Richarlison

[P.D.]

I thought we didn't accept the bids from Turkey or Brazil so it's partly our fault if we didn't as well.

Interesting that Bergvall signed a new contract after wanting to leave, shows there's definitely some team spirit there if he was convinced. We won't offer Richie a new contract but that's for different reasons.

 

[Baleforce]

I thought we didn't accept the bids from Turkey or Brazil so it's partly our fault if we didn't as well.

Interesting that Bergvall signed a new contract after wanting to leave, shows there's definitely some team spirit there if he was convinced. We won't offer Richie a new contract but that's for different reasons.

Yeah the completely different treatment of the two is interesting.

 

[Dorothy]

In Dubai we trust.

 

[Bullet]

Ok, so why did he start vs Brentford then??

Good point! In my head we had to name the Prem squad before the Prem started, but of course that makes too much sense.
I guess Richie was our only fit striker with Solanke hobbling and Marmoush/Savio not around etc??? I can't remember that far back man!


I presume RDZ realises Richie is very clunky and is not a player we really want leading the line, he does score but he also kills attacking flow, so RDZ pushed hard for more skilful players like Gakpo, Ndiaye, Marmoush etc.


I was explaining to a Liverpool supporting friend that we replaced an entire team pretty much, just one player missing iirc.
He was amazed how much squad reshuffle we had achieved in one window. So I guess not EVERYTHING panned out perfectly.

Dubravka
Tosin VanHecke Senesi Robertson
Fernandes Tonali
Savio Marmoush Mudryk
X

 

[Mikey10]

Something has happened between that Brentford game and Richarlison not being registered.

My suspicion is that RDZ is quite impatient and volatile with his attacking players and Richi was told that he played like sh!t and things blew up from there.

Think what happened with Tel times a hundred because Richarlison himself is quite emotional/volatile.

This whole "Richjarlison said he wanted to leave in the summer" doesn't make sense when you remember he started vs Brentford....

I'm not sure we can base anything on supporters' suspicions; which is kind of the issue. None of us know.

What we do know is that the player is acting up on social media like some sort of teenager who has been told that he's been banned from the youth club.

The club should surely be looking at his behaviour/messaging for breach of contract clauses. Or is it fine for someone taking £90,000 per week from their employer to get on like this? I know I'd be out the door without having time to clear my desk if I did it.

 

[Bishop]

Ok, so why did he start vs Brentford then??

Solanke wasn't fully fit yet (and still isn't) and Marmoush wasn't yet signed. Richy was the only real option.

Sucha brick position to be in when Richy and Solanke are your striking options. We've seen this story for 2 seasons, we already know the ending.

 

[SissokoWasGood (BoL)]

I thought we didn't accept the bids from Turkey or Brazil so it's partly our fault if we didn't as well.

Interesting that Bergvall signed a new contract after wanting to leave, shows there's definitely some team spirit there if he was convinced. We won't offer Richie a new contract but that's for different reasons.

I don’t think we know exactly what happened with the Turkey bid. It doesn’t make sense that we would accept a presumably lower one from Brazil but not accept the Turkey one.

In any case, Richy is acting like a child on social media about this. It’s all very well both sides having their own incentives and their own ground to hold. There are multiple sides to this. But he is acting like it is incomprehensible that he cannot play with the team now. He doesn’t get it, and he’s trying to draw out sympathy for himself against the club and the manager.

He is acting irrationally and miscalculated. Clearly the club having to pay him to not play is a risk they judged worth taking, for the larger message it sends.