spitfire Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Lfc u23s beat Hearts first team today in a behind closed door friendly. Liam got a goal and an assist... Reign, maccaliam, apbsmith and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 This doesn't surprise me... SPL quality is so dodgy except for Celtic and maybe Rangers. Hope Liam gets a loan to a better league or team. Chad_Impact 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaltan Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 FYI it was not Hearts first team bunch of fringe and players that are going out on loan bit of a joke saying that it was the first team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, zaltan said: FYI it was not Hearts first team bunch of fringe and players that are going out on loan bit of a joke saying that it was the first team Sorry didn’t know you were at the game. Do you have the team sheet from hearts? Was told by Lfc officially that it was mostly first team players coached by Craig Levin played at Tynecastle but I guess I was wrong.... only reporting what I was told... Edited July 18, 2019 by spitfire SkuseisLoose and gator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Hearts first team just played on Tuesday so unlikely it was near a first XI but there could still be “first team players”. This would be more like a reserve team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Hearts first team just played on Tuesday so unlikely it was near a first XI but there could still be “first team players”. This would be more like a reserve team. That is the most likely situation, it was a closed door friendly so Hearts would definitely want to get 1st team squad players some playing time against good opposition, it would hardly reflect the quality of the Scottish League, I'm just glad Liam played well against a good opponent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 22 minutes ago, gator said: .... it would hardly reflect the quality of the Scottish League I beg to differ. The value of some of these EPL reserve (u23) teams are more if not the same as some SPL teams (Kilmarnock for example). That alone speaks something to the quality. Steven Gerard said himself that the quality is lower than he expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkuseisLoose Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Shway said: I beg to differ. The value of some of these EPL reserve (u23) teams are more if not the same as some SPL teams (Kilmarnock for example). That alone speaks something to the quality. Steven Gerard said himself that the quality is lower than he expected. Completely disagree he was probably expecting championship level for all teams minimum but instead got some teams that are about league 1 efl level. Rangers and Celtic could probably both sit around lower mid table of the prem while teams like kilmarnock hearts and Aberdeen would all be comfortably championship teams. While the rest would be league 1 or between league1 and championship. Edited July 18, 2019 by SkuseisLoose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boominbooty Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Kilmarnock just got dumped out of Europa League by Connah's Quay of the Welsh Premier League!! If he was hoping to get some Europe expereicne he might want to get loaned elsewhere . .. . king1010, Shway and Junkie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Shway said: That alone speaks something to the quality. Steven Gerard said himself that the quality is lower than he expected. In case anybody enjoys a good read: https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-says-16228346 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reign Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 42 minutes ago, nolando said: In case anybody enjoys a good read: https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-says-16228346 Man reading this and all I can think of is York 9 games. Literally look so bad on the league because of the camera angles. Well Y9 attendance is putrid regardless but a completely empty stand is brutal to look at for new spectators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 18 hours ago, SkuseisLoose said: Completely disagree he was probably expecting championship level for all teams minimum but instead got some teams that are about league 1 efl level. Rangers and Celtic could probably both sit around lower mid table of the prem .... Yeah, turn of phrase makes his comments sound harsher than intended. What he said is quite different from "I knew it was bad but not THAT bad" that it's sort of made out to be. Think Celtic and Rangers would be fighting tooth and nail to avoid the drop myself. A successful season would be staying up. But of course neither gets 100M in EPL money currently. SkuseisLoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcrash Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I've streamed a lot of Gent games this season to follow David and I can objectively say that a mid-table team in the Jupiler Pro League would smoke a similarly placed team in the SPL. CanadaFan123 and king1010 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaltan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 It is too bad that it was not Hearts first team, would have been nice to see Zanatta and Liam on the same pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 They played together in the u20 World Cup qualifying in Costa Rica for Canada. Liam said him and Dario had a nice chat after the game ... cronaldo7 and JuicyHam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Snowcrash said: I've streamed a lot of Gent games this season to follow David and I can objectively say that a mid-table team in the Jupiler Pro League would smoke a similarly placed team in the SPL. I had the fortune to watch both Gent and Hearts last season within 10 days of each other. I don’t think the word “smoke” is appropriate. But it would be very competitive and I’d favour (slightly) a Gent over a Hearts in a competitive fixture or for example, Club Brugge over an Aberdeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 6 hours ago, spitfire said: They played together in the u20 World Cup qualifying in Costa Rica for Canada. Liam said him and Dario had a nice chat after the game ... Let's hope they can play together again this fall in Olympic qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcrash Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Transfermarkt obviously not the final word but total market value of players in millions of Euros has Hearts = 11, Aberdeen = 12, Gent = 85, Brugge = 109. These teams might have a competitive game or two, but over the course of a full season in the Jupiler Pro League, Aberdeen and Hearts are in a dogfight not to get relegated. Edited July 20, 2019 by Snowcrash Bertuzzi44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Millar playing for Liverpool's first team in a friendly versus Bradford, has a nice chance @ 1:25 dyslexic nam, Cheeta, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Made 13/17 of a list of top youth prospects who featured in Liverpool preseason. https://www.thisisanfield.com/2019/08/ranking-all-17-youngsters-to-feature-for-liverpool-throughout-pre-season/amp/ johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkuseisLoose Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 So spitfire said there was going to be a loan move for Liam a couple weeks ago but now the transfer window is drawing closed. Has the loan move fallen through or will it be announced soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strait Red Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 56 minutes ago, SkuseisLoose said: So spitfire said there was going to be a loan move for Liam a couple weeks ago but now the transfer window is drawing closed. Has the loan move fallen through or will it be announced soon? Liverpool is working on getting loans for several of the young guys, I’m sure something will be done with Liam soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Strait Red said: Liverpool is working on getting loans for several of the young guys, I’m sure something will be done with Liam soon. The loan will be announced within the next 2 days...had loads of options with lots of moving parts... a big year for Liam so guaranteed plying time is most important in an environment that suits his playing style... nit an easy decisions and then the club has to approve it.. stay tuned Edited August 4, 2019 by spitfire Shway, deschamp86, Nello and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, spitfire said: The loan will be announced within the next 2 days...had loads of options with lots of moving parts... a big year for Liam so guaranteed plying time is most important in an environment that suits his playing style... nit an easy decisions and then the club has to approve it.. stay tuned Are you happy with the result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Why loan him if it looks like he isn't going to be in Klopp's plans at all? Just sell him to a team that will play him and have a long term plan for him. Even if he impresses with his new loan spell he'll just end up back at Liverpool and then loaned out again. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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