17 Aug 2023 11:11:46
Do you think Schmadtke will not be retained at this point at SD? And what the plan would likely be if not? (internal, external for example).

1.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 11:54:29
I'm not sure who was to blame over the Lavia/ caceido farce but I've not been impressed so far. let's see what he does in the remaining weeks. Would I like to see Michael Edwards back, yes? But I guess it all depends on the future of the club and what FSG do.

2.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 12:22:26
Imagine calling for edwards to come back after he built an over-sized, ageing, often injured and overpaid squad.

3.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 12:30:59
Think that was why he left faithinworks, that exactly what he didn’t want and Klopp did.

4.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 12:59:54
From the outside looking in, I think he is in way way over his head. It could be he is just in the door and hasn't found his feet yet with a new team but who s fault is that? Who was in charge of appointing a Dof when we knew Ward was going? Why three month temporary contract to a guy who was not amongst the top choices. Why are the club dithering on recruitment as with the case of Lavia? Why did Ward leave so soon? And others from other positions? Why with two weeks left in the window we haven't recruited key positions at the outset of the window. Why did we bid one week, wait a week to bid again and another week to bid again for Lavia? Why did we get involved in Caicedo when he wanted Chelsea? I haven't seen bids accepted for players before and they did not go there before. Sure it happens but not often. Why did we not know they wouldn't come? And twice in the one window?


I'm not an insider. I don't have the answers to any of these questions. Could be a very unlucky window.

But if someone held a gun to my head to say what I was thinking, I would say we are an absolute mess behind the scenes .

On the plus side I'm very happy with Mac Allaister a and Szobozlai. Think Endo might be alright as a squad player. I like pace, especially for our DM and he does not look the quickest to me. Intelligence can make up for that though so let's see. Could be this season's suprise package. If we get a quality DM, I ll settle for that transfer window as a pretty good one although there will be a bit of disappointment we didn't add a CB. I think we are proper short there if injuries happen. Particularly with injuries almost a certainty with our group.

So without knowing all the answers to the why's I might be very unfair in this next comment but no. I would not extend schmadtke. I would kick him out the door as far as I could and get a world level operator in with a proven track record.

5.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 13:18:21
I’d take that squad with the trophies they won.

6.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 14:46:48
Spot on, Faith. People put this guy on some kind of fake pedestal as if he was working on his own and had nobody above him or did not work within the frame work the club had set.

Edwards was part of the problem. He is the one who gave big contracts to squad players like Naby and Ox and kept pricing players that needed to go like Markovic, Ox, Naby etc. out of moves when offers came for them. Edwards was very good for us and he made a lot of mistakes as well so if we are going to talk about his record, let's talk about all of it and not pick and choose to suit an agenda.

What we need is a full time DOF who will do the job and concentrate on working within the framework the club has set. These interim appointments do not bode well.

7.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 14:50:27
I think he’s a stop gap signing which on the face of it is perfectly fine as it allows us to get the best out of MacAllister, Szobo and Gakpo. But I really want to see us push the boat out next summer and get two quality CB’s, a RB and high quality DM if we don’t get the latter this summer. There’s clearly money to spend.

8.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 16:01:13
HRT1980, I think so as well and LFC is one club that does this type of deals over the passed 20 plus years as well. See Kyriakos, Gary Mac and Klavan. Signing Klavan for example did not stop is from going big on VVD. Nor will signing Endo stop us from getting the actual DM we want this summer or do the Andre deal in January, should that be our wish.

Endo by all accounts, is a stud in the Bundesliga at DM especially and is highly rated in that league, which is no slouch. that is what al the experts have said so I will defer to them. Really exciting to see what he can do for us moving forward.

9.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 16:29:03
Did Klopp think he was resigning Hendo but missed the H off. Give the man a chance at the end of the day he will be wearing the red shirt. YNWA.

10.) 17 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 17:05:35
Mr Bean utter rubbish. He left to take a year out. The fact that he has not taken another job since he left Liverpool is pretty conclusive evidence.