No surprises in that squad to be honest, pretty much as expected. I wouldnt have taken wilson becuase hes made of glass but its all academic as southgate will not sub Kane off even if he was in a wheelchair. Wouldn't have taken Phillips either.

His starting 11 is what there's more unanswered questions about. I think he'll be going 

Pickford

Tripper, walker, maguire, stones, Shaw

Rice, Bellingham 

Mount or Foden, Kane, Sterling

But within that there are players who aren't what they were at the last tournament. I just hope Southgate learns to balance loyalty and keeping the team fresh. 

Saka was the surprise package last tournament I.e. very little game time prior to the tournament but had a good impact. I wonder if Maddison will be that person this time round. 

If we play 3 at the back, I'd want TAA starting

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Looks like young Wharton won’t be playing on Sunday. He’s starting tonight at West Ham.

Only had 45 mins i wonder if that was preplanned so he could have some involvement on Sunday. 

Would be such a good feeling stuffing Burnley to go top before WC

How long till full time? 

Personally I would keep him and play him more. However based on the fact that JDT clearly doesn't fancy him and he gets 10 minute cameos it would make sense to cash in. His wages would probably cover 2 more players but what could we realistically get fee wise for him? 

I understand not starting TAA but to not have him in the squad would be absolutely criminal. 

Southgate has his favourites and I worry that a few too many of them are either not fully fit or out of form but will be interesting to see his squad and first starting line up. 

30 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

a fit Callum Wilson has to go aswell

So no Callum Wilson then 

Just now, West Yorks Rover said:

It won't last if he carries on like he is.

We heard that a while ago when we were on our WLWL run "it's not long till that streak turns to LLL" we promptly went on a 4 game winning run

8 hours ago, Silas said:

You got a bad sleeper? If so, you have my sympathies

Just a touch if sleep regression in the last week - 10 days. Before that we had a month or so of sleeping through so when sleep regression hits it feels really cruel and unfair 🤣

5 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Little E mk2 was born at 21.44, 8lbs9oz and 57cm tall!

Slightly dramatic entrance as not fully dilated when crowning. How the hell 'the Patriarchy' exists is beyond me because women are fucking badass!

Congratulations Mike but I have to ask, and it may just be a phase I'm going through....why the hell do you want to go through this all again 🤣

Szmodics shit, JDT out

I would love to see pep or klopp try their hand at a proper challenge. Pep has achieved pretty much all there is to achieve in 3 leagues and is still young. Why not give it a go for a laugh? See how his tactics fair against some brick shithouse two footing everyone and the ref just playing on. 

15 minutes ago, J*B said:

It’s like I have to pick between my missus and my dog. Please find a way to get a long Jon and Bradley. I love you both. 

Dog

Why they fought to keep him in summer is beyond me. I said this to people when they signed him that it was  a bad move because he either plays every minute of every game which gives you no flexibility in terms of style, or he doesn't and he gives you grief and creates a stink. I also think the performance levels of some of his team mates has dropped upon his arrival. 

If we're not going to use him we should get rid in January for us and for him. We get his wages off the books abd possibly a few extra pennys to spend  (I can't see us getting more than £1m though) and he gets to play again. I feel really sorry for him, he was on the verge of a move to the PL and the  all of a sudden he's lost 3 years of his career. 

We should atleast give him a few opportunities to put himself in the shop window. 

1 hour ago, WacoRover said:

a fan of only the last 9 years.

I'm curious, what about Rovers attracted you 9 years ago? I remember 2013 being at uni and us being an absolute laughing stock. 

JDT out

37 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Instead of splashing out 5 million on that Leicester player I think 5 or so million could twist their arm. Though probably not

The same Liverpool who sold Brewster to Sheffield United for £25m and Williams to Forrest for £17m?

58 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

No we don't need to get rid of JDT or Broughton at all. It's time people like you actually give them time and patience.

3 points off top and people want to sack the manager. Ludicrous. 

There's a middle ground between sticking with mowbray for 5 years and giving a manager with a 50% win rate the boot after 14 games

43 minutes ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been sussed out big time. The better teams know that if he's putting in a cross, you can use the left flank to counter attack all the time.

It's always been the case to be fair and its been obvious for a few seasons so i cant beleive its taken teams this long to figure it out. What Liverpool are no longer doing effectively is having one of the midfield 3 drop in to cover TAA going forward. 

Liverpools best runs come when there are a  midfield 3 of Henderson, Fabinho and another more creative / attacking player. Henderson and Fabinho when they're on their game mop up absolutely everything and allow TAA and Robertson to bomb on. Henderson seems to have lost a little bit of intensity recently. 

Also whilst we're at it, TAA gets a lot of stick for his defending recently but VVD seems to be getting of scott free. 

11 hours ago, J*B said:

I worked at United

Hope you showered with a wire brush everyday? 

I'm not buying the whole mane thing. There were times when he was benched or at afcon and they still rolled teams over. 

Nunez I think could come good, trouble is I don't think they're playing to his strengths  but I feel like when it clicks he could bang in a few. 

FA are apparently investigating Henderson racially abusing Gabriel. I'd be very surprised if there was any truth in that whatsoever. John Terry, Suarez etc you can fully beleive it could happen but not Henderson. 

On 22/09/2022 at 16:24, Silas said:

It's not a VIP club.

It's not?? Well that's ruined my day

1 minute ago, Gav said:

cheap journeymen

That's unfair - some of them were expensive.