Think we've still got another signing in us before the window closes with Shaq now off the books but I doubt it's anyone that's been mentioned. Liverpool transfer targets are always well kept secrets and half the price of bigger names. We do need homegrown counters.
I actually appreciate FSG running a sustainable operation as opposed to the big spenders. At least proves it CAN work, not that it always does. Covid financial losses hit us a bit deeper. That said, I've been a fan long enough to have lived through Hicks and Gillette almost running the team into administration so I'll take this by contrast.
Our best midfield hasn't even played together. Will be interesting to see what Thiago-Fab-Hendo midfield even looks like. I wouldn't be upset with 4-2-3-1 either with double pivot and Bobby tucked in behind Jota but that's my fifa pipe dream.
I don't think focus has ever been an issue. Injuries happened last year but gang is all back now. I'm sure they still want the bus top ride for winning the league that didn't happen due to covid.
They were relentless for a while, though. 68 straight unbeaten at Anfield.
I went back and looked, and starting with mid-January 2019 (18-19 season), they only had 1 loss in the their final 24 games.
They followed that up with only 2 losses in their first 38 games of 2019-20 (all competitions).
That's a streak of only 3 losses in 62 games across 2 seasons.
As we may recall, Liverpool kind of petered out, like they were emotionally spent, at the end of their Premier League championship season. They got knocked out of Champions League in only the Round of 16 as defending champs, and finished with 6 losses in their last 15 games, including getting knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea. They even lost to Watford.
Their invincibility was suddenly gone when the season was resumed after the COVID break in Project Restart, like they all wanted the season to be over already.
Last year, people forget, but again they started like a house on fire. They only had 2 losses in all comps all the way to New Years, and then the roof caved in. Ten losses from 20 matches from January to March 2021. Game over.
They could use a couple more guys for their squad. Spurs have less depth, but Liverpool has second least depth out of the Top Six, IMO. They should have done a bit more, but a bit better buying. I know they're looking for bargains all the time, but once in a while you have to buy a guy who is good enough to come right into your starting lineup.
That's how Mourinho used to do it. Why buy 5 squad players, when you can get 2 starters who make you a better team for the same amount of money? It's about spending it wisely.
