Seems he's number 29 now. Actually I'm a tiny bit worried that I only saw photos of him possibly separate with these other three blokes, but there could be any reason for that, if they even were training separately.

The Tranmere friendly is on in a little more than 2 hours but I can't find any squad lists on their site or twitter, probably keeping on the DL for preseason.

Edited by paladisious: 9/7/2016 01:41:10 AM

Full 90 for Luongo in a 0-1 friendly win at PSV.

On further inspection, it seems the other blokes in his group of four are fellow fullbacks Alberto Moreno, Joe Flanagan and Connor Randall, so I guess they're grouped by position.

I think those four plus Nathaniel Clyne (who'd still be on break after the Euros) make up all of the fullbacks for left and right sides for the first team, which is great for Smith's chances of real game time barring further signings, although I'd defer to any Liverpool fans to correct me.

I'm going to stop reading into this now before I start tracing illuminati symbols.

Edited by paladisious: 9/7/2016 01:52:24 AM

Bielsa has quit Lazio after two days. Geez he's special.

Edited by Johnszasz : 9/7/2016 02:16:49 AM

Smith starting against Tranmere, on the Liverpool channel on foxtel

LFC won 1-0. Anyone who watched the game that can comment on Smith's performance?

Valencia used Maty to reveal their new 2016/17 kits. The reveal included a very awkward cat-walk video :lol:

http://www.vcfplay.com/vcf-english/201617-valencia-presentation-8919.html

Lyden has't travelled with Villa to their training camp in Austria as he is doing rehab for an injury

https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2016/07/07/tour-party-confirmed

Wright only playing the first 30 minutes of a friendly, hope it's not a bad injury.

Irvine scoring in a friendly for Ross County. Guess they're planning to hold onto him.

Go to 0:42 for Irvine's goal

[youtube]mCtyJTRNQ2k[/youtube]

no wonder smith so quick look at his calves!

decent goal!

what ever happened with his impending transfer interest? surely he would be considered a decent pick up.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/06/29/irvine-has-english-clubs-interested

Great goal from Irvs

Not a Liverpool fan but I'd say right at this point in time there's a chance Smith could be 3rd choice at LB behind Moreno and Joe Gomez as well.

It would be better that Smith goes off loan then, no point sitting on the bench or being part of a couple carling or FA cup games.

That was a nice run and finish from Irvine, particularly for a holding midfielder. Good to see some friendly action with pre-season across Europe kicking off in earnest.

seasons coming up. friendlies abound. pick a team and post the schedule?

Huddersfield with Aaron Mooy and Jason Davidson. (english dates...)

16/07 Oldham Athletic (A)
20/07 Liverpool (H) - maybe the battle of aussie left backs.
26/07 Werder Bremen
29/07 Ingolstadt
07/08 League opener v Brentford (H)

(you can already see a positive influence from the coach in those fixtures - v klopp (his best buddy) and then off to the B1)


Edited by inala brah: 9/7/2016 08:47:13 PM

Full matches and wins for Burns and Mrcela.
Sainsbury starts

Huddersfield are going to a training camp in Australia. David and Mooy will also see Leckie. Good to see Mooy will play against some top league opponents.

Yes a practice game but I really hope Mooy has a blinder and Bremen might go for him in future.

Rogic and Celtic have some very big ties in Preseason. Hope he kills it. Btw Bein sports have a Inter friendly on tonight. Hopefully we can get some AA games on their.


Maribor v Celtic (A)
Sat, 9th Jul 18:00
Friendly

Lincoln Red Imps v   Celtic   
Lincoln Red Imps (A)
Tue, 12th Jul 19:00
UEFA Champions League

Celtic v VFL Wolfsburg   
VFL Wolfsburg (H)
Sat, 16th Jul 15:00
Friendly

Celtic v   Lincoln Red Imps   
Lincoln Red Imps (H)
Wed, 20th Jul 19:45
UEFA Champions League

Celtic v   Leicester City   
Leicester City (H)
Sat, 23rd Jul 17:30
International Champions Cup

Barcelona v Celtic   
Barcelona (N)
Sat, 30th Jul 18:00
International Champions Cup

some big games there! should be enough time on the pitch to turn it on.

barcelona, leicester, wolfsburg and champions league!

