Official Liverpool FC Thread @ The Phins

"Paul 13 wrote:

Nabil Fekir all but confirmed at this point. A left footed replacement for Coutinho. We have a lot of lefties on the team now.

ugh.... medical issue apparently sprung up, although they went for a second opinion and passed. Then apparently wanted a reduced fee?

Man, been so busy since the final and just got back from vacation. I agree with everything yall have been talking about. Got so unlucky in Final, FUCK RAMOS!! The one thing I think of in that game was the only thing that RM exposed was our lack of depth, but have every confidence in Klopp to fix that. The Fabinho signing is a very good one I think, a clear upgrade from Can. I was so excited about the Fekir news on Friday that I got sick Saturday and didn't do much web browsing. Imagine my surprise when I check my Liverpool sites and see it fell through :smackhead:. Oh well shit happens, hopefully it doesn't turn into Liverpools own Drew Brees medical hahaha. But again I trust FSG and Klopp, they are doing what is right for the club.

Read that Allison wants his transfer sorted before WC, so hopefully we somehow pull his signing off. Though I know they won't overpay, which is a good thing. We need the smart buys, not the super flashy ones (well okay maybe 1 hahaha).

My tickets for the United match at the Big House should be in the mail sometime next week. So excited, taking my son. Got seats 5 rows up from the pitch, in the supporters section. Kiddo has no clue either, gonna be a surprise for doing well in school last year.

He's been asking for a new jersey since he's worn his old one out a bit hahaha. Stalling so I can get him one of the new ones at the match!! I'll be sure to post tons of photos next month after the match!!

"finattic79 wrote:

My tickets for the United match at the Big House should be in the mail sometime next week. So excited, taking my son. Got seats 5 rows up from the pitch, in the supporters section. Kiddo has no clue either, gonna be a surprise for doing well in school last year.

He's been asking for a new jersey since he's worn his old one out a bit hahaha. Stalling so I can get him one of the new ones at the match!! I'll be sure to post tons of photos next month after the match!!

Have fun!

I think we might go back in for Fekir after the WC... that's what Paul Joyce said and he seems to be the one the most switched on... more than the Echo writers. It appears Shaqiri is a possibility as well and he's not an alternative to Fekir which is good. I'd also like to see more of TAA in the FK specialist role. He's been doing it in the England warm up matches.

Yea after the VVD fiasco during last summers window the club has gotten real tight lipped about negotiations and signings. Heck the Fabinho signing was out of the blue as well. I don't mind it all if they club keeps operating like this if it means more signings. I'd loved to have Shaqiri on the bench, and for games after big UCL matches, he'll be good depth and not very old (I just had to look that up cause I thought he was like 30, he's only 26).

Looks like Roma aren't budging on there valuation of Allision (IMHO don't blame them) and we won't pay their asking price. Seems his future will be sorted after WC.

Wow, yeah didn't realize Shaq was only 26. His reported 15m fee has to be way off.

"Paul 13 wrote:

Wow, yeah didn't realize Shaq was only 26. His reported 15m fee has to be way off.

And I think his fee went up a bit today :lol: What a game for the Swiss!

Slower than usual transfer window because of the World Cup.... Don't mind one bit haha. I have seen last few days that it's possible that the Fekir deal could be resurrected after World Cup. Also Keita will be wearing #8, big shoes to fill.

Ings wants a move away, honestly think that might be best for him unfortunately. I really like him, but I just don't see him getting the playing time he needs to improve further. Origi gonna be given a chance to convince Klopp to keep him around.

Shaqiri close... the sooner I can get back to focusing on LFC the better. Now that England have been knocked out that is. It was a nice run, but it just wasn't their time yet. Best of luck to Dejan... I reckon France will likely win however.

Supposedly Karius had another howler. That is not good. Time to give Ward a BIG shot IMO.

Fekir, not done yet. We may be circling back on that one. Time will tell.

August 9th is the end of the transfer deadline now. How do we follow up last season's run?

Condolences for the England loss. I was rooting for Reds to play well, which both Hendo and Lovern did. They are are pretty young team, this experience and getting 4 years older should put them in prime position to challenge for it next time.

Yea Shaqiri will be in next few days. I think its going to be a great great signing. He could be that super sub we need, really excited about it. Fekir meet with Lyon President Aulas a few days ago, rumored that he asked him to reopen negotiations with Liverpool. We'll see, not getting my hopes up just yet.

Yea Karius might not recover from that final, read today that Klopp is giving Ward extended look and chance to be #1. I'm totally fine with this approach. The GKs that Klopp wants are super over priced right now.

Supposedly we're back in on Alisson. I wouldn't mind it, not my money :lol: If we can lock him up and get Fekir in, that's a nice transfer window. Would still like a pure striker to backup Firmino. Adding another CB at this stage doesn't look likely. With Lovren impressing at the WC and growing in confidence (he never really lacked it), we've got a bunch of players behind them that are capable but not ideal. Is a bit risky given VVD's slight injury history (?). Will also be interesting what happens with Origi and Sturridge. At this stage, I'd like to keep one of them for depth purposes.

Well pretty much official for Allison!! Hefty fee for him, but in Klopp we trust. If he wanted him for that price, it says alot. Official introduction for Allison will either be later today after the match or tomorrow. This has been an amazing transfer window for us.

