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Liverpool's Golden Era? Slot's Tactical Revolution & Transfer News | ONFORM
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Is Liverpool FC on the verge of a new golden era under manager Arne Slot? Discover the managerial strategies and transfer insights that could redefine the club's future success. We celebrate the stellar performances of star players like Endo, Kanate, and Sabaslai, and spotlight the promising rise of Scott McAtee. Amidst off-field drama with Quansa and discussions on Virgil van Dijk's red card, we maintain focus on Liverpool's incredible journey and its impact on the England U21s.
Navigate with us through the intricate dance of Liverpool's transfer strategies, as we untangle Arne Slot's tactical approach to squad management. By exploring potential signings Orkun Kökçü, we gain insight into Slot's pursuit of perfection, emphasizing quality over convenience. The discussion expands on the contrasting dynamics between board-sanctioned acquisitions and Slot's vision, highlighting a refreshing managerial style that prioritizes substance over spectacle.
As we resolve technical hiccups and embrace the challenges of live streaming, the conversation pivots to recent controversies and key developments in English football. We question the traditional managerial bias in England, speculating on the potential appointment of a German manager and the innovative influence of figures like Lee Carsley. With a keen eye on the evolving leadership and potential signings, we conclude with bold predictions for Liverpool's season, weighing the vulnerabilities of rivals and envisioning a triumphant chapter in the club's storied legacy.
Liverpool FC and National Team News
Speaker 1All right , welcome back to the OnForm podcast . Sorry I'm late , guys . Sorry I am late . Oh , my goodness , it's been a wild morning , that's for sure . But appreciate you guys hanging in there waiting for me as we kind of got to get things together here . But I appreciate everybody for tuning in to this edition of OnForm when we talk about any and all things .
Speaker 1Liverpool FC yeah , it's been a good week . It's definitely been a good week for Liverpool fans , liverpool supporters . Our boys are playing baby . Our boys are playing well . Our boys are playing baby . Our boys are playing well .
Speaker 1And I think the biggest thing that you can kind of take away from this week is Liverpool have Endo . We got Kanate , we got Sabaslai and then happily said , just watching the England U21s 2-0 up . Scott is having a great game today . Mcatee as well . Both goals from defenders at a set piece . Yes , sir , I'm hearing a lot of good things about McAtee . He's a man City player now and , um , yeah , he's definitely one to keep an eye on , and that's that's another thing that we brought up in the last stream is just like these , these players , that , um , or these teams that are spending all this extra money . They have great players , right . They have phenomenal academy where they don't really need to do all of that extra stuff . So it was very interesting on how that works . But , to be fair , manchester city haven't spent that much money in recent years If you actually look back on it . Obviously , the foundations they went crazy , but as of late , they actually haven't .
Speaker 1And then Gerald Kwanzaa did he play for the U21s ? Um , I don't think Gerald did . I don't think he did . He's been , he got caught up in some weird stuff this past week . If you guys I don't know if you guys saw that in what was going on with Gerald Kwanzaa and this young lady that , uh , that he was like talking to , I think that's really weird stuff . I have a whole opinion about that kind of thing . You guys , let me know if you guys want to even talk about that . That kind of stuff is a little weird to me and I don't even know if he even has a place in football . But yeah , I don't think he played at all this week and I'm interested to see if there's any even legs or traction on that whole thing I don't think it was see if there's any even legs or traction on that whole thing . I don't think it was . But , um , yeah , vvd getting that red to get the week off , right tactical red , that tactical red that he got .
Speaker 1Um mogan sent home early , which which was a blessing as well , and we go out , we come out of this , this international break , unscathed . Most of our players , uh , played very well . Oh , kwanzaa is is playing for the U21s , happily said . Yeah , he's having a good game too . Yeah , let's just ignore the whole Gerald Kwanzaa drama that's been going on in the past week .
Speaker 1I think it's a little ridiculous , um , and he is a bit strange and I've always thought he was a little , he was a little bit of a strange character anyway , just from like some of his earlier interviews , he has like one of those like really weird , like almost like emotionless personalities . Um , but a PG . Hello from Zimbabwe , absolutely , what's up man . Hello from Las Vegas . And how's McAllistercallister ? Um , I don't think mcallister played this week , did he ? I don't think alexis mcallister played and I think it was more of a uh , of a precaution than anything than him not being fit , but it's saying that he may actually still , he may actually miss the Palace game , but I'm also getting seeing reports that he's actually going to be fit for the Bolivia game . So it's a little bit of a contrast in reports . So one report saying that he might be out for the Palace game and then we have several other reports saying that he's in line to start for the bolivia game . So I'm gonna , I'm gonna trust the report , that's . That's saying that he's gonna start for , uh , the bolivia game . And I think mcallister is fine . He's a very durable player . He's a player that um doesn't get injured very often and takes a knock . So , yeah , maca is fine .
Speaker 1Uh , have you seen , uh , the drama over england having a german manager ? Is that official ? Is that official ? Do we know ? Do we know if that's official ? It is , it is . I haven't seen that today . I haven't actually been on the news . Uh , today england will have a german manager , england will have a german manager . Oh , that's crazy . I think so .
Speaker 1Here's the thing for me with the whole . Here's the thing with the whole there needs to be a British manager Managing the English team . I read a comment that was saying England haven't had a successful English manager when he's won trophies , he's won titles , he's won champions leagues , I believe in like over like 30 or 40 years or something like that , something crazy like that . And there's really only been like two managers british or english managers , not british . Tons of british managers that have done really well sir alex is one , obviously right , um , and there's only really been two and I don't even I can't even recall the two managers that have really won anything significant out of those managers .
