craig thomas

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@JustinPenik Would you like some advice from a Brit on how to make your national game better and more exciting?

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

Quick question

Does Guehi ever pass forward?

England were trying to press to win a game all second half, all he ever passed to was his other CB or the keeper

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@jamie47631 @realsamarsharma @adamrowecomedy Similar to Rio really, came to us not with guaranteed game time, but because he saw a pathway following Diaz & Gakpo

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@jamie47631 @realsamarsharma @adamrowecomedy The pathway was there at Liverpool. Salah had 2 years left on his contract. Would have been starter last year whilst Diomande was out on loan, then Diomande comes in this year to learn from and split time with Salah, before taking over fully in 27-28 season

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@realsamarsharma @adamrowecomedy A smart move would have been to buy him for £20m last year and loan him for a year. Even after a pretty average season he would hold his value

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@LFCTN_ @DexxterUtd Then also say you have to put Ronaldo in there for winning a ballon d’or, but completely ignore Owen 🤷‍♂️

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@IAgulannaLFC @lfc_nick_ Sometimes a player needs to step out of a shadow to thrive

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@CryptoIronsCOYI @VillainBaller And the point of the original tweet is that smaller clubs are overpricing players because the big clubs keep paying it

Smaller clubs are also facilitating this by overpaying for average players from even smaller clubs

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@CryptoIronsCOYI @VillainBaller So now you’re changing from spending, to net spend?

Both Liv and WHU have recouped about £400m in that 4 year period

So you ‘spent’ £250m, we ‘spent’ £450m in 4 years

We don’t compete for the same players I agree, but you should be nowhere near relegation with your spending

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@CryptoIronsCOYI @VillainBaller I do agree though, money starts at the top.

Championship clubs are now regularly spending £10-20m on players. That’s absurd

The greed is filtering all the way down the pyramid

Where does it stop? How can it be sustainable? Which big clubs will go bust first?

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@CryptoIronsCOYI @VillainBaller Doesn’t look like they have less to spend does it?

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@CryptoIronsCOYI @VillainBaller West Ham spent £40m on a 20 year old last summer from a relegated club

Everton spent £40m on a 19 year old last summer from a relegated club

Forest spent £40m on a 21 year old last summer from a relegated club

Not sure the top clubs are pricing teams out of the market

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@A1964Mark @ATLiverpool_ @Darwinn99 Bring senesi as a free transfer too

Darwin covers CF & LW
Senesi CB

We can then afford to go a bit bigger on a midfielder, RW & RB

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@lfc_no_context 1. Please don’t let mbappe near our team

2. Grav/mac as a midfield 2 doesn’t work

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@TheIraolaEra A whole new right hand side of the pitch!!

That’s gonna take some time to build partnerships

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@Diresu_retne @L4fckop @TheAnfieldWrap Both comments I agree with

But ultimately we were very successful WITHOUT ‘buying’ a CB (Matip & Gomez)

It’s harsh to exclude Matip from this just because he was a free transfer, and Gomez is still a top quality CB when fit

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@Inkedandunique @fifouliv The win rate is low because he has inferior players, and anyone who plays well gets sold so he has to start again

He makes players play as a collective above their individual level - exactly what Klopp achieved, and exactly what a team should be

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@L4fckop @TheAnfieldWrap Can add Jacquet to that list now too

Also, if signings are successful, you don’t need to keep buying players. And good players don’t always cost money

Gomez was already here and was top quality (injuries have ruined him)
Matip was an incredible signing

[craig thomas @craigdenthomas]

@L4fckop @TheAnfieldWrap Was one of those 3 the lad from Preston that never kicked a ball?