Philippe Coutinho

[BigChief]

[Chris]

Hahaa

[BigChief]

So did anyone see the Barca / Real game last night? Barca started off ok but ended up dreadful. They have as many problems around defence/midfield as we do. Coutinho is not a top tier player like Bale, Ronaldo, even Neymar. For a 150m euro player that won't be able to raise the performances of the club it won't take long for the fans to start moaning.

There is no now or never situation at Barca. They need about 6 or 7 good players now and next season. I think they know this too so I don't see them splurging nearly all that Neymar cash on Coutinho this summer (Iniesta will be used for another season). Dembele is a much higher priority as they seriously lack pace without Neymar.

[BigChief]

Reports of Barcelona's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Demise means different things for different clubs. As far as Barca are concerned being the 3rd or even 4th best club in Spain is a disaster (financially / brand wise, etc). There is no exaggeration whatsoever in that case.

[S-RED]

Yep, Barca were poor overall, Ter Stegen reminds me of Hart, good but lacks concentration; alba seems to have regressed; pique goes thru the motions; inesta & busquets have done it for so long they just drift through games; Rakatic i would love at LFC, but doesn't suit barca at present. Deulofeu, he wasn't even good at everton, so how does he get a start.

[S-RED]

Do we know if Coutinho is training today?

[Pablo]

So did anyone see the Barca / Real game last night? Barca started off ok but ended up dreadful. They have as many problems around defence/midfield as we do. Coutinho is not a top tier player like Bale, Ronaldo, even Neymar. For a 150m euro player that won't be able to raise the performances of the club it won't take long for the fans to start moaning.

There is no now or never situation at Barca. They need about 6 or 7 good players now and next season. I think they know this too so I don't see them splurging nearly all that Neymar cash on Coutinho this summer (Iniesta will be used for another season). Dembele is a much higher priority as they seriously lack pace without Neymar.

It's definitely not an ideal time to be joining Barca.

I'm sure they will sell him by telling him they will rebuild the squad around him etc. but in reality they definitely look to be in need of a major rebuild.

None of it matters though, it's Barca, and that alone is enough to turn his head.

[Abro100]

Do we know if Coutinho is training today?

No he's running around the new club shop activating himself whilst contactlessly buying Barca shirts. On the plus side he can print off 20 at a time.

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[S-RED]

No he's running around the new club shop activating himself whilst contactlessly buying Barca shirts. On the plus side he can print off 20 at a time.

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I'm sure that makes sense to somebody ;o)

[Daniel 7]

I'm sure that makes sense to somebody ;o)

I read it three times and it didn't make any to me!

[Daniel 7]

No he's running around the new club shop activating himself whilst contactlessly buying Barca shirts. On the plus side he can print off 20 at a time.

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Redevlopment of Anfield thread!

*slaps head*

[Abro100]

Redevlopment of Anfield thread!

*slaps head*

[emoji1] I was reading it back going it makes sense to me [emoji28]

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[Pablo]

That troublesome issue with his back/lack of spine seems to have ruled him out of tomorrow's game:

Liverpool squad: Alexander-Arnold, Moreno, Lovren, Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Can, Mane, Salah, Firmino, Kent, Solanke, Origi, Gomez, Klavan, Flanagan, Robertson, Matip, Grujic, Mignolet, Karius, Ward.

Still no Sturridge either

This season really does feel like groundhog day already.

[ronanm]

The sooner we're out of this the sooner we can concentrate on the holy grail.

[Abro100]

The sooner we're out of this the sooner we can concentrate on the holy grail.

4th place?

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