I sincerely hope Arse get rid of them tomorrow the arrogant twats
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They are an arrogant bunch of cunts fronted by a bitter cunt with a frankly odd eyebrow and a President who probably should face financial charges.
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Thatâs the first time Iâve read something against Carlo.
Thought he was universally loved or at least likeable.
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Bitter Evertonian cunt who seems to have a perchance for injuring our lads.
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Latest link
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Looks like Francis Jeffers.
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Heâs been linked a couple of times in the past. Quality player.
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The problem with this logic is that while hindsight might suggest Liverpool should have got Kerkez for ÂŁ19m when Bournemouth got him, Liverpool arenât Bournemouth and (with the greatest respect to Bournemouth) canât afford to write off a few dodgy results waiting to see if a player like Kerkez can come good.
Itâs important to note that when a team like Brighton or Bournemouth hit one out of the park on a player like a Caicedo, for all the calls that the âbig clubsâ should have signed him for ÂŁ10m, they are not taking into account the net casting that goes on to get a big one - the players in a similar bracket that donât make it.
Again, Liverpool cannot go and sign a clutch of unheard of players in the ÂŁ10m bracket in the hope one of them turns into Caicedo. We just donât have the wriggle room in our results to approach transfers like that.
Every player on that list will be known to Liverpool, and Liverpool will have extensive data on them all and will have had for years. The only thing Liverpool donât know is can they adapt to the Premier League and be comfortable at this level.
Liverpool have demonstrated time and time again, that they would rather spend ÂŁ40m on Kerkez the sure thing after a year of PL success, that ÂŁ19m on Kerkez the gamble with no PL experience. Itâs a smarter way to spend money.
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I know I posted their transfer activity a while ago (Brightonâs) but yeah they spent something like ÂŁ150m on 30 or 40 players in a couple of seasons on players in the ÂŁ5m-ÂŁ15m range and from that batch they ended up with a couple of diamonds.
But taken as a whole their âsuccessâ rate was low.
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I was surprised to read a day or two ago that their squad is the second biggest, with only Chelseaâs bigger.
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Too much fish and chips.
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I think what Brighton figure is that one good transfer more than makes up for the 5 odd average ones.
Itâs not like theyâll be really losing too much money on the transfers which donât work out as well. Theyâve got loan fees , transfer fees etc etc to recoup that.
Itâs in essence the BVB model.
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Donât go knocking fish and chips.
I quite like how Brighton is going about it. Itâs just that it is too much risk for a bigger club like ours.
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Of the others, have they managed to turn a profit?
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Problem is a couple of poor games and they will be trashed.
Sadly some of our fans even on here have become a bit fickle.
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When Brighton buys a player, they are not looking at a career longevity, they just need to produce a rough diamond that will glisten for a season or two⌠then sell sell sellâŚ
Whether these players can then go on and have a good career, is down to the buying club that splash the millions
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Not individually from what I remember.
The point anyway isnât that what Brighton do is wrong, it works for them, itâs just that we canât always look at their successes and say âWe should have bought x before he went to Brighton/Bournemouth etcâ. Those clubs donât have the pressures we do, they have the space to let a player come in and potentially fail. They strike gold once out of ten and that pays for their next investment.
Basically we are the top of the food chain and these clubs are a necessary step for a lot of players. We end up paying more but we have a higher chance of success when we sign them.
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Itâs certainly worked for us in recent times. Our two sweet spots seem to be either that under 18 market where the relative cost is extremely low where the reward could be huge but the risk is almost. You might get a decent player like Gomez or Elliott, a player you can ship on for huge profit like van den Berg or if they vanish for nothing youâve lost no more than a few million.
The ÂŁ30m to ÂŁ40m plus market does bring a greater degree of certainty and seemingly better results. Think thatâs linked to the body of work we look for before we move. A Kerkez just doesnât have that when he moves to Bournemouth so weâd rather pay ÂŁ20m more and feel more confident than risk ÂŁ20m initially.
I do think we might need to have a think about how we could find a way to build that confidence in players who sit between those sweet spots. Iâm sure Ian Grahamâs book mentioned Mitoma as an example. He was on our radar based purely on the data but the level he was playing at meant he didnât match our threshold even with the relatively modest price.
Itâs a tricky one as the likes of the Dutch or Portuguese league tend to give young players more game time so they get that threshold of games younger but not in as competitive a league and so our confidence in performances translating is diminished.
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I think one important thing to remember is that we as fans of Liverpool only notice the successful transfers of other teams. We donât tend to notice the failures. This influences our perception of the hit rates.
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Well, aside from United, which appears to be an endless source of amusement.
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