Liverpool FC Forum

[heimdall]

stick gerrard upfront or certainly push him further forward. he's the best finiasher at the club.

I'd go along with this, especially since Stevie's best days in midfield are behind him. I'd also give Yessel a run in the team.
I don't think Borini will be much missed though, he has a terrible touch, either through nerves or skill.

[Greavesie]

Could be a blessing, could be disaster. He hasn't exactly shown that he warrants a starting place in our side so right now I don't think he'll be missed (until injuries and suspensions kick in). Personally I'd stick Gerrard where Borini was, I think that might make us look a better attacking unit in all honesty

I've been more excited when I've seen Suso and Sterling in the line up anyway

[redalltheway36]

what i wona know is lets say we go one behind 20 minutes left. Do you or brendan change systems ever. Seems bizzare to me plus helps other teams knowing exactly how ur gona play without changing things.

[stmichael]

needs surgery. 3 months out.

a striker is an absolute must in january.

[redalltheway36]

take your pick demba ba or gary hooper. How about di natale as a short term fix. i know his age but his a model pro and would help our younger strikers no end.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

i just cant see the purpose in bringing in the likes of ba or hooper, i`d rather just have carroll back and give yesil and ngoo a go.
hooper and ba have just got mid table written all over them and thats where our long term future lies if that is the standard of player we are signing from now on in.
fsg need to put their hands in their pockets and invest their hard earned on a top striker, it`s friggin pointless having a great passing team if you havent got someone to put the chances away. you cant afford to penny pinch when it comes to forwards, the difference between having or not having a top striker can make or break a side and make or break a season .
look at last season, we played well in 85% of the games, created tons of chances, missed them all and ended up 8th.
arsenal played sh*te most of the season (they got tonked 8-2 in one game) but van persie was putting half chances away like they were 5 yard tap ins and they end up in the champions league raking in the tv money.
if we cant compete with city and chelsea for the likes of falcao then we should be trying to sign that polish lad from dortmund or that other lad from dortmund reuss. that is the type of player you need to sign if you genuinely want to compete with the top sides.

[Benny The Noon]

We can't compete for the likes of Falcao or Reus or Lewondinski ?!?

They are CL players on CL fees wanting CL wages wanting to play in the CL.

The sooner people realise that we won't get those players the better for everyone.

The top teams are our not competition at the moment

We came 8th last season - not 4th or even 5th.

We are currently a mid table team that needs to rebuild

[Boxscarf]

Falcao is more than likely going to end up at Chelsea. According to reports Falcao has a £60m buy-out clause, but I think Chelsea will throw Torres into the deal and be done with it.

Although Fabio hasn't set the world alight at the moment, I think we'll miss his clever runs etc, though I guess this would be a good time to play Yesil, Morgan or Pacheco up front.

[ethanr]

Does anybody fell Llorente is a possibility?  I'm starting to think he may be.  Hasn't been getting called up from Spain, and isn't getting on with his manager at Bilbao.  Only 1 goal in 4 substitute appearances for Bilbao, he's just not really playing.  I know he wants to leave and they want to sell him, and he's not completely lighting on Spain at the moment.  He's 27 going on 28 I think, so not exactly young, but should have a good 3-4 years left in him.

If you'd have asked me 6 months ago about possibly getting Llorente I would have laughed in your face, but I think he's a possibility now.  Spurs don't need him (Tho I guess that doesn't mean they won't still go after him) Chelsea will probably be looking for a bigger name (Falcao, Lewandowski) United don't need him, and I'd be shocked if they went after another striker in their current situation.  No way in hell Arsenal are looking to spend a lot of money in January.  Juve may still be going after him, but I don't know how interested they will be.

Like I've said, I don't wanna get my hopes up, but I feel our chance of getting Llorente has at least gone up since the summer.

[ethanr]

Oh yea, Fabio Borini.  After reading the previous posts I thought we were in the rumor section.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

We can't compete for the likes of Falcao or Reus or Lewondinski ?!?

They are CL players on CL fees wanting CL wages wanting to play in the CL.

The sooner people realise that we won't get those players the better for everyone.

The top teams are our not competition at the moment

We came 8th last season - not 4th or even 5th.

We are currently a mid table team that needs to rebuild

oh do one with your negative sh*te benny.
we are still one of the biggest clubs in the world with one of the biggest followings in the world, plus we have got a chairman stating that we have got the resources to compete with anyone in the game if we have to.
in other words we are a huge club with money.
it`s time the owners backed their man in the transfer market.

