Liverpool Thread - 2021/22

[dennishasdoneit]

That prick has got a significant mental illness

Most folk who follow a cult have problems...

 

[Bozo]

How have Bayern got Mane for such a low price???

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

That prick has got a significant mental illness

I think it's called alcoholism.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

How have Bayern got Mane for such a low price???

Low resale value, one year left on his contract so Liverpool couldn't hold firm.

Who would buy him if not Bayern?

Once you take into account his wage demands it becomes too much of a financial risk for most.

No potential buyers in Spain, Italy or France.

Even China doesn't spend big money on transfers anymore.

 

[paulchapo]

I’d love to know what the audience were laughing at, no way it could have been that excuse for comedy..

Comedy like everything in life is subjective, some love one comedian others hate them. It was filmed in Liverpool I believe so kudos to the scousers for laughing at themselves.

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

I’d love to know what the audience were laughing at, no way it could have been that excuse for comedy..

That’ll be the scousers that jibbed in laughing at the scousers who actually paid for a ticket.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Liverpool don't so Moneyball at all. It was about identifying players who were considered hugely undervalued because the conventional wisdom used to assess baseball players was wrong.

Just about every successful player in Liverpool's squad was highly rated, and very expensive. At £10m Robertson is probably the nearest to a "low cost" underrated player that they've signed.

I reckon you can count Salah. I know he wasn't exactly cheap, but if you looked at his stats in Italy, no-one could have predicted that he would become one of the best goalscorers in the world.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Think their moneyball approach is slowly falling apart

The whole process is about getting underpriced players then selling for a profit....but since COVID most of the top clubs are being more careful with transfers, they aren't getting the fees they used to get for players the level of Solanke/Brewster/Ibe etc.

Also now their top players are all entering their prime but with limited time on deals, they know how much benefit there is to leave on free transfers and clubs are more likely to hold out for a free even if it takes a year

They are going to have to spend BIG to replace a player as influential as Salah....and tbf they have a huge gaping hole in their midfield 3 between Thiago and Fabinho, the drop off is huge after those two...and they are both sick notes

They won't get Bellingham on moneyball wages, they won't get Mbappe on moneyball wages....they will need to break their structure and once that happens all other first teamers they have will want contracts to reflect that

Even jota I think was fair price, £45mil he's got goals but he's not that GOOD....they won't be getting another Salah, Mane for £30/35mil again

Yep, there's also the fact that when they bought most of their bargain players, they were a top 6-8 team, not a title challenger. That lets you get a few more bargains. It's not a massive surprise that once they started to challenge for things and win things, the prices they had to pay to get players went up. If a top team wants a player, they automatically add 30% onto the price. After all, if Liverpool or City want someone, they must be class.

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Comedy like everything in life is subjective, some love one comedian others hate them. It was filmed in Liverpool I believe so kudos to the scousers for laughing at themselves.

yes indeed...but it took them a while to join in with everyone else. ;)

 

[bluenova]

I reckon you can count Salah. I know he wasn't exactly cheap, but if you looked at his stats in Italy, no-one could have predicted that he would become one of the best goalscorers in the world.

He was their club record fee of £43m at the time.

He's a great player, but not sure he went from obscurity to one the best.

His first season was a record breaker at Liverpool, but overall (once you take off penalties, which he didn't take at Roma) his goal scoring is similar to his last season at Roma. He was also one of the top players at a Roma side that finished 2nd and 3rd in Serie A while he was there - he was even their player of the year in his first season.

Even with penalties, this is a player who scores once every 133 minutes for Liverpool. For comparison, Aguero's record at City was a goal ever 107 minutes.