Speaker 1So for a league that is mainly a league that is mainly populated by foreign managers who are the most successful , and foreign players who are , who find a lot of success in the league , I don't see the problem with with having to have a manager that's that's british or that's english , right , I don't know , I don't . I don't see where that's an issue , right , and I don't want to chill one at carsley . I like carsley's brand of football , don't care about nationality , care about style and I agree , I like lee carsley's uh , style of play and england have been getting results and I and the fact that they've been able to kind of switch the style of play and be successful early on . Yes , there's been a couple hitches there and there , but for me I'm just like , why not ? Why not go with with carsley ? Sure he doesn't have a have the resume that tuchel has , but the players obviously respect them . Most of them were brought up by him in the youth system . Right , he's given more caps to youth players uh than any any england uh manager or or , as of late at least , I can't say any but he's been giving so many caps to some of the players that he brought up in the U21s when he was managing those , which I think is great . He knows these young players . I mean Gomez is getting a shot where Angel wasn't even considered . He wasn't even in the mix for a Euro and he probably should have . Right , you know you got Jones in there . That's getting a shot . I wouldn't be surprised if Kwanzaa got a shot . If Lee Carsley stuck around , like some of these younger players , I feel like if Harvey was healthy he probably would have got a cap this past week . So a lot of these players that are coming through our youth system that Carsley knows really well , including Cole Palmer , including Phil Foden , including Trent , all of these guys that he's worked with in the past it's just the funnel from youth to senior just makes so much sense as an appointment for Carsley .
Speaker 1But the English FA saw it another , different , a different way . They want someone with a name value , right , they want somebody that has that name value that they can kind of fall back on and say , well , we got Tuchel or we got . I mean , southgate really didn't have the name value . So maybe they're making the pivot away from going strictly British and going into some like a big name , kind of like the , like what us did , like we just did this recently to the United States national team . We just hired Pochettino and he's not an American , um , we've we haven't really hired too many Americans to coach our national team , to be fair , but it's a big name , right , you got , you got . You got poach . You got poach from tottenham overseas .
Speaker 1He's a big european manager and it gets the fans excited . It gets the , the , the , the nation you know , behind something new and fun . I call it like the messy effect . You know what I mean . Like when messy came to America it was just like oh , messi's here , someone from outside of like our scope of things is kind of coming in and he has a pretty big name right . And Tuchel means sticking with Kane . Definitely , 4-2-4 is probably the formations you guys are probably going to run .
Speaker 1Not sure if you know offhand , but with the Vanderham coming over , how many of Slott's Feyenoord staff are at Anfield now . Thoughts on that . Yeah , I heard that the video analysis or our tactical analysis guy over at Feyenoord is coming over to Liverpool , which I think is a positive thing . I think he's . I would . I would have thought that that was probably the first guy that you would bring over if you're on a slot . I'm not sure how many of the staff came over . I know he brought in a lot a couple new guys . I know Johnny Hightinger wasn't wasn't one that was initially on his staff as well . I like it . I think .
Speaker 1Bring your whatever what got you to the dance right . Bring the team that got you to the dance . Bring the team that got you the Liverpool job . I don't know why you would go and you would hire a whole new staff and try to gel with whole new people . Bring the team that brought you to the dance with you so you guys can continue to do what you guys do best People that you work with , you have a working relationship with over the past few years . You trust these individuals . I love it . I love it . Bring in people you trust . Exactly , liverpool Truth TV . Bring the people you trust , bring them with you , and I think it's a positive thing .
Speaker 1Do I think the same thing about the players . I don't know , because I saw that rumor about Coach Koo . If I'm saying his name right , I like him , which I was going to bring up today . I like Coach Koo I think that's how you pronounce his name which I think Arnott will probably start diving into the transfer market in January and maybe picking up some of his old players , which happens . It happens all the time , right ? I don't know if I don't think Klopp ever actually even went back and shopping at Dortmund , which is actually kind of interesting when you think about it . Correct me if I'm wrong , but I don't think Klopp went back to Dortmund and brought any players to Liverpool . I heard a rumor about him trying to bring Mario Götze over , but I don't know if that was like 100% true or not , but you guys tell me . And I knew he wanted to bring julian brant over , but that never materialized and we ended up going for mo . So it's very interesting .
Speaker 1But dan wood said most successful english manager was paisley , with 19 medals in nine years , right ? So ? And did he ever manage the national team ? I don't think . I don't think bob paisley ever managed the the national team . I don't think Bob Paisley ever managed the national team , did he , or did he ? You guys would have to let me know . So it's just like , how often does that happen ? I would think maybe Graham Potter could be in the mix . If you guys were going to go English , keep it English . I like Graham Potter , I like the way that he manages a side . But Tuchel , I don't know , I don't know , I actually don't know about that . I guess , signing for England , what do you guys think as being people who are living in England , english residents , what do you guys think about the appointment ? Do you like it ? Do you love it ? Do you hate it ? I don't know .
Liverpool FC Transfer Strategy and Updates
Speaker 1Weifert to Brighton was the first sign . Slott wasn't going to play the 10 hog favorites game and I was relieved by that and I thought we were going to get Matt's Viper . And yeah , he stuck with what , what he had . He wanted to genuinely kind of see what was going on with with our team and he didn't lie . He wanted to assess the team first before he made signings . And I think kiesa was more of an opportunity signing and I think mamar dashvili was more of an opportunity signing , which obviously weren't sanctioned by Arnest Slott . Those weren't Arnest Slott signings . I think those were board signings . It's just like oh , we got a chance to make a deal and potentially make profit on in the future . Let's go with these guys , these two Chiesa , which we could potentially get maybe 15 million for him , maybe 20 million for him in a year if he has a good season , and Mamar Dasvili , who is an absolute gem , 23 years old already , one of the top goalkeepers in the world ceiling is through the roof , could be Allison level for sure . And in the future you could have 30 , 32 , 33 years old . You can recoup the fee that you got for him .
