback. Is Perraud injured? EDIT: yes. Sounds nasty. Good time to happen though. Can get it right for next season. Just shows how thin we really are at full back.

I wont be. That's exactly how I see the summer and the future panning out under the current owner, which is absolutely fine.

What is the alternative?

If we spend that kind of money early on in the window, then it would point to someone like Salisu going to Newcastle for £40m or suchlike (as was reported he was going in January) later on in the window to balance the books. I'd be very surprised if we spent that without any sales. You never know though.

We made £30m profit? Do you mean in player sales over the summer or in general for 2020/21? The 2021 accounts suggest a £14m loss, all in.

Isn't high in relation to other Prem sides, but what are their incomings, how much do their owners give/lend them and how much debt are they carrying? We lost about £75m over the last two years - and that's with our low net transfer spend and `low' wage bill. Very little player sales in that time (those figures doesn't include last summer's round of sales/buys). Of course the COVID issues played a major role too. It will be interesting to see how the next set of accounts look and whether we balanced the books with the sales/buys made last summer.