12 Aug 2018 10:12:44
If Boyata's out the door take the money and replace him with someone who not only can defend, but can be a leader for the younger guys and coach them through a game which Boyata never did. That might even bring about a Jozo resurgence. I don't know who would fit that description but tbh that's not my job and somebody actually gets paid good money to do that job.

1.) 12 Aug 2018
12 Aug 2018 10:43:23
We needs a Stubbs/ Elliot type player kev. No nonsense defender who goes and wins the ball whether attacking or defending. Plus can pass a ball 20 yards to a midfielders feet.

2.) 12 Aug 2018
12 Aug 2018 11:15:02
John terry 36 no club would steady that ship believe me.

3.) 12 Aug 2018
12 Aug 2018 11:27:08
If the rumours about the amount of money being offered are accurate, then you do have to wonder what’s going on.

Rodgers said we want to keep him because good centre backs are hard to find. I wonder if the club just don’t have a proper replacement lined up.

Either way it’s clear Boyata wants to go and won’t sign a new deal so may as well sell him.

4.) 12 Aug 2018
12 Aug 2018 11:32:08
Ive always been of the opinion that if someone doesn't want to play for us he should be sold as there is no sense in forcing someone to play if their heart is not in it so if Boyata wants to go we should get as much for him as we can and wish him all the best. I hope he doesn't live to regret this moment later on. It makes me laugh when I think how many people have wanted to punt him for a long time and now that he wants to go we want to keep as long as he is under contract and make him rot in the reserves.
It is clear that the team needs strengthened but like BR says by quality and not quantity and I hope the result of yesterday, which could be a blessing in disguise, doesn't provoke panic buying. We need to keep the faith and we will come out of this slump stronger for the experience. Perhaps talk like "invincibles" "double treble" "10 in a row" etc ha made us rest on our laurels and an expectancy to win every game and we have to realise that we can't live in the past nor the future but only the present and give 110% every game. We will win the league one game at a time and if yesterday we fell we get straight back up again. And we'll think about 10 in a row when we already have 9.