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by **puroresu** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:15 pm

stmichael wrote:
Ola Mr Benitez wrote:Does this signing mean he has seen what the rest of us have.. Are full backs are cr@p

though dossena was good in the first half on saturday but in the second half he just disappeared which is probably why he got subbed.

having said that, watching the mancs last night, when you compare the guy to somebody like evra, he's a million miles away.

And evra was only 5.5 mil. Clichy 250,000. We dont seem to find this gems on the cheap.

by **RUSHIE#9** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:30 pm

I'm trying to get excited about this signing but I can't. I don't remember anything of him at Man City and what I have seen of him at Espanyol says that he's not a bad player but he's not going to really add anything to what we've had/got.

He will probably be an improvement over Benayoun but it's not exactly going to be the final piece of the jigsaw signing that we've all been waiting for. On the plus side he is a winger and not another central midfielder (which Rafa seems to get a hard on over

) like Barry so he is kind of addressing the problem area but probably not sovling it.

I was saying similar things last summer about Torres before we signed him :lookaround

so with a bit of look I'll be wrong again, but I just feel we're signing another Gonzalez or a left sided Pennant.

by **GOAT_2.0** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:49 pm

I don't think he's upto the standard we should be looking for if we are supposed to be building a great team

There mustn't be any better options available though, if there was then I would happily see this guy go to everton instead

by **stmichael** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:08 pm

moved to liverpool general discussion

by **stmichael** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:16 pm

RUSHIE#9 wrote:I don't remember anything of him at Man City

I don't remember anything on Man City when he was there either because they were garbage.

by **faldo** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:39 pm

lets hope he is more productive than albert luque who rafa was after but he went to newcastle instead.luque would have been another bad striker at anfield if we actually got him. if this guy has flicks and tricks then i welcome him happily....its one more flick and trick than we have at the moment....i hope he is not another slow player to add to rafa's collection....we need speed.

by **Rockthekop** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:40 pm

Give Riera a chance, he hasn't even arrived in Liverpool yet. We'll soon know if it was yet another bad buy or not.

He`ll be an improvement over Benayoun no doubt....and Pennant, Leto, Zenden, Gonzales, Nunez, Benayoun.
For those who mentioned Babel in that category, he is a striker, not a winger/wide man. He's different class to those guys even playing out of position in the wide role.

by **puroresu** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:45 pm

ben arfa only cost marseille 9.5 mil. Should of tried to sign him!! Mcgeady from celtic is more exciting than reira.

by **Ciggy** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:54 pm

He could turn out to be a taller version of Aurthur Nunez with a muzzy.

Or our C.Ronaldo.

by **andy_g** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:59 pm

its about time we had a few more muzzies in the team - it'll remind us of the glory years. it should be compulsory infact, and torres should wear the full handlebar.

by **The_Rock** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:59 pm

Ah well......the only good thing to come up with this move is that
if we happen to go 4-4-2....then this team all of a sudden looks to have balance....

Babel can hit a mean cross from the right (at least ...thats what i hope)

. Riera also can put in a mean cross.....

So finally...after 4 fu@kin years...we should be able to stretch teams apart....

BTW....i would have preferred if we had signed Drente or Rafael van der datt . But guess Riera has to do...cos i am sick of seeing benayoun and babel on the left wing...

Reina
Defence
Babel Gerrard Mash Riera
Keane Torres

by **Redman in wales** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:59 pm

bigmick wrote:Well I think he's garbage and will be a disasterous signing. I saw him a few times for Man City and thought he was a classic example of a foreign player who is totally unsuited to English football. If we sign him I think it will be a huge mistake.

in agreement. unfortunately.

by **Ola Mr Benitez** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:01 pm

the problem is there isn't that many Cristiano Ronaldos out there (and lets be honest that is the sort of player we all want). David Villa has said he doesnt want to leave Spain... It is a case of the best we could do with the amount of money we have.

I wanted Joe Cole, but that seems to have doed an death and he would most probably be too expensive for us..

by **Sabre** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:10 pm

Not world class, ok, but a good player and probably in Liverpool he'll increase the chances to be international again, he was summoned recently due to his progress this year.

Well I don't know what you saw in Man City but Albert has good cross with the left, he's not predictible because he also knows to cross with his bad foot, and when you see a youtube video, you'll see range shots with both feet. A specific player for a specific position, not world class, not what we expected, but I certainly think he'll improve the current team

by **JoeTerp** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:20 pm

Sabre wrote:Not world class, ok, but a good player and probably in Liverpool he'll increase the chances to be international again, he was summoned recently due to his progress this year.

Well I don't know what you saw in Man City but Albert has good cross with the left, he's not predictible because he also knows to cross with his bad foot, and when you see a youtube video, you'll see range shots with both feet. A specific player for a specific position, not world class, not what we expected, but I certainly think he'll improve the current team

Al bear t. no? as in NOT sounding like the English "hurt"

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