Sunbury Fox Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 (edited) Getting top 4 regularly as the likes of Leipzig, Dortmund and Monaco do, means that these kind of signings become more achievable. Now we are relying on Daka being willing to forgo CL and choose us because he gets to play in a better league for a club challenging near the top and gets paid more money. It's not impossible he would choose the latter, I guess, but CL is a huge pull for top players. Edited 13 June 2021 by Sunbury Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post murphy Posted 13 June 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 13 June 2021 53 minutes ago, Deeg67 said: Small mentality is thinking that the FA Cup is more important than the CL, not the different caliber of players that thinking gives you access to. I'm proud to be of miniscule mentality. And I bet you were jumping around your living room on May 15th. It was never a choice anyway. We went fro two targets and achieved one of them. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsleyPhiri Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said: but CL is a huge pull for top players. You forget that the Premier League is the real Champions League. With Leicester he can play in the Europe League against nice opponnents and in the league he has every few weeks Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, Arsenal... Edited 13 June 2021 by KingsleyPhiri 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 2 hours ago, Finnegan said: Well no because it won't happen. Well aren’t you pissy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsleyPhiri Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 In Zambia there is nothing bigger than the English Premier League. Like Godfrey Chikumbi says, we alle prays that he is going to England... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nabb7 Posted 13 June 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 13 June 2021 1 hour ago, Deeg67 said: Small mentality is thinking that the FA Cup is more important than the CL, not the different caliber of players that thinking gives you access to. What’s the point in attracting better players, other than to have a better chance of winning trophies? Never understood this argument. Football is all about winning, our FA cup win cemented that idea for me. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 37 minutes ago, murphy said: I'm proud to be of miniscule mentality. And I bet you were jumping around your living room on May 15th. It was never a choice anyway. We went fro two targets and achieved one of them. We lost the big prize though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToeKneeHandCock Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 9 minutes ago, KingsleyPhiri said: In Zambia there is nothing bigger than the English Premier League. Like Godfrey Chikumbi says, we alle prays that he is going to England... How are Leicester viewed in Zambia? Are we an attractive proposition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlo Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 If Liverpool really want him and offer a decent amount of opportunities then he'll end up there. If not then we have a good chance IF we're in for him. All this talk that he'll only want to sign for a club offering CL football is utter b*llocks, especially if a top 4 club aren't really in for him - he's still young and taking a massive step up from the Austrian League. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Nick said: Well aren’t you pissy. This can't be a surprise to you anymore Edited 13 June 2021 by Finnegan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlo Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 1 minute ago, weller54 said: We lost the big prize though!! we were never in serious contention to win the league last season so didn't lose s**t!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KingsleyPhiri Posted 13 June 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 13 June 2021 1 minute ago, ToeKneeHandCock said: How are Leicester viewed in Zambia? Are we an attractive proposition? Extremely. Especially there are already nigerians in your team like Iheanacho or Ndidi. If Daka will move to Leicester, then it will be a public holiday in all of Zambia... 13 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 15 minutes ago, turlo said: we were never in serious contention to win the league last season so didn't lose s**t!!!! CL qualification was the big prize... the FA Cup was just a Brucie Bonus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 Where are all of these twitter links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jobyfox Posted 13 June 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 13 June 2021 32 minutes ago, nabb7 said: What’s the point in attracting better players, other than to have a better chance of winning trophies? Never understood this argument. Football is all about winning, our FA cup win cemented that idea for me. This! The whole reason for Champions League qualification is to increase turnover and attract better players. The reason to do that is because it gives you more chance of winning trophies. Trophies always comes first. CL qualification is a means of being able to compete for them. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxpleasure Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 27 minutes ago, weller54 said: We lost the big prize though!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 28 minutes ago, turlo said: If Liverpool really want him and offer a decent amount of opportunities then he'll end up there. If not then we have a good chance IF we're in for him. All this talk that he'll only want to sign for a club offering CL football is utter b*llocks, especially if a top 4 club aren't really in for him - he's still young and taking a massive step up from the Austrian League. Agree with this and the thing is I think he'd play just as regularly at Liverpool. As good as Firmino is at everything else he doesn't score enough goals and they really need a central striker to start chipping in with goals. Look at last season, as soon as Mane's form dropped the only person they could rely on for goals was Salah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 6 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said: Agree with this and the thing is I think he'd play just as regularly at Liverpool. As good as Firmino is at everything else he doesn't score enough goals and they really need a central striker to start chipping in with goals. Look at last season, as soon as Mane's form dropped the only person they could rely on for goals was Salah. They have Jota , along with Salah ,Mané and Firmino probably the best , balanced strike force in Europe. I think their only weakness, when everybody is fit that is, is potentially in central midfield. Hence the association with Tielemans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 12 minutes ago, foxpleasure said: If we'd qualified for the CL do you think we'd all be holding our breath about whether Tielemans is going to stay or not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 7 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: They have Jota , along with Salah ,Mané and Firmino probably the best , balanced strike force in Europe. I think their only weakness, when everybody is fit that is, is potentially in central midfield. Hence the association with Tielemans. Jota, Salah and Mane all play out wide, the only one that tends to play centrally is Firmino and they have no decent back-up for him to speak of, nor like I say does he score enough goals. If Daka is as good as everyone thinks he is he'd play quite a lot at Liverpool. When everyone is fit and firing yes they have one of the best front three's around but despite that they have very little depth in attacking positions compared to say Man City and even Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlo Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 25 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said: Agree with this and the thing is I think he'd play just as regularly at Liverpool. As good as Firmino is at everything else he doesn't score enough goals and they really need a central striker to start chipping in with goals. Look at last season, as soon as Mane's form dropped the only person they could rely on for goals was Salah. Yep sounds like they're after a more direct goal scorer as an upgrade on Origi, with Firmino moving into the 10 role at times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 4 minutes ago, turlo said: Yep sounds like they're after a more direct goal scorer as an upgrade on Origi, with Firmino moving into the 10 role at times. Yeah looks that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merging Cultures Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 1 hour ago, KingsleyPhiri said: Extremely. Especially there are already nigerians in your team like Iheanacho or Ndidi. If Daka will move to Leicester, then it will be a public holiday in all of Zambia... We are certainly admired for our PL and FA Cup wins. But I wouldn't go this far! We already have too many public holidays here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsleyPhiri Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 1 minute ago, Merging Cultures said: How reliable is your source? Do you have new informations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxpleasure Posted 13 June 2021 Share Posted 13 June 2021 40 minutes ago, weller54 said: If we'd qualified for the CL do you think we'd all be holding our breath about whether Tielemans is going to stay or not? You mean like Kante? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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