Speaker 1I think we'll see more of the Arnest Slott signings , probably maybe in January , more so in the summer , where these are picks that Arnest Slott wanted . Right , edwards wanted to sign Kies a years ago and that's true . We were going to pay $100 million for him . I remember there was a bunch of rumors that we were looking at we wanted $80 , and I think they wanted $100 , and then they priced us out for that . Edwards has wanted Chiesa for a long time . So those are all .
Speaker 1Definitely both of those are board signings and I think think slot was not lying when he said he wanted time to assess the squad to see if he even needed signings , and I think he went in and felt that he didn't and then happily said I think slot won the Dutch league with less than top tier players , which made it more impressive . But I don't think any of the Fednor players are better than anyone at Liverpool , I agree . The only ones that that I would maybe throw into the mix is Gier Chirita , who would be a good squad player . I don't think he's a starter . Coach Koo , who ended up going to Benfica instead of Liverpool , which I heard was like when Klopp was here . He was like in the mix before we got McAllister as well , and those are the only two that I really would say . Vyfer , maybe , maybe , but I really like Yerturita as backup in depth to Trent and can even play in the DM and can play as a center back because he's so versatile . I think that gives him a little bit of an edge over some other transfer targets which I don't think he's on our list anymore right now . I'll be very honest . And Coach Koo , who is now popping back up in the media as an option for us over at Benfica , who is ? I like him .
Speaker 1If you guys haven't looked into this guy , take some time to dig into to . I think his name is ochkan coachku , if I'm not mistake . Mistaken , insane name . But uh , dutch , turkish , uh midfielder was uh playing for the dutch national team in the beginning of his his career at youth level and then switched over to the turkish national team .
Speaker 1Absolute baller . Baller of a player . More an eight but has a shot on a man . He has a right foot that I like from hell , bro . It's like a . It's like a Coutinho type of right foot . He looks like he should be a DM and like a tanky type of player , but he is actually very skilled and has an eye for goal . And if we get him as the fourth man in in that midfield , and if we get him as the fourth man in in that midfield , fuck dude . I'm not typically one to be like hey , go after some old , go after your previous players . If we go after any of slots previous players it's coach group . I like them . And then the Liverpool Truth TV slot definitely wanted another midfielder as well . Almost got Zubin Mendy , but when he said no , slot decided to go with what he had .
Speaker 1Slot does not want second rate players or quick fixes , which I love about him , and I think that's kind of his personality through . Everything is that it has to be the best it has to be . He demands perfection or close to perfection , and that's the main thing that I love about him . And he's never resting on his laurels , he's never counting his chickens before they hatch . I mean , even when people are trying to applaud him for breaking some of these records , he's like well , I want the fans to remember me for something a little bit more important than winning my first . Nine out of 10 games . Eight out of 10 games . Oh , and , by the way , we lost to uh , to non-informed at home . He just like keeps bringing it up . By the way , we lost a non-informed at home . It's not perfect . That would be a perfect start . That would be a dream start . 10 out of 10 , nine out of nine would be a perfect dream start .
Speaker 2And I love that in a manager .
Speaker 1I love that . Where he's just , it's that Dutch bluntness that you kind of get from from slot , and he doesn't play games with the media , he's going to be one that just doesn't get drawn into any of the silly stuff , none of the drama or anything like that , he's just on top of it . So I like Arna . And then he said you see that Sabo free kick goal a few days ago , I think Sabo . All right , welcome back to the on form podcast . Sorry I'm late , guys . Sorry I am late .
Speaker 1Oh , my , my goodness , it's been a wild morning , that's for sure . Uh , but appreciate you guys hanging in there waiting for me , um , as we kind of got to get things together here . But , uh , appreciate everybody for tuning in to this edition of on form , where we talk about any and all things Liverpool FC , and what we got going on this week is the international break . Of course . How could any of us forget about the international break ? What's going on , nick , how you doing ? Thanks for waiting for me , my man . Um , I had a crazy start to the morning over here in America , but we made it . We made it , but we talk about anything , all things Liverpool from the week , and we had some really great stuff go on over the international break . I cannot lie , and I think a lot of our players just did phenomenal over the weekend .
Technical Difficulties During Podcast Discussion
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Speaker 2Okay , and then now the it looks like my . My connection keeps dropping with the , with my camera too . Okay , let's do this Boom To make sure that that's good . Test , test , test , test , test . Hold on here .
Speaker 1My word . Is there a cable loose or broken ? I think there might be .
Speaker 2And there's hissing he said yeah , that's not good .
Speaker 1How about now ? I think it's quiet now , though , right . Shoot shoot one second here , guys , trying to get this to work . Less hissing , just quiet as before , right ? Um I'd rather have a little louder and less hissing . With less hissing it's super quiet .
Speaker 2Yeah , that's what I'm I think is going on here . Give me one second , guys . Test , test , test , test , test , test test . How is that ? How is this ?
Speaker 1can you guys hear me now ? I think it should be a little bit better . I think it should be a little bit better Now that I'm trying to see if I can adjust the decibel rate On this , but it's not allowing me to Static in the background . But I can hear you just find loud hissing .
Speaker 2That's so strange .
