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Midfield situation
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:08 amby A.B.
I am wondering if we will buy a midfielder because in our first game against Bayer Leverkusen we will be without Alonso and Gerrard meaning that we will have only Hamann and Biscan. We can always use our youngsters but it could be a risk as this is way too important of a game. So with that being said do you all think that we will buy another midfielder or not?
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:41 amby crazyhorse
Who can we bring in?, all of the best midfielders in Europe are already cuptied.
having said that the injury crisis shows we need more strength in depth.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:49 amby banana
Malbranque would be an ideal squad player. He can play at both flanks and in an attacking midfield position. He is hard working and accustomed to the premiership. However I fear his price tag is just too much to handle. A swap deal sending Biscan, Le Tallec, Vignal + cash could work?
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:51 amby crazyhorse
Malb would be a good signing. We need quality squad players, not rubbish like some of those we have at the moment.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:26 amby A.B.
5 million plus Biscan for Melbranque perhaps? And Valencia are unlikely to let Aimar go.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:43 amby whylongball?
would love to see malbranque in liv jersey....and i said that since last season!!excellent technique and vision, can play everywhere across the midfield
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:09 pmby bigmick
There's no question the midfield is a crisis area for us at the moment. In the Leverkusen game, I suppose we are staring down the gun-barrel at Didi & Igor. The Germans will be quaking in their boots at that prospect. What if one of 'em gets injured between now and then? I know Carra has played central-mid but despite his improvement, he is hardly Mr creative. No I guess it'll be one of the young lads, and that eventuality hardly makes the mouth water either.
It's so frustrating because we are on the cusp of something in the CL. A couple of good performances and we could do something very special indeed. The answer? Find somebody who's cheap, not CL-tied and a really good player. Easy isn't it? It really could be worth buying somebody at around 2 million just for this game. Your task, should you wish to accept it is to find him. Kieron Dyer anyone? (Mick ducks down behind a bunker as the sirens start).
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:13 pmby Leonmc0708
Banana, you are joking right, 3 players plus cash for Malbranque? The lad is worth £2m tops. Also, do we really want to buy any more "squad players" ??
crazy horse, AB, why long ball are we talking about the same Steed Malbranque from Fulham?
Big Mick, you amaze me a times, you talk such sense, then advocate Dyer and Earnshaw ? 
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:14 pmby stmichael
I don't think it's any coincidence that we're now missing Alonso more than we did Gerrard when he was injured. Certainly Gerrard plays better when he's with Alonso - and I'm not decrying his dedication to the club, but when you compare the results following each injury, I'm wondering if Alonso is harder to replace. In Alonso, we've finally all realized what we had been missing for so long, his passes are just wonderful, and to have him out, and consequently play like we did for most of last season in the past few games, has really put it into perspective about how much of an integral part that Alonso is. I love Stevie, but the way Alonso plays makes him pivotal to any team. For a midfielder that doesnt really score, you know he has to be special to be bought for 10mil.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:19 pmby bigmick
Ok Ok maybe not Dyer. But who? I'm not forgetting someone am I, we are down to Igor and Didi if Stevie G doesn't play tomorrow? Barry Ferguson perhaps ( though don't rate him myself). There must be someone somewhere who can fill the gap, a couple of injuries and the whole season could be over. I've said before I like Damien Francis at Norwich but now is not the time for speculative punts, we need someone we can depend on straight away.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:21 pmby The_Rock
time to bring up ALT.... Whatever the problem between rafa and him, hope it gets sorted out soon. He's young. Everyone makes mistakes when they are young.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:21 pmby bigmick
stmichael wrote:For a midfielder that doesnt really score, you know he has to be special to be bought for 10mil.
'Pends who's doing the buying St Mick. We paid 11 million and 10.5 million respectively for strikers who 'don't really score'.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:24 pmby Gerrard's Y-Fronts
£2,000,000 for Malbranque? 
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You must be referring to his slippery deformed half brother surely!
You would be lucky to get Steed Malbranques right leg for that kind of dough!
Deffo one of the best right sided midfield players about and if he was available for anything lower than £5,000,000 it would be daylight robbery.
Either you are talking about a totally different player of you haven't seen him play!
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:25 pmby Fowler_E7
why would we sign a new midfielder to play in one CL game? what would we do with him when everyone has recovered from injury?
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:26 pmby stmichael
bigmick wrote:stmichael wrote:For a midfielder that doesnt really score, you know he has to be special to be bought for 10mil.
'Pends who's doing the buying St Mick. We paid 11 million and 10.5 million respectively for strikers who 'don't really score'.
please bigmick, don't remind me 