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Liverpool thread

superspurs said:
If this was the plan it seems really odd they wouldn't have gone for Alonso, maybe they didn't fancy him.
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I don't think it was the plan, but they got worried by the atmosphere at Anfield in the last couple of games.

If it's true that FSG want a coach and not a manager, then replacing Slot may not be the solution. Last summer they made a big deal about chasing Isak, which they did all summer. Even when they bought an alternative (Ekitike) they still paid a large sum for Isak.

Meanwhile, they were pursuing a defender. They let Quansah go while pursuing Guéhi. They assumed Palace would fold and didn't seem to have a back-up plan. As a result they unbalanced the squad. The extra striker was useful as Isak got injured (probably because he was unfit due to his strike at Saudi Sportswashing Machine), but being CB short put more onus on their other CBs, one of whom is ageing and another who wants out.

The people who came up with this transfer strategy are still at the club, in fact they were the ones who decided that the coach was the one needing replacement rather than consider their role in the poor season.
 
jts1882 said:
I don't think it was the plan, but they got worried by the atmosphere at Anfield in the last couple of games.

If it's true that FSG want a coach and not a manager, then replacing Slot may not be the solution. Last summer they made a big deal about chasing Isak, which they did all summer. Even when they bought an alternative (Ekitike) they still paid a large sum for Isak.

Meanwhile, they were pursuing a defender. They let Quansah go while pursuing Guéhi. They assumed Palace would fold and didn't seem to have a back-up plan. As a result they unbalanced the squad. The extra striker was useful as Isak got injured (probably because he was unfit due to his strike at Saudi Sportswashing Machine), but being CB short put more onus on their other CBs, one of whom is ageing and another who wants out.

The people who came up with this transfer strategy are still at the club, in fact they were the ones who decided that the coach was the one needing replacement rather than consider their role in the poor season.
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So you're saying it's all Lange's fault? :tearsofjoy:
 
tommysvr said:
You two are absolutely fudging obsessed. And yeah, that's coming from me. Why the fudge would Ange's name pop up here?

No surprise that creep @carl is lurking without posting, as usual.
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Creep 🤣🤣

Out of interest, how did you know I was lurking? Never knew that could be done!

No need for me to post about Ange anymore, Ive made it clear I think hes a clown.
 
carl said:
Would you have preferred I liked it and also commented?
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I don't really care but I randomly get notifications about your reactions to my posts but very rarely see you actually add your own thoughts. Just watching on. Feels like in most other social situations that would be a bit odd.
 
tommysvr said:
I don't really care but I randomly get notifications about your reactions to my posts but very rarely see you actually add your own thoughts. Just watching on. Feels like in most other social situations that would be a bit odd.
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For those who said Jota's death was just an excuse: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cwy2081rrr7o

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate has opened up on how the deaths of team-mate Diogo Jota and his father left him battling depression during his final season at the club.

Portugal forward Jota and his brother Andre Silva, tragically died in a car crash last July, while Konate's dad Hamady passed away in January after a long illness.

The France international's form was visibly affected in his final campaign at Anfield and the 27-year-old has now outlined the personal turmoil he was going through.

"There are low points, there's depression. You can suffer from depression in football too; there's no need to be ashamed to say so," he told France Inter radio., external

"It's true that I've often heard players say they were suffering from depression and that fans or people on the outside didn't understand because they were earning a lot of money. But no, that's rubbish and you shouldn't say that.

"Depression is personal; it's deep inside you. When you're depressed, it starts in the heart, goes up to the brain and takes over your whole body. For me, that's what's hard, and we need to talk about it."

Konate, who is closing in on a move to Real Madrid after confirming he will leave Anfield this summer, said the tragic death of Jota, who was one of his neighbours during his time on Merseyside, had a shattering impact.

"It devastated me. I didn't have any interest in anything else at that point," he added.

"You go back to football because you have no choice. We're employees at a club that pays us every month, so we have duties.

"We had no choice but to go back on the field and play for him and his family – as well as ourselves. There's no way of getting over it, but you learn to live with it."

The Diogo Jota's funeral was attended by huge names from across football, including former team-mates like Konate
During this difficult period Konate was also carrying the burden of knowing his father was seriously ill.

"I didn't know what to do. I didn't know whether I should go home and stop playing, because the team needed me too," he added.

"I didn't know who to talk to about it, so I kept it all to myself. And this is the advice I'd give to everyone: when you're feeling down or something's going on, you need to talk to those around you.

"It can help you and do you good. I didn't talk about it and kept it to myself.

"The doctors then told us he didn't have long to live, but we didn't know it would happen so quickly."

Konate returned early from compassionate leave to help Liverpool avert an injury crisis at the end of January but the centre-back conceded that things were never quite right.

He made 51 appearances across the 2025-26 campaign, 49 as a starter, but was unable to consistently produce the best form he had displayed across his previous four seasons on Merseyside as Liverpool finished fifth in the Premier League.

Konate, who has been capped 27 times by France, is part of Didier Deschamps' 26-man squad for the World Cup, with Les Bleus among the favourites.

"There was never a moment when I felt like I was on the mend," he added.

"All of these tragic events happened so quickly and as soon as I felt like I was getting my head above water, something else happened.

"I had the support of all these fans, who are exceptional at Liverpool, my team-mates and especially my family but I also had to learn how to get back on my feet on my own because the team needed me more than ever and I know that my father would have wanted me to get back."
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tommysvr said:
For those who said Jota's death was just an excuse: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cwy2081rrr7o
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Fair play. I hate the Dippers with a passion but I do feel uncomfortable with anyone passing judgement on how they should have dealt with Jota's death or on the impact it had.

That said, I was very impressed with the fact that I didn't see a single bricky post, WhatsApp, meme etc. about Jota's death. I know you should be able to take that for granted but the internet and social media can be such a cesspool at times that I was half expecting that some rival fans would make light of it.
 
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This will be interesting.... definitely was a candidate for us after Ange... intriguing to see how he goes at Liverpool.

Have they got a squad suited to him yada yada etc.
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
This will be interesting.... definitely was a candidate for us after Ange... intriguing to see how he goes at Liverpool.

Have they got a squad suited to him yada yada etc.
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He is also a very likeable manager
No histrionics and plays a great style of football
He will inherit kherkez who he knows already
But he does have a lot of work to do with the squad shape
 
Want him to fail because it's The Dippers but will be interested to see how this goes.

After seeing a host of managers from that sort of profile of club fail at big clubs (Hodgson, Moyes, Nuno, Potter, Frank), I wonder if he'll be more like them or Pochettino. He does play better football than the five aforementioned so it could be argued that the style of football is what's not transferrable to a big club rather than the move from smaller club to big club in itself.

He did a tremendous job at Bournemouth but did have a rocky start there. If he does likewise at Liverpool, he'll be under a lot more scrutiny and pressure. He did have a very poor patch last year as well before the good Dr Tottenham cured all his ills while Thomas Frank sipped from his Arsenal cup.

It's a sensible appointment, a good appointment on paper and also a very, very interesting one for a lot of reasons. It's not without significant risk.
 
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