Weren't you the guy who said we could judge players after 6 games?
If so, Joe Allen was boss after 6 games for us so you haven't got much to moan about.
he wasn't "boss" after 6 games, he just did pretty well and had a couple of very good games. And---shock!---sometimes judgments change.
Here's the difference: Mkhitaryan has shown what he is capable of, in the CL, against some of the top clubs in the world. So if he comes, and is a total failure, then we can hold our hands up and say "well, he had already shown what he could do, and why he was Liverpool quality." But what on earth did Allen/Henderson/Downing/Borini etc ever do to merit us signing them? nothing! we signed them hoping they would turn into something we hadn't seen yet---whereas with Mkhitaryan, we have already seen what he can do, so we would be signing him to keep DOING what he is ALREADY doing. See the difference?
"yea, yea, but he's 29, has played for years and years so of course he is better..."
Oh. Wait. He's 24.
Could it possibly be---gasp!---that he is just a better player than some of our awful players, despite being basically the same age?
Could it possibly be that Coutinho offers more than Downing/Henderson/Borini etc, despite being younger than all of them? why? because of some weird quantum physics abstraction that is only known to the Supreme Being?
Or is it... possibly... because... he's a better F***ing player than the sh*te we currently have "gracing" Anfield!!!
Simple. Sign. Quality. Players. Players who have shown on their day that they can be top drawer players. Coutinho showed that. Suarez showed that. Mkhitaryan showed that. If we sign top quality players and then they crumble when they get here, we hold our hands up and say "well, we tried." But stop signing mid-table dross and then being shocked when they show nothing more than mid-table talent.
Hope Mkhitaryan signs and lights up the league next season. If we force Suarez's hand and he stays, Mkhitaryan, Coutinho and Suarez in the attack is mouth-watering.
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