January 2019 Transfer Thread

[Numero Veinticinco]

22 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I'd rather we brought in Ramsey on a free in January than forked out for Fekir. 

 

Sell Sturridge and sign a boss striker with the Sturridge/Fekir money. 

Yeah, as soon as Sturridge goes we need to make sure we bring in somebody like Ramsey to fill his space on the physio bench. 

[Bjornebye]

Just realised Ramsey wouldn't be free in january but still..... 

[Lee909]

Even had Fekir not started every game we may well have been better placed to make a change earlier in games with him on the bench. 

[magicrat]

6 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Compare our starting line up and bench now to Klopp’s first game in charge, though. Notwithstanding the Coutinho-shaped hole behind the front three, a lot of great, sensible work has been done. We’re better everywhere (again, Coutinho’s position excepted). 

Don't disagree but its a moving target winning the league and it's annoying that we couldn't get Fekir when he was so obviously high on Klopp's bucket list. 

[Bjornebye]

These are Ramseys stats in the league for the last 5 years. 

 

Premier League

Year	Matches	Goals	Assists
2018-19	8	1	3	0	0
2017-18	24	7	8	0	0
2016-17	23	1	4	3	0
2015-16	31	5	4	4	0
2014-15	29	6	6	6	0

[LF:D]

19 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Even had Fekir not started every game we may well have been better placed to make a change earlier in games with him on the bench. 

We were reluctant to use Shaqiri though against City & Napoli.

 

Ultimately none of us know.

 

But I definitely back Klopp, Edwards & the club on that deal.  They have the information about his knee.  Doesn't matter how much we like the player or if he would improve us or not.  The club have the medical information on whether his knee was worth the risk or not.  Which it appears it wasn't or not at that price.

 

We've had a brutal set of fixtures.  I can see Keita, Fabinho & Shaqiri getting more of a look in now they're over.  Keita & Shaqiri are two players who can help our creative issues.  The front three can play better too as they've had plenty of possession to do so & last season they were creating a lot of their chances.  Plus I also think Lallana can play a key role, if he can stay fit. 

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Just realised Ramsey wouldn't be free in january but still..... 

And he supposedly wants 300k per week which is why arsenal stopped transfer talks. Fuck 300k per week and mediocrity like that. 

[3 Stacks]

I think it's a myth that January transfers usually make any kind of real positive difference to the rest of the season, but it does feel like if there's a deal on for an offensive midfielder that we like, then we should not wait. It's what this team is missing the most and we need to give ourselves every chance to contend for this title.

[TheHowieLama]

Plus I also think Lallana can play a key role, if he can stay fit. 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

I think it's a myth that January transfers usually make any kind of real positive difference to the rest of the season, but it does feel like if there's a deal on for an offensive midfielder that we like, then we should not wait. It's what this team is missing the most and we need to give ourselves every chance to contend for this title.

[etho]

I reckon Klopp might have a hunch he has a creativity gap in our midfield, Post Coutinho and with no Ox 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, LF:D said:

We were reluctant to use Shaqiri though against City & Napoli.

 

Ultimately none of us know.

 

But I definitely back Klopp, Edwards & the club on that deal.  They have the information about his knee.  Doesn't matter how much we like the player or if he would improve us or not.  The club have the medical information on whether his knee was worth the risk or not.  Which it appears it wasn't or not at that price.

 

We've had a brutal set of fixtures.  I can see Keita, Fabinho & Shaqiri getting more of a look in now they're over.  Keita & Shaqiri are two players who can help our creative issues.  The front three can play better too as they've had plenty of possession to do so & last season they were creating a lot of their chances.  Plus I also think Lallana can play a key role, if he can stay fit. 

[Grinch]

58 minutes ago, etho said:

I reckon Klopp might have a hunch he has a creativity gap in our midfield, Post Coutinho and with no Ox 

 

It’s been there since we sold Coutinho.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Yeah, let's not start calling AOC a creative player. He is powerful, but he's not a player like Coutinho. 

[Tony Moanero]

Just popped in to say, hello, good evening and bollocks!

[aRdja]

1 hour ago, etho said:

I reckon Klopp might have a hunch he has a creativity gap in our midfield, Post Coutinho and with no Ox 

Agreed. I was hoping Keita would fill that gap, but he doesn’t look like he’s even close to what Ox offered us pre-injury. Let’s hope he lifts his form sharpish. We need him to.

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Just popped in to say, hello, good evening and bollocks!

Have you checked Teletext to see if we have signed anyone yet?

[Bjornebye]

38 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Just popped in to say, hello, good evening and bollocks!

Tony on his way to work every morning

 

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

1 hour ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Have you checked Teletext to see if we have signed anyone yet?

Nah, I’ve been far too been watching old episodes of Treasure Hunt on Betamax.

[Numero Veinticinco]

31 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Nah, I’ve been far too been watching old episodes of Treasure Hunt on Betamax.

I’m sick of philistines like you. Get yourself down to Woolworths or Radio Rentals for one of these new VHS players. They just released Crystal Maze and Games Master. Well worth the money. 

[Johnlj]

Internet porn have nothing on my old VHS tapes. NOTHING.

[Barrington Womble]

9 hours ago, aRdja said:

Agreed. I was hoping Keita would fill that gap, but he doesn’t look like he’s even close to what Ox offered us pre-injury. Let’s hope he lifts his form sharpish. We need him to.

But he's offering us more than chamberlain was through this same period last year. He's clearly a good player, he's just still settling in. 

[aRdja]

1 minute ago, Barry Wom said:

But he's offering us more than chamberlain was through this same period last year. He's clearly a good player, he's just still settling in. 

Good point, I’m sure he’ll make it with us, I was just talking more in the mean time. Perhaps until then we could throw in another attacker or Shaqiri, and play Salah and Mane as more traditional wingers i.e. having 4 attacking players as opposed to 3.

[Barrington Womble]

5 minutes ago, aRdja said:

Good point, I’m sure he’ll make it with us, I was just talking more in the mean time. Perhaps until then we could throw in another attacker or Shaqiri, and play Salah and Mane as more traditional wingers i.e. having 4 attacking players as opposed to 3.

We are clearly short in midfield and I think some of the difficulties we're having with the front 3 are in part due to the lack of support from midfield. Personally, I just don't think we have the players to solve the problem. Maybe as you say shaq, but the sub from klopp against Southampton for tactical reasons suggests klopp doesn't see it as a solution. Last season we had Coutinho till Xmas and chamberlain after. We've decided for whatever reason to just not be arsed about replacing that midfield driving force or just crossing our fingers it'll just be alright with Keita and lallana. 

[aRdja]

1 hour ago, Barry Wom said:

We are clearly short in midfield and I think some of the difficulties we're having with the front 3 are in part due to the lack of support from midfield. Personally, I just don't think we have the players to solve the problem. Maybe as you say shaq, but the sub from klopp against Southampton for tactical reasons suggests klopp doesn't see it as a solution. Last season we had Coutinho till Xmas and chamberlain after. We've decided for whatever reason to just not be arsed about replacing that midfield driving force or just crossing our fingers it'll just be alright with Keita and lallana. 

Of course, another option is to pull Bobby back a bit and play Sturridge as our number 9.