comment by (K̇ash) - Liverpool 7-0 Man U (U1108)
posted 4 minutes ago
If we want Doak to replace Salah then it's best to send him out on loan
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Why? He'll get the games you said Diaby would get if we had signed him.

The team will definitely have to evolve past Salah instead of trying to find a like-for-like replacement

And we've already started imo

Also you don’t need to replace Salah with another player with his output, we just need more from the other forwards.

save this talk for next summer

Dream scenario would be to sign Adeyemi in January, allow him to get used to the team with Salah off in the summer.

I’d fully support Salah wanting to leave for Saudi next year, completely understand why he’d want to back football in the Middle East.

comment by Never Mind the Defending: Here’s Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool (U3979)
posted 1 minute ago
Also you don’t need to replace Salah with another player with his output, we just need more from the other forwards.
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Never been a subscriber to this way of thjnking myself. I just don't get how that is supposed to work in practice.

comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)

save this talk for next summer
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No harm discussing tbh

No chance Felix btw, his team know how to agitate for big-money moves so I wouldn't trust any talk there

comment by There'sOne7-0Reds (U1721)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) - Liverpool 7-0 Man U (U1108)
posted 4 minutes ago
If we want Doak to replace Salah then it's best to send him out on loan
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Why? He'll get the games you said Diaby would get if we had signed him.
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Diaby has played in Germany and France in "mens" football while Doak has a few sub cameos which don't account to much.

Send Doak to one of the Red Bull clubs and he will come back a different player.

Doak needs to be getting first team minutes this season or we should send him on loan and not waste pivotal years of his development

Doak is still 17, too early for a loan I think

comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Never Mind the Defending: Here’s Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool (U3979)
posted 1 minute ago
Also you don’t need to replace Salah with another player with his output, we just need more from the other forwards.
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Never been a subscriber to this way of thjnking myself. I just don't get how that is supposed to work in practice.
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We’ve been generally quite crap at it in the past and struggled after Torres and Suarez left but it’s very possible.

Look at Bayern, Lewandowski gets 35 league goals (50 total) the year before he goes to Barca.

Bayern finish top with 97 goals scored. Lewa leaves and they only score 5 less league goals, but nobody scores more than 17.

If Salah leaves and we get 15/16 goals from Nunez, Jota, Diaz, Salah’s replacement then we’ll be absolutely fine.

Comparing Doak to Diaby ffs

Doak is talented but years away from being good enough to play regularly for us.

comment by The Duality of Van (Dijk) (U21747)
posted 8 minutes ago
Doak is still 17, too early for a loan I think
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18 in November. We're probably waiting for a contract signing before we decide what to do with him

comment by Never Mind the Defending: Here’s Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool (U3979)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Never Mind the Defending: Here’s Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool (U3979)
posted 1 minute ago
Also you don’t need to replace Salah with another player with his output, we just need more from the other forwards.
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Never been a subscriber to this way of thjnking myself. I just don't get how that is supposed to work in practice.
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We’ve been generally quite crap at it in the past and struggled after Torres and Suarez left but it’s very possible.

Look at Bayern, Lewandowski gets 35 league goals (50 total) the year before he goes to Barca.

Bayern finish top with 97 goals scored. Lewa leaves and they only score 5 less league goals, but nobody scores more than 17.

If Salah leaves and we get 15/16 goals from Nunez, Jota, Diaz, Salah’s replacement then we’ll be absolutely fine.
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Which is fine, but why aren't those players getting those goals anyway? That thought process leads to the view that somehow Salah is inhibiting other forwards scoring, which he isn't.

I kind of get it, but practically, not so much.

comment by There'sOne7-0Reds (U1721)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by K7-0ptimus Primal (U1282)
posted 12 minutes ago
According to the mirror Liverpool have identified Joao Felix as a replacement for Salah and are willing to reinvest 68m of Salah's free to get him from Atletico.


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Absolute nonsense. Firstly he's crap from the right and secondly not how Klopp likes his wide players. If anything he'd be a Klopp false nine which we already have in Gakpo.
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Exactly. We would never sign him, even to replace Firmino.

I think Diaz could hit 15 if he has a full season, he's looked very on it in the few games so far.

Salah out
Mbappe in

Easy.

"Which is fine, but why aren't those players getting those goals anyway?"

Come on Hoody. That's like saying why didn't Firmino score as much as Mane & Salah. We all know why.

comment by Michael Edwards 7-0 FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 10 seconds ago
"Which is fine, but why aren't those players getting those goals anyway?"

Come on Hoody. That's like saying why didn't Firmino score as much as Mane & Salah. We all know why.
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What I'm saying is, getting other yo just score more doesn't really make sense does it.

A system is always developed to get your best goalscorers in the best possible positions to get their goals

comment by Michael Edwards 7-0 FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 31 seconds ago
"Which is fine, but why aren't those players getting those goals anyway?"

Come on Hoody. That's like saying why didn't Firmino score as much as Mane & Salah. We all know why.
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comment by Michael Edwards 7-0 FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 1 minute ago
A system is always developed to get your best goalscorers in the best possible positions to get their goals
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So Salah stops other from scoring does he?

comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by Michael Edwards 7-0 FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 10 seconds ago
"Which is fine, but why aren't those players getting those goals anyway?"

Come on Hoody. That's like saying why didn't Firmino score as much as Mane & Salah. We all know why.
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What I'm saying is, getting other yo just score more doesn't really make sense does it.
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We really don't know because the system isn't geared to getting say Diaz, or whoever plays LW, into the same scoring positions as Salah, Jota or Nunez

Although, this season specifically, Salah is being asked to play a more creative role and it looks like (to me) both wide players are being asked to make runs inside when the ball is on the opposite wing.

Will it result in output differences? Only time will tell

comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted about a minute ago
comment by Michael Edwards 7-0 FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 1 minute ago
A system is always developed to get your best goalscorers in the best possible positions to get their goals
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So Salah stops other from scoring does he?
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ask mane

comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Michael Edwards 7-0 FC {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 1 minute ago
A system is always developed to get your best goalscorers in the best possible positions to get their goals
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So Salah stops other from scoring does he?
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The team is built to get Salah (our best goalscorer by some distance) into the best positions on the end of the chances created by the team.

Salah is constantly the furthest forward so we can use his pace on the counter...or at least get him into good scoring positions when the opposition is still getting back into shape