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Back at work after the weekend means one thing - its time to give us a thread to speculate ahead of the PL returning at the weekend.

As mentioned in another thread - a few of our players are actually getting a whole week off - notably those with England (Jones) and France (Ibu), with some others not far behind (Scotland last game is Monday, Netherlands last game is Tuesday, Hungary last game Tuesday, and then all of the SA chaps play late Tuesday/early Wednseday UK time).

What does this mean? Who knows - but likely another start for Gakpo and maybe a European midfield. The main rotation spot i'm interested in is Robbo - we need him for City, so do we play him against Saints or against Madrid - as I don't think we want to risk all 3.

I think we'll see

Kelleher

Bradley
Konate
Virgil
Tsimikas

Gravenberch
Jones
Szobo

Salah
Nunez
Gakpo


Great team to put out, and lets Macca, Diaz, Robbo all get some much needed rest ahead of the Madrid, City, Newcastle run. Trent presumably back somewhere in that run too.

Injury returners - Elliot and Alisson are possibly back by Saints, I wonder if we'll see both on the bench. I hope we don't rush Ali back, but I would be quite happy to see him back for City.

Other question marks over Chiesa (not holding my breath) and Jota (who could be back for City or Newcastle).

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I’m finding it very hard to plan with a cart and horse situation. Do I get the flights, and hope for tickets. Or get a flight last minute once tickets are secured? But it’s become apparent getting tickets is an absolute nightmare. We’re planning on coming around March/April, so maybe too soon for purchase?

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Ben Doak gets an amazing write up here for rinsing Gvardiol repeatedly.

Sun 24 November
Southampton (A)

Wed 27 November
Real Madrid (H)

Sun 1 December
Man City (H)

Wed 4 December
Newcastle (A)

Sat 7 December
Everton (A)

Tue 10 December
Girona (A)

Another test for Slot.

We need all of our players to get through this international break back unscathed.

Slot needs to rotate the team. Jota and Harvey could be eased in against Southampton hopefully. Ali too. Don't think he'll rotate keepers.

Something iffy is going on with Chiesa so I have a feeling that we'll hear more excuses about why he isn't playing over the next few weeks, until he's loaned out in Jan, never to return.

How many wins / points do you realistically see us getting?

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If anyone (paging @Woland ) as always could help us get a ticket for boxing day Leicester that would be amazing. If I can get two sat together and I can take me da for Christmas then it's a double win.

Think the last game I saw at anfield was when we beat Leicester on penos in the carabao so I'm sure I'm good luck for this one.

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Yes this is a thread about a referee

What is this new trend with high-profile set piece coaches who perform crazy antics on the touchline? Stop it already! No one cares about you!

What’s next: the physio or the kit man being shown on close up every time a player adjusts a sock?

It’s a bit silly to let someone as good and well-fitting as Kelleher go elsewhere when Alli has rather persistent injury issues and Mamardashvili will probably need time to get used to the league. One could say that for all his quietly consistent contributions so far, Kelleher DESERVES to be given a chance to stake his claim at the #1 shirt at LFC - and since we’ve already made our choice to sign Mamardashvili, it’s Alli who might be the sacrificed, as crazy as it sounds. It’s not a straightforward case to make for selling the best GK in the world, but I think there is a case to be made:

1. Alli’s injury issues are not letting up and are likely to become worse with age. There is a significant risk when one of your most highly paid players is injury-prone, as we’ve learned with Thiago and others.

2. Financially, selling Alisson and removing his salary from the books makes more sense than selling Kelleher who is still weirdly undervalued by the league. In any other position, replacing an older star with an (almost) as good younger player is just the natural order of things and we’re lucky that in this case we don’t have to pay a premium for youth.

3. It’s possible that a straight competition between Mamardadhvili and Kelleher is the best way of integrating the former into the team and the league. Mamardashvili had this situation in Valencia (initially arriving as a back-up) and thrived - it will be much harder to get consistent playing time and improve his game when Alli is present.

4. Obviously Alli is an LFC legend and deserves all kinds of respect. But a new challenge might not be such a bad thing for him either. Bayern might be looking for a Neuer replacement soon or maybe Barca will want to replace Ter Stegen - there are lots of great clubs that will need him and appeal to him. It feels scary to think of a future without Alli, given how many shit GKs we’ve endured over the years, but it’s a lot less scary if we can keep Kelleher who we know is good enough even if for some reason Mamardashvili doesn’t work out.

Thoughts?