Pepe Reina

[dom9]

I agree on Pepe. But people (me) are saying this on Gerrard and Carra too, and got pelters for it.

You want to sell Reina?

[Tee]

Has to be bollocks, surely? IF it is true, it is well and truly over for us.

[Alex]

You want to sell Reina?

No, I've just said in the past that players like Gerrard and Carra deserve there contracts, and to have a place in the club for everything that they have done.

[Shaggy]

Tony Evans @TonyEvansTimes
@LFCZA Nothing's set in stone but Pepe on 100k per week (ish). Some reckon a 30k per week keeper would not give a 70% dropoff

So a 60% drop off would be fine then

[Neil Young]

That's a nonsensical way to look at it. It's a question of whether a cheaper keeper would mean that enough money was saved so strengthening elsewhere will make up the shortfall.

I can't conceive of how anyone can make that calculation in reality. But at least that's the way to make a qualitative judgment/weigh it up/make an informed guess.

[Tee]

That kind of thinking will just make it near impossible to recruit world class talent. If we go along that road we are downsizing as a club and it is genuinely worrying.

[Baracus]

So we sell a couple of high rollers and bring in some low riders.

[Baracus]

hmm. I wonder if they have studied the Arsenal Model abit to much. Arsenal with ****e Goal Keepers and Low Pay.

[Neil Young]

That kind of thinking will just make it near impossible to recruit world class talent. If we go along that road we are downsizing as a club and it is genuinely worrying.

I think that's unduly alarmist. It's a trade off between price and performance, that's what value is. The question is whether the team and/or squad are stronger or weaker.

And also there's nothing to say the policy wouldn't change at a later date.

I hate the thought of selling Reina because I think it would weaken us significantly, whatever money might be saved, but if it had happened it's more likely to be a bad, regrettable and so easily avoidable mistake, not an irreversible action that puts us on an inevitable trajectory towards permanent mediocrity.

[Tee]

I think that's unduly alarmist. It's a trade off between price and performance, that's what value is. The question is whether the team and/or squad are stronger or weaker.

And also there's nothing to say the policy wouldn't change at a later date.

I hate the thought of selling Reina because I think it would weaken us significantly, whatever money might be saved, but if it had happened it's more likely to be a bad, regrettable and so easily avoidable mistake, not an irreversible action that puts us on an inevitable trajectory towards permanent mediocrity.

Nothing will be irreversible, however it certainly will take us into mediocrity.

[Phoenix07]

Tony Evans has spouted so much rubbish recently, I think this is nonsense too.

[baitman]

So we sell a couple of high rollers and bring in some low riders.

buy high, sell low


oh, wait a minute...

[Neil Young]

Nothing will be irreversible, however it certainly will take us into mediocrity.

Certainly it's all consistent with that.

[RichC]

Nothing will be irreversible, however it certainly will take us into mediocrity.

Selling Reina won't certainly take us into mediocrity, it might have a negative effect but then it might not and his replacement comes in and offers a similar level of performance.

[baronvonskidmark]

Tony Evans has spouted so much rubbish recently, I think this is nonsense too.

Hopefully, this is another instance of this then mate because it would be total madness.

What kind of message would this send out to prospective signings? You can play for Liverpool if you want a low wage, but if you ever do enough to be on a higher wage you will be sold to a club who are prepared to pay those wages. Surely that is the very definition of a feeder club.

The whole idea of £ vs % value if true is almost like saying that we would prefer players that are half as good on half as much wages. Maybe that is an exaggeration but it does seem to suggest that we look at new signings with the mindset of acknowledging that they might well be 25% worse than what we have, but it is ok because they only want 50% of the wages. Utter madness. Totally devaluing the worth of character within the dressing room, experience etc that Rodgers and most managers seem to bang on about. What are we meant to be? A big club who won't pay bigger wages. Are we never going to pay big wages?

Hopefully this is bollocks because for fans who are wavering or unsure about FSG (rightly or wrongly) it could really make a few minds up. The saddest part of this all is that I can quite believe it being true.

Ho hum. It always seem to be with us at the moment that as soon as we get something to feel positive about with a new signing, good results etc, there is a hand grenade thrown into the mix.