One Premier League Goal Every Minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8jCCiIhMxU
One Premier League Goal Every Minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8jCCiIhMxU
Klopp woke up a sleeping giant, and now Arne Slot –based on the structure that's being built around him at Liverpool (provided by Edwards and Hughes)– is now making the giant invincible.
As reported by Pearce, Armin Pecsi is not expected to train with the U21s at this time, but together with our new signing Freddie Woodman. It's not very clear to me that Pearce wrote this stating it with precision, or he's only saying it in a generic way in passing.
Regardless, that makes Pecsi a lot more than a youth promise, and Woodman not quite an afterthought to be benching for Alisson and Mamardashvili.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6456757/2025/06/27/freddie-woodman-liverpool-preston-transfer/
So, regarding goalkeeping...
1. Alisson Becker <- World's Best
2. Giorgi Mamardashvili <- Successor?
3. Freddie Woodman <- INCOMING
4. Armin Pecsi (understudy? u21?)
5. Vitezslav Jaros <- loaned, 1st gk @ Ajax
As highlighted by Pearce in passing, notice the shrewd move of bringing Woodman on a free transfer, without taking up a non-homegrown CL place of the 17 places allowed by UEFA rules.
Clockworks, clockworks!
The goalkeeping overhaul at Liverpool already seemed like an elaborate architectural project. Now it feels more like clocksmithing, watchmaking, horology... clockworks machinery.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6456757/2025/06/27/freddie-woodman-liverpool-preston-transfer/
Liverpool close on deal for Preston keeper Woodman https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cx2k03837g4o Liverpool are close to signing goalkeeper Freddie Woodman on a free transfer from Preston North End. #LFC #YNWA
@sampw Or, you know, bloody racist as fuck.
@sampw
Make no mistake, the heirs of a legacy colonial sensibility would absolutely love to weed out Mohamed Salah as well.
They couldn't. But it wasn't for lack of trying. Salah only had to be exceptional for 8 straight years just to get a fraction of the praise handed to MCFC’s Norwegian striker — who, in footballing terms, has never matched his completeness or consistency.
I'm over it, although England probably shouldn't be if it wants to join the future.
#LFC
There’s still a legacy colonial sensibility in how players like Darwin are perceived — where difference isn’t valued, it’s pathologised. Passion becomes a flaw. Power becomes recklessness. But he’s a champion, and that truth should speak louder than the lens.
@sampw Or possibly, they understood exactly the kind of threat that he could be, and that's precisely the reason that psychological warfare had to be deployed against him, to weed out the threat to another league. The character assassination has worked.
I still believe that it wouldn't have worked without the convincing of distracted Liverpool tories who understand nothing about what we're up against, or what we stand for.
Darwin will be fine, he will be a champion again next season.
Kerkez ready to learn Robbotics
Dad Kerkez is already learning the local hits
Some relief for Kerkez now that he won't have to oppose the very best in the League anymore
Alexander-Arnold
Kelleher
Pecsi
Frimpong
Wirtz
Quansah
Phillips
Kerkez
Nunez
Robbo
Elliott
Chiesa
Konate
CB - Guehi?
Striker
Dreamy offseason for #LFC. Wirtz, Frimpong, and Kerkez are all terrific, youthful replacements/upgrades. Frimpong/Bradley should be fascinating... start determined by the matchup?
Expecting to see Robbo exit. End of an era for one of my favs.
Elliott too, who Slot won't give preference in a crowded midfield. Hughes has to love that he's seemingly on a grudge showcase tour for the U21 England Euros team.
Nunez will go and do well on a counterattacking team. Cult hero, but inconsistent.
In a way, character assassination of Darwin Núñez has been going for a couple of years already.
Núñez may not be a Red much longer.
Although I would have probably framed it differently:
"Premier League winner who scored and beat Manchester City on day one is being relished by Italian champions Napoli"