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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 2
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toffeejack
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there are so many articles about those lot around atm, this is why they can't win, they're just so intolerable that there's even a BBC article asking whether fans want them to win it or not. No other club in the world would generate an article like that. Klopp's moaning like a big girl again about chelsea and spurs being lucky with injuries, wtf is wrong with the hypocrit. Last week spurs had about ten first team players injured. Literally talking wham. He's spent probably four times the amount of money pochettino has to build a stronger squad, that's his failing, not luck.
Yid4life
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Exactly. Dier, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Dembele, Lamela, Sanchez all been out recently. Moura picked up a knock vs CFC & is likely to miss Man U.
All 3 CMs still out which is why we are playing Winks & Sissoko & have 18 yr old Skipp fillling in.
Buy Klopp is all 'woe is me'. Mug.
tommytowne
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The Teutonic Tit should also be reminded of the rather favourable fixture schedule over the Christmas period.
Or the fact he isn't losing his 2 best forwards to a tournament that has been moved to the summer for the first time.
JAYMULL
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the thing is lads its good he's moaning he's feeling the pressure. He says that the title is not being discussed among them and it may not be directly but his demeanor after the City and Wolves game shows the pressure he is feeling. That will generate to the players. Spurs won't win the league, they lose silly games but City are a different kettle of fish they've been there before, had they're dodgy spell and are now breathing down the RS neck. Klipperty will know that they can't afford any slip ups.
tommytowne
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Of course. I'd forgotten about clause 362, sub - section 3b paragraph 2 of their pact with The Beast.
Steve0
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Just having a look at their squad. They currently have a squad of 24 first teamers - quite a few on loan but none of them will do anything in the Premiership. Harry Wilson is probably the best of a mediocre bunch but he's nearly 22 and not exactly tearing up the Championship.
Of those 24 an astonishing 8 of them see their contracts expire in the next 18 months. Sturridge, Milner, Origi, Markovic, Moreno, Matip, Lallana and somebody called Conor Randall.
They might get a few quid for the ones leaving in 2020 (matip, lallana and origi) but given their troubles with injuries and/or not being very good they can't expect to make much from them.
Their sale of Solanke, although superficially a receiving a good fee, does perhaps indicate underlying financial concern among the head honchos at FSG. Looking to flog Origi as well, can they really afford to further reduce such a paper thin squad? Looks they can't afford not to, and with a whole host of assets about to depreciate to nothing it's not hard to see why.
They've also unwisely tied Keita, Fabinho and Henderson down to 2023, all on massive wages. Keita and Fabinho didnt even stand out in their leagues but it's now obvious they don't have what it takes to make it in the big league. £100m in transfer fees and about £12m pa in wages....they have been pitiful and FSG may well be casting envious eyes over the park at our Dutch Maestro if they continue to see such mediocrity signed for top dollar.
Nor is it a particularly young squad. Only three members of their first xi are under 25, the overrated and injury prone gomez, that right back and the increasingly leggy looking Robertson.
Most studies confirm that the peak age for footballers is 26. Armed with this info you can't help but worry about Liverpool FC as all their main players have already climbed that hill, whilst some might be able to halt the decline it's fair to say none of them are still ascending the football mountain. Salah, Mane, Firmino, VVD, Hendo, the chunky Swiss international are all closer to their 27th birthday than their 26th. If I was a Liverpool fan Id be worried, this is pretty much their last chance to win the league.
City's U25s include B Silva, Stones, Zinchenko, Jesus, Sane, Sterling, Mendy, Laporte.
Evertons u25s include Pickford, Mina, Zouma, Digne, Davies, Richarlison, Lookman.
Spurs u25s include Kane, Alli, Winks, Sanchez and Dier.
The age profile of Liverpool's squad in concerning to say the least. Considering how much they've spent it's a shame to see it so aged. Maybe Keita and Fabinho can step but the evidence so far suggests this is unlikely. Not only is this their last chance to win the league it might be their last chance to make top 4. Their luck this season has been well documented, an ordinary amount of luck would see them scrapping for 4th but they've also been incredibly lucky with injuries.
If they take this small, ageing squad into next season (especially with Mane and Salah enjoying off to Africa for the summer) then a couple of injuries could spell BIG trouble.
