00:00Just on Liverpool and their squad depth, obviously it was no secret they had such a small transfer
00:08window, the first under Arnie Schlott. What sort of difference has that made having such
00:14a small group and is there worries going into their squad depth ahead of this huge campaign?
00:21Liverpool released their squad picture for 24-25 this morning and I counted all the players
00:28on there because I did think that looks quite thin. And lo and behold, 24 first-team players
00:36are on the photo and that's including three goalkeepers and Tyler Morton, who has spent
00:43the last two campaigns in the Championship on loan at Blackburn Rovers and Hull City
00:48respectively. Is he firmly in Arnie Schlott's plan? He's only made one sub appearance so
00:55far. Maybe that's because of the injuries, because he has been healthy to date. Only
01:00Harvey Elliott is the one who has serious injuries. Howard Noonan has missed a ball
01:04of game with illness. There is competition all over the pitch. There's probably two players
01:11for every position when you assess the squad, especially with Federico Chiesa coming in
01:20to maybe bolster that right wing role, give Mo Salah a little bit of respite. But if injuries
01:28bite, do Liverpool have the cover then? Because they're going to pick up injuries. That's
01:33a given. It happens every season. Arnie Schlott has defended his injury record. He said the
01:40article is one of a fire north and he hasn't rotated a lot, but he's brought players off
01:47so far in his reign. But it will be difficult when Liverpool are playing difficult teams
01:52twice a week. When they're playing a tough game in the Premier League and then they've
01:56got Real Madrid or Violator Coups in the Champions League and maybe go deeper in the other competitions
02:03as well, then they will have to balance things. Because there aren't a lot of youngsters or
02:09really highly rated youngsters left at the club. A lot of them went on loan. If the
02:17some of the attackers pick up injuries, say Jota, who has had his injury problems in the past,
02:23and say Luis Diaz was out for a bit or Colin Gappo was a bit, is there enough depth there
02:30to make changes consistently? Does Arnie Schlott look for different solutions and squads?
02:38He played Dominic Subbos in favour of the pitch. I'm sure that these things have been planned,
02:44but the squad depth maybe is just a little bit thin because Liverpool took the decision to loan
02:51the better youngsters out with a view to that working in the long term, which I can understand.
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