Liverpool FC Forum

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon May 19, 2014 11:42 am wrote:

mkingdom » Mon May 19, 2014 11:12 am wrote:I'd take Milner for sure. He has one year left so shouldn't cost too much, has great experience, a Henderson style work ethic and can create too.

He's 28, so at his peak too. He'll be on good wages (a City fan told me £90k a week), but if we want to move forward we need this sort of quality.

The Can rumours seem to be the main story at the moment and I've never seen him play, but his versatility looks appealing, and he could cover a range of positions. At the reported £10m this seems sensible. He's very young too, so can be improved.

Many don't fancy Caulker, but for me at 22, and for the reported £6m he seems low risk. He has over 100 EPL appearances and a load of time to improve.

Those three aren't the sexiest of signings, but in terms of giving us a bit more steel to close games out, I think they would help.

The likes of Can, Milner and Caulker would be solid signings mate but are they going to be good enough to help us bridge that gap between second and first?
As someone mentioned the other day the last two times that we have finished runners up we didn't capitalise on our momentum, Infact our signings took us backwards (Diouf, Diao, Cheyrou, Aquilani etc).
We need to push the boat out this summer and that means aiming high.

Good solid signings is just what we need for me. Our first 11 this season has just almost won the league playing the best football I have seen.
We clearly need a right back to come straight into the first team and you could argue about a couple of other players needing to be replaced but the reason for me we finished just short was due to the players coming in when we did lose a player to injury or suspension.
If you have a Milner coming in for Henderson for the 3 match ban I think we look in a far better position to keep the momentum going.

Dont get me wrong I'd love a couple of real marquee signings but it wouldnt concern me if we brought in Bony, Lallana, Caulker and this kid Can.

City won't let Milner go. With their CL squad cap for two seasons, Milner qualifies as a home grown player. Without him they'd be forced to play an experienced youth team member.

I was just going on a Talksport news item this morning, reckoned Liverpool, Spurs (obviously) and Everton were possible suitors for his signature.

Add Arsenal to that list. Would be delighted with Milner. He's full of energy and he's more skillful than people give him credit for. I felt it was him, not Silva, who helped City coke back from 2 goals down against us.

maypaxvobiscum » Mon May 19, 2014 4:01 pm wrote:Add Arsenal to that list. Would be delighted with Milner. He's full of energy and he's more skillful than people give him credit for. I felt it was him, not Silva, who helped City coke back from 2 goals down against us.

He did make an impact Maypax but I'm not that convinced Milner would add anything significant to our squad.

Anyhow it's all moot as after our performance last season I can't see City or any of the other top premiership clubs wanting to sell us a player who might make us even stronger.

Perhaps he could play at RB? He's much better than what we currently have.

I just read another article that Man City are keen on getting rid of Barry, Rodwell, Lescott, Richards, Milner and Sinclair. That's SIX English players.

I agree with woof, our rivals won't sell us players. Even if they are players they'd gladly get rid of, I think that they all learned their lesson after we signed Sturridge, especially Chelsea of course. They're big money clubs (Chelsea and City), they have no reason to sell to us, so I think we should forget about Milner, Hazard's brother, Richards etc.

What do you guys think about the Alexis Sanchez rumours? Apparently both Arsenal and us were informed that he may be avaiable because he wants more starts. However, can only sign after the World Cup...

Think Milner wouid be a very astute signing. Versatile, CL experience, used to high expectancy. Never really been that impressed by Richards though. Yes when he first burst on the scene, there was potential but never really looked that good when I've seen him. Maybe worth a place in the squad, but that's about it for me

milner has turned us down twice before so can get stuffed.
its very early days i know but id have thought we would at least be aiming higher than a lot of the names mentioned in the last few pages, what with CL and all.
we should be looking to improve on the 1st 11 and that way we will also strengthen the bench.

Doeboy » Mon May 19, 2014 5:05 pm wrote:Think Milner wouid be a very astute signing. Versatile, CL experience, used to high expectancy. Never really been that impressed by Richards though. Yes when he first burst on the scene, there was potential but never really looked that good when I've seen him. Maybe worth a place in the squad, but that's about it for me

I think Milners almost past his "use by date", good player but one that's not going to get any better.

Appreciate that in some positions experienced pro's would benefit us BUT I don't see Milner as being so influential that adding him to our squad would be a major step up.

As for Richards. He can fill positions (RB/CB) that definitely need strengthening. Agree with you when you talk about his initial impact "on the scene" but never really realising his potential , for me he's precisely the kind of player Brendan needs to get his mitts on.  We've all seen (well maybe it's just me) that there's a monster of a player in there, Richards just needs the right manager to bring it out.

My only reservation about taking Richards would be his injury record, which is extremely poor.  History suggests that players like this only become more injury prone as they get older.  He's got bags of talent but we need players who are available to play the majority of games over a season.  We already have Agger who is made of glass so imo we don't need another player in the back 4 who can't be relied upon to stay fit.

I'm not convinced about Lovren either - I have visions of our game against them at St Mary's where he had a shocker.  I'm probably judging him too much on that game but I can't help it.

I do think the fullback positions need addressing before the centre backs, but I wouldn't say no to a quality centre half.... which Caulker is not by the way.

I am not thrilled by our defensive targets thus far (if there's any truth in them).

I think the likes of Lallana and Bony are decent targets.... by the way do you guys remember we had Bony on trial a few years back and didn't take him on?!  When he was a youngster and I think Rafa was in charge!

John, Lovren had a brilliant game against us at Anfield. I remember he did very well against Sturridge too.

He is a very good defender and would be better than what we have too.

JC_81 » Mon May 19, 2014 10:24 pm wrote:My only reservation about taking Richards would be his injury record, which is extremely poor.  History suggests that players like this only become more injury prone as they get older.  He's got bags of talent but we need players who are available to play the majority of games over a season.  We already have Agger who is made of glass so imo we don't need another player in the back 4 who can't be relied upon to stay fit.

I'm not convinced about Lovren either - I have visions of our game against them at St Mary's where he had a shocker.  I'm probably judging him too much on that game but I can't help it.

I do think the fullback positions need addressing before the centre backs, but I wouldn't say no to a quality centre half.... which Caulker is not by the way.

I am not thrilled by our defensive targets thus far (if there's any truth in them).

I think the likes of Lallana and Bony are decent targets.... by the way do you guys remember we had Bony on trial a few years back and didn't take him on?!  When he was a youngster and I think Rafa was in charge!

I agree John. Defense is where we probably need strengthening the most (although that's debatable), and although I do rate all of the players you mentioned, I can't say that they'll be an improvement on what we already have. But then again, which good and available to us center backs are there?

As for our attacking targets, I can't complain really. We're already pretty good up front anyway, but we need one or two more solid signings for squad rotation.

Debuchy is the answer at RB. Proven international with one of the best stats in the league. The only other RB whom I can think of that's good enough would be Chambers or Coleman. Both players find themselves under the radar due to their more prominent teammates at LB (Shaw and Baines) but they are very consistent. Would love to have a Steve Finnan kinda player right now.

As for central defense, just splash the cash on Hummels or Subotic. Or someone within their level. That's not an area where you would wanna spend 7m to 10m on bloody prospects. We've got enough prospects. We need top class players. No more Aspas type of signings please!