Erikse

Insane!

82 points so far. Son, Palmer and Fernandes left.

It will just feel very secure to still have him and Isak next season, even if that means we can't spend a gigantic amount. If we sell him, it will be this huge uncertainty going into next season, nomatter who we get from the money. Right now we would be screwed if he was injured, and there is no guarantee that anyone can fill that hole completely.

Their job is to get the highest amount of clicks possible. I know someone who works for a newspaper. It's all about that. Normally you would just trust a different paper instead if they keep missing, but they're all doing it. Atleast most of the mainstream ones.

Not really a bad advice, but this aged well.

I guess Haaland is winning the golden boot again.

This guy allways somehow allways comes back sharp, it makes no sense when you consider that he is so limited in terms of training throught each season.. Every time he's back, it looks like he has been fit all along, until he gets injured again.. Then he comes back again like nothing happened.

I spent 4 points taking him out which let me get Gvardiol in for Gusto. Hopefully Gvardiol make up for it today.

Pep and his trickery strikes again. He was never in doubt about Ederson, was he?

I agree. I don't think many other teams has felt the need to play a CB like fullback just to allow the other one to attack? It has worked, but that doesn't mean that having 2 fullbacks that can attack doesn't work just as well, if not better.

Right, I guess I misunderstood what you were saying then.

And I believe that Tosin is a quality player who can fight for the spot, his price means that we can spend more on quality in other position. We don't need him to be a superstar. If he is better than Burn and Lascelles, then it will help us a lot. Again, Trossard is quality, but he is still fighting for his spot, and not really a regular. Just like I expect Tosin to be here, who knows, maybe he will be a starter. What's the big difference here?

Like who? Arsenal, who both has more spending power and can attract better players, when they got Zinchenko and Jesus? That has been two of their worst signings in the last years. Palmer is an exception. Who are we going to buy from the top clubs?

Do you think Liverpool expected Endo to be the new Fabinho? Or that Arsenal expected Trossard to be better than Martinelli? Maybe he has been lately, but usually Martinelli is the main guy. He has had a dip in form. Both of these signings has done okay, like expected. Trossard has helped them a lot with rotation. I expect Tosin to be better than both Burn and Lascelles.

Why do you think that signing these players will get in the way of signing quality? If that was the case, we probably wouldn't sign them. It's not like we would spend a fortune on these.

Ofcourse, but we don't need every single signing to be another Bruno or Isak. That's the unrealistic view that some seem to have. Almost seems like we become victims of our own success if the expectations have become this high due to it. Every club want to buy players for the sake of coverage and rotation if they are cheap enough. Especially if they are good enough to fight for the starting spot.

So the extra money we could spend from that was already free to use summer?

I wonder how big the CL boost will be. That kicks in aswell now.

Oh, actually I know it.. Frimpong has a habit of winning.

How many players with a habit of winning can we afford? Are we going to sign players from Real Madrid or City?

Ah, here we go again.. Remember last window when the opinion was that we should've bought less and more expensive players instead? Yeah, we've been playing Krafth and Matt Ritchie this season. Lets put our entire budget on 2 players and end up playing Ritchie and Krafth again, because we need elite players only!

https://www.premierleague.com/news/3978045 Okay, looking at this, saying more than 15% may have been a bit much, but there was VAR last season aswell, and the seasons before that. You also have to consider that the last 5 minutes will be the toughest on the players, as demonstrated in terms of the amount of stoppage time goals and the % of goals scored in stoppage time. "But as legs tire in the second half, and as the tension rises when that board goes up, teams are actually more likely to score and concede in added time compared with regulation time." Edit: I actually found the real numbers for ball in play https://theanalyst.com/eu/2024/03/numbers-behind-premier-league-goal-explosion/ So, that means 6,5% more football being played every game on average. Lower than I thought, but still noticeable.

1 year of training with us, I expect more than Pirlo.

It all went south after we smashed them..

So you think that playing 10-20% more football each game doesn't impact the amount of injuries that happen in the PL? Haven't looked it up, but I'm pretty sure this seasons amount of injuries is quite high compared to earlier season in the PL.