Cactus Jack wrote:Any news? Is Konate the only signing so far?
This club desperately needs some new blood.
Ha! Came to write essentially the same post, but you beat me to it. Yeah...we need to get some stuff happening. I assume the grim reaper won't be coming for our defense this year, and with Konate on the way, I think we need to shift to other things now.
A) Our midfield is incredibly meh. Henderson gives it 110%, but he's on the wrong side of 30....and if he or Fabinho go down, the midfield becomes totally sub-par.
B) I think our trio of Salah, Mane, and Firmino have run their course. The link-up and deadliness just isn't there anymore. Jota seemed ok, but I'm not seeing "special". The dude from Japan...Minamino I think, has failed to impress, and I think it's time we sell some of our guys (including one (or 2) of our big-3). Time for a shake-up. Our big 3 are all 29....for what that's worth.
I'd prob start with the mid-field. We need some quality there. Have been really happy with Fabinho. You can see him dominate his position almost every game.We need a couple more of those guys. I know they don't grow on trees...but could we at least get 1?
I'd be willing to go to battle again with our Forwards, if it mean big upgrades on our mid-field. Did we make any big splashes last off-season?? Felt like we didn't. So come 'on Reds! We're a world powerhouse team, for f's sake! Yeah, we don't have the purses of the top handful, but we aughta be able to sign a couple legit ballers every now and then!
You go down the list of our "Core" players. And I think you have TAA who's 22, and Gomez(24) and then Fabinho/Robertson(27) and after that, your looking at a pretty old-ass squad. I think Jota should get more run next season to really "get his chance" to make it into the rotation. I see we have some young Midfielders and of course our new signing Konate (assuming he's top notch) is 22.
I don't really follow our youth stuff. I see we have a handful of 20-22 year old midfielders. Maybe somebody knows, and can add to this / correct me.....but I think we need to get a couple guys this offseason who are legit, and who are in their mid-20's. We're gonna hit a midlife crises in the next couple years if we don't start finding legit replacements