Liverpool's Contract Saga & Man City Back To Winning Ways

[@anuph.3806]

I am going to be so glad once this transfer bs is over with Liverpool as a Liverpool fan, no matter how it goes, so tired of hearing about it everywhere after every single fukcing game

[@negativecreep9320]

Not just after the game, but during. Commentator mentioned it three times yesterday. It’s ridiculous.

[@versioncity1]

me too, although to be fair it's largely the pundits who never let up about it when they know nothing will be said from LFC until it's sorted.

[@jonathancampbell9133]

It's no coincidence either - the media and most everyone else are desperate for Liverpool to not win the league, so they ask about contracts after every single game to try and destabilise the players and minimise how well they're doing under Slot. There are loads of players out of contract this summer - de bruyne, son and maguire... they never get mentioned, only Liverpool players do.

[@Poseiden2]

Yes, it is becoming a bit repetitive. They say Trent will be worshipped at Real Madrid, didn't they say the same about Gareth Bale (for all that he won)?

[@bmca6892]

100 what will b will b...let's enjoy this season then best we can & hopefully we will b crowned champions 🥳

[@mikepanayiotou6520]

I'm with Micah, volley is hitting the ball in the air without the bounce, and half volley is when you hit the ball in the air after it's bounced on the ground.

[@cillianhourihan3427]

What if you didn't see the ball bounce? Turned around and there the person is volleying the ball? 😂

[@Tesmond256]

@@cillianhourihan3427 if a tree falls in the woods the bear still shat himself. It’s a half volley move on.

[@michaelkarran2811]

Half volley is hitting it just after it hits the ground, volley is before the bounce, anything else is just hitting a bouncing ball.

[@stephenderry9488]

The dictionary definition is "before it has touched the ground" so I think you can imply that if it has already touched the ground (since last touching another player) it is not a volley. Waiting for a ball to bounce, rise then drop on your foot so you are ready for the "volley" is just cheating.

[@MoopyMoops]

I thought half volley was if it hits your shin 😂

[@IAM_SALEM]

Alan turned down offers from everywhere to stay with his boyhood club (without winning trophies) and still thinks Trent can't turn down Real Madrid 😅

[@Tesmond256]

@@IAM_SALEM did he ever run down his contract?

[@andrewharrison7767]

You're comparing a player in his prime, similar to shearer when he was the world record transfer & also the top paid player. Its liverpool's fault if he goes on a free, because they haven't renewed his contract, whereas Newcastle renewed Shearer's - as for 'turning down offers', incorrect the media reports of Shearer rejecting man utd 3 times is false, as shearer has stated himself. The CLUB rejected a celtic offer in 2004, weeks before bobby robson was sacked. By then, Shearer was within 30 goals of breaking the club record & originally planned to retire at end of 04/5;

[@jun3078]

Different times. Newcastle can pay him astronomical wage (at that time) to match any top teams but in modern football there are wage structures to adhere to FFP and Madrid obviously being the biggest club in the world can offer more.

[@ynwa7084]

@@andrewharrison7767remember Klopp announced his move right during the period the contract should have been done. None of the three would have signed not knowing who was coming.

[@rossdixon6126]

Shearer didn't run his contract down ,totally different situation

[@kd5973]

They’re not going to worship Trent there. They released an article yesterday already saying that he won’t be able to play how he plays at Liverpool and he will be expected to play as a traditional full back. They wrote a whole thing about how he will be expected to do an apprenticeship to be more like carvajal and they aren’t interested in him going forward. So basically everything that makes Trent Trent, they don’t want. Perez just wants him because he’s a name.

[@erlinghakaku9967]

so u read an article and believed it straight away? lovely iq your displaying ima be honest LOL

[@EphraimAkoto]

If they play him as a rb , he is gonna get cooked by skillful la liga wingers 😂😂😂

[@lukemclellan2141]

Who's "they"?

[@momoghal3711]

@@erlinghakaku9967 The entire thing about him agreeing to go to Madrid is based on an article published by a paper known to lie. LOL.

[@Kivikesku]

I don't think they want him for his defending. Why would they? They want him because of his passes.

[@SpeedZonez]

Micah is correct!! A volley is when the ball does not bounce from the previous players touch and is then struck without touching the floor, half volley is when the ball bounces at least once before being struck.

[@Tesmond256]

We always said half volley was just one bounce, multiple bounces stops it being a half volley…otherwise way too many things become half volleys it stops it being a distinct thing.

[@hustlersmelody9641]

@@Tesmond256Why would multiple bounces stop it being a half volley? Half volley is defined by hitting the ball after it bounces, regardless of how many bounces. If Alexander Arnold pinged a ball from behind half way line meeting Mo salah perfectly after 2 bounces and if Salah struck it with power and it hit the back of the net you’d be saying he struck the ball on the half volley, same thing if he chipped it over the keeper after the second bounce, its still a half volley kick. Yes some things come into account that would make waiting for the ball to bounce more than once before hitting look easier which would take the definition away.. but in game on the run in awkward positions.. call it a half volley why not ?

[@Tesmond256]

@ I like the simple definition: A full volley has 0 bounces on the ground. A half volley has 1 bounce. The second bounce on the ground takes away the other half making it no longer a volley. Volleys are often great goals but not all great goals are volleys.

[@Tesmond256]

In your hypotheticals I would say he struck a bouncing ball, he struck it on the up or as it was coming down, I would say it was a wonderful strike, a rocket but not a half volley. Perhaps other people are ok with multiple bounces but at that point when is a bobbling ball a half volley or not?

[@hustlersmelody9641]

@@Tesmond256 Well you’ve made a fair point and gave me proper laugh with the fact you can’t keep adding halves to each bounce, we’re gonna need a definition eventually 😂 I agree 👍

[@spockks]

No. Madrid will not worship him like Liverpool.

[@bimapriambada1098]

If he win something we will praise and worship him. Macca, Seedorf, and many former Madrid players still getting recognition and love from Madridista even though they didn't play long enough like Raul, Casillas, or Ramos.

[@ethelburga]

Well he hasn't gone yet, but he'll fit in even better than Mcmanaman. He'll give his first interview to the press in Spanish. He'll constantly be smarter than anyone expects, something hardly anyone has noticed about him here. And he'll have done a few things they've never seen before by the time he's played three games.

[@TheGreatVivek7]

Madrid are a bankrupt club run on debt money. They are poor and can only sign players for free and then sell them back to English clubs for a profit. Of course they would worship him over there

[@Dude0000]

MacManaman isn’t beloved by Liverpool fans, in general. I like him, and I’m a Liverpool fan, but for a scouser to leave just leaves a bitter taste. And Owen, well he would be hated if we weren’t so indifferent towards him, but only because we got the best from him.

