Errrr yes they are
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Why?
You accept quotes you feel are true right?
But when you don’t, it’s just the gutter press
I assume we're below them??
Nope. You're just twisting what has been said to suit your argument (something you're rather good at!)
I find no contradiction in 'don't sign in January' unless there is an emergency.
Your argument is "it doesn't matter when you sign as long as they are successful"
What you don't address is how you integrate a new January signing into the squad post Christmas when there are no 'less important' games e.g League/FA Cup.
How do they begin to understand the teams playing style; other players' strengths and weaknesses; set piece drills; pressing instructions etc etc. The tactical side of playing. How do they achieve this and learn to do it instinctively when there are two 'must win' games a week? How does the rest of the team react and accommodate a new player being played, when they've grown accustomed to the old player's style?
These are some (there are lots of others) of the simple reasons why you don't buy in January.
The summer is when these are ironed out and you have pre-season games to test and incorporate the new signing.
If Kane was to leave and I don't think he will yet that wouldn't say much about our ambition level or rather the lack of it
Agreed.
I'm not trying to defend Lloris here as the save should have been made by any competent U-15 keeper. However I think it was a case of timing. Lloris was expecting a far more powerful header from Salah. It came of Salah's head a bit limply. Lloris had set himself for a strong header, so his timing was off and the ball came out of his hands.
No justification as it was a shocking mistake (along with Sissoko's).
Put it behind us and on to Wednesday
The contradiction is because you only started saying that after 50 posts saying “you don’t sign in January”
Nothing about emergencies until you were showed 10 major January signjngs and revised your view.
And if you don’t think 38 injuries, no fit 1st or 2nd choice central midfielders, selling a key team member, and having Kane injured and Son on international duty, while fighting on four fronts isn’t an emergency then I can’t help you.
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Yep. That’s about it....maybe you disagree and you prefer big names that flop, as long as it was in the summer
The loss is not on Sissoko. We had other chances to score and failed.
The guy took responsibility and apologised. Did the club captain apologize?
Sisssoko has done brilliant, probably he is our player of the season , others failed to turn up.
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Yes it wasn’t even a header as such
The ball sort of landed on his head
Klopp couldn’t believe his luck but now that I’ve calmed down after rewatching the game there really was only one team in it 2nd half and I’m quite confident of third place
9 times out of 10 Dele would have scored
Their keeper was awful
It makes me laugh that on the same day where Chel$€a (and their odious fans) totally didn't get what they deserved... Neither did we!
It's like we've been in some alternate universe since the Burnley game....
Wtf has happened??
Good question mate
Like a recurring nightmare
Poch will sort it starting with a comfortable win against Palace
Somehow I dont think so
Please address the points I made about the problems integrating January signings into the squad/team.
No contradiction at all. Don't sign in January unless Kane does his ACL or similar. It's quite simple.
I've no idea where "50 posts" come from. I've always been consistent about January signings.
Now address the problems of integrating January signings into the squad/team? You seem to be constantly ignoring these points.
Any thoughts?
It depends on the player, not the timing.
Some summer signjngs with full pre seasons have been shit.
Some signed on deadline day or late with no preseason have been excellent.
You want to put this into absolutes but there aren’t any. What you are basically saying is that there is not one player that could improve our team in January but that five months prior there were endless options.
If we signed a CM and RB with two days of the window left, what then? Is it pointless because they got no pre season?
Is it only EARLY summer signjngs that count now?
That’s not an actual rule, you know, it’s just you typing it.
It doesn’t make it so.
We sold Dembele and he should have been replaced. Very simple too.
See above, I’m not sure why you’re so smug like you made some amazing point.
My answer again just unravels your argument.
Oh god yet another internet fool tying to look clever.Believe what you must. Yes, I could predict we will all die as some point but that would be extending my point to the ridiculous right? His post said 1-2 years ago. That is surely the same timeframe and is thus not absurd to think there were not signs. Perhaps you are not as observant as you think you are andworsted is.
As I have pointed out my public call for the conversation to begin was at the very beginning of last season. didn't we open at Wembley with Chelsea? but my private frustrations were aired via PM. Surely you can imagine I didn't make a knee-jerk decision about our captain because of 1 game vs Chelsea.
And unconsidered responses like this is what actually shuts down debate and conversation instead of actually fostering thought and discussion. Perhaps if you'd listened back then and considered his points you would have been ahead of the curve as well instead of being a laggard with the drooling masses.
Run along now there's a good lad, the grown ups are talking.
Well, still no explanation as to how you integrate January signings into the squad/team!
Dembele should have been replaced Summer 18 as we had a pretty good idea that he wouldn't make it through the season. NOT in January as you have all the integration problems that you pointedly refuse to address.
Even if you sign on deadline day in the summer you have time to integrate. In January you have none.