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I don't Manchester City will be willing to find another coach despite Pep Guardiola recent struggles in both the Premier league and the Champions League. Pep Guardiola still remains City’s greatest manager and as such he is highly respected at the club and that's why they decided to extend his contract. Despite their recent struggles, the club hierarchy will be confident that Guardiola will be able to get Manchester City back to their best.

Not a lot of people have given up on Pep Guardiola yet, they have been playing poorly but many people still have confidence in him that he’s going to revive the club and they will still come back to their winning ways as usual. Manchester City was one of the best for the champions league trophy and also well positioned for the premier league title fight at the beginning of the season and all of a sudden, everything changed and since then we haven’t seen the best of them till now, just draw and losses on a continuous run for so long now. Since we still have a lot of confidants in Pep Guardiola, we might see them get back to their winning ways before the end of the season. I hope it won’t be too late for them when they do.

The Pep Guardiola saga is becoming so obvious that things are wrong. Due to his past records and achievements, people have refused to acknowledge the obvious. They are expecting Pep to pull off a surprise from nowhere whereas Pep is indeed aware that he is in trouble.
Once a fearful Manchester City is becoming an EPL tou for every club. I just wish that Pep and his boys will regain their form before the resumption of the next round of the Champions League, if not, things will go wrong to a large extent.
There's no doubt that City could get back in track, but it's almost becoming doubtful. Pep should hasten up, things are not always as seen.

We can definitely say that Pep Guardiola is wrong in the path he is currently following. He is currently facing the most criticism compared to his past record achievements. But we can expect that Pep Guardiola may surprise if he can clarify his strategy and his boys well. And if he cannot satisfactorily bring the full-back game to its previous position, then it will definitely be a mistake. We saw that they had a great performance in the Premier League last season but this season they have become very weak, moreover, they are also having a lot of weakness in the Champions League. However, if Manchester City can bring back their previous game in the Champions League in the next round, then it will definitely be a surprise for Pep. But I suspect that they may not be able to come back here, the current situation of Man City is really disappointing.

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Quote from: Jody.Drummer on December 27, 2024, 11:10:38 AM

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At this point, I honestly believe that City should not care about UCL at all this season. It is not going to end up with them winning it, we can see that and know that, and going any further would give them just a smaller amount of money that they do not need, they are already a rich club. So, it would make more sense if they could just end up with a better return without having any of these issues.

I believe that we are going to see something great here, something that benefits everyone, and that will not be all that easy to recover if they focus on UCL too much. Ignore UCL, and focus on EPL and try to be in the top four at the end of the season, that is all they should be caring about at the moment.

The problem that Manchester City is currently facing is very complicated and also wants to surprise when in the last 4 seasons they were actually very good and in a very short time they finally declined drastically. It is very natural when they focus on the Champions League, because this is also the biggest competition they play, apart from the English League. But what you said is also true, when their focus is divided then it will make them need a long time to recover. while in the English League itself they are still very difficult to get a win after experiencing a decline.

None of us have been able to identify the problem of Manchester City yet. The team played great last season. Even at the beginning of this season, Manchester City's performance was quite good. Manchester City was at the top of the table for a long time. Suddenly this team has lost its traction. And has started performing poorly consistently. We do not know why Manchester City is suddenly performing so strangely. Guardiola is trying his best to stabilize Manchester City. But Manchester City's performance is still very bad. Manchester City has won only one of the last 5 matches. We can see the poor performance of the players in both defense and attack.

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Quote from: el kaka22 on December 27, 2024, 01:54:43 AM

At this point, I honestly believe that City should not care about UCL at all this season. It is not going to end up with them winning it, we can see that and know that, and going any further would give them just a smaller amount of money that they do not need, they are already a rich club. So, it would make more sense if they could just end up with a better return without having any of these issues.

I believe that we are going to see something great here, something that benefits everyone, and that will not be all that easy to recover if they focus on UCL too much. Ignore UCL, and focus on EPL and try to be in the top four at the end of the season, that is all they should be caring about at the moment.

The problem that Manchester City is currently facing is very complicated and also wants to surprise when in the last 4 seasons they were actually very good and in a very short time they finally declined drastically. It is very natural when they focus on the Champions League, because this is also the biggest competition they play, apart from the English League. But what you said is also true, when their focus is divided then it will make them need a long time to recover. while in the English League itself they are still very difficult to get a win after experiencing a decline.