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

Until he has a few bad games and they'll throw him out like you do all their players.

[@jackxii8725]

The Trent situation is very simple. We all understand the pull of Madrid. But if Mac Allister can sign an extension at Brighton with a favourable release clause to ensure that clubs will still come in for him, but he wouldn't leave Brighton high and dry - then what Trent is doing by leaving on a free despite knowing how the club is run is going to tarnish his standing with the fans. Yes, it's not his responsibility to put the club before him, and good on him if he can get a massive signing bonus for joining on a free, but don't expect to be celebrated by the fans when he retires and comes back. He'll go down with McManaman and Owen, players who were undeniably great for us, but left with the hopes of bigger and better and now aren't greeted as heroes by the fans. What makes this all worse for Trent too is that those other players left because Liverpool couldn't compete, we're currently the best side in Europe, so that will go against Trent too.

[@BruceLee1.0]

@@jackxii8725 how is it his fault that the club doesn't gave him a new contract. Geez... Liverpool fans are one of the most deluded fans you will see. Instead of blaming the board you guys are blaming the players. Bunch of helmets

[@PazLeBon]

Yep

[@Concernedworldcitizen]

Why celebrate TAA , he is so lazy, it looks like it kills him to run back and defend. He has a giant Ego. Don’t like it.

[@bobhenderson9276]

​@@BruceLee1.0 you don't think Liverpool have offered him a contract? They can't force him to sign if he doesn't want to. This whole thing has almost certainly been going on for a lot longer than people think. Trent has probably had word of real Madrid's interest for a while, but knows that they are only interested if they can get him on a free. So of course he's not going to sign if he wants to leave.

[@jackxii8725]

@@BruceLee1.0 There is absolutely no way that Trent wasn't offered a contract extension earlier. It has already been speculated that the renewals were underway and promising until Klopp left, then all 3 players obviously wanted to hold off to see who came in. Which is absolutely fair. However, we all know how Madrid operate. Trent and his agent will have been warned that he either lets his contract run and goes for free, or they never come back in for him. They threatened Mbappe with the same thing. And like I said, Trent is well within his rights to let it play out like this and take the massive signing bonus from Madrid, he just shouldn't expect to be welcomed back, or for us to come rescue him when he's getting boo'd in Spain and they're trying to get him off their books.

[@jamiem4421]

When Alan says Liverpool fans should put themselves in Trent’s position and understand him leaving on a free, I take that to mean that he would have left Newcastle on a free. Correct?

[@shu550]

Great point! Encouraging everyone else to be a mercenary until it comes to them. Hazard, Mac Allister even that Jude Bellingham renewed their contracts before leaving. Nobody is talking about the biggest club in the world, wants a player for free but otherwise isn’t interested.

[@paulie-g]

@@shu550 How do you debase yourself enough to join a club that won't have you unless they can get you at a cut price of a sign-on fee? Genuinely disgusted with TAA, all the seasons we kept playing him when he was costing us all the time in the hope he'll learn to defend eventually, this season - just before he goes to RM - he discovers the virtues of video analysis and starts defending a bit, couldn't manage that before? We sold Neco Williams to keep playing this sorry excuse. Can f- off and never come back far as I'm concerned, whoever is playing on our left will demolish him next time we play RM in CL, provided he's not benched by that point

[@shu550]

@@paulie-g 😭😭. I can’t co-sign everything you’ve said. At this moment, Trent hasn’t said anything (good and bad thing) and media are forcing us fans to switch on him. Let’s be wiser and remember he’s still our own, and will do the right thing 🤞🏽

[@neilmiller6214]

Not even close to being relevant. Alan chose to sign for Newcastle and ignored advances from other teams when Newcastle were not a title winning team because he wanted to help them win. Trent has won everything at Liverpool, he has been through the academy so his work is done. He can leave for a new challenge. Your point is nonsense.

[@paulie-g]

@@neilmiller6214 Not on a free, especially in the age of PSR/UEFA FFP and oil clubs that Liverpool has to compete with using its own money. He's played as much of a role in losing us two CL finals and two PL titles as he's played in us winning PL/CL. His obligation to the club for years of playing him when he was only intermittently good going forward and consistently bad defending isn't suddenly over. Liverpool is competing for everything and he's being paid top whack, no reason to leave except dubious fame among non-football people and greed

[@graftingdiamond6775]

Man City got out possessed by Leicester and the xG was about even. If that constitutes 'back on top form' then your definition of top form is different to everyone else's.

[@lukebrown8580]

Mate shut up about stats. Man united lost 3-0 to Bournemouth but had like a 2.5 XG 😂 STATS ARE STUPID IN FOOTBALL

[@kd5973]

@@lukebrown8580then watch with your eyes. They looked like they were on the verge of conceding the entire game and the second goal came completely against the run of play. They looked toothless

[@lukebrown8580]

@@kd5973 they won 2-0. End of 🤣🤣

[@jimmybloxham3434]

And needed Michael Oliver’s help to win.

[@rubericks]

Who said they’re back on top form?

[@bigmol1633]

Trent is entitled to go, but he cant expect to remembered as a club legend if he does

[@James-ju4gj]

Or be expecting any kind of warm welcome back

[@jekanyika]

Exactly, leaving on a free to go to Real Madrid would tarnish his legacy.

[@DVDFHardTarget]

If he leaves he is just another Owen and will be treated the same by the Liverpool fan base.

[@SongofIceandTea]

he won Liverpool their first PL title and he also won them UCL, he's already a legend with or without him staying

[@kurtmc9628]

Fernando Torres "Torres left for Chelsea, never found his Liverpool form. Sometimes, the grass isn't greener." Philippe Coutinho "Coutinho's Barcelona move was a dream turned nightmare. Loyalty to Liverpool might've been better for his career." Jordan Henderson "Henderson's Saudi adventure was short and unremarkable. Leaving Liverpool doesn't always pay off." Sadio Mane "Mane's Bayern stint didn't match his Liverpool legacy. Change isn't always for the better." Fabinho "Fabinho's move to Saudi Arabia? Al-Ittihad struggles show not all big-money moves are wise." Ryan Babel "Babel's career post-Liverpool was a shadow of his Anfield days. Think twice before moving on.

[@mulindamark1885]

Don’t think Fabinho and Henderson had a choice mate a lot goes on behind closed doors so different situations

[@kurtmc9628]

@@mulindamark1885 Fabinho and Henderson, like all professional footballers, ultimately had the choice to leave Liverpool FC. Despite any behind-the-scenes complexities, players have contractual rights and personal agency in deciding their career paths, including accepting offers that align with their personal and professional goals. The decisions to move, often influenced by lucrative contracts or new challenges, are ultimately theirs to make

[@preethamhazard]

Torres won a UCL and Europa league with Chelsea and Coutinho won a UCL with Bayern. Coutinho might regret it but may be not Torres

[@Xavier2312]

Gini Wijnaldam, Michael owen, the list goes on

[@Xavier2312]

@ they were both trash after Lfc bro lets be real here. And Torres has said he shouldn’t have left

[@ted_maul]

Appreciate it's difficult for Gary to relate to having played for Everton and Spurs prior to moving to Barcelona, but leaving Liverpool is not the same deal.

