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How many years has this been said.
It's been a long time, I think it started in BC.
How many years has this been said.
But if they lose Coutinho and Salah in the process......They’re strengthening their spine, particularly when Keita arrives.
Fee notwithstanding, they could be a real force next season.
Oh but they’ve Henderson....He’s in for a shock when he sees the whole midfield tearing up-field and offering no protection to the back four
I don’t think you can look at him in isolation, but at what both he and Keita will bring down their centre. On his own VVD won’t solve their issues, but with Keita in front of him I think their spine is hugely strengthened.I think calling them a force is a little bit of a stretch. I mean they're above us by 1 point and we've been fairly average this season all things considered so... not really a force.
On topic, VVD improves them, no doubt. He's better than what they have. He does not however even come close to fixing their problems. He is not a leader (at least not what I've seen of him). They need leaders in that back line and a whole change of their defensive set up. Not to mention they needed a better GK more.
So it strengthens them but not that much more I'd guess. We'll see though, who knows? Sadly it could be that just the idea of them signing such a player gives them a confidence boost.
But if they lose Coutinho and Salah in the process......
https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?57391-Virgil-van-Dijk#.WkQv5jzfXYU
Saints fans thought he was better than Toby..
https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?57391-Virgil-van-Dijk#.WkQv5jzfXYU
Saints fans thought he was better than Toby..
Yeah I know a saints fan who says he's better than toby. I just laugh at him.
Well done to Liverpool. They've identified weaknesses in their squad and as a club have been decisive.. Same with the Naby Keita signing. What Liverpool is doing is building a squad to compete with City/United/Chelsea. I think they have done excellent business in their front 4 as well. Salah and Mane' being prime examples.
The cost would be offset possibly by the sale of Coutinho in any case. I have no doubt that their scouting network is/have identified his replacement too.
This is a big club mentality and a team that is determined to be at the top. No stupid transfer tactic of waiting for bargains to materialize... Waiting for other bigger clubs to do their busuness etc.
They literally have every intention of securing top 4 and winning trophies by having a quality Squad.
Although I think they have overpaid, I have to say that I agree with this. They are trying to fix their problems. I don't want to come across as moaning, as it is not my intention in any way, but I think we are in a difficult spot whereby we don't seem to want to try and compete because we believe the market is inflated, however unless we build a squad to compete, we won't. City and United (seemingly for now) have taken big strides ahead of us with their spending, we can sit here all we like and say they have spent too much on this player or that player, we have done amazingly well to get together the squad we have on a relative shoestring, but over time eventually the tide of spending will take the other teams past you.
Again, although I don't rate VVD THAT highly and think they have paid too much, what it does seem to show is that they are serious about trying to compete at the top table...bear in mind this is a direct threat to our CL place. If we can keep our place this year, I think we will have no choice but to start spending to keep our CL place, let alone challenge for the title.
We need to stop signing players like Llorente and N'Koudou.
And just like clockwork, every time our rivals buy a player we get the same old posts about ambition and competitiveness.
And just like clockwork, every time our rivals buy a player we get the same old posts about ambition and competitiveness.
Good point, but will they?But if they lose Coutinho and Salah in the process......