Jimjim

Since Naby got a rest with his match canceled, should be ready to come back in and start! Unless his head is spinning due to the coup...

I'm convinced 99% of any rumours about a player is just agents trying to get some commissions by ginning up interest in their guy to move clubs. And/Or, trying to get a higher commission by telling the club that wants to by them, "But look, Liverpool wants them, it's in the news today!" That, or press just making up rumours to get clicks and newspaper sales. I actually got tired of silly season and don't pay attention to it anymore, ha ha, whereas I used to look at it for hours a day during this time of year, and coming to this forum to see if anybody else had some rumours, ha ha. I guess LFC will probably be pretty quiet in the transfer market until January or next summer, at least.

I've noticed his popularity this summer as well. No idea why trust and interest in his reports spiked, but he seems to get it right a lot of the time, from what I've followed of him.

If Keita could just stay healthy he'd be a fantastic player, I think. But you have to play regular games at mostly full health in order to get form, which we all know. But if his body ever let him hit top form he'd be scary to play against. Time will tell but it just always feels like a false dawn with him. I did see someone supposedly in the know that we definitely did bid for Chiesa. I'd rather the rumors for Barella are real. That guys a beast and will only get better. I don't follow Italian football as much as I used to so I hope I got those names right. With our defense back and healthy (stay that way please) and Konate we will be solid and hard to play against again. I expect to challenge for the league again but City and their endless supply of cash are trying to make themselves unbeatable again. Still can't believe they escaped any serious punishment for obvious fraud and refusing to turn over evidence in their sponsorship deals but there you have it. Premier League is still investigating but I doubt anything will ever happen. Well that's maybe discussion for another thread.

I used to comment to this forum quite a lot about 10 and/or more years ago, when we were still trying to win the league and hoping Luis Suarez would lead us to it! StevieH still around? hmmm???? When I left it was about 2 Liverpool fans and 10 Spurs fans commenting all the time. How's that trophy cabinet, Tottenham? Anyway, thoughts about Harvey Eilliott. Will he stay this year and became a first-team regular? Seems like he has amazing potential and can actually show it at first-team level. Time will tell but I hope he stays this season and adds needed depth on that forward line, particularly if Shaq and Origi move on, which they probably should if they want to play regularly. However, it seems like Klopp may want to play him more in the midfield 3 and move Ox to a backup forward. In any case, he seems the rare young talent that actually might make it in the first-team at LFC instead of going on loan every single year and then being sold at 23 years old. Still think we need to add a midfielder and possibly a backup striker. I do rate Mane to come on strong and return to form, though Firmino seems he's getting more inconsistent and possibly past his prime, already. He'll be 30 in October and I don't even know if they'll offer him a new contract when he's about to turn 32, when his contract expires in two years.