Danny Drinkwater

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

15 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

Tis a better response than 'What the heck is a Drinkwater'?! I guess.

[Pizy 18,887]

I'm just trying to picture scenarios where he actually gets meaningful minutes and isn't just a bench warming League Cup player. I mean, now that Bakayoko is approaching full fitness and Cesc is still very much an important player when does Drinkwater get a game?

[Special Juan 28,139]

9 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I'm just trying to picture scenarios where he actually gets meaningful minutes and isn't just a bench warming League Cup player. I mean, now that Bakayoko is approaching full fitness and Cesc is still very much an important player when does Drinkwater get a game?

Squad depth mate. He probably knows he will need to be top notch to be in this side but with the amount of games coming up in consecutive weeks he will be needed and that's his chance to stake his claim.

At some point Cesc will need a rest, as will Kante and Bakayoko, then it's the time of DD to step up.

[Pizy 18,887]

8 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Squad depth mate. He probably knows he will need to be top notch to be in this side but with the amount of games coming up in consecutive weeks he will be needed and that's his chance to stake his claim.

At some point Cesc will need a rest, as will Kante and Bakayoko, then it's the time of DD to step up.

True. It's just hard to imagine Conte resting 2 of Baka/Kante/Cesc at the same time. Could be injuries, though.

Like others have said, I'm coming around to this idea. Will be a decent signing.

[Rapkun 668]

37 minutes ago, Jype said:

Real quote?

Don't post everything you read online.

He was asked if he was worried about his place now that we're signing Drinkwater, he said he isn't afraid of competition. selective quotes/translation can be missleading.

[Special Juan 28,139]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

True. It's just hard to imagine Conte resting 2 of Baka/Kante/Cesc at the same time. Could be injuries, though.

Like others have said, I'm coming around to this idea. Will be a decent signing.

Every eventuality needs to be considered like you said. Suspensions, injuries and not only that but form, it's a massive season game wise compared to last seasons campaign.

He will be needed.

[BMox81 193]

If there is one saying that will epitomise this window will be the term “squad depth”...

Let’s be honest here, out of all the CM’s that were available, was Danny Drinkwater at the top of the list for anyone? No.

So the only reason certain members are now saying they’re ok with this is because we’re three days from the window closing and we have run out of viable options.

Which then we have to conclude that this situation is the result of poor planning from the board.

[Georgy 439]

Liverpool got one of the hottest prospect in football. Meanwhile were getting Drinkwater..

[Special Juan 28,139]

3 minutes ago, Georgy said:

Liverpool got one of the hottest prospect in football. Meanwhile were getting Drinkwater..

How much did their last trophy cost?

[Georgy 439]

2 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

How much did their last trophy cost?

Doesn't matter as long as they shape up the squad for the next 10 years, at some point they will be fighting for the title each season with real chances if they continue to make such transfers. Lemar and Keita are destined to be great players, potential world class players actually. VVD linked to them as well. 

[Special Juan 28,139]

Just now, Georgy said:

Doesn't matter as long as they shape up the squad for the next 10 years, at some point they will be fighting for the title each season with real chances if they continue to make such transfers. Lemar and Keita are destined to be great players, potential world class players actually. VVD linked to them as well. 

Doesn't matter? Of course it matters, this is a club that is constantly talking about history yet winning nothing on the contrary. 

Chelsea are lambasted for the revolving door policy of managers but what we do, do right is form a group and a winning mentality, Liverpool form a nice neat bunch with a club that are so well liked.

Believe it or not we are building, we are just building as well as winning things, that's the difference.

[Superblue 6,372]

54 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Every eventuality needs to be considered like you said. Suspensions, injuries and not only that but form, it's a massive season game wise compared to last seasons campaign.

He will be needed.

Not just this but conte may see him as a fit for particular games. For example if bakayoko or kante is injured away to city, conte may feel that drinkwater is a more solid option instead of fabregas.

Or home to Brighton and fabregas isn't available he may be seen as someone more comfortable on the ball than kante.

With the volume of games next month and beyond it's ridiculous to not think that four central midfielders isn't necessary.

[termninja 5,290]

Liverpool got one of the hottest prospect in football. Meanwhile were getting Drinkwater..

But didn't we also get Bakayoko as one of the hottest prospect in football? And besides we must boost homegrown quota asap.

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[Jype 6,398]

32 minutes ago, Georgy said:

Doesn't matter as long as they shape up the squad for the next 10 years, at some point they will be fighting for the title each season with real chances if they continue to make such transfers. Lemar and Keita are destined to be great players, potential world class players actually. VVD linked to them as well. 

Signing a 22-year-old Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco's title winning side or 24-year-old Alvaro Morata from back-to-back CL winners Real Madrid wasn't shaping up the squad to fight for titles in the long-term? Antonio Rüdiger, aged 24, doesn't look like a bad player either and the 24-yo Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is also likely to join and personally I think he'd be a wonderful addition to the squad. Oh, and then there's also Andreas Christensen who's barely passed his teenage years and is looking like a prominent member of the squad now after being integrated into the team over the summer. 

Lemar and VVD I really don't believe Liverpool will even get and while Keita seems a cracking player who will improve them once he actually joins them next year, we simply can't get them all ffs. So far Liverpool have failed massively in this transfer window having signed only Salah and that neverheard left-back from Hull so after finishing in fourth place last year it's pretty fucking obvious that they'll need more additions to even have a shot at competing for the title, and that's why they get linked to exciting first team players now whereas Chelsea completed the most important signings Morata and Bakayoko earlier in the summer so at this moment all that's needed is signing some squad depth.

Liverpool are also potentially losing their single most important player from last season in Philippe Coutinho and pretty much guaranteed to lose one of their key midfielders Emre Can next year on a free transfer to Juventus because that's what kind of a club Liverpool are for the players, a mere stepping stone to be used to make it to the big time clubs. At least in Chelsea players join to actually win trophies, not to use the club as a shopping window for eventually getting a move to a club where they can win titles. 

Also I would argue that last season's title winning team at Chelsea is already a really young bunch of exciting players with pretty much all key members being aged 26 at most and apart from Cesc, Cahill, Luiz, Pedro and Willian no players in the team have even reached their peak years as players yet. Still some people find reasons to complain, a great example of the good old 'grass is always greener' mentality. 

[Georgy 439]

Don't get me wrong I'm sure were building as well while also trying to win titles, I'm just arguing the fact Liverpool learned from transfering all the Lamberts and Balotellis of this world and now are much improved on what they need to target and obtain.

When did we last have a complete midfielder excluding Lampard?

I'm very sure Bakayoko is more suited in our system compared to Keita but the latter is definitely a more complete player and goes for a fee of 70 which in this market is a bargain.

Regarding Drinkwater, he was absolute wank last season, I'm confident no Top 6 team would try to purchase him if they didn't were so desperate.

 

The only good thing about this is we will surely find a sucker team in 1-2 years to offload him while also obtaining a decent fee as he is English.