Speaker 1Hold on one second guys . Hold on one second guys . Hold on one second guys .
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Speaker 1you guys hear me without the hissing , because I was seeing that I was getting some feedback through the mic Boom , boom , boom . Oh , my word . Less hissing , but quiet again , okay , okay .
Speaker 2How about , let's do this ?
Speaker 1I'm going to change the mic source here and see what we can do . Can you guys hear me better now ? Can you hear me better now ? It should be . Yeah , it's a gain problem and for some reason I can't adjust the gain on the mic and typically I can Much better . Perfect , holy crap , man . Oh , my goodness , dude , I am so dude , this is crazy . So we're back .
Speaker 1The first 10 minutes of the on form podcast was tech support . Uh , from roman , so actually from nick reese and dan , from nick reese and dan . Yeah , that was definitely fun , for sure . Uh , usually I have my stuff together when I do these things , as you guys know . I appreciate you guys , uh , for helping me out with that . And um , yeah , dude , I don't even know what's going on with the with the mic today . Usually it's on point . It's not on point today . I have to uh go in and and see what's going on with that thing and get it fixed . So the next stream it can go a little bit more seamless . But welcome , let's , let's redo this . Welcome back to the on form podcast .
Speaker 1Um , with unconformed , where we talk anything and everything , liverpool , fc , baby and um , yeah , it's been a good week . It's definitely been a good week for Liverpool fans , liverpool supporters . Our boys are playing baby , our boys are playing well , and I think the biggest thing that you can kind of take away from this week is Liverpool have leaders , man . Liverpool have leaders , and we have leaders across the entire team . I think we have , like some of the most captains on one single Premier League side . I mean , we have Endo , we got Kanate , we got Sabaslai , and then happily said , just watching the England U21s 2-0 up . Scott is having a great game today . Mcatee as well . Both goals from defenders at a set piece . Yes , sir , I'm hearing a lot of good things about McAtee as well . Both goals from defenders at a set piece . Yes , sir , I'm hearing a lot of good things about , uh , about , mcatee . Um , I believe he's a man City player now and , um , yeah , he's definitely one to keep an eye on , and that's that's another thing that we brought up in the last stream is just like these , these players that , um , or these teams that are spending all this extra money . They have great players , right , they have phenomenal academy where they don't really need to do all of that extra stuff . So it's very interesting on how that works . But , to be fair , um , manchester City haven't spent that much money in recent years if you actually look back on it . Obviously , the foundations they went crazy , but , um , as of late , they actually
Team News and Manager Hiring Debate"
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Speaker 1And then gerald kwanzaa did he play for the u21s ? Um , I don't think gerald did . I don't think he did . He's been . He got caught up in some weird stuff this past week , if you guys I don't know if you guys saw that in what was going on with gerald kwanzaa and this young lady that , uh , that he was like talking to . I think that's really weird stuff . I I have a whole opinion about that kind of thing . You guys , let me know if you guys want to even talk about that . That's , that kind of stuff is a little weird to me . And I don't even know if he even has a place in football . But , yeah , I don't think he played at all this week , um , and I'm interested to see if there's any even legs or traction on that whole thing . I don't think it was . But , um , yeah , vvd getting that red to get the week off , right , tactical red , that tactical red that he got um mogan sent home early , which which was a blessing as well , and we go out , we come out of this this international break unscathed . Most of our players , uh , played very well .
Speaker 1Oh , kwanzaa is is playing for the u21s , happily said . Yeah , he's having a good game too . Yeah , let's just ignore the whole gerald kwanzaa drama that's been going on in the past week . I think it's a little ridiculous drama that's been going on in the past week . I think it's a little ridiculous , um , and he is a bit strange and I've always thought he was a little . He was a little bit of a strange character . Anyway , just from like some of his earlier interviews , he has like one of those like really weird , like almost like emotionless personalities . Um , but a pg . Hello from zimbabwe , absolutely , what's up , man . Hello from las vegas . And how's mcallister ? Um , I don't think mcallister played this week , did he ? I don't think alexis mcallister played and I think it was more of a uh , of a precaution than anything than him not being fit . But it's saying that he may actually still uh , he may actually miss the uh , the palace game , but I'm also getting seeing reports that he's actually going to be fit for the bolivia game . So it's a little bit of a contrasting reports . So one report saying that he might be out for the palace game and then we have several other reports saying that he's in line to start for the Bolivia game . So I'm going to , I'm going to trust the report . That's . That's saying that he's going to start for , uh , the Bolivia game . And I think McAllister is fine . He's a very durable player . He's a player that doesn't get injured very often and takes a knock . So , yeah , maka is fine .
Speaker 1Have you seen the drama over England having a German manager ? Is that official ? Is that official ? Do we know ? Do we know if that's official , it is , it is , it is . I haven't seen that today . I haven't actually been on the news today . England will have a German manager , england will have a German manager . Oh , that's crazy , I think . So here's the thing for me with the whole . Here's the thing with the whole there needs to be a British manager managing the English team .
Speaker 1I read a comment that was saying England haven't had a successful English manager where he's won trophies , he's won titles , he's won champions leagues , I believe in like over like 30 or 40 years or something like that , some crazy like that , and there's really only been like two managers British or English managers , not British . Tons of British managers that have done really well . Sir Alex is one , obviously right , and there's only really been two , and I don't even I can't even recall the two managers that have really won anything significant out of those managers . So for a league that is mainly a league that is mainly populated by foreign managers , who are the most successful , and foreign players who are , who find a lot of success in the league , I don't see the problem with having to have a manager that's British or that's English , right ? I don't know , I don't . I don't see where that's an issue , right , and I don't want Tuchel One at Carsley . I like Carsley's brand of football , don't care about nationality , care about style . And I agree , I like Lee Carsley's style of play and England have been getting results and the fact that they've been able to kind of switch the style of play and be successful early on .
