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07 Aug 2017 04:34:01
Sorry eds. I read every day and the fickle fan drives me nuts about transfers and I want them all to shutup.
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Klopp can take this current team to the top 4 and get past group stages of champs league. Will likely mean fa and league cup get tossed aside until we can grow our squad but I don't care. Klopp very clearly outlined Salah, VVD, and Keita as his desired big names and won't take players of lesser quality. This is the right approach. Everyone talks about competing in four competitions but you can't expect that until a team has been built with full internationals all over the pitch. This takes a solid run of years competing in the champions league to attract those players and/ or develop them. When you have someone like Klopp at the helm we can do both. Selling clubs can still be completely uncooperative though. Doesn't mean we go for lesser quality. It means we wait for the team to come to terms with losing a star player or another of equal quality to become available. We will sell players along the way as well. Players we as fans hate to see go. How many Barcelona fans do you suppose were happy to see Neymar leave? And Neymar is not an exception apart from the fee. Luis Figo swapped Barcelona for Real Madrid (holly rubbish that happened, I remember that, football is mad! ), Andriy Shevchenko left A. C. Milan who were at the time the biggest club on the planet and he was regarded as the best striker of his time. Klopp does not believe there are many, if any, that are better than VVD, so he won't bother looking at others unless he is forced to, that only happens if VVD moves to another club. Keita is a rare talent. His performances and resulting stats from last season are off the charts. So who do we sign as an alternative? Lanzini, no we don't, that's like signing stuart downing and how coke and expecting Ryan Giggs and Arjen Robben. Only a few players are worth truly breaking the bank for. Dembele? Perhaps. Dybala? Yes. Verrati, please. Griezman, Bale, Muller, Koke, Hummels, Vidal. who of them do you suppose is more available than Keita? Not a one so we wait and Klopp works magic with what he has until he has more.
1.) 07 Aug 2017 07:26:03
WGD we are all aloud an opinion
We all know if you don't strengthen and sigh players that are needed then you get left behind. Who's to say VVD and keita will still be available next year.
2.) 07 Aug 2017 07:48:16
Klopp can take this team to top 4 and out of group stages of CL. When did we turn into Arsenal? Klopp outlined the 3 players and won't take anyone of less quality. I agree that, that is a good way to do business. But you're telling us there is no other players in world football available that has same or better quality. The other players you mention to back up your Weak argument are all retired. Some have been for a while. You may think you're not a fickle fan but it's a fickle argument.
3.) 07 Aug 2017 08:38:34
All of this Arsenal bashing astounds me. They have won 3 Premier League titles and numerous domestic cups since we last won the First Division. Not to mention 17 consecutive years in the Champions League until this season.
Being honest, I'd have loved that level of success over the last 20 years.
4.) 07 Aug 2017 09:34:13
Clarkey agree perhaps my Arsenal example wasn't the best but what I mean is why are we happy to say let's get top 4 and just out of CL group. As it stands we haven't even qualified into the group and with our current squad 4th will be a massive challenge let alone anything higher. We used to feel defeated if we came 2nd. Now we don't even aim that high.