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We have not seen any changes in Manchester City's squad. Even then, Manchester City's performance is weak. Especially despite the fact that there is no change in Manchester City's defense, City's defense is very weak. Last season, Manchester City conceded 34 goals in 38 matches. This season, Manchester City has conceded 25 goals in 17 matches.

De Bruyne faced injury at the beginning of the season. Due to this, City's performance was a bit irregular. De Bruyne is now with the squad. However, one of the most important players in City's midfield, Rodri, is out of the squad due to injury. This may also be one of the reasons for City's irregular performance.

Man City is in such a weak condition at the moment and maybe they are in a bad season in the Premier League and in the Champions League. There have been no changes made by Pep Guardiola after they suffered consecutive defeats and even he lost his best ability to create a more convincing strategy to win. Haaland is starting to have difficulty scoring goals and not to mention seeing their defense area which has been so weak for the previous few matches.

De Bruyne also did not perform optimally because even though his presence in the team did not give a good effect. I think this is a season that will make Man City slump and it is difficult to restore the players' confidence to perform better after suffering many consecutive defeats as experienced by Man City.

Manchester City are not getting better performances from De Bruyne and Haaland this season. Haaland has scored 13 goals and 1 assist in 18 matches. De Bruyne has managed to score 2 goals and 2 assists in 11 matches. Manchester City are not getting good performances from their two most important players in the squad. At the same time, the team is not getting good performances from the defenders even though the defense has remained unchanged. Guardiola should now change City's match strategy. At the same time, find worthy replacements for Haaland and De Bruyne. If they cannot find worthy replacements for Haaland and De Bruyne, it will be difficult to stabilize Manchester City's overall performance.

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I don't Manchester City will be willing to find another coach despite Pep Guardiola recent struggles in both the Premier league and the Champions League. Pep Guardiola still remains City’s greatest manager and as such he is highly respected at the club and that's why they decided to extend his contract. Despite their recent struggles, the club hierarchy will be confident that Guardiola will be able to get Manchester City back to their best.

Not a lot of people have given up on Pep Guardiola yet, they have been playing poorly but many people still have confidence in him that he’s going to revive the club and they will still come back to their winning ways as usual. Manchester City was one of the best for the champions league trophy and also well positioned for the premier league title fight at the beginning of the season and all of a sudden, everything changed and since then we haven’t seen the best of them till now, just draw and losses on a continuous run for so long now. Since we still have a lot of confidants in Pep Guardiola, we might see them get back to their winning ways before the end of the season. I hope it won’t be too late for them when they do.

The Pep Guardiola saga is becoming so obvious that things are wrong. Due to his past records and achievements, people have refused to acknowledge the obvious. They are expecting Pep to pull off a surprise from nowhere whereas Pep is indeed aware that he is in trouble.
Once a fearful Manchester City is becoming an EPL tou for every club. I just wish that Pep and his boys will regain their form before the rmesumption of the next round of the Champions League, if not, things will go wrong to a large extent.
There's no doubt that City could get back in track, but it's almost becoming doubtful. Pep should hasten up, things are not always as seen.

Obviously, we have not witnessed such a rough season under Pep Guardiola before, so, many people are still hopping for a bounce back from him, Therefore, it becomes difficult for people to agree that actually, things has taken a different direction under the current of Pep Guardiola. I'm actually looking forward towards the end of the season to see the position he will finish in the league table, and that's really when I'm going to conclude of his actual failure.

It's after the transfer window have closed next year is when I will see how the performance of City will be like. If they continue with their poor performance, and the additional new players didn't add any impact on the team performance is when City will be hopeless. However, if the additional new players had good impact on the club's performance, it means Pep has hope for a title.

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I don't Manchester City will be willing to find another coach despite Pep Guardiola recent struggles in both the Premier league and the Champions League. Pep Guardiola still remains City’s greatest manager and as such he is highly respected at the club and that's why they decided to extend his contract. Despite their recent struggles, the club hierarchy will be confident that Guardiola will be able to get Manchester City back to their best.

Not a lot of people have given up on Pep Guardiola yet, they have been playing poorly but many people still have confidence in him that he’s going to revive the club and they will still come back to their winning ways as usual. Manchester City was one of the best for the champions league trophy and also well positioned for the premier league title fight at the beginning of the season and all of a sudden, everything changed and since then we haven’t seen the best of them till now, just draw and losses on a continuous run for so long now. Since we still have a lot of confidants in Pep Guardiola, we might see them get back to their winning ways before the end of the season. I hope it won’t be too late for them when they do.

