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16 Sep 2024 09:01:46
Hi Ed,
Just saw Rabiot agreed a 2 year deal with Marseille. Any insight into this deal? Would be very surprised if they had the ability to offer a better financial package than us or some of the other clubs that were in for him but assuming they would have done?
{Ed002's Note - Adrian Rabiot (CM/DM) Juventus are looking to replace their midfield misfits. They are looking to sell and move off the wage bill players they no longer want in order to fund replacements they have already identified. As a free agent, Rabiot will, like every other player, be offered to Newcastle. A third party has been instructed to find him a new home and whilst he could have been used in part exchanges previously he has let his contract run down and has left as a Free Agent this summer. Liverpool offer an unlikely, at least to me, solution but they have declared an interest and know what the financial implications are - but they have made an offer seen by the player as too low. The player wants to move to Manchester United but their interest has been waning as they look to others and would at the very least require him to lower his wage demands. Milan offered another option. Arsenal, Atletico and Real Madrid offer unlikely wildcard options. Turkey could provide a solution but the player has no interest. Pablo Longoria and Medhi Benatia were approached by someone close to Rabiot to consider taking the player and their project to the player and his mother. There were discussions on Saturday at the game against Nice and agreement reached yesterday subject to a medical which is due later today.}
1.) 16 Sep 2024 11:07:47
That’s a relief that he’s going to Marseille. Midfield misfit just about sums him up nicely.
2.) 16 Sep 2024 14:19:10
Wonder what Marseille are paying him. Strange one to me although he is French I guess.
{Ed002's Note - It is unimportant.}
3.) 16 Sep 2024 17:26:02
Priced himself out of his"dream"to play in the Premier League.
4.) 16 Sep 2024 18:30:58
Never seen a hatred for player from a fan base who never seen him play in person. Very odd agenda imo!
5.) 16 Sep 2024 19:39:28
@KC, I agree with you,
6.) 16 Sep 2024 20:20:14
We had enough "Rabbits" caught in the Headlights last Saturday.
7.) 16 Sep 2024 20:34:26
Me too @KC. Always seem strange to me that some people take a natural dislike to players who, allegedly, ask for high wages. I assume most of these people work for free.
8.) 16 Sep 2024 20:42:20
I also found it odd from the reverse angle that people were seemingly happy to have him onboard regardless, despite seeming to know very little about him.
Rabiot has fallen out with more than one manager, he’s a controversial figure IMO, also has said before that he doesn’t like to play DM, which is what we need, and had plenty of fans opposed to him at Juventus.
Good luck to him, but I really don’t see why signing him would have made any sense.
9.) 16 Sep 2024 23:58:48
@DN, perhaps it not making sense is why the club didn’t sign him?
10.) 17 Sep 2024 10:48:40
Olympique de Marseille have put together a decent squad, the players below may not set the EPL alight but they should do well in Ligue 1 and remember they have De Zerbi managing them
Neal Maupay
Mason Greenwood
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Luis Henrique.
11.) 17 Sep 2024 17:44:02
West Derby that’s not at all my reason for disliking the player. He’s a bit of knob by all accounts and that’s putting it mildly, and if there is a “no dickheads” rule in signing players it would make no sense signing someone who is a well known dickhead and has a known dickhead for an agent, then there is his cognitive dissonance between his opinion of his talent and his actual ability, he seems to think he’s the second coming of Zidane when he’s more like a regeneration of Salif Diao. He’s a very very mediocre footballer at best and he’s asking for the thick end of £300k for that privilege. Then there’s the question of whether he actually improves our squad. And he doesn’t, not one iota. I consider this a bullet dodged.
23 May 2024 11:26:31
Ed - any world in which we would be in for Bruno G from Newcastle? Seems to have a release clause and would be perfect for us in the DM role imo. Would happily spend £100 million on him if we still have the budget from last year.
{Ed002's Note - No but there is interest from elsewhere. I don’t know of any “budget” from last year.}
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17 Nov 2024 10:06:29
RIP to Ed02 - been reading this site since for over 10 years and has been me go to before sky sports or any other news outlet. Shows how quickly time moves and the fragility of life.
Like many others I will feel lost without his knowledge and insights and his passing will leave a massive hole in my daily routine. For someone no one really know it is crazy how much impact he had on so many people.
Condolences to his family and friends. Also a reminder to myself and everyone else - much more to life than football so ensure to make the most of it as can be gone in an instant.
