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



davek said:
They're recycling.

Only City, Chelsea and United will spend big out of the PL.
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And what's interesting is they know it as well.

Pearce is busy writing what can only be described as propaganda pieces in the Athletic and the comments are filled with hundreds of reds whining.

I've always felt they were quite a dim bunch, but they're not that dim. They can see that the 3 teams you mention are going to be bringing in multiple top players (although Chelsea did last year) while Liverpool will have to make do with a lad who couldn't get into Leipzigs team (however much promise he has).

In fairness I thought they would get back above United next season (while remaining a long way behind City and falling a long way behind Chelsea) but if United get Varane to play next to Maguire, and Saul to be part of their squad rotation I'm not sure they even manage that.

For most normal people they would look at it and go theyve won a couple of trophies, which for where theyve been the last 30 years is pretty good, settle for that really. But a lot of them seemed to really drink the cool aid and think they were going to be some sort of dominant force for years to come. It's going to hit them hard when they become an Arsenal.
 
N.S.N.O. said:
10.5m for Grujic, a player with only 1 year left on his contract, and twice what they paid....something very fishy about the transfer fees to receive...
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The key phrase is "up to". The fees they actually get are around 50% down and the other 50% on very unlikely add ons.

They then incentivise agents heavily (so at least 10% of the fee) and the player will get 10% of the fee as well.

They will have got 5 down, 5 on the never never if Porto win the European cup and he wins the ballon do'r etc. Of the 5 down they will have paid 2 to the agent and the player. All of this gets filed in unusual spots on the accounts, and explains why aspects of it are so high for them.

You also have to factor in, with squad bonuses etc they were paying Grujic 3-4m per season, plus a big sign on fee and agents fee at the front end. They recieved 3m in loans in that time to contribute to his wages, so again the wages is a net 15m negative.

When you factor in wages and fees they will be a long way down on such deals (hence why they wanted well over 15m for him) but the guys in the press box will be busy doing their bidding for them.

No doubt the bed wetters will get to the end of the window angry when they havent spent the 10m quid fee they think they got for Grujic, without ever really grasping the complexities of the deal.
 

catcherintherye said:
And what's interesting is they know it as well.

Pearce is busy writing what can only be described as propaganda pieces in the Athletic and the comments are filled with hundreds of reds whining.

I've always felt they were quite a dim bunch, but they're not that dim. They can see that the 3 teams you mention are going to be bringing in multiple top players (although Chelsea did last year) while Liverpool will have to make do with a lad who couldn't get into Leipzigs team (however much promise he has).

In fairness I thought they would get back above United next season (while remaining a long way behind City and falling a long way behind Chelsea) but if United get Varane to play next to Maguire, and Saul to be part of their squad rotation I'm not sure they even manage that.

For most normal people they would look at it and go theyve won a couple of trophies, which for where theyve been the last 30 years is pretty good, settle for that really. But a lot of them seemed to really drink the cool aid and think they were going to be some sort of dominant force for years to come. It's going to hit them hard when they become an Arsenal.
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They're game plan just doesn't work anymore. It's been worked out. As much as the lack of impact signings they'll suffer from this summer, it's that underlying flaw around tactics that will see them struggle again this season.
 
davek said:
They're game plan just doesn't work anymore. It's been worked out. As much as the lack of impact signings they'll suffer from this summer, it's that underlying flaw around tactics that will see them struggle again this season.
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Their game plan as a club is to buy players for about £30 million, hope they do well for a couple of seasons, sell them for £100 million and then buy another 1 for £30 million. Covid and the financial problems at Madrid and Barca have put paid to that.
 
Saint Domingo said:
Fixed. They were back on the juice by the end of last season and will come roaring out the traps again here. Let’s just hope City’s own doping programme keeps them ahead of this lot and someone can dump them out of the CL.
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I dont think so. If they had fresh blood into the team I'd say maybe.

But their first team are all cracking on 30 or past 30. Any PEDs they take might help them maintain a level of perfromance for their age, but it wont give them energy levels of players in their 20s. Three years ago that core of players were at optimal age to receive and make good use of PEDs. Not now.
 

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