Liverpool FC Forum

laza » Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:02 pm wrote:Picture is worth a thousand words

Very well put Eagle

eds » Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:59 am wrote:Frankly I’m surprised what they are doing.

A few years back we were in this exact same spot after we came 2nd and they didn’t act. Luis left soon afterwards. And we went into another downward spiral until Klopp arrived.

Reg and I have been crying out for years for them to spend more money on key position players with a lot of you carrying on we would never do that under them.

Well here we are 7 years down the track and suddenly something has changed their thinking, I have no idea what it is (Klopp maybe) but I will say this if we land Fekir we will go close to winning it and will need a little bit of luck this time hopefully to strike City down.

7_Kewell » Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:04 pm wrote:

eds » Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:59 am wrote:Frankly I’m surprised what they are doing.

A few years back we were in this exact same spot after we came 2nd and they didn’t act. Luis left soon afterwards. And we went into another downward spiral until Klopp arrived.

Reg and I have been crying out for years for them to spend more money on key position players with a lot of you carrying on we would never do that under them.

Well here we are 7 years down the track and suddenly something has changed their thinking, I have no idea what it is (Klopp maybe) but I will say this if we land Fekir we will go close to winning it and will need a little bit of luck this time hopefully to strike City down.

Think it's a number of reasons TBH, with the extra cash from the CL, new Premiership TV deal and Coutinho playing a big part.

We posted a 39 million profit in May and that doesn't include any of the CL cash. I think (hope) that our finances behind the scenes have been transformed and now we're seeing the reward from having our house in order.

devaney » Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:27 am wrote:Holiday time wishes to everybody at FSG and let’s hope it is a very happy 2019 !!

These guys have been castigated by numerous fans in the past. Reasonable to say that a lot of it has been the result of frustration that has been built up over many years and especially H & G’s disgraceful period of ownership. Liverpool FC, as highlighted in a recent Times article (see Michael Edwards thread), is in possibly its best overall position in the clubs history. When you consider the state we were in when FSG took over 8 years ago that is an incredible achievement. They have taken their time , and tested the fans patience, in ensuring that they get the right people in Jurgen Klopp and Peter Moore. In 2011 Comolli brought Michael Edwards to the club. Edwards had enjoyed periods of success with both Portsmouth and Spurs. Edwards is clearly a key figure when you consider our success in the transfer market since he became Sporting Director in 2016.

As they say Rome wasn’t built in a day. All we need now is a few trophies to confirm a job well done by FSG.

eds » Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:43 am wrote:

UvS xR4GEx » Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:58 pm wrote:We need them out ASAP .. they are using the club to make money. They are not bothered about us winning trophies or keeping the fans happy.

They care about making money and buying £68m pound Super Yachts!!

Like you've stated this month has proved everything we need to know..  We had a chance of winning 2 cups and finishing 4th. We apparently had money to buy VVD in the summer but made a mess of it so it was a good excuse to buy him in January and pretend that's what the Coutinho money was spent on.

I'm glad you see reality for what it is mate.

Here is something for the dim witted lemmings (that continually defend them) to ponder about FSG:

Net Spend under Hicks and Gillett
06/07: £15.6 million
07/08: £39.8 million
08/09: £6.2 million
09/10: -£8.6 million
TOTAL: £53 million
AVERAGE per season: £13.25 million

Net Spend under FSG
10/11: -£5.1 million
11/12: £35 million
12/13: £41 million
13/14: £20 million
14/15: £38 million
15/16: £28 million
16/17: -£6 million
17/18: - £28 million
TOTAL: £123 million
AVERAGE per season: £15.37 million

So in summary these tight-fisted, parasitic, cancerous scum have spent just £70million more than the previous pair of criminals that we had, but have been here four years longer! In context that is just £2 million more in net spend per season.   :help

And you wonder why we haven't won anything and no where near close to winning anything of note under them. 

eds » Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:52 am wrote:FSG are ultimately responsible for bringing in the snake oil peddler to our club, thinking he could turn water  into wine. As we all know he failed miserably when Suarez left. They would not have survived if they had brought in another no-mark name to the club to replace him.

As much you all don’t want to accept this FSG have put the same constraints on Klopp than they had on Rodgers, that is buying players under 25yo and not spending on anyone over this age unless it’s a free transfer. The only difference is that we are spending more because the market dictates this now.

Klopp is doing a much better job because he is miles better the Rodgers in actually building a team and trying to get us playing as a cohesive unit. Rodgers had the world’s best strike partnership to paper over his obvious flaws.

eds » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:33 pm wrote:

maguskwt » Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:32 pm wrote:that's all well and good... but in the mean time just win some feckin trophies... do you want to be an elite club that wins trophies or do you just want to be a sustainable business? Ok maybe they needed 7 years to make the club a sustainable high earning business, but now it is time to win some feckin trophies... and if they don't move on to that another level, maybe they are not the right owners for the long run...

No point arguing logic to the cultists Mags.

FSG have done an absoulate number on these types of “fans”, who now define success purely based on financial metrics off the field and not the obvious, trophies won.

Watch them pop the champagne corks when we sell Salah for a world record profit as we keep “growing” the club. What ever the f**k that means?!?

It’s a sad indictment of our club, aspirations and these so called supporters that have drank the FSG kool aid.

Lallana in Pyjamas » Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:24 am wrote:

eds » Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:52 am wrote:FSG are ultimately responsible for bringing in the snake oil peddler to our club, thinking he could turn water  into wine. As we all know he failed miserably when Suarez left. They would not have survived if they had brought in another no-mark name to the club to replace him.

As much you all don’t want to accept this FSG have put the same constraints on Klopp than they had on Rodgers, that is buying players under 25yo and not spending on anyone over this age unless it’s a free transfer. The only difference is that we are spending more because the market dictates this now.

Klopp is doing a much better job because he is miles better the Rodgers in actually building a team and trying to get us playing as a cohesive unit. Rodgers had the world’s best strike partnership to paper over his obvious flaws.

Christ the guy was full of *****

I did notice he said f*ck all about the money spent in the summer

devaney » Fri Dec 28, 2018 3:37 pm wrote:

eds » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:33 pm wrote:

maguskwt » Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:32 pm wrote:that's all well and good... but in the mean time just win some feckin trophies... do you want to be an elite club that wins trophies or do you just want to be a sustainable business? Ok maybe they needed 7 years to make the club a sustainable high earning business, but now it is time to win some feckin trophies... and if they don't move on to that another level, maybe they are not the right owners for the long run...

No point arguing logic to the cultists Mags.

FSG have done an absoulate number on these types of “fans”, who now define success purely based on financial metrics off the field and not the obvious, trophies won.

Watch them pop the champagne corks when we sell Salah for a world record profit as we keep “growing” the club. What ever the f**k that means?!?

It’s a sad indictment of our club, aspirations and these so called supporters that have drank the FSG kool aid.

Let’s just say Eds I’m glad I behaved like a true supporter instead and of a spoilt brat in the way that I vigorously defended FSG. You have the business acumen of a potato mate. You’ve castigated Rodger’s and FSG. Whingebags like you don’t deserve to enjoy the ride we are currently enjoying !!