Transfer Window Speculation

[Benzo-13]

Rodrygo on the chopping block at Madrid.

He’d be the type we should go for if Diaz is off.

[YugoB]

7 minutes ago, Benzo-13 said:

Rodrygo on the chopping block at Madrid.

He’d be the type we should go for if Diaz is off.

He's a weird player, scores more in Europe, than he does in La lIga, he's got a higher ceiling than Diaz, but he's not been very good this year. 

[Frosty Jack]

7 minutes ago, Benzo-13 said:

Rodrygo on the chopping block at Madrid.

He’d be the type we should go for if Diaz is off.

Bringing in a Seventh-Day Adventist could slightly broaden our attack.

[Ombudsam]

1 hour ago, Kvarme Ate My Food said:

One shouldn’t try to self-perpetuate one’s own forum lore, it’s a little vulgar. 

That is exactly the point my hot imaginary sister was making.

[Benzo-13]

30 minutes ago, YugoB said:

He's a weird player, scores more in Europe, than he does in La lIga, he's got a higher ceiling than Diaz, but he's not been very good this year. 

Playing the wrong side at Real cos of Vinicius, get him in and then down for some REAL communion in the WigWam and he’ll be fine. 

[Swipe]

He'd cost a bomb wouldn't he. He's class when he's on it.

 

[Big Red Machine]

Think Mane and Salah have kinda skewed what should be expected of wide players.

Diaz and Gakpos numbers are both very very good historically for premier league wide forwards. 

[Molby]

2 hours ago, Kvarme Ate My Food said:

One shouldn’t try to self-perpetuate one’s own forum lore, it’s a little vulgar. 

it’s more like a catch phrase

you wouldn’t tell Superman what to do, would you? 

[Romario]

12 minutes ago, Big Red Machine said:

Think Mane and Salah have kinda skewed what should be expected of wide players.

Diaz and Gakpos numbers are both very very good historically for premier league wide forwards. 

Diaz and Gakpo have an absolutely great amount of goals and assists this season. Drop in a 25 goal forward like Dembele and all of a sudden everything looks different. 

[goodrobotusses]

33 minutes ago, Big Red Machine said:

Think Mane and Salah have kinda skewed what should be expected of wide players.

Diaz and Gakpos numbers are both very very good historically for premier league wide forwards. 

They have, but we should be striving for that level. Still think we were better off having three 9/10-10/10 forwards who were always available and unusually consistent than having Salah plus four or five 7/10s who're much more hit and miss.

Jota was a fantastic buy as a fourth-choice rotation option, but we went into this season with him as our first-choice No9, despite his history of injury and streakiness.

[growler]

If he’s available, the type of player you get and work out the details later. 

[goodrobotusses]

On Rodrygo, we tried to sign him from Santos but he didn't want to go at the time, so our transfer boffins clearly like the player.

[McBain]

20 minutes ago, goodrobotusses said:

On Rodrygo, we tried to sign him from Santos but he didn't want to go at the time, so our transfer boffins clearly like the player.

Yeah the whole, we never cross your name off thing would be applicable here

There's been chat that we're gonna look for more of a winger rather than a traditional nine for Nunez replacement. 

[Case]

3 hours ago, Molby said:

there’s a problem though:

“if we’ve ‘heard of him’ then we can’t sign him and expect him to become world class“

it’s exactly like doing a complex property deal when you’re an entrepreneurial as opposed to corporate outfit (ie not billionaires) - you want off-market opportunities not stuff that’s advertised with Mason Owen 

Without having the foggiest idea what your analogy means, I think you’re bang on the money.

[goodrobotusses]

53 minutes ago, McBain said:

Yeah the whole, we never cross your name off thing would be applicable here

There's been chat that we're gonna look for more of a winger rather than a traditional nine for Nunez replacement. 

He's a weird player to assess, though, because he's been shunted around so much to accommodate and support others that it's hard to know what his true level is. As Benzo mentions, he's been mostly on the right and sometimes in the middle at Madrid due to Vinicius and others, but think he played mostly from the left at Santos.

He's one of those where, if our transfer people got him in, I'd be excited because I'd trust their judgment that he's perhaps been underutilised. But the simple assessment is he's playing second and third fiddle at Madrid and for a fairly mediocre Brazil because he's not as good as the other lads.

[PaulMcC186]

Slot said the most important thing about playing up front for Liverpool is goals. 

Where's the talk we'd rather have more of a winger come from?