That thread is depressing. We have been complaining about Ox and Keita for close to four years now and we have done nothing to address the issue.
Injuries updates
- Thread starter Red rose
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Status
That thread is depressing. We have been complaining about Ox and Keita for close to four years now and we have done nothing to address the issue.
cheer up they’ve both got one foot out the door and apparently Klopp has been grinning when discussing transfers
Ox and Keita. Imagine saving £250k a week off your bill. Even Greg Wallace couldn't do that.
It will be Hendo.
Just because I feel like uncharitably piling on
The only real surprise opinion in this thread is @Halmeister said keita would be "fine". Everyone else stayed true to their persona
Probably for me he's been THE biggest disappointment of any player we've ever signed. It's difficult to slate a player for being injury prone but his clear lack of application and excuses is ... inexcusable. Clearly talented on his day but just as clearly someone not prepared to put in the hard miles his wage packet demands. I was wrong and we should have got shot years ago.
I agree on the talent. And it’s obvious to see why klopp went for him. Such a waste.
Agree with every word posted here. Except the comparison to Carroll. Carroll atleast came on in a FA cup semi-final against Everton and scored and made an impact. He was a bog standard Championship striker for whom we overpaid. Not his fault.
I was furious with Karius after Kiev but as his career after us shows, he was not that talented of a player. Which is fine. Keita is different. He has the talent but not the application. Can't handle characters like that. If Keita had been a success, that would have been a game changer for us also. He should have been the midfield general leading the next phase of Klopp's team. One of the worst transfers of all time.
It's one of our worst transfers for sure but there is a wider problem in all this - why did we keep him for so long?
Every man and his dog knew that he was shit and unreliable. How on earth did we allow him to see out his contract here. Same goes for Ox and a number of others in recent years.
Other teams get transfers wrong but they do something about them. We just seem to put the blinkers on and hope that some miracle occurs.
Every man and his dog knew that he was shit and unreliable. How on earth did we allow him to see out his contract here. Same goes for Ox and a number of others in recent years.
Other teams get transfers wrong but they do something about them. We just seem to put the blinkers on and hope that some miracle occurs.
Yep. Could have recovered at least 20m at virtually any point and reinvested in someone, somewhere, playing any position.
We could have tried out a a young talent from the Championship for that money, saved significantly on wages. Even if that transfer hadn't worked out, we could have still made some money selling.
- Status
