13 Aug 2024 16:22:11
Anyway looking forward to the first week of September, when we beat the comedy club from Manchester, and get 9 points from 3 games, then this window will feel like a silly little dream.
13 Aug 2024 18:15:30
And if we finish way off top like last season are we just supposed to be happy if we beat utd? Our record being horrendous there anyway so no guarantees. There's long way to go so hopefully we get some players in but with cl football aswell making no signings would be disastrous.
13 Aug 2024 18:29:26
We'll see! It's january when we have injuries that it'll be more telling.
13 Aug 2024 18:35:49
Did we finish way of the top?
13 Aug 2024 18:44:44
You don’t win the league by making the most signings, ask Chelsea.
13 Aug 2024 19:40:02
No but you have more of a chance buying better quality players for positions you are in desperate need of.
13 Aug 2024 20:17:41
No Magico it’s quite the opposite. If you just sign someone because they are available you’ll end up with a player who’s not as good as what you already have. We’ve been down that road before.
We need to pick our targets carefully and if they are not available now then wait. It’s the only way to build a squad capable of challenging for major trophies.
It takes patience which is something a lot of fans don’t have these days.
13 Aug 2024 20:40:04
Hence why I said buy better quality players.
13 Aug 2024 20:52:51
We're in desperate need of better quality players in some positions because we finished third last season?
13 Aug 2024 21:33:23
Port red, let’s not be over dramatic here. If finishing 9 points off the top (I think) is now deemed “way off” then we are all in trouble. Disastrous? Again, relax.
We need players to come in and the contracts sorted for the big 3 in Trent, Mo and VVD and I’m with you on that so let's see what happens.
And I’d rather by nobody than buy a player for the sake if it. Not going through all that crap again.
14 Aug 2024 00:55:17
Thing is some are just addicted to signings because even if we win the league this year (proving the players are good enough) those same people will still want signings, they'll just give a different reason for wanting them.
14 Aug 2024 06:48:04
City have won the league numerous times lately. Do they still make signings.
14 Aug 2024 07:46:37
Yes rigsby? Every year you should be improving, same way city do by spending 150mill a season. Same way arsenal have spent more. Players get older, we'll currently be losing 2 starters next year, I would personally feel better having a top replacement bed in now, especially with our bench. Surely that's good planning no?
We have a new manager, we hardly know much about, I think we could.
14 Aug 2024 08:22:07
Dean, so that's Arsenal and City, the only two sides to finish above us. Does finishing third mean that we are in desperate need to add better quality players?
Who are these better quality players, btw?
14 Aug 2024 09:08:56
Yes it does? it means over the season arsenal and city had better squads/ performed better. I don't think unless slot pulls a blinder and somehow regenerates our players, that we have the best squad in the league. We definitely aren't favourites.
You want me to name every player in the world who's better quality then what we have, alright mate. or do you think every liverpool player is best in the world at their position?
we need a LCB (potential vD replacement) as no way can we be happy with just quansah/ gomez/ konate/ VD and i guess Sep if he doesn't get the transfer he wants. potential cover for someone to replace Diaz as he clearly doesn't want to be here, salah probably needs a young potential player as cover if he's to leave. I would also look at LB unless we see the youth as cover for that, robbo can't play 65 games, and tsimikas really isn't good enough.
14 Aug 2024 09:26:27
Dean, Arsenal and City are better than us. They have the funds to spend big and at times they have spent bigger than us. You need to accept that.
Of course we can improve and signing players can massively help that but we are not in a desperate state.
It's easy to say what we need but I asked who we need. And needing a certain player doesn't mean that we can just go out and sign them.
You need to accept that, too.
14 Aug 2024 11:10:53
I've just told you the positions, what you're saying is the scouting department can't pick anyone in world football who's decent? or do you think every better player is impossible to get, you're not making a point at all. how have we ever signed any players? You scout, you talk to clubs, you sign or don't sign.