We’ve got:
RW - Salah, Frimpong, Chiesa
LW - Gakpo, Chiesa, Ngumoha
CF - Ekitike
So we need a CF more than anything.
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That’s hugely reliant on Chiesa being actually regarded as a genuine option by Slot rather than a last 5 mins get out of jail card. We will see I guess.
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Thats shocking from the options last year.
Wirtz can also cover all these positions (but I agree with the consensus that we need another attacker)
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We still have people saying don’t worry do not panic.
11 days till the window closes and that is the options It should have never been left this late.
This is why its strange to even thinking about selling Harvey. If Wirtz has to go into front 3 for any length of time thats a body you have lost from midfield too.
Maybe we should have lent Newcastle our recruitment team?
It’s not our fault some deals haven’t yet completed.
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We don’t actually want to sell Harvey, but Harvey simply doesn’t want to be just a squad player. He wants to be someone who’s guaranteed to be a starter. Since he won’t get that with us, we’ve promised him that if an acceptable offer comes along, we’ll let him go if he wants to move there. We’re not like Newcastle.
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And you didn’t read my initial message and responded to Mascot’s follow-up that added stuff I never said. So. I never suggested getting in another player in that position. Point is we’re understaffed, one game in, already playing musical chairs in dropping in players like Endo, Szoboszlai into postions they don’t usually play. That’s all really. If you extend that to Szoboszlai then getting injured playing that positon, which is a risk as we’re playing him, we lose our potential substitute, or starter in midfield. Or extend that to losing an attacker. Its foolish to sell so many of our team and not replace. We’re down Jotta, Nunez, Diaz, Quansah. Ekitike replaces one, Wirtz another, although I’d argue he was signed to play attacking midfielder not forward or winger, so again out of position and less effective, just seems strange to do that to our world class, record breaking transfer. Okay CP and NC aren’t playing ball, but we’ve squandered a lot of time fucking around. For a well oiled machine we seem a little silly selling without a second choice for Isak or Guéhi we can move on to.
Ideally we need some quality squad players, someone who is utility, signed to play a number of positons like Milner was capable of and happy coming in with that usecase. Milner did say he disliked the rightback role but would play there for the good of the team.
I’ve messaged one or two folks outside of this thread and been counselled to wait, it’ll all work out. I recall a few seasons ago we did similar and it was fucking painful and got told then I was wrong when I said we were threadbare and lacked sufficient cover.
11 days. OMG 11 Days! We’re going to lose the transfer window!
CTFO let’s wait until its 11 hours before we start panicking.
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If he isn’t, then it won’t be long before he is. We seemingly don’t want to learn our lesson when it comes to depending on Joe.
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We don’t have enough staff, but you don’t think we should buy more staff? I’m really confused on this one.
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It’s okay to have different opinions; we still have to get used to Slot’s approach. Many of us here don’t like the fact that he uses far less his whole squad, isn’t rotating enough, uses fewer youth players, etc., that’s just Slots way to do it.
But… one thing has already changed, and that’s his approach to Endo. He uses him more often and regularly now, albeit in a different position, but still.
Maybe Endo will be Slots Milner. We all thought it was awful when Milner had to play left-back, similar to Endo stepping in at right-back now. But as a stopgap now and then, it should be okay.
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I think he should use Endo only in midfield in future he nearly gave me a heart attack playing at RB
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If Liverpool are eyeing up Rogers as a future transfer that probably rules out going for a versatile forward option (in addition to Isak) this summer.
I like Rogers but I’m not too sure how he fits in for us. I much prefer the links to Olise being a target next year.
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Tbf, Milner was a much better left back than Endo is at right back.
He had to do it, even if he didn’t like it. We had heated discussions here about the lack of a left-back back then; Milner had no choice when Klopp made him a left-back.
These days, we have a much wider selection at full-back than we did back then. Unfortunate injuries do happen… but this is all just temporary.
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Milner wasn’t bad in that position mind.
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