The season is underway but uncertainty remains. With Liverpool now up and running under new head coach Andoni Iraola, the focus is very much on transfer deadline day with the Reds still short of numbers in key areas.
Then there is the start of the League Cup in a few weeks, the opening games in the Champions League and, most pressing, a home competitive debut for Iraola with the visit of Nottingham Forest on Saturday lunchtime.
We have been asking for your questions on the current state of play at Anfield, and here we take a punt at providing some answers...
Salah's successor and the delay
Why did Liverpool's management, despite the team's clear need for greater depth and quality on the wing, wait until the final days of the transfer window to strengthen the position and find a suitable successor to Mohamed Salah? Given that Salah's departure had been known well in advance, why wasn't his successor identified and pursued earlier, allowing him to join the squad during pre-season and have enough time to settle in and build chemistry with his new team-mates?
Liverpool did identify and pursue a successor to Salah at the start of the summer. The problem was, having clearly been given encouragement Yan Diomande wanted to come and was an attainable target. RB Leipzig slapped a prohibitive price tag on the Ivorian, who then arguably played both the Reds and Paris Saint-Germain to secure a move to Real Madrid. He wouldn't be the first person to do that.
That undoubtedly put Liverpool on the backfoot, as did PSG and their insistence on asking big money for Bradley Barcola as the Reds looked to further augment their attacking options.
Nevertheless, it's not a good look that Liverpool are scrambling around for a right winger with just days until the deadline - even if it appears most of their Premier League rivals are leaving it late to sign players.
Best midfield and sporting director's future
It doesn't look like we're signing a defensive midfielder. So what do you think Andoni Iraola's best midfield will become?
That is a very good question. I actually believe there won't be a "best" midfield, rather one that is best suited for the next game - a horses for courses approach that served Jurgen Klopp well during his time in charge.
It's clear, though, that Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai are the three main players vying for the two defensive roles, with Szoboszlai perhaps the alternative to Florian Wirtz as the number 10.
Beyond that, Wataru Endo has started only two Premier League games in more than two seasons and while much is expected of teenager Trey Nyoni, he has yet to start a top-flight match. Personally I'd be bringing in a defensive midfielder, but I've been saying that for more than a year now.
So is Richard Hughes definitely leaving at the end of the transfer window?
There is a growing expectation Richard Hughes will leave his position as Liverpool sporting director once the summer window is over, with Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal his most likely next destination.
As for his replacement, Liverpool have gone through a number of different sporting directors in recent years and could possibly look internally at Julian Ward once again, who is presently technical director for parent company Fenway Sports Group. But there has been no suggestion of a replacement being lined up just yet.
Gakpo, injuries and fan negativity
Isn't it a bit risky to sell Cody Gakpo? Who is the backup up front if Alexander Isak doesn't play?
Liverpool need to strengthen their attacking options not weaken them, so it does seem strange they would entertain the departure of Cody Gakpo unless the player himself wants to go which, given his treatment by some fans last season, would be very understandable.
The Dutchman, though, has started the season very much like a player who wants to stick around. If he leaves, you'd imagine one of the presumably two players who comes into the forward line would then always operate as backup to Isak until Hugo Ekitike returns.
When are Giovanni Leoni, Joe Gomez, Hugo Ekitike and Conor Bradley expected back?
None of these players have had an exact timeline set for their returns so it is difficult to say without being around them continually and knowing their respective recovery stages.
Ekitike, though, has himself set a comeback date of Boxing Day, although the severity of his Achilles injury suggests it won't be until next season that he is properly back and firing fully.
Bradley has been out since early January and Liverpool are keen not to rush or overburden the right-back. Leoni is getting a lot closer to a return to first-team training, although after almost a year out he too is going to be treated with kid gloves and will see minutes limited before Christmas. Gomez is likely to be back sooner than the rest although it's a concern he's now been out for a month.
Why is there so much negativity about Liverpool? Remind me how many games have they played...
Supporters are obviously concerned by the lack of transfer activity in key areas that everyone knew needed to be addressed for months. And the mistakes that were made in the first game at Newcastle United were exactly the ones the team were making a year ago.
So the relative lack of new faces on the pitch, regardless of what's happened in the dugout over the summer, has made it difficult for some fans to be positively enthused by matters.
That might change in the remaining days of the transfer window. But the reality is nobody expects Liverpool to challenge for the title, which is the first time that can realistically be said for quite a few years.