[@sedkibenhaouala4749]

Cr7 left ManU, Henry left Arsenal, Suarez left Liverpool, Hazard left Chelsea... It's all the same when it comes to the to RM and Barca

[@roomanhamza7170]

its same REAL MADRID ARE BIGGER THAN FOOTBAL ITSELF ,

[@karazor-el9596]

he played for barca before spurs

[@Support-your-local-team]

"Liverpool is not the same deal" and yet most Liverpool players who get a better option leave

[@paulcoffield2102]

Spot on. That doesn't seem to register at all for Gary. It will to Shearer though.

[@catherineartiss358]

If Trent does move, we are so lucky to have a player like Conor Bradley waiting in the wings. Think many of us feel he would be ready to step right in & follow on in that highest level.

[@TheGreatVivek7]

Mr Ballon dor is still awful defensively. Even in the game against Leicester he was at fault for their goal. He won't get protection from fans over his defensive frailties like he gets from Liverpool supporters

[@ianmorrison554]

Connor will score more goals than Trent and is much more solid defensively. We are really fortunate to have such a great replacement. After winning everything with Liverpool I can understand him fancying playing in Spain. Spain is such a great country and Madrid sre a legendary side. If he goes we need cover for Connor...

[@AL3X8-D]

IF Trent goes he will not be considered a Liverpool great in the fans eyes, Its as simple as that. Its up to him how he wants to leave his legacy. Liverpool should be the destination for a player and not a stepping stone.

[@lukemclellan2141]

But it isn't a destination.

[@rockatanescu]

He's been at the club for 20 years, mate. Can't fault him for wanting a new challenge.

[@TheGreatVivek7]

Mr Ballon dor is still awful defensively. Even in the game against Leicester he was at fault for their goal. He won't get protection from fans over his defensive frailties like he gets from Liverpool supporters

[@ghostjacker]

FSG got thrown a curveball when Klopp announced he's leaving. The had to focus on finding a suitable replacement, which as it turns out is way more important. So gaining Slot, and losing Trent probably out of the 3. Liverpool definitely still came out on top. Players leave all the time. And Liverpool can attract the top talents to replace players. Keegan left, King Kenny followed. Rush left for his sabbatical at Juve, and Aldridge came in and was excellent. Bobby, Sadio, Philip, Henderson, all had to leave. Yes, we would live to keep him. But Liverpool are not so bad that we solely depend on him to win games. This season has proved that. So, good luck to Trent in Spain if he goes. And we all know, haters are trying to find any reason to destabilise Liverpool. And this is the only one left after the "haven't played anyone, played all the teams when they have a drop off, blah blah blah. But surprise, surprise. Looks like Liverpool is focused on the job of winning. Hold that you lot.

[@allezlesrouges]

Mostly Arsenal fans that are coming to terms that their manager and football club isn't as good as they think it is. They're the ones making most of the noise. Utd are too busy worrying about their club and Chelsea are building something that looks very promising. They're making a fuss about Salah and being a Tory/UKIP loving fanbase you can understand why. We'll leave City out of this for the time being

[@richardcooper9167]

I'm kind of looking forward to seeing Connor Deadly take up the position.

[@Danny_TNT]

Trent would be the first person to ever leave Liverpool when we’re actually winning things. Everyone else left because they felt we couldn’t match their career ambitions. His ambitions are more followers and brand deals

[@mikeharris4562]

He’s won everything, like Shearer said. You can’t fault him for going.

[@sebsoulsgamer]

Volley - no bounce Half volley - one bounce I’m with Micah 👊🏼

[@JamesKerwin]

100%

[@MrMusic238]

Agreed

[@Red-Revolution708]

Liverpool are the biggest club in Britain with 6 CL and 19 titles and are better side than RM now.

[@Jumka]

Not wrong but Real Madrid is still Real Madrid

[@Support-your-local-team]

Real Madrid are a far bigger club

[@BruceLee1.0]

Since 1990 you guys have won only 3 major trophies. Definitely doesn't sound like a big club. You guys can't even afford mane and salah in their prime that's how pathetic Liverpool club is run. And now you allow 3 important players to run their contract out. No big club would let that happen.

[@N9ndo]

@@BruceLee1.0 Mané was already past his prime for Liverpool's last 2 seasons, the club did well to sell him, his numbers at Bayern were bad.

[@BruceLee1.0]

@@N9ndo drop off?? Do you even watch football. Mane scored 16 goals in the premier league in his last season for Liverpool and he had to leave Bayern cause he punched sane.

[@TheKruxed]

Trent will ruin his Liverpool legacy by leaving on a free to Real Madrid of all places, ask Michael how that went for him

[@TheKruxed]

That said, Trent is ironically the only 1 of the three that has a ready made replacement at the club already in Bradley

[@thomasc67]

If he leaves he's a shit.

[@dlads79]

@@TheKruxed You think theres a right back on the planet that can do what trent does??? Really?

[@garethgriffiths1674]

Real Madrid will worship him? Ask Gareth Bale how fickle Real Madrid are despite the success he gave them.

[@lukemclellan2141]

​@@dlads79not what they said.

[@Johnsgotti95]

Micah is right a half volley is if the ball bounces between last contact of another player and then you hit it a volley is if it doesnt bounce.

[@garynixon1684]

Micah is 100% half volley it bounced

[@SDCLFC1]

A half vollevy is of the ball is going up after it's bounced - if it's bounced and coming back down it's a volley

[@PrehistoricPro]

Nah, Gary & Alan are correct about a half-volley. Half-volley is just after the ball has hit the ground & is still rising. It's not a half-volley if the ball is falling. However, I'll agree with Micah that a volley can't have bounced. If the ball has bounced & is falling it's neither.

