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West Ham Vs Liverpool Sun 30th 2.05pm
In Slot's presser yesterday he confirmed that Alisson trained with the team and is expected back.
When asked if he needed to change the system he replied
“I don’t know what is in your head but if, for example, you want another system with five defenders that could be an issue. I don’t even have five defenders."
Except he does have five defenders. Both Joe Gomez and Andy Robertson are available, both can play RB but are sitting on the bench while Slot persists with out of position midfielders
Maybe Slot is just not that good and last season was the Klopp "hangover" -
West Ham Vs Liverpool Sun 30th 2.05pm
There have been a lot of theories as to why Liverpool have lost 10 games out of 20 in all competitions but the problem is the issues they have were there when they won the other 10 games
Injuries have been a problem, the most notable was Alisson who missed 8 games but the bad run of form started before that and he's only kept 2 clean sheets in 10. He missed the loss to PSV with illness and faces a late fitness test
With Caoimhín Kelleher gone Giorgi Mamardashvili is 2nd choice keeper but he hasn't been great, just 2 clean sheets and the 3rd choice keeper is Freddie Woodman (Preston free) whose only start was the 3-0 Caraboa Cup loss to Palace
One theory on why Liverpool have struggled is that Trent Alexander Arnold was a lot more important than anyone realised. They signed Jeremie Frimpong (Leverkusen £29.5m) but he's spent most of the season injured while Conor Bradley has been less than impressive and now he's injured too.
Dominik Szoboszlai - one of the few players who has impressed this season - has played as a makeshift RB 5 times although Curtis Jones played there against PSV with Szoboszlai switching back to his preferred slot in attacking midfield
At centre back Konate is having a mare and it seems to be infectious with Van Dijk looking out of sorts while Joe Gomez has been restricted to rare appearances off the bench plus a couple of starts in the Carabao.
They replaced CB Jarell Quansah (Leverkusen) with Giovanni Leoni (Parma £25m) but he suffered a cruciate ligament injury on his debut in the Carabao Cup win over Southampton and isn't expected back any time soon.
The only new arrival to have settled in is Milos Kerkez who has pretty much established himself as first choice LB with Andy Robertson as backup. Konstantinos Tsimikas has joined Roma on loan
The central midfield is also pretty settled with Gravenberch and Mac Allister both regular starters plus Curtis Jones and Wataru Endo as back up
Up front a huge blow was the sad loss of Diogo Jota. Luiz Dias and Darwin Nunez have both moved on to pastures new while Harvey Elliot is on loan at Villa.
Those who are left have not been fantastic, by this time last season Salah had scored 12 but so far he's only managed 5. Cody Gakpo has scored 4 while new arrival Florian Wirtz hasn't scored in 16 appearances and faces a late fitness test after missing the last two games.
Alexander Isak is fit after missing 5 games so far but his only goal was against Saints in the Carabao. He scored 5 in 3 against us for Newcastle but didn't score in the two fixtures last season
Top scorer (6) Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt £69m ) had to be subbed off with a back injury against PSV
Our last draw was at home April 2024, our last win was at home November 2021
Liverpool haven't drawn this season so I'd be happy for them to break that streak -
Couldn't think - June 2025 onwards
So, unsurprisingly, the London Stadium is not included amongst the 22 stadiums named in the 2035 Women's World Cup bid.
A "World Class Stadium" I think it was called. 😂
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2lv0jez5edo -
West Ham Vs Liverpool Sun 30th 2.05pm
We have a good record for being the team that gets opposing managers sacked after we beat them ....
just sayin' -
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Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
I just learned that Wilson became the first player in Premier League history to score two goals in the first half without completing a pass, which is a lovely stat. -
Academy & PL2 2025/26
Jimmy Walker joins as U-21 goalkeeping coach (C&H)
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Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
Nuno is managing like a Brazilian player, moments of brilliance but attempted flair that can fall flat on it's face and make you look silly when it doesn't come off.
Most of us said after our first few games that things looked really bleak because the players were far below what we needed and no one could turn this lot into a team. Nuno did just that however, he got them playing in a way that beat Newcastle, Burnley and take a 0-2 lead against Bournemouth. Players like Fernandes and even Tobido began to look like assets (of sorts).However.... his moments of eccentric managerial behaviour have fallen flat on their face.
He walks in assesses the state of things and says ' I know what this needs' I'm going to take the rookie, barely blooded left back Scarles and stick him on the right. Then I am putting the midfield general Irving straight into the side to try and get us up the pitch quicker as that silly Potters love affair with JWP was doomed to failure, leave it to me. Loses us two potential six pointers.
Then when he sorts things out he gets all eccentric again yesterday, says lets take off the two goal, hungry for a hat-trick, striker and our forward facing Midfielder to remove pressure on B'Mouth to defend in any noticeable way and see if our leaky defence can withstand 45 minutes of constant pressure.
We need him to start managing without the wacky ideas, hit through the ball rather than trying a managerial Rabona where you look like a genius. -
Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
8 points off a Champions League place a third of the way through the season. 👍 -
Magic Minute: Away at Bournemouth, Sat 22th
12 and Tommy Soup pls
A point for closest to the minute.
Nobody got Areola.
