Your best players are sometimes your most in-form players though? E.g. Alisson/Trent in cold Vs Kelleher/Bradley in rhythm *could* be worse players on the day

I think only Diaz played 180, Macca 154 & Nunez 135 minutes!

Seven LFC players played the 180 minutes!

Caoimhin Kelleher – 180
Ibrahima Konate – 180
Andy Robertson – 180
Conor Bradley – 180
Dominik Szoboszlai – 180
Wataru Endo – 180
Luis Diaz – 180

Oh jeez, is he a doubt? I thought he was fine... Definitely Gomez if there's any doubt over his fitness!

Kelleher, Bradley, VVD, Konate, Tsimikas, Grav, Szobo, Jones, Gakpo, Darwin, Salah. Robertson, Mac, Diaz get a rest after internationals.

Madrid game is a bit of a free hit, so I'd hope they don't have one eye on it!

I'd say someone who doesn't feel out of place in a pub "world xi" conversation (not very quantitative I know!). Limiting it to 3 per position I guess wouldn't allow for a couple of years in which there were, say, 5 absolutely incredible strikers knocking about scoring 45 goals each

Southampton (A) - Win
Real Madrid (H) - Win
Man City (H) - Draw
Newcastle (A) - Draw
Everton (A) - Win

Would more or less guarantee top 8 in CL, and 10/12 in the league keeps us top

Feel like wherever the negotiations end up, we should have an idea fairly soon given they are free to negotiate with clubs abroad in less than 2 months. Hopefully we get some news this international break before it starts distracting on the pitch...

Jones too!

Yep! If this is right, you can imagine him, Jones and Konate being next priorities. Kelleher looks like leaving either way in the summer.

Think it's likely? I wonder if they might need to be holding back their cash for summer now, given where we still are with the contracts and what could need doing...