[@garynixon1684]

@ a volley can not bounce no matter what if it does then that makes it a half volley

[@SDCLFC1]

@@garynixon1684 If a goalkeeper boots the ball from his hands, travelling high up in to the air; bouncing on the halfway line with one touching it; it then travels further up into the air coming down 30 yards inside the opposition half to where the CB stands who boots it back to where it came from. Are you saying that if he does not let it bounce a second time, and strikes it while the ball is on the way down from the top of its arc, is a half-volley, just the same as if he waited a split second later, for the ball to bounce a second time and strikes the ball when it is now travelling up? The first is still a volley, even though it has bounced; the second is a half-volley. The important feature is whether the ball is travelling up (half-volley), or down (volley)

[@ryanmckimm1945]

Don't disagree with you guys on much but Trent surely won't get as worshipped over there as he does in Liverpool. Look at Gareth Bale and so many other real Madrid players booed and cars wrecked after one poor performance etc

[@pmas27]

Trent has forgotten what Ramos did to Salah in the 2018 UCL final, that alone is enough to turn them down

[@josemadrizcenteno3491]

What I saw is that Salah though he was in the middle of a Karate class, but Ramos was smart enough to avoid been injured by Moh

[@User92476]

@@josemadrizcenteno3491bit unnecessary at the end there pal?

[@mattgee5609]

In Slot we trust

[@domwalter7745]

From a Liverpool fans point of view, Trent would have completely ruined his legacy with the fans despite what hes achieved. As a scouser and a boyhood fan, it would be unforgivable to move to Real Madrid on a free transfer when we are currently the best team in England and Europe. Steven Gerrard would have given the world to play in a team like this and he stayed. If he moves to Real Madrid, their ungrateful fans will critique his defending and turn on him in a heartbeat if he has a run of poor games. I just dont get it at all.

[@lukemclellan2141]

Professional athletes think less about it nowadays.

[@preethamhazard]

Right, he wouldn't want to go to the most successful team in the world who have won 6 UCLs in the last 11 years. And stay at a team who have bottled multiple league titles and UCLs and won 1 league in 34 years and 1 UCL in 18 years. Just because they are currently flying, even though nothing is guaranteed as we have seen in previous seasons, when Liverpool were in it to win the Quadruple and ended up with mickey mouse cups

[@KadirPaulo]

How can you not get it? Real madrid is the biggest club in the world. It's quite simple. They've won 6 UCLs in the past decade, almost as many as Liverpool's entire history.

[@domwalter7745]

@@KadirPaulo It's like playing FIFA on easy mode. Trent's been talking about legacy recently. Winning trophies means so much more with Liverpool, Gerrard has said winning 1 trophy with his boyhood club Liverpool equals 10 trophies for another club. Trent will just be another name amongst a load of other stars, and I guarantee the Madrid fans will turn on him in a heartbeat whereas if he stays at Liverpool for 10-20 years he will be standing alongside legends of the club like Dalglish, Gerrard, Rush, which gives you an indefinitely better legacy than leaving Liverpool and moving to Real Madrid for a few years to win some trophies and then being binned off at the first sign of decline, whilst ruining your legacy with Liverpool.

[@connorf4035]

​@@KadirPaulo Trent said it last year ( he got some stick for it too). It means more at Liverpool.

[@sf5912]

Is this a Real Madrid PR department video? No surprise.. Non Liverpool supporting pundits! Pure greed if Trent leaves on a free! We fans will not forget that!

[@marilynbodasing9393]

All of you so keen for Trent to leave Liverpool!

[@TheGreatVivek7]

Even I am. Lad can't defend to save his life, let them have him over there. Madrid are a poor club anyway, they must be on phone begging him.

[@josemadrizcenteno3491]

@@TheGreatVivek7 You're in every comment 😂 don't you have a life ? seems like you're in love with Trent and can't deal with the idea of him leaving the islands 😂

[@TheGreatVivek7]

@@josemadrizcenteno3491 I'm omnipresent. A sign of greatness

[@indexpictures]

did the same with Suarez & Ronaldo & Bale. english pundits love trying to get rival players out to Madrid/Barca out of spite

[@KC_604]

Cuz there mudded clubs stand a chance to win games without Liverpools holy boy throwing those godly crosses

[@robn71]

Love the switch round with score @ 19:16 Gary hopeful thinking there I think 🤣

[@petetong3166]

Let’s not forget when Trent has a bad game like he’s had many at Liverpool especially against big teams like Madrid, the Spanish fans will be throwing bananas at him like marcelo and dani alves. Can’t wait to see luiz Diaz tearing him apart in ECL

[@YevKassim]

If Trent is as big of a Liverpool fan as he seems to be, he should not be considering leaving the club. All proper football fans will tell you they would rather finish 10th with "their" club than win the CL with Madrid. Add to that Liverpool are not finishing 10th at the moment and it should be the easiest decision ever. Future Liverpool captain and legend, or one of many to have played for RM.

[@AbrahamOkon-n8h]

"All proper football fans"...What form of coping mechanism is this?

[@YevKassim]

Which team do you support? Unless it’s a club that can never compete for trophies, I can’t see any reason why you would want to leave that club. That’s what a proper fan would say. And spare me the weak «coping» response

[@MarekS-d2x]

How can you judge a top player sitting on your couch? It's his life, his dreams, his choices. Would you like all your neighbours to decide about your life decisions? Grow up! It's just a sport and for him it's his work. Leave him alone.😃

[@AnfieldGrounds]

If Liverpool weren’t doing well, you guys will say oh he has to go to win trophies, now we are doing well, you are still saying the same thing.. Madrid is not an end goal and all that glitter is not gold

[@danmero6864]

As if they didn't win 6 ucl in the past decade. WTF are you on

[@lukemclellan2141]

Real Madrid most certainly is the end goal for many footballers. If not Real Madrid, then Barcelona... Both offer a climate and culture more appealing than Liverpool (or anywhere in Britain).

[@liamhennelly3961]

Man city just won 4 titles in a row and now look at them they are a shit show. Shit changes and Real are not the Elite team they are. I mean look where they are in the champions league.​@@danmero6864

[@preethamhazard]

Right, he wouldn't want to go to the most successful team in the world who have won 6 UCLs in the last 11 years. And stay at a team who have bottled multiple league titles and UCLs and won 1 league in 34 years and 1 UCL in 18 years. Just because they are currently flying, even though nothing is guaranteed as we have seen in previous seasons, when Liverpool were in it to win the Quadruple and ended up with mickey mouse cups

[@shu550]

@@lukemclellan2141do they? Wait until they force him to take a Spanish citizenship and the English media will react.

[@Bkbw82]

Have to say, it’s about time we start to consider Salah as the greatest Premier League player of all time.

[@lukemclellan2141]

By what measure? Stats?

[@Bkbw82]

@@lukemclellan2141 stats, consistency, his fitness, trophies, performs on the biggest stages and probably one of the most exciting players to watch in my 42 year lifetime.

[@danmero6864]

​@@Bkbw82 trophies ?😂 what is Ryan Giggs then? BTW Salah is a legend but talk some sense

[@preethamhazard]

@@Bkbw82 Sorry, only 1 premier league title and 1 UCL against SPURS by scoring a penalty, while bottling multiple UCLs and league titles going missing in the finals and end of the seasons in the league. He maybe one of the greats but to outright say he's the greatest is non-sense, discrediting what other players have done winning many league titles and getting their teams over the line

[@Bkbw82]

@@danmero6864 as many trophies as say Henry, so yes and over near a decade now of being absolutely consistent.