Feels wrong talking about anything else on this site now for me personally at least for a while so take care everyone.
15 Nov 2024 10:21:13
Ed, really interested to hear your thoughts on Konate’s fitness. Couldn’t seem to play more than 2/ 3 games in a row under Klopp but now seems to have put all his fitness issues behind him. I certainly can’t remember him playing this many in a row since joining so seems like quite the turnaround. Any particular reason do you think? Can’t imagine it’s a simple as pure luck.
{Ed001's Note - to be fair Klopp was careful with him last season and rotated him constantly, but he stayed fit. He has been working with the fitness and nutrition people, hopefully what we are seeing is the hard work bearing fruit.}
1.) 15 Nov 2024 12:01:09
Ed01 IMO, I also think that with the controlled less-energetic way/ style we play now, it has helped Konate and the squad overall to no longer exert as much energy as before, which can only bode well for the squad and Konate. We no longer play that high risk/ reward style which can be a detriment to the oppo. and to us.
It seems Klopp taking care of him and Slot building on that with the way we play now is doing wonders for the squad, as a whole.
{Ed001's Note - probably a fair point, I doubt he covers anything like as much ground in a match now.}
2.) 15 Nov 2024 12:46:02
I recall Slot hinting that players also have to take some responsibility for their part in the post-match recovery routines eg ice baths etc
Perhaps, along with less basketball-style games, Ibou is taking his post-match recovery more seriously now.
3.) 15 Nov 2024 13:14:50
I read recently that slot doesn't let ibou fly home when there a break now. Don't know if true or not and can't remember where I read that.
If he can stay fit 1 of worlds best no doubt.
4.) 15 Nov 2024 16:26:52
Ah Digger, I see what you're saying should it be true. definitely helps.
5.) 15 Nov 2024 17:47:22
he gets the train?
27 Jan 2024 07:36:49
Speaking with a mate yesterday who obvs highlighted the obvious in that we only won 1 league under Klopp and Guardiola is a better manager.
Question on here - who would turn back the clock and take a Guardiola for example and another 1/ 2 league titles over Klopp? I certainly wouldn’t trade him for even a bit more success.
1.) 27 Jan 2024 07:52:49
better manager?
better resourced manager would be accurate.
the fact that Klopp won 1 and came super close twice tells u how good he is. without him, City would have walked the league the last 7 years. think of any other team that really challenged them and go toe to toe without a much more modest budget in comparison. there was none.
Yes we did spend big but its not a year on year practice like City. They literally bought GK after GK, LB after LB, each one more expensive than before and could buy players to form 2 teams that would compete in the PL like money wasnt a concern. We had excellent first teamers, good squad players and this season, a bunch of very exciting youngsters.
And apart from what happens on the pitch and at end of the season, Klopp connected with the fans and the city, and whilst football is a results game, the many other parts surrounding it makes it whole. I don't see that in Pep.
2.) 27 Jan 2024 08:01:40
Nah. Am sure we would have done well with Pep too but Klopp just fits the club and city.
The titles argument will always be there but Klopp couldn’t have done anything more to win more than 1.
3.) 27 Jan 2024 08:27:23
I prefer Klopp as a manager for us, but let's not go down this route of Pep buying success. City have had plenty of managers who couldn't sustain success even with the Arab resources. Pep is clearly one of the greatest managers in the history of the game and to think otherwise is lunacy. If he wanted to come to LFC at the end of the year we would bite his hand off.
4.) 27 Jan 2024 09:44:27
That is true Westwood. Previous City managers all had the same resources as he did and none came close to won what he has. But you can't discount that Pep had infinite resources as well. Could he have done the same with City without them? I would think not. So, while he is clearly the best manager City has had in the PL era, I would stop short of calling him the best manager in general.
5.) 27 Jan 2024 09:55:40
Brummy, allow me to dispell something a lot of people say. Yes, Klopp won only 1 title in his 8 seasons so far compared to Klopp. However if you deep it, people forget that it took him 3/ 4 years to build the team until it was ready to challenge and eventually win the title based on the mess Brodgers left him. Pep took over the deppest and most quality squad in the title and still spent 200m in his first season, something Klopp could not do for obv. reasons.
