Re: Transfer policy still a shambles!
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:21 pm
The thing is it is far too easy to complain about the players bought and comparing our situation with other clubs without seeing the full picture. Every team has had successfull buys and failed buys. Chelsea and City as good as they are, have bought so many players over the last five years. Some have worked out and some have not. It is too simplistic to say we could have had this player or that player because they were success stories. Every window there are one or two bargains that become a hit so to single them out as the norm is unreasonable. It is too easy after the fact to say we could have had this player when he turns out to be a gem. Coutinho could as easily have become a flop as could Sturridge and of course you would have heard things like " an idiot could see he would never work out". Had Coutinho flopped people on here would have said he is too lightweight, a South American that will never handle the physicality of the prem or my favourite "championship player at best" but he came good.
To think of all the players that Chelsea for example have bought and sold off puts it into perspective. Its a gamble everytime you buy a player even the established names. Falcao cost 50 million but does he look good for the money? Di Maria looks good but for the price they paid? Ozil? Chelsea bought Eden hazard and his brother but only one of them worked out. To pick the one or two steals out of a transfer window and say we could have had them and why did we not buy them is laughable because frankly no one really knew. It is so easy after the fact to say it was obvious.
Clearly when you buy young players the risk is higher that they may not work out but even with established names there are no guarantees. All teams have had players that have not worked out and we are no different. The ratio of successful buys to flops is a constant theme that runs through all managers and ours is no different. I have no doubt that Rodgers has to follow a set of guidlines given to him by the owners ie buy young so they have a good sell on value so he has to do the best he can. He has made mistakes but so have ALL other managers. To hear him called a muppet and bag of sh1t is as laughable as the people saying it. Those fans will always be negative no matter the situation, they will always complain because that is how they are. The thing is all the complaining in the world will never affect anything, the thing will continue and run it's course regardless of what anyone says. I personally would rather put a positive spin on things even when things go pear shaped. Will it change anything? NO! Will it make me feel better? Err, YES!
To think of all the players that Chelsea for example have bought and sold off puts it into perspective. Its a gamble everytime you buy a player even the established names. Falcao cost 50 million but does he look good for the money? Di Maria looks good but for the price they paid? Ozil? Chelsea bought Eden hazard and his brother but only one of them worked out. To pick the one or two steals out of a transfer window and say we could have had them and why did we not buy them is laughable because frankly no one really knew. It is so easy after the fact to say it was obvious.
Clearly when you buy young players the risk is higher that they may not work out but even with established names there are no guarantees. All teams have had players that have not worked out and we are no different. The ratio of successful buys to flops is a constant theme that runs through all managers and ours is no different. I have no doubt that Rodgers has to follow a set of guidlines given to him by the owners ie buy young so they have a good sell on value so he has to do the best he can. He has made mistakes but so have ALL other managers. To hear him called a muppet and bag of sh1t is as laughable as the people saying it. Those fans will always be negative no matter the situation, they will always complain because that is how they are. The thing is all the complaining in the world will never affect anything, the thing will continue and run it's course regardless of what anyone says. I personally would rather put a positive spin on things even when things go pear shaped. Will it change anything? NO! Will it make me feel better? Err, YES!