2025/26 Season

[peterbread]

Way too early to judge any team. We’ll have more of an idea of where everyone falls in a couple of months.

Agree on City they don’t look the same in terms of quality but I still wouldn’t rule them out. The other side for them is also where is Pep at mentally. Is he off next season and has he decided to stay for one season too many to go for one last tittle.

[peterbread]

Arsenal also should be best placed to have a good start. They’ve the most settled squad and had a full preseason compared to ours and cities changes and the other twos late and short preseason.

[spud_gun]

Way too early to judge any team. We’ll have more of an idea of where everyone falls in a couple of months.

Agree on City they don’t look the same in terms of quality but I still wouldn’t rule them out. The other side for them is also where is Pep at mentally. Is he off next season and has he decided to stay for one season too many to go for one last tittle.

Citehs bench looked very impressive at the weekend.

[Tatterdemalion]

When was the last time we started the season as favourites?

This is the season of the elite number 9:

City have Haaland
Arsenal have Gyokeres
We have Isak
Chelsea have Delap
United have Sesko

Strikers are back baby

Can we reanimate Ian Rush? Is Robbie too old now?

[Buzzo]

We’ve already got an 88th minute a 90+4 and a 90+10 min goals after 2 games this season. Elite mentality.

We need to sort it out at the back as we’ve scored 7, and can’t be relying on this sort of **** all season long as it’s no good for the health. I’m heavily leaning into the comfort blanket of last seasons league win when we keep chucking it away (and then snatching it back) but in each game you always fancy we are going to create a late chance. We keep going.

2 utterly exhausting games.

And ****ing Arsenal and another set piece/long throws/falling over a lot exhibition to come.

[peterbread]

I think we’ll see a different version of the usual Liverpool this season. Rather than coming out and looking good and struggling in the second half of the season the team will peak after new years but have enough pints in the first half of the season to be in the tittle race.

I’m sure this was one of the things along with the team management and injuries that was highlighted about Slot and his team, getting the team to peak at the right time of the season.

I know there are also things that need to be worked on structure wise especially with so many changes.

[peterbread]

I’m not sure we’re else this would go but here.

[Pearce] Exclusive: Luiz Fernando Iubel joining Arne Slot's backroom staff as new individual development lead coach. Brazilian leaving role as No 2 at Atletico Mineiro and will start at #LFC on Sep 1. Aaron Briggs set to be confirmed as first-team set-piece coach.

[SB]

I’m not sure we’re else this would go but here.

[Pearce] Exclusive: Luiz Fernando Iubel joining Arne Slot's backroom staff as new individual development lead coach. Brazilian leaving role as No 2 at Atletico Mineiro and will start at #LFC on Sep 1. Aaron Briggs set to be confirmed as first-team set-piece coach.

I’ll add it in the Backroom Staff thread. Well spotted & here’s hoping we can improve our set pieces, but not at the expense of playing good football like Newcastle.

[peterbread]

What would an individual development lead coach do exactly.

[SB]

What would an individual development lead coach do exactly.

Analyse videos & point out where they can improve maybe? They need about 20 of them over at United

[SB]

CARABOU Cup 3rd round ties here

Ties will be played in the week commencing September 15 and 22

Port Vale vs Arsenal
Swansea City vs Nottingham Forest
Lincoln City vs Chelsea
Tottenham vs Doncaster Rovers
Brentford vs Aston Villa
Huddersfield vs Man City
Liverpool vs Southampton
Newcastle vs Bradford
Sheffield Wednesday vs Grimsby
Wolves vs Everton
Crystal Palace vs Millwall
Burnley vs Cardiff

[Catrin]

We have so far, Real at home and Inter away in the CL.

[peterbread]

Madrid at game again.

Madrid H
Inter A
A Madrid H
Frankfurt A
PSV H
Marseille A
Qurabag H
Galatasaray A

[danperkins]

Tough fixtures, Trent back to Anfield in first game is hilarious. Bet he's dreading it.

[RedAndWhite]

Tough fixtures, Trent back to Anfield in first game is hilarious. Bet he's dreading it.

He willl have plenty of time on the bench to contemplate his choices