Speaker 1Yes , there's been a couple hitches there and there , but for me I'm just like , why not ? Why not go with with carsley ? Sure , he doesn't have a have the resume that tuchel has , but the players obviously respect him . Most of them were brought up by him in the youth system . Right , he's given more caps to youth players , uh than any any england uh , manager , or , or as of late , at least I can't say any . But he's been giving so many caps to some of the players that he brought up in the ? U in the u21s when he was managing those , which I think is great . He knows these , these young players . I mean gomez is getting a shot where angel wasn't even considered . He wasn't even in the mix for a Euro and he probably should have right . You know , you got Jones in there . That's getting a shot . I wouldn't be surprised if Kwanzaa got a shot . If Lee Carsley stuck around , like some of these younger players , I feel like if Harvey was healthy he probably would have got a cap this past week . So a lot of these players that are coming through our youth system that Carsley knows really well , including Cole Palmer , including Phil Foden , including Trent , all of these guys that he's worked with in the past it's just the funnel from youth to senior just makes so much sense as an appointment for Carsley .
Speaker 1But the English FA saw it another different , a different way . They want someone with a name value , right , they want somebody that has that name value that they can kind of fall back on and say , well , we got Tuchel or we got , I mean , southgate really didn't have the name value . So maybe they're making the pivot away from going strictly british and going into some like a big name , kind of like the like what us did , like we just did this recently to a united states uh , national team . We just hired pochettino and he's not an american , um , we've we haven't really hired too many Americans to coach our national team , to be fair , but it's a big name . Right , you got Poach . You got Poach from Tottenham overseas . He's a big European manager and it gets the fans excited , it gets the nation behind something new and fun . I call it like the messy effect . You know what I mean . Like when messy came to America it was just like oh , messy's here , someone from outside of like our scope of things is kind of coming in and he has a pretty big name . Right , and Tuchel means sticking with Kane , definitely . I 4-2-4 is probably the formations you guys are probably gonna run .
Speaker 1Not sure if you know offhand , but with the Vanderham coming over , how many of Slott's Feyenoord staff are at Anfield now ? Thoughts on that ? Um , yeah , I heard that the video analysis or our tactical analysis guy over at Feyenoord is coming over to Liverpool , which I think is a positive thing . I think he that's . I would . I would have thought that that was probably the first guy that you would bring over if you're on a slot . I'm not sure how many of the staff came over . I know he brought in a couple of new guys . I know Johnny Hightinger wasn't wasn't one that was initially on his staff as well . I know he brought in a couple new guys . I know Johnny Hightinger wasn't one that was initially on his staff as well .
Speaker 1I like it . I think . Bring your whatever what got you to the dance right . Bring the team that got you to the dance . Bring the team that got you the Liverpool job . I don't know why you would go and you would hire a whole new staff and try to gel with whole new people . Bring the team that brought you to the dance with you so you guys can continue to do what you guys do best People that you work with , you have a working relationship with over the past few years . You trust these individuals . I love it . I love it . Bring in people you trust Exactly , liverpool Truth TV . Bring the people you trust , bring them with you , and I think it's a positive thing .
Speaker 1Do I think the same thing about the players ? I don't know , because I saw that rumor about Coach Koo if I'm saying his name right , I like him , which I was going to bring up today . I like Coach Koo I think that's how you pronounce his name which I think Arno will probably start diving into the transfer market in january and maybe picking up some of his old players , which happens . It happens all the time , right ? Um , I don't know if I don't think klopp ever actually even went back and shopping at dortmund , which is actually kind of interesting when you think about it . Correct me if I'm wrong , but I don't think Klopp went back to Dortmund and brought any players from to Liverpool . I heard a rumor about him trying to bring Mario Goetze over , but I don't know how my if that was like a hundred percent true or not , not , but you guys tell me . And I knew he wanted to bring Julian Brandt over , but that never materialized and we ended up going for Mo . So it's very interesting .
Speaker 1But Dan Wood said most successful English manager was Paisley , with 19 medals in nine years , right ? So ? And did he ever manage the national team ? I don't think . I don't think bob paisley ever managed the the national team , did he , or did he ? You guys would have to let me know . So it's just like , how often does that happen ? I would think maybe graham parter could be in the mix if you guys were going to go English , keep an English . I like Graham Potter , I like the way that he , um , he manages a side , but Tuchel , I don't know , I don't know , I actually don't know about that . Uh , about that , I guess , signing for England , what do you guys think as , as being people who are living in England , english residents , what do you guys think about the appointment ? Do you like it ? Do you love it ? Do you hate it ? I don't know
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Speaker 1why .
Speaker 1For the Brighton was the first sign slot wasn't going to play the 10 hog favorites game and I was relieved by that and I thought we were going to get Matt's Viper and , yeah , he stuck with what he had . He wanted to genuinely kind of see what was going on with with our team and he didn't lie . He wanted to assess the team first before he made signings . And I think Chiesa was more of an opportunity signing and I think Mamard Dasvili was more of an opportunity signing , which obviously weren't sanctioned by Arnest Slott . Those weren't Arnest Slott signings . I think those were board signings .
