06 Aug 2018 17:59:32
It really annoys me when people say "We are trying to buy the league". Just because we can now compete financially with Chelsea, Man Utd, City, players are being attracted by our manager and style of play we are being belittled. We have struggled for long enough losing good players and having to shop in the basement. Football now is all about money, how I wish it wasn't, but that's the climate. If we want success we have to invest heavily so please don't knock us.

{Ed025's Note - people who live in glass houses though evered, its not that long ago that liverpool supporters were very scathing of the likes of chelsea, united and city for doing exactly what the reds have done recently...let him that is without sin cast the first stone and all that mate..

1.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 18:44:45
Evered, we have made efforts to the buy league. It's just a shame we've been rubbish at it.

2.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 18:48:25
Personally I’ve never understood why people say it, it’s something i would never or have said.

It seems to me it’s a bandwagon statement to jump onto to dilute the jealousy of watching City, Chelsea and United win everything for the last 20 years plus

Show me a team that’s won the league with a squad of free transfers and I’ll show you were the taxi rank is.

The money in football has become vile when you see all the poverty and suffering in the world that’s goes on in this day and age and the working class element disappeared a long time ago for me.

3.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 19:29:29
That is part of what i was trying to say further below. You've criticised us, City and United for trying to buy the league in the past yet you've done it yourselves but without success. Now you're spending heavily and it's 'normal' and 'you're moving with the times', hypocrisy. Bit like Klopp when he said 'he'll do it his way'😂😂.

4.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 19:43:39
Danny Murphy. I've always liked the guy, I think he was highly under rated by us liverpool fans. A great passer.

But his comment "liverpool have only 2 players who would get in city's team" is ridiculous. Salah and van diike he means. But what about alisson who is in front of edison for Brazil. I would take keita over fernandinio and I'd take mane over sane. I wouldn't swap firmino for jesus or aguero. Maybe firmino is red tinted glasses but I don't think so. I don't think serg or gabby would be able to bring what Bobby brings. Mane and sane is a close one too but mane is the cleverer player.

5.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 19:48:48
Well when Abramovich showed up and bought everyone, it was unprecedented. Chelsea were a good team then became very good, and then a whole lot of new supporters came long in summer 05'. Man City were abolutely nothing then suddenly they could pay astronomical wages, so they got the top players purely from that.

Liverpool, United and Arsenal can at least have a proud heritage built from wonderful coaches, wonderful fans, and wonderful football.

6.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 19:53:51
Funny the same lot who ridiculed Lfc for selling our bedt players and not replacing them properly for years. Are now ones giving it the big oooh Lfc are investing in really good player's for big bucks! I try to ignore them as tbh with social media and the scrutiny etc nowadays. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't! Enjoy the ride and excitement Klopp and the boy's have given us it's brilliant stuff.

7.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:16:56
Well said lfc fan. Beef03.

8.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:36:15
Kemlyn. Leicester. I'll get my coat.

9.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:20:16
There is still one rather large difference. It is only one year where we have spent more than anyone else. If the trend continues then fine, throw the hypocrisy card at us (I still wouldn't care (if you can't beat them, join them) ), but until then, we're just spending the future Coutinho dosh and a bit more. Sell De Bruyne, Hazard or whoever Man Utd could get lots for and tell me they won't spend a lot in the next window.

{Ed025's Note - 2 wrongs have never made a right mate..

10.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:34:27
We can’t compete with United, City and Chelsea financially long term but we have gone for it big time over the last 18 months. I can’t see how FFP will allow much more spending in the short to medium term without substantial sales but I’m thankful that we have plugged the gaps and for me we are in with a good shout of winning something this year.

{Ed002's Note - I think that is a reasonable summary.}

11.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:58:38
Agreed, Den, and I don’t think it will continue in this mould from now on. We’ve got a top team now. It just needs a tweak here and there in future to sustain it, just as long as we are successful enough to keep the group together.

12.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 22:50:16
Brilliant observation Den I'll definitely accept that.

13.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 23:01:16
Robbie James

Firstly, Danny Murphy has been trying to move mountains to get into sky sports as a critique for about 10 years. I know him through a business friend of mine from Chester, he had a kid with his sister (before he married Joanne Taylor) and I can tell you know from first hand he is nothing but a gobrubbishe.

Secondly, Leicester did not win the the league with a squad built of free transfers, so effectively they did spend money on buying players.

No team, ever, has won the league with a squad of free transfers, so quit the “your trying to buy the league” because it is nothing but a bandwagon statement that when one knuckle dragging fool says it, all the other little lambs will follow in the pub at 5:50pm on a Sunday afternoon when there team has been torn a new one by city, United or Chelsea and they have to go back to there minimum wage jobs in TK Makks

business is business, the prices you pay for a player are nothing but indicative of the market and if you are stupid enough to pay it.

{Ed0333's Note - your friend had a kid with his sister?

14.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 08:57:21
I think Liverpool have done the right / smart thing. Just say fekir or a "number 10" that everyone seems to want. If we have that squad going into next summer or the summer after less a couple of fringe squad players ; origi clyne etc; then do we need to sign players? Probably not if we did it would be something like "okay, wijnaldum or lovren or whomever is not no perceived at the level we need and there is an opportunity to sign a big improvement, let's get that player in and try sell the original player who is no demoted to the fringe. "

The overall outlay hopefully shouldn't be astronomical in terms of net wages or spend. First time in a long time we've potentially been in that position and huge credit to the club top to bottom needs to be given for getting us in this position.

Hindsight can/ could prove all of this wrong but that would be my interpretation of how the owners would be looking at things going into the short-medium term over the next 24/ 30 months.