Raja Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 How much money were we supposed to save on him again? Brighton were *always* going to get a bidding war started AncalagonTheBlack and Spockydog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 Man, not sure about that penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 22 minutes ago, Raja said: Man, not sure about that penalty The handball or the reversed penalty call for the Dutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Fuck, if we really spend that amount on Caicedo, FSG will be here for the next 20 years! Also, this 100% proves Bellingham didn't want to come to us . Edited August 11, 2023 by AncalagonTheBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 44 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: The handball or the reversed penalty call for the Dutch? the handball. I neeed to see it again. didn't look like it was inside? Great game though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 The Caicedo bid is hard to believe. Let’s see if it really sticks. It would be great for our MF, of course. It’s shocking we have that much to spend, but the 52m from Fabinho + Henderson expands our budget, and simultaneously increases the asking price from every selling club who knows we’re desperate for a DM and have some funds. I think it’s clear though that Bellingham had a strong preference for RM, so Liverpool backed out of the running months ago. I don’t think it’s fair to say we should have just got Bellingham if we were willing to spend this much on Caicedo anyway. Next step is for Liverpool to get the wage bill to a more sustainable level. Firmino, Fabinho, Hendo, Milner, Ox, Keita and Arthur Melo all coming off the wage bill helps us this year, and Thiago, Matip and Adrian for just one more year, and Salah for two more. We cannot repeat the pattern of recent years of letting a generation of players all age together into bigger contracts and less resale value. There has to be some balance of younger and older players, including selling some players in their prime to keep refreshing the team. I know a lot of the keyboard warriors in Liverpool’s fandom love to complain about FSG, and it is frustrating when an otherwise highly competitive team leaves some obvious gaps (GK a few years back, MF last year, defense this year), but they have invested in the infrastructure (stadium and training ground), they’ve supported a very high wage bill for a very successful squad, they’ve brought in some very expensive key players despite playing moneyball (VVD, Alisson, Fabinho, Keita, Nunez, Szoboszlai and possibly Caicedo). If it wasn’t for City spending a billion to immediately fix any squad problem, Liverpool would have 2-3 more PLs under Klopp. Unfortunately RM still had the measure of us in one-off cup games in the CL. The Winged Shadow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: Also, this 100% proves Bellingham didn't want to come to us . While it's almost certainly true, in fairness, it doesn't really: you didn't sign Bellingham because you had an alternative lined up for like 70mil less. You haven't gone for Caicedo till the cheaper alternative you tried for didn't pan out. I suppose in that sense you can blame the penny-pinching owners, but they may have done you a solid in this particular instance: if you had spent all the money on Bellingham then you probably wouldn't have the funds to whip out for an emergency Caicedo now. And you have to make the CL this year. You're not going to, but you have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 9 hours ago, Wilbur said: Never mind Harry Kane, just take a minute to savor Dixie Dean's hallucinatory GPG ratio. The guy was a machine. Tbf to Shearer his gpg at blackburn before his injury was insane (81%). He was never the same player at Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Fuck, I missed the game, but serves that player right for talking shit. Choke job city multiple times. Watching the highlights, Spain looked like the better team and in general they're just fun to watch. Edited August 11, 2023 by Tywin et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Raja said: the handball. I neeed to see it again. didn't look like it was inside? Great game though It was just inside the line and looked intentional. I believe it was the right call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66470820 Done deal. Fucking man utd got a bargain with Mount considering this and the Rice fee. Brighton as a business model and a club are an absolute breath of fresh air currently. I hope they finish well again. Edited August 11, 2023 by BigFatCoward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Kane made the right decision. Spurs get a load of money, the fans will be relieved that he's not going to another PL club and Kane joins one of the biggest clubs in the world where he's guaranteed to win trophies and compete for the CL. Winning trophies > a silly scoring record that isn't even the real record. Football didn't start in 1992. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 With Kane on his way to the airport, Levy has apparently pulled out of the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 He hasn't. Some of these journalists are clickbaiiting this story to death. Stone has rubbished those rumours about Spurs not giving Kane permission to fly to Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 The size difference is a massive advantage for Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Consigliere said: This would be so much more fun had the Glazers sold the club to the Qataris. Ok, the Glazers itself would be like Fans demand , but with the Qataris this female fans demand would be so much more ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 What do we expect the latest 90 + ? Goal to be this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: I know a lot of the keyboard warriors in Liverpool’s fandom love to complain about FSG, and it is frustrating when an otherwise highly competitive team leaves some obvious gaps (GK a few years back, MF last year, defense this year), but they have invested in the infrastructure (stadium and training ground), they’ve supported a very high wage bill for a very successful squad, they’ve brought in some very expensive key players despite playing moneyball (VVD, Alisson, Fabinho, Keita, Nunez, Szoboszlai and possibly Caicedo). If it wasn’t for City spending a billion to immediately fix any squad problem, Liverpool would have 2-3 more PLs under Klopp. Unfortunately RM still had the measure of us in one-off cup games in the CL. I'm with you. I've been mostly happy with how they have done business. It's easy to forget the stadium spending and training ground improvements. Let's not forget the covid losses. Klopp has been very clear that we spend what we earn. I am not sure why it is okay to expect owners to pony up extra cash. The team should spend what they earn and I feel like Liverpool do that. Feels like you run things like FSG, you get complaints about not spending enough. Then you get sugar daddy owners, and people hate that too. There is no escaping criticism. But totally understandable with last years disappointment. I still don't get the complaints about the midfield gap from last year. Ox, Naby, Hendo, Milner, Fabinho, Thiago, backup of Jones/Elliot, then all the younger kids. How many midfielders do you need? I understand the issue of injury prone players, and last year the worst did come to pass and everyone was injured at the same time, but I don't think they could afford to have more midfielders when the forward line clearly needed more attention and they sorted that out. I expect this season will be midfield rebuild, and next season probably focused on improving the last line. I am a bit surprised at the large Caicedo bid to be honest. Not sure if he is that good. And I am worried how that will impact the next couple of transfer window as this bid will probably dry up the funds. Letting Fab and Hendo go without a more reasonably priced option is worrying. Personally would've preferred if they kept at least one of those two and not be so damn desperate. But from quality perspective, all three signings were very good. And maybe the Fab and Hendo transfer fee will offset the bid. Hopefully it won't take too long for the midfield to gel, a bit worried about such a massive change. But it can't be worse than last year....hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Old news but this is the first report that puts a definitive figure on the transfer fee rather than vaguely saying "more than €100m". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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