2025-26 Season - Discussion Thread - Page 5

Ra3 · 11-26-2025, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mfw13

Manager trade....Amorim for Slot.....who say no....Liverpool or Man United?

I still think pool says no. But I’m incredibly depressed it’s a question that people could reasonably put forth, even as a joke

mikee1186 · 11-26-2025, 08:34 PM

Absolutely brutal to watch every LFC game right now. But it’s a train wreck I can’t take my eyes off of, hate watching every minute lol. They are just dire in every department. Worst run of form since the 1950s and no sign of turning it around - with one of the few bright spots, Ekitike, hurt today. I have a bad feeling that it gets worse before it gets better. Slot had some credit in the bank still but it’s running out fast. Not confident he sees 2026.

mfw13 · 11-26-2025, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mikee1186

Absolutely brutal to watch every LFC game right now. But it’s a train wreck I can’t take my eyes off of, hate watching every minute lol. They are just dire in every department. Worst run of form since the 1950s and no sign of turning it around - with one of the few bright spots, Ekitike, hurt today. I have a bad feeling that it gets worse before it gets better. Slot had some credit in the bank still but it’s running out fast. Not confident he sees 2026.

I think Liverpool have made a bunch of mistakes, all of which are now coming home to roost....

Like Man United, they hired a manager having success in a 2nd-tier league, but who had no experience in any of the big four leagues (EPL, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga).

Then they overestimated the value of last year's title....as other's have noted, they won with a pretty low point total....they would have finished 3rd/2nd/3rd the previous three seasons with 84 points.

And then they totally botched their offseason, overpaying for Wirtz (like Chelsea did for fellow German Bundesliga wunderkids Kai Haavertz and Timo Werner a few years earlier), signing both Eketike AND Isak, when they only needed one of the two, and then failing to sign Guehi (the player they actually really needed) by trying to nickel and dime Crystal Palace.

mfw13 · 11-29-2025, 10:34 PM

Is it just me, or does nobody actually know how to play goalkeeper anymore?

This week we've seen three "sweeper" keepers come out of their box, totally screw up, and give away easy goals (Newcastle @ Marseille, Sunderland vs Bournemouth, Spurs vs Fulham), yet at the same time goals are being scored from point-blank range off of corners because keepers are being taught not to come off their line, even for crosses inside the six-yard box.

It's like playing as a sweeper has become more important than actually stopping shots.

kellmuff · 12-02-2025, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by YayNJ

Wirtz nailed on for flop of the season, and on current evidence the biggest waste of money in Premier League history.

Christ.

Crazy how bad he's been. Who is the last big signing to come over from Germany and light it up in the Premier League?

Edit: Immediately Werner, Pulisic, Havertz, Schweinsteger, and Sancho came to mind as flops. But Haaland, KDB, Son all did well. Mixed bag. Seems like some really recent bad ones though

Edit2: Googled and forgot about Keita too.

Gin&Juice · 12-02-2025, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kellmuff

Crazy how bad he's been. Who is the last big signing to come over from Germany and light it up in the Premier League?

Edit: Immediately Werner, Pulisic, Havertz, Schweinsteger, and Sancho came to mind as flops. But Haaland, KDB, Son all did well. Mixed bag. Seems like some really recent bad ones though

Edit2: Googled and forgot about Keita too.

I don’t think it is fair to call Pulisic or Havertz busts. Might take time to adjust, but Wirtz will be fine. He is too good not to succeed.

Other notable Bundesliga transfers: Szoboslai, Konate (recent form notwithstanding), Firmino, Aubameyang, Gundogan, Gvardiol, Van de Ven, Mateta, and Sane.

mikee1186 · 12-02-2025, 11:55 PM

Wirtz literally man of the match the other day. He’s looking bright. He will be okay.

