Nunez to 'pool for a cool hundo million seems on. Boy looks lethal. Need him in a longsleeve and headband to achieve prime Torres vibes.

Liverpool and City taking further strides away from the others then.

Some onboard Toyota Hypercar action live from Le Mans.

drumbeg wrote:

Well, Mané is on his way out this summer, with Salah set to follow next year. They will be very hard to replace. Minimano is also set to leave this year (vital in both cup runs for Liverpool) and Origi has already gone.

Lots of outgoings of experienced players to deal with for Liverpool. Mané and Salah in particular will be very hard to replace.

I don't see Diaz being Mané level just yet and Nunez is still raw, so not sure about taking strides away from the others. Liverpool will do well to keep pace with City.

Yeah there’s lots of truth to this. We’ve got Salah for the year which is, I think, very important given the transition that’s happening in the forward line. Diaz is incredible but it’s not clear whether he can match the output of Mane in terms of goals from the left. Big question marks over Nunez for me and his signing indicates a slight shift in approach, he’ll be a more traditional 9 than Firmino was and more of a physical handful than Jota is. What we really need is a top class 8 to come in who’s got too class athleticism and also attacking ability. That’ll improve us. If Nunez can offer 3/4s of what Mane did from the middle this season I’ll be happy with that but will obviously leave us short in an attacking sense, hopefully Diaz can step up his goal scoring output.

City have got succession issues of their own though. De Bruyne is getting old and they’ve got to work out a way to make Haaland work. His inclusion is a much bigger shift in approach for City than Nunez’s is for us.

I think Diaz could end up POTY next year. To do so well when moving in the middle of a season, and now he'll have a full pre season behind him. Can only get better.

Haaland will be POTY next season. He's gonna make the PL look like school yard football.

Knight wrote:

drumbeg wrote:

Well, Mané is on his way out this summer, with Salah set to follow next year. They will be very hard to replace. Minimano is also set to leave this year (vital in both cup runs for Liverpool) and Origi has already gone. Lots of outgoings of experienced players to deal with for Liverpool. Mané and Salah in particular will be very hard to replace. I don't see Diaz being Mané level just yet and Nunez is still raw, so not sure about taking strides away from the others. Liverpool will do well to keep pace with City.

Yeah there’s lots of truth to this. We’ve got Salah for the year which is, I think, very important given the transition that’s happening in the forward line. Diaz is incredible but it’s not clear whether he can match the output of Mane in terms of goals from the left. Big question marks over Nunez for me and his signing indicates a slight shift in approach, he’ll be a more traditional 9 than Firmino was and more of a physical handful than Jota is. What we really need is a top class 8 to come in who’s got too class athleticism and also attacking ability. That’ll improve us. If Nunez can offer 3/4s of what Mane did from the middle this season I’ll be happy with that but will obviously leave us short in an attacking sense, hopefully Diaz can step up his goal scoring output. City have got succession issues of their own though. De Bruyne is getting old and they’ve got to work out a way to make Haaland work. His inclusion is a much bigger shift in approach for City than Nunez’s is for us.

Agree that it was vital we kept Salah for another season. Him and Mané going at once would have been a nightmare. Agree we need another player in the midfield too.

I wouldn't be surprised to see us move to a 4-2-3-1 with Nunez up top with Diaz/Carvalho, Jota/Firmino, Salah in behind, specifically for low block teams at Anfield.

I know Southgate is a chancer in terms of managerial skills, but how can anyone think you’ll win anything with Maguire as CB?

Gareth's Cowardly Lions

Fuck knows at this stage. Whatever it is we're definitely not making it with that (other) bald fraud in charge.

Ozzies > Scotland then eh?

And Iran.

It’s been great this.

That was awesome.

Oof.