It’s all good when sportwashing. But doing it properly is underhand.
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Without trying to poo poo Jurgen, his love for “his boys” meant he was unwilling to do what needed to be done. It came to show when we failed to capitalise on our successes due to keeping a midfield that was running in treacle.
The changes being made now - mostly needed. Next 2-3 windows will see very little activity too I suspect.
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No it doesn’t Diaz can want ever he wants we don’t have to sell him. Nunez transfer is overdue but we are selling him so its not forced.
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Jota is forced, Trent also.
All others are a combination of our decisions and interest from the transfer market.
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And Roberson and Nunez.
The only opinion I hold regarding Rodrygo… is whenever we faced RM, I was never bothered by this guy being in their side.
As in, I never feared he was capable of tearing our defence apart..!
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Robertson will eventually have to be replaced, so the move to bring in someone makes sense. However, how is replacing Nunez a forced move?
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I think we are highly attractive, successful and a great culture. That’s why people want to join but that’s why it’s hard to shift Robbo, Elliot etc. anywhere else is a step down.
Shifting Robbo would free up good wages.
No disrespect to him.
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How are they.
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Far be it for me to put words into the mouth of a Greek God, but I think he means Darwin’s move has been forced by his form.
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Each circumstance is different and I’m not sure how you could predict what Klopp would do in this circumstance, based on what he did in a different one..
A bit befuddling for me seeing some of us fretting over “too many signings”…
You always have to look at the context. What is the club doing here?
We are clearly building towards the post Salah/VVD/Allison years. We are also building on a championship winning position AND a healthy PSR.
That is the context..
Having established that, the question then is the actual decision on players and if/where they fit.
Each one, thus far, has been very targeted. But these also have to be complemented by the departures…
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Thank you for the deft touch!
The notion of “forced” almost implies putting someone in an arm bar or holding a gun to their head! Intenet discussion thus gets polarized very quickly.
The truth is it is more nuanced than that, and you hit the nail on the head with the combination of factors.
Just want to say it’s a great time to be a red! Champions, strengthening from a position of strength, competent people at all levels of the organization, money to make our moves and set us up for the next cycle… presumably then only needing minimal attention the next few windows.
The signs were there that we might have a window like this, and early in summer we drafted out various permutations, but a lot of it felt fanciful. At this stage it looks like most of us weren’t bold enough!
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I expected a CB, Kerkez and maybe a replacement for Trent.
Maybe an attacker but Wirtz was enough to get me excited as I’ve liked him for a few years now and was probably one of the footballers in the world I wanted to see in our red.
We just seem to be ramping it up. Lets bring 21 home for Jota.
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I don’t think we’ve yet signed any over priced dross but we will see.
Would it be wrong to go onto a Newcastle forum and post a bunch of links to articles like this one just to watch the reaction?
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If that’s wrong I don’t want to be right
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Where’s the #FSGout folks gone?
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