27 Jul 2026 19:44:17
Eds can we have a vote on the RW preferred please
Rayan
El Mala
Minteh
Rodrygo
Nusa
Pardo
If there are any I missed please add.
Diomande now removed and Olise too
{Ed033's Note -
LFC RW poll
27 Jul 2026 20:26:26
El Mala and Pardo are mainly strikers. Nusa is a LW, and Rodrygo is injured until January and would prefer to play LW.
So between Minteh and Rayan, I prefer the latter.
27 Jul 2026 20:28:46
I'd want to sign Rayan, but would Bournemouth actually let him go?
{Ed025's Note - at a price..
27 Jul 2026 20:43:01
What about Conceicao?
27 Jul 2026 21:03:11
Conceicao is small, weak and no end product Zed. He'd get battered around worse than Katie Price's clopper.
{Ed025's Note - love it VV..
27 Jul 2026 21:59:07
Sounds like Couts when we bought him, Vik.
27 Jul 2026 22:00:23
You seem to have a very good knowledge of every player's strengths and weaknesses, Vv (mainly weaknesses). It's very impressive. You must watch every game of every league and memorise how each player performs. More importantly, though, could you explain what a "clopper" is? I'm intrigued.
27 Jul 2026 22:05:16
Vik's real name is Statto.
27 Jul 2026 22:16:20
Zed, I was on a plane with Statto a few years back when he was on TV with Baddiel n Skinner, he looked shy, so I never bothered him much.
27 Jul 2026 22:27:00
You should have called him Vik, Strom, he would've got really animated and started dissing everyone!
27 Jul 2026 22:30:23
Signed and managed by Andoni before, no brainer?
Stick to what ye know, not what you don't know!
27 Jul 2026 22:54:53
Coutinho is a giant compared to Conceicao, who is barely 5'5". He really is weedy & lightweight. We already lack physicality without adding the Portuguese PeeWee Herman.
Also, Coutinho was 20 when we signed him and it was a signing for potential.
Conceicao is 23, turning 24, and he is about as good as he's going to get. 3 goals & 5 assists are a pretty rubbish end product for a first choice winger.
27 Jul 2026 23:17:25
Not to mention, he can't even put up numbers in Serie A, never mind the Prem, I've no idea why he's even part of the conversation.
Kopite, you don't have to watch every game to know 5'5" is small. And his stats will tell you the end product is lacking.
27 Jul 2026 23:50:55
I agree, Chewy, and I'd be surprised if we're genuinely interested in him. I have seen negative comments about various players on a good few of VV's posts, though. I do also find his posts funny at times.
28 Jul 2026 00:31:29
What do you mean, Kopite? Viks our COO (Chief Optimism Officer).
28 Jul 2026 03:36:23
Vik, are you really saying that because someone is small they can't be a good player?
Messi, Maradona, Aguero, Baresi, Canavaro, Kante... Just to name a few, but there are genuinely tons more undersized players who were successful despite size.
One thing people forget is, when you're small, your centre of gravity is low, so you're actually quite tough to dispossess.
I've watched a lot of Conceicao, and while I do think he might struggle to adapt to the pace of the Premier League, I don't think he'd struggle physically.
28 Jul 2026 07:50:18
Agreed, Nevada. Some people use such basic metrics to dismiss players they're never actually watched. Kante was 5ft6 and is probably one of the best midfielders in Premier League history. Zola was also 5ft6 and he smashed it in the Prem in an era where you could tackle at knee height. Aaron Lennon was also 5ft5 and he had a long career in the Premier League playing the same position as Conceicao, despite being nowhere near as good technically.
Conceicao does lack end product right now, though. That was a very fair statement and it's not a guaranteed success if we did sign him, as a result. He needs to add more goals to his game. However, he's 23 years old. Most wingers at that age need to add more goals to their game. If he was 26-28 and still only scoring 4-8 goals a season, I'd be steering well clear of him.
As it is, he's young and would come relatively cheap compared to many other RW options on the market right now.
Some players add more than just goals, though. I fully get that certain wingers if they're not scoring goals just don't offer any threat; Gakpo is a prime example. Conceicao is not one of those players, though. He's great at committing defenders to create overloads, he's very good at creating chances and he's also very good at gaining territory.
I'd pesonally prefer Neto or Minteh if we're targeting this profile of player, but Conceicao is a good player and his height doesn't change that. Frimpong has maybe scared people, but he's not weak because he's small, he's weak because he's weak.
28 Jul 2026 08:44:01
Peter Beardsley? Most unlikely looking footballer ever. Proper player. And loved on both sides of Stanley Park.
{Ed025's Note - he really was StEA..
28 Jul 2026 08:59:30
I reckon Vic is a Football Manager fan, and researches players in real life when they catch his eye in the game. I do it. I'm positive I'm not the only one!
As for Conceicao, I have to agree with Vik. I've caught a few Juve games over the last couple of seasons, and I just don't see a player that would thrive in EPL. He's not the weakest 5'5 player in the world, but he doesn't have the skillset (other than raw pace) that could off-balance the impact of being that lightweight in one of the most athletic leagues in the world.
If it's not Barcola for the RW, then Rayan, Ferran Torres or a younger player to split minutes with Rio (who would benefit from a season on the right, in my opinion) would be my shout.
28 Jul 2026 09:36:10
StEA, it's just madness to dismiss a player purely on height. Anyone who's watched Conceicao will know that he's deceptively good at shielding the ball from much bigger defenders, and has a low centre of gravity that makes him hard to knock off the ball. In fact, I reckon if you go and read any scout report written about Conceicao they'll reference this as a strength because it's so impressive to see a player so small hold off and just bounce off of players so much bigger.
Maradonna was also 5ft5, by the way, and in his era you could tackle at hip height!
28 Jul 2026 10:05:41
Zed, Conceicao is nothing like Coutinho, be it in physical stature or ability when we signed him.