03 Aug 2021 16:59:14
We have an aging squad with not much depth, now is the time to move out some older/ poorer players and bring in fresh quality over the next 3/ 4 Windows, the comparisons with fergies last few years is staring us in the face, and you lot will be the first on here crying that the squad needs major surgery and klopp is no longer here, the next man in will be left (just like at united) with a major job on his hands, hope its not Steven because he will damage his reputation for the love of the club, if you lot can't see that then you know zero about football.
03 Aug 2021 17:12:32
jesus, back with a positive post. beautiful.
03 Aug 2021 17:17:39
I’ll bite Waro:
Alison - no need to replace for at least 5 years, probably a lot longer
Trent - a decade
VVD - we have Gomez and Konate as the future pairing
Robbo - I’d say a good 5 years at his current level
Fabinho - 27 and of no concern for a good while
Hendo - yes, we need to start thinking about a successor and I beleive that’s why we’re looking at the likes of bissouma
Thiago - another one who isn’t a spring chicken, much will depend on Curtis Jones I suspect but will likely need another cm to come in at some point in the next 2-3 years
Mane - we have Jota who will hopefully be at his peak around the time Mane begins to fade in the next 2-3 years
Salah - probably our biggest concern of how to replace. Perhaps young Elliott is that man? Perhaps an expensive purchase will be needed.
Firmino - yep, we need a replacement for him.
I personally don’t doubt all of these areas will be addressed in the next 2-3 years in a phased approach. The difficulty with replacing mane and Salah is that equivalents are not cheap, so realistically you have to sell to replace. I imagine we’ll sell 2 of the front 3 next summer and bring in replacements. Then phase the 3rd out the following year.
03 Aug 2021 17:29:52
You're right but pendemic has had a major effect on our plans, think from next season will start having some changes in the squad going forward.
Anyways it's good to see u and Cris Tamworth back and doing well :-) .
Only Blair, Real AG, Bob the Red etc haven't been here for some time now especially Blair I hope they're safe and doing well in this pendemic.