[@stdread]

How can you say NO to Liverpool Gary!!! Salah plays for liverpool not RM or Barca ffs This debate after every game is beyond boring. Battered west ham and barely a mention of the game while they discuss RM!

[@GGM28]

Real Madrid have Vini, Mbappe, Bellingham, Camavinga, Cortouis and are possibly adding Davies too

[@stdread]

@GGM28and they just got battered by Salah, VVD, Diaz, Gakpo, Gravenberch Trent and Allison. What is your point?

[@JamesLenehan-e6z]

Real Madrid or Liverpool?? You on the gin? Madrid are better, as a football club and a city

[@danh4859]

Real Madrid was a step up for McManaman and Owen - not sure you could say that at the moment re: Trent. If they have bought him for £80/100m last season, I think it’d be different. He’s a local lad whose dream was to play for his team and so to run his contract down and leave on a free - yes it’s his right to do that but fans will remember and he will come back to Anfield the way the other two still do, I’m afraid.

[@lukemclellan2141]

Real Madrid is a step up for anyone at any time.

[@danh4859]

@ not as a local lad playing for (arguably) the best team in Europe on current form, who is already a millionaire and has the chance to be a legend in the city for the rest of his life, ie. 50+ years. Not worth it for just 2/3 years playing football with his mate Jude for even more money until the fickle Real fans start booing you

[@lukemclellan2141]

@@danh4859 you realise that if TAA joins Real Madrid it proves you wrong, yeah?

[@dazamanday]

​​@@lukemclellan2141what a pointless comment 😂 like yes well done, and if he stays it proves you wrong 😂

[@danh4859]

@@lukemclellan2141 it’d say more about Trent than it would about me

[@simonmccluskey1635]

Salah is absolutely world class!!!!! One of the prem Greats!!!

[@esscco]

It amazes me how so many Former English players and English ppl in general glaze over Madrid at the expense of the great teams in their own country. Listening to these talk about how can you possible say no to Madrid is crazy to me….as if Liverpool are Middlesbrough or something.

[@thomasgandon8338]

Real is still the biggest and most glamorous Club in the World.

[@reyekr7899]

Shearer's comments on Trent are a joke... especially with his own decisions for his career... choosing to turn down Utd & going to & staying at Newcastle... Hypocrite.

[@michaellawlor5625]

I couldn't leave Liverpool, as a liverpool fan. My conscience wouldn't allow it if I was a pro player.

[@lukemclellan2141]

If you were a pro, your mentality could well be very different.

[@HakunonMatata]

Don't take this the wrong way but that's the reason why you're not a pro player.

[@DdOommmmm]

Your fan biased isn't how players actually think though.

[@janvanveelen]

Then you would not be a true professional.

[@connorf4035]

​@@HakunonMatataI've seen professional players who play for their boyhood club say that exact same thing...e.g Gerrard saying if he left and won more trophies when he comes back home to Liverpool he'd have no one to celebrate them with

[@biggishdantan]

As a Liverpool fan I won’t begrudge him wanting a new challenge it’s just the silence around the whole thing that is already starting to sour his legacy.

[@JamesLenehan-e6z]

Legacy?? Steady on

[@thesaintst1851]

Spot on.. silence with a scowl

[@btan3495]

As a Liverpool Fan, If Trent decide to leave, I would wish him the best and wish him well, and thank him for being such a great player for Liverpool.

[@dteezle]

And then never talk about him again, if he leaves on a free I would thank him too he's been immense and he's my favourite player, it's his life and real madrid is a huge club. But in my eyes that his legacy gone, he won't be hated and will still be liked but he won't be remembered as a legend.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

​@@dteezle yup. Same with Alaba at Bayern. He deserved Real but he's gonna be just one of many many Real legends. Yes jawoll Kroos is a different case, Bayern didn't deserve him

[@btan3495]

@@dteezle Agreed. I would wish him well and hold no bad feelings. However, it was his choice to not be a Liverpool legend.

[@livinginafantasyworld5164]

About time someone in the media said it. Well done Alan for saying trophy over league position / champs league. Players, managers and fans should be in football to win things!

[@joeharding5881]

Sick of pundits crawling up the backside of Real Madrid and Barcelona like playing for those clubs is the pinnacle of football 😂. Spanish league is crap. More prestige winning the FA cup than La liga. And Gary saying all greats go to one of those clubs is obviously not even remotely true.

[@indexpictures]

lineker has a prejudiced view bc he didnt play for a big domestic club & then went barca but you're right. duopoly league wracked by 30 years of corruption scandals

[@thomasgandon8338]

Players want to go to Spain because of the lifestyle and the weather. Also the football is more technical and the atmosphere is better and louder then EPL. Gary Lineker says it because he looks better because he played in Barcelona. But the got rid of him after 3 years as Laudrup was his replacement and much better then Lineker. Real and Barcelona have some Magic. Also there Stadiums ar much bigger then Liverpools and M. Cities and Arsenal.

[@Support-your-local-team]

"Spanish league is crap" and yet La Liga is far more successful in Europe than the English tourist league.

[@paulie-g]

@@Support-your-local-team Because they can vacuum up all the Spanish players, rob the rest of the league of broadcast revenue, and play in 2nd gear for the first half of the season and still win/come second. RM would be out of the top 4 playing the way they've been playing this season if they were in the PL. Also, Liverpool has beaten Barca any time we met in a CL tie.

[@indexpictures]

@@Support-your-local-team by buying referees, as is being investigated for both barca & madrid

[@Prottoy959]

There's a reason why Gabriel Batistuta is a god in Florence. Why Totti is a god in Rome and Stevie G is a god in the Merseyside. The streets are more important than money. Besides, RM is plastic as hell. It's their PR machine (and governmental backing) that drives it. Why would you go to THAT? lol

[@timmy5876]

I mean trent could go to madrid i’m not ruling it out but the main reason players go to madrid is because they consistently win every year and most players don’t play for the club they support or grew up at. If someone like diaz, gakpo, mac allister or whatever went to madrid i wouldn’t be surprised because they’re not liverpool fans or didn’t grow up here, they’re at liverpool cus that’s where they feel they’ll win the most so if madrid come along they’ll probably go naturally, however when it comes to homegrown players not as many tend to go there cus they love their club. This specific scenario is different aswell cus liverpool are the best in the world right now, in the past players like mcmanaman and michael owen even left cus Liverpool weren’t competing, if they were at a better level they’d of probably stayed

[@pmas27]

Liverpool fans forgive Trent’s occasional errors due to his good stuff but Madrid fans won’t be so forgiving

[@Throgmoyd]

Remind me which team is top of the CL - Madrid, or someone else?

