And I don’t think there is any guarantees about any of them, it’s if it becomes a trend rather than a season.
Some players are finished others are injured and some are just performing at a lower ability. I don’t think the ones in the first group are incredibly large maybe 1-2 possibly 3.
It’s all about trends. I do think European football of any kind helps just to keep the routine up.
Though if we carry on this will also be out of reach.
I agree with you that it shouldn’t block what happens on a day to day basis. There are lots of factors in our control that we can, and should, improve.
With that said, I generally believe that if an organization is not settled at the top, it will bleed down throughout the whole structure.
If Jurgen and the people he directly works with - coaches, recruitment, analysis - are gearing up for another cycle, and fully intent on building the team and going again; it is a mismatch if the owners are looking for a sale, in whole or part.
It’s a matter of focus, and the whole organization, from top to bottom, needs to be pulling in the same direction.
Which is true. However owners who are aware of our club and its culture and history will know that the fans will be instantly against a certain type of owner. United (I suspect) will be happy to sell their souls again to the highest bidder regardless of their ethics. That’s not the case with us.
They’re amazing, swapping Oli Kay for Adam Crafton.
I don’t see it as black and white like some people like to present. Par example when I contantly hear from Gary Neville that they’re internationally and marketing wise such a bigger club. They might still be ahead of us in those areas (much more consistent success in recent decades), but the difference certainly isn’t that huge, at least I don’t think so. On the other side, I don’t see a massive difference in fanbase culture.
These things can take time, I’m not for one second in the belief that we’ll have new owners before the end of the season and just go splash the cash this summer. The chances are that is still more unlikely to happen. This could still take a while, maybe more than a year, who knows.
Some people who want FSG out could be the same who are criticizing Newcastle owners or whoever. It’s all going in a direction (if it’s not already) where it will be hard to support or pick one of the world’s biggest clubs and present it like an angel institution without any mistakes. In that case, better go find our local amateur team and try and find some football morals there. There’s shit happening even at that level. Of course, there are different levels. I’m not of the belief that every millionare is a bad person or whatever that saying goes. There are bad people or people doing bad things everywhere.
I do understand, emotions aside, that there are factors that might make Chelsea or United more attractive than Liverpool. Not everything about our most dearest club is the best, but of course you love it and support it. Subjectivelly it is the best, to us. Objectivelly it’s one of the best. We might have our own advantages. For the outside world, they might see it a bit different.
We’ll find a solution, maybe not so soon and maybe not of the power some of our fans think/wish. But as long as we can respect certain things and remain at least competitive, that’s probably what most us fans would agree we want.
Just a hypothetical scenario. If Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman wanted to form a consortium to buy LFC, would you welcome them with open arms?
Problem is someone who is only investing and not buying is probably doing that in FSG who wants to buy a NBA team, what does Liverpool see of that investment?
I thought the Ineos fella was interested in Man Utd? Proper fan, richest man in the UK?
On our end, if someone like the Qataris are interested, I don’t see why they would put up 2Billion and still only be a minority shareholder, so it makes sense that they have moved on, if that’s what has happened.
From the FSG perspective, perhaps they are more inclined to hold onto the club while a couple of huge issues are still up in the air.
The case between the Prem and Man City.
If the Premier League prevails and Man City are suitably punished, and not just a slap on the wrist, then it will strengthen the case that we are moving into a rules based order, which of course makes football club ownership more appealing as a proper investment.
The second coming of the ESL
The prospect of a new European Super League, expanded, and with better sporting integrity than the first botched iteration, might also encourage FSG to stick around. This might give clubs more control, both over rogue governing bodies who are more profiteer than custodian, and also it might give more control over nation state owners who don’t want any financial restriction.
Whether these issues are resolved sooner rather than later remains to be seen.
If FSG are waiting on the Prem/Man City case to reach conclusion, for example, to see what way the wind is blowing, then it might come too late for Klopp and the new team he is building, especially if it drags through the courts for a few years.