[red till i die!!]

We can't compete for the likes of Falcao or Reus or Lewondinski ?!?

They are CL players on CL fees wanting CL wages wanting to play in the CL.

The sooner people realise that we won't get those players the better for everyone.

The top teams are our not competition at the moment

We came 8th last season - not 4th or even 5th.

We are currently a mid table team that needs to rebuild

surely you don't think benny that either Athletico or Dortmund are paying those guys a fortune.
falcao we dont stand a chance of because that deal will be all about silly money, but reus i think is definitely a player we could and should go for.not all players are concerned only about money.reus is young, and for him a move to a much better league would be pefect. we are a young side improving all the time,the style we play and he'd be a guaranteed starter.he'd fit the fsg model perfectly and we can well afford to spend 20mil on him and pay him 70 a week.
your right we did finish off the top 4 three seasons straight but the stats are enough to show that we create enough to be in the top 4 comfortably if we only had someone who could convert all those chances we create.
we have been rebuilding and have a completely different side than 3 years ago so how long more do you think that process needs to be.
imo we could be three players off being title contenders in two years if we sign players like reus over hooper. we have enough youth in the squad thats not experienced and he would bring that.in 3 years he could be worth 3 times what we paid.
we have finished outside top 6 for too long so rodgers must start bringing us up and fenway need to back him.if they back him with a few signings like reus then we will only go up but if we sign players like hooper then i fear we could very well end up in 2-3 years with a team that resembles wigan.
im not knocking hooper either as he has a decent record at his current and last club but they are no where near the level of the prem.

[Benny The Noon]

We can't compete for the likes of Falcao or Reus or Lewondinski ?!?

They are CL players on CL fees wanting CL wages wanting to play in the CL.

The sooner people realise that we won't get those players the better for everyone.

The top teams are our not competition at the moment

We came 8th last season - not 4th or even 5th.

We are currently a mid table team that needs to rebuild

oh do one with your negative sh*te benny.
we are still one of the biggest clubs in the world with one of the biggest followings in the world, plus we have got a chairman stating that we have got the resources to compete with anyone in the game if we have to.
in other words we are a huge club with money.
it`s time the owners backed their man in the transfer market.

We are not in the CL - try and understand what that means and how that effects the players that can be purchased. Being a so called big club means f*ck all if you don't compete in the CL. Why do you think we lost players like Torres and Masher - because we weren't in the CL !! These top players won't go to a club that is currently a mid table club and we won't pay the wages and fees for these players !! Wake the f*ck up to reality.

[Benny The Noon]

We can't compete for the likes of Falcao or Reus or Lewondinski ?!?

They are CL players on CL fees wanting CL wages wanting to play in the CL.

The sooner people realise that we won't get those players the better for everyone.

The top teams are our not competition at the moment

We came 8th last season - not 4th or even 5th.

We are currently a mid table team that needs to rebuild

surely you don't think benny that either Athletico or Dortmund are paying those guys a fortune.
falcao we dont stand a chance of because that deal will be all about silly money, but reus i think is definitely a player we could and should go for.not all players are concerned only about money.reus is young, and for him a move to a much better league would be pefect. we are a young side improving all the time,the style we play and he'd be a guaranteed starter.he'd fit the fsg model perfectly and we can well afford to spend 20mil on him and pay him 70 a week.
your right we did finish off the top 4 three seasons straight but the stats are enough to show that we create enough to be in the top 4 comfortably if we only had someone who could convert all those chances we create.
we have been rebuilding and have a completely different side than 3 years ago so how long more do you think that process needs to be.
imo we could be three players off being title contenders in two years if we sign players like reus over hooper. we have enough youth in the squad thats not experienced and he would bring that.in 3 years he could be worth 3 times what we paid.
we have finished outside top 6 for too long so rodgers must start bringing us up and fenway need to back him.if they back him with a few signings like reus then we will only go up but if we sign players like hooper then i fear we could very well end up in 2-3 years with a team that resembles wigan.
im not knocking hooper either as he has a decent record at his current and last club but they are no where near the level of the prem.

You do realise that Dortmund are the reigning German Champions 2 years in a row offering CL football

We couldn't persuade their manager to leave and you think we can buy a player they only bought a couple months ago for 18mil and is now one of the hottest properties in European football for £20mil ?!?

We don't have a hope in hell off getting someone like Reus

[LFC1990]

Yet we signed Suarez from Ajax and they could offer champions league football. Furthermore we were only paying him 35K a week