bigmick wrote:I've met Luke Young a couple of times and he's a nice lad, knows his football too which isn't always a given. As for signing him, well predictably I'm not as dead set against it as most on here. Here's my take for what it's worth.
I think Young is being bought as RIGHT BACK COVER, as I don't think Roy thinks Darby is ready yet. Equally, we may at some point see Johnson wide right midfield, and if so we need a decent right back. Luke Young is a decent right back. Until the tragedy with his brother, he was in the England squad. He knows the game, knows his game and knows what it means to play for a club like Liverpool. he is a good player, and at 2.5 million is cheap.
Alan Hutton I must confess I think is rubbish. Spurs can't give him away, and while I'm not saying he is Dossena rubbish or anything like it, buying him for 8 mill as some have suggested would be an awful move in my view.
I think Roy is filling holes in the squad with sensible, solid, budget buys who he KNOWS can do a job for him if required. Blokes such as Luke Young, the much touted James Beattie etc aren't going to play every week, but if needed they will be far better than some Carlos Kickaball. I do think though that we will see a couple of big signings, and rather than spread the money around too thinly we are seeing the manager prioritise those, and save a bit of money on the also rans.
That's how I see it anyway.
Ben Patrick wrote:I'll be honest i can see why people would say that it's not a bad signing as he can provide cover in the squad.
But for me its exactly the type of signing that i hate and that just shows that in modern day football youngsters dont stand a chance.
Kelly and Darby (to a lesser extent) need to be shown that they are trusted enough to come in if we suffered injuries and will be given a game every now and then.
If you litter the squad with average squad players then that just stops that happening - and how will they ever make it ?
Its been happening for years and not just at LFC, i would be perfectly happy with Kelly and Darby as our back up fullback options, provided we sign a first team left back.
puroresu wrote:It’s all well and good saying he would be decent backup but what if Johnson suffered a serious injury which meant he was out for 3 months. Would Luke Young be a suitable player to play for an extended period of time? I don’t think he would!!
bigmick wrote:puroresu wrote:It’s all well and good saying he would be decent backup but what if Johnson suffered a serious injury which meant he was out for 3 months. Would Luke Young be a suitable player to play for an extended period of time? I don’t think he would!!
Well I do actually. He'd be a darn sight more suitable than Darby would anyway. Also, given Johnson can play left back as well, Young being around gives us that option.
if it goes through Its deffo a Roy Signing this
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