The Pep Guardiola saga is becoming so obvious that things are wrong. Due to his past records and achievements, people have refused to acknowledge the obvious. They are expecting Pep to pull off a surprise from nowhere whereas Pep is indeed aware that he is in trouble.
Once a fearful Manchester City is becoming an EPL tou for every club. I just wish that Pep and his boys will regain their form before the rmesumption of the next round of the Champions League, if not, things will go wrong to a large extent.
There's no doubt that City could get back in track, but it's almost becoming doubtful. Pep should hasten up, things are not always as seen.

Obviously, we have not witnessed such a rough season under Pep Guardiola before, so, many people are still hopping for a bounce back from him, Therefore, it becomes difficult for people to agree that actually, things has taken a different direction under the current of Pep Guardiola. I'm actually looking forward towards the end of the season to see the position he will finish in the league table, and that's really when I'm going to conclude of his actual failure.

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I think bringing new players to Manchester City is not the main solution, not unimportant, it's just that it can't be a priority, Manchester City already has talented and even expensive players, Manchester City has a lot of potential players, if they are really utilised they can win the remaining matches, It's easy to say but it doesn't mean it's impossible, and the Coach needs to review the strategy on the pitch, if necessary try the players on the bench to play at the start of the game.

I understand where you're coming from, but things are a bit more complex than just looking at the current squad and evaluating the talent of each player.
Something is clearly not working with the current team and it's possible that it's due to some psychological factors or problems with morale. Sometimes a change is needed just for the sake of it. Bringing in some fresh blood, even just 1 or 2 new players could work wonders, as they could bring in some fresh motivation and won't be carrying that mental ballast the current players are.
So just because the current squad could deliver great results in the past years doesn't mean that will be true forever. Professional football is a fast-changing environment. What worked fine yesterday, might not work today.

What you say is true, well, let's see in the January transfer window, whether there will be good players who can bring Manchester City to be better, giving a glimmer of hope to bring out of the current slump.

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Quote from: uchegod-21 on December 26, 2024, 06:17:19 PM

The Pep Guardiola saga is becoming so obvious that things are wrong. Due to his past records and achievements, people have refused to acknowledge the obvious. They are expecting Pep to pull off a surprise from nowhere whereas Pep is indeed aware that he is in trouble.
Once a fearful Manchester City is becoming an EPL tou for every club. I just wish that Pep and his boys will regain their form before the resumption of the next round of the Champions League, if not, things will go wrong to a large extent.
There's no doubt that City could get back in track, but it's almost becoming doubtful. Pep should hasten up, things are not always as seen.

Maybe at this time there are still many who believe in Pep even though the results are always unsatisfactory, including in the match that just finished in the English League where they were only able to draw when hosting Everton.
However, if this continues, then more people will be fed up and may soon voice discordant tones, such as demanding to fire Pep.
The achievements he has given to Manchester City will be greatly appreciated, but that alone is not enough, because competition will always be there and at the same time they also have to play well. Pep really has to rack his brains to restore the performance of his players.

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At this point, I honestly believe that City should not care about UCL at all this season. It is not going to end up with them winning it, we can see that and know that, and going any further would give them just a smaller amount of money that they do not need, they are already a rich club. So, it would make more sense if they could just end up with a better return without having any of these issues.

I believe that we are going to see something great here, something that benefits everyone, and that will not be all that easy to recover if they focus on UCL too much. Ignore UCL, and focus on EPL and try to be in the top four at the end of the season, that is all they should be caring about at the moment.

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Real Madrid have endured a difficult moment this season but what I think is very commendable about the club is the club manager's calmness in handling challenges of the club. Losing your top players to injury is an experience that's left so many top managers underperforming with their teams but Ancelotti have been able to manage the injury cases at the club.
At the moment, some of the top players of Real Madrid are still not fit but the team is performing better than how they started the season which is a good development. Optimistically, I think Real Madrid will definitely make it to the next round of the UEFA Champions League competition

Ancelotti always does the right thing even though it is slow but it is certainty to fix the problem that is happening, Real Madrid has experienced similar things several times but in the end they managed to get out of the zone and still at the end of the season came out as champions even though they have also failed several times.
Several players have also been prepared, they took part in joint training sessions and it is certain that for the next match they have better squad, trust and also seeing the development can provide little assurance that Real Madrid will still be here fighting for the championship title.
It is also certain that for the remaining two match Real Madrid will be able to get points.

