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      The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion

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      bazspeedman
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #161: Jul 27, 2018 09:22:27 am
      We've had an excellent window. We've brought in some top additions but more importantly no key players have left.

      I think we're a centre half, a number 10 and a decent backup striker away from seriously challenging for the league.

      I've made my opinions clear on Lovren but i think he's a liability and that he shouldn't be first choice. I think at some point he's going to cost us points. Not just once or twice either. Let's hope I'm wrong.

      I agree with firminofanboy that we need more creativity and magic from the middle. At the moment I can see us being held to a few frustrating draws because we're missing that spark in the 10 area and it could prove vital come the end of the season. We need to turn them draws into wins.

      Then we need a back up striker. Shaqiri can come in and salah can play the 9 but it's not ideal and I still think we're an injury away to Bobby from being in big trouble. I hope sturridge can step up this season and play a big part for us but if not then we need a very decent back up option and they're extremely hard to find. I can't even think of a suggestion. Javier Hernandez was my shout a year ago but his ex Manc ties won't go down well plus he stunk the league out last season, he was garbage.

      We aren't far off at all but there's still a few missing pieces of the jig saw before we win the league.


      We have three back up strikers this season Stu, Solanke and Brewster (who is going to be great).

      A number 10 is all we need, a new CB can wait until January if we need one badly.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #162: Jul 27, 2018 10:00:55 am
      We bought well, however i think we are a LB short and another striker to offer a plan B option since we dont have a proper playmaker.
      This squad has good quality though and should improve on last years totals.

      Chelsea look stronger (especially if Hazard stays) and City are still the clear favourites. Still a few weeks to go before the transfer window shuts, but i expect the top 8 teams to all make improvements this season.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #163: Jul 27, 2018 10:16:38 am
      Adam lallana get worse,l never fan of his he too slow he try do too many turns,l l like see Jones give chance in league or cup games more lallana
      bazspeedman
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #164: Jul 27, 2018 10:32:28 am
      Adam lallana get worse,l never fan of his he too slow he try do too many turns,l l like see Jones give chance in league or cup games more lallana

      Lallana has looked very good in pre season he will have a big part to play.

      Jones looks really promising but still a kid no need to rush him in to the first team.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #165: Jul 29, 2018 12:03:45 pm
      Let's have a crack now we're done in US...

      GK Allisson
      GK Grabara
      GK Kellherner

      DF VVD
      DF Lovren
      DF Matip
      DF Klavan
      DF Gomez

      LB Robbo
      LB Moreno
      RB Clyne
      RB TAA

      MF Keira
      MF Fabinho
      MF Hendo
      MF Gini
      MF Milner

      ST mane
      St Salah
      ST Firmino
      ST Sturridge
      ST Shakari
      ST Solanke

      Sold/Loan
      Gruic
      Marokvich
      Mignolet
      Karius

      About right?
      LondonRed83
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #166: Jul 29, 2018 01:59:46 pm
      Serious question, which 3 are the main starters?

      MF Keita
      MF Fabinho
      MF Hendo
      MF Gini
      MF Milner

      bazspeedman
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #167: Jul 29, 2018 02:15:15 pm
      Serious question, which 3 are the main starters?

      MF Keita
      MF Fabinho
      MF Hendo
      MF Gini
      MF Milner



      MF Keita
      MF Fabinho
      MF Shaqiri
      bazspeedman
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #168: Jul 29, 2018 02:20:11 pm
      Let's have a crack now we're done in US...

      GK Allisson
      GK Grabara
      GK Kellherner

      DF VVD
      DF Lovren
      DF Matip
      DF Klavan
      DF Gomez

      LB Robbo
      LB Moreno
      RB Clyne
      RB TAA

      MF Keira
      MF Fabinho
      MF Hendo
      MF Gini
      MF Milner

      ST mane
      St Salah
      ST Firmino
      ST Sturridge
      ST Shakari
      ST Solanke

      Sold/Loan
      Gruic
      Marokvich
      Mignolet
      Karius

      About right?

