Lines of succession

[Buddha]

Its more to do with development and overplaying. I think it would be too soon to be giving Rio 60-70 mins every game, which was my point that for many occasions where we need someone with something 'different' he is on the bench

Agreed…but he’s plenty good enough (and still being looked after) to be playing 20-30 mins per game

 

[Beamrider]

There are far too many tales of young players who started early and whose careers were blighted by injuries because they were playing intense football while they were still growing.
For us: Fowler, Owen, Gerrard, Rob Jones are obvious ones. Gerrard grew out of it to a degree but was a proper sick note when he was still growing and going hell for leather all game.
Giggs was another - although he had a long career, he had to change his game because of his tendency to pick up hammy injuries. Like John Barnes, he moved from explosive winger to playing in the centre where there was less running.
Then you get the likes of Sterling who just fall off a cliff, probably burnt out. Ben Chilwell the same.
It's not good for boys to be kicked off the park, week in, week out, by grown men.
I think we're handling Rio just fine. He's too good to leave out, he's too young to throw to the wolves. Thankfully he's also not the kind of cocky little showboater who demands to be booted up the arse 3 or 4 times a game.

 

[Brizzle]

There is a good argument (throwing player welfare out of the window) that kinda says if they're going to be at their best aged 17 - 24 why not just milk that and who cares if their career is over later on.

Anyway, with cup games coming in i'd love to see him earn a starting place and put more pressure on Captain Cut Inside & Shoot

 

[zoboroboz]

You're then squeezing 2 big contracts (about 8 to 10 years' cover) into 1 big contract (4 to 5 years) after their first pro contract (say, 3 years). Agents won't like that and the nett result will be that wage demands for the single big contract goes up to make up for the reduction in number of contracts. Then the club ends up carrying a heavier risk because you've doubled wages on that single big contract. Injury risk aside, it also makes the player harder to shift if we decide to sell the player down the road during the contract period.

 

[Fabio]

View: https://x.com/AnfieldPapers/status/1967937828580434176?t=UOZYSPubyTeMIuxx5EUR3Q&s=19

"Rio Ngumoha on his role in the squad:

“I’m just happy to be here to be fair, wherever the coach needs me and whenever I’ll give it my all to contribute however I can and keep trying to grow. “

“Cody (Gakpo) has been teaching me different ways of attacking like cutting inside or cutting inside and the experience I’m getting is unreal!”


I laughed

 

[Modo]

View: https://x.com/AnfieldPapers/status/1967937828580434176?t=UOZYSPubyTeMIuxx5EUR3Q&s=19

"Rio Ngumoha on his role in the squad:

“I’m just happy to be here to be fair, wherever the coach needs me and whenever I’ll give it my all to contribute however I can and keep trying to grow. “

“Cody (Gakpo) has been teaching me different ways of attacking like cutting inside or cutting inside and the experience I’m getting is unreal!”


I laughed

Forget everything, just cut inside.

 

[Frogfish]

View: https://x.com/AnfieldPapers/status/1967937828580434176?t=UOZYSPubyTeMIuxx5EUR3Q&s=19

"Rio Ngumoha on his role in the squad:

“I’m just happy to be here to be fair, wherever the coach needs me and whenever I’ll give it my all to contribute however I can and keep trying to grow. “

“Cody (Gakpo) has been teaching me different ways of attacking like cutting inside or cutting inside and the experience I’m getting is unreal!”


I laughed

Don't listen to him Rio !

 

[gene hughes]

Well. If our purchases this window end up being a failure one thing is for sure, it’ll go down in football lore and we’ll be hearing about it until we all die.

 

[King Binny]

Liverpool burnt by Champions League failure – so Arne Slot looked at PSG blueprint

Summer spending added the attacking devastation and technical skill that can lead club to Budapest and European Cup No 7

www.telegraph.co.uk

When the coach and the recruiters set out their plans for an expensive summer revamp, the blueprint was obvious. Slot has a contrasting style to Enrique, but in adding the pace of Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong, especially, he wanted more of what PSG possess.

In Florian Wirtz, Liverpool also added the No 7 who they hope will bring their seventh European Cup.

It is a search for a killer instinct, assembling a side who will create and finish more chances when dominating possession as they tend to in the Premier League, while having the weaponry to expose the elite European teams on the counter-attack, which will be required in the Champions League knockout phase. In theory, Wirtz should find more space against more adventurous European opponents, although Atletico Madrid, who are first up at Anfield, are renowned for their pragmatism.

The road to Budapest’s Puskas Arena next May is long and hazardous, and the wounds of a near-flawless league phase ending in such early disappointment guarantee that while Liverpool are prepared for a successful campaign, they know that any lingering weakness will be exposed by Europe’s best.

It is a reflection of the standards set at Anfield that one of the biggest takeaways of last season concerns the perils of winning the group phase. Be good, but not too good before Christmas might be the strangest of conclusions.

For Slot, another impressive Champions League start would naturally be welcome, but a big finish is the clear objective this time.

 

[keniget]

The pace of Isak and Ekitike?

Our purchases don’t scream PSG to me this summer.