Some players are that good you don't really have to even hope for the best when they sign, you just know they are brilliant players who if they stay fit will massively improve you. If we signed Suarez back for example, Gareth Bale etc you don't have to be a genius to know they'd make our team better. That's why they'd cost the Earth, because you are buying an absolute cast iron certainty.
Now I've read these last few pages over and over, and I can't see anyone saying these blokes we're apparently going to sign are not good players or good value for money. As pretty much none of us have ever seen them play on a consistent basis, it would be a silly thing to say in any case.
Why are we even getting involved (again) in a Rodgers/Jürgen comparison? I've been told on many occasions that I hold a candle for Rodgers, that I can't "let it go", but the very people who say such things seemingly can't resist bringing him into the equation over and over. EVERY manager buys players, EVERY manager buys players who on the face of it look quite good, but the proof of the pudding is whether or not they actually are good. Now given Rodgers got the sack and we brought in Jürgen Klopp, it's in all our best interests to hope that the new manager is better at buying good players than his predecessor was in conjunction with the committee, otherwise it was pointless sacking the fella in the first place. Equally, I would say that the players who by hook or by crook Rodgers and the committee "assembled" (and it did have kind of a pick and mix feel to it) did just reach two finals in one season, and include the likes of Lovren, Sakho, Can, Clyne, Firmino, Sturridge, Coutinho etc so they aren't all duds, it's just that too many others were.
It's great that we're getting our business done early. It's great that the players look cheap. It's great that they look like they might be quite good too. Surely though it's not being "negative" to say you'll wait and see the fellas play before we get the bunting out, particularly as they're hardly household names.
Personally I can't get past the idea that some of the people who are all excited now will be incredibly deflated if Jürgen actually can't overhaul many of the teams who finished above us while spending very little. People talk about Rodgers "spunking" 300 million quid, but he brought in over 150 million quid in player sales, AND slashed the big earners budget. We ended up spending NET I suppose around 150 million quid in four pre-seasons, which compared to some of the teams above us is peanuts. My fear is that Jürgen ends up copping the blame for not managing to achieve what appears to me to be almost the impossible. Unless we PROPERLY compete in both transfer fees AND WAGES then we are going to need a miracle. The league had one of these this season, they don't come along often.
NOTE: This post is not a defence of Rodgers, it's a defence IN ADVANCE of Jürgen. Don't blame him if he can't overhaul Man Utd, Man City, Tottenham, Arsenal etc with bargain bin buys.
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