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Unbelievable. Liverpool wake up and suddenly we can’t cope.

Liverpool can’t possibly be worse coming out for the second half. So hopefully we make a change or two quickly if the same players struggle.

A match like this convinces me even more that a player like Enzo would totally change our season. Someone who can receive the ball when pressed and break the lines with his passing. There’s so much space to exploit in wide areas here but we have nobody with the vision or balls to execute.

Taking into account how many we have missing that was a decent first half. But it could’ve been WAY better if Mount and Hall were sharp with their passing. Liverpool looked totally dead all over the pitch but we couldn’t punish them becasue our players are terribly out of form as well.

Good lord, how many misplaced passes from Mount?!

Hall has been very poor in the ball. Replace him in there with Carney, please.

Liverpool’s right side of defense is wide open and they’re to exploit. Mudryk could feast. Or if Félix was available 😒

Has Jorginho had a single touch today?

Oh fuck off

BIG GAME KAI! Told you yesterday!

Going to all be about the intensity we start with. They’re desperate for a win just like we are and will likely come out flying in order to get the Anfield crowd behind them. If our players look like rattled little kids like they often times do when opponents raise their intensity then we’ll get blown away even by this Liverpool B team.

Mount truly is literally undroppable I guess. We’ve seen Potter take players out of the line of fire when they’re struggling for form like Cucu and Koulibaly. But for some reason Mase has been woeful all season and keeps his place regardless. Tbf, this IS the sort of opponent and away ground you want a player like Mount in the team for, but only if he’s playing well.

No KK which is a positive. But this front 3 means we probably aren’t scoring a goal from open play today… 😩😩😩

I’d feel pretty good about this if we had just a couple of our missing players. Like, if we just had a fully fit Reece and Chilly I’d fancy us. But we’ll have to see either Trev or Azpi getting roasted out wide. And if Koulibaly starts he’ll be targeted by Salah on the left side.

When we have Auba, Havertz, Felix, and Fofana all fit and available I don’t see how a new striker makes sense for us in January. If Fofana goes out on loan then maybe I could see someone coming in. But we’re loaded with players who can play the #9 or false 9 role right now. And then you have to consider Nkunku is coming in the summer and Broja will be back as well.

Both Madueke and Mudryk have the physiques and playing styles that should be able to quickly adapt to this league. Hopefully they can both integrate quickly and be ready to start matches following this Liverpool one tomorrow. As for this kid from Lyon, he does look damned good in highlights. Looks extremely mature and refined for someone so young. Wonder what sort of money it would take to get them to sell?

Where’s the Madueke announcement? We’ve seen footage of him at Cobham already and know it’s been done all day.

This forum is so quick to completely write off Cucu, Sterling, and Wes Fofana. I think all 3 will be very good players for us in time and in Fofana’s case I think he’ll become a world class player. People are acting as though Cucu has been an unmitigated disaster of a player when he has really just been very mediocre just like our entire team pretty much. He hasn’t been close to a Koulibaly level embarrassment where it looks as though he’s totally out of his depth.

Time for Todd to gas up the jet.

@OneMoSalahis spot on, I think. Mount would be an instant Klopp favorite in the same way Milner and Henderson have been. He’s hard working, technically sound on the ball, and is versatile.

Can only imagine the wages he’s asking for. He’ll surely be looking at what Sterling was just given and be asking for similar. As poor as he’s been this season I feel like the club will keep him for sure. Too much of a fan favorite and too much of a Chelsea boy for our owners to let him go to Liverpool.

I agree. Don’t think Caicedo is someone who dramatically changes the trajectory of our season. Get someone in on loan (if that’s even within the rules which I’ve seen conflicting reporting about) and go all out for Enzo in the summer.

Don’t think they’ll sell him now unless a crazy offer comes in from us like £75-80m.

Don’t see a place for him in the current squad. We’d have to get rid of 2 forwards for another striker to make sense. We aren’t selling Kai midseason and Auba is un-movable due to already playing for 2 clubs. Even if we send Fofana out on loan we’d then have 3 strikers if Vlahovic comes in. That’s too much.

A loan for a midfielder is probably the best solution if Caicedo isn’t possible this window. Prevents us from spending silly money on some scrub and let’s us assess our options come summer.