Sabre wrote:The Spain striker believes the Reds need "small players with quality"
Fernando, we're going to need you convince Bigmick about the "small players" part .
Fair enough, although some tinies do make it. They do say it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog and to some extent that's true. To make it in England as an offensive player, you have much to cope with and only the strongest survive. Yes sometimes you can survive by sheer force of will if you keep dragging yourself up off the deck, but a better way is to adapt the way you play. The way you shield it in Spain won't work in the Premiership, because as the defender leans into your back and you flop over the ball feeling contact, in England it's play on and he simply takes the ball away from you. The better method is to get your trailing arm back, fight the fella off physically.
Even better if you're a Silva or a Zola, is to avoid the situation. Don't stand still on the football, shimmy, swerve, move, feint and offload. Show, don't show. Come in, go short, spin off and back in agin. Get it, move, move, move, move and pass. If they do catch up with you, take the contact, hit the deck and bounce. Don't writhe around like you've been shot, don't scream 'AAArrghhhhhh!" on your way down. Relish the challenge, puff out your chest and look em in the eye. Most of all, bottle the aggression you feel and channel it into a desire to hurt them where it hurts the most, by making a matchwinning contribution.
Follow in the footsteps of the Cantona's, the Ginola's, the Henri's, the Zola's and the Torres's. People with the strength of character, masses of ability and a desire which simply cannot be supressed by opposition aggression. Leave the well trodden paths of the Morientes's, the Gonzales's, the Riera's etc well alone. For them the involvement is fitful, the desire to succeed less pronounced as they fleetingly show in short bursts, dancing between the raindrops of physicality. For them the desire to adapt isn't or wasn't strong enough, the determination to overcome the hostility not ingrained enough.
Small players can do it too, but they must be able to carry a bucket of desire which exceeds their body wieght comfortably, and they must learn to dodge the bullets. Not easy by any means, but just about possible. For every Gianfranco Zola though, there are twenty Emre Bozogliou's.
and on the subject of the question, if we kept all out players and could sign only one player, I'd sign Darren Bent if we can get him for 12-13 million. I think the need for a striker marginally exceeds the need for a centre half, although it's very close.
, there are some games where he strolling and walking around the pitch as if he wasn't interested , we don't need players like him at LFC.
), Robinhos, Ibrahimovics, Tevezs, Barrys and Etoos.... we'll go for players who really live to wear the red shirt like Mascherano (oh wait...), Alonso (mmmm...), Kevin nolan and David Wheater.... 
