13 Jul 2024 18:56:32
Can I ask a question for us all. As we got CL qualification for this season, why aren’t we thinking big in terms of players acquisition. Some names mentioned are rather underwhelming. Hopefully there will be some positive surprises to come.


1.) 13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 19:34:40
Absolutely with you. I have said it in the past that the players we are linked for the CB position are mostly tier 2 Players. The scary part is we not even in for any DM players. At the best some general interest and nothing concrete towards a bid.
Man I miss those days when we signed VVD, Alli and Fabinho. 3 world class established players.


2.) 13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 21:03:00
So much obsession over transfers. Do people need reminding that Bradley was brought into our academy, Quansah with us from a young age, Trent, Jones, Elliot etc. Do people not remember getting Mane, Robbo etc from lower teams.

Thinking big about players, what does that mean? I'd rather we scouted top players, regardless of how 'big' they're perceived.

I think we all need to be calm and just wait and see. Let Slot understand what he needs first. We'll be competitive. I have no doubt.


3.) 13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 21:08:05
1. Slot hasn't had chance to try and utilise players in his system yet. Players you might call duds now might be world beaters in a different system.

2. One of the worst times to buy players is after a major national tournament as it inflates prices.

3. Finally the owners might want to see where slot manages to finish before committing funds to the job, especially given how much we spent last year. We are not a club who can endlessly spend.


4.) 13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 21:15:41
Here we go…. Didn’t take long ?.


5.) 13 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 21:16:19
Funded by selling a prize asset at the time. Sacrificing a star to improve the team. The owners have a model that they work too and that won’t change. So who you suggest we sell to fund these buys?


6.) 14 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 22:42:15
Diaz, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Jones could all be sold IMO. Palace the way for some younger player coming through and a couple of good signings. Only need 2/ 3 players of the right fit to the new system and we will compete.


7.) 14 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 22:45:05
Add Kelleher to that. All would bring in decent fees, then a little dip into the war chest.


8.) 14 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 23:16:32
VVD was signed from Southampton.
Becker and Salah from Roma
Firmino from hoffenheim.


9.) 14 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 23:42:33
Om pretty sure the club only want to look at useless players and if we don’t hear otherwise in the media then that is true.


10.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 00:05:11
I wouldn't give this post the time of day. Fans obsessed with transfers like it's a computer game. Real fans love a good coach. A coach who wants to coach what's he got first before making any decisions.
I love a signing but preferably when it's the Liverpool way. Quietly, so no one knows
I don't care for a big name, just someone with a heart and a brain but right now let's see how much he can improve and give confidnece to players.


11.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 04:00:13
Yeah. Perhaps one angle that we can look at, that it is a positive thing for the coach to properly assessed all the current players first, instead of buying for the sake of buying.

Honestly, I'm just like most of other fans; I always look forward to transfer windows, hoping for new players in. I easily get excited of new signings too. I remembered back then how excited I was when we signed Downing and Borini, and even Yesil.


12.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 07:58:30
Here we go… the site veterans “you’re not a real fan” “it’s only July” and “we shouldn’t give these posts the time of day”. We’ve won one title in over thirty years, it’s a valid critique and unless we make some “quality” signings that actually improve the first 11 we’ll struggle to make the top four.


13.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:09:25
We have a big squad of players if you include those returning from loan and those youth players who stepped up last year!

{Ed025's Note - but if you stand still KC you will be left behind mate, im not talking about loads of massive signings, i talking about one or two players who will freshen things up and possibly change the dynamic, i think it gives everyone a lift..


14.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:30:06
I love transfer season and I love an old fashioned rumour, but at the end of the day everyone can speculate as much as they want but only those within the club know who, when or even if we are going to buy players.

The press are going speculate who they think we are interested in, but if they are not much of an improvement or the fee or wages are too much it's not going to happen.

I hope, as it looks like, Slot is looking at the players within the club first before forking out money and whatever system this is for as he admitted his system is fluid.