Last five minutes of Celtic game below, a few good moments for rogic

https://youtu.be/gNZBIHnVyJ0

brad smith pre game interview from the tranmere win

[youtube]cuYKnI6EKI0[/youtube]

Spiranovic starting. Cahill bench.

Timmy on with 11 left.

Club Elo for Aussie player in Europe

1817   Mark   Schwarzer   Leicester City        
1809   Robbie   Kruse   Bayer Leverkusen      
1806   Brad   Smith   Liverpool       
1765   Mat   Ryan   Valencia CF       
1662   Bernie   Ibini-Isei   Club Brugge       
1639   Mile   Jedinak   Crystal Palace      
1633   Curtis   Good    Newcastle United      
1625   Adam   Federici   AFC Bournemouth      
1606   Mathew   Leckie   FC Ingolstadt      
1602   Mitchell   Langerak   VfB Stuttgart       
1583   Luke   Wilkshire   Terek Grozny      
1557   Tomi    Juric   FC Luzern      
1554   Alex   Gersbach   Rosenberg      
1538   Brad   Jones   Feyenoord      
1522   Terry   Antonis    PAOK    
1522   Tom   Rogic   Celtic FC       
1511   Awer   Mabil   FC Midtjylland      
1511   Jordan   Lyden   Aston Villa       
1502   Massimo   Luongo    QPR      
1489   Jimmy   Jeggo   SK Sturm Graz      
1471   Ben   Halloran   FC Heidenheim      
1468   Aziz   Behich   Bursaspor       
1459   Neil   Kilkenny   Preston North End       
1459   Bailey   Wright   Preston North End       
1437   Anthony   Carter   CFR Cluj       
1429   Jason   Davidson   Huddersfield Town      
1429   Aaron    Mooy   Huddersfield Town    (loan Manchester City)   1854
1428   Cameron   Burgess   Fulham       
1421   Milos   Degenek   TSV 1860 Munich      
1403   James   Holland   MSV Duisburg      
1401   Anthony   Kalik   HNK Hajduk Split      
1393   Nikita   Rukavytsya    Maccabi Haifa      
1390   Christopher   Ikonomidis    Salernitana   (loan Lazio)   1684
1352   Aaron   Lennox    Aberdeen FC      
1344   Daniel   De Silva   Roda FC      
1341   Kerem   Bulut   Iraklis 1908 FC      
1334   Tomislav   Mrcela   NK Lokomotiva Zagreb       
1334   Mustafa   Amini   AGF Aarhus      
1333   Craig   Goodwin   Sparta Rotterdam      
1333   Adam   Sarota   Go Ahead Eagles      
1333   Kenny   Dougall    Sparta Rotterdam      
1330   Josh   Brillante   Como    (loan Fiorentina)   1702
1330   James   Meredith   Bradford City      
1318   Brent   McGrath   Esbjerg      
1315   Andy   Rose   Coventry City       
1290   Bradden   Inman   Peterborough      
1255   Aaron   Downes   Chesterfield      
1252   Scott   McDonald   Motherwell      
1251   Jesse   Curran   Dundee        
1248   Jackson   Irvine   Ross County      
1245   James   Wesolowski   Shrewsbury Town      
1242   Ryan   Edwards   Partick Thistle      
1219   David   Williams   Szombathelyi Halladas      


Edited by adrtho: 11/7/2016 01:04:57 AM

just shows how flawed the elo is

Look at the clubs Rogic gets in pre season, some criticise Scottish football here, sometimes fairly but much of it misguided and uninformed. When you play for a club like Celtic, these are the sorts of teams you can attract or become involved in, which means more experience and more eyes on you.