Liverpool Thread - 2022/23

[jamesha]

Nunez has scored 9 goals in 900 minutes despite Liverpool playing crap and a stupid sending off. He also isn’t on penalties.

Imagine if Klopp improves him and Liverpool start playing well?

I agree with this. We all want him to be the new Andy Carroll but he does seem half decent.

They paid through the nose for him though and that cash would have been better spent on midfielder reinforcements.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

I'm honestly dreading coming up against them in the CL. Yesterday was a microcosm of why we continually fail in this competition.

Me too, It's that bad that I'd rather go out early than go out to them lol.

 

[JRockBlues]

I agree with this. We all want him to be the new Andy Carroll but he does seem half decent.

They paid through the nose for him though and that cash would have been better spent on midfielder reinforcements.

They've already reached the first +£10m add-on payment too.

 

[ChelBelle83]

I liked them better when they were shit. :(

They're not exactly brilliant this season, but they do seem to do well in the Champions League- and it seems their league form is starting to pick up again. My hubby is a Pool fan and he's a bit annoyed the break is coming just as they're hitting some momentum again, but I think it could be a good thing for them. Get some injured players back.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

They're not exactly brilliant this season, but they do seem to do well in the Champions League- and it seems their league form is starting to pick up again. My hubby is a Pool fan and he's a bit annoyed the break is coming just as they're hitting some momentum again, but I think it could be a good thing for them. Get some injured players back.

Get a different husband




:)

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Mad how you try to tone down posts sometimes dont you think?

 

[mexico1970]

They're not exactly brilliant this season, but they do seem to do well in the Champions League- and it seems their league form is starting to pick up again. My hubby is a Pool fan and he's a bit annoyed the break is coming just as they're hitting some momentum again, but I think it could be a good thing for them. Get some injured players back.

You've spelt "Poo" wrong.

 

[LGWIO]

The whole business model was based on scuppering city through ffp and hijacking the scouting database, along with the breakaway superleague and more recently the Saudis not passing the fit and proper owner test. All gone to shit and John Henry wants out.

An accurate assessment imo.
The yanks wanted a closed shop with very little jeopardy.
If their ESL comes off I'm done.
Off to watch Stalybridge Celtic then....

Seems like FSG's £4bn valuation was a tad optimistic (surprise, surprise). More likely US owners, who will hopefully screw them with a leveraged buyout and cash extraction.

Liverpool owners FSG are in talks to sell the club for £2.7bn

It is understood Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have been involved in secret talks for several weeks after an approach was made over a full takeover for the Anfield giants.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Not sure I agree with the whole FSG plan being based on stopping yours and Newcastles owners, but they certainly saw owning liverpool as a cash cow that they could continue to milk long term. The ESL idea was a goal for them to open "additional revenue streams", but I think the biggest factors in the decision and timing are the change on the world economy (and outlook) over the last 2-3 years and also the huge sale of Chelsea.
Cannot claim it is my idea, as it was one I think I heard on Danny Kelly's show, but it's down to economies clowing and interest rates rising around the world. The money that they had used to buy the club and to finance infratstucture improvements would have been relatively cheap at the planning stage. Uncertainty now means that who knows where they are going to stop at.
We have all seen that FSG aren't exactly eager to splash the cash, as they want a return. The "guarantee" of that return seems to be lessening with the teams poor/inconsistent form along side the rise of newcastle, Arsenal and the continued high standards from City.
To keep up they will need to continue to pump cash in and hope for success on the pitch, something they will not be eager to do with those interest rates rising.
Then they see Boelhy coming in and paying billions for Chelsea and they immediately think that they can make a killing and get out with a tidy profit.

 

[jrb]

English, not Scouse.

2006.

England v Uruguay.(friendly)

Anfield.

Attendance - 40,000+.

 

[moh]

Not sure if my picture shows it, but those tv’s aren’t ‘behind the bar’, they are 50’ behind the bar on the other side of the room.

Here’s a different view …

But is this really watching sports or just keeping an eye on a set of numbers