It seems like we're targeting a right forward. As Josh wrote, we have Luis & Cody who both want to play at left forward and Diogo can play on the left as well. Lots of people seem to want to sell Luis but I can't imagine why Hughes would sell him unless he pushes to leave early in the window (like now) AND we get a big fee. Only Hughes/Slot know what they want to do, but those facts lead me to think we'll target a forward who plays on the right.
Really looking forward to the upcoming pieces from Josh's scouting! I'd love us to land a 20-23YO left-footed, right-sided forward who can be the understudy to Mo for the next 2 seasons (hoping for a 1YR extension for Mo) before he leaves the club.
A little off topic RM’s recruiting is quite depressing for my desire for us to get in on upping our CL haul. Can we try anything like that and get the 2nd order greatest kids ever accepting RM will get the first ones?
The hit rate falls off SO MUCH between the top-tier and 2nd-tier "greatest kids ever," that if you start looking at the 17-20 year olds a bit below the Endrick/Bellingham/Camavinga/Vini level, you're paying 80 percent of the cost for 20-30 percent of the likelihood of success.
How much of a loss is not having Ian Graham involved in this reboot? Are the people coming in to replace him a downgrade, because he is so good or is it too early to tell?
A lot of fans are assuming it’s going to be back to business as usual with Edwards returning, but I haven’t seen much talk about the fact that he & Graham worked as a duo… therefore it might not work as well.
Could this also be another reason why Edwards wanted to move upstairs, because he doesn’t have his usual partner to replicate the levels he worked at before?
Everything Graham created for Liverpool is still at the club in terms of resources and applications etc. His team of scientists are still there, too. You still need someone to understand the data, of course, but that won’t be an issue for the guys who are already there.
It seems like we're targeting a right forward. As Josh wrote, we have Luis & Cody who both want to play at left forward and Diogo can play on the left as well. Lots of people seem to want to sell Luis but I can't imagine why Hughes would sell him unless he pushes to leave early in the window (like now) AND we get a big fee. Only Hughes/Slot know what they want to do, but those facts lead me to think we'll target a forward who plays on the right.
Really looking forward to the upcoming pieces from Josh's scouting! I'd love us to land a 20-23YO left-footed, right-sided forward who can be the understudy to Mo for the next 2 seasons (hoping for a 1YR extension for Mo) before he leaves the club.
A little off topic RM’s recruiting is quite depressing for my desire for us to get in on upping our CL haul. Can we try anything like that and get the 2nd order greatest kids ever accepting RM will get the first ones?
The hit rate falls off SO MUCH between the top-tier and 2nd-tier "greatest kids ever," that if you start looking at the 17-20 year olds a bit below the Endrick/Bellingham/Camavinga/Vini level, you're paying 80 percent of the cost for 20-30 percent of the likelihood of success.
Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll go back to being jealous of RM 😆
How much of a loss is not having Ian Graham involved in this reboot? Are the people coming in to replace him a downgrade, because he is so good or is it too early to tell?
A lot of fans are assuming it’s going to be back to business as usual with Edwards returning, but I haven’t seen much talk about the fact that he & Graham worked as a duo… therefore it might not work as well.
Could this also be another reason why Edwards wanted to move upstairs, because he doesn’t have his usual partner to replicate the levels he worked at before?
Everything Graham created for Liverpool is still at the club in terms of resources and applications etc. His team of scientists are still there, too. You still need someone to understand the data, of course, but that won’t be an issue for the guys who are already there.
Thanks for answering my question!