The news that both Julian Ward and Ian Graham will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season inevitably opened the floodgates for the social media wisecracks on Thursday.
Most supporters were still trying to absorb the bolts from the blue that both the sporting director and the head of research were set to be walking away next summer when the knaves and the wags spotted their opportunity.
Because after all, who needs a recruitment department when you're at a club that doesn't sign anyone? It was all very dry and droll, but there's often a lot of truth said in jest.
