01 Aug 2024 19:45:13
Would love to get people's thoughts.
Who subscribes to the theory that, since we finished third with a whimper we need to but 2-3 1st XI players to realistically compete for the title?
Who subscribes to the theory that we finished third with a whimper because we need.
01 Aug 2024 20:05:24
My thought is that I’ve got no idea what you’re asking.
01 Aug 2024 20:10:37
Possible Translation : The wife’s busted you subscribing to onlyfans, and now you’re whimpering?
01 Aug 2024 20:26:13
Thats right or we could play the nutmeg off of the sock.
01 Aug 2024 20:31:05
I think many clubs are 2-3 first XI signings away from challenging delvecs. We've already got a great squad and were probably punching above our weight for the first part of the season imo. At the start of last season, most would have taken 3rd, especially with the drop off from Salah.
01 Aug 2024 22:26:06
Generally speaking, I rekon the better approach to transfers is about targeting the areas in the squad that need to be improved. then that would determine how many players you may need to recruit.
I don't think an arbitrary 2-3 signings per window is what makes the difference from one season to the next.
The other thing about it is that we actually have a full squad. we can debate the quality in certain areas for sure. But, when we say we need to bring in 2-3 players, in our context the other side of that conversation is about moving players on or finding loan opportunities for young players whose minutes would get restricted by another signing.
02 Aug 2024 05:19:57
Sorry all. Post shot off before it was ready.
Question was actually.
Who thinks because we had a disappointing finish to the season we need 2-3 players to seriously compete for the title OR who thinks we had a disappointing finish to the season because we got our tactics wrong and we in fact have a squad that can seriously compete
Love to hear your thoughts. Cheers.
02 Aug 2024 06:48:30
Tactics were the biggest issue for me Delvecs, and if Klopp were staying I’d say we weren’t in need of any signings, just a return to his high intensity heavy metal football.
However, Slot’s tactics are not the same so no doubt we will need to bring in a few players more suited to the way he wants to play. Also with players like Kelleher, Van den Berg and Diaz quite publically agitating for moves there is also a chance we’ll be forced into the market. Not to mention the uncertainty around Trent, Virgil, Salah, Gomez and Gravenberch. We need straight answers out of these players regarding their intentions so we can plan for next season accordingly.
02 Aug 2024 07:39:54
It’s going to be a tough start to the season due to the fact Nunez, Diaz, Gakpo, Allison, Mac, Vvd, Gomez and Trent don’t return to the club until around 11 days until the season kicks off with at least 1 friendly in amongst those days.
Ipswich weight seem like a nice opening fixture but so did Fulham 2 years ago under similar circumstances and that’s showed how underprepared we were and set the tone for the season where we drew our opening 2 and lost to Utd.
Ipswich would have had almost a full pre season with their squad to prepare for this fixture and arguably at least 6 of the 8 above are our strongest 11.
Interesting to see everyone’s thoughts on whether they think these players start v Ipswich.
02 Aug 2024 08:55:16
Yes MK, I think I agree. I recall Ed01 pushing this point last year, and the one before I think, to many deaf ears. We do have a tendency to slag off the player before the tactics, and coach. (almost as if Klopp was untouchable, although Ljinders was often crucified on this forum) . It will be very interesting how some of last years "disappointing players" perform under Slot.
02 Aug 2024 09:29:15
It’ll be a combination of both. Each off season club’s will want to improve and I hardly think any management or recruitment team will think it’s only player recruitment or only tactics that need to change in order to change fortunes.
02 Aug 2024 11:36:15
Still don't understand the Delvecs's question esp. the last statement in there.
02 Aug 2024 12:49:13
Sorry OliRed - it was a keyboard fail. It was actually quite a simple question:
Did we finish the way we did last year because the team wasn't good enough or because the tactics were wrong and we didn't get the best out of the team. That's it.
02 Aug 2024 14:13:44
There are no euros or world cup at end of next season so why are we starting the league so soon another two weeks could of been better for all the teams who had players away at euros.