Dempsey: Wouldn't pay up
Salah 2014: As above
Sanchez: As above
Konoplyanka: As above
Fekir: As above
Werner: As above
There's a few of the ones that got away. We went 7 years without a trophy until last year. Even Wigan were winning them in that time.
Common Denominator: FSG
Werner was ideal for what we need at this time. The squad needs to be strengthened, and the strike force need serious competition. This guy scores 30 goals a season in a major league, is an international, and still knocking them in the European Cup. He's proven at the highest level, and wanted to play for Klopp. Unfortunately the owners didn't want to pay for him so he went elsewhere. Even the signings they do get over the line are often long and drawn out, while they're arguing the toss over incentives and moneyball. You snooze you lose, in the dog eat dog transfer market. And we've lost again.
We have one trophy left to play for, with 9 games to go. If we invested in a proper reserve keeper, we might still be in the cups. What we got was someone at the last minute on a free transfer. As we're out of the cups, his season is already over and he will never play for us again.
I'm convinced that the training ground was and is primarily JĂźrgen's idea. It's of no concern to the owners where we train. They're baseball heads not football people, and their only interest in the club is the glamour side. JĂźrgen probably wondered why are there different sites for us, when we can amalgamate Kirkby and Melwood, (Tranmere for the women) so everyone operates in the one spot. So we have a new training ground. I've no doubt it will be state of the art, but that's not enough for us to succeed in it's own. We thought after winning the league in 1990, that the club was running smoothly. Within a couple of years, we were struggling to finish in the top 8 with a lot of catching up to do.
Only one player out of that list would be considered a miss - Sanchez. And they were all under Ayre and Rodgers - world of difference now
Dempsey - they wanted Henderson in a swap , do you really think we missed out ?
Sanchez - he chose London
Salah - Chelsea decided to pay double what we bid , Iâm glad because we got a better 3 years later and under Klopp
Konoplyanka- the release clause was met , their owner refused to let him leave
Fekir - serious knee issues
So in reality we arenât âmissingâ out due to FSG
As for the rest of the tripe you posted - moneyball ?! Why are you going on about that
A reserve GK is reserve for a reason and letâs not forget Adrian impact early in the season - who would you have instead
We havenât âlostâ out on Werner to Chelsea , the club decided that he wasnât financially viable in the current situation
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