The 2025-2026 Football Thread

[Bodhitree]

Given the circumstances, (namely, that he had been recently appointed, and coached, or managed, a team that needed renewal and hadn't been nurtured by him), I would argue that Slot did very well to win the Premier League last season, and I am not so sure that Liverpool fans fully realise this.

This season, it isn't just those Salah spats (and his loss in form), but I would imagine that there also the considerable upset and shock from the sudden, tragic death of Diogo Jota.

This I wholly agree with. Also they didn’t just add players this transfer window, but they also let Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez depart, and so the effect hasn’t been to create a bigger squad. With Salah’s slump in form, there have been a few cracks in the whole.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I see us linked to Sterling this morning. I really hope that’s not the case as I can’t see him being the solution we need. I’d rather we were bringing in defenders rather than a striker.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I see us linked to Sterling this morning. I really hope that’s not the case as I can’t see him being the solution we need. I’d rather we were bringing in defenders rather than a striker.

No, not Sterling.

No, no, no.

Actually, he was an exceedingly expensive unmitigated disaster - an utter and total mistake, without a single redeeming feature - when he spent some time on loan with us last season, the sort of unmitigated disaster that was treated with a deafening silence - the sort of silence that comes cloaked in a quality of velvet - on his departure from the Emirates and subsequent return to Chelsea.