LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Sutekh » 02 Jul 2020 10:13

The PL next season

Personally think Chelsea will be back in for the PL next season.

Though Liverpool have some really talented youngsters coming through, it, yet again, looks like they are not going to spend to address getting a central defender and a specialist left back so while I think they’ll be challenging I’d be surprised if they win it again as any major injuries will expose their lack of squad depth.

Man City will be the other main challenger while ManU, Arsenal and Spurs will continue to go through rebuilding exercises and be largely erratic. Be interesting to see if Wolves and Leicester can maintain their presence as well.

Finally, can’t see any of the promoted Championship sides getting anywhere near doing a Sheffield United.

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by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2020 10:26

Sutekh The PL next season

Personally think Chelsea will be back in for the PL next season.

Though Liverpool have some really talented youngsters coming through, it, yet again, looks like they are not going to spend to address getting a central defender and a specialist left back so while I think they’ll be challenging I’d be surprised if they win it again as any major injuries will expose their lack of squad depth.

Man City will be the other main challenger while ManU, Arsenal and Spurs will continue to go through rebuilding exercises and be largely erratic. Be interesting to see if Wolves and Leicester can maintain their presence as well.

Finally, can’t see any of the promoted Championship sides getting anywhere near doing a Sheffield United.

Leeds will100% be top ten.
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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by 6ft Kerplunk » 02 Jul 2020 10:33

That'll depend on whether they sign a decent premier league level striker. Bamford's shown very little sign of being that so far in his career.

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by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2020 10:36

Oh for sure they need players, think they will spend.

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Silver Fox » 02 Jul 2020 10:45

Sutekh The PL next season

Personally think Chelsea will be back in for the PL next season.


Are they buying a whole new back 5? they were appalling last night


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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Sutekh » 02 Jul 2020 10:48

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Sutekh The PL next season

Personally think Chelsea will be back in for the PL next season.


Are they buying a whole new back 5? they were appalling last night


They could do, they’re the one side with a mountain of dosh in this climate after having an embargo for a season or so and getting £100m or whatever it was for Hazard.

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by South Coast Royal » 02 Jul 2020 10:56

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Sutekh The PL next season

Personally think Chelsea will be back in for the PL next season.


Are they buying a whole new back 5? they were appalling last night


They could do, they’re the one side with a mountain of dosh in this climate after having an embargo for a season or so and getting £100m or whatever it was for Hazard.


In days gone by defenders cost nowhere near as much as attacking players but that has changed.
It will cost Chelsea a hell of a lot of money to get in really good defenders and that presumes they are out there and want to come.

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by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2020 10:58

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Sutekh The PL next season

Personally think Chelsea will be back in for the PL next season.


Are they buying a whole new back 5? they were appalling last night


They could do, they’re the one side with a mountain of dosh in this climate after having an embargo for a season or so and getting £100m or whatever it was for Hazard.

The definitely need a keeper and a left back. Ben Chilwell would be very good for them as a LB, just the sort they need. In terms of keepers it is a harder one to call. The elite keepers probably wouldn't go there and I can't think of too many younger keepers that are good enough. At a push I would say Onana the Ajax keeper would do well at Chelsea, like what I have seen from him in the Champions League.

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by Sanguine » 02 Jul 2020 11:01

Don't know what sort of contract Donnarumma has at Milan, but I'm surprised his name doesn't come up more. Fiorentina's Alban Lafont too - who would surely be France's keeper by now if he didn't have Areola in the way.

Edit: just read Lafont has had a slightly dodgy time of it in the last year.

But yeah, Donnarumma - 21 years old, already has 16 Italy caps and has been first choice at Milan for four years. He'll pass 200 club appearances soon (193), and doesn't turn 22 until February.


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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Whore Jackie » 02 Jul 2020 13:31

Old Man Andrews The definitely need a keeper and a left back. Ben Chilwell would be very good for them as a LB, just the sort they need. In terms of keepers it is a harder one to call. The elite keepers probably wouldn't go there and I can't think of too many younger keepers that are good enough. At a push I would say Onana the Ajax keeper would do well at Chelsea, like what I have seen from him in the Champions League.