{Ed025's Note - i agree that buying just for the sake of it is a mistake SA but you do need to upgrade some players i think, its alright saying let Slot assess what he has first but it can get to the point where all the top choices have gone by then, now i know the Euro,s and Copa America have not helped things and maybe things are happening behind the scenes, but i think it would give everyone a lift if there was a declaration by the club that things are happening mate, just my view of course..


15.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:36:52
@Farmer, Klopp was a great coach but he won nothing before we signed VVD, Alli and Fabinho. Good coach or bad coach, we finished some 20 points behind city and if your ambition is to win the league, then you need new additions.


16.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:38:52
So we're somehow evaluating how the season will pan out based on the quality of the players that are mentioned in rumours?
It's amazing what effect the transfer window has on some folks.


17.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:39:26
Anyone thought that slot might want to get a feel for the players before he dips into the market?

{Ed025's Note - absolutely Pegleg, the problem is that all the desired players may have been snapped up by then mate..


18.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:46:43
The following, when we signed them, weren’t arguably CL players:

Wijnaldum
Mane
Henderson
Firmino
Robertson

5/ 11 starters

I’ll trust the club to see potential in players and then develop them into winners.


19.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 09:20:26
Can see both sides of this, obviously Slot will want to see what he already has it his disposal but EVERY club usually needs a couple of signings each summer to keep improving their squads. there's no right or wrong on this one, each fan just wants what they think is right for the club. Personally i think we need 1 or 2 signings of the quality to go into the first 11 and while i understand fans call for patience the other way of looking at it is that this time last year the likes of Alexis and Dom were already well in the door. And sometimes when we try to be a bit clever leaving it late we end up with Melo's, Kabaks and Davies. Hopefully the club have it all under hand.


20.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 09:21:58
So Diaz and Joe Gomez doesn’t make into “Slot would like assess the players” camp ?????.
Slot is a head coach he has a very minimal input into the transfer, it’s Hughes and Edwards who are running the club ????. People actually think the club is waiting for Slot to give a go ?????
Honestly how much does Slot know about Antony Gordon? ????.


21.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 09:32:02
VDB, Morton, Danns there's 3 new signings.


22.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 09:33:08
FIFA managers out moaning. We have Signed the players they want even though ed2 has stated we are looking, it’s always fsg are skint and other clubs have signed players etc etc.


23.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 09:55:15
I understand where you’re coming from. We couldn’t reach the Europa League final with these players and a better manager.
So you’d assume we’re going to strengthen the team now we’re in the Champions League.


24.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 10:29:08
I am pretty sure we bid £110m for Caicedo last year and didn’t spend it on anyone else, so we don’t need to sell to buy.

I would like Slot to see who he has at his disposal but like Ed25 said, our target pool may be limited if we wait too long. A tricky situation that I am sure the management team are aware of.

The team we had was not strong enough to win the league last season. It wasn’t strong enough to cope with Europe either. It competed but is that really the limit of our ambition? Or do we want to win?


I do not think we can win with the current squad. If fortune favours us, we could get close but luck with injuries is not something we should rely on for starters. So I don’t expect us to be overly fortunate. Apart from VAR, because as the whole world knows, we never get any VAR decisions against us.

Exciting times ahead. I am going to sit back and watch this season pan out without getting too emotive in pre/ post match assessment and just come here for banter.

Now I have a wedding to go to, apparently this Sarah isn’t too bad ….


25.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 08:53:18
I agree with you Ed025, the Euro's and Copa have not helped, but they never do when big tournaments happen. Take into account a new manager and that is going to cause extra issues.

I also agree we do need a couple of signings, I just wonder if its going to be out of the blue players, nobody knew about.

{Ed025's Note - it could well be SA, i would expect they would be doing something behind the scenes mate but it would be good for the supporters if they had a bit more information i suppose mate..


