As someone who gets virtually all his knowledge about the youth teams from you, I can barely wait to see him play now…
Silly question probably but why do teams go on pre season training camps abroad. Especially during the times we are at now. Surely can do this at the AXA training ground? Is it just for new surroundings and nice weather or is it financial reasons?
We used to go to preseason tours to Australia, USA, Indonesia and Thailand which were mainly for financial reason. Not possible atm because of Covid.
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What’s the stance with regard to COVID vaccinations? Whenever I watch the news there is some celebrity/politician pushing vaccinations, however seen nothing as far as Liverpool or other clubs, in fact not seen any news of a Liverpool player or staff member promoting the fact that they have been vaccinated.
I remember last year we had about 3 to 4 players that had tested positive for COVID during preseason.
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What speaks for Austria (The Alps) at the moment is probably
- not a long travel
- new and beautiful surrounding
- no distraction from fans and family
- being away / being together helps for team building
and mainly i think it’s this Altitude training - Wikipedia
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He’s legitimately really good. Range of passing is superb, first touch is impeccable. Loves getting forward (he plays either as a winger or a midfielder).
He’s very, very skinny which I think shows in the pre-season videos - his arms are half the size of any of the senior players so it’s not like he’s going to do a jack Wilshere and be a first team player at 16 years’ old but I’d be amazed if he doesn’t at least get a few good run outs in cup competitions.
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Looks like the lads are enjoying themselves … 
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I really don’t like those Roma colors. 
What’s wrong with proper red, white or black?
Since Nike have come in kits have been hiting the gutters.
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If I ever wanted a place to go to get fit and have shattering scenery (and couldn’t afford to go to Switzerland) I’d pick Austria. Gorgeous place, love it dearly.
They’ll be giving us the PL trophy just after Christmas.
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Who knows after the last few years of madness? This season will be dominance of epic proportions.
And still has the best hair by a long way 
Looks like Taiwo is sizing up Sadio for a snack there.
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He looks massive! I would love to watch him play in our team at least once, even if just in pre-season. At risk of a cliché, it looks like he would offer something different to the rest of our team, depending on his pace of course…
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Yeah. I thought he would be the same build as Mane.
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According to Transfermarkt/Wikipedia, he’s only an inch taller than Firmino, but when you look at Firmino with Mané and Salah vs Firmino with him, there’s no comparison. Just worlds apart. I think there was another pre-season image with him and Konaté, and he definitely looked almost the same size as Konaté. Kind of in between him and Gomez.
Damn that’s a big dude. Shoulders…nature has been good to him.
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He’s somehow managed to steal Akinfenwa’s physique hasn’t he?
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I knew Awoniyi was big but Christ he is massive. Hopefully he gets a bit of a run in pre-season - I don’t think his loan spells show him having any kind of future here but just out of pure intrigue I’d like to see him get 60 minutes at CF.
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Stats-wise he doesn’t seem to have done too bad in the last season, but otherwise it does seem like a really slim chance. Would also take up a non-homegrown spot, which is a major problem in our squad…