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Sean thinks it’s clear this team needs some fresh faces brought into the mix, but can’t be bothered to expand on his point. Tying into that, Sean is more worried about the perception that we don’t need to invest (spoiler alert: no one thinks that) than our actual ability to. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947751634186245
Apparently, Sean’s argument hinges on his ability to understand our players’ level of motivation (or lack thereof, apparently) better than Jürgen Klopp. Managers who have been acclaimed as master motivators were actually successful because of the transfer market. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947753219620864
All of the league is strengthening heavily? Really? Or did Sean just mean “Chelsea and probably City”?
I suppose Sean COULD be referencing the return of Alexis Sánchez’s return from loan, or Spurs’ purchase of Lo Celso technically falling under this summer window.
https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947755362811904
I suppose Sean COULD be referencing the return of Alexis Sánchez’s return from loan, or Spurs’ purchase of Lo Celso technically falling under this summer window.
https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947755362811904
It’s always great to see fans like Sean dismiss players we’ve had for half a campaign (Minamino), players that impress almost every time they play (Keïta), talent that Klopp genuinely rates (Jones, Williams), or defenders that could start for any PL club (Matip) as “the worst.” https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947756918988801
Sean wants us to address our backup GP situation by spending money — on the worst year possible — on the league’s 6th- and 5th-worst shot stoppers, whose clubs conceded the most and third-most goals. Adrián’s save percentage in his last year w/ WHU was equal to Krul’s this year. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947872908218369
I won’t touch Jamal Lewis, because everything goes out the window where relegation players are concerned. I want to point out, however, how comical it is that Wolves are going to sell us a player who is contracted until 2024 for £8.1m.
This is why fans don’t run recruitment. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947888779468800
This is why fans don’t run recruitment. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947888779468800
Nineteen tweets into this thread, and we finally get to something that doesn’t involve Sean reading someone’s mind, or making wild assumptions about money.
I wonder if he’s considered how Thiago’s numbers would look IF Klopp had him carry out the tactics our players were given. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947914410864640
I wonder if he’s considered how Thiago’s numbers would look IF Klopp had him carry out the tactics our players were given. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947914410864640
(By the way, I’m not saying I’m at all opposed to Thiago coming; quite the contrary. I just think a comparison of Thiago’s numbers against, e.g., Gini’s 2016-17 numbers or what he puts up for Holland would be more appropriate.)
Sean lives in a world where you don’t pay players their wages. In this world, you don’t have to worry about considering that Coutinho’s salary is greater than his transfer fee, or that our record with him shows this team would worsen if he didn’t play as a forward. Ergo, Sean ... https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947925836140551
... wants us to help Barcelona with their own money issues when we should be focused on our own, and to help Coutinho rehabilitate his career, all while paying him more than all but 3-4 of our players (I’m assuming Barça will pay a portion) to mostly serve as a backup forward.
That’s wonderful in theory, but that presumes that clubs that would normally be interested in the players Sean lists below will actually be able to afford them. It also assumes that a player like Sarr, who ran his contract out at Nice, is interested in playing as a backup. https://twitter.com/ftbsean/status/1284947930940674052
The point of this thread isn’t to say that we shouldn’t want new players. The issue is that, too often, this topic is approached with little respect for the players we do have, and with no consideration for the factors that drive transfers: how much money a buyer has or how ...
... much a seller might expect, what conditions are shaping the market, and what the manager’s say in all this is. Unfortunately, most fans don’t like to think about those things, and when transfers that seem obvious to them don’t happen, they get angry and cast blame.
The End.
The End.
