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Jurgen Klopp's first-ever starting XI: Vs Spurs

🇧🇪 Simon Mignolet

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathaniel Clyne
🇸🇰 Martin Skrtel
🇫🇷 Mamadou Sakho
🇪🇸 Alberto Moreno

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Milner
🇧🇷 Lucas Leiva
🇩🇪 Emre Can

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Lallana
🇧🇷 Philippe Coutinho
🇧🇪 Divock Origi

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On paper it should be easy, but they gave Arsenal a torrid opening fixture and will smell blood as we come in on the back of three defeats.

Some tricky squad selections. Who knows what we’ll see - I’ll do my predicted team and my preferred team.


Predicted:
Marma

Bradley
Gravy
Virgil
Kerkez

Szobo
Macca
Wirtz

Salah
Isak
Gakpo


Preferred (ignoring the obvious situation that our squad is optimised for 442)

Marma

Frimpong
Gomez
Virgil
Kerkez

Gravy
Macca
Szobo

Salah
Isak
Ekitike

I think Ekitike is needed on the pitch as he’s playing really well. Not sure id open with Wirtz as we need to be solid. But open to Wirtz for Macca.

Who the fuck thought giving Wayne fucking Rooney a platform to talk absolute shite was a good idea?

He talks utter banal shite and gets paid for it.

Wataru Endo has withdrawn from the Japan squad for their fixtures during the October international window.

The Liverpool midfielder had been selected by his country to participate in Kirin Challenge Cup matches against Paraguay and Brazil.

However, the Japan FA announced on Monday that Endo will not be involved, citing an injury.

… is not looking so great at this moment in time.

Wirtz still not showing any clear signs of settling in and even when he does something well individually, it feels somehow redundant, like he’s made for a different type of game than we’re normally playing, especially in the Premier League.

Isak might be physically not 100%, but with each passing game one starts to wonder if the transfer saga took a toll on him psychologically as he looks a lot more timid/lethargic than we were used to seeing him for Newcastle.

The major failing of the window was of course the failure to sign a senior CB and while Leoni doing his ACL on his debut is incredibly unlucky, the bottom line is that we’re now exactly in a situation we were trying to avoid - rotating 3 fit CB for the season, one of whom is Gomez. Konate’s form fluctuating between OK and diabolical doesn’t help.

Kerkez is taking time to settle in, which would be less of a problem if Slot played Robbo more. And on the right Bradley has been subbed at half-time for already 3rd time this season, if I’m not mistaken, and Frimpong has been unimpressive in his fleeting appearances. What’s more worrying is it seems that without Trent playing his trademark early balls into Salah, our best player suddenly turned into a pumpkin.

Ekitike is the only one so far who looks like a hit. Other than that, we are currently a worse team than last year in several positions.

1. Title Race 25/26
2. Predict Our First Loss

Nobody will be picking Anthony Taylor. Pick your top three.

Mamardashvili
Bradley (Wirtz)
Konate (Jones)
Van Dijk
Kerkz (Robertson)
Gravenberch
Szoboszlai
Mac Allister (Endo)
Salah
Isak (Ekitike)
Gakpo

We didn’t deserve it. Hughes and Co will stay to justify the spend, 2 more like this and Slot will go.

Liverpool: Mamardashvili, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Isak, Mac Allister, Salah, Bradley, Gakpo, Gravenberch.

Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Wirtz, Chiesa, Jones, Ekitike, Robertson, Frimpong.