ACCEPTING SLOW PLAYER INTEGRATIONS
Let’s be honest here, that was quite the weekend, right"
Liverpool played Chelsea in a leggy League Cup semi-final that went into extra time. Chelsea were really bad, their monstrously expensive squad couldn’t take down a Liverpool side that were cooked by 60 even when they brought on 3 teenagers.
I’m finding the post-win narrative a little nauseating regarding the age of the squad. The average age of the Liverpool squad was higher than our starting 11 on Saturday. Virgil Van Dijk is the best centre-back in the world, and he was the only player to have the ball in the net all game. Chelsea’s team might be expensive, but it’s also young. But… really, really bad.
This tweet kind of captured it for me.
Arsenal signing Trossard and Jorginho for £34 million, instead of Caciedo and Mudryk for £210 million has to go down as some of the best transfer business in history?..
? James Wood (@jameswood100) February 25, 2024
I had to go into therapy when we missed out on Mudryk. I thought he was incredible. I was told by a scout that one of the German clubs that is known for picking up the best young talent in the world knew about his crazy profile but he was too rich for them. He set the world of scouting on fire. Every club wanted a piece of the action and we were eventually bullied and gazumped by Chelsea for him.
Now look at him. He’s just a speed merchant who wouldn’t look out of place at Brentford. A club that tried for him ...
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