17 Sep 2017 13:11:55
Ed a lot of people are saying we'll go in for vvd in January. Wouldn't soton bring the tapping up again or is it because it's a new window.

{Ed001's Note - how can I answer that? It really depends on how it transpires.}


1.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 13:43:11
It depends on how much VVD sulk from now till January!


2.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 14:01:45
We could buy two top defenders for the price Southampton would want for VVD.
Time to move on from him surely.


3.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 14:10:56
Not many Wc defenders about these days. Vvd wants to play for us and we should stick with him. I doubt this will happen in January though, more likely to happen in the summer.


4.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 14:47:58
What if he's injured again? The lad has made 1 sub appearance since December last year. Sometimes players never recover from serious injuries. Let's wait and see.


5.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 14:56:37
January is new window so Southampton would not be able to accuse Liverpool of tapping up. So long as Liverpool act properly this time. But it's still up to them to sell to us. And one of the reason we couldn't come in for him last minute in the summer is that no one else bid for him. Chelsea and City knew of our interest and know the player wants Liverpool so they'd be handing us a huge advantage by opening the bidding up again. Simples. He'll be a red come January I'm 100% confident.


6.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 15:12:17
I wish I shared your confidence jimble. It makes sense though and could be the reason we didn't go for a Gibson etc in the summer.


7.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 16:05:27
I know January is a difficult window to buy in but the scouts really need to find some attainable defenders between now and then and come up with as big a list as possible if defenders that will improve what we already have.
It's such a major weakness for us, it's like having a porche with flat tyres.


8.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 16:17:19
Thanks jimble that's what I meant to ask.


9.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 17:07:51
Any cb we sign needs to be comfortable playing in a back 2. Don't know any of them so why waste our money. Might as well just score moRe goals!


10.) 17 Sep 2017
17 Sep 2017 19:13:09
Great thread, boys. I love the posts. Well-thought out and rational. A nice change from all the whining, moaning and recriminations we have seen on here for the past 10 days. I'm sure Klopp is desperate for a CB or two BUT other factors need to be considered (is he attainable, can he help us right away, can he play in our system, can he be the leader we ask him to be etc. ) before pulling the trigger. If Saints are open for business then Jan should see him come in and that depends on his fitness level as he is yet to play a game in near 8 months so he will need time to get in shape. Let's just hope something can be done to help solve our issues.