***Official*** English Football Season 2018-19

[andmark]

I'm not talking about net spend. Net spend isnt particularly relevant in this, especially when you sold one player for 135m and he wasn't in any way a homegrown player.

The fact is that they've spent 435m on buying new players in the last 3 seasons. It's a similar amount the Chelsea and behind only United and City.

I was realising this shortly after I posted haha.

Something which doesn't get talked about is Liverpool's spending on the stadium. I get that in however many years, it'll "pay for itself", but I hadn't went there for years before the renovations. Then a couple of years ago, I went to a charity match there and the transformation was astounding. They'd literally gotten rid of several streets around it. Must've cost a fortune.

 

[sledger]

Also, "net spend" and talk of it are dire.

 

[Cabinet96]

Discussions around it are often pretty bad (wage bill is probably a better single metric for a team's financial power anyway) but it's still kind of important. Liverpool were only able to get both van Dijk and Alisson because they sold their second best player. Was obviously a really big fee but having to replace your best players is difficult and almost never having to do it is what sets clubs like City apart from Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham etc.

 

[Furball]

I was realising this shortly after I posted haha.

Something which doesn't get talked about is Liverpool's spending on the stadium. I get that in however many years, it'll "pay for itself", but I hadn't went there for years before the renovations. Then a couple of years ago, I went to a charity match there and the transformation was astounding. They'd literally gotten rid of several streets around it. Must've cost a fortune.

They deliberately ran the local area down to **** over the residents left there.

 

[Furball]

I'm not talking about net spend. Net spend isnt particularly relevant in this, especially when you sold one player for 135m and he wasn't in any way a homegrown player.

The fact is that they've spent 435m on buying new players in the last 3 seasons. It's a similar amount to Chelsea and behind only United and City.

Hmm. I agree, but at the same time replacing your best players is difficult to do.

 

[Uppercut]

They’ve been brilliantly run but the implication that they do things in a sort of morally superior ‘organic’ way is bull****.

 

[Uppercut]

Last week wasn’t really a 3-0 game but Liverpool were totally outplayed that half.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lmao yesss

 

[MW1304]

Whaaat?

 

[andmark]

Barca will win, but after last week, if Liverpool win, I'm doubling my post count before the end of the night.

 

[MW1304]

They might have peaked too early here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Look I don't even think this is that surprising. Barcelona are trash away from home in Europe.

 

[Cabinet96]

I retract my comments about Valverde last week. He's too similar to Emery for me to want him at Arsenal.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I can't see how taking vidal off can be a good move.

 

[Furball]

Haha I said to myself at the end of the first half that Barcelona looked comfortable but would be vulnerable to a 2nd Liverpool goal.

 

[Uppercut]

I can't see how taking vidal off can be a good move.

He’s played well but Arthur is better.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Holy **** that's amazing

 

[andmark]

My brother got 50/1 for 4-0.

If Liverpool win, my response will be proportionate to what I took last week.

 

[OverratedSanity]

He’s played well but Arthur is better.

Vidals their one player who can win the ball in midfield and provides some physicality

 

[MW1304]

That's the funniest **** ever.