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On 13/10/2022 at 16:18, ewerk said:

I don't think anyone is painting them as the plucky underdogs. Gross spend it irrelevant, net spend is the key here. And by that metric they've competed at the top end of the table while spending mid-table money.

Gross spend is relevant here. If they were a midtable club surviving by recruiting and selling well just to stay afloat, then sure, Net spend is important. When their gross spend is approaching £1b you can't cry poverty. This isn't Brighton or Leicester. Liverpool have been consistently in the top 4 clubs in this country for ages with all the benefits that brings. Last 24 years, they've never finished below 8th and have only finished below 5th on 7 occasions.

 

They are one of the elite clubs and have spent accordingly. They can afford to drop £76m on a centreback or £56m on a 'keeper because they're the final pieces of the puzzle. West Ham would need to buy spread that kind of money over 3 or four players just to stay midtable. Chelsea, Man City have had to spend a fortune, just to catch up with them. 

 

Liverpool are bitching because the head start they had has been eroded. The "we can't compete" line is horseshit. They didn't land Haaland, fine, whatever, they still spent £60m+ on Darwin Nunez. They literally are competing, they're still spending a fuck ton of money and their owners are perfectly capable of putting more money into the club if they wanted to. 

 

"We can't compete". Fuck off Mr Ed

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5 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Gross spend is relevant here. If they were a midtable club surviving by recruiting and selling well just to stay afloat, then sure, Net spend is important. When their gross spend is approaching £1b you can't cry poverty. This isn't Brighton or Leicester. Liverpool have been consistently in the top 4 clubs in this country for ages with all the benefits that brings. Last 24 years, they've never finished below 8th and have only finished below 5th on 7 occasions.

 

They are one of the elite clubs and have spent accordingly. They can afford to drop £76m on a centreback or £56m on a 'keeper because they're the final pieces of the puzzle. West Ham would need to buy spread that kind of money over 3 or four players just to stay midtable. Chelsea, Man City have had to spend a fortune, just to catch up with them. 

 

Liverpool are bitching because the head start they had has been eroded. The "we can't compete" line is horseshit. They didn't land Haaland, fine, whatever, they still spent £60m+ on Darwin Nunez. They literally are competing, they're still spending a fuck ton of money and their owners are perfectly capable of putting more money into the club if they wanted to. 

 

"We can't compete". Fuck off Mr Ed

 

I have already performed my u-turn on this matter. I will be making no further comment at this time.

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