Speaker 1It's just like oh , we got a chance to make a deal and potentially make profit on in the future . Let's go with these guys , these two Chiesa , which we could potentially get maybe $15 million for him , maybe $20 million for him in a year if he has a good season . And Mamar Dasvili , who is an absolute gem , 23 years old already , one of the top goalkeepers in the world ceiling is through the roof , could be allison level for sure . And in the future you could have 30 , 32 , 33 years old . You can recoup the fee that you got for him .
Speaker 1I think we'll see more of the arnest slot signings , probably maybe in january , more so in some in the summer , where these are picks that that thatest Slott wanted . Right , edwards wanted to sign Chiesa years ago and that's true . We were going to pay $100 million for him . I remember there was a bunch of rumors that we were looking at we wanted $80 , and I think they wanted $100 , and then they priced us out for that . Edwards has wanted Chiesa for a long time . So those are all .
Speaker 1Definitely both of those are board signings and I think Slott was not lying when he said he wanted time to assess the squad to see if he even needed signings and I think he went in and felt that he didn't and then happily said I think Slott won the Dutch league with less than top tier players , which made it more impressive . But I don't think any of the Fed nor players are better than anyone at Liverpool , I agree . The only ones that I would maybe throw into the mix is gear to Rita , who is it would be a good squad player . I don't think he's a starter . Coach who , who ended up going to Benfica instead of Liverpool , which I heard was , was like when Klopp was here . He was like in the mix before we got McAllister as well , and those are the only two that I really would say . Vyfer , maybe , maybe , but I really like Yuriy Chirita as backup in depth to Trent and can even play in the DM and can play as a center back because he's so versatile . I think that gives him a little bit of an edge over some other transfer targets which I don't think he's on our list anymore right now . I'll be very honest . And Coach Koo , who is now popping back up in the media as an option for us Over at Benfica , who is ? I like him .
Speaker 1If you guys haven't looked into this guy , take some time to dig into . I think his name is Ocon Coach Koo , if I'm not mistaken . Insane name , but a Dutch-Turkish midfielder was playing for the Dutch national team in the beginning of his career at youth level and then switched over to the Turkish national team . Absolute baller . Baller of a player . More of an eight , but has a shot on a man . He has a right foot that I like from hell , but it's like a . It's like a Coutinho type of right foot foot that I like from hell , bro , it's like a . It's like a Coutinho type of right foot . He looks like he should be a DM and like a tanky type of player , but he is actually very skilled and has an eye for goal . And if we get him as the fourth man in in that midfield , fuck dude . I I'm not typically one to be like hey , go after some old , go after your previous players . If we go after any of Slott's previous players , it's Coach Kru . I like him . And then Liverpool Truth TV Slott definitely wanted another midfielder as well .
Speaker 1Almost got Zubimendi , but when he said no , slott decided to go with what he had . Slott does not want second-rate players or quick fixes , which I love about him , and I think that's kind of his personality through everything is that it has to be the best it has to be . He demands perfection or close to perfection , and that's the main thing that I love about him . And he's never resting on his laurels . He's never counting his chickens before they hatch . I mean , even when people are trying to applaud him for breaking some of these records , he's like well , I want the fans to remember me for something a little bit more important than winning my first 9 out of 10 games , 8 out of 10 games . Oh , and , by the way , we lost to Nottingham Forest at home . He just keeps bringing it up . By the way , we lost a non of them for us at home . It's not perfect . That would be a perfect start . That would be a dream start . 10 out of 10 , nine out of nine would be a perfect dream start , and I love that in a manager .
Speaker 1I love that , where he's just it's that Dutch bluntness that you kind of get from from slot , and he doesn't play games with the media , he's gonna be one that just doesn't get drawn into any of the silly stuff , none of the drama or anything like that , he's just on top of it . So I like arna . And then reese said you see , that sabo free kick goal a few days ago , I think sabo less intense , like this one right where we try to get a result and then maybe rest some players in these Leverkusen Real Madrid games . But we'll see , and Liverpool are typically sluggish after the break , it's true . So it's another thing that we got to take into consideration . We don't play our best football after international breaks , just historically .
Speaker 1And then Arsenal , we play that following Sunday , the 27th . I think we beat them . I know a lot of people say well , it's at the Emirates and you know Arsenal are one of the better teams in the league . Believe it or not , I think we beat Arsenal . I think Arsenal , no , leipzig is not an easy game , it's not , which , I think , why we go strong on that game and we try to get a result , so that maybe we can kind of start resting some players towards the end of this thing and we don't have to , you know , keep fighting for so many results later on in this thing . Like I can see us resting some players for the , for the leo game and for the psv game and things like that . Or maybe gambling a little bit and see if we can afford to lose the lever kuzin in the in the real mature game , and see what happens , but I don't know . And then maybe go strong for the leo , go strong for the PSV game , right and round out our Champions League group stage or league phase pretty strongly . But I think we beat Arsenal , I think we do , I think we can beat them . And then you would hope that Forrest's loss prevents another break hangover . Well , we'll see , we'll see what happens . And then RB they're a very good counterattacking team . They are , and I believe they still have Xavi Simmons in the mix there . They do have Benjamin Chesco , they have Openda . It's going to be a tough game . I think that's probably going to be one of our more challenging games . So I think we do go strong in that Leipzig game and we try to fight for a result there . Arsenal , I think we get a result . Brighton is going to be tricky . We got Brighton back-to-back . How the hell did that happen ? Brighton is going to be tricky . We got Brighton back to back . How the hell did that happen ? Brighton back to back is going to be tricky , bro . You know there are bogey team . You know , for some reason we always it's like the , it's like a , it's like a fucking shootout with Brighton . You never know what you're going to get .
