17 Apr 2018 10:57:35
I've been thinking about what players will be sold and what players need to be bought in, from what I can see we could do with a couple of centre defenders, a left back just to start, jags and williams are just on the wrong side with age, bains needs some competition, now we get to midfield, who really has shone, gueue has done his best, the other are really hit or miss, up front with cenk and even thou has bags a couple goals he also in the last 2 games missed 2 match winning chances, this I will judge next season, so we have a team full of players who just aren't playing well, what do we do, sell and bring more players in again and start again, or add a few and hope that the ones who haven't stepped up this season do next, very hard situation for the next or present manager.

1.) 17 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 14:33:29
Liverpool fan in peace! I think you have a very good group of young players.

Pickford, Kenny, Pennington, Holgate, Garbutt, Davies, Beningame, Lookman, Vlasic and Calvert-lewin in particular are all very good young players.

Supplement that with Coleman, Baines, Sigurdsson, McCarthy, Walcott and Tosun, Niasse and you are not far off a good squad.

Personally, I think you need a centre back. Not a young lad, or an aging player. Someone to replace Keane who was clearly never good enough. Ben Mee made him look good and he is who you should go after.

Most importantly, you need a midfielder. A proper midfield general too. Not a tiki taka fool like Klassen, or a headless chicken like Gueye. You need a player as good as McCarthy who may never be the same again. Maybe a good option is Cork, Ndidi or Doucoure.

After that, You Really should just focus on getting rid of toxic influences like Funes Mori, Keane, Williams, Schneiderlin, Rooney and Allardyce.

You don't need wholesale change. 8 months ago you thought you'd finish above us. You just need to have faith in the young lads, and get a couple of solid players in your spine. A better manager will then have you top 7 easy.

Koeman and Allardyce haven't done your team justice this season. Not even slightly.

2.) 17 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 15:03:32
Great post that, MK. Unsure how Keane is a negative influence, mind. Unless I'm missing something?

3.) 17 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 15:51:10
Hugo, I just think that Keane is average. Average players can breed a losing mentality. Williams is the same. A player who looks like he's trying hard without actually doing so! Funes Mori just isn't good enough. Schneiderlin clearly gave up playing football when he got his big move to United. Thought he'd made it when he hadn't. Worst of all though, is Rooney. His attitude stinks at times and he carries himself as though he is the best in the squad. In reality, he shouldn't even make the bench.

"Toxic" was probably too strong in hindsight. You have to clear out the average players though. They hold you back and the young lads will pick up bad habits.

I said to Ed025 a while back on the Liverpool page that I though Calvert-Lewin was the best young English player after Dele Alli. You have to build a team around that kid. He is a special talent. Don't let Koeman and Allardyce's incompetence fool you. You saw towards the end of Rhinos brief spell in charge that the kids have the quality to take you forward. You just need a manager brave enough to trust them!

4.) 17 Apr 2018
17 Apr 2018 19:40:55
Spot on MK.