The debate is what we’re all here for, but for me there are some simple things that collectively are being forgotten here.
- We’ve got rid of players we needed to remove from the club: Lukaku / Sanchez / Fellaini / Valencia / Young etc.
- According to the club, we’ve revamped our recruitment process to help avoid the mistakes of the last 7 years. Following this we’ve signed Maguire (overpriced but still our best CB, a player with twice as many headers won as Lindelof and I believe the second most in the league, despite the criticism). We’ve also signed AWB who’s looked great all season and a good and very young squad player in James for a cheap price.
- The players we’ve been most heavily linked to (Bruno & Haaland) both tick the boxes of either up and coming players, or players with a point to prove - no longer the Di Maria’s or Schweinsteigers or Falcaos of the past.
Whether the recruitment restructure is true or not, this is a step in the right direction. Additionally.
- We’ve one of the youngest teams in the league (2nd or 3rd I think)
- We’re playing better football than under our last 3 managers (not hard to do, but still, it’s better)
- We’ve had some big injuries this season in Pogba, Martial, Rashford and Scott McT, this would hurt any team.
Also good. But it’s also important to realise that this issue is being compounded doing to the crazy success our two biggest rivals are having...look across Europe: Bayern, Dortmund, Barca, Real, Atletico, Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal - all with problems, we’re not the only club that’s not getting this right, most of them aren’t, it’s not easy to do what city and pool have done.
It appears, from the last window at least that we’re going in the right direction. We need players for sure, maybe a new manager in the summer, but what city and pool have achieved is a result of consistent long term thinking and a clear and defined strategy. This is something that we have categorically not had in the last 7 years, BUT the signs from the summer indicate slow steps in the right direction.
Let’s see if we get Bruno in over the next 10 days and see if we continue this trend.
Trying to simplify the doom and gloom
posted on 20/1/20
The title of this article is rather confusing
posted on 20/1/20
It should be as simple as looking at what city and liverpool have being doing right in the last 4 -7 years particularly liverpool and trying to replicate it.
posted on 20/1/20
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 2 minutes ago
It should be as simple as looking at what city and liverpool have being doing right in the last 4 -7 years particularly liverpool and trying to replicate it.
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Getting in someone who can help with the signings as well as a world class coach who has that X factor and doesn’t need the huge signings (all the time) to fulfil his on pitch philosophy
posted on 20/1/20
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 8 minutes ago
It should be as simple as looking at what city and liverpool have being doing right in the last 4 -7 years particularly liverpool and trying to replicate it.
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The funny thing is, what Klopp is doing at Liverpool, we were already doing under SAF.
Klopp has a clear playing style and identity, he tweaked it, bought the players who fitted his style, be they from Hoffenheim, Hull, Newcastle, Roma or Southampton, and used his man-management skills to keep them hungry.
But the club seemingly got bored of this, and since SAF left we’ve done the exact opposite of what made us successful, boring, negative football, a slapdash approach in the transfer market, really basic, route one signings.
People seem to get stars in their eyes when it comes to transfers and are a bit snobby about players such as Wijnaldum and Robertson because they “only” play for Hull and Newcastle, but they fitted Klopp’s system and he went for them, now look at them.
posted on 20/1/20
comment by Robb Fernandes (U22311)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 2 minutes ago
It should be as simple as looking at what city and liverpool have being doing right in the last 4 -7 years particularly liverpool and trying to replicate it.
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Getting in someone who can help with the signings as well as a world class coach who has that X factor and doesn’t need the huge signings (all the time) to fulfil his on pitch philosophy
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I’m not sure how Simon cowell would do.
posted on 20/1/20
Guys like Klopp and Pep are like Fergie they have a huge drive and work ethic combined with supreme man management skills, Jose had it for a while at Chelsea but it’s burned him out,
They have vision and are able to make the whole club buy into it and don’t accept second best or they leave or what’s causing them to fail leaves.
On a comparative scale we are miles away. Yes Ole is nice and the signings have been better, the few he has been given compared to outgoings but we’re a whimpering draft up against a tornado of energy and ruthless edge against Klopp he is driving the whole force of that club and until somebody walks through the door once more with the personality and ruthless desire to match that winning mentality we will just plod on.
posted on 20/1/20
Sorry about the title (autocorrect) and Im on a 24hr bus through Argentina so couldn’t fix it without signal.
I do believe that at least there are signs we’re going in the right direction though and hopefully this window and the next back that up. This is not a call from me by any means to give Woodward more time, he has to go, but let’s just see where this new direction takes us first, and that’s going to take time...again.
posted on 20/1/20
comment by JHernandezMUFC (U18093)
posted 54 minutes ago
Sorry about the title (autocorrect) and Im on a 24hr bus through Argentina so couldn’t fix it without signal.
I do believe that at least there are signs we’re going in the right direction though and hopefully this window and the next back that up. This is not a call from me by any means to give Woodward more time, he has to go, but let’s just see where this new direction takes us first, and that’s going to take time...again.
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Wtf add you doing on here then
posted on 20/1/20
J
I have tmsaidnthis many time before. Our most difficult period just happens to have coincided when there has never been more money in the game and Liverpool, City and Spurs getting the act together.
Falls on deaf ears sadly
posted on 20/1/20
Spurs who are 8th in the table with the best striker in the universe?