I'm not surprised. If you look at it from 40,000 feet the team is bound to enter a transition period from the Klopp era to the pure Slot construct. The team will evolve and a replacement ( new player / formations / tactics) for the offensive dimension of Trent's talent will be found. There are certainly better defenders out there to be honest.
For Trent, I wish him well, but he may soon find out that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence; in this case, RM. I hear that the fans there are short on patience, long on memory and seldom forgive when you're not at your best. 500+K a week might lose its sparkle and I'll bet at some point he'll miss Anfield.
I can't speak to the home-town Liverpoool reaction. But here in the US there is a stain of betrayal that follows a "homie' when he "sells out" and goes elsewhere for more money or trophies. Ask LeBron James. Cleveland fans burned their jerseys when he ran off to the Miami Heat. It took him years and many millions through local Cleavland philanthropic causes to repair his reputation.
I just hope Hughes has a plan. Silence never breeds confidence.
I think you're usually spot on and agree with parts of what you're saying, but I think if you scrub away how it happened and all that...the core reason I'm upset is because if he stayed and kept winning with us I'd be watching another daglish, rush, gerrard...someone who would graduate to the kenny and rush seats in 30 years and be an ambassador for the club formally and informally. Those types of players rarely come around and I couldn't believe that Gerrard left and just a few years later Trent came through. Very few have the chance to be that special both in talent and importance to the club....and he just decided to throw that away. You can tell me warm weather and culture, but he said "it means more" and then left. When he hangs up his boots he won't be welcomed back anywhere. Just another player at real and he leaves out the back door in a terrible way for us.
He can absolutely make the decision to leave, but I truly don't think he understands what he's giving up in the long term.
People will tell me to not be attached or whatever. But being romantic about football or any sport is why we follow it. It's what makes it special. It's why people are devastated he's leaving. He can't have his cake and eat it too.
Idk I know I'm upset right now but I tried to really think about this and I think I'd agree with everything I said here a couple years from now.
That’s totally fair mate - we’re not always going to agree on everything! And you’re absolutely spot on about what it’ll mean for him coming back and his Liverpool legacy. It will have been an exceptionally tough decision to give all that up. But I do also understand why he has.
I'm not surprised. If you look at it from 40,000 feet the team is bound to enter a transition period from the Klopp era to the pure Slot construct. The team will evolve and a replacement ( new player / formations / tactics) for the offensive dimension of Trent's talent will be found. There are certainly better defenders out there to be honest.
For Trent, I wish him well, but he may soon find out that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence; in this case, RM. I hear that the fans there are short on patience, long on memory and seldom forgive when you're not at your best. 500+K a week might lose its sparkle and I'll bet at some point he'll miss Anfield.
I can't speak to the home-town Liverpoool reaction. But here in the US there is a stain of betrayal that follows a "homie' when he "sells out" and goes elsewhere for more money or trophies. Ask LeBron James. Cleveland fans burned their jerseys when he ran off to the Miami Heat. It took him years and many millions through local Cleavland philanthropic causes to repair his reputation.
I just hope Hughes has a plan. Silence never breeds confidence.
That last point the most important. This is an absolutely fascinating summer coming up.
I think you're usually spot on and agree with parts of what you're saying, but I think if you scrub away how it happened and all that...the core reason I'm upset is because if he stayed and kept winning with us I'd be watching another daglish, rush, gerrard...someone who would graduate to the kenny and rush seats in 30 years and be an ambassador for the club formally and informally. Those types of players rarely come around and I couldn't believe that Gerrard left and just a few years later Trent came through. Very few have the chance to be that special both in talent and importance to the club....and he just decided to throw that away. You can tell me warm weather and culture, but he said "it means more" and then left. When he hangs up his boots he won't be welcomed back anywhere. Just another player at real and he leaves out the back door in a terrible way for us.
He can absolutely make the decision to leave, but I truly don't think he understands what he's giving up in the long term.
People will tell me to not be attached or whatever. But being romantic about football or any sport is why we follow it. It's what makes it special. It's why people are devastated he's leaving. He can't have his cake and eat it too.
Idk I know I'm upset right now but I tried to really think about this and I think I'd agree with everything I said here a couple years from now.
That’s totally fair mate - we’re not always going to agree on everything! And you’re absolutely spot on about what it’ll mean for him coming back and his Liverpool legacy. It will have been an exceptionally tough decision to give all that up. But I do also understand why he has.