09 Dec 2025 07:39:23
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Leeds United v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective

1.) 09 Dec 2025
09 Dec 2025 18:55:53
Another interesting post Ed. I have some sympathy with Salah’s “thrown under the bus “ interview. I've seen him against us and a few other games on TV and he seemed the brightest attacking spark, still sharp and with great pace. As you say, it’s Liverpool’s defence that is creaky, yet it’s Salah who is dropped.
Don’t get it but I’m not party to the off field politics. Perhaps Salah has engineered his final big post off in the Middle East but I think he still has a lot to offer in the Prem.


Is Salah one of those rare footballers who has a hinterland and a life beyond football, which he is now heartily sick of? What’s your informed view Ed. Perhaps he’s happy to bow out at the top with all his medals and accumulated glory?
Take a leaf out of Klopps book and step back?

{Ed001's Note - no mate, he doesn't want to go, this is all about him desperate to stay at Liverpool. He rejected over a million a week on offer if he had gone in the summer. He wants to stay in Liverpool and play for Liverpool. His family are settled, his wife can't do her work in Arabia, she is a scientist. His eldest daughter, in particular, is happy and settled in school and does not want to move. His primary focus is his family, what is best for them is what he wants, so him finding out that Liverpool are trying to sell him without even informing him first, has angered him.

He is one of those players that just wants to focus on the game, which is why he gets so fed up on international duty as the Egyptian FA will turn up at his hotel room at all hours of the night with guests wanting to meet him. When he should be resting ahead of a game the following day, they will be waking him up to speak to a sponsor. Going to somewhere like the USA or Arabia would lead to that kind of thing happening all the time. He is an obsessive trainer, he wants a professional environment. So I am not sure what will happen now.

Personally I would shift out Slot, Hughes and Edwards for treating a club legend like this. But I would also reluctantly tell Salah that his outburst means his position is untenable too. It is just that he can't be alone in leaving now.}

2.) 09 Dec 2025
09 Dec 2025 19:35:09
Sadly, what Salah said is pretty similar to what Nuno said in terms of crossing a line, rightly or wrongly.

There isn't any coming back from that I am afraid.

{Ed001's Note - yeah it kills me to agree, but yes.}

3.) 10 Dec 2025
10 Dec 2025 18:17:59
Thanks for your comments Ed. I think some people on here ( and generally ) think in terms of football manager type games without taking into account world class footballers are human beings too, with all the problems and complications that brings with it….

{Ed001's Note - it is easy to forget that.}