Of course it was silly, in hindsight, but his goal scoring record in the previous season was good enough for them to justify it at the time. Turned out to be a bad move. Point was, if he’s a 100m player then the barometer for a 100m player isn’t great right now. Antony was 100m too and let’s be honest, even though he looks good (and better than Núñez thankfully) he’s far from being a world beater. Graelish too, far from worth it.
The Barca trio is the most special one tbh in terms of money wasted (Coutinho/Dembele/Griezmann)Of course it was silly, in hindsight, but his goal scoring record in the previous season was good enough for them to justify it at the time. Turned out to be a bad move. Point was, if he’s a 100m player then the barometer for a 100m player isn’t great right now. Antony was 100m too and let’s be honest, even though he looks good (and better than Núñez thankfully) he’s far from being a world beater. Graelish too, far from worth it.
And then there’s Lukaku…
The difference is that one plays central and has scored his 9 from about 1,009 chances and the other one is Rashford.
I don’t know about Dembele, he’s probably one of the best wingers in Europe now.
Good comparison. Similar sprinter sort of pace too.
Sounds like you’re praying for state ownership which for a club like Liverpool is kinda sad tbh
Still, a lot of money wasted overall. Even at his best, what was spent on Dembele for the return, it is crazy. Besides, I am targeting the players alone tbh. You're right, the club has to give them the right setup to succeed too
At the time it was crazy and helped to change the market forever along with the Neymar transfer for sure. Right now, given he’s still only 25, it weirdly worked out ok for them.
I edited it a little tbh
So if your 85m striker learns how to be a striker he'll be a good striker? I like it.
Sounds like a bad striker to me
You could just tell when he hesitated that he knew it wasn't going in
Yup, been a constant menace all day and creates space for the other forwards.
The flip-side is that people are writing him off as a donkey after half a season in a new league. He’s 23 and its perfectly feasible that he could improve beyond his current ability.
Its his price tag people find amusing. Especially as Liverpool have got it badly wrong.
Last season his conversion rate was the highest in the top 6 leagues. This thread is asking to look very silly.
It’s almost the law of averages at this point. The keeper is bound to party away a rare shot on target to a teammate to score from a tight angle
Not really. He looks no where near the three figure fee they paid.
The faintest of faint praise.
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