Florian and the (Slot) Machine

[Judge Jules]

No-one's ever contested that there's a risk involved. Every transfer's a risk and that's been acknowledged at various points in this thread. The issue is whether or not Dreamy's repeated doommongering represents a reasonable view of the balance of risk.

 

[King Binny]

View: https://x.com/R5Ibrahim/status/1932765841772208605

View: https://x.com/bapemath/status/1933169339886084297



View: https://x.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1933227294811676978

 

[Atlas]

I support LFC.
I want us to buy the best most exciting players in world football.

I want us to be a bastion of invincibility from now until the world blows up.

Does Wirtz fit the bill? Yes everyone wanted him, top clubs want him and are butt hurt that we got him.

Good, I'm excited we are finally taking advantage of the positive position we are in.
Two great full backs, a worldie attacking player.

I'd actually lose it if we got Barcola and a striker.

Edit:
And if we're sat here thinking ooh what if he doesn't do well and deliberate over scenarios like he hasn't played in England before and other glass empty outlook then what's even the point.
We're champions.

 

[Atlas]

Otherwise we spend the next decade going
Ohh we should have signed Ronaldo
We could have signed x world player but we didn't.

Fsg spent the square root of nothing for so many years and now we're crying cos we're breaking our transfer record for an exciting young player.

Shut up blud.

 

[rurikbird]

“Dreamy” is just a testing program for a new advanced AI bot with parameters like: “generate contrarian views on every subject that will lead to maximum engagement/banter on a football forum.” The in-person Dreamy is obviously just a hologram!

 

[Frogfish]

This is the way to support a title winning manager / team. If we'd done this for Klopp we'd have more titles / CL trophies.

 

[MomoWASright]

This is the way to support a title winning manager / team. If we'd done this for Klopp we'd have more titles / CL trophies.

The difference could be that Klopp had too much faith in his players and didn’t want to swap them out. Slot has no qualms about saying when players aren’t good enough.

Had we sold some of the aging players for big money at the right time Klopp would’ve had this kind of money to spend.

 

[ctlovesred]

The difference could be that Klopp had too much faith in his players and didn’t want to swap them out. Slot has no qualms about saying when players aren’t good enough.

Had we sold some of the aging players for big money at the right time Klopp would’ve had this kind of money to spend.

This is a good point. Why the difference now?

 

[MomoWASright]

This is a good point. Why the difference now?

Slot has no affinity with the players.

 

[Whaddapie]

“Dreamy” is just a testing program for a new advanced AI bot with parameters like: “generate contrarian views on every subject that will lead to maximum engagement/banter on a football forum.” The in-person Dreamy is obviously just a hologram!

 

[StevieM]

“Dreamy” is just a testing program for a new advanced AI bot with parameters like: “generate contrarian views on every subject that will lead to maximum engagement/banter on a football forum.” The in-person Dreamy is obviously just a hologram!

I need to find some way of disrupting the WiFi from reaching into the wardrobe.

Some sort of steel cage or haul it out to the back yard or something… although I might run the risk of him getting over the cat proof fence and making it out into the wild.

 

[localny]

Dreamy is right: I finally admit it. Ange is amazing for winning that trophy. Best Aussie manager overseas ever. He’s welcome to a drink in my establishment any time. Spurs are my second club.

Fair play mate. A bit OTT but at least you and Trent are honest 😆

 

[Dreambeliever]

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKwrWRjoeD2/?igsh=bHhzbXA2ajJxaTRq

 

[Squiggles]

Slot has no affinity with the players.

I would bolt on that post-Klopp there is likely increased financial security with the new CL format as well, which likely gives us some increased confidence to spend. It's looking like the PL will have 5 spots for the time being and combined with significantly better revenues in the league phase, compared to the groups in the previous format, I would suspect the better clubs in Europe can up their yearly projections with a degree of confidence.

There is also something to be said for the fact that Klopp and Jorge rebuilt the midfield for ~£140M, which given we were prepared to spend huge numbers on Caicedo, indicates it was significantly less than we expected or planned. That revenue has surely been crucial in us making a play for Wirtz, so I do think some of the savings made/caicedo rejecting us, in the previous regime are benefiting us in the here and now. People can argue we had no control whether he rejected us or not, and it did feel a shambles at the time, but we didn't panic and blow bad money in January, which does deserve credit. The pivot to, and the success of Gravenberch, has been huge in more ways than one and a large part why we've been able to go to town this window.

 

[Woland]

I think that Trent rejecting what would probs have been our biggest ever pay deal has made space too

 

[Woland]

*leaves to win balloon doors, isn't even in the conversation, this lad wins it, lols*

 

[Hyena]

I think that Trent rejecting what would probs have been our biggest ever pay deal has made space too

We hate the way he went. But I can't imagine paying 350,000 a week to "Trent" at the expense of Wirtz lol.

 

[dmishra]

View: https://x.com/_pauljoyce/status/1933454634384773198

 

[Fabio]

That's a great deal that

 

[MomoWASright]

84%

 

[dmishra]

View: https://x.com/david_ornstein/status/1933456829918458181?s=46

 

[peterhague]

I said weeks ago it would be £115m, and it's settled at £116m. That's just £1m from the actual fee.

Absolutely incredible foresight from me yet again.

 

[Fabio]

I said weeks ago it would be £115m, and it's settled at £116m. That's just £1m from the actual fee.

Absolutely incredible foresight from me yet again.

Why didn't you ring the club weeks ago to just say "this will get it done"?

Lazy

 

[Buddha]

 

[Hansern]

Florian Friday

 

[Mystic]

Does that mean it's £1million more than Caicedo, and now the English transfer record?

 

[Squiggles]

That's better than when first reported. Still crazy money, but it's always pleasing to see we've been able to negotiate it down. Put it this way, it's £5M more than the Caicedo bid and we've getting a vastly more exciting footballer. There are exceptions, but for the most part the top, top money should be reserved for the best attackers in the game, not water carriers in the middle.

 

[StevieM]

I said weeks ago it would be £115m, and it's settled at £116m. That's just £1m from the actual fee.

Absolutely incredible foresight from me yet again.

Can you use your new found “Medusa Touch” powers to set low fees for Alvarez, Barcola, Tchouameni anda CB of your choice.

If you have time or any powers left if you could sort out a cheap deal for some big fast non-Dutch muscular guy and a pile of young African & South American talent.

Eternally grateful.

 

[Mystic]

That's better than when first reported. Still crazy money, but it's always pleasing to see we've been able to negotiate it down. Put it this way, it's £5M more than the Caicedo bid and we've getting a vastly more exciting footballer. There are exceptions, but for the most part huge money should be reserved for the best attackers in the game, not water carriers in the middle.

Tbh I imagine it's more, journalists briefed by Leverkusen are saying €150m, this briefed by us are saying £116m. I imagine it's somewhere close to €150m, we've just excluded the speculative add ons from the fee.

 

[peterhague]

Why didn't you ring the club weeks ago to just say "this will get it done"?

Lazy

I didn't think of that!