FSG are unlikely to invest further, they've already humiliatingly backed out of trying to sign Pulisic, allowing Chelsea to swoop. Liverpool have crested their lucky wave but, unfortunately, it looks like they're about to crash to Earth. It's a shame really.
Of those 24 an astonishing 8 of them see their contracts expire in the next 18 months. Sturridge, Milner, Origi, Markovic, Moreno, Matip, Lallana and somebody called Conor Randall.
They might get a few quid for the ones leaving in 2020 (matip, lallana and origi) but given their troubles with injuries and/or not being very good they can't expect to make much from them.
Their sale of Solanke, although superficially a receiving a good fee, does perhaps indicate underlying financial concern among the head honchos at FSG. Looking to flog Origi as well, can they really afford to further reduce such a paper thin squad? Looks they can't afford not to, and with a whole host of assets about to depreciate to nothing it's not hard to see why.
They've also unwisely tied Keita, Fabinho and Henderson down to 2023, all on massive wages. Keita and Fabinho didnt even stand out in their leagues but it's now obvious they don't have what it takes to make it in the big league. £100m in transfer fees and about £12m pa in wages....they have been pitiful and FSG may well be casting envious eyes over the park at our Dutch Maestro if they continue to see such mediocrity signed for top dollar.
Nor is it a particularly young squad. Only three members of their first xi are under 25, the overrated and injury prone gomez, that right back and the increasingly leggy looking Robertson.
Most studies confirm that the peak age for footballers is 26. Armed with this info you can't help but worry about Liverpool FC as all their main players have already climbed that hill, whilst some might be able to halt the decline it's fair to say none of them are still ascending the football mountain. Salah, Mane, Firmino, VVD, Hendo, the chunky Swiss international are all closer to their 27th birthday than their 26th. If I was a Liverpool fan Id be worried, this is pretty much their last chance to win the league.
City's U25s include B Silva, Stones, Zinchenko, Jesus, Sane, Sterling, Mendy, Laporte.
Evertons u25s include Pickford, Mina, Zouma, Digne, Davies, Richarlison, Lookman.
Spurs u25s include Kane, Alli, Winks, Sanchez and Dier.
The age profile of Liverpool's squad in concerning to say the least. Considering how much they've spent it's a shame to see it so aged. Maybe Keita and Fabinho can step but the evidence so far suggests this is unlikely. Not only is this their last chance to win the league it might be their last chance to make top 4. Their luck this season has been well documented, an ordinary amount of luck would see them scrapping for 4th but they've also been incredibly lucky with injuries.
If they take this small, ageing squad into next season (especially with Mane and Salah enjoying off to Africa for the summer) then a couple of injuries could spell BIG trouble.
FSG are unlikely to invest further, they've already humiliatingly backed out of trying to sign Pulisic, allowing Chelsea to swoop. Liverpool have crested their lucky wave but, unfortunately, it looks like they're about to crash to Earth. It's a shame really.
canuckblue
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toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
whilst it is concerning for them, they get so so lucky with transfer fees. I mean that fee for an utterly average player in coutinho was just hideous on barca's part and it's dug the RS out of a massive hole. But as you say, they have financial concerns and these dodgy transfer fees they've received does seem suspicious to me. Their name will always bail them out though because they are getting dodgy fees for terrible players. On the flip side to your statements, they have a lot of players at their prime age, which is what our problem has been imo.
But they'll get saved when salah will start his dip and then some idiots will pay way too much for him ala torres and coutinho. They've bought squad fillers sensibly lately though which has helped, it's something i wanted us to do, i banged the drum about shaqiri last year as a cheap option when stoke were struggling, i've mentioned trippier and ben davies amongst others when at burnley and spurs and they've grown to be very dependable backup players and are now both arguably first choice full backs.
GwladysPhil
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And they've put up a tweet from a "blue" saying they should and deserve to.
Steve0
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Coutinho is outstanding and the reason they aren't about 12 points clear is because he was sold. They did get a lot but they replaced him with Keita and Fabinho.
He's actually trying to spin it to look like it was only the rs had to play a load of games in a short period lollollollol
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