26.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 09:44:13
I agree with everything you’ve said on this thread ed25. I’d be looking to move some of the older fans favourite players on aswell while they’re still worth money.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Pegleg it looks like the transition from Klopp to Slot may not be as easy as some may think mate, he has a very good squad to pick from of course but it does need a few tweaks here and there i feel, and there are the issues of players who are coming to the end of their contracts to be addressed..


27.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 11:50:28
Man city - haven't signed anyone of note yet.

Arsenal - haven't signed anyone of note yet.

Spurs - signed an 18 year old who may or may not be a starter.

Man utd - haven't signed anyone of note yet.

Chelsea - signed a few players, none of whom improve the starting 11 in my opinion.

Newcastle - signed a back up goalie

Aston villa - potentially signing a replacement for their best midfielder who they had to sell.

Everton - tee hee hee!

I could perhaps understand the furore if we were lagging behind everyone else, but the market is very slow at the moment, probably due to international tournaments and the fact it's only the middle of July.

Dunno if this makes me a "real" fan or not, but regardless of who comes in, I still support the club as much as I did before the window opened!

{Ed025's Note - City and Arsenal are not playing catch up though RP, the others are not a threat to the top 3...except possibly Everton mate.. :)


28.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 12:17:38
Walkon, those “three signings” won’t win us anything significant.


29.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 13:01:20
Arsenal are not playing catch up?
They must be happy with any trophyless season, then.
And I'm sure City would like to catch up to Notts Forest, say, in the number of European Cups won, too.


30.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 13:06:48
Man city - Dani Olmo / Concrete interests in Bruno Guimaraes
Arsenal - Ricardo Calafiori / Ivan Tony
Spurs - Who cares?
UTD - they have completed 2 already.
Liverpool - Antony Gordon, Interest / Monitoring players / Let Slot assess the players.


31.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 13:24:29
Frode that's impossible to say unless they are given a chance.


32.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 14:39:57
Harry, that's all misinformation. Man City has not signed Olmo and Arsenal have signed neither Calafiori nor Toney. And last I checked, Utd have not signed anyone so I'm not sure what transfers they have completed already. The fact is, the other clubs are all in similar positions to us, with no one making any significant movement yet, despite what the rumours are suggesting.


33.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 14:54:27
Not signing a player isn’t the same as not trying to sign a player.

So to make the assertion that “we’re not signing big players” because we haven’t bought one yet, is frankly stupid and dumb.


34.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 14:26:44
I get we want to improve ed, my point was that the transfer market is pretty slow in general at the moment, we're not exactly lagging behind.

Harry, just mentioning players the media have linked to other teams just proves my point, they haven't signed any of them. Who are the 2 world beaters utd have signed?


35.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 16:03:48
If City really were intending on buying Guimaraes, Newcastle wouldn't have had to offer Gordon to us and start shopping Isak around to interested takers, would they? They were banking on City doing exactly that, and they didn't, so spreading fake news to disparage your team might not be the wisest course of action here.


36.) 14 Jul 2024
14 Jul 2024 16:26:46
Also I'm not really sure that it can be said that we weren't good enough to win the Europa. While one might legitimately suggest that we were beginning to run out of gas, I feel like we approached the games against Atalanta in completely the wrong way, the team looked shellshocked playing against Gasperini's man marking across the pitch, as though they didn't prepare for it in the slightest. We didn't lose that game because we lack personnel, rather something went terribly wrong with our preparation and coaching for the game, as well as Klopp's (usually astute) in-game management across two legs. Also, we actually played well in the opening exchanges of the first leg and Elliott especially was causing them problems, demonstrating just how we can get through the man marking through movement. Bad finishing did let us down when chances presented themselves, so in that regard you can put some of the blame on the players, because Scamacca certainly didn't miss on the other end.


37.) 15 Jul 2024
15 Jul 2024 04:31:07
Seriously does nobody want to see if slot can improve players we already have before buying new players?

Let's be honest apart from Mac almost everyone had underwhelming seasons last year so it would be wise to let slot have a go with what we have and use this season as a year to see what works in his system and what doesn't. Then plan properly for next season.

People are so impatient.