Get The Player vs Do "Good Business"

[Exiled_red]

I think it depends on the situation, if for example you have just one player/position you need to improve, you can and should go all out to sign the player. Also if you have no tight budget you can do this, although these cases are usually rare. If you need multiple players you may have to compromise on what you are prepared to pay to get one player in order for you to get a higher priority.

[JBOX]

At the moment, no one can say if the price was excessive. If Hendo turns out to be the best midfielder in England, it will be classed as a bargain. If he doesn't live up to expectations, in 3 or 4 years time, he'll still be young and should still have a good sell on value. If he doesn't reach a Liverpool standard, we could sell him on and not have lost that much money but at least we gave ourselfs a chance of potentially having a top player. Taking that into account, I think the risks are minimal (appart from injury of course, which can happen to anyone).

[Craig_H]

I'm really curious as to how much say Kenny's having over the signings, compared to Comolli.

Henderson is a Comolli signing all over IMO. That's not to say Kenny didnt want him or doesnt rate him. But i wonder if Comolli is more in the driving seat re signings than we think he is.

[RichC]

I'm really curious as to how much say Kenny's having over the signings, compared to Comolli.

Henderson is a Comolli signing all over IMO. That's not to say Kenny didnt want him or doesnt rate him. But i wonder if Comolli is more in the driving seat re signings than we think he is.

I dunno - I can see this being the type of player Kenny would go for, technically good and someone that seems to have the game intelligence to be molded into how we want him to play.

from what I've seen/understand Comolli does the scouting, presents potential signings and then they go from there.

[Mostar]

My concern is that we are spending a lot of money on average players that will not take us forward.

It is too early to judge either player as they are signed for 5 years (I assumed Hendo will get the same type of contract) and time will tell if we have made right purchases or not but 55m in generic terms is a huge sum of money and I can only hope they both come through.

[BG1973]

Identify target. Obtain target. Success.

Identify target. faff around. lose target to rival. failure.

It is that simple.

[Neil Young]

I know where you’re coming from, but similar points can be made about any LFC discussion. We can’t control tactics, team selection or players performance, but we’ll all still give our opinions and discuss. That’s the whole point of sites like this and with no actual football to discuss, transfers (including fees) will obviously be the main talking point.

Yep I suppose so. But I think Brooklyn Red's point is deeper than that - it's about recognising the inadequacies of our opinions on this (and, as you say, many other) subjects.

Everyone has the right to an opinion and thanks to the wonders/ridiculousness of the internet everyone can now share them with everyone else. But they're usually flawed so it's not just utterly pointless, it's also often misleading for anyone to pay attention to them, not least the very person propounding their opinion in the first place.

[Kenneth]

But that's just you pointless opinion.

[RedReet]

Yep I suppose so. But I think Brooklyn Red's point is deeper than that - it's about recognising the inadequacies of our opinions on this (and, as you say, many other) subjects.

Everyone has the right to an opinion and thanks to the wonders/ridiculousness of the internet everyone can now share them with everyone else. But they're usually flawed so it's not just utterly pointless, it's also often misleading for anyone to pay attention to them, not least the very person propounding their opinion in the first place.

[Neil Young]

But that's just you pointless opinion.

You could be right.











But you're not.

[Neil Young]

It was a bit tortuous. All I meant is it's healthy not to have too much faith in one's own opinions, especially on subjects where one knows little or nothing.

And the consequence could be this place has a better atmosphere.