31 Dec 2022 12:06:34
Paul Joyce reporting now that Liverpool are done in regards anymore new arrivals. really disappointing we need at least one more in midfield. can any of the eds confirm this is the case.

{Ed002's Note - No. As I have said if the opportuinity arises for Liverpool to sign one of the midfield players they have an interest in at an acceptable fee.}

1.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 12:21:02
But Ed Paul Joyce said ?.

2.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 12:39:28
I’m taking it as we’re signing no one.

3.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 12:46:00
No one knows but the people sorting the deals. Just sit tight and see what happens. Paul Joyce knows as much as the next journo. They are only "connected" as much as the club let's them be.

Do you think Julian Ward thinks "oh lads, i must tell Paul Joyce and Fabrizio Romano of our business before we sign the player". Nope. Unless the Eds can enlighten me but Im pretty sure its a tight ship these days at most clubs regarding transfers and any info is pure speculation or educated guess if neither club says anything.

4.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 13:05:59
Paul Joyce puts out what the club asks him to.

5.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 13:23:12
No he doesn't FPF. He's not involved in transfer business and why would he be? Gakpo was being worked on since September apparently, so why didn't he pipe up then? I get the desire for info but stop putting faith in these journos who know as much as you do. Its called Liverpool Rumours not Liverpool Facts. Its a rumours site so enjoy the rumours.
We all know the need for a midfielder or two, pretty sure the club are aware of this too ya know. We've signed a decent player and the window hasn't even opened yet. Be grateful.

6.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 13:30:30
I didn’t say anything about having faith in any journo, jimblelfc2005. I said Joyce puts out what the club asks him to. It’s blatant. Sorry if you disagree.

7.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 13:45:09
Joyce was strangely quiet on the Gakpo deal considering he's the club's official mouthpiece.
Almost as if he was kept in the dark like all the other journos and ITKs.

{Ed002's Note - Liverpool made their first approach for CG on December 13.}

8.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 14:07:49
Aikira called Gakpo a long while back, and there are some decent sources calling the Caicedo transfer. Bloom loves a quick profit, he is a businessman, and there is little pressure on Brighton, who are over performing in both the league and the transfer market.

Caicedo, Gakpo, Nunez and Diaz in the space of 1 year add's a mass of vigour, energy and chaos to our play.

9.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 14:11:56
As we’ve seen from most of our business recently, in particular Gapko, the club keep transfer activity away from the press

Joyce is no different.

10.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 16:20:32
Lots of people claimed Gakpo was signing a while back spaceman, not one of them had solid inside knowledge.
Throw enough names down during the course of a season then eventually you'll probably get one that's right.

11.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 17:59:43
The club will give snippets to people who speak to Journalists. The information will be what the club wants released. The club doesn’t always want its business known externally. The club sometimes needs space to work. Journalists will take what they are give and not moan too much if it turns out to be a different direction to how things turn out as it is swings and roundabouts.

Make of those statements want you will and how much you can trust ANY journalists transfer story, even the one who is ‘the clubs mouthpiece’ lol.

12.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 19:55:56
If everyone just stepped back and took a breathe, they wold see that the various reports are all saying the same thing, which is basically what ed2 is saying. We will sign the right player if the opportunity is there.

What I hate the most is the people who come on here and conflate 'not signing anyone' with 'not trying to sign anyone' and then that spirals into a pit of despair about how useless everyone at the club is. I think we need to re-tool and am more than prepared for it to be this window and next window, whether we miss out on CL or not. DGAF tbh, Liverpool FC isn't dying after this season.

13.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 22:23:25
@Faith - it’s not just Ed02 - the club have been saying the same thing for about 18 months. The pity is that it’s just not some people want to hear.

14.) 31 Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022 23:21:18
The sore point is that it’s an unforced transition. We’ve had 3 windows to start the process of refreshing midfield with window 4 opening tomorrow. That smacks of arrogance, neglect or incompetence.

We didn’t need to be here!

15.) 01 Jan 2023
01 Jan 2023 05:36:37
@FPF, I assume you were living in a foreign country when the more excitable, short term planning element of the forum users got into a flap a couple of seasons ago demanding that we but defenders as the single most important thing in the world. (Tsimikas, Konate, Ramsey)

Or last year when the same group of people spent months clamouring for us to sort out our attack and get rid of the old and / or underperforming forwards (say hello to Diaz and Nunez and Gakpo)

And guess what this years panic is the midfield - our current midfield ( all 9 or 10 of them) are rubbish and they need to be replaced eh?

16.) 01 Jan 2023
01 Jan 2023 06:53:22
Define foreign country, WDW and might tell Roy where I was when we chose to defend our title with 3 CBs - two of which were injury prone.

Seriously though, we clearly disagree on ambition and sensible planning for the club. That’s fine.

As for the kids, let’s mark our diary for 2026 and see how many are established first team players then eh?

17.) 01 Jan 2023
01 Jan 2023 08:39:04
I would say 2023 whine about the midfield, 2024 whine about the defence (Ali, VVD, Joel and Robbo over 30), 2025 whine about the midfield again as we didn’t buy 3 players in 2023 and 3026 whine about the forwards because we’ll have had Diaz, Nunez and Gakpo for toooooo long and Mo will be well past it.

Let’s see how you go shall we.

Happy New Year.

18.) 01 Jan 2023
01 Jan 2023 11:23:18
You missed goalkeepers out WDW!