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It's still a sensible choice if you're considering Real Madrid because Real Madrid can be very good in the knockout phase anyway. Because from the previous few seasons also in my judgment Real Madrid is not too good in the group phase even so, Real Madrid still managed to become group winners and even still managed to get the trophy. Also, although this time the format is no longer a group system, but at least Real Madrid also still has a chance to be able to advance further even though it might have to go through the play offs.

But anyway, if I consider about their position in the current standings, then of course Liverpool deserve to be the top favorite. But even so, I personally still don't fully believe Liverpool will make it to the final match and get the Champion League trophy this season. With that reason, I believe there could still be surprises to come, and the odds for the other teams also are very good in the screenshots below.

This table appears dynamic to me in the sense that it wasn't in this form before now, the odds were probably higher and Manchester city and Real Madrid as usual were having the smallest because it was believe they were the two teams with the most chance of wining the champions league title this season but going but the current form and strength of Liverpool, they are now looking even more promising than the teams who were having the most expectations from in the early time of the season. Arsenal and Real Madrid having the same odds feels strange as before now Arsenal will have higher odds than Madrid will.

Actually no one expected their condition to be like this, that at the beginning of the season they really gave a good impression to everyone, but Man City actually experienced a decline in the middle of this season and that often happens to big clubs like Man City and Real Madrid, indeed not too many predict Liverpool, Arsenal and other teams to win the Champions League title even so we cannot avoid the so-called club rotation cycle that will always happen to both superior and non-superior clubs, so it is better to enjoy the game presented rather than supporting the team we hope to win the title.

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Quote from: Weawant on December 26, 2024, 05:58:34 PM

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This table appears dynamic to me in the sense that it wasn't in this form before now, the odds were probably higher and Manchester city and Real Madrid as usual were having the smallest because it was believe they were the two teams with the most chance of wining the champions league title this season but going but the current form and strength of Liverpool, they are now looking even more promising than the teams who were having the most expectations from in the early time of the season. Arsenal and Real Madrid having the same odds feels strange as before now Arsenal will have higher odds than Madrid will.

Yes it is dynamic, which makes sense of course. If Real Madrid were to lose the next game, it would again change significantly while it wouldn't change much for Liverpool if they were to lose their game. We are now getting closer to the final odds after the league stage.

Looking at this, I think Liverpool could seriously be worth some money here. The knockout stage is going to be another level of a challenge, but what are the teams that you guys think in the current condition have a serious chance to knockout in two legs in the next stage of the Champions League competition? Or maybe many of the have a chance, but is there any team that is a 50 50 competitor? I think that Liverpool has a 60 40 edge over all of them. There is no team that would make it 50 50 at the moment. This can change of course due to various circumstances like getting out of shape, injuries, I don't know what else.

I don't know if it's correct to give Arsenal a 6.50 when they give Inter Milan a 15.00 or Atletico Madrid in their present form a 36.00. Some of the odds are off I suppose.

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I don't Manchester City will be willing to find another coach despite Pep Guardiola recent struggles in both the Premier league and the Champions League. Pep Guardiola still remains City’s greatest manager and as such he is highly respected at the club and that's why they decided to extend his contract. Despite their recent struggles, the club hierarchy will be confident that Guardiola will be able to get Manchester City back to their best.

Not a lot of people have given up on Pep Guardiola yet, they have been playing poorly but many people still have confidence in him that he’s going to revive the club and they will still come back to their winning ways as usual. Manchester City was one of the best for the champions league trophy and also well positioned for the premier league title fight at the beginning of the season and all of a sudden, everything changed and since then we haven’t seen the best of them till now, just draw and losses on a continuous run for so long now. Since we still have a lot of confidants in Pep Guardiola, we might see them get back to their winning ways before the end of the season. I hope it won’t be too late for them when they do.

The Pep Guardiola saga is becoming so obvious that things are wrong. Due to his past records and achievements, people have refused to acknowledge the obvious. They are expecting Pep to pull off a surprise from nowhere whereas Pep is indeed aware that he is in trouble.
Once a fearful Manchester City is becoming an EPL tou for every club. I just wish that Pep and his boys will regain their form before the resumption of the next round of the Champions League, if not, things will go wrong to a large extent.
There's no doubt that City could get back in track, but it's almost becoming doubtful. Pep should hasten up, things are not always as seen.

