05 Feb 2016 18:58:40
A thousand apologies for sounding idiotic but for the life of me i can't understand lfc transfer decisions.

Carroll = 35mil
Lallana = 25mil
Balotelli = 16mil
Markovic = 20mil
Benteke = 32.5mil
and the list goes on yet we stall over Teixeira who cost 38mil?

So we settle for peanuts and crackers then.

may just be ranting foolishness but hear me out, Man city spent 49mil on Sterling, 50plus mil on De Bruyne and you name it because they buy players they need without moaning over price not saying we should do the same but if the player adds quality and something the squad lacks badly in scoring goals then spend some cash on that player. we seem to get more and more silly each year. god help this club which i do adore. ynwa end of rant and not caring much if people disagree. sorry.

1.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 01:20:47
Silly rant - sorry - you name high profile failures and that we should spend even more with no guarantee of success.

Big Sami was loved - he had a lack of pace but everyone knows he cost £2.6m and stayed for 10 years. We need Klopp and the scouting department to add quality but hopefully at a lower price.

FSG have splashed the cash - we have bought poorly or too many players in most cases.

2.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 01:34:34
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

3.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 01:49:00
Are you willing to go ahead and pay that much again? let's see carroll fail, lallana debatable, balotelli fail, marco not at the club and benteke is a lamppost who i can see leaving that was the money man city have champs league and more revenue. we are not the top club now we have to pay more to get the same player the club can't keep shelling out that much for players.

4.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 04:50:18
You've pointed out all the players that we've overspent on and all are still with the club. Maybe if we could shift a few of them on we can think about making 38million pounds bids. For every high price success there are always failures. City also spent 100 odd mil on Bony, mangala and otamendi, all decent but 100 mil worth? My point is that high purchases doesn't always equal success. I'd rather we spend longer waiting to spend 38 mil when there are more options available to us and hopefully have a Better chance of making a success out of them.

5.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 08:36:47
Look at that list and then figure out how much suarez, torres and Sterling cost us. or vardy and mahrez cost Leicester. The also compare to Di Maria at Man Utd or Falco. Money and results don't always tally.

Also, half the problems on that list are they just were poor fits for our style of play (eg Benteke, Carroll and Balotelli) so it's not just about talent, it's also about what the team needs and whether we recruit suitable players.

In short, I don't believe the answer is purely in the paying up (thankfully as we'll lose that fight), but in a manager that knows what he needs to get to round out the squad, and the patience to see players settle, develop and the team to gel (something there seems to be precious little of, hence the constant rotating door at the club) .

I think Klopp is doing the right thing here, let's give him time to put his Building blocks in place before we judge him.

6.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 08:37:02
You have probably NEVER seen him play. Would you spend £300,000 on a house without viewing it? If he was to add immediate value then why were the bigger clubs not paying the asking price? Good call not wasting that amount of money if you ask me.

7.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 08:55:50
y2k3 with the omission of your paragraph a the bottom, you pretty much answered your own question.
Our owners have invested heavily, in players, the stadium etc. This was £38 MILLION English pounds, does anyone else grasp how much money that is? Then agent fees and then with him going to China, that decision tells me we would also pay a hefty salary on top.
We have a large squad and talented youth, let Klopp work through who he wants and doesn't and clear the decks. Transfer season after a tournament provides new options and ideas - and yes higher fees too! But we will have to be patient.

8.) 06 Feb 2016
06 Feb 2016 09:20:49
A definition of stupidity is to keep repeating the same mistake whilst expecting a different outcome.