LFC: We Conquered All of Europe, Now We’ve Stopped

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  1. Frank Martin

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    Fair. Soccer is a cruel sport at the youth levels.
     
  2. Wicket

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    that also but i think unless your world class it can kill your development. Most people, even guys like VvD need like 7 steps to get from the small time to the big time. Small dutch club youth--> big dutch club youth--> u23 dutch big club/smaller loan club (they actually play the same level)--> big dutch club/small english club --> tier 2 PL (clubs like everton, west ham or manchester united or something like that)--> PRIMETIME. Unless talents are transcendent thats usually how you see a succesful career and going to pool that young is like trying to skip a step or 2 or going to the loan-out hell where you are never truly educated on your game and just spend time after time adjusting to new systems, new playbooks, new nomenclature and new colleagues
     
  3. YNWA

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    At least as a club we give youth a chance. Numerous cases of that in our current team.
     
  4. Wicket

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    ow for sure. But given the youth now in the defense thats gonna be tough for almost the next decade
     
  5. El_Pato

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    Fucking McLaughlin
     
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  6. chuckmasterflex

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    If the kid makes 350 appearances either he is mustard or something dire has occurred.
     
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  7. derfish

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    I thought I would enjoy that more, but by the end I truly felt sorry for that guy.
     
  8. cheddarisbetter

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    Bobby's penalty taking ability :dislike:
     
  9. SugarShaun

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    He’s no James Milner
     
  10. cheddarisbetter

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    Well, no one is
     
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  11. YNWA

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    I’d say the same for all of our front three as strange as that sounds.
     
  12. Illinihockey

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    Incredibly not shocked that Guinea rushed Keita back and now he's hurt again. Fuck international soccer.

     
  13. Frank Martin

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    At some point the player has to tell them no.
     
  14. Squints

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    And risk drawing the ire of your fellow countrymen? I don’t think it’s always that easy and it’s just not a good situation in general.
     
  15. CoastalOrange

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    Yeah, I can only imagine how hard it would be to turn down playing for your national team. I should point out this is not meant to be sarcastic.
     
  16. Illinihockey

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    Reportedly he told them he didn't want to play.
     
  17. Illinihockey

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    Or it could be like when Salah said he was going to quit Egypt and they threatened his family.
     
  18. ugafish

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    Gonna be a whole lot worse for the next World Cup. Fucking November and December.
     
  19. Frank Martin

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    Honestly I thought spending the money on Alisson was unnecessary. Boy was I wrong. We are back to back Champions league winners if we had him in he prior year.
     
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  20. derfish

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    When did we lose the new Liverbird in the Fan of section?
     
  21. El_Pato

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    For me on Mobile, it's the regular Crest and on PC it's the new one that was uploaded
     
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  22. chuckmasterflex

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  23. YNWA

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    Afcon sucks because most teams are reliant on 1 super star and the rest of the team isn’t very good. Massive pressure on each teams superstar to play well and through injuries. We have 3 players propping up 3 nations chance to win.

    In South America at least most teams have multiple superstars so players don’t have to play through injury.
     
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  24. roonskie

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  25. Frank Martin

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    great penalty by Mane
     
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  26. El_Pato

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    You miss the one he fucked up earlier?

    I shouldn't be so negative but it's absurd how bad our front three are at pens
     
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  27. Quick

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    I’ve decided I forgive Phil and I wish we would sign him back

    I know it will never happen
     
  28. animal_mother

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    I just want something interesting to happen this summer. Boring af...
     
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  29. derfish

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    What, trading in our old ginger for a newer model doesn’t do it for you?

    Shocked.
     
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  30. nexus

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  31. Illinihockey

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    Counterpoint

     
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  32. derfish

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    The thread is not short, but chock full of stats-heavy analysis of the RB position in the PL last year.

     
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  33. Frank Martin

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    Great read. I enjoy data like that.

    That also confirms that i'm justified in wondering why spurs fans on here are excited about the idea of getting rid of Trippier.
     
  34. IAHusk

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    Don't know about the others but all the EPL guys stats are wrong in that anyway. TAA is at 25% and Wan-Bissaka is only 21%.

    That UtdArena account is notoriously terrible. Earlier today it was touting Rashford as the "most accurate free taker" in the top 5 European leagues. Rashford scored a grand total of 1 free kick last season.
     
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  35. London Humphreys

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    Yes, but how many did he take?
     
  36. IAHusk

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    Can't find a number but the qualification for the stat was like .43 freekicks per 90 minutes and up.
     
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  37. derfish

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    They added a bunch more to this twitter thread this afternoon. If you liked it before, check out the new material.
     
  39. SugarShaun

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    I hate when my family members affect my play with their witchcraft
     
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  40. chuckmasterflex

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    It will be interesting to see how Brewster plays in preseason and if they try him out wide. Wilson too.

    I get the impression Liverpool don't want to spend big this summer because the guys they want won't be available until next summer.
     
  41. London Humphreys

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    Who do we want next summer?
     
  42. roonskie

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    Seeing Citeh reinforce is why I hope we do something. Don’t get me wrong I like the squad but we’re in more comps to try and win so we need depth.
     
  43. Frank Martin

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    Honestly no one is probably catching city if they continue spending.

    But I have to say we should probably trust our ownership and management right now. They just assembled the greatest non oil funded team in premier league history and won a champions league. Let’s give them a chance to do it their way.
     
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  44. chuckmasterflex

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    Seems like Aouar from Lyon would be one.
     
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  45. London Humphreys

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    Trust the coaches
     
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  46. derfish

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    #Mbappé2020
     
  47. ugafish

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    We need another strong forward off the bench.
     
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  48. RockHardJawn39

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    This is kind of amazing
     
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