      You're missing Philips, Camacho, Jones, Ojo, and Woodburn who were all very good on the tour.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #169: Jul 29, 2018 02:22:58 pm

      I'm still curious to see how Hendo and Wijnaldum does with Fab and Keita.

      But for sure, right now, I want to see more of KFS midfield, but I think a double pivot would be better suited if Shaqiri is playing in the 10 role.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #170: Jul 29, 2018 03:17:00 pm
      I think picking a starting 11 at this stage would not be fair. We still have players to come back from the World Cup so they will have extra time off I'm sure. For the first game against West Ham I think it will be this:
                          Karius
      Clyne   Gomez       VVD   Robinson
                         Fabinho
              Keita                 Milner
      Salah        Sturridge          Mané
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #171: Jul 29, 2018 05:02:08 pm
      I rate Wijnaldum, I think he’ll start plenty of games for us.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #172: Jul 29, 2018 05:20:00 pm
      I think picking a starting 11 at this stage would not be fair. We still have players to come back from the World Cup so they will have extra time off I'm sure. For the first game against West Ham I think it will be this:
                          Karius
      Clyne   Gomez       VVD   Robinson
                         Fabinho
              Keita                 Milner
      Salah        Sturridge          Mané

      When did we sign Robinson?
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #173: Jul 29, 2018 06:43:33 pm
      Serious question, which 3 are the main starters?

      MF Keita
      MF Fabinho
      MF Hendo
      MF Gini
      MF Milner

      Horses for courses would be my guess - depending on whether we are playing bus parkers or a team that actually tries to play football.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #174: Jul 29, 2018 10:02:22 pm
      We have three back up strikers this season Stu, Solanke and Brewster (who is going to be great).

      A number 10 is all we need, a new CB can wait until January if we need one badly.

      Studge will likely be injured (and I would also question whether he is good enough to be our main striker for a sustained period) Solanke is a million miles from the required standard and I'm not sure if Brewster will even be fit until a month or two into the season. If Bobby gets a bad injury Salah would be the only lng term option for me. Look at our rivals, City can call on Aguero and Jesus to play as a 9. The Manx's have Lukaku, Sanchez and Rashford.

      I do worry that a bad injury to Firmino could derail us. The drop off in quality to the other players is HUGE and I'm not sure how we would go with Salah in the 9 shirt for a sustained period. It's nto that he couldn't do it, I'm sure he'd do well but obviously he has been incredible coming in off that right hand side.
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      Reply #175: Jul 29, 2018 10:27:36 pm
      Studge will likely be injured (and I would also question whether he is good enough to be our main striker for a sustained period) Solanke is a million miles from the required standard and I'm not sure if Brewster will even be fit until a month or two into the season. If Bobby gets a bad injury Salah would be the only lng term option for me. Look at our rivals, City can call on Aguero and Jesus to play as a 9. The Manx's have Lukaku, Sanchez and Rashford.

      I do worry that a bad injury to Firmino could derail us. The drop off in quality to the other players is HUGE and I'm not sure how we would go with Salah in the 9 shirt for a sustained period. It's nto that he couldn't do it, I'm sure he'd do well but obviously he has been incredible coming in off that right hand side.

      Mane can also play the striker role.

      One of the reason I want us to sign Pulisic is he can cover both wings if Mane or Salah needed to play centrally.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #176: Jul 29, 2018 11:54:12 pm
      Mane can also play the striker role.

      One of the reason I want us to sign Pulisic is he can cover both wings if Mane or Salah needed to play centrally.

      He can but you don't want him playing there for 2-3 months in the event of an injury. If we're serious about a title challenge I don't like the idea that the cover for your number 9 in the event of injury is a bunch of players who can do a job in that position. The Manc clubs won't be taking that chance. I don't see why should we?
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      Reply #177: Jul 31, 2018 05:52:59 pm
      He can but you don't want him playing there for 2-3 months in the event of an injury. If we're serious about a title challenge I don't like the idea that the cover for your number 9 in the event of injury is a bunch of players who can do a job in that position. The Manc clubs won't be taking that chance. I don't see why should we?
      To be fair, the 2 you mentioned for United aren’t exactly natural number 9’s, Rashford and Sanchez, and are best suited to playing off the striker. I certainly wouldn’t imagine their goal tally was much higher than Mane let alone Mo last season.

