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by **jacdaniel** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:15 pm

He's a very talented player but i don't see him coming back. He wants to stay in Italy i think and im not sure what position he'd play for us anyways.

Probably best to try get 10M in the summer and fill other holes in the squad.

by **Kukilon** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:35 pm

If he wants to be here I want him back. Otherwise get rid of him. Try doing a good job for yourself if you don't want to do it. Not that easy.

by **worcester_red** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:38 pm

jacdaniel wrote:He's a very talented player but i don't see him coming back. He wants to stay in Italy i think and im not sure what position he'd play for us anyways.

Probably best to try get 10M in the summer and fill other holes in the squad.

I'm not sure we need him now except as cover for Stevie and Meireles who are both better players than him.
What we need in the summer is another CB, a natural LB, although Glen is doing quite a good job and a really good DM, again although Lucas is doing just fine atm.

by **aCe'** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:24 pm

It all depends on the system we decide to play next season.. That in term largely depends on how Suarez and Carroll perform until the end of this season... If we decide to go 4-4-2 then i dont really see much sense in him returning despite his obvious talent.. Im not sure he's capable of playing as part of a midfield duo regardless of the player lining up alongside him...
If we assume for a minute that 4-4-2 is the most likely setup given the personnel, then we have Lucas, Meireles and Gerrard atm with Shelvey, Spearing and Poulsen as backup.. I dont expect Poulsen to remain at the club and I think Spearing will find his chances very limited and could very well look for first team football elsewhere..

Leaves us a little short but i fully expect us to sign a good central midfielder who is capable defensively to partner either Meireles or Gerrard down the middle with Lucas as his main backup..

Unless Aquilani manages to step up his game 10fold with Juventus and starts impressing consistently then I dont really see a future for him at the club, unfortunately.

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:32 pm

Would love to take the Lad back ...Meireles is struggling to find a player with the same speed of thought ,and sometimes it comes across as him being clumsy rather than the rawness of the English game and its pace simply denying him the time on the ball ,so the introduction of another perceptive football brain would reap dividends for both players .....

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:32 pm

Sorry double post glitch

by **metalhead** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:36 pm

RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:Would love to take the Lad back ...Meireles is struggling to find a player with the same speed of thought ,and sometimes it comes across as him being clumsy rather than the rawness of the English game and its pace simply denying him the time on the ball ,so the introduction of another perceptive football brain would reap dividends for both players .....

He has been very inconsistent with Juventus mate, Meireles proved to be a better player for us. I think Aquilani is very good player, but I don't see him coming back or getting adapted to the english game, I don't think it suites him to be honest. He has found his level in the Seria A, and he isn't setting the league there alight as well, Juventus has been very inconsistent and sitting in 7th place.

by **red till i die!!** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:43 pm

id have aqua over poulsen or spearing anyday.
he is very similar to merieles its just that we didnt get to see this in the few games he played for us.
i can remember a lot of members writing merieles off at the start of the season and was the same when it came to aqua.
under kenny a lot of players have improved and are well able to play pass and move and some are even beginning to thrive in this style.aqualani is a very inteligent footballer and would suit the style we are trying to implement here and shouldnt be written off so quickly without a shot under kenny.

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:50 pm

metalhead wrote:He has been very inconsistent with Juventus mate, Meireles proved to be a better player for us. I think Aquilani is very good player, but I don't see him coming back or getting adapted to the english game, I don't think it suites him to be honest. He has found his level in the Seria A, and he isn't setting the league there alight as well, Juventus has been very inconsistent and sitting in 7th place.

A month back mate the Italian media were literally drooling over his performances ,and I personally feel that his time at Liverpool was coloured mainly on the number of tackles he never made rather than his assist record ....so if that's the case how come posters fail to see the tackles Meireles avoids ....should we base his performances on the possible interventions he so regularly shirks ?

by **metalhead** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:55 pm

RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:
metalhead wrote:He has been very inconsistent with Juventus mate, Meireles proved to be a better player for us. I think Aquilani is very good player, but I don't see him coming back or getting adapted to the english game, I don't think it suites him to be honest. He has found his level in the Seria A, and he isn't setting the league there alight as well, Juventus has been very inconsistent and sitting in 7th place.

