Featured: That was the Week that Was (Jul 10-15 2023)

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Monday Jul 10:

 

Newcastle want to move Saint-Maximin on so they can bring in Barnes from Leicester. This is interesting because even without the Newcastle link he looks like a player that the Saudis would be all over. If they do move for him though, what is the fee going to be? They could artificially inflate it by 20m if they wanted and there’s fuck all the Premier League will do about it. This is where we’re at now, everything is murky as fuck. Like City making a profit every transfer window by selling kids no-one has even heard of to Southampton.

 

Meanwhile, Colwill says he wants to play and that will determine what he does next. I think he’s got more chance of breaking into the Chelsea team than ours for weekend games, but Chelsea aren’t in Europe and we are so that helps us. Someone like him would start every Europa game and that then provides a platform to show what he can do.

 

Our Europa League team next season could be a lot of fun for a promising young player. Bradley, Chambers, Jones, Elliott, Gordon, Bajcetic, Doak plus a few of the senior lads who aren’t playing at the weekend. That’s a decent selling point to any young player we go for. If Pochettino says he’s building his new defence around him though then Colwill probably isn’t going anywhere.

 

Elsewhere, Divock is a reported target for Gerrard and his Saudi team. He may as well go there and get paid because his football career ended when he left us. I don’t know why, but Origi only functions as a footballer when he’s got the Liverbird on his kit. He was shit whenever we loaned him out, and he’s been shite for Milan. With us though? I mean, the guy has scored some of the most iconic and most important goals in the history of the fucking club. And it’s a club with incredible history.

 

For him to have written his name in Anfield folklore while doing absolutely fuck all for any other club he played for is quite the thing. I fucking love Divock Origi.

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[Rushies tash]

Still maintain that if Klopp had brought Origi on against Spurs in '22, we'd have number 20 in the cabinet. And yeah, if it is true that Henderson has already agreed terms with the Saudi team, then he can fuck off. Klopp should've left him at home.

[mereel]

Thanks Dave for articulating everything I've felt these few days so well. I've been so heartbroken and devastated. I actually can't remember if I've ever been this disappointed in anyone or anything before

[Gruntfuttock]

I'd give the captaincy to Ali,then Trent in a couple of season's time.

[suzy]

I agree I’m very disappointed in Hendo. 
I thought Robbo for captain but I see your point about the refs. I think Trent could do it.

[etho]

I'm annoyed Hendo is with the squad at the moment and agree, want him gone

[dave u]

9 hours ago, Gruntfuttock said:

I'd give the captaincy to Ali,then Trent in a couple of season's time.

 

The issue there is that he's too far away to be able to engage with the ref over anything.

[aws]

4 hours ago, dave u said:

 

The issue there is that he's too far away to be able to engage with the ref over anything.

Make him club captain but Trent gets the armband during games? 

[Arnaud]

Has Henderson said anything by the way ? Where do we get all these informations from ? Is this reliable ?

 

If it’s true, that’s truly appaling indeed. 

[sir roger]

I long ago stopped expecting players to be moral guardians. Not sure how it has happened that politicians are almost expected to be corrupt, while sportsmen are expected to be whiter than white. Get £ 12m or so and wave him goodbye.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I mean "captain rainbow" would surely mean that the pot of gold at the end of it all is his destiny. 

 

[sir roger]

On 17/07/2023 at 16:10, sir roger said:

Get £ 12m or so and wave him goodbye.

 

In your face, El Rojo

[Paul]

On 17/07/2023 at 16:10, sir roger said:

I long ago stopped expecting players to be moral guardians. Not sure how it has happened that politicians are almost expected to be corrupt, while sportsmen are expected to be whiter than white. Get £ 12m or so and wave him goodbye.

Me too. However, when a player actually puts himself forward as a moral guardian, that's a totally different thing. 

[terry symes]

Thinking about the current candidates to take the armband has me worried, not gonna lie. Agreed, don't want Virg - who often needs to be on the end of a rocket rather than delivering one. Mo and Alisson are just too nice, simple as that. Trent probably gets my vote but I wouldn't be overly enamoured. There is not one stand out.

 

I'm absolutely gutted we've lost our 2 standard setters to be honest (reasons aside). Wouldn't have achieved what we have without them 2 running the dressing room. The squad now reminds of old Arsenal ones. Loads of talent, but no balls, no leaders. I guess we'll see. Here's hoping some step up.

[dave u]

10 hours ago, terry symes said:

Thinking about the current candidates to take the armband has me worried, not gonna lie. Agreed, don't want Virg - who often needs to be on the end of a rocket rather than delivering one. Mo and Alisson are just too nice, simple as that. Trent probably gets my vote but I wouldn't be overly enamoured. There is not one stand out.

 

I'm absolutely gutted we've lost our 2 standard setters to be honest (reasons aside). Wouldn't have achieved what we have without them 2 running the dressing room. The squad now reminds of old Arsenal ones. Loads of talent, but no balls, no leaders. I guess we'll see. Here's hoping some step up.

 

That's definitely a concern, some are going to need to step up. I'm looking to Trent to be the one to do that.

[Pidge]

It should be Virgil, with Robbo as vice and Trent being given an outline of how he is next in line. Virgil leads the defensive line and was the third captain last season. One of our best players and a leader.

[johnsusername]

Isn't the captain voted for by the squad? Pretty sure it was last time. 

 

I'd give it to Nunez! Actually, I'm only half joking. 

[etho]

The hope is that even without the 2 generals, the culture has been set and the leadership group steps up and holds each other to those standards.

 

Agree there's absolutely no way James Milner walks out that door if we know Henderson is also off.

[dave u]

19 hours ago, Pidge said:

It should be Virgil, with Robbo as vice and Trent being given an outline of how he is next in line. Virgil leads the defensive line and was the third captain last season. One of our best players and a leader.

 

It has to be him because he'd completely see his arse if it wasn't and then he'd be no good to us.

[Pidge]

That too

[dave u]

No diary this week by the way as I've been on holiday. Back now though so next week normal service is resumed.

[Arnaud]

The diary can’t be on holiday, it’s like saying hospitals or police or the army is on holiday. 
 

 

[sir roger]

Did you have a week in a flotation tank, Dave ?

[suzy]

7 hours ago, Arnaud said:

The diary can’t be on holiday, it’s like saying hospitals or police or the army is on holiday. 
 

 

I’m disappointed to be honest.

[TheBitch]

11 hours ago, Arnaud said:

The diary can’t be on holiday, it’s like saying hospitals or police or the army is on holiday. 
 

 

When he broke the news I prayed for you.