Originally Posted by
Balinkay
Like I said, some luck is always involved, but the bolded bit isn't quite right, is it?
If Hull had an inkling he'd have sold for a lot more. Or maybe they did, but were in no position to keep him for other reasons. Who knows? If someone else capable and willing to match us had an inkling he'd have sold for more as there'd have been a bidding war. But not "anyone".
The fact we got him on the cheap means we played our cards right and identified value where others failed to do so... or we lucked out. Based on how often we've seemed to get transfers right for the past three-four years, I'd bet on the former.
As I said, a bit of luck is usually required.
So we're lucky that we made a better decision than them? By that logic Joshua is lucky every time he wins, because the opponent is worse than him. Or Jokovic is lucky since all the other players didn't think or weren't capable of playing the right shot.
What does that have to do with anything? Did you expect an 18-year-old to come in and be one of the best defenders in the league? He was clearly one for the future. A future that could have come a lot earlier, had he not missed 1238967 months of football due to ACL injuries. And he was quite good at left back where he first played for Rodgers. Then he started getting injured.
Only if you think being better at your job than others is luck. There's probably an element of it, but I would not classify it that way.
You won't see me arguing that Klopp's been absolutely instrumental to our recent success. He'll be hard to replace. FSG are quite ... ahem ... lucky ... to have him. But they are the ones who hired him. You kind of make your own ...ahem.. luck... at times.
I also hope we sign one or two good quality players, that much we agree on.
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