Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[oldtype]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

Well I care, and it would seem big clubs care as they tend to avoid it as much as possible.

 

Isak being 'the difference' in a title race next season is just strawman nonsense, it's about strengthening a rival for the next 5 or so years when our aim is to beat them, it's not controversial or anything.

It seems that you just don’t accept the premise that we could buy a collection of players for 150m that would be more valuable to us than Isak alone, in which case I can’t really argue.

[Kanj]

Go to bed guys  pick it up tomrorow 

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, oldtype said:

if the assumption is that we are so incompetently run that we will never buy good players again then this all goes out the window and we might as well fold the club.

or a little bit of incompetence with a lot of shitty luck because of the cartel clubs. I think the striker search is not nearly as much down to incompetence as not filling in positions lie CB and CM yet is. It's been really shitty luck as much or more than poor execution due to weakened infrastructure, etc. But here we are, after 9th choice players. That alone should probably increase Isak's value to us, since we can't seem to adequately fill his position at the moment.

[TheBrownBottle]

8 minutes ago, Cf said:

 

This is utter utter nonsense. 

 

I don't understand how anyone can have such a losing mentality.

Because we’re not going to be going for the title next season?  A great season would be qualifying for the CL again

[oldtype]

“We don’t want to sell to domestic rivals” is just wholesale emotional nonsense. Fine, quote them an inflated fee, but if your domestic rival is willing to pay it, why on earth would you stop them from making that mistake.

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, Kanj said:

Go to bed guys  pick it up tomrorow 

It’s 10:30am here in Australia  

[oldtype]

6 minutes ago, Kanj said:

Go to bed guys  pick it up tomrorow 

shut up Kanji  it’s 5:30pm here and people are wrong on the internet.

 

 

Edited August 9, 2025 by oldtype

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, oldtype said:

“We don’t want to sell to domestic rivals” is just wholesale emotional nonsense. Fine, quote them an inflated fee, but if your domestic rival is willing to pay it, why on earth would you stop them from making that mistake.

seriously, man. That's just a lame response.

[oldtype]

Just now, Vinny Green Balls said:

seriously, man. That's just a lame response.

It’s fine and natural if fans feel that way. But if the people making financial decisions at the club do, then they should be sacked.

[Vinny Green Balls]

whatever, dude.

[r0cafella]

The proceeds are 100m 35is going on a 29j year old back up. 

 

So we have 65m left after that then the money is gone. 

 

It's not at all transformative. 

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, oldtype said:

It seems that you just don’t accept the premise that we could buy a collection of players for 150m that would be more valuable to us than Isak alone, in which case I can’t really argue.

Literally told you that my issue is selling to a domestic rival. Being obtuse and strawmanning, Same old OT.

[oldtype]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

Literally told you that my issue is selling to a domestic rival. Being obtuse and strawmanning, Same old OT.

I said this a few posts ago, but if the players we buy with the money improve us more than Isak strengthens Liverpool, then we’re not actually strengthening a domestic rival.

[Kid Icarus]

7 minutes ago, Kanj said:

Go to bed guys  pick it up tomrorow 

I'm doing my newborn shift and have a couple of hours left

[Kid Icarus]

11 minutes ago, oldtype said:

I said this a few posts ago, but if the players we buy with the money improve us more than Isak strengthens Liverpool, then we’re not actually strengthening a domestic rival.

 Okay. Well we can all be the judge on that one. 

 

If I want hot water I don't turn the cold on then the hot on a little bit more and make do with warm water, I just turn the hot tap on.

 

 

Edited August 9, 2025 by Kid Icarus

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, oldtype said:

I said this a few posts ago, but if the players we buy with the money improve us more than Isak strengthens Liverpool, then we’re not actually strengthening a domestic rival.

 

4 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

The proceeds are 100m 35is going on a 29j year old back up. 

 

So we have 65m left after that then the money is gone. 

 

It's not at all transformative. 

 

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

I'm doing my newborn shift and have a couple of hours left

poor guy. hope you are finding some sleep.

[oldtype]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

 

 

If Wissa can be even just 70% of Isak, is it that hard to imagine that him and another signing could contribute more to the team overall than Isak alone would?

[r0cafella]

Just now, oldtype said:

If Wissa can be even just 70% of Isak, is it that hard to imagine that him and another signing could contribute more to the team overall than Isak alone would?

Only one will play at a time. 

 

If football was a game where each team started with 22 players priced would be much lower. 

 

I think one of the points worthy of consideration for selling him is how the money can be used but we need two strikers in an inflated market the timing for all of this is horrible. 

[oldtype]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

Only one will play at a time.

 

If football was a game where each team started with 22 players priced would be much lower. 

 

I think one of the points worthy of consideration for selling him is how the money can be used but we need two strikers in an inflated market the timing for all of this is horrible. 

Why, we’re allowed to use the money to strengthen in positions other than striker.

[r0cafella]

3 minutes ago, oldtype said:

Why, we’re allowed to use the money to strengthen in positions other than striker.

We can run the numbers once this closes. 

[Palestoon]

1 hour ago, oldtype said:

 

I’m repeating myself, but why would we want to deter them if they’re meeting or exceeding our asking price. We want to induce them to do that, if anything.

 

I would say price is just one of the variables that are involved in selling a player.

 

-Timing

-PSR situation 

-Market conditions

-Buying club

-Optics

 

For Example, if Isak told us in May, this is my last season. I'd like to leave. Barcelona told us they'd be willing to match our asking price. We had time to, and managed to get Delap and Ekitike early doors, no drama etc. 

 

That would be a completely different scenario to the one were facing now

We may recieve 150 mil in both instances, but they are 2 completely different outcomes for the football club on several levels.

 

People say playing tough doesn't mean anything. Look at this board when anyone mentions going after Geuhi again or trying for Eze. First comment is they dont want to deal with that cunt Parrish again.

 

That should be us. It should be absolute hell to take a player off us we dont want to sell. 

[Adrian1881]

150m and let him go...I'm really sad that he didn't see anything outside LFC scavengers...makes you wonder about PIF and its commitments... Hopefully PIF figures it out how to avoid shit like this in future.

[oldtype]

54 minutes ago, Palestoon said:

 

I would say price is just one of the variables that are involved in selling a player.

 

-Timing

-PSR situation 

-Market conditions

-Buying club

-Optics

 

For Example, if Isak told us in May, this is my last season. I'd like to leave. Barcelona told us they'd be willing to match our asking price. We had time to, and managed to get Delap and Ekitike early doors, no drama etc. 

 

That would be a completely different scenario to the one were facing now

We may recieve 150 mil in both instances, but they are 2 completely different outcomes for the football club on several levels.

 

People say playing tough doesn't mean anything. Look at this board when anyone mentions going after Geuhi again or trying for Eze. First comment is they dont want to deal with that cunt Parrish again.

 

That should be us. It should be absolute hell to take a player off us we dont want to sell. 

It’s true that there are many variables involved in selling a player, but all of that is ultimately factored into the asking price. And having to pay the third largest transfer fee in the history of the world qualifies as “absolute hell” in my book.
 

(Although I don’t really care about the optics or the buying club at all).

[Flip]

4 hours ago, Mike said:

 

It was never going to be @Flip. He's not even my favorite Brazilian.

 

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