Who knows what's going on with Fekir. Apparently Lyon schedule a ceremony for him.

Well what a transfer season it has been so far; and man the boys look like they did last season, Allison appears to be an upgrade already in just the little service I have seen, that bodes well and if Lovren can keep his confidence up and VVD keep running that line we should be far better, not only that Sturridge looks fit and ready for a season, fingers crossed he can stay healthy. Trying to get over to England, son is going to Uni there starting next September (2019) so we need to go visit a few, and want to time it with a game.

Oh man what a start to the season!! Naby is as advertised and then some, Mane straight balling. Mo doing what Mo does, last touch wasn't there today but he made himself a nuisance with the penalty created and causing the red card. Man if that was a match last year we could have easily let in an easy goal, huge the difference one year makes.

Allison seems like he is going to be well worth it. I counted 3 long balls he purposely pulled in the CP high press to drop a ball in front of Mane, or Bobby. Some good saves when called into action, and great getting the ball going back the other way. I could write a whole paragraph on each guy lol, TAA rust looks like its gone. Robo was doing Robo stuff and loved his play. Gomez looking more comfortable as well. Few mistakes but we recovered and didn't panic when we made them.

Yep, definitely a game last season that we would have struggled to get all 3 points. Allison is proving to be the final piece that was missing. I'd like to see Fabinho and Henderson in the next game as it's a "short week." Definitely want to see Milner get a rest. Gini has been very workmanlike.

Klopp has a "problem" on his hands in that he needs to cycle these guys thru and keep a high level of form in the team. It's a good problem to have, but it is something he needs to manage. Last season, we were so thin, he didn't need to do it. This is a different year though. Especially if we want a trophy or two.... I'm not sure about doing it with the front three because they are so great, but we need to keep Sturridge (looks like he is staying) and Shaqiri in form.

On a negative, I'm not sure what to do with Lallana. He needs a run, he is way out of sync with the team. He had a good spell at one point last season (or was it before) with Klopp. Fitting in and playing good team ball. But he's far from that at the moment. Or so it would seem.

Yep it's for sure a good problem to have. Hopefully we can have that problem throughout the season lol. I think once the cup ties and champion leagues group stages start we'll start to see the rotation to the team. Listening to Klopp, it sounds like the club is going to slowly ease Fabinho in, which I'm totally fine with. It worked wonders with Ox (still so gutted for him :cry::cry:), so I'm inclined to wait.

As for Lallana, I feel the same with him too. His good spell was definitely was two seasons ago, he was injured nearly the entire season last year (just checked he only had 11 appearances). I think the best scenario is making the most of his playing time in cup tie and league matches after CL group stage matches. He just needs to get that real game experience in and I think he'll be back to his old self.

So I it's been a whirlwind past couple weeks. Just a week after the match I headed to Japan for a little over a week with the kiddo. Forgot to post my pics from the Liverpool v Manchester United match at the big house.

Was surreal finally getting to sing YNWA and with so many other supporters. We had so much fun suiting in the supporters section, can't wait to do it at Anfield now even more. Kiddo and I where grinning ear to ear the entire match. And the cherry on top was witnessing Shaqiri bicycle kick, absolutely stunning to witness that in person!! Here's a pic of us and an album link to a few others,

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great pic, thanks for posting that. I didn't know you are Paul from Big Brother (CBS). :shifty:

Well we got a decent champions league group. Nothing near as hard as group A or B. I think PSG will be a good barometer for early in the season, Napoli will be tricky but we should take care of business against them. Overall happy with the draw, I was hoping for group D before Schalke got it before us lol.

Well that was a good morning's football! Apart from the scrappy goal again after we had subs I thought our defense with Allisson held up bloody well and neutralized Kane and the rest at home. Five out of Five now to start the season, and bloody close to having 5 clean sheets too really. Bring on PSG Tuesday, they are looking tough but not sure if that is because their league is weak or they are that good. Likely a cmpbo!

Great start to the season. Scoreline flattered Tottenham. Probably should have been a pen at the end, but that's karma for Lamela diving last season at Anfield. LFC should have scored at least two or three more. Dominant for most of the match. My #1 goal right now is to win the league. The other three trophies (League Cup, FA Cup, CL) are lesser wants at the moment. Looks like Firmino will be okay. Will be interesting to see the lineup we put out vs PSG. Is it mostly the same or are there wholesale changes? I suspect Hendo will start. Milner from the bench. I'd think the rest will be mostly the same. Maybe see Shaqiri in? Maybe Fabinho?

The League is definitely our target but I am hoping for it to be a fairly strong squad against PSG as I think we will need to win all of our home games as I would like us to do well in CL. Would love to Fabinho and Shaqri and even Sturridge have a greater part of the game. Really looking forward to seeing Fabinho actually. Going to England early next year, my son is looking at University of Liverpool as one of the Unis he would like to attend so will be doing my best to get in a game at Anfield, just depends on when we are able to travel.

Absolutely magical. And Firminos goal probably doesnt happen iif he starts. Think of that.

So many great performances But not to dwell on the obvious but Salah has not been himself since the injury. Can we afford to rest him in the hopes of getting him going? Shaqiri should start on Saturday regardless.

Sad... but revenge on Saturday is needed.