Match Thread: West Ham Utd v Liverpool

[JockStrap]

Why do they have to replace anyone straight away? Gakpo came in January and didnt replace anyone initially. Diaz came in January and didn't replace anyone initially.

I understand what your saying about the difference in quality between gomez and virgil but what's wrong with future planning? Get them in now, use them for more rotation and let them get up to speed in the last 5 months of this season.

We need a cb at some point, whether it's january or the summer, I still think we need one. As I said though, I don't expect us to sign one this January.

Each club can only have a squad of 25 registered with the PL. I’m not hearing people suggest we buy a CB in Jan who doesn’t make the squad. So someone has to go, or this CB we sign in Jan doesn’t play until next season.

I agree we need a long term replacement for VVD but that’s not needed in Jan. So I still want to hear from those who think we need a CB in Jan. Who are they replacing?

[jr81]

Each club can only have a squad of 25 registered with the PL. I’m not hearing people suggest we buy a CB in Jan who doesn’t make the squad. So someone has to go, or this CB we sign in Jan doesn’t play until next season.

I agree we need a long term replacement for VVD but that’s not needed in Jan. So I still want to hear from those who think we need a CB in Jan. Who are they replacing?

The new signing can take James Norris place in the squad.

Do you think a cb is needed in the summer? Does it depend on virgil staying?

[CCTV]

Each club can only have a squad of 25 registered with the PL. I’m not hearing people suggest we buy a CB in Jan who doesn’t make the squad. So someone has to go, or this CB we sign in Jan doesn’t play until next season.

I agree we need a long term replacement for VVD but that’s not needed in Jan. So I still want to hear from those who think we need a CB in Jan. Who are they replacing?

3 goalkeepers
Alisson, Kelleher & Jaros

8 in defence
Trent Bradley Gomez Konate VVD Quansah Robbo Tsimi

13 in midfield & attack
Endo Grav Maca Sobozla Jones Elliott Morton
Salah Gakpo Nunez Jota Chiesa Diaz

That's our 24 man squad

24 < 25

[JockStrap]

The official site lists 25 so let’s go with that.

Now which CB are you replacing in Jan?

[CCTV]

The official site lists 25 so let’s go with that.

Now which CB are you replacing in Jan?

I'm only using 3 goalkeepers, so dropping our 4th choice goalie Harvey Davies obviously 🙄

[JockStrap]

The new signing can take James Norris place in the squad.

Do you think a cb is needed in the summer? Does it depend on virgil staying?

We obviously need a long term replacement for VVD but that’s a different conversation. I want the people demanding a CB in Jan to explain their reasoning.

[JockStrap]

I'm only using 3 goalkeepers, so dropping our 4th choice goalie Harvey Davies obviously ��

Obviously.

In your case, which CB is getting bumped down the pecking order?

[jr81]

We obviously need a long term replacement for VVD but that’s a different conversation. I want the people demanding a CB in Jan to explain their reasoning.

Why can't a cb in January be the long term replacement? If we were looking to sign someone in January, I'd expect it to be for the long term. Not sure why it's a different conversation especially given virgil might be playing his last season for us

[JockStrap]

Why can't a cb in January be the long term replacement? If we were looking to sign someone in January, I'd expect it to be for the long term. Not sure why it's a different conversation especially given virgil might be playing his last season for us

Let’s assume that VVD stays. That’s what the noise suggests is most likely.

We could sign a long term replacement in Jan but why is that a priority given that we have the best defensive partnership in the league? Why couldn’t it wait until the summer when it’s easier?

[jr81]

Let’s assume that VVD stays. That’s what the noise suggests is most likely.

We could sign a long term replacement in Jan but why is that a priority given that we have the best defensive partnership in the league? Why couldn’t it wait until the summer when it’s easier?

As I said, I dont think we will go for one in january. My concern has always being around the injury records of both Konate and gomez. Konate has been good for that this season up until the Madrid game. Gomez went down today so we are potentially down to 2 CBs. This is why I would have liked a cb in the summer. But maybe I'm being greedy.