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Transfers Summer 2019 transfer thread

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ElTel said:
Yeah but Salah, Mane and Firmino cost a combined 100 mill and all 3 have contributed to where they are right now

Yes their spending was erratic and largely wasteful until a few years ago when they seemed to have really sorted out their scouting and analysis and now they make very few mistakes
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Time will tell if they have sorted it out long term. They bottled the PL and any team who actually “dared to do” instead of just talking about it would have spanked them in the CL.....like I said, their stand out players were not the marquee ones even if you include VVD.

Allinson is a flapper and average as fuck and Keita and Fabinho were massively underwhelming, and ended up behind Milner and Henderson for much of the season.
Their full backs were key in a season where Salah flopped.

One is academy, and one was from Hull for 9M.

Hardly an advert for 1bn well spent
 
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sammyspurs said:
Time will tell if they have sorted it out.....like I said, their stand out players were not the marquee ones even if you include VVD.

Allinson is a flapper and average as fuck and Keita and Fabinho were massively underwhelming, and ended up behind Milner and Henderson for much of the season.
Their full backs were key in a season where Salah flopped.

One is academy, and one was from Hull for 9M.

Hardly an advety for 1bn well spent
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Allison made I think 1 mistake and was incredibly consistent. Keita showed glimpses but wasn't consistent but Fabinho on the other hand was very consistent after a slow start. I wouldn't exactly say Salah flopped either.
 
kingdawson said:
Allison made I think 1 mistake and was incredibly consistent. Keita showed glimpses but wasn't consistent but Fabinho on the other hand was very consistent after a slow start. I wouldn't exactly say Salah flopped either.
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Allison is no better than decent....their defence benefits collectively rather than stand outs, and despite the VVD wankfest he’d be fuck all without Robertson.

Salah scored 20 less goals with no injuries
 
sammyspurs said:
Time will tell if they have sorted it out.....like I said, their stand out players were not the marquee ones even if you include VVD.

Allinson is a flapper and average as fuck and Keita and Fabinho were massively underwhelming, and ended up behind Milner and Henderson for much of the season.
Their full backs were key in a season where Salah flopped.

One is academy, and one was from Hull for 9M.

Hardly an advety for 1bn well spent
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VVD not a stand out player? He was the most consistent and best CB in the EPL last season.

Allison also kept the most clean sheets and conceded the fewest goals of any keeper - and played all 38 games.

Salah flopped? He shared the golden boot trophy!! He was always going to be a marked man this season.
 
kingdawson said:
Allison made I think 1 mistake and was incredibly consistent. Keita showed glimpses but wasn't consistent but Fabinho on the other hand was very consistent after a slow start. I wouldn't exactly say Salah flopped either.
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He made about 3 in the game at anfield against us, but got away with them. He was at fault for most of the goals I saw them concede,( I don't watch match of the day and don't watch every game) but they clearly improved at the back as well...if I were a betting man, Klopp started drilling his defence, something he has previously claimed he didn't do.
 
Can we leave Liverpool out of this? It's bad enough those bitches beat us in the final when they played shit, I just want to wipe them out of my memory.
 
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Stopspot said:
There is nothing wrong with admitting that an opposition team is good. It's quite frankly a bit diluded to claim that all other teams are shite.
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No more deluded than thinking a team that got to the CL final was let down by a transfer window 9 months earlier, rather than the manager on the night.

Here´s what I told people way back in October, no one wanted to hear it....Poch is magic and Klopp was shit back then, now after the fact, everyone wants to act like they have some foresight because they can say "Liverpool are good"...when things are actually going on though, all I heard was "its only October you melt, go and support Liverpool".
Yet here we are, and it was all true

sammyspurs said:
When does the manager become accountable for the deficiencies in the team?

Not injuries, not signings, not other teams spending, but the same group of players playing worse football than we used to.

Yesterday aside it was a decent show.
But how many weeks can we waste chances? When does the manager wield the axe or do what it takes to make players realize it’s not ok?

When does he implement our pressing game again?
When does he stop sitting slumped in his chair like a moody Jose man child and start bellowing from the touchline like he used to?

There will be hysterics and denial, but deep down I think you probably all know that the tosspot Klopp would have this same squad tearing the shit out of teams.
So it is possible. It is possible because Poch himself has done it with this squad.
So what gives with regression in our style of play?
Why have we gone from beating relegation fodder 7-1, 4-1 regularly to scraping wins with them coming away unlucky to have lost?

The training was too much and we are knackered? Where the rumours about players complaining that the regime is too tough and causing injuries true after all?

I want to know when we entertain a situation where people are comfortable question the managers part and stop wrapping him up in cotton wool.

When is Poch part of the problem?
And when does the stage come where people accept he needs to improve and it’s not all just the players and Levy’s fault.

So think about that because I think you all know it’s valid. See you in a couple months.
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sammyspurs said:
Time will tell if they have sorted it out long term. They bottled the PL and any team who dared to to instead of just talking about it would have spanked them in the CL.....like I said, their stand out players were not the marquee ones even if you include VVD.

Allinson is a flapper and average as fuck and Keita and Fabinho were massively underwhelming, and ended up behind Milner and Henderson for much of the season.
Their full backs were key in a season where Salah flopped.

One is academy, and one was from Hull for 9M.

Hardly an advert for 1bn well spent
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Bottled the PL? Look I'm no apologist for that lot but 97 points? You cannot get that amount of points without having a team where everyone makes a significant contribution and is unbelievably consistent throughout a season.

They've built a squad to challenge Man City all the way and one which has reached two CL finals in a row and won one. Our task is to do exactly the same but to do even better than them and win the PL. Why not.
 
ElTel said:
Bottled the PL? Look I'm no apologist for that lot but 97 points? You cannot get that amount of points without having a team where everyone makes a significant contribution and is unbelievably consistent throughout a season.

They've built a squad to challenge Man City all the way and one which has reached two CL finals in a row and won one. Our task is to do exactly the same but to do even better than them and win the PL. Why not.
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They could have gone 10pts clear but decided to draw with west ham....yeah but only spurs are bottlers right
 
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