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Considering we've got the PL, the cartel and half the journalists plotting against us, we're doing ok. Fucking Romano, what a bell!

Depending how this season pans out, the young Korean lad could be Murphy's natural successor. Replacing Big Joe and Schar are the biggest conundrums, they're literally one-offs.

Hiring Keith Andrews hardly screams ambition - that alone could be enough to make him want to leave.

Shit is relative though isn't it. They're shit compared to the teams of the 80s,90s and early 00s that won nearly everything but they still regularly get to the latter stages of the major competitions. We're hardly talking about a Botswana or Faroe Islands

Bayern Munich don't often sign shit players, and they've seen far more of him than we have. All the signs point to him being the real deal

The idea that we've signed an unknown quantity to replace Isak is a bit of a stretch. Eddie is massively risk-adverse and likes to sign Pl-proven players, but Woldermade is a full German international, and Germany haven't been shit for about 5 decades, if not longer. I'd far rather we signed our German giant than Pedro, Delap, Watkins, Jackson and all the others mentioned. Ekitike is probably the only striker we were linked with that I would have preferred, but then watching him, he seems like a bit of a cunt.

The Isak debacle aside, i'd give it a solid 8. We got rid of some dead wood, signed some obvious upgrades and on paper, improved our striker situation - reducing our reliance on one player for the majority of our goals. I would have liked to have seen another CM and/or a #10 but overall, can't complain.

Murphy leaving on loan or us getting another CM on loan?

Up for Murphy moving on if we can get another top quality winger in. Another CM alongside would be dreamland

That's a ridiculous fee. Shame he's off, seems a quality fella but you can't turn down £30m for an unproven PL player.

Squad harmony has always been a massive unpinning of our success and the perceived impact of having him around the club, and us not being able to bring in a replacement, has obviously been factored in as well. Too easy to say we were bullied. The situation has been far from ideal from the start, and Liverpool have underpaid, but we have restored harmony in the squad and we're net ahead of where we were last season overall. Digging your heels in just to prove a point and protect your ego is small time. Unfortunately journalists don't make their money from being objective.

£35m less than he should have gone for. Fucking prick!

Any injury to Bruno or Tonali (like now), and we’re down to Miley and Ramsey. One more injury, and we’re down to kids I guess. Mainoo can play both roles. He’s a solid number 6 but can get forward as well - gives us strength in depth.

The cartel are going to be fucking fuming. Didn’t see this one coming did you, you corrupt cunts!

just watched his Youtube highlight reel - looks better than Isak.

They need him after that wank performance the other night

Mainoo, Wolder-thingy and this Lopez chap/Wissa would be some end to the window

I don't know, it probably wins them quite a lot of work over there.

You can't disagree with this. Striker and right wing were the priorities from the start. Isak made the striker situation even more urgent. Going into a PL and Cl season without a single recognised senior striker is nothing short of failure

There's one at Chelsea we know is available, and would probably come here. Maybe we're keeping him as a final backup option, but if he goes elsewhere, we're screwed

Not if we take 18 months to scout them, low-ball their clubs and generally fuck around

Yeah, the guy is class. His maturity and composure on the ball is excellent. For £45mm he'd be a bargain

It was clear he'd signed for the wrong club, all bias aside. ManUre are rotten to their core. Every player they sign goes backwards whereas every player who signs for us improves. Their manager will go on to have a great career after he leaves them. God knows what it is causing the rot but it's rampant. Fuck them and fuck Sesko

I get the financial prudence but fuck me, talk about taking it down to the wire.

We should probably be going all in on him now tbh. He's actually available. We must have been given some encouragement to keep pursuing Strand Larssen but Wolves are well within their rights to play hardball given it'll probably fuck their season