What the pundits & media are saying about us

[guiltyparty]

EVERY club is a selling club.

Man Utd sold Ronaldo to Real Madrid
Liverpool sold players to Barca, City
Barca sold Neymar to PSG
Spurs sold players to Real Madrid
Arsenal sold players to City, Utd
Chelsea sold players to Atletico, Utd

The only teams I feel like haven't really been selling is City and PSG and that's only really cos they have so much more money than anyone else but make no mistake, Real Madrid apparently want Neymar and City will eventually lose players as well.

Players hold the cards. If they kick up enough of a stink and decide they want to go then eventually the club has to let them go.

I agree that the media seem to have an obsession with us selling our best players but it's only cos we have some absolutely brilliant players and the media love a big money transfer. It's a boring, repetitive story but it will continue for a long time, at least until we win something and ya know what, even if we won the Champions League this season, first thing the media would do is say well, Real Madrid and PSG are surely going to come in hard for Pochettino now.

There's no escaping it kids, all you can do is try to ignore it.

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years

SPURS
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008

LIVERPOOL
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009

ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

 

[dricha1]

Didn’t he win the golden boot last season by scoring 4 goals, then a hat trick in his last two games?!?

Fucking hell Merson...

Aguero might be facing a ban, another of Merse’s tips to avoid backing!

 

[shelfmonkey]

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years

SPURS
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008

LIVERPOOL
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009

ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

Don't let facts get in the way of media mantra

 

[longtimespur]

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years



ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

So Arsenal are now the official Barca feeding club or are they the City feeding club?

 

[nightgoat]

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Just stop it.

Did you actually bother to read any of those links first?

Two of them are just pointing out they've brought in a lot of money from sales i.e. selling off chaff like Benteke for nearly £30m. Hardly the same thing.

The only article actually putting forward the sentiment of Liverpool being forced to sell their best players to bigger clubs because they're not successful enough was written by an Everton fan.

As for 'Don't Call Liverpool a Selling Club' from Anfield Index... well, you probably should have cropped your screenshot.

 

[hughy]

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years

SPURS
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008

LIVERPOOL
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009

ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

Bending the rules to make Arsenal look worse, I like it!

 

[guiltyparty]

Bending the rules to make Arsenal look worse, I like it!

I did it for last season originally. I’m recycling old material

Couldn’t bring myself to remove him and 11 years sounds shit

 

[spids]

This reminds me that I saw a salty letter from a Liverpool fan this week which appeared to suggest we only ever win games by a goal or two. I know rival fans have selective memories but that’s ridiculous given how many wallopings we’ve doled out in the past 2 and a half seasons.

2016/17 season, EPL goals scored:

Spurs 86
Chelsea 85
Man C 80
Liverpool 78
Arsenal 77
Man U 54

2015/16 season, EPL goals scored:

Man C 71
Spurs 69
Arsenal 65
Liverpool 63
Chelsea 59
Man U 49

 

[double0]

Like when we beat pool 4-1

 

[Hazardousman]

Did you actually bother to read any of those links first?

Two of them are just pointing out they've brought in a lot of money from sales i.e. selling off chaff like Benteke for nearly £30m. Hardly the same thing.

The only article actually putting forward the sentiment of Liverpool being forced to sell their best players to bigger clubs because they're not successful enough was written by an Everton fan.

As for 'Don't Call Liverpool a Selling Club' from Anfield Index... well, you probably should have cropped your screenshot.

All you have to do is search each teams “newsnow” page and you will see the difference between us and the other top six clubs, normally every single article about us is basically about how we need a trophy or how our players are going to be sold.

 

[ernie78]

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years

SPURS
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008

LIVERPOOL
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009

ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

Brought him back in Jan '09 making a tidy £7m profit too

 

[Insomnia]

Like when we beat pool 4-1

Hartley or Black?

 

[guiltyparty]

Brought him back in Jan '09 making a tidy £7m profit too

Given that we paid £7m for him from Leeds and didn’t get a fee when he left the second time, let’s call it evens

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Did you actually bother to read any of those links first?

Two of them are just pointing out they've brought in a lot of money from sales i.e. selling off chaff like Benteke for nearly £30m. Hardly the same thing.

The only article actually putting forward the sentiment of Liverpool being forced to sell their best players to bigger clubs because they're not successful enough was written by an Everton fan.

As for 'Don't Call Liverpool a Selling Club' from Anfield Index... well, you probably should have cropped your screenshot.

Didn’t they buy him for £30m in the first place?

 

[Matrix]

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years

SPURS
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008

LIVERPOOL
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009

ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

Show that muppet Redknapp this please.

 

[Shadydan]

For the majority of years we haven't had players good enough to go to better teams, I see your point though, we're no more than a selling club than others, the whole selling club narrative is lazy and doesn't tell the full story of a club without context.

 

[adamsky]

Soccer Saturday idiots were discussing Dembele and Alderweireld today. Charlie Nicholas is a moron, said that if Pochettino rated Dembele so highly then how come he didn’t play him that often. No mention that only reason he doesn’t start is because of fitness issues.

Thompson then claimed that our defence improved solely because we signed Alderweireld, said Vertonghen was there for years and didn’t look great before. I think most fans who watch regularly realise that Vertonghen has looked at least Toby’s equal and has massively improved in last 2 seasons.

 

[jurgen]

Soccer Saturday idiots were discussing Dembele and Alderweireld today. Charlie Nicholas is a moron, said that if Pochettino rated Dembele so highly then how come he didn’t play him that often. No mention that only reason he doesn’t start is because of fitness issues.

Thompson then claimed that our defence improved solely because we signed Alderweireld, said Vertonghen was there for years and didn’t look great before. I think most fans who watch regularly realise that Vertonghen has looked at least Toby’s equal and has massively improved in last 2 seasons.

Don't let it stress you out, these are the words of a 56 year old man who wears a diamond earring for gods sake, and a man who looks like he has a flaccid horse penis strapped to his face.

 

[olliec]

Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years

SPURS
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008

LIVERPOOL
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009

ARSENAL
Sanchez - Utd, 30m, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007

I remember Pleb!

 

[double0]

Vertonghen has certainly improved greatly I personally can't believe the amount he has improved and that's down to Pochettinho imo .

I was one of those that thought he was a total liability at CB we'd get smacked 4,5,6 with him, he seemed a far better wingback, as in he's debut season.

Certainly now he has proved me wrong .