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by **tubby** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:13 am

Yeah saw that earlier. He looked well up for it tonight. :laugh:

He should be playing Rugby.

by **Dundalk** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:20 pm

New forward??

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:09 pm

Dundalk wrote:New forward??

old news dude, check the rumor mill

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:29 pm

Houllier asked to confirm Young's not for sale - "I can confirm he is highly rated and highly liked." Mmmmmmmmm

by **haps** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:59 pm

On BBC website: "Spoken to a couple of French Ligue 1 sporting directors - they expect some very late deals involving Premier League clubs but Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila, linked with Liverpool".

Tough, highly-rated young French international defensive midfielder anyone?? Main concern is that Woy was apparently over checking him out in November.

by **Calum** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:36 pm

Is it still premature to start a Charlie Adam thread?

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:08 pm

Every one is excited over the Suarez and (possible) Carrol deals BUT with Konchesky gone on loan and Glen Johnson currently filling in at left back shouldn't we have been thinking of sorting out the LB situation ? . It's probably too late now or is it ?. Either way most succesful teams are built on a solid defense and right now imo the money offered for Carrol could have been more wisely spent.

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:11 pm

woof woof ! wrote:Every one is excited over the Suarez and (possible) Carrol deals BUT with Konchesky gone on loan and Glen Johnson currently filling in at left back shouldn't we have been thinking of sorting out the LB situation ? . It's probably too late now or is it ?. Either way most succesful teams are built on a solid defense and right now imo the money offered for Carrol could have been more wisely spent.

ive been thinking the same thing Woof, hence why talks of player exchange with Chelsea were around, i was hoping we took Zhirkov instead of one of their strikers. the only back up we have for Johnson is Aurelio who is often injured god knows why.

by **aCe'** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:19 pm

CB should have been a priority imo... Skrtel has proven to be a liability in many occasions..
Carra injured and running out of time.. A huge part of his game is about energy and with his age and now injuries it'll be tough for him to play week in week out at the highest level..
Agger good, solid defender but injury prone.. Also not the best defender around when dealing with quick players..

What stands out is our vulnerability aerially at the back.. Crosses are a big problem and to compound the issue its not Reina's strongest suit either..

LeftBack is another problematic area for us.. For all of Kelly's development, Johnson is still our best option at Rb... He offers much more than Kelly going forward and his lack of defensive awareness is more than compensated by his attacking abilities in many games against the smaller sides.. We have the injury prone Aurelio as the only LB in the club who while being good enough doesnt seem to be that highly rated by Kenny.. There are a few good leftback in the market we could have gone for who wouldnt have cost that much..

Anyways, happy we signed/are linked with Carrol, Suarez and Adam but think we should have looked to improve our backline since it's probably our main weakness this season..

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:21 pm

maypaxvobiscum wrote:
woof woof ! wrote:Every one is excited over the Suarez and (possible) Carrol deals BUT with Konchesky gone on loan and Glen Johnson currently filling in at left back shouldn't we have been thinking of sorting out the LB situation ? . It's probably too late now or is it ?. Either way most succesful teams are built on a solid defense and right now imo the money offered for Carrol could have been more wisely spent.

ive been thinking the same thing Woof, hence why talks of player exchange with Chelsea were around, i was hoping we took Zhirkov instead of one of their strikers. the only back up we have for Johnson is Aurelio who is often injured god knows why.

Yeah mate. Look at our defence.

An ageing Carragher, an often injured Agger, a less than consistent Skyrtel, a "still learning his trade" Kelly and a now playing out of position at LB Johnson.

Doesn't matter how much class we may or may not have have going forward if the defence isn't sorted you'll always suffer.

by **Zidane** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:24 pm

I think our defence will hold up, Agger has been class since coming in and I expect that to continue, Johnson has looked solid at LB and Kelly is solid at RB, that just leaves Carra/Skrtel as our weak link but even then, they can manage. We can manage till the end of the season Kenny is changing a lot of things that aren't exposing our weaknesses at the back as much as Roy was. Two clean sheets in a row should show that much at least.

by **metalhead** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:26 pm

Yes we need a defender...

top class CB, maybe we will apply the arsenal method, score more goals than the other team lol

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:31 pm

Santon has left Inter. we should've gone for him

by **Zidane** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:33 pm

Gotta say, I thought watching SSN would keep me up to date but these guys have no f'n clue about what is going on.

by **Calum** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:33 pm

Taking Warnock back from Aston Villa would have been a good signing.

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