Its obvious that you're struggling to secure your targets, so you're just grabing whatever's available whether it fits the team or not. This is precisely why not sacking Rodgers was so moronic. The man can have the talent to be next Fabio Capello for all I care, but it doesn't matter one bit if he can't get the players he needs.
Klopp would triple your pull on the transfer market because players would trip over each other just for a chance to work with him.
Exactly. Who the **** is gonna drop their jaw from hearing "Brendan Rodgers wants you in his team"? No one. It's more likely to provoke a headscratch and a shrug.
The thing is, Rodgers was (allegedly) given more power in the transfer dealings this summer, but what has he done? He bought Clyne and Gomez, the only two transfers I can honestly say I'm pleased with so far. Well that's good and all, but that's just 2 players out of 7 (not counting the 2 youngsters that were signed).
He signs Firmino and still hasn't played him in his best position. He signs Benteke and then complains "it's too easy to play it long to Benteke", yet that's all we do. He replaces an average goalkeeper backup with another average goalkeeper backup - status quo. He signs James Milner, reportedly to make up for the loss of Gerrard, but keeps playing Milner and Henderson together in central midfield without even bothering to look for a decent DM, which leaves us with two pretty identical players who both lack that creative vision we know Gerrard has (or at least had). Oh, and Ings was brought in... to... replace Balotelli? Replace Lambert? I don't know, he might be a step up from both of them, but I still don't see how a decent Burnley player is gonna make any impact on the team. Especially not when played as a ******* wing back, which he de facto was against United.
Oh well, at least we were able to send the £20m signing Markovic out on loan, because who the **** needs more than one winger anyway? It's not like Benteke could ever use some wide support, let's just isolate him up there and play like Greece anno 2004.