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Hughes is an absolute legend. I don't think anyone else could have negotiated this contract. Proof of his special relationship with the player.

It's a weird place because our season ended in March and now we're in that all too familiar place, pre Klopp, of waiting for the season to end whilst seeing other clubs still having plenty left to play for. The big difference is of course that we've already won the league.

I'd like to think he'd have more of a support network in the club when it comes to fitness than what they had in the 90s. But I am also thinking of his untapped potential. I recall towards the tail end of his career, when houllier asked him to play deeper and he started spraying passes like a budding Kenny. And his response to the reviews was "I've always had that in my locker. I've just never been asked to do it ". You have to think someone like Klopp would have gone mad at the prospect of a goalscorer like that who could also carry a creative burden from the no 9 position.

Genuinely think he was born in the wrong era. In the modern game, a player like him would be absolutely devastating.

Are you saying you know more than Klopp, etc? Anyway, maybe he did. He certainly had blind spots. This may shock some posters to hear, but it is possible that Slot does too. I like Elliott. I think there's too much technical ability to readily discard. Scholes was the most unathletic player around and he took a long time to really mature. Sometimes it's also about just keeping the player warm while he develops. I don't think Jones makes it without the vast patience Klopp afforded him.

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Klopp used the squad more and trusted players like Elliott and Endo a lot more. But that's honestly a more trite route to go down than just standing for one's own opinion. But maybe the "you think you know better than slot?" posters could bear in mind that that's where we'll end up at this rate.

Doesn't need a whisper. With no Rodri and de Bruyne finished, he's the standout midfielder in the league.

I can't tell you how annoying it is to see Murph deciding,five years into his Liverpool career, to spell Jota "Djota". It's a soft j for one and Jota just means J in Portuguese. Stop it.

I found it hard to like moreno. Especially after that game where I'm sure he was actually trying to lose us the game. In hindsight - we were regularly lining up with mignolet, moreno, Lovren, Clyne in the back five. The fifth one being one of Sktrel [this was after he turned s*** and constantly backed off every opponent] and Sakho. Dark days.

Fecking hell. Stop being such a baby. He'll be there to celebrate winning the title with his teammates.

Help me out anyway, I don't feel like trawling through endless discussions to understand what you mean. It surely can't be just: As it sounds incredibly petty to call him a disrespectful cvnt based on that.

It was more than 20 years ago, so I won't double down on this, but my recall is saying how happy he was in liverpool and that the only reason the contract hadn't been signed yet was just crossing Ts and dotting is.

Fill in the blanks for me here. How's he been a disrespectful cvnt?

McManaman hurt because he was my favorite player, but I didn't blame him for it. Owen is one I mainly begrudge because he kept telling the press he was signing a new contract for a full year when he knew all along he was never signing it. Lying little scrotum. The rest in don't really blame either though I really wanted to keep them. Suarez, Torres, Mascherano, Alonso. Maybe Torres for his choice of club though that's softened from how pitiful he turned out. The club offloads players all the time for its own sake without much consideration given to the players sold. Can't be too upset if sometimes the scales swing the other way.

I honestly don't mind that he's going even though I'd love him to stay. I think players are fully entitled to leave on a bosman without this in any way being cheating the club or anything like that. I also think the expectation that he should stay longer is frankly unfair. He's given us 8 great seasons. Rush gave six proper seasons before he left for juve. Souness also six. He's entitled to want to play for other clubs without that tarnishing a fabulous legacy. Really think he gets far more grief than he would if we had paid 40m for him nine years ago and was French. I get that the disappointment can be bigger because the attachment is bigger,but it doesn't make it right. Thanks for all the memories. What a player. Given so much. Doesn't owe us anything.

He's 19, no international caps and has scored all of 2 goals at senior level. And his club is in the championship next season. As a player, I imagine you'd be pissed at a club putting that kind of valuation on you. Gomez isn't academy trained.

He's my favourite player

Page 4066 is as strong a page as any in this thread.

I had a dream last night where Salah and VVD extended, we bought Isak and two proper fullbacks and were still going to make one more signing. I think we're good, folks.

It's quite ironic how two years ago we were cheering on TAA for being friendly with Bellingham.

How so?

The only reason united have been able to do that in recent hasn't been greater financial muscle. Their risk appetite has simply been far greater. Which has come back to bite them now with the contracts they gave to Sancho, Rashford, Casemiro and Mount. That's four of their five highest earners contributing zero to the team and being near unsellable. But even with risk appetite, they have neither cash flow nor accounting capacity to do much anymore. Besides reduced income and an inflated wage bill, they owe loads in staggered transfer payments. There's a reason they've been firing the tea ladies. They have no money.

Cheyrou was the missing piece

It irks firstly because Hughes has already shown a penchant for self glorifying briefs to the media and this seems to be more from his drawer of perfect bulls***. And secondly because it's a weird argument to make. What kind of relationship does any player have with a director of football? Nothing tangible at all to compare with sporting achievement of the club, manager profile and salary. Does he expect us to believe he's had the player over for movie night and popcorn or orchestrated 1on1 sporting development sessions? It's bulls*** and that's what people are reacting to

How are we ever to have proper discourse with such blatant rebellion against the established forms of debate? I blame Trump. On the other hand: Collymore, Heskey, Torres, Suarez.