[@OzgunDoganbaloglu]

We all remember how unsuccessful Michael Owen was in Real Madrid. Moving Real Madrid comes with own caveats

[@pmas27]

And he couldn’t get back to Liverpool 😢

[@LFC4LIFEJEDI]

I completely understand why Trent wants to leave but he is not going to be loved at RM. RM play a completely different style to Liverpool and we have seen that when Trent plays for England, his impact is very limited. The way we play gets the best out of Trent, the way RM play won't. Also Trent has always been prone to making mistakes due to a lack of concentration. We saw it consistently under Klopp and Slot has even mentioned it a couple of times. Trent gets away with it because he is a local boy and is loved, he won't get away with it at RM.

[@lukemclellan2141]

All teams can and do change their style of play. You're talking nonsense.

[@LFC4LIFEJEDI]

@lukemclellan2141 RM are not going to change their style for Trent lol.... Christ your deluded

[@lukemclellan2141]

@@LFC4LIFEJEDI not what I said. You think Real Madrid would sign TAA and NOT change how they play to get the best out of him? Christ you're deluded.

[@shu550]

@@lukemclellan2141no. They won’t allow for his defensive lapses and neither will they give him a free role to drift into midfield. At LFC, the system has been built around Trent, at Madrid under Ancelotti, he would be a piece.

[@lukemclellan2141]

@@shu550 I'm surprised you bother commenting on youtube. Knowing exactly what Real Madrid will or won't do in the future, you must be getting paid loads of money by other clubs for your information.

[@elfarinn]

RM the original cheat club. With their fascist history. Can understand it wanting to go there. But going for free hurts the most.

[@ph8077]

We have Keir Starmer....now there's a fascist!

[@rra6033]

If Salah and VVD extend and TAA leaves - then no question, Salah and VVD are undisputed reds and TAA an opportunist. There is zero reason to leave LFC right now. Zero. If others left before him, well they had 30 years drought. Now it’s anything but that. He will ruin his legacy by leaving.

[@keepblazingstayamazinguk420]

I am i liverpool fan but it's up to trent what he does its his life so good luck to him and all the best to him. He's give us some great times that we won't forget but It will be hard to see him go and it will break my heart but it is what it is. love the content alan, Gary, micah great pundits🫶👏👏💪

[@mrbubbles293]

The real greats never go to RM. Maldini ,Totti, Ibra just to mention a few…

[@ph8077]

Zidane, R9, CR7, Figo, Modric, Puskas, Di Stefano et al....& the guy who the Santiago Bernabeu stadium is named after (I can't remember his name ) 😁

[@mrbubbles293]

⁠@@ph8077Zidane ,Figo ,R9 won 1 champions league title at Madrid. 😂

[@yyzable]

I really don't like this argument that it's the club's fault for letting Trent's contract run down. It would be silly to think that they didn't offer him them in the past but he is the one that says whether he wants to sign it or not.

[@cynthiahaynes8788]

Once Klopp said he was leaving, I'm sure the players didn't want to sign a new contract until they had played under the new manager to see how that would work out. What I can't understand though is why RM is such a draw when it looks like they can win things with Liverpool if they continue playing the same way

[@dazamanday]

Finally some rational takes. The club probably planned on getting contracts sorted last year but Klopp leaving completely threw a spanner in the works and then no player in their right mind is going to sign up for the unknown. People always trying to find somewhere to put the blame when shit just happens

[@paulie-g]

It's as if these people don't understand that it takes two parties to sign a contract extension. It's reasonable to assume that the club may have waited on offers to VVD and Salah given their age, but there's 0 chance TAA wouldn't have an offer on the table the moment he asked for it.

[@ynwa73]

Liverpool most watched team on the planet. Nobody bigger than Liverpool

[@lukemclellan2141]

Why don't the world's best players move to Liverpool then? A club's status is decided by the players these days, due to the freedom to move out of contract.

[@Claznay]

Nobody wants to live in Liverpool though, no appeal compared to capital cities

[@preethamhazard]

Okay, now stop dreaming and come back to reality

[@danmero6864]

Let's see Real Madrid Barcelona AC Milan and Manchester UTD😂 all bigger clubs

[@preethamhazard]

@@danmero6864 Barcelona and United have less UCLs than them, so I'd argue Liverpool are bigger than them with 6 UCLs compared to 5 and 3. Bayern are bigger than Liverpool though

[@jackkeen8691]

It's not the fact that he's leaving for Madrid that will ruin his reputation amongst Liverpool fans - it's the fact it'll be for a free at the peak of his powers when he's worth over £100m to his boyhood club who have given him everything. It's a spit in the face to the club and the fans and he has to know that as in sure he felt the same way about Gerrard growing up

[@paulie-g]

And it's not as if Liverpool has been exploiting his love for the club and underpaying him like has happened to other local players at times, he's been on a great wage for years now

[@connorf4035]

The past Liverpool players that left for Madrid all left average or poor Liverpool teams. Trents playing in the best Liverpool team for a while so it'd be a strange decision to leave for Madrid IMO

[@thomasgandon8338]

No as Madrid is bigger and more glamorous.

[@connorf4035]

@thomasgandon8338 is that all it's about? I'd take playing for my boy hood club over "glamour"

[@hocusjumbo8063]

I used to get a football coaching book from my library as a kid, complete with black and white photographs. That should set Micah straight on what a half-volley is.

[@kieranmccue1931]

As a person I get Trent but as a baller it would ruin his legacy in his home city. I do get it but football morally it’s wrong

[@marksteward1139]

A year ago, I could understand Salah, Trent and Van D. seriously considering a move. But now, with Slot and Liverpool on top and looking better than ever and far more likely to be in the Champions League final this year than Real Madrid, it's an odd one for me.

[@xuover]

The world best got to Barry and RM when they are the world’s best. Currently… the world best is LFC

[@Danny_TNT]

In Ronaldo’s phenomenal Balon D’or winning 2007/08 season, he had 20 G/A by the time the new year came around. In Henry’s best season in 02/03, he was on 27 G/A at this stage. Haaland’s record breaking 22/23 season, he was on 30 G/A. Mohamed Salah is on 37 G/A. Yikes!

[@ob1slam]

9:01 "they'll worship him" No they won't. The second teams exploit that side of the pitch, their fans will turn on him very quickly. Look how they turned on Bale and Ronaldo.

