Roberto Firmino

[Carvalho Diablo]

I think we've got a bargain.

 

Look at Sterling ffs !

[s(k)aturation]

50m for Sterling. Hope we get it, but it's fucking bollocks.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Sterling cost nowt and runs on nowt though. He does want to fuck off mind.

[Jennings]

How is he going to pass his medical when Zaf Iqbal has gone? 

 

 

 

...eight, nine, ten.

Yep, that's the right number of fingers and thumbs, Luis. You're in!!

[VladimirIlyich]

FFS

Its not a criticism of the player,its simply a criticism of the way we do our deals.

Ive seen quite a bit of him and he blows hot and cold,but he could be an excellent buy.

£29 million is ridiculous for a player that is still mostly about potential.

My point is this,my main concern is a DM and if we start saying 'we havent got the budget for one' it will be because we are paying £5 or £10 million too much on deals like this.

[Jennings]

So good, it had to be giffed.

 

 

He's shit. He had to drop it to do keep-ups...if he was any good he'd have done that clever flicky thing.

[eeyore]

21 million + add ons for a 23 year old attacker who is widely accepted to one of the top players in the Bundesliga? Don't see where you're coming from tbh. Think of what we spent that sort of money last summer.

I think it's the point we could have got him last summer for a lot lot less.

[The Golden Eel]

I think it's the point we could have got him last summer for a lot lot less.

 

Aye, I guess so, but that's a different point  

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I thought he wasn't available last summer; either he didn't want to move or Hoffenheim didn't want to sell.

 

I know we usually say we could have got players cheaper previously, but sometimes - like with Rodriguez at Wolfsburg - they're just not on the market.

[El Rojo]

I can only assume our transfer policy is based around someone's ideal of our changing room looking more like a tattooing convention than a group of footballers.

With the exception of the Chilean national side, are we the most inked up team in world football?

 

I reckon that's why Gerrard was edged out.

 

I might get THUG LIFE 4EVA BRUV tattooed on my forehead and send my highlights reel to Ayre.

[Jairzinho]

My point is this,my main concern is a DM and if we start saying 'we havent got the budget for one' it will be because we are paying £5 or £10 million too much on deals like this.

 

It won't. If we haven't got the budget for a DM it'll be because we've incorrectly not prioritised signing one, and we've wasted money on shit squad players.

 

We waste money as a club buying shit players, not overspending on good ones.

[El Rojo]

It won't. If we haven't got the budget for a DM it'll be because we've incorrectly not prioritised signing one, and we've wasted money on shit squad players.

 

We waste money as a club buying shit players, not overspending on good ones.

 

We've a decent record in overspending on shit players too.

[Jairzinho]

We've a decent record in overspending on shit players too.

 

An outrageous accusation, in full.

[Nightcat]

All this debate about the fee is fairly pointless but it is expected.

 

There was a similar debate about Suarez, his abilities and the fee we paid when we signed him and I remember that many said we should have signed Huntelaar instead. and then we saw what Suarez could do on the pitch while playing for us...

 

I think Firmino with his cleverness, his skills, his killer passes, can improve massively our team and Coutinho, Markovic and Lallana will enjoy playing alongside him. But in order to make the team challenge for trophies we'd need a World class striker, a top class DM and somehow (possibly under the coaching of a new manager) improve our defensive side of the game. 

 

Firmino, Suarez or Messi won't be able to stop us conceding hilarious quality and hilarious number of goals against Stoke et al.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Its not a criticism of the player,its simply a criticism of the way we do our deals.

Ive seen quite a bit of him and he blows hot and cold,but he could be an excellent buy.

£29 million is ridiculous for a player that is still mostly about potential.

My point is this,my main concern is a DM and if we start saying 'we havent got the budget for one' it will be because we are paying £5 or £10 million too much on deals like this.

Yeah, I think it's needlessly negative for what actually is a deal that has finally been conducted in the right way. We tried the tough tactics, those players are now playing with other clubs.

[Gym Beglin]

But Vlad, £29m for a 'flairy' Brazilian is a steal because if he shows a glimmer of ability and scores a couple of worldies then his value doubles. That's how it works.

 

You see brand new Peugeot's go for fuck all within two years, whereas Mazaratti's remain expensive. Firmino's got a cool badge and a leather trim, his value isn't going to plummet until he's 32.

[Iceman]

My spunk gun is empty, this is going to be one hell of a cigarette. 

[moof]

I think it's the point we could have got him last summer for a lot lot less.

Yeah we could have signed him when he was 18 for about 2 million. Fucking Ayre, the cunt

[eeyore]

Yeah we could have signed him when he was 18 for about 2 million. Fucking Ayre, the cunt

Last season was clearly the best time to buy him. Cunt

[Jairzinho]

I've just tried signing him on FM2012. He's 19 and Hoffenheim are having none of it. Gave up at £11m.

[moof]

I disagree. We could've saved a lot of money if we signed him before he was born, it's this lack of foresight that has cost the club so much over the years.

[Bob]

Any money paid for him pre birth would have been a waste as well. Have you seen our record at bringing foetuses through into regular first team players?

 

Not once have we done it. We'd have wasted him.

[Anubis]

 

 

IA: "Can I climb on your shoulders now?"

 

RF: "You are a weird little man, amigo."

[Hades]

The committee signed Firmino.

 

Rodgers signed Ings, Bogdan, Milner and is after Benteke.

[Dr Nowt]

We'll end up loaning him out to Grimsby while paying 180% of his wages.