21 Jul 2016 19:44:30
My biggest concern is that our transfer policy doesn't seem to have really changed since Rodgers left and Klopp arrived.

1) The youth prospects are in with basically no chance of competitive game time this season given the bloated nature of the squad and our lack of European competition (and based on promises made to individuals by Klopp) . Much like Rodgers tenure.

2) We are buying too many players and players that are really not needed (Wijnaldum, Klavan) . Like the Rodgers tenure.

3) The way we price, and choose to pay for players, is still ridiculous. We refuse to meet Leicesters price for our first-choice left-back. We refuse to meet Udinese's Zielinski price despite behaving very, very poorly. And now we go out and splash £25million on Wijnaldum!? It is madness. No matter your thoughts on the player no one can argue, with any sincerity, that he is worth so much. Our transfer policy is appalling and lacks organization and it harms us season after season. Like the Rodgers tenure - think Benteke - same sort of overpriced stupidity.

I WAS optimistic about the forthcoming season. Our current transfer activity has torpedoed that optimism. If anyone can tell me how this transfer activity is different from Rodgers, aside from Klopp controlling it all, I would love to hear it. Mistakes are being made again and it is really getting tiresome.

p. s. if Wijnaldum really is a replacement for Coutinho then I will have officially lost all faith in the club and, to a large extent, Klopp. Coutinho is one of only two world class players in our squad - we sell him we sell any sense of ambition.

1.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 20:03:03
Although he has made a questionable signing, the fact he signed players in the positions we needed (GK, CB, RW), I feel that instantly made him different from Rodgers. If we get a left back in without any other surprise signings I feel it's a good summer, so long as we get rid of the dead wood amongst the squad. I must say it does make me laugh how one or two signings (Wijnaldum and Klavan) has made some of the supporters start to turn on Klopp already, We shouldn't blindly trust Klopp, but the word fickle springs to mind.

2.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 20:13:40
We seem to be asking more for our fringe players, that is for certain.
Maybe give Klopp's signings a chance?

3.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 20:14:54
"We shouldn't blindly judge Klopp but the word fickle springs to mind" - but if somebody does voice an opinion in opposition to something Klopp does they are immediately branded 'fickle'. Boss logic.

4.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 20:26:15
It is difficult to compare what Rodgers did with Klopp simply because we don't know if Klopp will use his new recruits like Rodgers will.

So, while the transfer policy may look a little strange, keep in mind that like Rodgers, Klopp has the last word on any transfers.

5.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 20:30:44
You think they are players we don't need, but klopp obviously thinks we do. It will take minimum 3 windows to aort the squad out and it means we will have holes and overloads over that time.

6.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 21:08:05
It was trust but fair enough, I was just stating the fact, some of the fans have started to slag of his transfers before they've been given the chance to play.

7.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 21:13:38
But we got 15 million for Ibe, for me, 7/ 8 mill would have been enough, so it does work both ways .

8.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 21:19:15
Difference being Klopp is buying quality players for positions we needed addressing and before we start thinking we are overloaded I'd wait till the window closes as there are going to be a lot leaving and loaned.

Maybe a few surprises in store.

9.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 23:03:01
I'm baffled by your post I wonder if I search for your other posts will I find you saying in earlier posts that u believe in klopp now without even a ball kicked this season being kicked you are giving out just to address a few of your points 1 we have already got rid 8 or 9 players already with another 5 or 6 to go maybe more 2 there seems to be a deluded sense on this site that we have the best up and coming young players in the world there's no doubt we have some exciting talent coming up in are ranks but to suggest that they should be playing a lot of games or replacing the likes of full international players like joe Allen or kolo is crazy 3 it's klopps first transfer window and already people are writing off his signings comparing them to Rodgers signing to me this is crazy why can't you wait to the end of the season before having a go.

10.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 23:08:04
I think FSG have supported both managers in buying players before some have been sold.

I think Klopp has addressed the problem areas apart from LB (thus far) . Rodgers bought players for the sake of it IMO then we he had them all didn't know how to play them / fit them in.

Rodgers never spent anytime with the reserves, U21, youth teams; Klopp has and still bought 2 surprises (CB and soon to be AM) we have to assume that he doesn't feel the other youth players are ready (which may be correct or not given that he has been watching them and as Ed's say the previous non thinking of developing players on loan - NB: Branagan rumoured to go on loan to wigan but we want him to play 75% of games he is available) .

At the end of the last season everyone was available - that should tell you what Klopp thought of the squad / was prepared to seel to buy in other areas.

Lets hope he got it right; support the players regardless of what you believe / read!

11.) 22 Jul 2016
22 Jul 2016 06:10:12
I am not 'slagging off' Klopp's signings but I am not prepared to just 'have faith' either and accept everything without raising a few questions which are, in my opinion, fair. I have simply pointed out that Klopp is doing what Rodgers did with regards to transfers - if people are struggling to get their head around that idea then there really isn't much of a discussion to be had. We've bought two players this past week who we did not need - one for a very high price (who is of questionable quality) - if Rodgers would have made such a signing he would have been slaughtered on here, but if Klopp does it it is somehow an inspired move? Sorry but I don't get it. It also looks like the chances for youth players are going to be slim to none this season - we have, instead of using the youth, bought senior players to provide cover. The same as Rodgers. I do not like, or agree, with this approach - I didn't like it when Rodgers did it and I don't like it now - just because Klopp is doing it does not mean it is the right thing to do.

I like Klopp, I like his style of play and the way he tries to get 100% out of every player but, in regards to transfers, he is clearly fallable. Can we all stop pretending he is the messiah and just look at this with a critical eye instead of saying every single thing Klopp does is wonderful?

And yes, to underline my point, IF (and this is a big IF) Klopp expects Coutinho to leave, and his replacement for him is Wijnaldum, then I will lose a lot of confidence in him. Coutinho is world-class, the best in his position at the club and would leave a gaping hole - if Wijnaldum is his replacement (and again I appreciate this is purely speculative) then it is a terrible piece of transfer activity - just because Klopp has ratified it does not suddenly make all transfers gold or all players signed world-class.

p. s. as for us getting reasonable fees for players? Yes, that's great, but this is hardly down to Klopp is it?