I think Julian along with a few other players have burnt their boats as far as Jürgen's concerned. No player gets to turn our manager down - unless they are exceptional players.
Not even for the inevitable "Everton wins it for Liverpool at Goodison"..?
Would all his goals against Everton be considered own goals?
Well, tbh I think he has never spoken about going to Real Madrid/Barcelona or whatever. He always speaks about going to a big european club and we fit the bill. Also, I think we are in a new reality at this moment. WE are the end club, we will lift trophies for a few years and everybody wants to play for Liverpool. Things are changing, imo. EPL is the best league in the world, there's a fair amount of Brazilians too. Bear in mind that there's no more Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Romário or Ronaldinho playing in Spain and we used to watch Spanish football (Real Madrid/Barcelona) because of them.
That would be nice to believe, but I don't think we are there yet. You can't say "we are the end club" and then say "lift trophies for a few years and everybody wants to play for Liverpool". Right now only the second part of that is true. Win the PL and maybe win the CL again and then we start to be seen as being on a level footing with RM and Barca.
How about "Everton sent off at Goodison"?
Not sure about that. But if there are any concerns over who scored, Kane will be claiming it. For sure.
Kane, the poor lamb, still taking stick for being a conniving, greedy and, some might say, cheating barsteward. Upshot was, he still didn't win the golden boot -- SAD SACK.
"Late Everton goal relegates Everton" :wave:
Its a fair point, we probably have the most concentrated group of top tier Brazilian footballers in Europe, play lovely football, are winning things, so you can understand why we are becoming a very very attractive destination.
Absolutely not. He's hopeless.
It would never happen. There's an impenetrable wall between the transferring of players of Manure and us, which is just as thick as the one dividing us from the Bitters. It takes a really strong-willed player to go against the beliefs and wishes of their club's supporters.
Not sure I agree that Rashford is a generational talent (he's good but not quite that level) or that £250k/week is too much for a 21yr old regardless of how good they are (Mbappe's worth paying that and he's 20*).
How good Lukaku is has been totally forgotten in this one season on a mediocre team poorly suited for him that still he led in goals. He had 59 goals and 19 assists in the PL in the three seasons before that when he was a regular starter. I'll take bets on Rashford to average 20 goals and 6 assists the next 3 league seasons, and score 34+ national team goals as Lukaku also did in 2016-2018.
He is good, but I feel like he's a player who will only flourish in a team that's set up to play a certain way. I think there could also be fitness or conditioning issues as he's looking so heavy now and seems far less mobile than he used to.
And also how awesome Icardi is, amirite?
I've never said he's not a good player, just that he comes with the sort of baggage I'd rather we didn't take on.
Players flourish in setups that work for them. Firmino would struggle playing for some managers. Trent would have had a hard time getting into the team under a manager less focused on creating pressure from attack.
Wasn't thinking about durability so much, more his weight and mobility. Not sure if it's diet (I'm not going to make a cheap joke about being fat, though), or he's been hitting the weights too much, either way he's been less effective for them partly due to management but also just through that sort of physical change.
Who can they get to be that though? I don't think there's anyone on the planet they could sign to make them top 2 next year, so if they want to pay out on a 30 year old Aubameyang and make that their next long contract problem after maybe a good year next year, be my guest. Wissam Ben Yedder is 29, that doesn't scare me. Spend 100M on a Griezmann that doesn't really want to play there? Or 50 on Callum Wilson or Ayoze Perez who would? None of that sounds better than Lukaku could be.
Yeah, I'd agree with that take. It was a hypothetical really as opposed to a genuine concern.
