Maybe a lot of the speculation is because of boredom and no football.
All of a sudden, sensible people who usually take media stories with a pinch of salt seem to believe everything they read.
The season can't start soon enough for me, although no doubt we'll have 6 months of people arguing about "2nd or 3rd choice" signings, when the reality is they're just signings that the manager thought would improve us.
No club gets all their targets, and we're no exception.
I doubt that even you believe some of the things that you post.
Suarez, Carroll, Henderson, Downing, Doni, Adam, Enrique, Coates, Bellamy, Borini, Allen, Assaidi, Sturridge, Coutinho, Ibe, Alberto, Aspas, Toure, Mignolet, Ilori, Sakho, Can, Lambert, Lallana, Markovic, Lovren, Origi, Moreno, Balotelli, Grujic, Firmino, Gomez, Bogdan, Ings, Milner, Clyne, Benteke, Karius, Matip, Mane, Klavan, Wijnaldum, Salah.
You are looking at 43 first team players signed since the current owners took over. Suarez, Sturrdige, Coutinho, Mane have been over and above value for money, Salah looks like he will be a quality addition too.
The one thing that sticks out is this, that for way too long, the team has prioritized potential over going for players that were already playing at top level, and at times making decisions that really stagger the mind like chasing Sanchez to replace Suarez, yet going for Balotelli, and then Benteke when all these players are absolutely nothing alike. In that one position alone, we have seen Suarez, Carroll, Borini, Balotelli, Benteke, Firmino, Ings, Origi, Sturridge, Lambert all signed, and Aspas is also a striker. What is the vision? And you now add Solanke. Last time, the fee for Ings was set at £6.5M plus £1.5M in add ons, and Solanke is coming to a team that already has Firmino, Ings, Origi and Sturridge, in an outfit that plays one striker up top.
Ilori, Sakho, Coates, Klavan, Lovren, Matip, Joe Gomez all brought in to play CB and the team is still looking for another CB. I honestly cannot say that there is a single exceptional CB at the club which is why you could see the lengths to which the club went trying to get Van Dijk (although being careless about it).
I honestly thought that the team needed another pacy wide forward who could get goals because with Mane out the team really struggled. A midfielder who could break the lines with his passing was also important because in the latter part of the season teams simply sat back and cancelled out the press. It was something that was going to add to the attack another dimension or two because Emre Can is the only player in that midfield outside Coutinho who has some ambitious passing.
So how did we get here? This team got here because it got some success with Suarez, and then struck gold with Coutinho and Sturridge and thought that that was something that could be easily replicated i.e. getting some young undervalued players that could become special. I don't think that anyone would be against that, but for so long, it was what seemed to be the focus when it came to recruitment.
The people that you seem to have a problem with, and the fact that they seem to believe what it is they are reading in the media are fans that are concerned with the where the team may be at, especially compared to what investments the other teams in the league are making.
There is concern that as time continues to pass, you will run into a familiar problem where teams that would ideally sell no longer wish to do so because they would not have enough time to go out there and get a replacement. As we speak, City have already landed a very good attacker and a goalkeeper that they think will sort out their issues in that position. Manchester United have moved to another option early enough in the window. Arsenal who were looking at signing Mbappe already have Lacazette signed as the world of football waits to hear what his decision will be, and they are chasing Lemar and/or Mahrez.
I will say this, last season was easy for Klopp because he only focused on the league. That cannot be the same this season because he cannot play kids in the Champions League. Looking back at last season, an injury to Coutinho, Mane, Matip were seen as huge setbacks, this window is an opportunity to go on and solve some if not all of those depth issues especially when one considers just how much the team struggled when midweek games kicked in.
The teams that finished ahead will get better, the exception maybe being Spurs who now have to build a stadium. Two teams that finished behind are also going to get better, and they for the most part played strong teams in the domestic cups, league and European competition. So it really comes as a surprise that anyone could see some wrong in fans showing concern with where we are at, our history or fumbling transfer windows, and the challenges that lie ahead.