[@IAM_SALEM]

A half volley is catching it on the bounce (a split second after), almost like the technique of a drop kick in rugby

[@DanT100]

Exactly. Hitting it immediately after it bounces up from the turf. Don’t know why so many in the comments are siding with Micah

[@_Super_Hans_]

​@@DanT100Well it's certainly not a volley either way. I just watched a Sky Sports Premier League volley compilation on KZbin and every single one of them there were no bounces. So it's definitely not a full volley

[@immy-hx1]

The grass is not always greener on the other side.

[@garethstead7527]

Thing is, would you stay and be adored and cement your Liverpool and Prem legacy, or do you want to go and be just another player like Coutinho? Let’s not mention I would drag my nutsack through glass to play for Liverpool the club I support, I can’t understand why he’d want to leave that when we’re currently a better side than Madrid

[@thomasgandon8338]

Because Madrid is a bigger and more glamorous Club.

[@twayyy33]

All this sucking off for Real Madrid is crazy

[@williamlillicrapp7601]

For a Liverpool fan who’s been fortunate enough to watch Salah live, his movement is insane. Anyone watches him live I beg for you to just watch him. His runs and reading of the game is incredible.

[@momoghal3711]

Absolutely nuts that people think Trent is going to leave and risk being benched. Unless RM can GUARANTEE he's starting ahead of Carvajal every week - and add that into his contract with penalties - no WAY would anyone in his PRIME risk moving there! I'm sure Trent is listening to the rumours (notice his celebration against West Ham) BUT I don't think there's an ounce of truth in it!

[@lukemclellan2141]

Carvajal is 32, time for a change methinks.

[@paulie-g]

Carvajal is on his way out due to age and risk of reinjury. TAA is silly if he thinks he won't get whistled and handkerchiefed when he inevitably costs them goals with his defensive ineptitude, but I suspect his head's gotten so swollen he can't think straight anymore

[@timmy5876]

If it comes back that Gomez is injured for a prolonged period of time it could be a blessing for us cus we were screaming for another centre back in the summer but didn’t get one so now we have just 2 fit first team centre backs and that’s a position that can start a downward spiral if something else goes wrong in, like imagine van dijk went down injured now we’d have just quansah there. If FSG want to gain some respect back from the fans they’ll go and sign a top centre back and prod teams like fulham and bournemouth to see how much their left backs will really cost them

[@lsmvandermeulen6154]

If Trent leaves on a free, his mural will become a public urinal. Every Liverpool fan could have lived with his departure if he left for a reasonable fee. Claiming to love the club but leaving for nothing is crazy

[@janvanveelen]

Try living in real time.

[@lsmvandermeulen6154]

@@janvanveelen That's what I'm doing dw

[@andrewharrison7767]

@@lsmvandermeulen6154 blame the club not the player - any person who does as you describe isn't a fan, they're bitter and jealous. Why slam a guy honouring his contract, but worship someone the CLUB rejected £150 million for? Trent is reportedly on £75k a week less than Reece James, and on similar to Kyle Walker, Cucurella and Akanji - Who can blame him for wanting more?

[@MADRIDPOOL44207]

Stop being too emotional

[@jonbolton491]

Then shame on any Liverpool fan that does that. Where is their righteous anger against FSG?

[@chrisshaw3647]

Micah is right. A volley is a ball without hitting the floor. A half volley is when the ball bounces

[@BeJaminYeh]

Liverpool battered West Ham yet all the talk is about those contracts. It’s annoying

[@kamsb]

people from liverpool will have a different opinion because he is one of theirs and the perception in the city if he leaves, but in my opinion if he wins the premier league this season and looking good for the CL then he can decide what he wants and he can continue and BE SEEN as one of the world’s best right back that there has ever been and better appreciated for his passing from a different fan base and one of the best passers of the ball there has ever been - for liverpool that is something to be proud of regardless

[@paulie-g]

No one at RM wants him to pass, they have other players for that. They will absolutely hang him from a lamppost when they experience his defending, which they demand from a *rightback*

[@Kheyoo]

Micah is right about the volleys, and was last time as well! A volley is shooting the ball without it having touched the ground after being passed. After having bounced once or twice its a half volley. easy as that

[@GrantMC100]

Michael Owen was hated by Madrid supporters as will they hate Trent when he makes mistakes. Owen couldn't get off the bench, macca got nowhere. They do not like English players in the end.

[@Chip_in]

Jude?? ⛳

[@Lionheartz-sf4ed]

I actually believe Macca is considered as a cult hero. Beckham didn't do so bad either. And as the comments above states, Jude is adored.

[@paulie-g]

@@Lionheartz-sf4ed Dirk Kuyt is considered a cult hero at Liverpool. Point stands.

[@unclem7816]

Great another load of cobblers about the contracts at Liverpool. What about why Fulham are playing so well, what Numo is doing, or about the issues at west ham in depth and call out the obvious issues. Nah, lets chat about the same crap over and over.

[@pauldavis9188]

Great content folks. I hope Micah's personality is as great as he comes across. Have New Year.

[@L3wisx4]

Nonsense. No way Shearer would have left Newcastle through the back door. If he leaves on a free it won't go down well on Merseyside.

[@richarddunne9802]

350,000k a week over three years is 54.6m Considering all three players are proven PL and CL winners, already understand Slot's tactics, all have very good injury records and, crucially, are in a very strong position to potentially add another PL, I really think the owners should give them something in that ballpark. It's easy to spend 50m on a Keita or 80m on a Nunez and then be stuck with their wages while they add little to the team. I don't dislike Nunez, and I know he adds something, but he clearly isn't an 80m player. We have made decent money from the sales of players like Bobby Clark, Fabio Carvalho, and Sepp Van Den Berg which could go a long way towards covering these contracts, and we have removed some big earners over the last two years, like Henderson, Milner, Matip etc. I don't think the club should smash its wage structure, but for fit, winning players, who have proven themselves many times over, I think it's worth pushing the boat out a little.

[@ph8077]

& I was pleased with myself when I bought my first gold Rolex & new RS5 Vorsprung coupe LOL

[@GreyEagle]

I like Alan but it feels incredibly hypocritical saying you couldn't blame Trent for leaving when Alan basically gave his ENTIRE career to a horrendous Newcastle side when he had the chance to join arguably the best club itw at the time. Very strange thought process tbh

[@maldini3184]

The World's greats doesn't always goes to Madrid. Messi,Pele,Maradona,Maldini,Cruyff,Buffon etc. All played at different clubs. Some of the greatest have played there. Trent going to Madrid is just him being a normal player. Staying at Liverpool he'll be a Liverpool legend and an all time great.

[@jonchapman86]

Steven Gerrard turned down Real Madrid.....

[@ph8077]

ZZ asked the club to get him. Now that's some serious kudos for Gerrard.

[@dribblesbarbax7570]

With respect to the half volley Micah is correct but both Gary and Alan are even more correct. Half volley is just after the bounce as the ball is rising from the ground.