:shock: The Onana from Ajax from last year's CL? Not sure he's much of an upgrade on Kepa. My eldest's second team in Milan and he really doesn't rate Donnarumma. Not helped by the defence in front of him in recent years, but prone to a fair few gaffes.

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by Sanguine » 02 Jul 2020 14:45

I think keeper 'gaffes' are given too much importance sometimes - it's one thing to have a season like Loris Karius where you actually cost a club a chunk of points, or a CL final, but otherwise the best keepers tend to outweigh the inevitable mistakes with some world-class stuff (when they don't, see Joe Hart).

Alisson was made to look like a pretty ordinary 25 year old when he came to Anfield with Roma.

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by BR0B0T » 02 Jul 2020 21:03

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by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2020 21:19

What a disgrace Liverpool are. Champions???? Worst Premier League champions of all time.


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by BR0B0T » 02 Jul 2020 21:26

Old Man Andrews What a disgrace Liverpool are. Champions???? Worst Premier League champions of all time.


Robertson's been on the sauce since the Chelsea result

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by Old Man Andrews » 02 Jul 2020 21:32

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Old Man Andrews What a disgrace Liverpool are. Champions???? Worst Premier League champions of all time.


Robertson's been on the sauce since the Chelsea result

The entire back 5 look pissed. I hate it when teams are unprofessional like this, real champions go to their nearest rivals and prove why they are the best. Manchester United wouldn't have done this under Fergie.

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by BR0B0T » 02 Jul 2020 21:58

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Old Man Andrews What a disgrace Liverpool are. Champions???? Worst Premier League champions of all time.


Robertson's been on the sauce since the Chelsea result

The entire back 5 look pissed. I hate it when teams are unprofessional like this, real champions go to their nearest rivals and prove why they are the best. Manchester United wouldn't have done this under Fergie.


think they did in the 00/01 season...won the title and then lost the last/next three on the bounce

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Simmops » 02 Jul 2020 22:44

Absolutely laughable. But whatever they are entitled to have an off day. Not the worst PL champs of all time at all.
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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Simmops » 02 Jul 2020 22:46

Sanguine Don't know what sort of contract Donnarumma has at Milan, but I'm surprised his name doesn't come up more. Fiorentina's Alban Lafont too - who would surely be France's keeper by now if he didn't have Areola in the way.

Edit: just read Lafont has had a slightly dodgy time of it in the last year.

But yeah, Donnarumma - 21 years old, already has 16 Italy caps and has been first choice at Milan for four years. He'll pass 200 club appearances soon (193), and doesn't turn 22 until February.


oxf*rd hell if he keeps that up for 16 years which is very conceivable looking at Buffon at 40+, he will be well over 1000 games

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by URZZZZ » 03 Jul 2020 01:43

Old Man Andrews What a disgrace Liverpool are. Champions???? Worst Premier League champions of all time.


Better team for the first 25 minutes, hit the post, had a couple of decent attempts saved by Ederson but then Gomez gave the penalty away and very unlike a Klopp team, they capitulated

Am surprised Robertson lasted the 90, was the worst player on the pitch

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Re: LOLiverpooLOL - Next Season

by Sanguine » 03 Jul 2020 09:56

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Sanguine Don't know what sort of contract Donnarumma has at Milan, but I'm surprised his name doesn't come up more. Fiorentina's Alban Lafont too - who would surely be France's keeper by now if he didn't have Areola in the way.

Edit: just read Lafont has had a slightly dodgy time of it in the last year.

But yeah, Donnarumma - 21 years old, already has 16 Italy caps and has been first choice at Milan for four years. He'll pass 200 club appearances soon (193), and doesn't turn 22 until February.


oxf*rd hell if he keeps that up for 16 years which is very conceivable looking at Buffon at 40+, he will be well over 1000 games


Yep, as a comparison Buffon was around 50 appearances behind at this stage of his career, having established himself as Juve's first choice just before he turned 19, whereas Donnarumma was a year and a bit earlier. He'll need Milan to get better though if he is really going to rack the appearances up - he has played just one season so far in European competition. They are only just hanging on to a Europa League qualifying round spot at the moment, by a point.

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