A month back mate the Italian media were literally drooling over his performances ,and I personally feel that his time at Liverpool was coloured mainly on the number of tackles he never made rather than his assist record ....so if that's the case how come posters fail to see the tackles Meireles avoids ....should we base his performances on the possible interventions he so regularly shirks ?

We should base his performance on what he gave the team for the fee we paid for him. I agree that Aquilani didn't have so many games last season to put his stamp down to his injuries. However, I felt that Rafa last season that Aquilani wasn't the player he thought he was. Maybe the timing of all of this was wrong. If we bought him when he was injury free, maybe we would have seen it differently. I still rate Aquilani, but I do think Meireles has offered more than him in terms of work rate and energy. If Juventus comes up with the 13m fee that they promised then we should sell and get Charlie Adam. If Juventus aren't interested anymore then Aquilani can be useful.

Oh and Italian Media is the same as the English Media, they drool on every Italian player but not on foreign ones

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:13 pm

metalhead wrote:We should base his performance on what he gave the team for the fee we paid for him. I agree that Aquilani didn't have so many games last season to put his stamp down to his injuries. However, I felt that Rafa last season that Aquilani wasn't the player he thought he was. Maybe the timing of all of this was wrong. If we bought him when he was injury free, maybe we would have seen it differently. I still rate Aquilani, but I do think Meireles has offered more than him in terms of work rate and energy. If Juventus comes up with the 13m fee that they promised then we should sell and get Charlie Adam. If Juventus aren't interested anymore then Aquilani can be useful.

Oh and Italian Media is the same as the English Media, they drool on every Italian player but not on foreign ones

I would love Adam ,but if its going to be a bidding war for his services then I would rather the club not become embroiled ...
if he wants to genuinely become a Liverpool player then all well and good but if he's willing to go to Spurs or the Mancs then his determination to play for us will be somewhat overstated ...
Aquilani on the other hand is still officially a Reds player and would in my opinion be transformed under Kenny's tutelage and in turn improve our midfield ....some of his raking 40 yard passes seemed to slip under the radar when he played for us simply because he didn't get stuck in ...... that's all I'm saying mate

by **laza** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:18 pm

Despite only cameos there was something about Aquaman that always seem to catch my eye.

I really just love to see considering transformation we have already seen in the teamplay since arrival of Kenny, what he could do back in a red shirt

by **The Good Yank** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:23 pm

If the Waterboy plays like he did against Palermo, Juventus won't want to keep him. He was shocking. Subbed out for Cissoko in a game they were trailing. He was giving the ball away regularly, and his tackling was weak even for Italy.

by **RED BEERGOGGLES** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:13 pm

laza wrote:Despite only cameos there was something about Aquaman that always seem to catch my eye.

I really just love to see considering transformation we have already seen in the teamplay since arrival of Kenny, what he could do back in a red shirt

I know what you mean sometimes you can just see a player has that stamp of quality.... regardless of the limited time he is afforded to actually show it

by **metalhead** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:21 pm

RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:
metalhead wrote:We should base his performance on what he gave the team for the fee we paid for him. I agree that Aquilani didn't have so many games last season to put his stamp down to his injuries. However, I felt that Rafa last season that Aquilani wasn't the player he thought he was. Maybe the timing of all of this was wrong. If we bought him when he was injury free, maybe we would have seen it differently. I still rate Aquilani, but I do think Meireles has offered more than him in terms of work rate and energy. If Juventus comes up with the 13m fee that they promised then we should sell and get Charlie Adam. If Juventus aren't interested anymore then Aquilani can be useful.

Oh and Italian Media is the same as the English Media, they drool on every Italian player but not on foreign ones

I would love Adam ,but if its going to be a bidding war for his services then I would rather the club not become embroiled ...
if he wants to genuinely become a Liverpool player then all well and good but if he's willing to go to Spurs or the Mancs then his determination to play for us will be somewhat overstated ...
Aquilani on the other hand is still officially a Reds player and would in my opinion be transformed under Kenny's tutelage and in turn improve our midfield ....some of his raking 40 yard passes seemed to slip under the radar when he played for us simply because he didn't get stuck in ...... that's all I'm saying mate

I'm not entirely sure, I don't think getting ''stuck in'' make him not suited for the english league. There are other factors too and one of them staying fit and keeping up with the pace.

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