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Quote from: hahay on December 26, 2024, 04:12:11 PM

It's still a sensible choice if you're considering Real Madrid because Real Madrid can be very good in the knockout phase anyway. Because from the previous few seasons also in my judgment Real Madrid is not too good in the group phase even so, Real Madrid still managed to become group winners and even still managed to get the trophy. Also, although this time the format is no longer a group system, but at least Real Madrid also still has a chance to be able to advance further even though it might have to go through the play offs.

But anyway, if I consider about their position in the current standings, then of course Liverpool deserve to be the top favorite. But even so, I personally still don't fully believe Liverpool will make it to the final match and get the Champion League trophy this season. With that reason, I believe there could still be surprises to come, and the odds for the other teams also are very good in the screenshots below.

This table appears dynamic to me in the sense that it wasn't in this form before now, the odds were probably higher and Manchester city and Real Madrid as usual were having the smallest because it was believe they were the two teams with the most chance of wining the champions league title this season but going but the current form and strength of Liverpool, they are now looking even more promising than the teams who were having the most expectations from in the early time of the season. Arsenal and Real Madrid having the same odds feels strange as before now Arsenal will have higher odds than Madrid will.

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Quote from: hahay on December 26, 2024, 04:12:11 PM

But anyway, if I consider about their position in the current standings, then of course Liverpool deserve to be the top favorite. But even so, I personally still don't fully believe Liverpool will make it to the final match and get the Champion League trophy this season. With that reason, I believe there could still be surprises to come, and the odds for the other teams also are very good in the screenshots below.

Liverpool is given these high chance because of their performance so far, and if we rate them according to their performance, they actually deserve the praises because they are playing really well in all competitions.

Madrid, as the defending champions and the team with the most champions league experience was ranked second, I am not confident about Madrid this season due to inconsistency in the Champions League, they are still below the top ten spots which is embarrassing; therefore, I believe they can make it up, but u still don’t count on them as the champions of this season.
Even Liverpool, let’s see how they will go before concluding on of to trust them or not; if they maintain their champions league performance, then they can be relied on.

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Quote from: Pokapoka124 on December 26, 2024, 03:19:49 PM

I don't Manchester City will be willing to find another coach despite Pep Guardiola recent struggles in both the Premier league and the Champions League. Pep Guardiola still remains City’s greatest manager and as such he is highly respected at the club and that's why they decided to extend his contract. Despite their recent struggles, the club hierarchy will be confident that Guardiola will be able to get Manchester City back to their best.

Pep Guardiola has proven to bring history to the club and their slump this season is not a reason for the club management to fire Pep Guardiola. He is a great coach and there are difficult times for him in coaching the team and this is the time he is going through because City once led the standings but now their position is in 7th place in the Premier League.

Also in the Champions League, Manchester City's performance is not very stable, they are even easily defeated. For this situation, of course, the club management must encourage Pep guardiola to find a way to make their performance better.
Pep Guardiola has presented many trophies for City and if at this time they choose to fire Pep then that is a pretty silly decision.

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Manchester City would find a new coach in no time since they have the money and the status in the world of football. But yes it would be a bad sign if they sack him after extending his contract, however it is possible that in talks with his bosses he himself will draw the conclusion that getting him fired is the best thing to do or that he will throw the towel.

It is often said that Guardiola should be fine because he was so successful in the past, but look at Klopp what he did two times. When he noticed that the energy level, the intensity of the connection between him and the team is exhausted or is going down quickly, he calls it a day and communicated openly and transparently that the time may have come some changes.

I don't think it is a bad thing to deal with these things in an honest way, but my understanding is that they extended the contract because they thought it would help remedy the bad situation. But now that it was getting worse and worse, I think this could become a quandary for everyone. For Guardiola, but for players like De Bruyne because he isn't happy as he is on his way losing Guardiola's trust and then also for the bosses.

It’s not about bringing in a new manager it’s about bringing a manager that can show impact and bring the team to glory which in my opinion will be very difficult to find such managers that will be as good as Guardiola or even better than him. I believe the club will be very careful with handling this decision because they know if they lose Guardiola now it will be difficult to get a coach as good as him and another club would want to sign him and help them.