So essentially, Klopp won one title in in 4 years since 2018, challenged Pep in 3 of those 4 years and won once in 4 legitimate tries so 25% conversion rate. Not bad, right considering the opposition? As for going back to see if we could have taken Pep or Klopp, sorry Klopp all day everyday and I wanted him over Ancelloti at the time already. Pep? Great coach who needs everything set up perfectly in order to perform. I'll pass.
6.) 27 Jan 2024 12:01:58
No one denies Pep is a world class coach, but he’s not as good as Klopp, and he knows it himself. Klopp WOULD have achieved everything Pep has had he competed with similar funds, but Pep wouldn’t done the reverse.
7.) 27 Jan 2024 12:58:43
LoweLFC, Pep could not even achieve the dizzy heights Jose got to with that Porto team. The guy won A Treble (League, Cup, EL) in 02/ 03 and then THE Treble in 03/ 04 with majority of players very little people had ever heard of. Pep couldn't have even won the COnference League for Roma the way Jose did 2 years ago.
Pep's a great coach BUT like I said, if you can only succeed when everything is in the perfect situation for you then, how great are you really compared to those like Klopp and Jose who did bits at clubs where things are very much imperfect?
8.) 27 Jan 2024 15:57:11
To the OP, Guardiola couldn’t function under the restrictions Klopp has. Look at the starting 11’s when they started and their transfer budgets.
9.) 27 Jan 2024 15:58:55
Klopp could double his tally by May. Just saying.
25 Nov 2024 10:38:17
Can’t be paying him 350k a week for another 3 years. I’d offer him 1 with an option if he is so desperate to stay and even at a reduced wage he’d still be on silly money.
Tbh this is like the last dance it feels like for the old guard. Hopefully win the league and then start the rebuild. Maybe a few knowing it’s there last year will drive them on to win it.
Think we need a bit of steel in midfield though if we aren’t going to play Endo more. Got out battled again yday imo.
15 Nov 2024 09:25:43
Not buying it, looks happy in recent footage I’ve seen and if he didn’t want to sign for Liverpool he would have stayed in Italy. Not been long enough to be homesick.
05 Nov 2024 07:46:29
Arsenal constantly seem to be in the market for RWs - given they have Saka makes no sense to me. Should have just bought a CF two years ago now if they want to win something.
{Ed025's Note - spot on Brummy..
25 Oct 2024 13:13:41
Faith - Newcastle have been limited by FFP and were starting off in a far worse position than ours fighting relegation. Think for yourself mate.
25 Oct 2024 13:11:23
Crazy when pegged as signing of the summer. Plenty of opportunities to play over the season if he gets himself fit. Hopefully will get some minutes in carabao cup next week.
05 Dec 2024 06:36:16
Tbh thought slot should have bought on Endo. We seem to get outbattled in the midfield at times this season and lack of bit of steel. Good result after being down twice but should have seen it out. Poor from Kelleher.
Thought CBs were awful today, backing off constantly, imagine Isak in our side instead of Nunez. He laughs when he misses but in all seriousness he imo cost us the league last year with all the chances he missed in key games and could do the same this year if he doesn’t buck up his ideas.
01 Dec 2024 22:47:45
Tbf I think the sacked in the morning chants were unnecessary. Pep has always shown us respect even when we were having our awful injury hit seasons under Klopp, which they are finally now having. Would have been a nice touch to acknowledge and show a bit of class but oh well let’s go and win the league!
Top performance today from the lads and love how ruthless Slot is. Trent was getting put on toast by Doku so got him off and tightened up to see out the game. Concerning how many chances we missed though as that should have been 4/ 5 - got to put these big games to bed earlier.
30 Nov 2024 22:37:16
Good job we have a 8 point head start on them. They will drop points, so will we. Think it will all hinge on the upcoming Xmas period. If we are still 8/ 9 points clear at the end of it then we will go onto win it.
27 Nov 2024 07:47:33
De Bruyne will play Sunday and make them a much better team. Will be interesting but they will definitely turn up against us so not a given we will win. If we want to win the league we need to set a marker and beat them imo.
25 Nov 2024 10:41:49
It’s clearly driving Salah on so I don’t mind. If we win the league it will be a nice send off and hopefully knowing it’s his last year as well as potentially Trent and Virg will drive them on to do it.
Think about next year after that - of course it’s a shambles but if we win the league would it be worth losing them all? I’d say so in my opinion. I’d happily take a rebuild and us finishing 4th even 5th next year if we won the league again.