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Why do I see fans online clamouring for us to sign De Ligt when we have a player just as good in Gomez. Makes no sense.
 
dilakh2 said:
Why do I see fans online clamouring for us to sign De Ligt when we have a player just as good in Gomez. Makes no sense.
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Preaching to the choir on JMG d. ;)

I presume this is bouncing off the Pearce piece today's Echo?

I mean time last year they made Pearce look stupid over Alisson.

Just saying.

Since the initial van Dijk fiasco that cost us more money and a 5-month wait, there's been next to nottin' coming out of the club of any real substance. Even the well connected local corp has struggled for solid transfer info.

You can wager the club brief to the local beat guys will be a complete smokescreen to what they are actually doing.

Personally completely at ease with our transfer dealings.

I'm ignoring any and all speculation and I'm not going to start coveting this player or that player. Edwards is 'batting a 1000' as our American friends say ever since he got the gig. He, his team, and Klopp have MORE than earned our trust to just be happy with whoever we bring in. Big name or unheralded name.

This squad is going to be far better and more experienced again after this stupendous season under their belts. Along with Keita in his sophomore season and the long-awaited full return of Brewster and Oxo-Chambo. Add any returning loanees/ youth who may (hopefully) make the relevant leap pre-season to stick around here as part of the group. And that's before you even get to any potential incomings.

So whether they decide to bring very few in, or a lot; cheaper fees/ bigger ones; WC superstars or lower league gems; I have FULL confidence that they'll only be adding players who fit EVERYTHING we require, on and off the pitch, and who will only improve on one of the best squads this football club has had in the last three decades. If not ever in terms of the top quality depth we now possess.

But nottin's happening regardless until after a week Sat'day.

So let's go become the best side in all of Europe again and let the rest take of itself.
 
kitchin75 said:
******* love that man
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Our manager. Our mate. Our hero.

Once Madrid is out of the way, I'm fully expecting L'pool's biggest signing this summer to be an extension for the best man in football we could possibly have leading/ representing this great club/ City.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Our manager. Our mate. Our hero.

Once Madrid is out of the way, I'm fully expecting L'pool's biggest signing this summer to be an extension for the best man in football we could possibly have leading/ representing this great club/ City.
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Karius?
 
Topical for the summer transfer window:

If anyone's wondering just how L'pool turned their transfer dealings around to lead the way over the last couple of years, this is a superb piece from the NY Times that should be essential reading for all football fans interested in the way the games evolved as a whole far beyond the traditional methods-

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html

It just adds to another real informative piece that was in the Financial Times a few months back-

'Liverpool are the world leaders in football not only because of their results and quality on the pitch but also when it comes to data analytics. That's according to the report by Athletic Bilbao director of football and professor at the London School of Economics Ignacio Palacios-Huerta. The reports was published in the Financial Times.

Mr Palacios-Huerta has claimed Liverpool have a group of PhDs who are specialising in data analysis which helps the Reds acquire the best players. The professor insists our club are the world leaders in this area.

"There is clear leadership by one club: Liverpool. They have a group of four or five PhDs in maths and physics, and they know football," the report says.

While most of the report is dedicated to Barcelona and their approach to analytics, Liverpool are namechecked as the benchmark example'


We really are leading from the front in all aspects of the game right now.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Topical for the summer transfer window:

If anyone's wondering just how L'pool turned their transfer dealings around to lead the way over the last couple of years, this is a superb piece from the NY Times that should be essential reading for all football fans interested in the way the games evolved as a whole far beyond the traditional methods-

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html

It just adds to another real informative piece that was in the Financial Times a few months back-

'Liverpool are the world leaders in football not only because of their results and quality on the pitch but also when it comes to data analytics. That's according to the report by Athletic Bilbao director of football and professor at the London School of Economics Ignacio Palacios-Huerta. The reports was published in the Financial Times.

Mr Palacios-Huerta has claimed Liverpool have a group of PhDs who are specialising in data analysis which helps the Reds acquire the best players. The professor insists our club are the world leaders in this area.

"There is clear leadership by one club: Liverpool. They have a group of four or five PhDs in maths and physics, and they know football," the report says.

While most of the report is dedicated to Barcelona and their approach to analytics, Liverpool are namechecked as the benchmark example'


We really are leading from the front in all aspects of the game right now.
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You've also got a good base with the University nearby which has a great name for sport sciences!
 
This time next week we'll be on the eve of playing for the biggest prize in football. Again.

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It's gonna' be a LONG week's wait.
 
kitchin75 said:
how many did kenny win as boss just the 84 1?
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None mate sadly. He took over after Heysel in '85 and subsequently the ban. No doubt in my mind we'd be on 7 or 8 European Cups now had it not been for that with some of his sides his first go-around. My one massive regret is Kenny's great '88 side and the next few years never got to play Sacchi's great Milan side of the three Dutch masters. That would have been a purists wet dream and then some.

But alas, it was never to be. Can't tell you how much pride it elicited when van Basten, my all time favourite non-red, said a few years ago they were always conscious, through their dynasty domination of Europe, of never having to face L'pool. Top respect.

I think the only time Kenny has managed the European Cup was at Newcastle.

Paisley was in charge the first 3. Fagan in '84. And Rafa Istanbul.
 
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Scouseinthehouse said:
None mate sadly. He took over after Heysel in '85 and subsequently the ban. No doubt in my mind we'd be on 7 or 8 European Cups now had it not been for that with some of his sides his first go-around. My one massive regret is Kenny's great '88 side and the next few years never got to play Sacchi's great Milan side of the three Dutch masters. That would have been a purists wet dream and then some.

But alas, it was never to be. Can't tell you how much pride it elicited when van Basten, my all time favourite non-red, said a few years ago they were always conscious, through their dynasty domination of Europe, of never having to face L'pool. Top respect.

I think the only time Kenny has managed the European Cup was at Newcastle.

Paisley was in charge the first 3. Fagan in '84. And Rafa Istanbul.
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that milan team was off the chain awsome
 
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