ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:42 am wrote:Stu the Red » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:37 am wrote:red till i die!! » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:06 pm wrote:he's not the player we need because he just isnt good enough. himself and rodgers are the only ones who thinks he is.
im not saying he's the worst player ive ever seen but we need and should have replaced him by now. he won't score or create near enough, he gets forced off the ball to easy and can't get it back. he's just another lad who wants to run and we have far to many of them already.
he cant deliver and should have been gone when that bid was accepted.
for all we know him digging his heels in could have caused the remy deal to collapse
Also, that is what I've been told. The Remy deal was not a failed medical, it was due to us having to many players on the books and wages needed balancing. Borini's failed sale was very much to blame for us not getting Remy, who would have been a very good signing for us and what we need... he would have also been a bargain at £8,500,000. Oh well, why would we want him? He's a good player.
That theory would have made sense Stu if we hadn't of signed Balotelli after the Remy deal fell though, I imagine Mario's wages are a lot higher than Remy's too so obviously that book balancing malarkey is all my @rse, ale talk probably.
The club were already in the process of trying to sign Balotelli before the Remy deal collapsed and they decided that Balotelli was the number one target. They wanted Borini out of the door to free up the other slot and FSG didn't believe we needed another striker due to this.
We'd have had Sturridge, Lambert and Balotelli as well as Borini and Remy.
Also, Agger and Reina were only released due to balancing the books. Neither were released due to football reasons. Both players are far and away better than what we currently have playing in those positions. Agger next to Lovren would have been a superb partnership. However, the club chose the cheaper option in Skrtel and Sahko who are both quite frankly nowhere near upto it and making Lovren look a bad player. Whats more, is both Agger and Reina are perfect for this "Rodgers style" that people bang on about, his ideal model and blue print.... so to speak (which is boll0cks).
I remember watching Sami Hyypia play next to Traore and everyone was pointing out how Sami was passed his best and it was time to get rid, then all of a sudden Traore was out of the team and everyone started praising Sami again... Traore was making him look poor, the same way Skrtel and Sahko are doing now with Lovren. People don't remember that though, they always say Sami had a dip in form, they ignore the real reason why.
I think what we're seeing is a manager who's massively out of his depth and got away with it last year down to a couple of decent signings (Coutinho and Sturridge), having two youth players in Flannagan and Sterling who were ready to step up and show quality and having the best player in Europe bar the other two freaks.