honeybradger

Part of it is his mess, Souttar, Kristiansen and Tete were his signings in 22/23. Might have been a bit of Rodgers forcing certain profiles on him but we cant know.

Why did i get the idea that Glover was an ex-youth scout at Man City that identified talent like Sancho for them? To be fair Fatawu and Hermansen were good finds but the other transfer business we have done under him makes more sense now.

Is the reason that he has fallen off so hard because he can no longer train regularly? He's still good enough physically in matches to score, otherwise he wouldn't be getting the chances he has done. He has just lost the composure in front of goal that he used to have.

There's a reason he's going to Charlotte FC. The fact we were willing to spend 10mil on a season long loan for washed Zaha is tragic.

If we would have bought him for £8mil when we were in the Prem we would all see his signing as a waste of money. It's only because he was able to shine at a lower level for us that he is seen as a decent player by our fans. He's just not up for this level, same with Mavididi.

Liverpool were linked to Stefanos Tzimas (19 yr old striker at Nuremberg) but are no longer interested. Could be an alternative to Latte Lathe with a higher long term ceiling. Could probably get him for the £10-13mil we're selling Cannon for as well.

We either sell him for decent money now or he lounges on our bench for the rest of the season and loses all his value.

As above Amad Diallo couldn't get into the Rangers team but has established himself at Man United. There have been many other loanees as well that have done well at their parent club after struggling on loan ie. Kane, Akgun last season. Baybrooke is still young and talented, he still has every possibility of making it with us.

Sadly Ndidi seems to take a while to get back to form after injury in recent years. Hopefully that's not the case now as we need him to have a running start when he gets back.

Better sides have better midfielders that offer both composure on the ball and physicality. Winks has some Europa league level attributes but he's also severely lacking in some areas (ie. Off the ball contribution) that makes him a luxury player at times. He's about a good enough player for where we are now but i cant imagine better sides would be happy with the way opposition players bypass him so easily.

Wasnt a fan of the 'we are going down chants' starting at 5-2. We need as much momentum as we can get going into the Palace game (although I agree with the sentiment that the club's leadership needs to step up).

I dont mind it if it's for 1-2mil (watch it be 6-7mil)

He doesnt look any good, even in the J league. We need to be looking at an upgrade on Justin, this the kind of performance that Justin gets dogs abuse for.

Trey Nyoni has already had his first start for Liverpool at 17 years old. Will Alves is yet to start for us at 19 (albeit he had a serious injury). Our talents have a better chance of first team minutes at big six sides than they do at us. That just the state the club is in right now.

He said his contact was close to Nyoni's father. Doesnt mean his contact regarding Monga is reliable

Philogene for £21mil isnt a good signing. He hasnt looked ready for Premier league football this season and in my opinion was not as good as everyone said in the championship. He has talent though so may come good.

Wish we were in for him, dont understand how it didnt work out at roma.

I hated the Moder links in the summer but in light of us buying Skipp for £25mil buying him for £9mil looks like a steal. We really should be looking for better than both though.

Surely a DM is a priority over RW at least when we have Buonanotte. I would argue having more bite in midfield is more important than CF as well.

I would say CM/DM would be up there as one of the priority positions. The Soumare - Winks midfield doesnt do enough to protect our already shakey defence. A new DM would go a long way towards fixing our issues, I would rather sign a good defensively robust midfielder if one was available than sign a new centre back that we're not sure about.

If Winks or Soumare get injured then we have to play Skipp or Choudhury.

One of the quotes from the Brentford one stood out to me: "But the days of the manager being the person who picks up the phone to an agent or player and effectively doing all the steps of the process has ended - the game is far too complex now." It definitely feels for us that whichever manager we have at the moment drives the transfer strategy of the club. There simply doesnt seem to be that legwork going on in the background from the likes of Rudkin to maintain a coherent strategy and we end up with players that dont fit and also overpaying on our targets as we dont have a variety of players to look at.

Just because Cooper communicated well with the fans but didnt perform well for us doesnt mean that fan communication is pointless. The ideal manager would have good team management and manage relationships with the fanbase well as well.

To be fair arent Copenhagen the richest team in Denmark. We would probably have better luck going for talents from less established teams. That being said Ousmane Diao at Midtjylland looks good.

Signed for £4.5mil in 2023 by Udinese, wasnt anything special last season and has been injured for large parts of this season. How are they now asking for £16.5mil? If he was bought for £4.5mil from a Danish club then maybe we should start looking at buying players from Danish clubs instead as Serie A teams are absolutely rinsing us.