Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[wykikitoon 20156]

They have pretty much the same mid as a few years ago.  They have just neglected it and Klopp hasn't refreshed it at all. Bin dippers always banging on he doesn't get support.  Net spend he's spent over £200m.

[The Fish 10857]

15 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

They have pretty much the same mid as a few years ago.  They have just neglected it and Klopp hasn't refreshed it at all. Bin dippers always banging on he doesn't get support.  Net spend he's spent over £200m.

 

Yeah I've noticed this story about how Liverpool are doing it the right way, unlike those awful awful Manchester clubs who're just buying success... They've spent a fortune, they've tapped up players, they've gazumped rivals, and all the shady shit that elite clubs do. They also did it from a position of relative strength anyway, so they're not some underdog story, or owt. Especially as that relative strength was injected into their veins before their previous era of domestic dominance.

[ewerk 30620]

9 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

Yeah I've noticed this story about how Liverpool are doing it the right way, unlike those awful awful Manchester clubs who're just buying success... They've spent a fortune, they've tapped up players, they've gazumped rivals, and all the shady shit that elite clubs do. They also did it from a position of relative strength anyway, so they're not some underdog story, or owt. Especially as that relative strength was injected into their veins before their previous era of domestic dominance.

 

There's eight other clubs who have spent more than them over the last five years. Yes they've spent money but not the fortunes you're talking about. It's an average of £43m a season.

[The Fish 10857]

1 minute ago, ewerk said:

 

There's eight other clubs who have spent more than them over the last five years. Yes they've spent money but not the fortunes you're talking about. It's an average of £43m a season.

In the last 10 seasons they've spent just shy of a billion. Only Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City have had a bigger outlay. 

[ewerk 30620]

17 minutes ago, The Fish said:

In the last 10 seasons they've spent just shy of a billion. Only Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City have had a bigger outlay. 

 

In the last 10 years they have a net spend of £338m. They have been outspent by Arsenal, Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Man City, Man U, Spurs, Wolves, West Ham and even little old us.

[The Fish 10857]

11 minutes ago, ewerk said:

 

In the last 10 years they have a net spend of £338m. They have been outspent by Arsenal, Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Man City, Man U, Spurs, Wolves, West Ham and even little old us.

Right, and that's good business, but the point I was making is that they've paid out nigh on a BILLION pounds on players in the last ten years. And they were finishing on average 3rd. They aren't an under dog, they haven't done it the hard way, they've bought success just as much as the rest of the Elite. Yes, they've made good deals, getting good money back on the likes of Suarez, Coutinho (c£200m from Barcelona), Sterling and Benteke (c£90m for the pair). 

 

But the thing I'm saying is that there's a narrative that, plucky little Liverpool are challenging the big spenders with a shoestring budget. This is bollocks, they've spent nearly a billion pounds on players in the last 10 years, to build upon a team that was already up there challenging anyway. They're no different to Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd and the rest of them.

 

 

 

[ewerk 30620]

I don't think anyone is painting them as the plucky underdogs. Gross spend it irrelevant, net spend is the key here. And by that metric they've competed at the top end of the table while spending mid-table money.

[Craig 6682]

The celebrations at this one were utterly mental
 

 

[spongebob toonpants 3997]

Best goalmouth scramble ever

[Gemmill 44900]

 

From the covid times. He read this out on Buxton's podcast and it fucking killed me. 

 

"Harry blinked"

 

[Isegrim 9780]

 

[toonotl 2980]

 

 

[OTF 7295]

On 14/10/2022 at 01:14, ewerk said:

 

In the last 10 years they have a net spend of £338m. They have been outspent by Arsenal, Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Man City, Man U, Spurs, Wolves, West Ham and even little old us.

 

Analysing only on net spend is not very useful tbh, need to account for sales and also wages. Liverpool pay massive wages and spend big on incoming players; the only team in recent history to have broken the mould of spend more on players (transfer and wages) to win things is Leicester. 

 

Liverpool have been more effective than other teams in turning that spend into results (namely Manure) but they've not been exceptionally good.

[OTF 7295]

On 14/10/2022 at 02:18, ewerk said:

I don't think anyone is painting them as the plucky underdogs. Gross spend it irrelevant, net spend is the key here. And by that metric they've competed at the top end of the table while spending mid-table money.

 

 

Let's just conveniently forget that their wage bill is fucking massive (easily more than double ours) and has consistently been in the top 3 in the league.

 

 

[ewerk 30620]

After hearing Klopp’s whinging they can 100% fuck off.

 

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I heard now that at Newcastle somebody [sporting director Dan Ashworth] said: ‘There is no ceiling for this club.’ Yes, he is right. He is absolutely right. There is no ceiling for Newcastle. Congratulations, but some other clubs have ceilings.”

 

[Andrew 4762]

10 minutes ago, ewerk said:

After hearing Klopp’s whinging they can 100% fuck off.

 

 

 

2 games from a quadruple last season and he's talking about ceilings because they've been shite in the last two months  wanker.

[Isegrim 9780]

26 minutes ago, Andrew said:

 

2 games from a quadruple last season and he's talking about ceilings because they've been shite in the last two months  wanker.

He’s become an über-bellend.

[PaddockLad 17281]

Not seen this before…. David B.N. (before Newcastle ) 

 

 

[MMXXVIII 1293]

19 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

From the covid times. He read this out on Buxton's podcast and it fucking killed me. 

 

"Harry blinked"

 

 

Just reading it had me chuckling.

[MMXXVIII 1293]

1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:

Not seen this before…. David B.N. (before Newcastle ) 

 

 

 

I may have dreamt it but didn't he score a header from a corner against Arsenal for Paris?

[Tom 14011]

 

[MMXXVIII 1293]

1 minute ago, Tom said:

 

 

5th after Sunday.

[Tom 14011]

I've just never seen the "top half" go up to 11 before  

[Craig 6682]

I get the point you're making now

[spongebob toonpants 3997]

2 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

Not seen this before…. David B.N. (before Newcastle ) 

 

 

Ginola still my favourite Newcastle player.

And by far the sexiest, I would have happily changed sides if he gave me the wink