@_lfcleanne Surely it has something to do with waiting on other teams to buy replacements for their players so LFC can then purchase their targets. The Guehi situation last season might be driving this approach. If not, then pure negligence by the front office.
"I'm a voter, and I voted for Drake Maye. And, I'm right, I'm going to explain to Dan Orlovsky why he's wrong."
This felt like the last scene in "8 Mile". Mina knew the schedule would be brought up and brought FACTS.
🎥: @FirstTake | @minakimes
I think Slot’s biggest crime is how he’s killed the fear factor at Anfield, we have relegation level sides turn up and pop the ball about because they have confidence from us retreating into a mid-block off the ball 🤣🤣🤣
A reminder that Alexander Arnold's biggest critics when he was a Liverpool player were other club's supporters and journalists.
There's been a 180-degree shift in their attitude and his importance.
You'd have a smidgeon of shame, wouldn't you?
⚽️ Stop Pretending the Ballon d’Or Means Anything
🇪🇬👑 Salah Plays Football, They Play Politics
The #BallonDor has never stood for the best in football. It didn’t when they gave it to Michael Owen in 2001, the only #LFC player to ever win it, and lost the plot entirely during the Messi-Ronaldo era. It’s not an award for footballers. It’s an industry handshake dressed up as prestige.
Mohamed Salah was right not to show up. What does he owe them? He gave the game 57 goal contributions in a title-winning season. Broke records in the most unforgiving league on the planet. Scored or assisted in more than half of Liverpool’s goals. He’s the reason the Reds won the #PremierLeague so convincingly.
And they gave him fourth.
Above him? A teenager who managed fewer goal contributions across an entire season than #Salah had in December alone. Seven goals and five assists in a single month, more than Lamine Yamal's full campaign. The numbers are embarrassing, and not for Salah.
He did it in the Premier League, where even the bottom clubs punch back. Not Ligue 1, not La Liga, where space comes cheaper and top-team goals flow. Salah never hid. Never coasted. He’s carried his side for years, set the standards, and still gets treated like a sideshow.
It’s not a surprise. This is the same award that snubbed Thierry Henry in his prime and has never once put Salah in the top three. It is not built to honour players like him. It’s built to sell a story.
Salah didn’t lose anything by staying away. The Ballon d’Or lost the chance to be taken seriously. Again.
🔴 Liverpool Are Top for a Reason - So Why Pretend Otherwise?
#LFC sit top of the league and still the knives are out. Four wins from four, goals coming when needed, a manager adjusting in real time, and a team bedding in a reshaped spine while carrying the memory of a lost teammate. And yet, what gets the airtime is when the goals go in, not why they go in.
Late goals don’t expose a flaw; they confirm belief. This is a side that works through the match, probes, adapts, and when it matters most, finishes. It’s not luck. It’s not chaos. It’s control. Control of rhythm, of shape, of game state.
Critics focus on what isn’t there, flair in every moment, 5-0 scorelines, attacking abandon, and ignore what is: structure, repeatability, and clear evolution. They talk about the timing of goals like it’s a trick, not the product of a system designed to wear teams down.
Yes, Liverpool have their vulnerabilities. But so does every side this season, especially the so-called challengers who are praised for defending deep or nicking set-piece wins. Those same standards become sticks when applied to this squad.
The forwards are still adjusting, the full-backs are new, the right-back slot is being reinvented, and yet they’ve already beaten top ten sides, scored ten goals and conceded only four. What more do people expect? Style without substance? A feast of fireworks?
#LFC are winning with patience, trust and brains. That might not fit the narrative, but it's what wins titles.