The Fish

What a brilliant way to endear himself to the people of Liverpool at the end, there.

He says, on a messageboard filled with other cunts opinions about football...

It was right up your snarky arsehole!

In a similar spirit; I don't care if he stays or goes. He's our most creative, most unpredictable, biggest threat, by a mile. He's our least reliable, most frustrating, biggest liability, by a mile. There are better players out there in his position who we could get with the kind of funds his sale + our wealth allow. His position is not the priority for this upcoming window and better players in other positions would have a greater impact on our fortunes next season.

Facundo Ferreyra The prosecution rests.

Was making small talk with the builder (yes I was ramping up my Geordie accent to sound like a more approachable and honest, hardworking, bloody bloke, why do you ask?). He says his next job is basically sorting out a house making repairs and stuff. The owner had rented this £700k house out to a mid twenties Vietnamese lass who was dead friendly, when she moved in she popped around the neighbours with cakes and shit to introduce herself. Fast forward a few months and the police are raiding the house after the neighbour tipped them off that it had been turned into a marijuana farm Gone was the nice young lady, instead two indentured servants (one a 15yr old kid) were looking after a three storey semi-detached kush farm. Half arsed modifications had been made like knocking through into the chimney to use as a vent (even thought he thing was capped), wiring and lighting rigs taped or clipped precariously to the now exposed beams. The question I've got is; why in the fuck would you choose to have a marijuana farm in a quiet, fairly well to do area? With loads of nosey neighbours, when the Cheshire countryside is filled with houses in the middle of nowhere.

To be fair it could be an accumulation of shit shots, but he's still doing better in that regard than literally everyone else in the team. All xG is showing is that he's having the most opportunities to score in the side (and he's outperforming that).

I'm not fobbing it off man. You claimed Schar has a higher xG than ASM. He doesn't. He also doesn't have a higher xA, or more goals or more assists. So I dunno wtf you're talking about.

That's part of the Beeb thing though, isn't it. They have to disclose, just like MPs. Walk into any office and ask someone what they earn, see how that goes.

I dunno, it's the trade off for a team that was where we were. You can either have a Fancy-Dan, or a grafter, if you find someone with both you won't have him for long. I just enjoy them while they're here and don't mind if they're not also doing the job of the midfield and defenders, just like I don't mind if Dummett isn't weaving his way through tackles to set up a shot.

It's private. I wouldn't want people knowing what I earn because they might charge me more. In an environment like a professional football team it could cause wewwwww ructions.

Not really, cos you said 'especially'. Meaning Wykiki's question has merit.

Oh I think he 100% is destined to remain at the level we were when he signed for us. He doesn't consistently make good decisions when in good positions. He's 24 now, I would be surprised if he learned the vision and alacrity of thought that that requires. I'm not expecting 100% defensive effort from our mercurial, flair, Fancy Dan, lookatme-lookatme, French winger, and honestly I can't understand why anyone does. Same happened with Ben Arfa, Robert, Ginola. Same people bitching about ASM's lack of graft are the ones bitching about Almiron's inability to go past someone.

No he fucking doesn't you big old 'can't understand xG' dumdum. This season; ASM has 4 assists and his expected Assists is 5.2, he has 5 goals and his expected Goals is 4.9 Schar has 2 assists and his expected Assists is 0.6, he has 2 goals and his expected Goals is 1.3 What this means is ASM has laid on more good chances than his teammates have finished, and has scored more goals than you'd expect from the chances he's had. Schar has laid on fuck all chances, but somehow has 2 assists, and he's scored more goals than you'd expect from the chances he's had. One of Schar's "assists" was when Pope bounced the ball off his unsuspecting head for Wilson to get our first win of the season against Burnley, hardly inspiring creative play. It's rare that I can, in all honestly claim this, but I literally could have done what Schar did for that goal. The other was, fair play, when he brought the ball out of defence for the counter which sent Willock through for our second against Brentford.