YayNJ · 12-04-2025, 01:15 AM

Leeds bringing playing two old school centre forwards back into fashion

mikee1186 · 12-07-2025, 11:12 AM

Appalling comments from Salah (from an LFC fan). It’s about the third or fourth time he’s ever spoken post game - only when it suits him personally. He takes zero public responsibility for his or the club’s form. He’s a selfish player - we’ve known that forever, but it’s also part of what has made him a great player for so many years. Now that he’s phasing out as the attacking focus, these nuclear comments come across very poorly.

Father Time is always right around the corner. We say it often, but this is where the rubber hits the road: no player is bigger than the club. I understand why he and Virgil were awarded new contracts, but I’m sure it was against the analytics, and now we see first hand proof as to why clubs are so very hesitant to give new contracts to aging stars. (This is not to say that there were readily obtainable alternatives, either).

It’s been a poor run of form. But 5 points off the last 3 games with Salah bench is an improvement (not that it’s anywhere close to acceptable form). Still lacking dynamism in attack, and defensively it’s too often shambles from Virgil on down. But Mo has been dire all season, and he offers next to nothing defensively. He will also be gone for a month at Afcon. Slot made the tough but correct call to move him to the bench and work on alternatives, and the eye test says it’s the right call.

Tough for the fans right now but seeing a legend add fuel to the fire is just nuts.

YayNJ · 12-07-2025, 12:58 PM

Salah isn't the problem. Sure, he's coming to the end of his career, in which he's scored over 320 goals for Liverpool in nine seasons, but he's still a good Premier League player.

Slot is a total and utter arrogant bellend. To give you an idea of Arne's true level, he was in the running for the Leeds United Job in the second division, before we hired Daniel Farke. His personal skills are lacking and it's clear his man management is terrible. It's not just Salah, Slot's handling of Harvey Elliott stinks too.

''Mo has been dire all season''

He's got 6 G&A in 13 games, in an awful Liverpool team that has been wrecked by Slots Fantasy Football splurge on players that don't fit anywhere in the Liverpool team. Kerkez, Wirtz and Isak will go down in history as the worst spend in Premier League history. Nearly $400m for those three.

Meanwhile you've ostracised Andy Robertson and lost Diaz, Nunez and Trent.

This season is 100% Arne's Liverpool.

mikee1186 · 12-07-2025, 05:50 PM

5 goals and 3 assists in 19 games in all competitions, 1 goal being a pen. I’ve watched every game and I assure you he has been poor. Certainly not saying he’s the only problem, but he has been awful most games. Manager had to change it up and I credit him for making some tough calls.

Robbo is still splitting time with Kerkez. If you saw him last year, you’d know his days of playing every game at this level are done. Darwin was a joke. Trent had to go. Diaz we miss big time though. I understand the sale, but he’s the game changing quality that we didn’t replace. Gakpo has been appalling recently.

You’re quite black and white on all this to say Mo isn’t the problem. I’d say there’s plenty of blame to go around between players, staff, and admin. Benching Mo was a perfectly reasonable solution given the lack of quality coming out of the RW, and Mo’s response is insanity. This coming from a huge Salah fan. Ultimately the manager may need to go, but for now I’ll support him as he tries to dig out of this.

YayNJ · 12-07-2025, 06:23 PM

A huge Salah fan that can't see that he's been scapegoated and pushed out of the club so they can spend another £60m on Semenyo.

Salah is two contributions away from having the most at the club this season, and he's played three games less than Ekitike & Gakpo. The finger should be pointed firstly at your egg-head manager, then Konate, Wirtz, Isak, Kerkez and van Dijk - all five have been gash - far worse than Salah.

They can't blame Salah for the Leeds match - a game Liverpool were lucky to come away with a point from. We gifted you two goals, and if there'd been ten more minutes you'd have had yet another L against an under strength LUFC. Slot has no plan B. He's a busted flush already.

YayNJ · Yesterday, 03:20 PM

the sooner this corrupt POS is removed the better

Fifa's ethics committee has been asked to investigate president Gianni Infantino, claiming he broke the governing body's rules on political neutrality in relation to United States president Donald Trump.

