ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3

[the golden visionary]

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Needs to read the mcneil one first.

Running before he can walk there

 

[toffee82]

Whenever there’s danger, he’s nowhere to be seen. He’s out wide nowhere near the action giving his partner CB down the banks. He’s an absolute charlatan that’s had smoke blown up his arse by the media more than any player I’ve ever seen in the league. Has done absolutely nothing at international level either. He’s not a top CB, never has been, he’s never been positionally perfect like a Cannavaro Nesta Terry or Puyol. Van Dijk has always been absolutely all over the place who has got out of trouble by Matip or Alisson.

Beto had him all over the place at Anfield and Goodison last season and he’s a bang average striker. Van Dijk is nowhere near the levels of the PLs best CBs nowhere near.

Mad how having a ponytail and a fanny on his chin has given him some kind of aura.

 

[peteblue]

If they’d sold Salah for the reported 100m that was being suggested last summer and saved his 20m a year wages. It’s cost them 120m to keep him on for one season. A bitter kopite said to me, we haven’t let him go on a free we’ve saved 20m in wages next year

No mate, they were going to triple his wages at least so they’ve saved a minimum of £60M a year. Canny lot they are…taps nose three times….

 

[Zatara]

Their only real saleable assets are Ekitike Szoboslai and Ngumoah. They’ll get nothing significant back now for any of Allison Van Dijk or Salah. Konate and Robertson will go for nothing this summer. As long as no one is stupid enough to pay them any decent money for their muck like McCallsiter Gravenberch or Gakpo, they’re looking at once again needing another summer of huge investment to rebuild (on top of the 50 mill CB they’ve already agreed a deal for). Let’s see if FSG will go to the well again or whether they reasonably ask WTF happened to the last 450 mill we gave you?

Ngumoha Is nothing more than a ‘run fast and fall over’ merchant.

Because he plays for Die Scheiße he’s automatically classified as the best young player in the werld.

Having said that, Bournemouth will probably pay £50m for him as they did with previous dross like Ibe and Solanke.

I'd like that to be true.
But McAllister, Gravenberch, Isak, Wirtz are good players.

Ngumoah is only 17 and looks to me like he'a got everything - apart from real end product which I expect he'll develop. He could be top notch.

Gravenberch, Ekitike, Isak, Wirtz & Szoboszlai, Gakpo are good players as well.

I think were talking 7/11 decent players and its some way below Arsenal and City. You're only as good as your weakest link.

Saying this with a genuinely straight face after his team just got smashed 4 nil is absolutely wonderfully deluded.

Truly hilarious stuff.

Dont think hes said it just now. Looks like when they beat Spurs by 4 Feb 7 2025

 

[Zatara]

Well everyone is a saleable asset obviously. Perhaps I should have specified that by saying ‘that they can sell for significant fees above what they paid for them to provide them with a sizeable transfer kitty to refresh that squad’

Isak has had multiple significant injuries and misses many games a season. No one is even sure whether he’s ever returned to the form he had for Newcastle before he did his hamstring and since then he’s fractured his leg. They’d be lucky to even get 50 mill for him now and thy paid well over 100.

Wirtz has shown he’s just not quick enough to be massively effective in the premier league and when he plays in his favoured position he unbalances the midfield. I don’t think they’d get half of what they paid for him now.

They bankrolled previous successful teams due to massive sales of Torres Alonso Mascherano Suarez Coutinho to top CL teams.

Who are they selling out the current squad that would interest Barcelona Real Madrid City or Bayern to depart with a massive fee like they did for those other players?

If we reframe the conversation a bit and if we look at their team and think who we'd actually want to keep in and around the squad at truly elite level.

Ekitike, Wirtz, Gravenberch would be the only 3 for me, with Ngumoah being there for potential.

With us, Branthwaite, Garner, KDH, Ndiaye, Grealish with Armstrong and Dibling for potential.

We've got the better stadium, we need to quickly add to the above and rise above them.

They are the past, we are the future.

If they’d sold Salah for the reported 100m that was being suggested last summer and saved his 20m a year wages. It’s cost them 120m to keep him on for one season. A bitter kopite said to me, we haven’t let him go on a free we’ve saved 20m in wages next year

Its amazing to me that they didnt sell him for the big money.

He and VVD should have both been launched to Saudi 2 seasons ago.

Theyre symbols of a club now hanging on to past glories and about to fall off a cliff with us overtaking them.

 

[Seathestars]

If this lot think a change of Manager is the answer to all their problems they are sadly mistaken.
They have bought and already have some bang average players, not manager is going to polish the following.

Frimpong (awful)
Kerkez (terrible)
Van Dijk (very good player at one time but way past his best)
Jones (average although I think he's probably better than Szoboszlai)
Szoboszlai (I keep seeing comments on how good he is, I just don't see it, can take a free kick but avaerage in every other department)
Wirtz (I don't get the hype, by now he should have at least shown glimpses, loses the ball too much for me)
Ngumoha (young but clueless chicken with no head type. You cannot teach when to release the ball and how to pass, thats just natural talent, he's quick and that is about it, so are a million young players but this kid gets hyped up because it's them. Look at him compared to that young Arsenal kid or Wayne Rooney at 17, they are worlds apart)

They need to fill all these positions I think.

 

[barneygumble]

Not that I like point scoring, because for me, its always us, not them.

But this made me have a right laugh...

 

[fabricsince1985]

Semenyo was the perfect replacement tbh but they missed the boat.

I'd like to think he'd have swerved them anyway after the Bournemouth game at anfield this season...

 

[Eggs]

….i just fear the Champions League two-leg format suits them perfectly, especially with the 2nd leg at home

 

[Nymzee]

 

[EcclesEFC]

Absolutely unbelievable. Apparently yesterday never happened according to BBC red button sport. The only nod to yesterday was the actual scores. If they'd have won trust me we'd have known about it.

 

[Yarrgh]

Spot on. Would love to see what Henry in his prime would do against Van Bader. I don't know what the footballing equivalent of throwing in the towel is to save someone being humiliated but ol' Arnie would have to do that pretty goddamn quick.

 

[frank_da_tank]

Spot on. Would love to see what Henry in his prime would do against Van Bader. I don't know what the footballing equivalent of throwing in the towel is to save someone being humiliated but ol' Arnie would have to do that pretty goddamn quick.

You do know thats a parody account?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Spot on, he was all over the place leaving acres of space. Love to see it.

 

[Nymzee]

Spot on, he was all over the place leaving acres of space. Love to see it.

Sadly a fake account.