[@HALLOWEENSLASHER]

Leaving for Madrid is fine. Forcing a move through to go on a free is unforgivable. He'll go down the same as torres, coutinho and owen.

[@lukemclellan2141]

How exactly does TAA "force a move through" when it's his contract that's expiring? The employment laws allow him to make the choice.

[@jeffbezos2570]

Torres and Coutinho left for silly money, it's not a similar situation...

[@HALLOWEENSLASHER]

@@lukemclellan2141 it's about ethics and respect.

[@HALLOWEENSLASHER]

@@jeffbezos2570 I know but the same sentiment applies.

[@bertrandtheApostle7343]

@@lukemclellan2141because he decided to run his contract down and go for free so he can get more money at Madrid. Trent wants to be on the same pay as Salah. Do you honestly think Trent should be paid over 300k a week? No, he’s not worth it. He can easily be replaced by Conor. Liverpool did not miss Trent one bit when he was injured. He’s not worth it. To leave for free at the age of 25 is criminal. He’s greedy

[@crippsverse]

Van Dijk and Salah have played at other clubs whereas Trent has only played at LFC. It must be impossible to wonder how you would do at another club, especially one as lauded as Real Madrid. I wouldn't blame him for trying.

[@SandeepMann-d1v]

Trent going to Madrid is normal but on a free he will ruin his Liverpool legacy

[@cpw182]

I agree with Micah on the volley/half volley If a play puts the ball into the air and his teammate strikes the ball BEFORE it hits the ground, that’s a volley. If a player puts the ball in the air and it bounces 1/2 or even 4 times then that’s a half volley as you haven’t hit it on the full

[@jonnystaffs]

Top form is a bit of a stretch

[@rubericks]

Genuinely confused if you’re just baiting comments or haven’t watched the pod? Not once did I get a sense that anyone thinks they’re back on “top form”

[@colinnash9422]

Micah is right,it’s not a volley if it’s bounced

[@HessenUK]

Fans aren’t loyal to players, clubs aren’t loyal to players, but people expect players to be loyal to clubs and fans. It’s all just business. Every single aspect of the sport is just business. The romance around football is a make believe narrative.

[@kriissyy09ify]

Who shat in your coffee?

[@lukemclellan2141]

​@@kriissyy09ify the truth, by the looks of it.

[@Random__is__resistance]

Yepp owners don't want them players as they have influence and demand more from from the club. Owners want to do the bare minimum while putting out new merch every week and give you fairytales of PRocesses and phases. "It takes time" all design to lower the standards.

[@TonyMarinou82]

Tent leaving for Real Madrid just feels like a cautionary tale. The boy has won it all and plays for the club that is basically, currently the best team in the world, so why leave? He certainly isn't in much of a similar situation to former players like Michael Owen and Steve MacMannaman. The common denominator is Real Madrid. That being said, all that glitters isn't gold, the grass isn't greener etc., etc.. I just wonder if the real reason why Trent wants to leave, is because he's trying to escape the ongoing scrutiny of his game, as if this isn't going to become more intense at Real Madrid. Maybe he just craves the glorious adulation of Madrid fans when he's spraying passes to MBappe and co. Maybe this is just something he needs to do for his own sense of achievement. As ill-fated and illogical as it may seem to some wiser heads. YNWA Trent ❤

[@vacuous_vim]

I'd love to know who dropped the first domino of trent going to Madrid and literally every single football talking head repeats it like a mindless dogmatic parrot. THIS IS LIVERPOOL THIS MEANS MORE you all are pathetically misjudging the pride and rewards to the soul of a proper scouse lad

[@deejinlondon7285]

To clarify, a volley is, and always has been, striking/kicking a ball when it is in the air (whether it has previously bounced or not) and a half-volley is when you kick a ball that has just bounced up of the ground within a few seconds.

[@disrupt_ist]

Gary has done a wonderful job on MOTD and I will be sad to not see him on a Saturday night. Mark my words, Gary is leaving at just the right time because it won't be long now until the senior BBC execs destroy the show and I have to source my own highlights online. It will happen when they start showing woman's football on the main Saturday night show. The BBC will lose at least 60% of their MOTD viewers when they do this. I knew the BBC was going to replace Gary with a woman. It just frustrates me because if a role that was traditionally held by a woman was taken by a man, there would be an absolute uproar. But anyone who complains about a woman being given this role will instantly be called a misogynist and a sexist. Personally, I do think a woman will do okay, but I would have liked to have seen Ian Wright take over or one of the ex players, Alan Shearer, Micha Richards, Ashley Williams, Danny Murphy, or even Shay Given. I do hope these MOTD regulars were each considered first.

[@steve_wins83]

I’m more with Micah, not even a half volley bounced a couple of times. Half volley to me is when you catch it just as it bounces first time. Headers and volleys game is a perfect argument. Maybe it is an age divide?

[@kurtmc9628]

"Torres, Coutinho, Henderson, Mane, Fabinho, Babel - all left Liverpool for less success. Sometimes, the grass isn't greener. #LFC"

[@garethgriffiths1674]

Coutinho would probably argue that he only achieved success after leaving Liverpool. He had no silverware while at Liverpool, but at Barcelona won La Liga twice and the Cops del Rey, and at Bayern Munich won the Champions League and the Bundesliga.

[@kurtmc9628]

@@garethgriffiths1674 Coutinho's success isn't just about trophies. At Liverpool, he was pivotal in their resurgence, leading to fans' and players' player of the year awards. Silverware isn't the only measure of success; his impact on and off the pitch at Liverpool was immense.

[@garethgriffiths1674]

@@kurtmc9628 You are moving the goal posts!

[@kurtmc9628]

@@garethgriffiths1674 "Football goal posts are fixed to ensure fairness, consistency, and integrity in the game. Moving them would undermine the sport's fundamental principles."

[@marcelrenes2435]

I'm an older man from Holland. But I never forgot Linneker's view on football. 'Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win'. Thank you for this epic comment!

[@AbassDainkeh]

Maica, as much as you are correct, don't get too comfortable by swearing at these two honourable men because people love you for bringing the smile on any platform you are on. With no malice, I will say, stay humble and keep smiling as you remind us all the joy of being happy

[@AM2K2]

Steve McManaman left an average Liverpool team that was never going to win the league or compete well in Europe. Trent would be leaving his boyhood club which happen to be the best not only in England but Europe too.

[@damedusa5107]

This show has quickly become my favourite weekly round up. Like the more unscripted relaxed atmosphere you lot have in this show.

[@D34671]

i think we need a new term like "3/4 volley" volley at its purest is when the ball has not touched the ground from when the previous player has played it. half volley is when it literally has just hit the ground and is struck when its about to rise. 3/4 volley would be a full on bounce and then hit like Eze's