Infantino awarded Trump with the inaugural Fifa peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington DC last week, and has also done social media posts and interviews in support of the 79-year-old.

Human rights campaign group FairSquare has written a letter of complaint, which BBC Sport has seen, alleging Infantino has "committed four clear breaches" of Fifa's neutrality rules.

"The award of a prize of this nature to a sitting political leader is in, and of itself, a clear breach of Fifa's duty of neutrality," the letter stated.

Gin&Juice · Yesterday, 03:44 PM

Setting aside whether it broke Fifa neutrality rules, Infantino turned the whole tournament into a clown show. What a colossal embarrassment for Fifa, the US, the World Cup and soccer. I truly feel for Mexico and Canada.

mfw13 · Yesterday, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YayNJ

the sooner this corrupt POS is removed the better

Fifa's ethics committee has been asked to investigate president Gianni Infantino, claiming he broke the governing body's rules on political neutrality in relation to United States president Donald Trump.

Infantino awarded Trump with the inaugural Fifa peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington DC last week, and has also done social media posts and interviews in support of the 79-year-old.

Human rights campaign group FairSquare has written a letter of complaint, which BBC Sport has seen, alleging Infantino has "committed four clear breaches" of Fifa's neutrality rules.

"The award of a prize of this nature to a sitting political leader is in, and of itself, a clear breach of Fifa's duty of neutrality," the letter stated.

Agree 10000%.

But do you really think that whomever replaced him would be any better? After all, we complained just as much when Sepp Blatter was in charge, and before him Joao Havelange.

The unfortunate reality is that because FIFA is a de-facto monopoly, whomever is running it is highly likely to become corrupt.

12-07-2025, 12:58 PM	#110
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,395 hanelcocards	Salah isn't the problem. Sure, he's coming to the end of his career, in which he's scored over 320 goals for Liverpool in nine seasons, but he's still a good Premier League player. Slot is a total and utter arrogant bellend. To give you an idea of Arne's true level, he was in the running for the Leeds United Job in the second division, before we hired Daniel Farke. His personal skills are lacking and it's clear his man management is terrible. It's not just Salah, Slot's handling of Harvey Elliott stinks too. ''Mo has been dire all season'' He's got 6 G&A in 13 games, in an awful Liverpool team that has been wrecked by Slots Fantasy Football splurge on players that don't fit anywhere in the Liverpool team. Kerkez, Wirtz and Isak will go down in history as the worst spend in Premier League history. Nearly $400m for those three. Meanwhile you've ostracised Andy Robertson and lost Diaz, Nunez and Trent. This season is 100% Arne's Liverpool. Last edited by YayNJ; 12-07-2025 at 01:16 PM.

12-07-2025, 06:23 PM	#112
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,395 hanelcocards	A huge Salah fan that can't see that he's been scapegoated and pushed out of the club so they can spend another £60m on Semenyo. Salah is two contributions away from having the most at the club this season, and he's played three games less than Ekitike & Gakpo. The finger should be pointed firstly at your egg-head manager, then Konate, Wirtz, Isak, Kerkez and van Dijk - all five have been gash - far worse than Salah. They can't blame Salah for the Leeds match - a game Liverpool were lucky to come away with a point from. We gifted you two goals, and if there'd been ten more minutes you'd have had yet another L against an under strength LUFC. Slot has no plan B. He's a busted flush already. Last edited by YayNJ; 12-07-2025 at 06:45 PM.

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11-26-2025, 08:34 PM	#102
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,158 mikee1186	Absolutely brutal to watch every LFC game right now. But it’s a train wreck I can’t take my eyes off of, hate watching every minute lol. They are just dire in every department. Worst run of form since the 1950s and no sign of turning it around - with one of the few bright spots, Ekitike, hurt today. I have a bad feeling that it gets worse before it gets better. Slot had some credit in the bank still but it’s running out fast. Not confident he sees 2026.

