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January 2025 Transfer Thread


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1 hour ago, Scott_M said:


Just as well I haven’t.

 

Finally… Mo wasn’t at his best. Maybe the injury was the reason, maybe it wasn’t. Do you not think we should ensure it wasn’t before offering him a new contract, likely the highest wages in the clubs history. 
 

This might be boring for some, unfortunately that’s the way the club will view it these days. 

How are you ensuring it wasn't his injury? 

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Moving on from Reina was correct, he look like he had bulked up far to much and didn't look agile enough anymore. The problem was buying a keeper than didn't have the distribution or mentality to play for a team looking to get back to the top

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30 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Getting rid of Reina wasn’t the problem. 
 

Getting rid of him to save money by getting a worse keeper most definitely was. 

Mignolet proved to be an unreliable keeper, but at the time we signed him the unanimous FF verdict was that he was an upgrade.

 

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6 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

How are you ensuring it wasn't his injury? 


To me, that doesn’t even make sense.

 

If, for whatever reason, you think Mo’s performance was of the quality we expect from the highest salary in earner 132 years of the clubs history, I’d genuinely like to hear it. 

 

47 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Getting rid of Reina wasn’t the problem. 
 

Getting rid of him to save money by getting a worse keeper most definitely was. 


A change in tune.. they are separate issues.
 

Reina, at his best was in the top half dozen keepers  in the world.  He was genuinely an outstanding keeper. 
 

His form deteriorated, massively. Unfortunately, for whatever reasons, it’s happens.

 

Getting rid on Reina, taking up wages for supposedly for more effective players, isn’t a wrong decision. Signing Simple Simon was a worse decision than letting Reina go. 
 

Which again, ties back to the original point, something about tight cunt owners (I’ve fully stated I’d like more signings) , is at absolute best a half truth  because name another player the age of Reina, VVd or Salah, when performing, we’ve let leave. 
 

Nobody can, it’s not happened. 

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8 hours ago, Scott_M said:


To me, that doesn’t even make sense.

 

If, for whatever reason, you think Mo’s performance was of the quality we expect from the highest salary in earner 132 years of the clubs history, I’d genuinely like to hear it. 

 


A change in tune.. they are separate issues.
 

Reina, at his best was in the top half dozen keepers  in the world.  He was genuinely an outstanding keeper. 
 

His form deteriorated, massively. Unfortunately, for whatever reasons, it’s happens.

 

Getting rid on Reina, taking up wages for supposedly for more effective players, isn’t a wrong decision. Signing Simple Simon was a worse decision than letting Reina go. 
 

Which again, ties back to the original point, something about tight cunt owners (I’ve fully stated I’d like more signings) , is at absolute best a half truth  because name another player the age of Reina, VVd or Salah, when performing, we’ve let leave. 
 

Nobody can, it’s not happened. 

You words were.... 

 

Maybe the injury was the reason, maybe it wasn’t. Do you not think we should ensure it wasn’t before offering him a new contrac

 

So I repeat, how are you ensuring that? 

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46 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

You words were.... 

 

Maybe the injury was the reason, maybe it wasn’t. Do you not think we should ensure it wasn’t before offering him a new contrac

 

So I repeat, how are you ensuring that? 


Im not ensuring anything. 
 

I’m sure our recruitment / analytics department have their methods. They’ll know better than me. Shock horror, they’ll also know better than you. 

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8 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

And you had plenty defending the decision to get rid of Rafa for that budgie cunt so I wouldn’t get carried away by a thread started after it was all sorted. 

My point is that the argument that Mignolet was a deliberate downgrade to save money (because, y'know, that's the thing we do) simply isn't true.  Yes, his wages were cheaper, but he was also intended as an upgrade.

 

If you want to look for precedent of FSG replacing top players with shit ones, in order to save money, you'll have to look elsewhere.

 

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2 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

My point is that the argument that Mignolet was a deliberate downgrade to save money (because, y'know, that's the thing we do) simply isn't true.  Yes, his wages were cheaper, but he was also intended as an upgrade.

 

If you want to look for precedent of FSG replacing top players with shit ones, in order to save money, you'll have to look elsewhere.

 


If they wanted an upgrade then why limit the choice to 3 shit keepers all worse and all on less money? 

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1 hour ago, lifetime fan said:


If they wanted an upgrade then why limit the choice to 3 shit keepers all worse and all on less money? 

Mignolet and Begovic were seen as the two main up and coming keepers in the league at the time weren’t they? Especially Begovic.
I don’t think I thought either was much cop, but pretty sure that was the general view.

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We need a fucking striker.  

 

It is what is, it doesn't matter why this is the case, an alternate timeline sees Klopp put more faith in Nunez and play to his strengths, maybe it could have been different but right now it feels emphatically negative for Nunez. 

Gakpo less so, but for me we should have sold him straight after the Euros. 

 

So, fantasy football time, who should we be bringing in to replace those two and bang 28 league goals a season? 

 

I used to be on the Osimhen train but his downfall has been surprising. I listened to a podcast on his situation the other day and apparently he's made of crisps and doesn't actually score many goals, so that's not the answer. 

 

Ollie Watkins?

Harry Kane?

Benjamin Sesko?

Ivan Toney?

 

Or might Slot want to go back to Feyenoord for Santiago Jimenez? 

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

We need a fucking striker.  

 

It is what is, it doesn't matter why this is the case, an alternate timeline sees Klopp put more faith in Nunez and play to his strengths, maybe it could have been different but right now it feels emphatically negative for Nunez. 

Gakpo less so, but for me we should have sold him straight after the Euros. 

 

So, fantasy football time, who should we be bringing in to replace those two and bang 28 league goals a season? 

 

I used to be on the Osimhen train but his downfall has been surprising. I listened to a podcast on his situation the other day and apparently he's made of crisps and doesn't actually score many goals, so that's not the answer. 

 

Ollie Watkins?

Harry Kane?

Benjamin Sesko?

Ivan Toney?

 

Or might Slot want to go back to Feyenoord for Santiago Jimenez? 

 

 

Ollie Watkins would be a good call 

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3 hours ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

We need a fucking striker.  

 

It is what is, it doesn't matter why this is the case, an alternate timeline sees Klopp put more faith in Nunez and play to his strengths, maybe it could have been different but right now it feels emphatically negative for Nunez. 

Gakpo less so, but for me we should have sold him straight after the Euros. 

 

So, fantasy football time, who should we be bringing in to replace those two and bang 28 league goals a season? 

 

I used to be on the Osimhen train but his downfall has been surprising. I listened to a podcast on his situation the other day and apparently he's made of crisps and doesn't actually score many goals, so that's not the answer. 

 

Ollie Watkins?

Harry Kane?

Benjamin Sesko?

Ivan Toney?

 

Or might Slot want to go back to Feyenoord for Santiago Jimenez? 

 

 

 

Too old, too expensive, wages too high, etc, etc.

 

The club will have very specific criteria ensuring we don't sign one. Guess we'll see what happens next summer after we've binned Nunez.

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