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[maguskwt]

Just because them teams dont try and buy a a player dosent mean he is a bad player, City have tried to but everyone

apart from him.

Quit while you are ahead lakes ffs!

no, he is a rush buy due to our manager off our best player of last year so much he left.


look we all know this new guy will turn ok to be ok but i still mad that one of our best players left due to Rafa getting it wrong.

the way i see it is that our first real game of the year could turn into a right kicking for us as it has two players in it that would love to show Rafa how wrong he was.

[lakes10]

Just because them teams dont try and buy a a player dosent mean he is a bad player, City have tried to but everyone

apart from him.

Quit while you are ahead lakes ffs!

no, he is a rush buy due to our manager off our best player of last year so much he left.


look we all know this new guy will turn ok to be ok but i still mad that one of our best players left due to Rafa getting it wrong.

the way i see it is that our first real game of the year could turn into a right kicking for us as it has two players in it that would love to show Rafa how wrong he was.

and yes i am not in a good mood today....need lots of sleep.

[account deleted by request]

I think no matter how you try to dress this one up, it is a big gamble by Rafa. If it comes off great, if it doesn't come off it could cost us the title. All transfers are to some extent a gamble, but personally I think this is a huge gamble and can only hope that it works out.

Hopefully he is a great player that we have got on the cheap because of his past injury record , and who now has an injury free period in which he goes on to show it during our triumphant progress to the title.

The opposite side of the coin is he spends half his time on the treatment table, never adapts and scurries off back to Italy for about half the fee we paid, having cost us any chance we had of winning the league.

[LFC2007]

The gamble is in a couple of directions too, not just on Aquilani but on whether the squad is going to be strong enough to cope without a Xabi replacement until the fella is ready. It says he's back in September, which means he'll be coming on as a sub sometime in September and experiencing English football for the first time. Rest assured anyone we play against are going to have central midfielders who are fully fit and wound up, and this lads going to get a pretty rude awakening choose however good he actually is. If we're lucky, by early October he'll be ready to start playing in matches from the first whistle, and then we've got to hope that he picks things up pretty quickly and settles in.

The other problem of course is what we do until then, and then what do we do after then. My guess is that until Aquilani plays, we will almost certainly go with Lucas alongside Masherano. To be perfectly honest however, I don't think Lucas will cut it, and I think after a couple of games we'll move Gerrard back as he certainly will. That'll mean though breaking up the Gerrard/Torres axis, which means we'll probably stick Benayoun into Gerrards slot, or Babel. Obviously once Aquilani comes in, if we are optimistic and assume he settles, then Gerrard will go back up behind Torres. In the meantime of course, should persih the thought Masherano get injured, we could be conservatively described as being completely fecked.

Summed up nicely there. It may be the time to take out that insurance policy you mentioned.

[baldricks_cunning_plan]

Fantastic addition to the club, should he pass his medical.

Good on the ball, comfortable using either foot and chips in with the odd goal here and there. Hopefully his success in England will be closer to fellow Italians like Zola, Vialli, Di Matteo than that of Dossena. If he stays away from injuries, gem of a player and credit to Rafa for getting it sorted quickly - a very refreshing sight.

[Penguins]

I just hopes he gets his chance fully by Rafa, like Kuyt to mention one.
He is going to need his manger's, his teammates and the supports full supporters especially if he gets out of the blocks a bit slow.

And well, to say any replacement for Xabi would not be a gamble is a lie so Rafa would get for whoever replaces Xabi if the newcomer isn't a success.

I have seen Aqualiani in some games for Roma and he looks capable enough, but I am worried obviously about his injury problems but also by his psyche more than anything.

[Madmax]

He will get his chance and plenty of that! Only will happen if his fit, thats my main concern. Im sure he will be a hit because i have seen him play and when he gets going theres no stopping this man. Maybe this was the move he needed to kick start his career and be known as a star. Hopefully the anfield angels will give him immortal healing powers!

[Penguins]

I just hope he continues to be trigger happy. I'd love to see those rockets

[bunglemark2]

He will get his chance and plenty of that! Only will happen if his fit, thats my main concern. Im sure he will be a hit because i have seen him play and when he gets going theres no stopping this man. Maybe this was the move he needed to kick start his career and be known as a star. Hopefully the anfield angels will give him immortal healing powers!

Bet Nan would volunteer to rub the Deep Heat into him, eh Nan ?

(While you're doing that, I'll rub the baby oil into his missus - I believe she's suffers terribly from "chest muscle" pains....I'm sure I can - ahem! - "numb" that for her...)

[Ciggy]

should he pass his medical.

Bit of a hitch.

If he fails it god knows who we are going to buy?

[Roger Red Hat]

should he pass his medical.

Bit of a hitch.

If he fails it god knows who we are going to buy?

Rafa's back up plan...


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[stmichael]

i will say he is not as good as the payers the likes of MAN U REAL, MAN CITY have.......as they did not try to by him, this could make him 2nd class player.

united, chelsea and arsenal all tried to sign him when he was 16 mate.

and anyway, comparing him to city's signings is ridiculous. all they've done is sign a bunch of mercenaries.

[tubby]

I think he can potentially be a world class player, assuming he stays relativley fit.

[GYBS]

Sky reported he is expected to sign 4 year contract today

[kazza]

It is a gamble but life is a gamble. I think for us to overtake Utd we are going to have to take gambles as they can buy whoever they want but we have to find gems. Torres was a gamble that paid off and now the price we paid for him seems cheap, I do not see why Aquilani cannot be the same. He had an ankle operation so hopefully it will solve this longstanding injury. I am more excited about Aquilani signing than I was about Keane (a supposedly safe bet)