2025/26 Season

[peterbread]

Thought I’d put this here instead of the general chat because it mentions Liverpool and also how would it affect the club. And why are FIFA interfering with club football now.

[Martyn Ziegler] - FIFA plan for every professional club to be obliged to have at least one homegrown u21 player on the pitch at all times. Liverpool have included an English U21 player in just two of their Premier League starting line-ups this season, the third lowest in the league.

Does this mean a player that’s been in the academy for a certain amount of time or just a player who’s homegrown in terms of the country and is u-21. Do foreign players that have been here since a young age and count as home grown like Frimpong count, if he was an u-21 player still.

Add in what it means in terms of subs and who you have on the bench if you take that player off.

Seems a ridiculous idea.

I don’t see how this will help the young players by forcing clubs to play them and it will also add to the silly transfer fees for English players that we already see.

[Catrin]

I don’t really understand what problem it is trying to fix. It would force Slot to give the young lads a chance I suppose, his worst nightmare. Thinking aloud….is it a bad thing if clubs have to promote academy lads instead of signing journeyman squaddies? Were David Amoo and Nathan Ecclestone that much worse than Milan Jovanovic and Andrei Voronin?

[Charly]

Im not sure it will have a massive effect on fees, just for teenagers, although do they have to spend a few years here before they count? Every team has a youth team though.

What happens if the one player gets injured though during a game and there are no replacements on the bench or you used up your subs?

It just feels like a bollock ache and forcing young players into a team before they may be ready.

[Sus]

Not much action in this thread this week - really feels like our season has petered out.

What a disappointment after last season, the money spent in the summer, and winning our first 5 games

Sigh

[Doc_Piptorious]

Not much action in this thread this week - really feels like our season has petered out.

What a disappointment after last season, the money spent in the summer, and winning our first 5 games

Sigh

Wait until Sunday against the Mancs. If we lose, draw or only beat them by a single goal, then you will get all the action you crave.

[Sus]

Wait until Sunday against the Mancs. If we lose, draw or only beat them by a single goal, then you will get all the action you crave.

fair point

Miss being at the pointy end of the Champions League - know that's an entitled thing to say

[peterbread]

Slot nominated for manager of the month for April and Robertson and Rio’s goals have been nominated for goal of the month.

[Deano]

His record this month is played 6. won 3 lost 3, got knocked out of Europe and the FA cup -So I assume its EPL only cause that record Is ****e

[Mark79]

Yes it's for Premier League manager of the month.

So 3 wins from 3.

[Exiled_red]

Thought I’d put this here instead of the general chat because it mentions Liverpool and also how would it affect the club. And why are FIFA interfering with club football now.

[Martyn Ziegler] - FIFA plan for every professional club to be obliged to have at least one homegrown u21 player on the pitch at all times. Liverpool have included an English U21 player in just two of their Premier League starting line-ups this season, the third lowest in the league.

Does this mean a player that’s been in the academy for a certain amount of time or just a player who’s homegrown in terms of the country and is u-21. Do foreign players that have been here since a young age and count as home grown like Frimpong count, if he was an u-21 player still.

Add in what it means in terms of subs and who you have on the bench if you take that player off.

Seems a ridiculous idea.

I don’t see how this will help the young players by forcing clubs to play them and it will also add to the silly transfer fees for English players that we already see.

That's absolute bull**** I can only think of a handful of English U21 players who play regularly in the PL. All it does is drive down quality as it is likely that that player will be the weakest in the starting 11 or drive up prices of really good U21 players (assuming in this context HG means association trained), but as you always have to have one player fitting that criteria on the pitch you probably need at least 3 or 4 players in that category who are good enough to play. For us that would mean one of Ngumoha, Nyoni, Danns or McConnell on the pitch at all times. Also if those players are just about passable you keep them around or involved while they meet the criteria, then their value and opportunities likely drop significantly as soon as they don't as you likely have better players who will take their place and you have to find another youngster who fits criteria. A really dumb idea for me, but as FIFA is run by idiots...

[Charly]

Yes it's for Premier League manager of the month.

So 3 wins from 3.

The performances have been a bit shakey tbf

[Mark79]

The performances have been a bit shakey tbf

Yeah but but a 100% win rate is always going to get a nomination at least. He won't win it.

[BG1973]

Who will?

[rudedog]

Pep - Man City also won all their games but they beat Arsenal in doing so

[kingfunk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/s/GeOjZDJE5f