January 2018 Transfer Thread

[Unrighteous]

Please riddle me, non-hysterical ones, which target is not available when you have 140 million in your pocket?

 

Keita and VVD.  Sorry, that money is spent. 

[Pureblood]

The mancs sold Mikhytarian or whatever the fuck his name is...

 

There's an easy way to remember, which Funnneeeee taught me.  First part is "Mk", that's easy because it's only two letters.  Next is "hit" as in your wife.  The final part is "aryan" as in the master race.  Mkhitaryan. 

 

As for "Funnneeeee" himself, that one's easy too - three "n"s and five "e"s.

[G Richards]

Bad day at the office today.

 

Legitimate concerns over letting Coutinho go and not signing a replacement cast a shadow over results like this. Top four is still very much in our own hands, but we have made it a lot harder for ourselves than we needed to.

 

I can only hope we strengthen some more in the final third or the Coutinho decision will bite us on the backside big time.

 

Time to regroup and go on another run.

[therevivalist]

The ball is in Klopp's court. If he thinks he is waiting for his "ideal" signing, who may not not be readily available this window and we miss champions league football as a result, he is toast.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Haha.

 

Klopp is "toast" if we miss out on CL because he waited for his ideal signing? Come on, lad. It would be a huge disappointment, but who on earth are we going to get to manage us who is better than Klopp?

 

He can be stubborn, and it can cost us, but it will not cost us nearly as much as replacing him with someone worse.

[Grinch]

He hasn't been stubborn at all.  Sack him and we'll find ourselves in a league postilion befitting a team that spends fuck all in no time.

 

Might wake a few people up tbf.

[Guest]

Time to start a new 20 match unbeaten run?

[Hades]

Didn't want us to sign Mahrez before but now I'd bite your hand off for him.

[sh#t waffle]

Didn't want us to sign Mahrez before but now I'd bite your hand off for him.

Yep, agree - to have been able to bring a player of his ability on at half time yesterday could have changed the game. I also thought he was 30 for some reason; having seen he's only 26 it wouldn't be quite such a ridiculous deal money-wise either.

 

On a side note - and I realise part of it is still rustiness - Lallana seems to have returned to his first season self of Cruyff turn, Cruyff turn, stop, Cruyff turn, stop, dummy, Cruyff turn, stop, pass the ball four yards backwards. We really need the Lallana of last season back.

[El Rojo]

Didn't want us to sign Mahrez before but now I'd bite your hand off for him.

 

I'd bite your hands off even for a spurious, discredited link to Mahrez.

[The Guest]

Lallana hasn’t been great since coming back from injury which is half what I expected but I thought he did well yesterday. Most of our creativity came through him and he probably should have started the match in hindsight. I thought Ings looked lively when he come on also. I’d like to see us go two up front from the off against sides like this. With Salah and Mane both playing wide as well.

 

It was Rodgers’ biggest problem as well and he was really reluctant to play two up front to combat it. When Klopp came in I knew he was a 1 up front man generally as well which was my biggest fear. In reality his one up front is different to Rodgers and can break these sides down more regularly. Last night though was another one of those games where we needed less people in the middle of the pitch passing the ball 5-10 yards side to side from one wing to the other. We should be able to mix it up and play wide players with full backs overlapping.

 

It has to be so intricate and perfect to score a goal making passes through the middle or dribbling it through when they get so many bodies in there.

[Boss]

Yep, agree - to have been able to bring a player of his ability on at half time yesterday could have changed the game. I also thought he was 30 for some reason; having seen he's only 26 it wouldn't be quite such a ridiculous deal money-wise either.

 

On a side note - and I realise part of it is still rustiness - Lallana seems to have returned to his first season self of Cruyff turn, Cruyff turn, stop, Cruyff turn, stop, dummy, Cruyff turn, stop, pass the ball four yards backwards. We really need the Lallana of last season back.

 

Adam Lallana has always been a Cruyff turn and hardly anything else. He was just surrounded by true quality, which masked his ineffectiveness and highlighted his pressing around the pitch. Pressing is not football though. You could get Mo Farah to press an opponent, what you need is the end product - the final ball, the shot from distance, the creativity to unlock a defence and Lallana doesn't have it. 

 

I said when Coutinho left, now you'll see the true Adam Lallana. Negligent from the club to not at least bring in Keita to stop our midfield being exposed like this. 

[joe_fishfish]

We tried to bring in Keita, it's just that Leipzig have him under contract and aren't fucking mental enough to sell their best player when the Champions League places are still up for grabs.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

If we do not replace Coutinho this window one of Kent or Wilson has to be on the bench, pace is needed off the bench. Not ideal but preferable to Ings in my opinion.

[Tyler Durden]

We tried to bring in Keita, it's just that Leipzig have him under contract and aren't fucking mental enough to sell their best player when the Champions League places are still up for grabs.

Just us it seems

[KevieG]

If we do not replace Coutinho this window one of Kent or Wilson has to be on the bench, pace is needed off the bench. Not ideal but preferable to Ings in my opinion.

 

That's a depressing post. 

 

Mental that we just sold our best player with 4 years left on his contract for megabucks and don't look like replacing him. Its not like we don't have loads to play for in the remainder of the season. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

That's a depressing post. 

 

Mental that we just sold our best player with 4 years left on his contract for megabucks and don't look like replacing him. Its not like we don't have loads to play for in the remainder of the season.

 

Sadly it's reflective of our current predicament, not replacing him now will cost us, not may, will.

[Mark M]

That's a depressing post. 

 

Mental that we just sold our best player with 4 years left on his contract for megabucks and don't look like replacing him. Its not like we don't have loads to play for in the remainder of the season.

 

Also its not like this is a surprise and we didn't expect it to happen. 

 

The Mancs are having a similar season to ourselves even though we are by far the better team to watch.

Both of us are in the champions league places still in the FA cup and both have a side they should beat to get to the quarter finals in the Champions League. 

 

They go and buy one of the best forwards in the league while we sell arguably our best player. 

[Strontium]

United sign a world class footballer, and folk on here are vilifying them for the financial outlay on a 29 year old. FSG have so successfully engineered the debate around our transfer business that our rivals are mocked for spending money. "Haha, they'll never win the Net Spend Cup with that attitude". Yeah, £142m, great, but a sack of money never scored a goal.

[Dave D]

Chelsea looking like they will get Palmieri and Dzeko.

 

This could become problematic 

[Strontium]

Strengthening in a transfer window, it'll never catch on.

[Pureblood]

There's still a week left to line up our summer targets.

[Dave D]

I guess waiting for your preffered targets has its merits.

 

Hope Klopp doesnt apply it when out for a meal with his wife.......

 

Klopp: Hmm... I will have the Lamb please

 

Waiter:: Sorry sir, we are out of Lamb, not getting any until next week

 

Klopp: Hmmmm. Could I pay for the lamb now and have it next week?

 

Waiter: Ummm..I guess

 

Klopp: Great. I will have my dinner next week. Get your coat darling, we are going home

[Pureblood]

and then there's the world cup in the summer to drop out the race for targets...

 

We must swoop early and decisively. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Feels like we are always going to be also rans as long as the club does the absolute minimum rather than taking a more ambitious approach.