If we had the golden vote, yes. Otherwise, I don't think it adds much benefit to the fans. Does knowing that Joelinton is on £60k a week or whatever, mean you rate him higher or lower? And if does change how you feel about him, should it? He's getting what the club reckoned he was worth so

Why? Genuinely, why is there an expectation that a flair player at a lower Premier League team is the complete package, but the defensive players get a pass? There's some alternate universe where Targett is pilloried for failing to dribble past three men with fancy footwork. He is the star man of a poor team (or was), he'll end up getting sold to Watford or similar, then going back to France and dazzling for a season, then bumbling down the leagues. However, he's still the most creative, most dangerous, biggest threat we've got and unless we sign someone like Paqueta or Blas, he will remain so because there's nobody at the club who comes close to him in those regards.

Aye, the player we build a team around is Bruno. Everyone else, and I do mean everyone, is replaceable in the summer window for all I care. However, the mooks on here moaning about a flair player we signed when we were turboshit not being the complete package, is idiotic. Jesus Christ Wykiki, that is some unrelenting stream of horseshit and no mistake.

This got a genuine nose-pinch, deep-sigh reaction from me. No, it's not Wilson's fault. I'm saying that, Wood, Joelinton, Almiron, Longstaff, are not very good at finishing chances. Had Wilson (or dare I say it Dwight Gayle) been fit and preferred, I'd expect ASM to have more assists than he does, and to attempt more assists than he already does. I don't expect ASM to track back because that's not his game, I don't see you digging out Burn for failing to dribble past a couple of players and put in a cross. No his game hasn't improved as much as some others' has, but then his game was good whereas others' was fucking awful. His attitude is fine, it's only people demanding the moon on a fucking stick who're painting him as some sulking moody cunt.

Salarysport, footballleaguefc. Howay More reliable? dunno, but they're certainly more believable.

There's no way he's on £52k a year. A load of sites are saying £20-£30k and FM22 has it around the same.

Edwards had softened his projection to £60-80m ( a leap of 33% by the way) so lets say £75m, plus say £20m from player sales - £95m, then a commercial deal or two swells our FFP envelope to £100m. If we signed Tarkowski, Grillitsch+ Nketiah, we'd have dramatically improved our 1st team and kept our powder dry for a big expense. Conversely if we spend £70m ona few players to improve our first team and suddenly Darwin Nunez becomes available to us for £60m I'd expect us to stretch the 'budget' and sign him too.

Cry me a river, MSM-er. On your two points 1. Yes he is. 2. Yes he is. But, in his role, he's way more likely to lose the ball than pretty much anyone else. And I want him to moan like a fanny. Might get us a freekick for nowt. Honestly people need to get a grip, ASM is a really talented attacking threat, but if he was a) consistent, b) good at defending, c) more generous, he wouldn't have signed for Mike Ashley's Newcastle United under the stewardship of Steve fucking Bruce. There's a reason why bigger clubs have swerved him. But we're not yet better than him. Sure if someone throws £40m at us, take it, but he's not the first one out of the door.

I agree with that, his performances since Howe aren't at the same level as they were under Bruce. But how much of that is because he's now no longer Plan A (B and C)? And how much of it is because we haven't had Wilson fit? Is he guilty of being greedy? Absolutely, but I'd be less likely to attempt a pass if all I see in the centre is Wood, Almiron, Joelinton, etc. I agree that his days are numbers, but to be honest everyone bar Bruno would be wise to see what his options are. However, the narrative is that he's not a threat, that he's lazy, that he doesn't create anything etc. This isn't true.

Aye, it's as much about getting the right personalities for the average midtable Premier League player, as it is bringing in someone like Bruno. We need Trippier-types, not Shelvey-type. The Lascelles of 2015/16, not the beaten man he is now.

Like shite is he on £52k a year man. If I had to stick a number on it, I'd say around £20-25k a week. This new contract won't see a significant uplift, maybe £25-30k.