26 Jan 2018 12:32:59
Cheeky question for the Ed’s if I may. Who is the most recent player we’ve enquired about to your knowledge? We seem to be awfully quiet and with the rest of our competitiors all in the market for new additions I worry about our top 4 chances with no coutinho. I don’t understand how we can allow him to leave without having an instant replacement lined up?! If either Salah/ Mane/ firmino gets injured the outcome will be bleak I fear.

Thanks in advance.

1.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 13:08:35
Chris, chill out. We will be fine, IMO. Just trust in Klopp and keep believing in the team cos like it or not, had we won vs Swansea, it would not have sealed top 4 either way so nothing has changed. We will be fine and if we don't sign someone, it simply means that there was no one out there that Klopp feels is worth it. If you trusted in the manager b4 Swansea then you should trust him now. If you allow one loss in 19 to scare you then you will remain forever scared. I know I'm not.

2.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 13:14:43
We drew nine games with coutinho in the team. This myth that he was an expert in breaking teams down is false. He is a great player and will be missed but i do think he has been something of a luxury player these past few months - good on the eye but not critically important to our team. The problems we had before coutinho left are the same ones we have now he is gone. Keita is coming in but our midfield still needs serious work, and we need to work out what the places of gomez, woodburn and arnold are before we can make any more transfers. Our competitors are slowly unravelling bit by bit, that is why they are making so many panic buys. We will be alright, just trust Klopp for now.

3.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 13:37:30
I do trust klopp 100% but unfortunately he can’t control the injuries we may get! I know that’s outside of everyone’s control however the way you combat it is with strength in depth. Now when you look at our bench against Swansea we didn’t have a player that would come on and give you confidence that they’ll change the game for us. Sure we had attackers that we could bring on but let’s face it none of them have the pedigree of our current front three yet. and I say yet because I think solanke can make something of himself at Liverpool.
It’s a big ask to replace coutinho with a like for like but I’d just feel a little bit more comfortable if we could bring in another creative mid/ forward. especially if we are allowing Sturridge to leave as well.

4.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 13:52:09
Exactly, you can’t control injuries. We could pay 90 mil for lemar and he could be out for 3 months. It happened with dembele 2 games in after Barcelona paid 110 mil for him! If anything we have more players back from injury: Ings, Lallana, Henderson and Moreno are all effectively back but just need to get up to match fitness.

5.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 15:57:10
Lallana is injured again lol.

6.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:07:23
If we buy no one from here I would say we have weakened this window.

In my opinion that is not good from everyone involved to let this happen mid season or any transfer window.

Very very disappointing. They must have known the first sale of big player under Klopp was a pivotal moment and they 've done it mid season with everything to play for with no quality replacement lined up.

Sugar coat it if you want. Convince yourself the club did the right thing if you want.

This is a complete and utter bottle job. Perhaps not FSG but maybe somewhat. Maybe klopp but maybe only somewhat again. Certainly Edwards. Not impressed with him so far. Everybody seems to come a window or 2 late with him.

{Ed002's Note - Would you be happy with knee-jerk buying of unwanted players or rater wait for the desired targets?}

7.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:27:08
We want the desired targets and if you say we will likely get some of our desired targets in the summer. Then that is fine by me.

8.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:30:27
Desired target definitely but i would have kept an unhappy Coutinho until we had a desired target lined up.

The quality of the squad has weakened. It's simply not a good window for us.

9.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:35:05
I'd love to know exactly happened between the club and Coutinho in private conversations to force the club's hand or if it was simply an asking price being met.

Klopp suggested they tried everything, Coutinho said Lfc did try very hard to keep him, but ultimately the move went through and it was the correct decision all round.

I'm starting a petition now for us to buy in this window: Fekir, Alison Becker, Lemar, Lamal, Lamar, Lenny Henry (John's big brother) and also we should buy a Euro Millions lottery ticket. It's payday and I fancy a spending splurge and Ed 2's red coma thingy.

Good day to you all! :)

10.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:37:13
Desired targets will be nigh on impossible without champs league. That's all I care about now. Putting together a squad that can win something. This window puts everything at risk.

Time will tell I suppose.

11.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:49:14
Olirish, Klopp has told us what happened with Cou and so have the Ed's since last summer. Whether you believe them or not is your choice.

12.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:51:57
Last thought on the matter, for months we had to know this was a strong possibility. Months of planning of targets and talks and we Still get caught with our pants down.

13.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:52:15
Davey, why would you wanna keep Cou who would cause trouble in the dressing room, refuse to play and who threatened to sit out the rest of the season if we don't let him go? And how would you do that and keep the rest of the DR on side? Answer? YOU CAN'T and Klopp did the right thing esp. since Cou had been pee poor in many games this season as well. Klopp made the decision to protect the team from any distractions and that is fine by me. You?

14.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:52:43
AW - maybe your right coutinho was not always great at breaking down teams but a few times like a Leicester he’d pull off a free kick or something special.

But that aside even if coutinho isn’t the answer I’d expect the club to address all those draws by either tweaking the style. City play similar to Liverpool but don’t draw as much as us, why? Quality of team especially in the middle of the park. They’ve got KDB and silva pulling the strings.

If we aren’t going to change of style we need to improve the squad in my opinion.

15.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 16:56:48
This is what I don't get. Why should we knee jerk buy?
So who are these first targets we are holding out For?
Because I'm guessing Lemar, Griezmann, Pulisic, Icardi are all second choices then clearly because reading this site and the gobshite that spews onto Twitter. They were our targets and they are obtainable this window.
What I don't get is, someone to do with Monaco has come out and said 70million is the asking price for Lemar This Window.
And Klopp said if they come avaible we'll try. But not for 90 million.
I'm confused because come the summer if any player we have been linked to (Top, Top Talent) and their willing to come now but we wait, it could come back to bite us in the arse. They could have a great world cup and their parent club demand even more of a stupidly inflated price or not be interested in us as someone else has caught their eye.

after this being said and done. I have to put my trust in Klopp and wait.

{Ed002's Note - Who from Monaco has said that?}

16.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 17:32:19
The way I see it we should strengthen in his window buy a second or third target because the truth is we don’t make top 4 this season we can forget getting are desirable targets in the summer 😹😹 which always happens to us 😢.

17.) 26 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 17:41:57
Brover, always respect your opinion my man but I would have kept him till the summer if which it seems to be the case, we do not have a desirable target lined up.

An unhappy Coutinho has played a big part in our season till now.

I would have got rid if we had a player in mind.

Also the word knee jerk is debatable. I would have expected multiple targets examined carefully. First choices are not always and i would actually say rarely possible. Not enough homework has been done on this matter.

18.) 27 Jan 2018
26 Jan 2018 23:45:55
As far I can see it, Spurs are our only competitor for top 4 and they are n't linked with anyone this window . We done our business at the very start and got the class defender we were lacking, so we done more business than they did.
You can't just buy for the sake of buying, yes we are weaker without Coutinho but that are n't many players like him available that we can go and get.

19.) 27 Jan 2018
27 Jan 2018 00:19:17
Only saw your reply now BRover.

I do believe him, what I was saying is, I'd love to know what exactly was said to make it impossible for Klopp to use Coutinho if he was forced to stay - these are Klopp's own words.

I'm guessing Coutinho would strike.