Mate, it wasn't the manager who made the call on Dempsey, Rodgers wanted him and was evidently aghast that the plug was pulled on such a small deal by his bosses. Regardless of where Dempsey is now they should have backed him, particularly given they had just pocketed a few quid on Andy Carroll. The same dithering cost us the Salah deal a few years ago and here we are, we've got the player for an additional £25 million.
As for Sterling, I wasn't laughing dude, it was pretty obvious he would be a good signing for them and despite a bit of inconsistency he has been. 21 goals and 31 assists in two seasons is not to be sniffed and he will only get better. We could have done with some of that over the last couple of seasons.
I can't subscribe to the 'that's the way the cookie crumbles' sometimes they come through, sometimes they don't philosophy quite so readily and I'll continue hoping that FSG off load the club to someone with the conviction to make us contenders again. Unfortunately that will only happen once they are satisfied they have achieved a more significance return on their investment.
Maybe I got mixed up with Siggurdsson, but either way, we were absolutely right not to go through with any deal for Dempsey.
He showed the next season that Fulham was his level, but remember Carrol only went out on loan that season.
I wasn't laughing about Sterling either, one reason is that I'm not into the whole schadenfreude thing, but also because he was and is a good little player. I don't get why he gets all the hate but Suarez (who behaved far worse) is given a free ride.
Plenty were laughing at him and city though, and still are. Mistakenly imo, but each to their own.
I'd be very careful what you wish for with off loading the club.
We could easily end up with a Lerner, and not an oil baron.
No club gets 100% of its transfers right, and I can't get wound up about something I have no control over.
Suffice to say that IMO we have a decent (not great) squad, a cracking first team that could do with some steel at the back (and pace), and Klopp has repeatedly said that money is not an issue.
So if the issue isn't money, it's the manager not wanting to spend for the sake of it, and I still don't understand how that's down to FSG.
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