      I think we have addressed the important gaps in our squad over the last 6 months - GK, CB, DM & CM. We could talk all day about if Allison, VVD, Robbo, Firmino etc were to get injured but we don’t have unlimited funds and can’t have a like for like replacement in each position, as nice as it would be. More than happy with Sturridge as a back up if he can stay fit (I know it’s a big if). But Firmino has done a good job of staying fit and injury free, so let’s hope he keeps that up.
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      Reply #178: Jul 31, 2018 06:05:53 pm
      To be fair, the 2 you mentioned for United aren’t exactly natural number 9’s, Rashford and Sanchez, and are best suited to playing off the striker. I certainly wouldn’t imagine their goal tally was much higher than Mane let alone Mo last season.

      I think we have addressed the important gaps in our squad over the last 6 months - GK, CB, DM & CM. We could talk all day about if Allison, VVD, Robbo, Firmino etc were to get injured but we don’t have unlimited funds and can’t have a like for like replacement in each position, as nice as it would be. More than happy with Sturridge as a back up if he can stay fit (I know it’s a big if). But Firmino has done a good job of staying fit and injury free, so let’s hope he keeps that up.

      And every team with big stars will suffer some if they are injured. You can't completely cover for that, but I think we have improved our depth, through incomings, retention and hopefully some rehabbed veterans and emerging youth.

      One other thing about the midfield, I think a trio of Fabinho, Henderson and Keita (if he's OK) will be a fairly common selection this season.

      One other thing about front line depth, I think we will see a lot more of Solanke this season than we might expect, with Firmino playing behind him.
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      Reply #179: Jul 31, 2018 06:32:55 pm
      I think Klopp is adding extra runners to break the lines this season.

      By that I mean players capable of and comfortable with carrying the ball forwards from midfield, to create space for the front 3.

      We've seen Lallana do it in the past, but it's not his best attribute.
      We saw Ox do it last season very effectively.
      We saw Can do it pretty well.

      However, in Keita, Klopp has added another dimension, which is his ability to win the ball back and transition very quickly into opposition territory, either by passing or by running with the ball, and creating space for others to exploit.

      I haven't seen much of Fabinho, but if he is converted from a RB, then he should also be capable of it.

      Henderson is capable of it, but as the deepest midfielder in recent seasons, has had limited opportunities.

      So we now have 2 possibly 3 strong midfield runners, meaning that 2 banks of 4 or 451 or whatever, closely packed is less of an option for bus parkers, because they will have to come out or risk being pressed back further and further.
      Add our front 3 to this, and the way they use movement, speed and guile to create space, and I think we'll have a few more goals from midfield this season.
      The capture of Alisson, who apparently we had been talking to for months, with his nifty footwork and accurate passing both long and short, shows one of Klopp's long term tactics, and that is to spend most of our time in the opposition half, continuing to press and win the ball higher up more effectively, and the use of strong runners to stretch play, and create space.

      That's before we even mention the fullbacks  :D

      If the new lads gel quickly, this could be an excellent season.
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #180: Jul 31, 2018 07:38:45 pm
      Iam very happy that we have a  goalkeeper at last,I don't  need to worry  about the midfield  we are fully covered in this area   ,the front three will get us the goals I just pray that they will be available for the full season. I just wanted a  CB but  it seems  is not going to happen  ,overall  I am happy with the team can't wait for the season to start.
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      Reply #181: Aug 01, 2018 07:52:59 pm


      What a strong bench :)
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      Re: The Unofficial 2018-19 Liverpool Season Squad Discussion
      Reply #182: Aug 01, 2018 08:00:12 pm
      But could Klopp go with this front 6...............Hendo... Nabby....Shaqiri...Salah ...Bob...Mane.

      Once Coutinho went Salah played more in the old inside right position with TAA overlapping down the right. Could Shaqiri play right wing, his natural position with Bob and Mo, Mane out left.

      Nabby attacking midfield with Hendo holding. Very attacking but we want to be positive.

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