Talking about Klopp and comparing him with Guardiola is not ideal, Klopp noticed he was losing control of his team and he left before it will backfire, I think it’s same thing happening with Manchester City but this is the first time it’s happening to them so no one wants to believe that the coach is losing it but I also think his time with the team is limited.
The new contract extension have made the situation worse for both Guardiola and the club, it should have happened before the contract extension and Guardiola wouldn’t have extended the contract but it is what it is. I am enjoying the downfall of Manchester City Grin

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Quote from: ILuckyGuyI on December 26, 2024, 03:19:05 PM

I wanted to check out the odds for the CL title and saw this:

• Liverpool => 3.10
• Arsenal => 4.00
• Real Madrid => 4.00

Top 3 contenders are listed like this according to bookies. Real Madrid didn't start great but they are still considered really close to Liverpool. Not surprised of course. You know they are the king of the CL with the most amount of trophies. Tongue

Barcelona follow these 3 clubs with 4.20 odds. I'm thinking of betting some on Real Madrid to lift the trophy. If they don't face each other earlier I believe we can watch a Liverpool - Real Madrid finale. That would be really lovely but we will see.

I think Barcelona will also do a good job as they have the strength to reach at least the semi finals. But I'm doubtful about doing more.

I think the reason why Real Madrid still has such odds is because of their chance to qualify further through the play offs. But I think I will start believing some of these odds after all teams has qualified for the quarter finals. My reason is because, I can't be too sure of teams that hasn't really been consistent. Take Manchester City for example, they've been having a very poor result in the competition, so I will have to wait patiently till the last game day, to see if they will even make it through the play offs. I seriously doubt that, because they are playing PSG next in January. Same thing goes for Real Madrid as well. That consistency isn't guaranteed.

But if at the end of the day, Real Madrid eventually makes it to the quarter finals, then there is a very big chance for them. They don't call them the King of Champions league for nothing. They know how to get the job done even with injury worries. The mistake other teams will make is to allow Madrid qualify for the quarter finals, semi finals and finals. They will definitely lift it if given the chance to.

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Quote from: Marvell1 on December 26, 2024, 03:17:56 PM

However, Arne Slot will have to try to strengthen Liverpool's squad even more next season. So Arne Slot may want to add several players to the squad in the winter transfer. However, he will not give these players a chance in the starting XI. If any changes are made to Liverpool's starting XI, its effect will be seen in Liverpool's overall performance. However, Arne Slot is a very experienced coach. I'm looking forward to hearing which players Arne Slot is interested in adding to Liverpool's squad to strengthen it.

Before they do that next season there is still the difficult job of keeping some players from leaving for free at the end of this season.
There are some important players whose contracts are running out like van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold in defense and of course Salah is one of the important players in attack whose contract is also running out.
Before they look for new player options to strengthen the club's condition they must find ways to keep these players because the slightest wrong action these players can leave whenever and wherever they want for free which of course this will be a loss if it happens.

Unless Liverpool are ready to lose and look for replacement options for some of these important players. then indeed letting them go or being sold in the winter transfer if possible will make them get a little profit even though the risk of performance may be threatened.

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Quote from: Marvell1 on December 26, 2024, 03:17:56 PM

Quote from: Dzwaafu11 on December 26, 2024, 03:03:26 PM

To me, I think if Liverpool gets new players now, they just do it ahead of next season because currently their squad is okay; they don’t have any bad players among them. They are a very good squad. Currently, the Liverpool squad is winning matches, so I don’t think they really need that transfer right now, and even if they do, that will be ahead of next season's preparation, or if some of their players get injured before then, if not, I don’t think they need new players to make them more stable; they are already good enough to get the work done.

Liverpool's overall squad is very strong at the moment. Now it will not be right to make any changes to Liverpool's squad. The bonding between the players is very strong. This is why the team is able to play well consistently. The performance of Liverpool's players in both the Champions League and the Premier League is very good. Now if Liverpool coach Arne Slot makes any changes within the squad, then there is a possibility that Liverpool's overall performance will be unstable. I don't think Arne Slot will want to take such a risk at the moment.

However, Arne Slot will have to try to strengthen Liverpool's squad even more next season. So Arne Slot may want to add several players to the squad in the winter transfer. However, he will not give these players a chance in the starting XI. If any changes are made to Liverpool's starting XI, its effect will be seen in Liverpool's overall performance. However, Arne Slot is a very experienced coach. I'm looking forward to hearing which players Arne Slot is interested in adding to Liverpool's squad to strengthen it.

A strong squad like this is the Achilles heel of the team because, as you said, if you change things, there can be instability in the team. But I think they will have to make changes to the squad one way or another as the season progresses because there are no seasons without injuries in the squad, it's a basic situation, so someone will have to change and I hope they are prepared for the fact that someone might drop out.

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