Speaker 1I like to see how Sesko plays . Me too . Could be a bit of an audition for us . I like Benjamin Sesko . I think if we're not looking to replace Mo with another right winger , I think we change the formation a bit and we bring Sesko in and I've said this over and over we drop Maka into that 10 . Put Sabo as a wide right midfielder . I think we could be cooking baby . But I like Sesko a lot .
Speaker 1I hope Slott plays most of the players who haven't been on international duty . He's been drilling all the others all week for this , true , I think that's a good idea . In my opinion , he should be on top of the list for someone that can replace Nunes . 100% , 100% . I like Darwin a lot . He's one of my favorite players on the team . But I think Shusko is just a different animal . He's a beast , absolute animal of a player . I think he's like 6'5" or some insane height , 21 years old , banging in the goals for fun . This season I think he has nine and nine Nine goal contributions in nine matches Another one that's quietly having a phenomenal season . That is kind of being overshadowed by Omar Marmush , but I think he's something that everybody should be looking at . I know he was heavily linked with Arsenal for a while and then that kind of died down a little bit and I think they probably should have pulled the trigger on him , given how it's kind of tough for them to come past goals in their front line . But then we have his current contract ends in twenty twenty nine , so it won't be easy to sign him . Nope , he'll probably be like a hundred mil , 80 to 100 mil for that kid .
Speaker 1Mr Stand up guy . What up Stand up VVD ? Getting sent off over the weekend is a blessing for us , for sure . People say he did it on purpose . I'm not sure if he did or not , but we'll see .
Speaker 1And then we got Leverkusen versus at home . Tough , that one will probably be a tough one , but from what I understand , leverkusen aren't cooking like they were last season , are they ? No , they're in fourth and oh well , they well , everyone's only played two games so far . It looks like did their league start later than us ? I think their league started later than us . Um , so I can't really say if they're cooking or not . I think it's a little bit too early to say it , to say that for them , since they've only played two games in the league so far . But Leverkusen is always going to be tough , especially as Avi Alonso coached team , so we'll see what happens there with that . It's a very interesting and tough run of games , but I trust our boys . I like the form that they're in right now . Aston Villa I think we can get a result there , especially if it's at home . Most of these games are going to be at home , right , most of these games are at home . So I have confidence there .
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Speaker 1And that was supposed to be the Europa League final if it wasn't for Atlanta . Yep , it'll be the Europa League final . That should have been right . But It'll be the Europa League final . That should have been right . But I don't know what happened to Atalanta . They just became masters of defense on that run . Yep , tuchel will officially be the England manager if everything goes to plan . It looks like , according to reports , that everything has been agreed already .
Speaker 1Yep , apparently Elliott is back in training . That's what I said ready . Yep , apparently Elliott is back in training . That's what I said from from the initial reports , I thought that he was going to be back . I thought that he would be back , uh , in training before the Chelsea game and being contention from what I , I thought so , and then it seems like the the report initial reports were correct . And then I love slot getting all these first first time matchups with coaches . So it seems like the initial reports were correct . And then I love Slott getting all these first time matchups with coaches we're familiar with , because you know he's sitting at home thinking how can he destroy dudes like Arteta upstairs ? Hell , yeah , dude , I hate Mikel Arteta bro , this fucking guy , but whatever , that's a rant for another video . And then laugh it off on Sky after the game , right of how we did with ten hog , mr stand-up guy . Yeah , that's uh good , he was sent off , okay , I didn't know . Yep , uh , um , vvd got sent off in his last game and skipped that , that last game , and came , came back to liverpool early , a week early , which ended up benefiting us . But yep , elliott is back . Good news on those things . A lot of our players came back early . Well , salah and VVD did so . Some key players got to come back early . Besides Spurs we are . So I definitely think .
Speaker 1So I think it's a damn travesty that we didn't win more trophies under Jurgen Klopp than we did . It's a damn travesty . We totally should have been . He deserved more and this team deserved more . But losing the league by one point multiple times is so freaking rare dude , and that's like . That's the part that sucks . But then that's also the part that is like damn , what do you do ? You know what I mean ? And if we beat Chelsea and United , get slapped , it'll be a good weekend . Hell , yeah , it will be .
Speaker 1We spent almost $900 million under Klopp in 10 years , almost In 10 years , which is about $100 million a season . But if you factor in , obviously , outgoings and stuff like that , it's a little bit less , because we essentially spent only what we earned , which I think is a good business model for a club . Um , but I think you have to sell more players in order for that to work right . We've only really sold Coutinho and that . And here's the thing , and that's the issue with this whole thing and then we'll kind of wrap up on stream after after . We kind of go on this like little rant , cause I know it's been about an hour . That's the issue with that , that that way that we we've kind of done things .
Speaker 1If you're going to do a model where you you only spend what you earn , you have to sell players and not let them go for free Like what we've kind of been doing right . We did that with uh , with fermino . We did that with uh with money . We could potentially be doing that with mo . We could potentially be doing that maybe with vbd , maybe with trent . If you want to spend , if you're going to spend what you make , you have to make sure that you are making right , and if you're not making , then you can't spend . If that's going to be the model , so we need to make sure that we get fees for some of these players that we've had and not let these guys walk out of the door for free , like we've been doing . Otherwise the model does not work Right the door for free , like we've been doing . Otherwise the model does not work right .
Speaker 1And Coutinho was really the only significant outgoing out of all of those big names . I mean , we've sold plenty of , you know , smaller named players , but in terms of , like , the big names , where we're getting 80 million , 70 million , 60 million , 100 million for these players , then we can go and reinvest . Coutinho has really been the only one . Yep Edwards left and we let players go for free . It's true , and I hope that doesn't happen again . I hope we don't let Salah go for free . I hope that we don't let Trent go for free or anybody go for free man . On the other hand , if Mo walks on free , we can give Dua Lipa a second show . We'll have the money to do it .
