baja the hut

What about against spurs?

I must say we must beat Leceister. We could drop as many as 4 points before City and if City win all their games, then 2 points off them when they come to us is a good place to be. I would take 3 wins 2 draws and a loss from the next 6. As long as we beat Man City.

Fekir interest was highest before pre season and has cooled since. Is there a chance that Klopp is more invested in some youth like Curtis Jones and after looking at Lallana and Keita come up with an alternative way of playing that may not need a Fekir? 2 considerations: One is absolutely the cost, as at £15-20 million he is a great option and an absolutely worth it. But the price tag at £55 million or so is prohibitive and no matter what people say, we are a net spend driven club. So far we have spent £66m + £13m + £43m + £60m , which is £180m. Given we have the Coutinho money (£145m) and CL and PL money (50m) we are net profit, assuming the VVD money was earmarked from last year, which I believe it is. Even with this I think that club is looking for a £30 - £40m recoup before putting the £55m for Fekir, which would bring us to around flat. Second is sellability. Fekir's knee does not fill Edwards with the confidence that he can sell a 29 year old Fekir for good money to enable the net spend game to continue. All the players we have including the 3 forwards we have locked into contracts will be sold in the future at the right place. I firmly believe this is FSGs model and I hope that this comes after we win something big (like the league). Anyway that's my long-winded reply done.

In my humble opinion. It's a statement of future skill so cannot be quantified.

Pulisic is far younger and has a higher ceiling.

Just think this is an elaborate set of opposing leaks by Aulas and Klopp / Edwards. Like with Lacazette, Aulas would like this to go to the deadline with an auction but it seems this is not possible as I think the player has made his mind up. It's a matter of if not when. And the when could be the next window.

Is that another way of saying you don't comprehend how these could be true or is it the way I have phrased it?

Yeah. Think people are underplaying how great a window this will be if Fekir joins. Ward should be given a go. We consistently undervalue players in our reserves vs other team's reserves. He looked good at Aberdeen. It's a legitimate possibility. I think there are limited funds and Klopp would rather spend the money elsewhere.

Back to transfers, I think that Danny Ward will be #1 and we will complete the Nabil Fekir transfer. I think the strategy is that goals win you games and mistakes from goalkeepers are relatively rare occurrences. The debate as to the relative importance of having a great goalie vs having a great midfield and attack is an intriguing one.

I feel for Firmino. How Gabriel Jesus starts ahead of him I don't know.

It's like a combination of the first and second Real Madrid goals in the final.

He's great.

England should be ahead but have been unlucky. If Tunisia had a pen then England should have had at least one.

Interested to see whether Ben Woodburn will have opportunities next season. Gotze etc did at Dortmund. Don't see why this won't start to really gain legs during year 3 of Klopps tenure.

IMHO I think we keep Solanke, Brewster and Woodburn on the bench and sell Ings, Sturridge and Origi.

Good, I hope he and Woodburn come through like TAA did this season.

Don't see how, if accurate, the club pulled out of a deal due to concerns over the medical. Appropriate due diligence in my opinion. Hopefully opens the door for Dembele or someone else.

Wow, the plot thickens

Is it possible the 'unsubstantiated reports' is the Graeme Kelly tweet on twitter? If it is, it's interesting how cyclical all this is...

To Huddersfield!

We'll score post 80

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It's a strange thing to say about a manager who got us the closest in 20 years.

Just worked out that if we get through Roma, one win in 3 will get us into the champs league.

Ok there's no chance. Have to draw at the Bridge folks. We have collosally let our advantage slide folks.