Tomo

When I look at coaches in the present day like Emery, Jose and to an extent Ancelotti it makes me laugh how people want someone with a "proven track record" above anything else. I would say upcoming managers like Lampard and Arteta are much more suited to big jobs these days than they are.

The transfers he wants? I'm sure he was gagging to sign Wiljnaldium when Kante and Pogba were avalible. I'm sure he wanted to stick with Karius and Mignolet for two years. They only "back him" when he has money for sales, he was denied the defender and keeper he needed for years until he got the money in a sale, was given no money last summer and now is made to sign a cheap winger while his rivals are looking at Sancho. The Liverpool board are nothing special and we saw that in all its glory under Kenny and Brendan, they lucked out on a manager that could even make Mike Ashley look good.

They are "run well" because they unfortunately have a manager who's excellent in every aspect. Without him the owners were guiding Liverpool to systematic mid table finishes signing did after dud.

So he has to start unconditionally no matter what form he's in or you're going to kick off and call whoever his manager is every name under the sun? Got it!

Two months of continuous starts = nothing according to you. I think it's very clear you have an agenda.

On the contrary I would say Tammy's emergence gives us more scope for a left field gamble, thanks to him we ain't in the 2014 boat of absolutely having to get the next striker signing right. If we're getting a new improved Gabigol like the stats suggest then it could be a masterstroke and furthermore, at £20m he will only have to be competent to be attract a profitable resale price.

I'm opening myself up here but I feel Cole on had two very top season's with us and Azpi is far above him if we're judging on season by season consistency . First season he was pretty wack (all be it recovering from an injury that kept him out most of his last season at Arsenal) and the second under Avram solid but unspectacular. It was under Scolari we saw him recover form and become the version we saw at Arsenal and then we got absolute prime Ash for two season's. Then after that he was still solid enough defensively (until about 2013 when he declined in that aspect also) but became non existent as an attacking threat which hindered us big time down that side.

When he was on form he started every single game for two months. He's now gone off the boil a bit so is having his game time more managed. It's the best way to handle young players, Conte continued to throw Christensen out there after he lost form and it's still mentally affecting him to this day.

It was a pretty good run for his standards but we still conceded 4 goals down his side and looked vulnerable down there throughout. I personally believe if he was deputising a prime Ash we'd be praying hard Ash never got injured, the desperation to see Alonso replaced has turned him into something he's not. Hopefully the new LB can give us what we are hoping for (permanently making Marcos 2nd choice at best) and more.

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There's a reason he doesn't. The hype around him "deserving a chance" winds me up.

He's been getting better since the Bournemouth game.

If we're going to base things on goal stats, his record is similar to Damien Duff's before we got him.

Coming a little naturally demotivated at Palace because he's done what he can there and now wants the step up (partly his own fault for signing a new deal). Similar happened to VVD before he left Saints. And no, I'm not saying he will come here and have a similar ascendency, just that you're being very harsh writing him off based on his first bit of bad form for quite a while.

I didn't watch him before his injury so can't tell about that but it's ultimately irrelevant even if he was as good as prime Ash before the injury, it's clear as night follows day that whoever he was before his unfortunate injury is long gone. I was prepared to wait until he got a consistent run in the team and now he's been first choice for nearly a year and done next to nothing. I still think even in a four Alonso is a better option Vs teams that sit deep, for example him in the box instead of Emerson against Bournemouth we win 1-0 just like we did Vs Newcastle. I don't want him to be first choice ever again (I even felt that about him as a wingback) but I'd feel he would contribute a lot more as a squad player than what Emerson would.

I wouldn't. For all Alonso's frustrations he atleast gives us a screamer one game in five, low bar but it is what it is. Emerson apart from a cross in Baku and a decent half in a game we lost 4-0 I'm struggling to think of anything stand out he's done.

Think you're being vastly unfair on him, while I'd agree 70m is too much is isn't "bang fucking average". His performances and stats at Palace are similar to Damien Duff's at Blackburn and he didn't do too badly with the step up.

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My bad I thought he went back to Brazil on a perm. Edit: and i didn't read you initial post properly.

Can't see Oli going to Brazil given he came here to keep his family in London. Regarding Gabigol my first thoughts were "oh no" but after looking at his page he seems to have a pretty decent goal return since going back home so maybe/hopefully Inter was a case of too much too soon.

In that case , scrap what I said earlier.

Hes changed, he'll take setbacks on the chin more now.

I have high hopes for the former pair long term but I don't think they're anywhere near ready in terms of delivering week in, week out and look a good couple of years away from having that type of consistency, possibly more in Cal's case. They will win us games (like Pulisic did at Burnley and Odoi did Vs Newcastle the week before) but they look a million miles away from doing it at the rate we need. The December month shown this, there was a lot of pressure on them (especially Pulisic) to produce a moment of magic to win us the points like Eden did and they just couldn't do it. I don't blame them, it's just the stage of their career they're at. They need to develop at their own pace. Jadon while at a similar age is miles ahead of both on present day level and Zaha has been bailing out his side (admittedly at a lower level) for years, they're at a level right now that will turn a poor performance from a 0-1 to 2-1 a lot more regularly than what we will get from Puli and Cal. It won't be too big a deal for the pair long term because Zaha will only give us 4 years max and at that point they will still be only 23 with a good 8 years of peak/around level to come if all goes well. It will also give us scope to revert to 4-2-3-1 when need be or even a false 9.

In my opinion. Grimaldo ≥ Telles. Re Zaha and Sancho if it's financially possible we should go all out for both.

Thankgod. He's finished as a top footballer and if you think Willians bad at corners.....