11-29-2025, 10:34 PM	#104
mfw13 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 17,564	Is it just me, or does nobody actually know how to play goalkeeper anymore? This week we've seen three "sweeper" keepers come out of their box, totally screw up, and give away easy goals (Newcastle @ Marseille, Sunderland vs Bournemouth, Spurs vs Fulham), yet at the same time goals are being scored from point-blank range off of corners because keepers are being taught not to come off their line, even for crosses inside the six-yard box. It's like playing as a sweeper has become more important than actually stopping shots.

12-02-2025, 11:55 PM	#107
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,158 mikee1186	Wirtz literally man of the match the other day. He’s looking bright. He will be okay.

12-04-2025, 01:15 AM	#108
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,395 hanelcocards	Leeds bringing playing two old school centre forwards back into fashion

12-07-2025, 11:12 AM	#109
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,158 mikee1186	Appalling comments from Salah (from an LFC fan). It’s about the third or fourth time he’s ever spoken post game - only when it suits him personally. He takes zero public responsibility for his or the club’s form. He’s a selfish player - we’ve known that forever, but it’s also part of what has made him a great player for so many years. Now that he’s phasing out as the attacking focus, these nuclear comments come across very poorly. Father Time is always right around the corner. We say it often, but this is where the rubber hits the road: no player is bigger than the club. I understand why he and Virgil were awarded new contracts, but I’m sure it was against the analytics, and now we see first hand proof as to why clubs are so very hesitant to give new contracts to aging stars. (This is not to say that there were readily obtainable alternatives, either). It’s been a poor run of form. But 5 points off the last 3 games with Salah bench is an improvement (not that it’s anywhere close to acceptable form). Still lacking dynamism in attack, and defensively it’s too often shambles from Virgil on down. But Mo has been dire all season, and he offers next to nothing defensively. He will also be gone for a month at Afcon. Slot made the tough but correct call to move him to the bench and work on alternatives, and the eye test says it’s the right call. Tough for the fans right now but seeing a legend add fuel to the fire is just nuts.

12-07-2025, 05:50 PM	#111
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,158 mikee1186	5 goals and 3 assists in 19 games in all competitions, 1 goal being a pen. I’ve watched every game and I assure you he has been poor. Certainly not saying he’s the only problem, but he has been awful most games. Manager had to change it up and I credit him for making some tough calls. Robbo is still splitting time with Kerkez. If you saw him last year, you’d know his days of playing every game at this level are done. Darwin was a joke. Trent had to go. Diaz we miss big time though. I understand the sale, but he’s the game changing quality that we didn’t replace. Gakpo has been appalling recently. You’re quite black and white on all this to say Mo isn’t the problem. I’d say there’s plenty of blame to go around between players, staff, and admin. Benching Mo was a perfectly reasonable solution given the lack of quality coming out of the RW, and Mo’s response is insanity. This coming from a huge Salah fan. Ultimately the manager may need to go, but for now I’ll support him as he tries to dig out of this.

Yesterday, 03:20 PM	#113
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,395 hanelcocards	the sooner this corrupt POS is removed the better Fifa's ethics committee has been asked to investigate president Gianni Infantino, claiming he broke the governing body's rules on political neutrality in relation to United States president Donald Trump. Infantino awarded Trump with the inaugural Fifa peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington DC last week, and has also done social media posts and interviews in support of the 79-year-old. Human rights campaign group FairSquare has written a letter of complaint, which BBC Sport has seen, alleging Infantino has "committed four clear breaches" of Fifa's neutrality rules. "The award of a prize of this nature to a sitting political leader is in, and of itself, a clear breach of Fifa's duty of neutrality," the letter stated.

Yesterday, 03:44 PM	#114
Gin&Juice Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Yardley, PA Posts: 1,164 edelsteind	Setting aside whether it broke Fifa neutrality rules, Infantino turned the whole tournament into a clown show. What a colossal embarrassment for Fifa, the US, the World Cup and soccer. I truly feel for Mexico and Canada.