Speaker 1Man City have earned more in player sales than Liverpool , even Chelsea , I know , and that's the . That's kind of the point . That's the whole point that I'm kind of trying to make about the way that this model is supposed to work . You know what I mean . Like , if that's how we're going to make run this model , we have to make sure that we are getting fees for the players that are leaving our club so we can then take it and reinvest it . If we're going to do the whole spend what you earn model , which is like what FSG is trying to do , right , and then Nigel . Don't give Michael any ideas to sell Trent , but I'm pretty sure he's looked into it already , knowing him . And then , happily , I have a feeling that 91 points will be enough this season .
Speaker 1Man , city and arsenal have some minor weaknesses exposed and that's what I've been saying for the past couple of weeks . It doesn't feel the same for city Plus they're wounded , they're injured . K doesn't feel the same for City Plus they're wounded , they're injured . Kdb isn't 100% yet . He hasn't been 100% really since he's come back last season . They haven't let the damn man rest . He hasn't been able to rest , bro . You know he looks exhausted a lot of those times . Rodri is probably going to be out for the season . Right Is out for the season . And going to be out for the season . Right Is out for the season . And you want to look for who do City go to next , to kind of be their guy ? You know what I mean . Foden hasn't had a great season . He's kind of completely fallen off the horse . I don't know where the hell is Phil Foden .
Speaker 1Arsenal , they're just Arsenal just don't . There's something about Arsenal that just tells me that they're just not ready to win the league just yet . They're in very immature side , and I just remember when we won it . I remember when we won it , we felt like champions . You know what I mean . That Liverpool side , they felt like champions . We were champions before we even got crowned , right Like they were calling us the champions of the Premier League before we even got the crown . Sure , we were like 30 points clear , but we just felt like champions before we were champions . I don't get that same feeling from Arsenal . I just don't . I don't get that feeling like they're the one . I don't get that feeling from them .
Speaker 1But LFC truth Firmino , milner and Henderson's legs were gone . Giving them new contracts would have been crazy , it's true . I think Firmino I mean I think all of those names that you listed , and especially Fabinho as well Fabinho was another one . I think they would have been great two men . I think they would have been great second team players Like , re-sign them , but just tell them that their role is not going to be as big as it would have been . And I think that's what the conversation that Klopp had with Hendo and Hendo didn't like that . He wanted to start because I think he knew that we were going to imagine Arthur Mello under slot . Oh , stop . But I think he knew that Sabo was coming in and he was going to get most of the minutes and he didn't like that and he decided to leave .
Speaker 1And then Nigel says I'm with you , bro . Arsenal are not , are not yet there . They don't have that push . There's something about it . They don't have . Somebody said they don't have the cojones . You know what I mean ? And then Dan Wood said that Liverpool team was amazing , first team to do the continental travel , ucl Super Cup , super Cup , club World Cup . It's true , man , it's true , and I don't think we get enough credit . That team doesn't get enough credit as , like one of the best teams ever , which is it was a shame . It's a shame , dude , absolute shame that that team didn't , we didn't get to win it in front of our fans for one , and that team didn't stay together for longer . Fuck , man , that team should have stayed together for much longer than it did , dude , because I believe Mane left that next season though . Man , that's tough . And then there was also Alcantara , ragnar Klavan .
Speaker 2Damn bro .
Speaker 1Stand up , bro , was also alcantara , ragnar clavin . Damn bro , stand up , bro . I forgot about ragnar clavin . I forgot that was our back line lovern clavin . Um , who else ? Who else ? We had Loris Karius in the back and in between the posts . How , how , how Klopp managed to get that team to a UCL final Is beyond me .
Speaker 1Klopp's best 11 played one game in the Champions League final . I read that before . That's actually mad . I read that stat recently and I was like there's no way . There's no way . That's how many injuries we used to have in that team all the time .
Speaker 1Nigel , absolutely Watching from the UAE . It's time for bed , bro . Absolutely Log off , brother . But lastly , that 11 was insane . Look up that stat .
Speaker 1The only time that our best 11 ever played today that ever played together was one time . Dude was Fabinho , henderson , gini , wijnaldum , mane , firmino , salah , one time . Vvd , allison , trent , rabo and Ibu , or it was Matip Sorry , matip . They only ever got to play together one time in the UCL final against Tottenham . Insane . Happily felt so sorry for Karius after that final . It destroyed . The kid Really got the blame for Bap's performance . Yeah , his career hasn't been the same since , which is unfortunate , and I thought he was a very high potential keeper and just the way that the media just destroyed him , just it was terrible , dude , absolutely terrible . So , but awesome guys , it's been great chatting with you guys today . Thanks for helping me with that with the sound problem in the beginning .
Speaker 1I'm going to wrap up stream . We're already at about an hour and 15 minutes . I know the first 10 minutes was tech support from you guys , but again , thank you guys for joining the channel . Nigel , you're amazing . Thank you for joining the channel . Maurice , you're amazing . Thank you for joining the channel , red Chili , you're amazing . Thank you for joining the channel . You guys have an amazing takes . If you think about starting a channel of your own , please let me know . I'm more than happy to be a resource for you , help you out , give you some tips and tricks , but you guys are absolutely dope . Thank you everybody for tuning in . Thank you , dan . We'll see you guys all on the next one . Up the fucking Reds . We're going to get a win this weekend . Baby , let's go .