1 league title F***ing Big wow
Yep. I know there is the argument over FC 115, but we have still left at least two league titles on the table.
January 2021 window, top of the league on 1 Jan, players worked their backside off up to that point with no senior centre backs for the rest of the season, Robbo on LFCTV in late Dec post game saying "hopefully help to come in", and, JĆ¼rgen is wheeled out in the first press conference in Jan to tell a gobsmacked media that signing a CB (never mind two which we bloody needed) was "unlikely". The next game, no doubt with players like Robbo crestfallen like the rest of us, we lose at Southampton, proceed to continue drop points to the end of Jan by which point we are no longer top, and then, with fan dissatisfaction mounting, the owners do what they do best in such a scenario, token signings, with 500k Davies and a loanee in Kabak whom Norwich would later reject signing.
In terms of windows, from any club, since its inception, there is nothing that comes close. The only thing that would come close is having no goalkeepers and then have the manager say signing a keeper was "unlikely", but of course that couldn't happen as you have to sign a keeper, its compulsory. We had no senior CB, when top of the league, and had Jurgeh Klopp, tell a packed media room, with the window open, that signing a CB was unlikely. And roughly 3 weeks later he let slip the financial issues, clearly by now frustrated with all his good work (and the players) coming to nothing,
Summer '22, we need midfielders, every one can see. We then start losing, supporters disgruntled, and it's time to get out the old playbook in Boston.. token signing to 'appease' the supporters this time, is... loanee Melo. That season, wasted.
And this one is shaping up to be similar. No signings in summer (has that ever happened to us? Like going back 50 years?)..anyway no signings, then a cheap option right at the death on a feller who had barely kicked a ball for us in over 4 and a half months. Still, wouldnt put that signing anywhere near the Melo or Kabak level.
The failure to replace midfielder in Gini (which left us short in midfield in the 21-22 season with Morton having to play games when every game was crucial), not having a 4th CB when Lovren left.
The constant penny pinching, and letting down elite managers.
As has been said umpteen times before, minimal spend and CL qualification, that's the sweet spot for people whose sole aim is a return on their investment. If I was as clinical and ruthless as them, and bought a rounders 'franchise' I knew nothing about, I'd do the same over there. I'd probably look to move the team to another location with a bigger market too (they love doing that over there).