LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

[Royal Rother]

He’s better than that, surely?

[Whore Jackie]

How good is Kelleher? He's been decent enough when I've watched him

Yeah, excellent shot stopper, quick, gets the ball well. Distribution not great, but then most aren't compared to Alisson. He'd comfortably be first choice at plenty of PL clubs.

Agreed. Very very decent keeper and very able replacement for Alisson. Reportedly they'll also have someone even better than him next season as well and therefore would expect Kelleher to move on to somewhere like Forest or Brentford or maybe a Rangers/Celtic.

No reportedly about it, Mamardashvili signed.
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-agree-deal-sign-giorgi-mamardashvili

Kelleher is decent, but he's not at Alisson, Ederson or Pickford for England levels. He's probably in the just below Raya, Onana, Martínez tier, but better than the likes of Muric, Areola lot.

[From Despair To Where?]

He’s better than that, surely?

Irish player, guaranteed European football and he's 26 next month so should really be looking for guaranteed starts.

There are worse clubs to play for in those circumstances.

The talk in Scotland is also that if Celtic want to start making an impact in Europe they need to be making bigger signings rather than just cherry picking the cream of SPL talent.

[Winston Biscuit]

I would just like to say it still irritates me that quite a few people are pronouncing Arne as 'Arnie'

[Snowflake Royal]

I would just like to say it still irritates me that quite a few people are pronouncing Arne as 'Arnie'

What is it supposed to be?

[Winston Biscuit]

I would just like to say it still irritates me that quite a few people are pronouncing Arne as 'Arnie'

What is it supposed to be?

'Are-nuh'

[Snowflake Royal]

I would just like to say it still irritates me that quite a few people are pronouncing Arne as 'Arnie'

What is it supposed to be?

'Are-nuh'

Tah.

[Sanguine]

Well, that was pretty decent. Slot has got something going here, hasn't he?

Still - wait until mid-Dec and see what the league looks like. But Liverpool will surely compete on all fronts this season.

[Silver Fox]

I was under the impression that things were going to start to go wrong when Liverpool's fixtures got tougher, but I assumed that meant for Liverpool, not Man City and Arsenal??

[South Coast Royal]

I was under the impression that things were going to start to go wrong when Liverpool's fixtures got tougher, but I assumed that meant for Liverpool, not Man City and Arsenal??

Yes, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd might have been perceived tough fixtures (plus AC Milan and Leverkusen) but what now might be regarded as also being tough fixtures were Bournemouth, Forest and Brighton who are all doing quite well.

Still early days (see Arsenal last season) but those predicting that Liverpool wouldn't even make the top 4 might soon want to reconsider.

[BRO_BOT]

All going wrong for the dippers...no points last week, held at home today!

[Sutekh]

All going wrong for the dippers...no points last week, held at home today!

Your cup final tomorrow.

[BRO_BOT]

All going wrong for the dippers...no points last week, held at home today!

Your cup final tomorrow.

Expecting to get battered

[AthleticoSpizz]

Why? (giving all things current)


Wrong thread and all that stuff too

[Snowflake Royal]

All going wrong for the dippers...no points last week, held at home today!

And yet 5 points clear

[BRO_BOT]

All going wrong for the dippers...no points last week, held at home today!

And yet 5 points clear

Down to two!

[Sanguine]

As much as fixture congestion is a thing, I reckon Liverpool would rather catch up their game in hand sooner, for a chance to establish a cushion at the top again.

Hard to know what to expect from their game at Spurs next week. They have looked a little off the boil since their twin wins over Real and City - notwithstanding that from the minute of Robertson's red card it was very much 'a point gained' on Saturday.

In the last six weeks, Spurs have pulverised City and Villa, lost to Ipswich and Bournemouth, and narrowly lost to Chelsea a game they probably should have won. So who knows what will turn up against the league leaders.

[From Despair To Where?]

Spurs' record against Liverpool is dreadful. They got 3 wins in a row against Liverpool in 2010 through 2011. Since then, they've only won 3 of the subsequent 27 games and only 2 in the last 10 at home.

To put that in context, they've won 11 of their last 25 meetings with Manchester City.

[BRO_BOT]

As much as fixture congestion is a thing, I reckon Liverpool would rather catch up their game in hand sooner, for a chance to establish a cushion at the top again.

Hard to know what to expect from their game at Spurs next week. They have looked a little off the boil since their twin wins over Real and City - notwithstanding that from the minute of Robertson's red card it was very much 'a point gained' on Saturday.

In the last six weeks, Spurs have pulverised City and Villa, lost to Ipswich and Bournemouth, and narrowly lost to Chelsea a game they probably should have won. So who knows what will turn up against the league leaders.

What do you think about the red card? We discussed it recently. I'm far too biased to give a worthy answer. The main difference seems to be the outcome (possibly positioning, can't rem)

[Sanguine]

As much as fixture congestion is a thing, I reckon Liverpool would rather catch up their game in hand sooner, for a chance to establish a cushion at the top again.

Hard to know what to expect from their game at Spurs next week. They have looked a little off the boil since their twin wins over Real and City - notwithstanding that from the minute of Robertson's red card it was very much 'a point gained' on Saturday.

In the last six weeks, Spurs have pulverised City and Villa, lost to Ipswich and Bournemouth, and narrowly lost to Chelsea a game they probably should have won. So who knows what will turn up against the league leaders.

What do you think about the red card? We discussed it recently. I'm far too biased to give a worthy answer. The main difference seems to be the outcome (possibly positioning, can't rem)

As refereed, I think it was correct, hard for me to disagree that Wilson was denied a clear goalscoring opportunity.

There's a lot of grey in the laws though. And some black and white.

On the latter, the laws have simply been applied wrongly.

12.3 If the referee plays the advantage for an offence for which a caution/sending-off would have been issued had play been stopped, this caution/sending-off must be issued when the ball is next out of play. However, if the offence was denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, the player is cautioned for unsporting behaviour.

So Robertson should only have been cautioned.

The 'grey' I refer to is what constitutes advantage received. I'd argue that Jimenez got that advantage and failed to score. The incident has been refereed as 'Fulham didn't score so I'm taking it back', which I'm not sure is right. But again, no real complaint, as written, 'advantage' is subjective, per the current laws.

On refereeing in the game in general, I'm not too sure how Diop avoiding a very early red for his challenge on Robertson.